News: MAGNUM, HINDER, BEN FOLDS – Thursday 26 February 2015

Magnum release ‘Escape From The Shadow Garden – Live 2014′ on May 11th on SPV.

New singles and albums will be released globally on Fridays from this summer. Currently new albums are released in the UK on Monday, Tuesday in the USA and on a Friday in Europe. Singles in the UK are released on Sundays.

Ben Folds plans to release his new album as digital only in the spring with a vinyl release in the summer.

Phil Lewis of L.A. Guns has revealed in a recent interview the band plan to record a new album later in the year and it will be blues based.

Gun release their new album ‘Frantic’ on March 23rd.

The New Roses have signed with Napalm Records and plan to start recording their new studio album in April for a summer release.

Hinder release their new studio album, ‘When The Smoke Clears’ on May 12th via The End Records/ADA.

WILKO JOHNSON
Mar 06: Cambridge Junction
Mar 18: Manchester Ritz
Mar 20: Glasgow O2 ABC
Mar 26: London Royal Albert Hall – with The Who
Apr 26: London O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire
May 02: Cheltenham Jazz Festival
May 29: Dublin O2 Academy
May 31: Roryfest, Ballyshannon
Jun 06: Lunar Festival, Tamworth-in-Arden
Jul 30: Cambridge Folk Festival

SUPERTRAMP
Dec 7th O2 Arena London

SKARLETT RIOT
Fri March 20 SHEFFIELD Corporation
Sat March 21 GLASGOW Audio
Sun March 22 NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Cluny 2

Vocalist Simon Cruz has left Crashdiet. The band plan to carry on recording their new album and recruit a new vocalist.

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Power Plays w/c 7 April 2025

SEVEN BLOOD To The Unknown (indie)
FROM FALL TO SPRING Incomplete (Arising Empire)
POP EVIL Side Effects (MNRK Heavy)
ERJA LYYTINEN Abyss (Tuohi Records)
SKY VALLEY MISTRESS Too Many Ghosts (New Heavy Sounds)
RED GIANT Free Me (indie)

Featured Albums w/c 7 April 2025

09:00-12:00 The Best of 2003 – 2024 (Melodic Rock)
12:00-13:00 The Best of 2003 – 2024 (Melodic Hard Rock)
14:00-16:00 The Best of 2003 – 2024 (Singer Songwriter)

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