The Adventures release their first new studio album in over thirty years on March 28. Titled ‘One More With Feeling’ it will be released through Cherry Red Records.

Don Airey releases his latest solo album ‘Pushed to the Edge’ on March 28 via earMusic. A single ‘Tell Me’ has been released ahead of the album.

Alien Weaponry will release a new album, ’Te Rā’, on March 28 via Napalm Records.

Amplifier release their latest album ‘Gargantuan’ through their Rocksosmos label on April 4.

As December Falls release their fourth album, ‘Everything’s On Fire But I’m Fine’, on August 9 via ADF Records and Virgin Records.

Shinedown’s Eric Bass releases his debut solo album ‘I Had A Name’ on February 28.

The third album by Black Swan is nearing completion. The band features Robin McAuley, Reb Beach (Winger), Jeff Pilson (Foreigner), and Matt Starr (Mr. Big).

Bon Jovi release a 2CD version of their 1986 album ‘Slippery When Wet’ on February 28. It includes acoustic version of ‘Wanted Dead Or Alive’ as well as four live recordings from the band’s 1987 Slippery When Wet Tour.

Buckcherry plan to release their latest album ‘Roar Like Thunder’ in June.

Bush have completed work on their new album ‘I Beat Loneliness’ with a release date to be confirmed.

CIRCU5 will release their second album ‘Clockwork Tulpa’ on March 7.

Dirty Honey release ‘Mayhem And Revelry Live’, the band’s first live-in-concert, double-vinyl CD and digital release, on February 21.

Disturbed release a 25th-anniversary edition of ‘The Sickness’ on March 7.

The Doobie Brothers (pictured) have revealed that their upcoming album will be titled ‘Walk This Road’ with a single due early in the year and the album to follow in spring/summer time. Michael McDonald as also been involved in the writing and recording of the album.

Eluveitie release their new album ‘Ànv’ on April 25 via Nuclear Blast Records.

Envy Of None will release their second album ‘Stygian Wavz’ through Kscope on March 14.

Generation Radio are set to release new music later this year through Frontiers. It will mark the first new music with drummer Steve Ferrone who replaced Deen Castronovo.

The Godfathers release a new compilation album ‘Electric Déjà Vu’ in April.

Hirax release their sixth album, ‘Faster Than Death’, on February 28 via Armageddon Label.

Jason Isbell releases his solo acoustic album ‘Foxes In The Snow’ on March 7 on Southeastern Records. The single ‘Bury Me’ was released on January 14.

Jane’s Addiction members Dave Navarro, Eric Avery and Stephen Perkins are recording music without frontman Perry Farrell.

Jethro Tull release their new album ‘Curious Remnant’ through InsideOut Music on March 7.

L.A. Guns new album, ‘Leopard Skin’, will be released on April 4 via Cleopatra Records.

Megadeth have started working on their next album.

Jack Moore, son of Gary Moore, has released his debut single ‘In My Shoes’, with an album planned for release later this year.

Mumford and Sons release their new album ‘Rushmere’ on March 28 via Gentlemen of the Road Records/Island.

My Morning Jacket will return with their 10th studio album ‘Is’ which is released through ATO Records on March 21.

Guitarist Jeff Loomis and drummer Van Williams have been teasing the return of their band Nevermore on social media.

Papa Roach have released a new single, ‘Even If It Kills Me’, via their own label New Noize Records/ADA.

Phil X & the Drills release their new album ’POW! Right In The Kisser’ via Frontiers on March 28.

Katherine Priddy releases a new single, ‘Daydreamer’, on January 30 with words by Poet Laurette Simon Armitage.

Rhino release a David Lee Roth box set, ‘The Warner Recordings 1985-1994′, on February 21.

Royal Hunt are planning to release an EP which will contain unplugged material, live recordings and new tracks.

Sacred Reich plan to release their next album in August.

