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Legendary guitarist Steve Hackett presents his brand-new live audio/visual extravaganza, with the release of ‘Foxtrot at Fifty + Hackett Highlights: Live in Brighton’, set for release on the 15th September 2023. Filmed & recorded live on his 2022 UK tour, in the coastal city of […]
NewsOn 24th November the first in a series of box sets commemorating the life and music of one of the UK`s most extraordinary and prolific musicians, John Wetton, will be released. The An Extraordinary Life box set contains 8 newly remastered CDs, featuring the six […]
NewsDOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION launch second video ‘Keep On Moving’ from new album‘Celestial Songs’. Downes Braide Association (DBA) announce the release of the second single and video Keep On Moving from their long-awaited new album Celestial Songs (released on 8th September). Following their previous critically acclaimed […]
News“GIVE ME THE FUTURE” 2022 ARENA UK TOUR DATES ON SALE NOW Pre-order the album here Bastille have unveiled the official video for their latest single “Shut Off The Lights”—watch HERE. In the feel-good video, which made its broadcast premiere on MTV Live and MTVU, people are disconnected from their […]
NewsAEG Presents announce that The Nightingales will again tour the UK in Spring 2022. Described by John Robb as “The misfits’ misfits”, The Nightingales are the subject of documentary feature film, “King Rocker”, written and presented by comedian Stewart Lee, directed by Michael Cumming (‘Brass […]
NewsUK Metal Music Scene Welcomes New Outdoor 3 Day Venue: 27-29 May 2022 Flying high from hosting the likes of Grand Magus, Orange Goblin and Phil Campbell at their previous indoor site in West Yorkshire, Manorfest opens in May 2022 at Whittlebury Park near Silverstone race […]
NewsNEW SINGLE: “PSILOCYBERMAN” OUT 11 FEBRUARY 2022, VIA MAL LOCO RECORDINGS –PRODUCED & MIXED BY STEPHEN STREET Readying their first new music for 2 years – HEAVY SALAD – will release a brand new single: “Psilocyberman” on 11 February. Around the release, the Manchester collective […]
NewsThe accelerator is flat to the floor and we’re hurtling towards the brick wall at the end of the corpse-strewn road. The world’s in flames and we keep on feeding dry bones to the fire. Absolute violence reigns supreme and there’s no better way to […]
News29 MAY 2022 @ EARLHAM PARK, NORWICH This new festival, organised by Kilimanjaro Live, features: THE KOOKSDMAS || SEA GIRLS || DODIEYONAKA || KAWALA || LOTTERY WINNERSCRAWLERS || THE GOA EXPRESS DECO || NOISY || RATS || THE ROYSTON CLUBWITH MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED TICKETS ON […]
NewsEmma Wilson is born and bred on Teesside and is proud of her heritage. For a number of years Emma has worked, as a collaborator on recordings and in concert, for bands such as the UK Southern Rock giants “Pig Iron” and she was in […]
Album reviewsThe Urban Voodoo Machine return to the West Midlands with Aled-Wyn Jones (AKA Candy Mountain; no, I don’t know either) and Jo Carley & the Old Dry Skulls in tow. It’s been a while since the UVM had visited this part of the world so […]
Gig reviewsSTREAM HERE || LISTEN ON SOUNDCLOUD HERE NEW EP, COMING LATER THIS YEAR Hitting the ground at pace this January – MEXICAN DOGS – are back with the electrifying new single: “Run, Run, Run”. STREAM HERE || LISTEN ON SOUNDCLOUD HERE Blasting away the cobwebs, […]
NewsFRANK’S NEW ALBUM ‘FTHC’ TO BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY 11TH VIA XTRA MILE RECORDINGS / POLYDOR PRE-ORDER HERE WATCH THE ALBUM TRAILER HERE FRANK TURNER has announced a run of intimate independent record store shows to celebrate the release of his ninth studio album, ‘FTHC’. Released on February 11th via Xtra Mile Recordings / Polydor, ‘FTHC’ is his first […]
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