News - Album News

Bon Jovi have released a new song ‘Christmas Isn’t Christmas’.

Caligula’s Horse release their new album ‘Charcoal Grace’ through InsideOut Music on January 26.

Sheryl Crow will release her new album, ‘Evolution’, on March 29, 2024 via The Valory Music Group, with ‘Alarm Clock’ released as the first song of the album.

DarWin have released a new song ‘Inside This Zoo’ which includes Simon Philips and Greg Howe amongst the musicians.

Fall Out Boy have announced a ‘Take This To Your Grave’ 20th anniversary reissue featuring two previously unreleased demos. Due on December 15 it will be limited to 5,000 copies on vinyl.

Firewind release their new album ‘Stand United’ on March 1 through AFM Records.

Ace Frehley’s new album ’10,000 Volts’ is pencilled in for a release in February. Much of the album was co-written with Trixter’s Steve Brown.

Gun have signed with Cooking Vinyl who will release the band’s latest album ‘Hombres’ in April 2024.

Steve Hackett releases his latest album (a concept album based on the rite-of-passage of main character Travla) ‘The Circus And The Nightwhale’ on February 16 via InsideOut Music.

Robert Hart releases his fourth solo album on January 26 via Escape Music, with the first song ‘Long Road’ available now.

Hawkwind release their 36th studio album ‘Stories From Time And Space’ in April.

Glenn Hughes (pictured) plans to record and release a new studio album next year using his current touring line-up.

Elton John has recently stated he has completed a new album written with Bernie Taupin.

The Killers release a best of, ‘Rebel Diamonds’, on December 8 via Island Records.

Kobra And The Lotus vocalist/founder Kobra Paige has released her first solo single, ‘Love What I Hate’, with her debut solo album released on April 5.

Lightning Seeds release ‘Tomorrow’s Here Today: 35 Years Of The Lightning Seeds’ on October 4 2024.

Lionheart release their new album ‘The Grace of a Dragonfly’ on 23 February on Metalville Records/Ward Records.

Molly Hatchett have released a new single ‘Firing Line’ ahead of their German tour dates in December.

Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars has released the lead single, ‘Loyal to the Lie’, from his solo debut titled ‘The Other Side Of Mars’, which will be released on February 23.

Pallas release their new album ‘The Passenger’ on December 15.

Jim Peterik & World Stage release a new album, ’Roots & Shoots Vol.1,’ on January on Frontiers. The first single ‘Dangerous Combination’ featuring REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin, has recently been released.

Spike’s Quireboys release their new album ‘Wardour Street’ next year and Thunder guitarist Luke Morley will appear on the album, as well as live shows by the band.

The Rods release a new album ‘Rattle the Cage’ through Massacre Records on January 12.’

Saxon release their latest studio album ‘Hell, Fire And Damnation‘ on January 19 via Silver Lining Music. The title track is out now.

Slade have released a Dolby Atmos mix of ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’ for the song’s 50th anniversary, along with a new accompanying video.

Sum 41 plan to release their new album, a double, entitled ‘Heaven :x: Hell’ in early 2024.

Thunder will release a live album ‘A Black Country Xmas’ on 17 November via Dodgy Discs. It was recorded at KK’s Steel Mill, Wolverhampton on 17th and 18th December 2021.

Tragik release their latest album, ‘Realm Angelic’, on December 20.

Khalil Turk & Friends release ‘Turkish Delight III’ next year through Escape Music. ‘City of Lights’, featuring on vocals Steve Walsh and Jerome Maza, has been released as the lead track.

Von Hertzen Brothers release ‘Live At Tavastia’ on February 16.

Voodoo Circle release a best of album, ‘15 Years of Voodoo’, via AFM Records on December 1.

News - Tours and Gigs

Newly announced UK tours (2024 unless stated):

Air, Bellowhead, Cast, Crowded House, the Damned, Bruce Dickinson, Dirty Honey, Echo & the Bunnymen, Enslaved, Fairport Convention, Feeder, Green Day, Richard Hawley, Kaiser Chiefs, Lightning Seeds, Pixies, Spock’s Beard, Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band, Squeeze + Badly Drawn Boy, Sting, Joanne Shaw Taylor, Tool, Paul Weller, the Wolfe Tones (Ire – farewell tour), Y&T, the Zutons,

Upcoming (Gigs – UK)

