Albums Of The Year 2024

Albums Of The Year 2024

2024 has been yet another year of fabulous new music and reimaginings of music of bygone eras brought afresh for a new audience. Here is a curated list of records the Rockshot Magazine have been playing over and over throughout the year, a feast for the senses even if...

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Albums Of The Year 2023

Albums Of The Year 2023

2023 has been an incredible year for new music, both from artists putting our their debut LPs and new, innovative and gorgeously textured records from established acts. The Rockshot Magazine team ourselves are a music-loving troupe with diverse and eclectic tastes,...

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Sophie B. Hawkins Lays It Down In London

Sophie B. Hawkins Lays It Down In London

The Forge is an intimate venue, newly refitted in steel and glass. Only three hundred people can get through the doors, just off the well-trodden Camden High Street, and tickets sold out long before tonight. It’s Sophie B. Hawkins’ first London show in fifteen years...

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Albums Of The Year 2022

Albums Of The Year 2022

While not in any particular order and by no means an exhaustive list of our favourite records of 2022, here are a handful of those that stuck out in what has been a massive year of music. From earworm-filled LPs and thought-provoking records to the banger-laden...

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Light It In Red/Throw Us A Line

Light It In Red/Throw Us A Line

The live event trade body the Professional Lighting and Sound Association (PLASA) hosted a number of events up and down the country calling on the Government to help the event industry through the COVID-19 crisis under the banner THROW US A LINE! Seven hundred and...

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Reef @ O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire (Kalpesh Patel)

Reef Replenish The O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire On Their Thirtieth Anniversary Spectacular

Thirty years after Reef hit the charts, they’re back to celebrate the record that cemented them as Britpop stalwarts. After three decades, Replenish stands up as a strong statement, and the way it emerges onstage at the O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire is a slow, realised appreciation of how an album can spread it’s roots over time.

Alya (Julia Mayorova)

ALYA Brings Christmas Cheer With Two New Festive Singles — Including A Duet With Eric Clapton

GRAMMY®-winning singer-songwriter ALYA is getting into the holiday spirit with the release of two new Christmas singles — a stunning rendition of the classic Silent Night, featuring none other than Eric Clapton, and a brand-new festive original, No More Lonely Christmas.

Betty Boo (Press)

Betty Boo Announces UK & Ireland Tour Celebrating Classic Album Reissues

After a triumphant return to the live circuit earlier this year, Betty Boo has announced another run of UK and Ireland dates for winter 2025, celebrating the reissues of her groundbreaking ‘90s albums Boomania and GRRR! It’s Betty Boo.

Devonté Hynes of Blood Orange @ BST Hyde Park 2019 (Kalpesh Patel)

Blood Orange To Headline And Curate Main Stage At RALLY Festival 2026

RALLY Festival has announced that Blood Orange, the celebrated musical project of Devonté Hynes, will headline and co-curate its 2026 edition at London’s Southwark Park on Saturday 29 August 2026. The London-born, New York-based artist will not only deliver a landmark live set but also help shape the creative direction of RALLY’s main stage, bringing his distinctive artistic vision to one of London’s most forward-thinking festivals.

Thomas Raggi of Måneskin with Tom Morello @ Electric Ballroom (Kalpesh Patel)

Thomas Raggi Announces Star-Studded Solo Debut ‘Masquerade’ Produced By Tom Morello

Thomas Raggi — the acclaimed Italian guitarist best known for his electrifying work with global rock phenomenon Måneskin — has announced details of his long-awaited solo debut Masquerade, due for release on 5th December. The album, produced by Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave icon Tom Morello, marks a bold new era for one of modern rock’s most exciting guitarists.

Paramore @ Wembley Stadium (Kalpesh Patel)

Hayley Williams Announces At A Bachelorette Party 2026 Tour Including UK Dates

Hayley Williams has revealed full details of her hugely anticipated 2026 European and UK headline tour — titled Hayley Williams At A Bachelorette Party — marking a major next chapter in her solo journey.

Dave Grohl of "The Churnups" @ Glastonbury Festival 2023 (Kalpesh Patel)

Foo Fighters Announce Take Cover Tour 2026 — Two Huge Liverpool Stadium Shows Confirmed

Get ready to take cover — Foo Fighters are heading back to the UK and Europe in 2026 with their brand new Take Cover...
Sananda Maitreya (Press)

Sananda Maitreya Announces Deluxe Vinyl Retrospective ‘Juvenilia: The Columbia Years’

Visionary artist Sananda Maitreya has announced the release of Juvenilia: The Columbia Years — a deluxe 4-LP vinyl box set celebrating his groundbreaking early albums. Set for release on 6th February 2026 via Sony Music UK and Music On Vinyl in collaboration with TreeHouse Publishing, the collection gathers four of his most influential works: Introducing The Hardline According To Sananda Maitreya (1987), Neither Fish Nor Flesh (1989), Symphony Or Damn (1993), and Vibrator (1995).

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