EUROPE added to GRTR! Greats feature series

Clutch release their latest album ‘Wasted Lands’ on January 22 via their own label Weathermaker Music.

Credo release their new album – and first in over fifteen years – ‘We the Disconnected’ on October 23 through Gargoyle Records.

Crossbone Skully, formed by Tommy Henriksen (Alice Cooper, Hollywood Vampires), release their second album ‘Condemned to Rock n’ Roll’ on January 29 via earMUSIC.

Dalton release their fourth studio album, ‘Rock Will Never Die’, on December 11 via Frontiers.

Drive, She Said release their new album ‘Pass the Torch’ on December 4 on Frontiers.

Blair Dunlop will release his sixth studio album, ’What Still Survives’, on October 30 via Navigator Records.

Fearless V’s debut album, ‘Circus Life’, is set for release on on February 26 via Lucky Bob Records. The band features former members of Primal Fear.

A-Ha’s Morten Harket has announced his seventh solo album, ‘Human Grace’, which will be released on November 27.

The Flower Kings release their new album ‘HOPE’ due out on October 23 on InsideOutMusic.

Billy Joel (pictured) will release a 50th anniversary box set edition of his album ‘Turnstiles’ on December 11.

Little Angels release an EP, ‘Big Bad & Back’, on November 6 and it is the band’s first new material in 32 years.

The Missing Toys, the new project led by Joe Vana (Mecca), will release its debut album ‘Not A.I.’ on January 15 via Pride & Joy Music. The first single ‘Life Line’ featuring Giant’s Dann Huff was released on October 5.

Mogwai release a best of entitled ‘Happy Tears’ on January 8 via the band’s own Rock Action Records.

Neal Morse & The Resonance release their second studio album, ‘River of Light’, on November 27.

Bad Reputation Records re-issue No Sweat’s self-titled 2000 album on December 4 as a double CD with the second disc consisting of unreleased and live tracks.

R.E.M. release a 25th anniversary edition of their ‘Reveal’ album on November 20 via Craft Recordings.

Originally released in 2006, ‘Adieu False Heart’, a collaborative album from Linda Ronstadt and Ann Savoy, gets a 20th anniversary reissue on November 6.

Secret Rule release their latest album ‘Someone Killed The Pope’ via Rockshots Records on February 5.

SikTh will reissue a remastered edition of their second album, ‘Death Of A Dead Day MMXXVI’, through Cooking Vinyl on December 4.

Vanishing Point release their seventh studio album ‘Eremition’ on November 20.

Paul Weller releases a 31-track live album ‘In The Shadow Of The Sun, Paul Weller & Band Live & Very Direct‘ digitally on October 2.

Spirit of Unicorn/Cherry Red Records reissue Yes’s ‘Keys to Ascension’ on CD and vinyl on January 27.

In the studio…

Recording is well underway for Helloween’s new album, due sometime in 2027…Napalm Death are planning to record a new album with late 2027 the earliest likely release date…according to a recent interview with Joe Perry published by InBoston magazine, Hollywood Vampires are ‘talking about doing another album’ next year…

Single life…

Peter Gabriel released ‘Face the Wall’ on September 26…

Upcoming (Gigs – UK)

Newly announced UK tours (2027 unless stated):

Castle Rat (Electric Ballroom, London, May 27), Dinosaur Pile-Up (Mar, Apr), Frost* (Apr, May), Beth Hart (Sep), Ruts DC (Apr, Oct), Slipknot (Jul 3 Wembley Stadium), Rod Stewart (Apr, May),

Upcoming (USA/ROW)

Newly announced US & European tours (2027 unless stated):

Brother Cane (US 2026), Daughtry (US), Epica (EU, BR), Northlane (US), A Perfect Circle (US), Scorpions + Buckcherry (Sep 9-25, Las Vegas, US), Sleeping With Sirens (AU), Slipknot (US, BR, CO, PE),

Tour updates & postponed/cancelled gigs & tours:

Enter Shikari have announced that “as of December 31st 2027, Enter Shikari will fall dormant as a recording and performing entity.”

Epica’s Royal Albert Hall gig next October has now sold out.

Oasis have sold out all of their 42 gigs planned for the UK next year.

Rod Stewart has announced he is retiring from touring next year after a series of farewell shows.

Frank Turner, who has performed over 3,000 gigs in 28 years, has announced that after next November’s Lost Evenings Wembley Arena gigs he will stop live performances. He added, “It’s also worth saying that the economics of touring have gotten harder, the music industry has been swallowed by social media in a way that doesn’t really interest me and as I get older my physical and mental health could do with some care.”

A campaign to raise $1m to secure a permanent Neil Peart memorial in Lakeside Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, has reached its target after Rush donated $785,000 to the cause.

Boom Rock, part of Boom Radio, ceased broadcasting at the end of last month.

Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen is auctioning off over 300 of his guitars via Julien’s Auctions, with a portion of the proceeds going to benefit St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.