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SOMBR will make his UK arena debut at London’s The O2 next summer, joining the venue’s growing 20th birthday celebrations with a headline show on Tuesday 22nd June 2027. The announcement adds one of music’s fastest-rising young stars to an increasingly diverse birthday line-up, which will see The O2 celebrate two decades of live entertainment throughout summer 2027.

Rising Suffolk alt-pop outfit AFTERDRIVE are stepping up the momentum with the release of their brand new single Jewellery, the latest track to emerge from their forthcoming debut EP, Dress To Drive.

Rising “Retro Electro” artist SOPHIE GREY. returns today with her latest single, Air, a vibrant electronic-pop track that arrives alongside a visually striking new music video and just in time for her performance at Manchester Pride Festival.

Manchester five-piece The Guest List have officially entered their next chapter with the release of their ambitious debut album, Something Real. Out now, the 11-track record captures a band rapidly expanding beyond their early indie beginnings, combining huge guitar-driven anthems with more intimate moments of vulnerability and reflection. Having spent much of 2026 building momentum on stages across the UK and overseas, the album arrives at a pivotal moment for a band increasingly establishing themselves as one of the country’s most exciting emerging guitar acts.

Greg Freeman has shared Cahokia, the ferocious opening track from his forthcoming third album, All Set The Bone, due for release on 2nd October. Accompanied by a new video, Cahokia establishes the uneasy atmosphere that runs throughout the record, using the story of the ancient civilisation that once flourished around the Mississippi River as a lens through which Freeman examines the instability of contemporary life.

Supergrass are set to return to stages across the UK next spring, announcing a nine-date headline tour for April and May 2027. The Oxford-formed band will visit Newcastle, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Nottingham, Birmingham, London, Bristol and Portsmouth, bringing their celebrated catalogue back to venues around the country following their hugely successful return to live performance in recent years.

Friendly Fires are back! The St Albans-formed indie-dance trio have returned with their first new music since 2019, sharing the exuberant new single Lose All Your Friends via LAB Records

Vive Le Rock Magazine’s series of live shows brings some of the most exciting names from across the punk scene together to celebrate its past, present and future. At London’s legendary 100 Club, that meant a particularly potent triple bill, headlined by anarcho-punk veterans Instigators, who returned to the venue for the first time in 40 years, following opening sets from rising Bath four-piece Quick Romance and Brazilian-British hardcore punks Fantazmaz.