News: AUSTIN GOLD, WARREN HAYNES, HOUSE OF LORDS (September 2024)

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News - Album News

Lee Abraham releases his latest album ‘Origin Of The Storm’ through F2 Music on October 21.

Bryan Adams releases ‘Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2024′ on November 15. It will feature complete performances of three of his iconic albums: ‘Reckless (40th anniversary concert)’, ’18 ‘Til I Die’, and ‘So Happy It Hurts’. 

Deep Purple’s Don Airey plans to release his latest solo album in March though earMusic.

Austin Gold (pictured) release their new album ‘Ain’t No Saint’ on October 25 through TMR Rock Records.

Beardfish release a new studio album ‘Songs For Beating Hearts’ on November 1 through InsideOutMusic.

The Beatles‘ American albums originally compiled for US release between January 1964 and March 1965 are to be reissued on November 22 by Apple Corps Ltd/Capitol/UMe as ‘The Beatles: 1964 U.S. Albums In Mono’.

Black Eyed Sons features members of The Quireboys and Down n’ Outz and they release their debut album, ‘Cowboys In Pinstriped Suits’, on Off Yer Rocka on 28 January. Guests include Joe Elliott, Chip Z’Nuff, Mike Tramp and Dan Reed.

Clannad have announced that they will release a 40th-anniversary edition of their ’Legend’ album through BMG Records on October 30. It will be available as a digipak 2CD and a 2LP set.

Rosalie Cunningham will release her third solo album, ‘To Shoot Another Day’, through Cherry Red Records on November 1.

Bryan Ferry’s new single ‘Star’ was written with Nine Inch Nails duo Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

Gore have signed with Spinefarm Records, who release an EP from the band, ‘A Bud That Never Blooms’, on October 24.

Warren Haynes releases a new album, ‘Million Voices Whisper’, on November 1 digitally and on CD via Fantasy Records, with vinyl on November 15.

Nancy Wilson revealed in a recent interview with Ultimate Classic Rock that Heart plan to record an acoustic album of Heart classics whist the band are off the road as Ann Wilson recovers from illness.

House Of Lords release their latest album ‘Full Tilt Overdrive’ on October 11 via Frontiers.

Judas Priest are planning a 50th anniversary edition of their debut album ‘Rocka Rolla’. It has been re-engineered by Tom Allom.

The Last Dinner Party release ‘Prelude To Ecstasy: Acoustics and Covers’ on October 11. They have just released a version Sparks’s ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us’.

Motionless In White plan to release their next album in 2025.

Nasty Savage have premiered ‘Brain Washer’, the first single from their upcoming album, ’Jeopardy Room’, which is due on October 10 via FHM Records.

The Petal Falls release their brand new album ‘The Rhythm Train’ on September 6.

A new deluxe Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers of 1982′s ‘Long After Dark’ will be released on October 10.

A new six-disc edition of Porcupine Tree’s 2007 album ‘Fear Of A Blank Planet’ album will be released through Transmission Records on October 25.

Queen have announced a remastered and expanded boxset of their 1973 debut album ‘Queen.’ Retitled ‘Queen I’, the album has been remixed and restored by Justin Shirley-Smith, Joshua J Macrae and Kris Fredriksson to sound the way the band always wanted it to. It will be released on 25 October as 6CD + 1 LP ‘Queen I’ collector’s edition boxset, containing 63 tracks with 43 brand new mixes, with ‘Mad the Swine’ restored as the fourth song on the album’s running order.

Tears For Fears release a live album, ‘Songs for a Nervous Planet’, on October 25 and it will include 18 live songs plus four additional studio tracks.

Thundermother release their new studio album, Dirty & Divine’, on February 7 via AFM Records. They have released ‘So Close’ as the first single off the album.

Van Zant release their new album ‘Always Look Up’ on November 22 via Frontiers.

The War On Drugs release double LP ‘Live Drugs Again’ on September 13.

