Lucinda Williams To Take Stories From A Rock N Roll Heart On The Road

Long Island hardcore band Pain Of Truth have announced an extensive run of UK and European dates for February 2027, following the release of their highly anticipated sophomore album Pain Of Truth on 25th September via DAZE.

Ash have unearthed a remarkable piece of their history with the release of ‘Bittersweet Blue’, a long-lost track that dates back to the recording sessions for the band’s landmark debut album, 1977. Originally written before the band entered Rockfield Studios in 1996, Bittersweet Blue was performed live by Ash before it had even been completed lyrically, recorded shortly afterwards and then ultimately left behind as the band refined the songs that would become their chart-topping debut.

“We’ve grown up together by now.” It is a simple observation from Amy Lee, but after more than two decades of Evanescence, it lands with extraordinary weight. This is a band whose songs have grown alongside their audience, soundtracking grief, heartbreak, anger, recovery and reinvention.

Passenger has shared his latest single, Boomerang, alongside a cinematic new video, as anticipation builds for his forthcoming album Wild Love, due for release on 6th November. The new track arrives after a remarkable week for the chart-topping, Ivor Novello Award-winning singer-songwriter, who recently attracted a crowd of hundreds for an impromptu busking performance outside Tate Modern before returning to his hometown for a huge homecoming show at Hove Park.

If Friday had been about The Long Road Festival fighting the weather, Saturday began with everyone looking at the sky and wondering whether we were about to do the whole thing again. Unfortunately, we were.

Last year, The Long Road Festival takes place a week earlier in August and, had it done the same this year, Stanford Hall would probably have been basking in the heatwave temperatures and sun-scorched grass that have defined much of the British summer. But The Long Road has become synonymous with the August Bank Holiday weekend and, right on cue, as thousands of country fans begin arriving in Leicestershire, the heavens decide to open.

Cult favourites The Samurai Seven have made their long-awaited return with the release of their new EP Make It Real, marking the Oxford band’s first new release in almost 25 years.

The Great Emu War Casualties return with their brand new single Cold Food Ave, unveiling a rowdier side to their sound just months after the release of their debut album Public Sweetheart No. 1.