Acacia Avenue release ‘Chapter V’ via Pride & Joy Music on May 29.

Amberian Dawn release their latest album, ‘Temptation’s Gates’, on June 26 via Napalm Records. The band have also announced Nicole Willerton as their new vocalist.

Deko Entertainment release a 50th anniversary edition of Angel’s ‘Helluva Band’ on May 22.

Armored Saint will release their new album, ‘Emotion Factory Reset’, on May 22 via Metal Blade Records.

Robin Beck will release a new album ‘Living Proof’ on May 15 on Frontiers.

Former Arch Enemy vocalist Alissa White-Gluz has announced the formation of Blue Medusa. She is joined in the group guitarists Alyssa Day and Dani Sophia (ex-Till Lindemann). Bassist Alicia Vigil and drummer Delaney Jaster will also take part in live shows.

Candlebox will release their new album in early 2027.

Crimson Glory release their first album in 26 years, ‘Chasing The Hydra’, through BraveWords Records on April 17.

The Dead Daisies will release ‘Live Plus Five’ on May 15 and it includes their set at last year’s Stonedead festival.

Neil Diamond releases ’Wild At Heart’ through Capitol/UMe on May 8. The album marks the third and final collaborative album with Rick Rubin.

Dogstar release their fourth studio album, ‘All In Now’, on May 29 via their own label Dillon Street Records.

Dominum release their new album ‘Night Is Calling’ on July 3 via Napalm Records.

Electric Mob release a deluxe digital edition of their latest album, ’2 Make U Cry & Dance’, on July 10 via Frontiers.

FangSlinger release their debut album ‘Welcome to the Lost Souls Saloon’ on April 24.

Fortune Teller have signed with Mighty Music who will release the band’s debut album later this year.

Violet Grohl has announced that her debut album, ‘Be Sweet To Me’, will be released on May 29 via Republic Records.

Erik Grönwall (ex-H.E.A.T., Skid Row) releases his new album ‘Bad Bones’ on May 22.

Hard-Fi release their first new album in fifteen years, ‘Sweating Someone Else’s Fever’, on June 19 via V2.

Former Kamelot vocalist Roy Khan aims to release his debut solo album later this year or in early 2027.

The Lemon Twigs release their eighth album ‘Look For Your Mind!’ on May 8 via Captured Tracks.

Mattador release their new studio album, ‘III’, on June 19 via Frontiers.

Moonspell release their latest album ‘Far From God’ on July 3 via Napalm Records.

Billy Morrison will release his latest album ‘Hollow’ in August. It includes guest appearances by Duff McKagan, Steve Stevens, Chuck D, Nuno Bettencourt and more.

Muse release their new album ‘The Wow! Signal’ on June 26 through Warner/Helium 3.

Narnia release their tenth studio album ‘X’ on May 29 via Sound Pollution.

Sepultura release  a farewell EP, ‘The Cloud Of Unknowing’, on April 24 via Nuclear Blast.

Social Distortion release their new album ‘Born To Kill’ on May 8 via Epitaph Records.

Spread Eagle release their new album ‘The Brutal Divine’ on June 12 via Frontiers.

Ringo Starr releases his new album ‘Long Road Home’ on April 24. The album is once again produced by T Bone Burnett.

Sunjay releases his tenth studio album, ‘Split The Sheets’, on September 18 via Mighty Tight Records.

Tarja releases ‘Frisson Noir’ on June 9 via earMUSIC, with the ten minute epic ‘At Sea‘, released as the lead single.

Tesla have signed with Frontiers and plan to release new music soon.

George Thorogood releases ‘The Baddest Show on Earth: Greatest Hits Live’ on June 12.

Devin Townsend releases his new album ‘The Moth’ on May 29 via Inside Out.

Chrysalis Records have announced the latest UFO reissue, 1981′s ‘The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent’, which arrives on May 1 as 3LP and 2CD.

Midge Ure releases his latest album ‘A Man of Two Worlds’ on May 8. The double album consists of sixteen songs – eight instrumental and eight with vocals.

Venom release their new studio album, ‘Into Oblivion’, on May 1 via Noise/BMG.

Von Groove release their new album ‘Born to Rock’ on May 15 via Frontiers.

Dan Walsh releases his latest album ‘At the Station’ on May 15.

Paul Weller releases a 3LP/3CD box set ‘Weller At The BBC Vol 2′ on Parlophone on April 24.

The Who (pictured) release ‘Live at Eden Project’ on May 29.

Yes release an expanded and remastered edition of their 2019 mini-album, ‘From A Page’,  through Mercury Studios on April 24.

In the studio…

Cradle of Filth have ‘almost finished writing’ for their next album…Extreme have completed work on their new album…Intense are putting the finishing touches to a new album…Raven plan to enter the studio in the summer to record their next album…Soil are putting the finishing touches to their first new music in thirteen years

Single life…

Tori Amos released ‘Stronger Together’ and ‘Shush’ ahead of her new album ‘In Times of Dragons’ which is due on May 1…Butcher Babies released ‘Lost In Your Touch’ on March 3…Annie Dressner releases her latest single ‘Dumb Boy’ on March 11 with a new album due later in the year…Peter Gabriel has released ‘What Lies Ahead’, the third track from his forthcoming album ‘o\i’…The Lazys release ‘Too Tough To Die’ on March 20…The Hu released ‘The Men’ and ‘Warrior Chant’ on March 20…Suzi Quatro released ‘Little Miss Lovely’ ahead of her new album, ‘Freedom’, which is due on March 27…Skindred released ‘Can I Get An A’ on March 4…Train released ‘The Weekend’ ahead of the start of their US tour…The Warning released ‘Kerosene’ on March 6