A ten-disc John Wetton box set Concentus: The John Wetton Live Collection, Volume 1′ will be released through Spirit Of Unicorn Music on November 15.

Stevie Wonder has released a new single ‘Can We Fix Our Nation’s Broken Heart’, which is his first solo release since 2020.

News - Tours and Gigs

Newly announced UK tours (2024 unless stated):

Hamish Hawk (Feb 2025), Magnum (Jan 2025), Glen Matlock (Oct, Nov), Tigertailz (Sat 21 Dec, The Crumlin),  the Night Flight Orchestra (Sat 1 Feb 2025, London), Al Stewart (farewell tour – Oct 2025), Toto (Feb 2025),

Upcoming (Gigs – UK)

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

Bryan Adams (AU 2025), Girlschool (US), Green Day (AU 2025), Heart (US 2025), the Jayhawks (US), Dave Matthews Band (US), the Night Flight Orchestra (EU 2025), Tool (US 2025), Toto (EU 2025), Trans-Siberian Orchestra (US), Keith Urban (AU 2025), Xandria + Sirena (EU),

Upcoming (USA/ROW)

Bob Catley has announced Magnum tour dates for early next year to celebrate the life & music of the band’s Tony Clarkin, who died in January. Joining Bob will be Magnum keyboardist Rick Benton and drummer Lee Morris.

Postponed/cancelled gigs & tours

Bad Religion have cancelled their US tour due to family reasons.

Catfish & the Bottlemen have cancelled their upcoming Australian and US tour dates due to illness.

House Of Lords vocalist James Christian has cancelled his upcoming HRH appearance as he has revealed he is undergoing cancer treatment.

Scorpions have postponed this month’s tour dates as Matthias Jabs recovers from surgery after a fall.

Other Stuff

BMG has reported a 11.1% increase in revenue to €459m ($491.7m) for the first half of 2024. Digital revenue, which accounted for nearly 70% of the company’s overall revenue, grew by 20.3% compared to the same period in 2023.

TIDAL has launched new songwriter tools allowing US songwriters to claim and manage their works.

Rough Trade has reported strong growth in physical music sales and is considering further expansion in the UK.

ABBA and their label Universal Music have requested that Donald  Trump cease using the band’s music at his events. Foo Fighters and Jack White are amongst other artists denying Trump using their music.

Saga’s Michael Sadler has revealed he is undergoing cancer treatment and still aims to fulfil the band’s planned dates for later this year.

Bassist Matt Bissonette is currently filling in for Bruce Hall on REO Speedwagon’s tour, as Hall recovers from surgery.

Primal Fear have announced that guitarists Alex Beyrodt and Tom Naumann, drummer Michael Ehré, and bassist Alex Jansen have all left the band, leaving vocalist Ralf Scheepers and bassist/band producer Mat Sinner as the only remaining members. Scheppers and Mat Sinner have now been joined by guitarists Magnus Karlsson (who appears on the band’s studio albums) and Thalia Bellazecca, and drummer André Hilgers (Bonfire, Sinner, Axxis).

News - RIP

Former Genesis and Peter Gabriel tour manager Richard Macphail

Herbie Flowers, session bassist to David Bowie amongst many others and a member of Blue Mink and classical rock band Sky.  He also played the iconic bass lines in Lou Reed’s ‘Walk On The Wild Side’.

Drummer Robin Guy, who played and recorded with Rachel Stamp, Sham 69, GMT and many more.

Zoot Money who recorded under his own name, as well as with the Big Roll Band and he was briefly a member of the Animals.


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Power Plays w/c 2 September 2024

ONE LAST DAY No Chemical Reimagined (indie)
RED SKY JULY Misty Morning (Shadowbirds)
BLACK LAKES Dark Glass (indie)
THE NEW ROSES Attracted To Danger (Napalm Records)
BEARDFISH In The Autumn (Inside Out)
ROBERT JON & THE WRECK Rager (indie)

Featured Albums w/c 2 September 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)



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