The Long Road Festival returns for its biggest year ever in August 2025, today announcing that multiple Brit Award winner, Ivor Novello recipient and GRAMMY® nominee James Bay will close the festival as Sunday night’s headliner, adding to previously announced U.S. headline artists Drake Milligan (Friday) and Midland (Saturday). Set for the August Bank Holiday weekend (Aug. 22-24) The Long Road takes place every summer in the grounds of Stanford Hall in Leicestershire.
Perennially exuberant Northern Irish noiseniks ASH have returned with their new single, a suitably vibrant version of the Harry Belafonte’s 1961 staple Jump In The Line. Fans will have caught the band playing the song live on their recent tour with The Darkness.
Djo – the musical project of actor / producer / songwriter Joe Keery known for his work in blockbuster projects as Stranger Things and Fargo – will release his highly anticipated new album The Crux this Friday, 4th April. Before the album drops, he shares one final preview of the record with Potion. Showcasing a different side of the record to the BBC Radio 1 playlisted single Basic Being Basic, and its Hottest Record In The World follow-up Delete Ya, Potion finds Djo in Laurel Canyon.
