News - Album News

Lee Aaron (pictured) will release her latest album, ‘Radio On!’, on July 23.

Bellowhead release a live album, ‘Reassembled’, on June 18. This was recorded at the band’s one-off online reunion show last December.

The Black Keys release a blues covers album ‘Delta Kream’ on May 14.

Joe Bonamassa releases ‘Now Serving: Royal Tea Live From The Ryman’ on June 11 on CD, DVD, Blu-Ray and Double LP. The DVD will include a film introduction narrated by actor Jeff Daniels.

A 2CD set called ‘The Width of a Circle’ is released on May 28 via Parlophone and features 21 recordings from David Bowie’s ‘The Man Who Sold The World’ era.

Buckcherry will release their new album, ‘Hellbound’, on June 25 via Round Hill Records.

Deen Castronovo will be working on new albums from Revolution Saints and Gioeli/Castronovo.

Chicago’s 1971 album ‘Chicago Live At Carnegie Hall’ gets a 19CD set, 50th anniversary release on July 9.

Focus release ‘Focus 50′, a 3CD/Blu-Ray package released on April 30 through In Focus Records/Cherry Red Records.

Hammer King will release their self-titled album through Napalm Records on June 11.

Tony Iommi is planning a Tony Martin era box set from Martin’s time fronting Black Sabbath.

Mick Jagger has released a new song ‘Eazy Sleazy’ featuring Dave Grohl on all instruments.

King’s X are working on their next album, however, it won’t be released until the band can tour properly again.

L.A. Guns (the Tracii Guns/Phil Lewis) version plan to release a live album in July, followed by a studio album in November.

Last In Line’s next studio album is pencilled in for a release in December.

John Lodge (The Moody Blues) releases a new digital only single, ‘The Sun Will Shine’, on April 30. A live follows in September which will include an EP of four new songs.

Massacre have signed with Nuclear Blast who will release their new album in the autumn.

30th anniversary edition of Mr. Big’s ‘Lean Into It’ (2CD/7″ single box set) album is released on July 16.

A 2CD, 42 track compilation album, ‘The Official New Wave Of Classic Rock- Volume 1′, is released on 23 July.

Of Mice & Men release a new EP, ‘Bloom’, on May 28 via SharpTone.

Ian Parry releases his latest album ‘Brute Force’ on June 4 via Metal Mind Productions.

Powerwolf will release their new album, ‘Call Of The Wild’, on July 9 via Napalm Records.

Skid Row have signed with earMUSIC and plan to release their next album in 2022.

Staind hope to complete a new studio album this year. The band release a live album on May 7.

Sufjan Stevens has shared details of a new five-volume collection called ‘Convocations’. Stevens will release one volume of the album per week, with the whole collection released by May 6 via Asthmatic Kitty.

Styx release a new EP ‘The Same Stardust’ on June 12 as part of Record Store Day. The EP includes two new songs.

This Winter Machine have announced a new line-up with only vocalist Al Winter remaining from the previous line-up. Joining him are guitarists Dom Bennison and Simon D’Vali, drummer Alan Wilson and bassist Dave Close. The band’s new album ‘Kites’ is due later this year.

Trifecta – bassist and songwriter Nick Beggs, keyboardist Adam Holzman and drummer Craig Blundell – have signed to KScope and they plan to release their debut album later this year.

Whitesnake plan to work on some Christmas music in the coming months.

The Yardbirds’ 1966 self-titled album – commonly known as ‘Roger The Engineer‘ – will be reissued as a 3CD/2LP+7” box sets by Demon on May 28.

Upcoming (new releases)

News - Tours and Gigs

Rescheduled UK & Ireland tour dates:

the Damned (Jul 2021 to Feb 2022), Enslaved (May 2021 to Feb/Mar 2022), Guns ‘N’ Roses (Jun 2021 to Jun 2021), H.E.A.T. (Oct 2021 to Oct 2022), the Hollies (Sep/Oct 2021 to May/Jun 2022), Jessica Lynn (May 2021 to May 2022), My Chemical Romance (Jun 2021 to May 2022), Opeth (Oct 2021 to Nove 2022), Simple Minds (Aug 2021 to Aug/Sep 2022), Therapy? (Oct/Nov 2021 to Feb/Mar 2022), Uriah Heep (Sep/Oct 2021 to Sep/Oct 2022), Within Temptation + Evanescence (Sep 2021 to Apr 2022),

Cancelled UK & Ireland tour dates:

Upcoming (Gigs – UK)

Rescheduled US & European tour dates:

Guns ‘N’ Roses (Jun/Jul 2021 to Jun/Jul 2021), Iron Maiden (Jun/Jul 2021 to Jun-Aug 2022), Judas Priest (May/Jun 2021 to May/Jun 2022), My Chemical Romance (Jul-Oct 2021 to May-Oct 2022), Opeth (Oct/Nov 2021 to Nov 2022), Rage Against The Machine (Jul/Aug 2021 to Jul/Aug 2022), Toto (Jul/Aug 2021 to Jul/Aug 2022), Roger Waters (Jul-Sep 2021 to Jul-Sep 2022), Within Temptation + Evanescence (Sep/Oct 2021 to Mar/Apr 2022),

Cancelled US & European tour dates:

Upcoming (USA/ROW)

UK Festivals 2021

Cornbury festival has been postponed for the second year running and will now take place next year between 8-10 July 2022.

Anthrax won’t be headlining the Saturday at this year’s Steelhouse festival in July. A new headliner will be announced shortly.

Gun have announced a UK tour for December.

Alestorm and Gloryhammer tour the UK together in November.

Arielle has announced a series of livestreams on May 13, June 17, July 22, and August 19. More details can be found here

Status Quo tour the UK in Feb/Mar next year.

Other Stuff

The Royal Albert Hall will host a series of celebrations to mark the venue’s 150th anniversary this year.

Dave Grohl has a book ‘The Storyteller’ published on October 5 by Simon & Schuster. “From my early days growing up in the suburbs of Washington, DC, to hitting the road at the age of 18, and all the music that followed, I can now share these adventures with the world, as seen and heard from behind the microphone.”

Guitarist Zak Rizvi has left Kansas to pursue new projects.

AC/DC’s Brian Johnson publishes his memoir ‘The Lives of Brian’ on October 26.

‘Loud ‘N’ Proud: Fifty Years Of Nazareth’ by Martin Popoff is published by Wymer Publishing on August 6.

Get well soon…former H.E.A.T. vocalist Erik Grönwall who is currently being treated for acute lymphocytic leukaemia.

Malcolm Cecil, engineer, producer, and synthesizer pioneer, who worked with Stevie Wonder amongst others

Poco co-founder Rusty Young

Producer and songwriter Jim Steinman, most famous for his work on Meat Loaf’s ‘Bat Out Of Hell’

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