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 release their new album ‘Ain’t No Saint’ on October 25 through TMR Rock Records.

Balaam and the Angel have unveiled their first new music in thirty years, ‘Dancing Senseless’, taken from a four-track EP, ‘Forces Of Evil’, set for release on October 25.

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.

Body Count have finally announced the release date for their forthcoming album, ‘Merciless’, which is due for release on November 22 via Century Media Records.

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.

Burton Cummins (the Guess Who) releases his latest solo album ‘Few Good Moments’ on September 27 through JoJo Productions.

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

The Darker My Horizon release their fifth album ‘From Out of the Ashes’ on March 23.

The Darkness (pictured) release their new album, ‘Dreams On Toast’, next March through Cooking Vinyl. The first single ‘The Longest Kiss’ was released on September 18.

Father John Misty releases his sixth album ‘Mahashmashana’ on November 22.

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.

The Halo Effect release their second album ‘March Of The Unheard’ on January 10 via Nuclear Blast.

George Harrison’s ‘Living in the Material World’ has a 50th anniversary edition due for release on November 15 via Dark Horse Records/BMG.

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 release a 50th anniversary edition of their debut album ‘Rocka Rolla’ on September 13. It has been re-engineered by Tom Allom.

Steve Knightley (Show of Hands) releases his first solo album in 17 years. Entitled ‘The Winter Yards’, it is released on October 4.

L.A. Guns are putting the finishing touches to their new album for their new label Cleopatra Records, with a release date TBC.

Larkin Poe release their new album ‘Bloom’ on January 25 via Tricky-Woo Records.

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’.

Christy Moore has released a new single ‘Black and Amber’, taken from his forthcoming new album ‘A Terrible Beauty’ due on Claddagh Records on November 1.

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.

No Favors return with a new album, ‘The Eleventh Hour’, out on November 22 on Prode & Glory Music. Guitarist Carl Ogden is the only member involved from the band’s 80′s line-up.

Opeth have pushed back release of their new album ‘The Last Will & Testament’ to November 22 due to manufacturing delays.

Steve Perry re-issues his seasonal album, ‘The Season 3′, for the third time on November 8. This version includes six added songs available on 2LP and 180g vinyl.

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.

King’s X’s Doug “dUg” Pinnick will release a new solo album, ‘Thingamajigger’, on October 25 via Rat Pak Records.

Poppy will release a new album, ‘Negative Spaces’, on November 15 via Sumerian Records.

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.

Primal Fear release their new album ‘Domination’ on September 6 (2025) via Reigning Phoenix Music.

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.

Seven Kingdoms, has signed with Reigning Phoenix Music and release their upcoming EP, ‘The Square’, on November 8.

Seventh Crystal release their third studio album ‘Entity’ on November 8 on Frontiers.

Skunk Anansie have signed with FLG, a new imprint of Frontiers.

Slash featuring Myles Kennedy & the Conspirators will enter the studio in November to begin recording their fifth album for a planned 2025 release.

‘Talking Heads: 77′ will be re-released on November 22 featuring a new remaster of the original album, outtakes, rare cuts and more.

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.

Treat are completing work on their new album with a release next year planned.

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

Vocalist Carla Harvey, who co-fronted Butcher Babies from 2010 – 2024, has announced her new project, The Violent Hour.

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):

Arena (Apr 2025), Danny Bowes (Thunder - spoken word Jun 2025), the Darkness + Ash (Mar 2025), Hamish Hawk (Feb 2025), Iron Maiden (Jun 2025), Magnum (Jan 2025), Glen Matlock (Oct, Nov), Ocean Colour Scene (Mar, Apr 2025), Pixies (May 2025), Tigertailz (Sat 21 Dec, The Crumlin), the Night Flight Orchestra (Sat 1 Feb 2025, London), Spiers & Boden (Feb, Mar 2025), Steeleye Span (Oct), Al Stewart (farewell tour – Oct 2025), Sting (Jun 2025), Toto (Feb 2025), Uriah Heep + April Wine + Tyketto (Feb 2025),

Upcoming (Gigs – UK)

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

Bryan Adams (AU 2025), Arena (EU 2025), Luke Coombs (AU 2025), Deftones + the Mars Volta (US 2025), Girlschool (US), Green Day (AU, EU 2025), Heart (US 2025), Iron Maiden (EU 2025), the Jayhawks (US), Dave Matthews Band (US), Metallica + Limp Bizkt + Pantera (US 2025), the Night Flight Orchestra (EU 2025), the Pineapple Thief (US 2025), Pixies (EU 2025), Michael Schenker (EU 2025), Scorpions (US 2025), Snow Patrol (US 2025), Tool (US 2025), Toto (EU 2025), Trans-Siberian Orchestra (US), Trivium + Bullet For My Valentine (US 2025), 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.

Poison plan to tour in 2026 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of their debut album.

Mick Box has announced Uriah Heep will retire from full scale touring and plan to announce farewell tour dates soon. The tour is expected to start in February.

Next year’s Isle of Wight festival will take place between 19-22 June and will feature Stereophonics, Sting, Paul Heaton, James and more TBA.

Prog For Peart 2025 will take place at The Northcourt, Abingdon, Oxfordshire on July 18 and 19 will feature Slyvan, Kalle Wallner (RPWL), Retreat From Moscow, Comedy Of Errors, the Emerald Dawn and Viper Soup Complex, with more TBA.

Postponed/cancelled gigs & tours

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

The Cadillac Three have cancelled all their remaining 2024 tour dates as frontman Jaren Johnston has entered treatment for his mental health and well-being.

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.

Jane’s Addiction have cancelled their remaining US tour dates after an on0stage bust-up between Perry Farrell and guitarist David Navarro.

Dave Mason (Traffic) has cancelled his upcoming US tour due to medical advice.

“Due to this complex situation, irreconcilable differences arose between Bruce (Hall) and Kevin (Cronin). So, it is with great sadness that we announce REO Speedwagon will cease touring effective January 1, 2025.”

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

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.

TikTok Music is shutting down after just over a year on November 28.

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.

Swansea’s grassroots venue The Bunkhouse is the latest to be saved by Music Venue Trust’s #OwnOurVenues scheme.

National Album Day will take place on Saturday October 19 and this year it is themed on Great British Groups. Special releases include Judas Priest’s ‘British Steel’ on transparent, black and white splatter vinyl and Travis ‘The Man Who’ on white vinyl, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.

David Gilmour’s ‘Luck and Strange’ topped the UK album charts.

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.

Reb Beach will deputise for Doug Aldrich in the Dead Daisies, as Aldrich undergoes treatment for throat cancer.

Corrosion of Conformity’s founding bassist Mike Dean has announced his departure from the band.

Vocalist Marcos Leal has left Ill Niño.

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.

Tito Jackson, an original member of the Jackson 5 and later on in his career a blues guitarist.

Singer and songwriter JD Souther, who also co-wrote a number of Eagles songs.

Brujeria frontman, lyricist, leader and co-founder John Lepe, a.k.a. Juan Brujo.

Former Outlaws guitarist Freddie Salem, who also recorded with the Godz.

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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)