 

Upcoming (Gigs – UK)

Newly announced UK tours (2026 unless stated):

Alter Bridge (Jun), Jon Anderson & the Band of Geeks (Sep, Oct), Danko Jones (Nov), Del Amitri (Nov, Dec), Eagles of Death Metal (Nov), From Ashes to New (Fri Apr 17, Dome, London), Gene (Oct 9 & 10, Roundhouse, London), Guana Batz (Nov),  Hard-Fi (Dec), Justin Hayward (Oct), The Hoosiers (Oct), Trevor Horn Band (Dec), The Hu (Sep, Oct), Jack J Hutchinson (Nov), Inglorious (original line-up, 10th anniversary gig, Sat 17 Oct KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton), Kamelot (Nov), Erja Lyytinen (Oct), Myrath (Oct), Orville Peck (Jun), The Pogues (Nov, Dec), Primus (Aug), Rush (Mar 2027), Sex Pistols (Dec), Skindred + Alien Ant Farm (Nov), Spiritbox + Jinjer (Sep), A Thousand Horses (Jul), Transvision Vamp (Oct), Robin Trower (Aug, Sep), VirginMarys (May, Jun), Bruce Watson (Big Country) (Mar-Jun 2027), Whitechapel + Sylosis (Jan 2027), Wilco (Aug), Kim Wilde + Tiffany (Mar 2027), The Wonderstuff (Oct),

Upcoming (USA/ROW)

Newly announced US & European tours (2026 unless stated):

Bryan Adams + Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo (US), The Angels (AU), Arch Enemy (CN, JP), Avatar (AU), Beck (AU), Mike Campbell and the Dirty Knobs (US), Eric Clapton (US), Counting Crows (AU, NZ), Cradle of Filth + DevilDriver (AU), Death Angel + Vio-Lence (US), The Doobie Brothers (US), Eagles (US), Eagles of Death Metal (EU), Flyleaf (US), From Ashes to New (US), Go West (AU), The Guess Who (US), The Hu (EU), Iron Maiden + Megadeth (AU), Kamelot (EU), Kansas + .38 Special (US), Killswitch Engage + Machine Head (US), Kittie (US), Mental As Anything (AU), Richard Marx (AU), Metallica (Las Vegas Sphere, US), Myrath (EU), Graham Nash (US), Nashville Pussy (EU), Orville Peck (EU), Pennywise + Circle Jerks (US), Primus (EU), Raven (US), Todd Rundgren (US), Rush (EU 2027), Sabaton (US), Shinedown + Bush (AU), Spiritbox + Jinjer (EU), Sting (US), Tomahawk + Melvins (US), Trixter + Lynch Mob (US), Whitechapel + Sylosis (EU 2027), Wilco (EU), Kim Wilde (AU), ZZ Top (US),

Iron Maiden have announced they will take next year off from touring and plan to return to live action in 2028.

Drummer Harry James will re-join Magnum for their upcoming UK dates.

Ozzfest will return in 2027 with two shows at Aston Villa FC in early July and two shows in the US. Judas Priest are a rumoured headliner for the UK shows.

Twisted Sister will tour later this year with former Skid Row vocalist Sebastian Bach taking Dee Snider’s place.

Y&T have announced they won’t be touring Europe and the UK later this year due to increasing tour costs.

Tour updates & postponed/cancelled gigs & tours:

Martin Barre will not be appearing at this summer’s A New Day Festival as he was given the wrong dates by his agent.

Vader have postponed their upcoming Australian dates to November.

‘The Story of Skids – Scotland’s No.1 Punk Band’ is being released as a limited edition Blu-ray by Screenbound International Pictures.

A biopic of Bon Jovi’s early years is set for production at Universal Studios.

A new feature-length documentary about Gregg Allman, ‘Music Of My Soul’, will be released in US cinemas this summer.

Sharon Osbourne and promoter Andy Copping are currently planning a Black Sabbath classical tour which is set to be orchestrated by Ozzy’s keyboards player Adam Wakeman.

Ozzy Osbourne was posthumously honoured with a BRITs Lifetime Achievement Award.

Brian May has been involved in the soundtrack to the upcoming He-Man film Masters of the Universe, which is due in cinemas in June.

Alice Cooper’s autobiography, ‘Devil On My Shoulder’, is published on October 8 by Ebury Spotlight. He has announced a spoken word tour around the same time in the UK.

The documentary ‘Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition’ is released worldwide in cinemas from May 7.

Keyboardist/vocalist Loren Gold (The Who, Roger Daltrey, Chicago) will be joining Rush for their upcoming tour.

The Beach Boys’ Bruce Johnston has announced he will no longer perform live with the band but plans to carry on songwriting. He has been in the Beach Boys since 1965.

Neil Sedaka whose hits included ’Breaking Up Is Hard to Do’ and ‘Oh! Carol’.

Blues guitarist John Hammond.

Country Joe McDonald, vocalist with Country Joe & The Fish.

Boston vocalist and solo artist Tommy DeCarlo.

Producer (Fleetwood Mac, Eric Clapton) and blues champion Mike Vernon.  (News item and archive feature)

Phil Campbell, Motorhead guitarist 1984-2015, and latterly fronting Phil Campbell’s Bastard Sons.

Pentangle drummer Terry Cox.

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