Sex Pistols release three live albums this year. First up is ‘Sex Pistols–Live In The USA 1978: Great South East Music Hall, Atlanta, 5th January 1978′ which will be available on red vinyl on February 28, followed by ‘Sex Pistols–Live In The USA 1978: Longhorns Ballroom, Dallas, 10th January 1978′ on white vinyl on March 28 and finally, ‘Sex Pistols–Live In The USA 1978: Winterland Ballroom, San Francisco, 14th January 1978′ on blue vinyl on April 25.

Spin Doctors release their first album in eleven years on April 11. Entitled ‘Face Full of Cake’ it is preceded by the single ‘Still A Gorilla’.

Streetlight have released a single ‘Captured In The Night’, ahead of their upcoming ‘Night Vision’ album, out March 14 via Frontiers.

10CC will celebrate the 50th anniversary of their hit ‘I’m Not In Love’ with the release of a new 7″ single through Universal Music on February 14. It will be backed by ‘Don’t Want To Go To Heaven’, the first new song from Graham Gouldman and Kevin Godley in nearly 20 years. Both will also reunite for a performance on BBC Radio 2’s Piano Room on Thursday February 13.

Joanne Shaw Taylor releases her 10th studio album ‘Black & Gold’ on June 6 through Journeyman Records label.

Throwing Muses release their new album ‘Moonlight Concessions‘ on March 14 via Fire Records.

Mike Tramp recently confirmed that he has completed recording ‘Songs Of White Lion – Vol. III’.

Anneke van Giersbergen has been working on a new EP, although no release date has been announced as yet.

Volbeat have completed work on their latest album which is due for release later this year.

The original line-up of Von Groove have signed with Frontiers, who will re-issue the band’s back catalogue and new music is planned from the band.

Warbringer will release their new album, ‘Wrath And Ruin’, on March 14 via Napalm Records.

W.E.T. release their new album ‘Apex’ through Frontiers on February 28.

Whitechapel release their new album ‘Hymns In Dissonance’ on March 7 via Metal Blade Records.

Yes release a five-CD/LP/Blu-ray set w of their 1972 album ‘Close to the Edge’ on March 7.

Neil Young has announced the release of the previously unissued album, ‘Oceanside Countryside’, recorded between May and December 1977, due on February 14.

Zebra plan to release their new album, produced by Jack Douglas, in June.

Newly announced UK tours (2025 unless stated):

the Bluetones (Jan-May), the Birthday Massacre (Oct, Nov), Adam Bomb (Mar), Robert Cray (Jun), Cutting Crew (Feb, Mar), the Godfathers (Feb), Holy Holy (May), Karnataka (Oct), Lynyrd Skynyrd + Blackberry Smoke (Jul), Mekons (May), Tony Moore (Jan), Nine Inch Nails (Jun),

Upcoming (Gigs – UK)

Newly announced US & European tours (2025 unless stated):

Jon Anderson and the Band of Geeks (US), Anvil (US), Adam Bomb (EU), Bewitcher (US), Big Big Train (CA), Chicago (US), Coheed and Cambria + Taking Back Sunday (US), Fear Factory (EU), Peter Frampton (US), Anneke van Giersbergen (NL), Darryl Hall (US), Billy Idol + Joan Jett & the Blackhearts (US), Kid Rock (US), Killswitch Engage + Shadows Fall (US), Lynyrd Skynyrd + Blackberry Smoke (EU), Marilyn Manson (US), Mekons (EU), Nine Inch Nails  (EU, US), Phish (US), Prong (EU), Queens of the Stone Age (EU), Royal Republic (EU), Sex Pistols (AU), Shinedown + Bush + Beartooth (US), Tedeschi Trucks Band (US), Warbringer (US), Wilco (US),

Upcoming (USA/ROW)

FireAid Benefit Concerts take place at Los Angeles Kia Forum and the Intuit Dome on Thursday 30th January. Confirmed artists taking part include Stevie Nicks, Green Day, Rod Stewart, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Dave Matthews, John Mayer and Stephen Stills.

