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News: Focus Announce Re-Scheduled And Additional Dates For Their Focus 50 Tour
In 2019 Focus released their first studio album for 6 years, Focus 11, which came complete with brand new Roger Dean artwork. The year was then spent touring from South America to Japan and everywhere in between in support of the new album. With the dawn of 2020 came the 50th anniversary of the formation …
News: Incineration Festival 2023
One of the UK’s most Extreme Metal Festivals is back, and back in the most brutal meaning of the word. Taking over four of the most iconic venues in Camden, The Electric Ballroom, The Underworld, The Black Heart and The Dev, Incineration Festival is ready to unleash its ninth instalment of this battering festival upon …
News: Carcass Announce ‘Bloody Blighty 2023’ UK Tour Dates
CARCASS have announced a non-stop, two-week run of intimate UK club shows this May and June, dubbed the ‘Bloody Blighty 2023‘ tour, followed by a performance at Download Festival. Support will come from Unto Others (June 1st onwards) and Conjurer (all dates). CARCASS, who will also be playing three shows in Ireland this March, followed by a month-long USA run with Municipal Waste, Sacred Reich and Creeping Death, released …
News: Backseat Mafia’s Favourites Blue Nation Are Shortlisted For ‘Blues Emerging Act Of The Year’ At The UK Blues Awards
Blue Nation are among the finalists in this years UK Blues Awards which take place on 13th April in London’s prestigious Bush Hall. The winners of the Awards will be determined by a public vote that starts at 0:01 on Saturday 4th February and runs through to 23:59 on 19th February. Vote here The UK …
News: Jethro Tull Announce 23rd Studio Album ‘RökFlöte’; Share First Single ‘Ginnungagap’
Jethro Tull are pleased to announce their 23rd studio album, ‘RökFlöte’, which is set for release on the 21st April 2023 via InsideOutMusic. Following 2022’s ‘The Zealot Gene’, the band’s first album in two decades, Ian Anderson and the band are returning with a 12-track record based on the characters and roles of some of …
News: The Banishment Announce Debut Album Of Industrial Rock And Dream Punk By Trio That Includes Guitarist George Lynch
The Banishment began in the mid-2010s as a collaboration between guitarist George Lynch (Lynch Mob, The End Machine, ex-Dokken) and programmer/multi-instrumentalist Joe Haze (Primitive Race, Lords of Acid), with artist and vocalist Devix Szell joining the duo in 2020. Their debut album, ‘Machine And Bone’, will be released on 10th March via Frontiers, with a …
News: King 810 Announce New EP, ‘K5: Follow My Tears’; Reveal Video For Track ‘Brains On The Asphalt’
Flint, MI firebrands, KING 810 are set to release their new EP, ‘K5: follow my tears’ on 23rd January. Frontman and band visionary, David Gunn discusses their choice to release an EP instead of a full length album as follows: “Over the past year I have been mentally unstable. My intentions have not been as focused as they are …
News: Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival Announces 2023 Dates
Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival Will Return to Columbus, OH at the Historic Crew Stadium for Four Days Memorial Day Weekend, May 25, 26, 27 & 28, 2023 After a three-year hiatus, premier independent U.S. music festival producer Danny Wimmer Presents is pleased to announce the highly anticipated return of Sonic Temple Art & …
News: Kiss announce their last ever UK dates
The End of the Road Tour is coming back to the UK in 2023 for it’s final UK dates. Having only recently headlined at this years Download Festival, KISS are back with a bang in June and July next year. Pre-sale tickets can be purchased on the 13th December with general tickets on sale from …
News: When Rivers Meet Release Their Christmas Single And Announce 2023 UK Tour
Blues rockers When Rivers Meet have announced their Spring 2023 UK Tour with their very special guest ‘Arielle’. Tickets go on general sale on Friday December 9th from www.whenriversmeet.co.uk/tour. The tour announcement coincides with When Rivers Meet’s first-ever Christmas single ‘Christmas Is Here’. Written by Grace and Aaron Bond, and produced by Adam Bowers, the double A-side single is available here. ‘Christmas Is Here’ is an …