Lee Aaron will be releasing a covers album ‘Tattoo Me’ via Metalville Records on April 26.

Ayreon release ’01011001 – Live Beneath The Waves’ through Music Theories Recordings/Mascot Label Group on May 17.

Elles Bailey releases a new EP ‘The Night Owl & the Lark’ on February 9.

Black Country Communion will release their fifth studio album ‘V’ on June 14.

Blue Oyster Cult release ‘Ghost Stories’ through Frontiers on April 12. It is a collection of reimagined and completed songs that span from 1978-2016 and also marks the band’s final studio recordings.

Bon Jovi have recently finished recording their new album in Nashville. They have also recently reissued their debut album on streaming services as the band commence their 40th anniversary celebrations. A four part documentary on the band is also due to air on Disney+

Collateral release their new album ‘Should’ve Known Better’ on May 24, preceded by the single ‘Ghost Sky’, released on February 9.

Crowded House release ‘Gravity Stairs’ on May 31 through BMG.

A new three CD box set, ‘Emerson, Lake & Powell – The Complete Collection’, is to be released through Spirit Of Unicorn Records on April 12.

The Feeling release their seventh album ‘San Vito’ on April 12 which includes the recently released single ‘The Right Wrong’.

Freedom Call release their new album ‘Silver Romance’ on May 10.

Liam Gallagher and John Squire release their collaborative album on March 1.

Hawkwind release their latest album ‘Stories From Time And Space’ through Cherry Red Records on April 5.

Richard Hawley releases his 10th studio album, ‘In This City They Call You Love’, through BMG on May 31,

Helloween have signed with Reigning Phoenix Music and the band plan to start work on a new album in the summer for a 2025 release.

Ian Hunter will release ‘Defiance Part 2: Fiction’ on April 19. Guests include Joe Elliott, Brian May, Robin Zander and Jeff Beck.

The Immediate Family’s new studio album, ‘Skin In The Game’, will be released on February 16 via Quarto Valley Records.

Slayer’s Kerry King will release his debut solo album, ‘From Hell I Rise’, on May 17 via Reigning Phoenix Music.

My Dying Bride release their 15th studio album, ‘A Mortal Binding’, on 19 April via Nuclear Blast Records.

Carl Palmer releases a three-CD and one Blu-ray box set entitled ‘Fanfare For The Common Man’. It will be released through BMG on April 5.

Pearl Jam release their new album ‘Dark Matter’ on April 19.

Dream Theater’s keyboards player Jordan Rudess plans to release his next solo album in September though InsideOut Music. Vocalist Joe Payne and drummer Darby Todd are both involved in the recording.

SiX By Six their sophomore album ‘Beyond Shadowland’ on InsideOutMusic on April 26.

Sleep Token have signed with RCA.

Joanne Shaw Taylor (pictured) will release her new studio album ‘Heavy Soul’ on 7 June through Joe Bonamassa’s Journeyman Records.

Tesla release a limited edition, double LP version of their 2007 releases, ‘Real To Reel Vol I’, on Record Store Day, April 20.

Thunder have announced the final three albums getting an expanded re-issue via BMG on April 5. These are ‘The Magnificent Seventh’, ‘Robert Johnson’s Tombstone’ and ‘Bang!’ All will all be available to purchase on vinyl for the first time.

Tygers Of Pan Tang release ‘Live Blood’ on April 26.

Tyr release ‘Battle Ballads’ on April 12 through Metal Blade Records.

Vain release their latest album ‘Disintegrate Together’ on May 1.

Vanden Plas release their latest album, ‘The Empyrean Equation of the Long Lost Things’, on April 19.

Neil Young & Crazy Horse release their new album ‘FU##IN’ UP’ on Record Store Day (April 20) on vinyl, with all formats released on April 26.

Newly announced UK tours (2024 unless stated):

AC/DC (Wembley Stadium Jul 3&7), Apocalyptica (Sep/Oct), Body Count (Jun/Jul), the Breeders (Jun), Bury Tomorrow (Nov), Lloyd Cole (Sep), Alice Cooper + Primal Scream (Oct), the Corrs + Natalie Imbruglia (Nov), Dogstar (Jun), Fish (farewell tour Feb-Mar 2025), Liam Gallagher and John Squire (Mar), Gordon Giltrap and John Etheridge (May), Greta Van Fleet (Sun Jul 14 Royal Albert Hall), Heart + Squeeze (Jul), Toby Jepson (May/Jun), Robert Jon & the Wreck (Nov/Dec), Kamelot (Nov), Richie Kotzen (Jul 13 London), Nick Mason’s Saucerful Of Secrets (Jun), Mr Bungle (Jun), Needtobreathe (Sep), Gary Numan (May/Jun), Oyster Band (farewell tour) + June Tabor (Oct), Pearl Jam (Jun), Troy Redfern (Jun), Riverside (May), the Snuts (Nov/Dec), Therapy? (Oct/Nov), the War On Drugs (Jul),

Upcoming (Gigs – UK)

Newly announced US & European tours (2024 unless stated):

