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TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM PLANETROCK.COM, THEGIGCARTEL.COM & WWW.KIRAMAC.COM Celebrated British rock band Kira Mac are pleased to announce that 4-piece Midlands rock and roll band JAYLER will be their special guests on their their 12-date Spring 2024 UK Tour. Tickets are available from planetrock.com, thegigcartel.com and […]
NewsSkindred, the Welsh legends, are in Manchester on their short UK tour. Skindred for me is a band that should’ve been massively popular way earlier on, before the days of TikTok. I’ve seen these guys before at Download Festival with my shirt in hand whipping […]
Gig reviewsWith a discography of 10 studio albums and more than a decade of being revered as a global blues icon, DAN PATLANSKY has solidified his status as one of the most exceptional blues-based storytellers of his generation, earning legendary recognition worldwide. In 2024, Dan has […]
NewsLegendary rock guitarist Steve Hackett is set to release his new studio album ‘The Circus And The Nightwhale’ on 16th February 2024, via InsideOut Music. A rite-of-passage concept album with a young character called Travla at the centre of it, ‘The Circus And The Nightwhale’s’ […]
NewsSTREAM SINGLE | WATCH MUSIC VIDEO “She is a guitarist with a special magnetism. She is an absolute professional, serious, and solvent.” – Billy Gibbons “Susan Santos is a guitar hero. She is a monster in the studio, overdubbing well performed layers of guitar that […]
NewsThe band announce debut album ‘Hang Wave’ for 26th January release and UK / EU tour dates. Band to play for 8 hours straight via livestream on 13th Jan on to raise money for Gaza Sunbirds. ‘Sleaford Mods, without the cringe’ – Louderthanwar ‘What the […]
NewsListen To “Shit Karma” HERE Canadian death metal overlords SATANIC TEA CO have released their new video for “Shit Karma” via Slam Worldwide.The song is from their previously released EP A Celestial Beating. Frontman Crucifix comments: “We are pleased to announce the release of our grotesque […]
NewsALBUM EVERGREEN OUT NOW Producer, singer/songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist PVRIS (Lyndsey Gunnulfsen) has announced a series of live shows across Europe, the United Kingdom and North America in 2024. The tours come off the back of the critically acclaimed new album ‘EVERGREEN’ which saw PVRIS gracing […]
NewsAmong the most popular and enduring British hard rock bands of the past 25 years, Thunder are to launch two previously unreleased live albums on January 26, 2024, on earMUSIC. The first of the pair, “Live At Islington Academy”, captures the South London based band […]
NewsBRITISH EPIC POP BAND TO RELEASE NEW SINGLE: “RUNNING OUT OF HEARTBEATS” OUT 15 JANUARY – PRE-SAVE HERE TAKEN FROM THE UPCOMING ALBUM: ‘LOVING YOU IS KILLING ME’ OUT 9 FEB 2024, VIA EXILOPHONE/REPUBLIC OF MUSIC – PRE-ORDER HERE+ CONFIRM RUN OF UK INSTORE SHOWS […]
NewsStream/buy: https://orcd.co/filter-the-algorithm / https://linktr.ee/officialfilter Alternative Industrial rockers Filter have announced a series of headline dates across mainland Europe and the U.K. celebrating the release of new music and the band’s formation 30 years ago. It is Filter’s first tour in the region in 8 years. “It’s been […]
NewsAlternative Metal band Helmet from New York City have hit Manchester on their Look Left World Tour. Helmet had had numerous lineup changes with Hamilton as the only constant member; since 2010, the band has consisted of Hamilton, Drummer Kyle Stevenson, Guitarist Dan Beeman and […]
Gig reviewsROWSIE, in their own words, are a unique blend of noise, rock, alternative, and Americana. They formed in 2021 making them insanely fresh onto the scene from a studio on London’s Kings Road. Rowsie, despite being American born, captured the attention of people around the […]
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