by Arta Gailuma
— Photojournalist —
HRH AOR 2019 edition was taking place on 14.-16. March at Presthaven Beach Resort in Wales, UK, a temporary location before moving HRH Camp to another side of the country to Great Yarmouth.
Thursday’s headliners and also fan favorites of the night were New York city hard rockers Tyketto. HRH AOR was one of the stops on band’s tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of their second studio release Strength In Numbers, which was played in full within the 100-minute long set. In words of frontman Danny Vaughn: “We are not the Lamborghini, Maserati in this business, but we are one of the lucky ones still standing after all this time”.
Since Tyketto had plenty of time on the stage, they did treat their fans with few surprises- a song which hasn’t been head live by many- “Wait Forever”- a B-side track from The End of Summer Days release. And for one of their best-known tunes “Forever Young,” Danny brought out a surprise guest- Nick Workman from Vega.
www.tyketto.com
On Friday headlining duty went to English rock legends UFO. In 2018 an announcement came from bands vocalist Phil Mogg, that UFO’s 50th-anniversary tour in 2019 would be his last one with the result of either band split or continuing with a new singer.
Despite being late the band did put on a brilliant show and fans, who had been patiently waiting the whole day for this time of the night were not left disappointed.
Set was closed with “Shoot Shoot” and “Doctor Doctor”, a piece written by Phil Mogg and former band’s guitarist Michael Schenker.
www.ufo-music.info
The weekend on the main stage was closed by Danger Danger lead singer and solo artist Ted Poley.
“They said, that I’m the headliner, but that’s not true. Every single band in this festival is a headliner”- and then pointing to the crowd, Ted added: “But I came all this way for you. You are my headliner!”
Tonight’s set consisted of classic Danger Danger pieces, covers and Ted’s solo work and between the songs he was tirelessly interacting with fans, whether joking and chatting, talking health issues or spending considerable amount of time leaning over pit barrier overlooking the whole crowd or having a walk amongst fans while performing “I Still Think About You”.
Visit Ted Poley online: www.ted-poley.com
Line up:
Thursday 14.03.2019 —
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The New Breed
Knock Out Kaine
Dave Bickler
Tyketto
Friday 15.03.2019 —
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Main Stage:
Epic
Burn Out Wreck
Radio Sun
Vega
Romeo’s Daughter
Jizzy Pearls Love Hate
Wayward Sons
UFO
Stage 2:
Silent Jack
Kiss The Gun
Haxan
Scarlett Rebels
Fahran
Corvus
Tomorrow Is Lost
The Brink
Black Star Bullet
Afterparty
Captain Blackbeard
Saturday 16.03.2019 —
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Main Stage:
Psycho Kiss
Saints Of Sin
Daylight Robbery
Kane’d
Midnite City
The Electric Boys
Pretty Boy Floyd
Ted Poley
Stage 2:
Sykko Dollz
Heartbreak Remedy
The Wicked Jackals
New Generation Superstars
Blood Red Saints
Bai Bang
Trench Dogs
Last Great Dreamers
Wraith
Damn Dice
Heavy Pettin
HRH AOR 2020 will be taking place on 12.-14. March at HRH Camp in Great Yarmouth, UK.
A load of great bands is already confirmed: D-A-D, Gun, Eclipse, Faster Pussycat, Autograph, Bullet Boys, Blood Red Saints, Theia, Walkway amongst others and more to be announced.
Don’t hesitate and get your tickets here:
http://www.hrhaor.com/product-category/hrh-aor-2020/
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