Postponed/cancelled gigs & tours:

Coal Chamber have cancelled their previously rescheduled tour to allow vocalist Dez Fafara more time to recover from recent health problems.

Carlos Santana has cancelled his upcoming Las Vegas residency after an accidental fall which broke a finger.

The organizers of the Cambridge Folk Festival have announced this year’s festival won’t be taking place, however, the festival aims to return in 2026. Weyfest is also cancelled for this year and is unlikely to return for foreseeable future.

ELO’s ‘Mr. Blue Sky’ has now topped 1 billion streams on Spotify.

Exodus have parted ways with vocalist Steve “Zetro” Souza and have been re-joined by Rob Dukes.

Lords Of Acid have announced that Carla Harvey (ex-Butcher Babies) is the band’s new vocalist.

Andrew Knightley is the new vocalist for the Dust Coda.

Bowling For Soup guitarist Chris Burney has permanently retired from the band.

Former KISS guitarist Bruce Kulick is writing his memoir with a view to publication later in the year.

The statue of Lemmy will be unveiled on May 8 – International Motörhead Day – in his birthplace of Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent.

Becoming Led Zeppelin will get an exclusive IMAX release on Wednesday 5 and Thursday 6 February before a general release in UK cinemas on Friday 7 February.

Music Venue Trust have taken over ownership of Newport’s Le Pub venue.

This year’s Record Store Day takes place on April 12.

BPI’s annual report showed that UK-recorded music had an increase in sales and streams by 9.7% in the past year to 200.5 million albums (or their equivalent), marking a decade of uninterrupted growth. For the first time since 1994, sales of physical albums have seen a year-on-year increase by 1.4%, marking the 17th consecutive rise in vinyl purchases. Vinyl sales were up 9.1% to 6.7m units. However, the sale of physical CDs have fallen 2.9% compared to the previous year.

Top music venues are now booking two years ahead, locking in acts for 2027, and festivals are rushing to announce lineups earlier than ever.  With a shortage of headliners and tours increasingly expensive to run, hot new artists are already being scouted out for 2026, and the industry is changing the way it operates (The Guardian reports)

Few musicians are capable of drawing a broad cross-section of fans. “People seem to be buying tickets based on name recognition,” said Kelly Wood, national organiser for live performance at the Musicians’ Union. In turn, mid-level artists who in the past might have significantly contributed to a festival’s sales are now “really struggling”. 

By playing on the largest stage and getting prime social media exposure, existing headline artists keep getting bigger – further distancing themselves from other acts, exacerbating the situation. “The gap between the top and the middle is really, really stretched,” she said.

The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA), the UK trade body for music, video and games retailers, has issued its analysis for recorded music revenues in 2024 suggesting  “a 20-year high and an all-time record, exceeding the pinnacle of the CD era”, although this does not factor in inflation since 2001.

According to ERA streaming comprised around 85% of the total recorded music market last year, while physical sales made up 13%, and downloads the remainder.

Guitarist Eric Carlson of The Mentors.

Sean Blosl, founding member and guitarist of Sanctuary.

Garth Hudson, the last surviving original member of The Band.

Manfred Schütz, founder of record label SPV.

Peter Yarrow, who was part of Peter, Paul & Mary.

Ragne Wahlquist, guitarist and vocalist for Heavy Load, which is widely regarded as the first Swedish heavy metal band and the first Viking metal act.

Former 24-7 Spyz frontman and co-founder P. Fluid.

Soul singer Sam Moore, who also formed part of Sam & Dave.

Tedy Osei, founding member, singer and saxophonist of Osbisa.

One of the original pirate radio DJs and BBC Radio 2 broadcaster Johnnie Walker.

Guitarist John Sykes who joined Tygers Of Pan Tang in 1980, Thin Lizzy (1982-83 and again in 1966-98) and subsequently Whitesnake before work with Blue Murder in the 1990s. He also released four solo albums.

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THE DEVIL WEARS NADA Late Night Talking (Eonian Records)
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