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

Bryan Adams + Dave Stewart (US), Air (Eur), the Animals (farewell tour Aus), Buckcherry + Rose Tattoo (Aus), Coldplay (Aus + NZ), Creed (US), the Dandy Warhols (Aus), Earth, Wind & Fire + Chicago (US), Enslaved (Eur), Melissa Etheridge (Aus), Firewind (US), Foreigner + Headpins (Can), From The Jam (Aus), Go West + Nik Kershaw (Aus), Godsmack (US), Graveyeard (Eur), Green Day (Eur), Hagar, Anthony, Bonham & Satriani (US), Iron Maiden (US), Judas Priest + Sabaton (US), Lordi (Eur), Lynyrd Skynyrd + ZZ Top (US), Alannis Morissette + Joan Jett (US), Mr Bungle + Melvins (Aus), Pantera + Lamb Of God (US), Porno For Pyros (US), Queensryche + Armored Saint (US), Rage (Eur), the Rolling Stones (US, Can), Joe Satriani + Steve Vai (US), Scorpions (US las Vegas), Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (Eur), Staind + Seether (US), Tool (Eur), Tyr (US), U.D.O. (US), Y&T (Eur),

Upcoming (USA/ROW)

Firefest returns next year as a three day event between Oct 11th – 13th 2024 at the Academy 1, Manchester. Confirmed bands include Jelusick, Robin McAuley, Heavy Pettin’, Coney Hatch, Touch (original line-up), Overland (with WoA’s Robert Sall), Midnite City, Cats In Space, Kingdom of Madness, Jaime Kyle, Gabrielle de Val, Michael Bormann’s Jaded Hard and Edge of Forever.

Bearded Theory festival have announced headliner’s Jane’s Addiction, plus Sleaford Mods, Orbital, Dinosaur Jr (UK exclusive), Wargasm, New Model Army & Beans On Toast with more set to be announced. The festival takes place at Catton Hall in Derbyshire between May 23-26.

Isle of Wight festival (June 20-23) has announced its headliners - The Prodigy on the Friday, Pet Shop Boys on the Saturday and Green Day on Sunday. Also set to appear are Simple Minds, Keane, Suede, McFly, the Darkness, Crowded House and more TBA.

Download, June 14-16, has announced headliners Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold, as well as The Offspring, Sum 41, Corey Taylor, Royal Blood, Babymetal, Those Damn Crows and more.

Reading festival (August 21-25) have announced headliners for next year… Blink-182, Lana Del Rey, Liam Gallagher, Fred Again.., Catfish and the Bottlemen, and Gerry Cinnamon.

Jared James Nichols supports Mr. Big on their ‘The Big Finish Tour’ UK dates in March.

Postponed/cancelled gigs & tours

“It is with a very heavy heart that we have to announce that the upcoming U.D.O. tour of the US & Canada has had to be pushed back to 2024. This decision is due to an insurmountable combination of logistical, cargo, and rental equipment problems which make it impossible for U.D.O. to perform the shows as scheduled.”

The Rolling Stones debuted at number one in the UK albums with their latest album ‘Hackney Diamonds’. It is also the third highest selling album of the year to date in the UK. Not to be outdone, the Beatles final single ‘Now and Then’ is the UK’s fastest selling single of 2023, plus the biggest selling vinyl single since 2000.

Dolly Parton’s ‘Rockstar’ album debuted at number 3 on the Billboard charts selling 128,000 album-equivalent units. The album debuted at number 5 in the UK album charts.

A statue to mark Lemmy’s birthplace in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, to be created by local sculptor Andy Edwards, is to be submitted for planning permission.

HMV have re-opened on London’s Oxford Street, four years after their previous store when the group went into administration.

Blink-182′s latest album, ‘One More Time’, debuted at number 1 in the US Billboard charts.

Huey Lewis and the News have announced plans to bring a musical, ‘The Heart Of Rock And Roll’ to Broadway next year. The show had previously debuted in San Diego in 2018.

Spotify have announced songs will need a minimum of 1,ooo streams to qualify for royalties from next year.

In Through the Out Door…line-up changes

Chad Wackerman is the new drummer in It Bites FD, who record their new album in December at the legendary Rockfield Studios and tour the UK in January.

Guitarist Robert Sarzo has left Hurricane and he is replaced by Carlos Cavazo (ex-Quiet Riot).

Drummer Jay Weinburg has left Slipknot after a decade with the band.

The L.A. Maybe have undergone massive changes as they have parted with their singer Goliath Furr and changed their band name to the Bourbon Sons.

Original drummer Rat Scabies is back in the Damned according to Vive Le Rock for the band’s live shows being planned for 2024.

Former L.A. Guns and W.A.S.P. drummer Steve Riley

Original Stones Roses bassist Pete Garner

Former Dream Theater vocalist Charlie Dominici who sang on the band’s debut album ’When Dream And Day Unite’

Geordie Walker, guitarist in Killing Joke

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Power Plays w/c 11 November 2024

ARCANE MOON Hello Sun (indie)
S8NT ELEKTRIC XTC (Long Branch Records)
ARCANA KINGS Here We Go (Curtain Call Records)
KLOGR face The Unknown (Zeta Factory)
BEYOND UNBROKEN Dance With The Dead (FiXT)
REVENGIN Decadent Feeling (Wormholedeath)

Featured Albums w/c 11 November 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)