Rising Stage Spotlight: Those Damn Crows http://www.ramblinmanfair.com/insider/news/rising-stage-spotlight-damn-crows/

Something for your Ramblin' reading (and listening) pleasure..... We spoke with Myles Kennedy on the 10 classic songs that shaped his career..... Read more here: http://www.ramblinmanfair.com/insider/news/myles-kennedy-life-ten-songs/ (Words: Dave Everley) Myles is our special guest on the Outlaw Country Stage Saturday At The Fair Tickets: https://ramblinmanfair18.eventbrite.com/?aff=facebook https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuRZ6oFzQm4

Ramblers!! We are giving you the chance to win a pair of VIP tickets for Ramblin' Man 2018! All you have to do is like the post and tell us what year you first attended Ramblin' Man (just THE DATE please Ramblers) The winner will be chosen at random and notified by Facebook Messenger. Competition closes Wednesday 28th March at 6.00pm Good luck You must be (a) UK resident (b) 18 years old or over at the time of entry 2. Competitions are not open to employees (or members of their immediate families) of Ramblin’ Man Fair or Spirit Of Rock Ltd Full Ramblin' Man competition terms and conditions can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/notes/ramblin-man-fair/competiton-rules-2018/1341404966006265/ This promotion is in no way sponsored endorsed or administered by or associated with Facebook

So as we step ever closer to Ramblin' Man 2018, this is for you Rambler's who help create the amazing atmosphere year in and year out, the one's who sing along to every song and raise your glasses in the air.... Tickets: https://ramblinmanfair18.eventbrite.com/?aff=facebook https://youtu.be/-AYdzBkSz18

Morning Ramblers! Ramblin' Man 2018 is looking rather like this: Saturday Main Stage Mott The Hoople, Steel Panther, The Cadillac Three, Therapy, GUN - Official, No Hot Ashes - Reunion Outlaw Country Stage Steve Earle and The Dukes, Myles Kennedy, Skinny Molly, Me And That Man, The Adelaides & THOMAS WYNN & THE BELIEVERS Rising Stage The Rising Souls, The Dust Coda, Henry's Funeral Shoe, The Rocket Dolls, Gorilla Riot, Dead Man's Whiskey, Icarus Falls & Those Damn Crows Sunday Main Stage The Cult, Halestorm, Blackberry Smoke, Sons Of Apollo, Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown & The Last Internationale The Blues Stage Gov't Mule, Chas & Dave (official), Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind, Laurence Jones, Kris Barras Band and the Connor Selby Band Prog In The Park Fish Mostly Autumn, Von Hertzen Brothers, Voyager Australia, Goldray and Second Relation Tickets: https://ramblinmanfair18.eventbrite.com/?aff=facebook

So Rambler's here are the next announcements for Ramblin' Man 2018 and we thank you all for your patience... We are very excited that he has agreed to play and he takes his place as special guest for the Outlaw Country Stage: He has one of the most powerful and emotional voices in rock, he is the lead singer of Alter Bridge and is the front man of Slash's The Conspirators.... He is of course Myles Kennedy and he will be showcasing his very personal album Year Of The Tiger at this year's Fair. Playing the Outlaw Country Stage: Formed by ex members of legendary southern rock outfits Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blackfoot & Molly Hatchet these southern rockers are 'Here For A Good Time' from Nashville, Tennessee they are the one and only Skinny Molly Also for the Outlaw Country Stage and bringing a bit of 'southern rock muscle' to the Fair... They hail from Orlando, Florida and fans and critics just can't get enough of them and they have been receiving critical acclaim on their current support with The Temperance Movement... We proudly welcome THOMAS WYNN & THE BELIEVERS For the Prog Stage.... They have been causing more than a stir in mainland Europe, playing festivals and sell out shows alike and have been hailed as many as the future of Prog...From Austria we welcome Second Relation They were part of Belfast's golden age of rock in the eighties, they play the main stage at this year's Fair and have just released their debut album after 35 years of rockin' (It's a long story apparently) they are No Hot Ashes - Reunion Tickets: https://ramblinmanfair18.eventbrite.com/?aff=facebook

Announcement: Playing the Main Stage Saturday At The Fair... They have sold over 2 million albums worldwide, they cut their baby teeth playing the clubs of Northern Ireland before exploding on to the UK rock scene in the nineties and have even recorded with Ozzy Osbourne! ...They are Monsters of Rock veterans,bringing their church of noise to Ramblin' Man 2018 are Therapy? He is one of the rising stars on today's rock scene and he graced the Blues stage last year to critical acclaim and now takes the step up to Sunday's main stage. He has supported everyone from AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Joe Bonamassa & Aerosmith. He hails from Honey Grove, Texas and will be bringing a handful of riffs and classic rock groove for Sunday At The Fair, it is Tyler Bryant & the Shakedown Formed by New York City guitarist Edgey Pires and dynamic and soulful vocalist Delila Paz with an energetic live show, soulful vocals and a touch of rock n' roll chaos, for the main stage Sunday At the Fair are The Last Internationale They have take the UK country scene by storm and are destined for greater things and we are very pleased to have them for the Outlaw Country Stage this year they are The Adelaides He has won both young artist of the year and guitarist of the year at the British Blues Awards, he is one of the most talented blues guitarist of our time he is Laurence Jones. Also for the Blues Stage another British young gun of the UK Blues scene and causing quite a stir amongst fans and press alike is Connor Selby More announcements to come... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDVsIvvFtcs Tickets: https://ramblinmanfair18.eventbrite.com/?aff=facebook

So you voted and the winners have been chosen for the wild card slots for this year's Ramblin' Man 'Rising' Stage and they are Gorilla Riot and Dead Man's Whiskey! A huge thank you from Bruce and the Ramblin' Man team to all those who voted and of course to the truly great bands that took part and to all those that sent in their demos for this year's Rising Stage. We Salute You! Tickets: https://ramblinmanfair18.eventbrite.com/?aff=facebook

Voting for the Rising Stage wild cards is now closed all votes received after 6.00pm alas will not count...Thank you to all those who took the time and voted you truly are brilliant....

Rambler's it's now over to you. We have a selection of bands for you to choose from to take up the two wild card slots for the Rising Stage at Ramblin' Man 2018 and they are: Daxx & Roxane Red Hawk Rising DEPARTED Fragile Things The Mojo Slide Saint Apache Cybernetic Witch Cult Jukebox Monkey KING CREATURE Dead Man's Whiskey Gorilla Riot To make this a fairer playing field we ask you to post JUST the name of the band you wish to see in the comments section below this post nothing more than that. One post per person and just the band name. Anything other than the band name and the vote becomes null and void, more than one vote by the same poster and we take your first choice. PLEASE just post votes in the comments for the bands by name and nothing more as all these bands deserve to play Ramblin' Man and it's up to you to decide who..... Thank you Ramblers and let's get voting.....VOTING ENDS 6pm Monday 19th Feb

Good Morning from Ramblin' Man HQ and here are the band's so far for this year's Rising Stage and congratulations to all of you from Bruce Dickinson and all the Ramblin' team! The Rising Souls Those Damn Crows Henry's Funeral Shoe The Dust Coda The Rocket Dolls Icarus Falls A huge thank you to all those bands who sent in their demos for this year's Rising Stage, we salute each and everyone one of you and it was a very tough field for the team to choose from. So now it's over to you Ramblers to select the two wild cards from a selection of well deserving acts! Details on how to vote and the bands in the running at 12pm today! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuNLKoWOIEw Tickets: https://ramblinmanfair18.eventbrite.com/?aff=facebook