AC/DC (EU, BR), Accept (EU), the Angels (AU), Jimmy Barnes (AU), the Beach Boys (US), Body Count (EU), the Breeders (EU), Hugh Cornwell (AU), Cradle of Filth (EU), Crowbar (US), Dogstar (EU), Fish (EU), Ben Folds (US), Liam Gallagher and John Squire (US & EU), Heart + Cheap Trick (US), Helmet + Cro-Mags (US), In This Moment (US), Chris Isaak (AU), Junkyard (US), Kamelot (EU), Richie Kotzen (EU), Lord of the Lost (US), Lordi + All For Metal (EU), the Mars Volta (US), Brett Michaels + Lou Gramm + Don Felder + Dee Snider + Chris Janson (US), Needtobreathe (EU), Stevie Nicks (US), Pearl Jam (US, EU, AU), Robert Plant & Alison Krauss (US), PowerWolf (US), Primus + Coheed and Cambria (US), REO Speedwagon + Train (US), Santana + Counting  Crows (US), Skillet (AU), Steel Panther (US), Nina Strauss (US), the Struts (AU, CA & US), Symphony X + Heathen (US), the Tea Party (AU), Y&T (US), Neil Young & Crazy Horse (US, CA), Rob Zombie + Alice Cooper + Ministry + Filter (US),

Upcoming (USA/ROW)

Download have added more acts including Enter Shikari, Tom Morello, Busted, Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes, Wheatus, Of Mice & Men, Code Orange, Mr Bungle, Black Stone Cherry, The Struts and Escape The Fate.

Joni Mitchell has announced she will perform two concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles on October 19.

You Me At Six have announced they will split-up once they have completed their twentieth anniversary tour in 2025.

Marillion have announced that bassist Pete Trewavas is unable to travel to the US for the band’s performance aboard Cruise to the Edge next month due to a surgical procedure. His place will be taken by Nick Beggs.

The Isle Of Wight Festival has announced The Prodigy, Pet Shop Boys and Green Day as its 2024 headliners. The event takes place on 20-23 June.

AC/DC have announced their touring line-up. Brian Johnson, Angus Young and Stevie Young joined by drummer Matt Laugand former Jane’s Addiction bassist Chris Chaney.

Lulu has announced her upcoming UK tour dates will be her farewell ones.

Slayer have reunited and will appear later this year headlining two major festivals, Riot Fest and Louder Than Life.

Postponed/cancelled gigs & tours

At The Gates have cancelled their US tour due to ‘circumstances beyond our control.’

Junkyard have cancelled all their remaining dates for 2024.

The Pretenders have rescheduled their UK tour to October and added extra dates.

Apple Music has announced it will pay artists higher royalties for music made available in spatial audio. Starting in January, artists can receive a 10% higher royalty rate for spatial audio music.

Spotify has partnered with Bandsintown to include its event listings on artist profile pages within the streaming service.

Paramore have been announced as ambassadors for this year’s US Record Store Day.

Neal Peart’s final book, ‘Silver Surfers’, based on his love of 1960′s sports cars, is published in May.

Universal Music Group has removed all of its artists music from TikTok over a dispute over royalty payments.

AC/DC’s ‘Back In Black’ has now been viewed over 1 billion times on YouTube.

Blue Raincoat Music has signed a publishing deal with Lightning Seeds frontman Ian Broudie covering the “vast majority” of his catalogue.

Alice Cooper returns with a new syndicated radio show entitled ‘Alice’s Attic’.

Larkin Poe won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album for last year’s ‘Blood Harmony’ album. Paramore won Best Rock Album with Metallica picking up a Grammy for ’72 Seasons’ for Best Metal Performance.

Vintage Trouble are taking a hiatus to focus on individual and family endeavours.

Skindred won a MOBO award for Best Alternative Music Act.

Rod Stewart has sold the rights to his catalogue to Irving Azoff’s Iconic Artists Group for close to $100m.

In recent health updates, Foreigner’s Mick Jones has revealed he has Parkinson’s, whilst Brian Wilson has dementia and his family are seeking conservatorship.

In Through the Out Door…line-up changes

Former Piston drummer Brad Newlands has joined Bad Touch.

Bassist Blasko has returned to Rob Zombie’s band replacing Piggy D.

Hardcore Superstar drummer Magnus “Adde” Andreasson has announced his departure from the band.

Former Sabaton guitarist Thobbe Englund has rejoined the band, replacing Tommy Johansson.

Kingdom Come have announced two new members - vocalist Ezekiel “Zeke” Kaplan and drummer Matt Muckle.

Guitarist Joe Parrish-James has left Jethro Tull and will be replaced by Jack Clark.

Crashdïet have replaced vocalist Gabriel Keyes with John Elliot, while long-time drummer Eric Young is being permanently replaced by Michael Sweet.

Singer and producer Frank Farian, who was the mastermind behind Boney M, as well as a producer for the likes of the Far Corporation and Meat Loaf.

Drummer Russell Hunter of the Pink Fairies and the Deviants

MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer

Aston “Family Man” Barrett, bassist with Bob Marley & the Wailers between 1970 and 1981

Country music star Toby Keith

Former Can vocalist Damo Suzuki

Former BBC Radio 1 and current BBC Radio 2 DJ Steve Wright

Helix drummer Greg ‘Fritz’ Hinz

Singer and guitarist Bobby Tench (Jeff Beck Group, Streetwalker, Humble Pie)

Trans-Siberian Orchestra touring keyboardist, Vitalij Kuprij (Artension, Ring Of Fire)

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Since early 2020 Josh has been entertaining us with exclusive monthly live sessions, streamed via Facebook.

In 2023 he signed a recording deal with Sony in Canada and released a new single on 15 September.

Next session: Sunday 1 December

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Power Plays w/c 28 October 2024

IZZY REIGN Spooky Scary Skeletons (FiXT)
THE RASMUS Rest In Pieces (Better Noise Music)
THE PLAGUE What Else Can I Do (FiXT)
STAR CIRCUS Turn The Tide (indie)
DEFENCES Breathe It In (Long Branch Records)

Featured Albums w/c 28 October 2024

09:00-12:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Melodic Rock)
12:00-13:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Melodic Hard Rock)
14:00-16:00 The Best of 2003-2023 (Singer Songwriter)

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