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Hard rock and heavy metal foursome TRADING ACES (feat. members of Warrior Soul, Streetwalkin’ Cheetahs, and The City Kids) unleash a first video taken from their upcoming album “Rock ‘n’ Roll Homicide” on Ripple Music, and announce an […]
With TOMORROW’S GHOSTS due to return for a HALLOWEEN GATHERING later this year, the festival is thrilled to complete its 2023 line-up with the announcement of its exceptional Friday night headliners… THE MISSION […]
Over the past few years, Bristol-based, multi-award-winning singer/songwriter Elles Bailey has climbed to the very peak of the mountain in the British blues and roots scene and confidently crossed genre borders into wider territory. This year […]
‘Spinning Stopped’ is the second single taken from Elles Baileys’ Deluxe Edition of her chart-topping album ‘Shining in the Half Light’. Amongst all the songs Elles has written, this has proved to be one of her favourites. The track […]
Chris Shiflett returns to the UK for a run of headline dates this March, the guitarist’s first solo shows there since 2019. In advance of the tour and as a hard-drivin’ taste of things to come, long-time Foo Fighters member Shiflett releases […]
Ever-rising star of Americana, Blues, Rock and beyond, Elles Bailey earned further acclaim in the UK music Scene by picking up two awards from the UK Americana Awards 2023. Not only did Elles win the highly coveted Artist of […]
GUN will be hitting the road in 2023 for a series of special acoustic shows this Spring. Following a benchmark year that saw them release the critically acclaimed new album ‘The Calton Songs’, pick-up multiple […]
Rising like a rocket, maxxed-out rockers Kira Mac announce their ‘Downfall’ 9-date headline tour: an impressive feat, given that the band is not yet one year old! But this is a band that’s been making a hell of an impact, […]
After stepping into the spotlight with cover versions of blues & rock classics on YouTube (500K subscribers – 105 million views), Laura Cox managed to become the guitarist & singer with the most views in the French […]
Hertfordshire, UK indie punk favourites THE SUBWAYS are set to release their long-awaited fifth studio album Uncertain Joys on January 13 via Alcopop! Records/Bodan Kuma Recordings. Uncertain Joys was recorded and produced by front man and producer in his own […]
The Finnish four piece Apocalyptica announce the release of their new song Rise Again which features Simone Simons of Epica on vocals. Rise Again is a new version of Apocalyptica’s instrumental track Rise, taken from their most recent album Cell-0. Eicca Toppinen from Apocalyptica on Rise Again: “It was so great to […]
Scottish stalwarts GALLUS announce a brand new UK tour kick off 2023 in style. Made up of six shows, culminating in the band’s largest show to date at SWG3 in Glasgow, GALLUS are ready to take on the […]
Helsinki’s longest serving gothic rock vampires THE 69 EYES are proud to announce that they will embark on a European tour in March 2023. Besides some classics fans can expect as bloody appetizer some songs taken […]
The Quireboys are preparing to turn back the clocks to the summer of 2022 and a special evening in the City of London. As we enter the festive season, summer may seem like a distant […]
An emphatic return for Dylan Gers as this time he teams up with Noah Yorke for their upcoming collaboration single ‘Red Skies’ available on all streaming platforms on December 2nd through independent record label sly-tone. […]
British rock n rollers The Quireboys have released ‘Lie to Me’, the first new music in almost 4 years! The single isn’t available as a physical release, but you can stream or download it now. […]
Hot off from winning Hard Rock Hell’s “Blues Artist of the Year” award and following hot on the heals of his recent singles Come On, Gasoline, and Sweet Carolina, Troy Redfern will release the fourth single Mercy from his critically acclaimed album The Wings of Salvation on Wednesday […]
Rising-like-a-flaming-rocket, review-acclaimed, taking-it-to-the-max blues-rockers Kira Mac today release their eagerly awaited 10-track, self-released debut studio album, ‘Chaos is Calling’. Planet Rock dubbed Kira Mac as “rock ‘n’ roll livewires” and made their debut single ‘One […]
Multi-award-winning Elles Bailey has been nominated for 3 awards at the UK Americana Awards 2023, to be held early next year in January. What’s more, her long standing guitarist and collaborator Joe Wilkins has been nominated […]
Celebrated Montreal rock’n’roll band The Damn Truth are pleased to announce the release of their new single “Look Innocent” which was out on Friday October 7th. The new single was released a week before the […]
As they prepared to take to the stage in the town of Arrasate, in Spanish Basque country, for the first show of their long awaited 2022 European tour, Melbourne’s rock’n’roll kings The Casanovas surprised us all by dropping […]
Dynamic, award-winning, 4-piece hard rockers The Howling Tides announce their brand-new, 5-track EP, ‘Blue Moon’, which will be released on 18th November, full of The ‘Tides trademark visceral energy and tsunami of hard rock sound. The […]
The woman who really does call the road home is delighted to announce her 18-date 2023 headline UK tour. Since she hit the scene, Elles Bailey has built an enviable rep as a live-touring artist […]
Ginger Wildheart & The Sinners are proud to announce the release of their brand new single and video “Footprints in the Sand,” taken from their forthcoming debut album, released on October 7th on Wicked Cool Records. […]
Sweet have announced their special guests on their November and December Tour. Tony Wright (Terrorvision) supports the Sweet at Newcastle Boiler Shop (Nov 24), Edinburgh Queen’s Hall (Nov 25), Bury St Edmunds, The Apex (Dec 1), From Cheese & Grain (Dec 16), Wolverhampton KK’s Steel Mill (Dec […]
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