King King Bounce Back With New Line-Up
King King are finally back on tour again. This will be welcome news to the band’s ever faithful fanbase. They had a very busy 2018 but, with the exception of the bands annual Christmas Party in December 2019, they haven’t been on stage in the UK since February 2019...
Saturday / Sunday Headliners Plus Other Acts Announced For Victorious Festival
Victorious Festival (28-30 August) – the UK’s biggest metropolitan festival – has today announced a huge wave of incredible artists including headliners The Streets, Royal Blood and many more with Ian Brown, The Kooks, and others already announced. Headlining Saturday...
Victorious Festival Drops Headliner Hint
Victorious Festival, the UK’s biggest metropolitan festival of music and family entertainment, makes a habit of teasing headliner announcements by installing enormous signs, with a ‘Blue Monday’ sign appearing days before New Order were confirmed as the Sunday night...
Lucy Rose Launches Independent Label – Real Kind Records
British folk musician, Lucy Rose has announced the launch of her independent record label Real Kind Records, as an imprint under Communion Records. 31 year old Rose, who in 2019 released her fourth album No Words Left (one of RockShot Mag's Albums Of The Year 2019),...
Dom Martin’s Star Is Rising Higher With New Single Release
Dom Martin (29) is a Belfast born singer/songwriter who has burst onto the UK and European music scene over the past 18 months with a unique guitar style and voice that captivates his audiences at every venue. His main influences are Rory Gallagher, Tom Waits, John...
Dave Grohl – 51 And Nowhere Near Done
Rock legend Dave Grohl celebrated his 51st birthday today and to add to the celebrations his band, Foo Fighters, began their 25th year celebrations by releasing a tantalising instrumental short on their social media accounts, along with the following statement, "Holy...
Pearl Jam Announce Release of 11th Studio Album – Gigaton
After a seven year long wait, Seattle rockers, Pearl Jam, have just announced the forthcoming release of their 11th studio album entitled Gigaton, produced by Josh Evans and Pearl Jam. If its content in any way resembles it's name – which translates to a unit of...
Wille And The Bandits’ Frontman Releases Single Houses On The Sand To Help The Homeless
Wille Edwards is currently organising the reformation of Wille And The Bandits following the departure of his friends Drew and Matt. He still has time to try and bring a little joy to the homeless this coming Christmas. In the cold, grey, rainy lead-up to Christmas,...
Paul Weller Presents The Black Barn Sessions
The Modfather himself, Paul Weller has unveiled an exciting new project The Black Barn Sessions. The Black Barn Sessions sprang from an idea Paul had after having many admired artists come into the relaxed atmosphere of the Barn over the years. Thousands of cups of...
Aerosmith Celebrating 50 Years With 2020 Europe Tour
Aerosmith are heading back to the UK in July as part of their extensive 2020 Europe Tour, timed for the band’s 50th anniversary. The shows, at The O2 in London on 15th July and Manchester Arena on 18th July, will mark the group’s first dates on these shores since they...
Poly Styrene Film Makers Launch Patreon Campaign To Help Finish Documentary
Poly Styrene: I Am A Cliché is a forthcoming documentary chronicling the remarkable life of Anglo-Somali artist and punk maverick Poly Styrene, one of the first women of colour to lead a successful rock band, X-Ray Spex. The filmmakers, Paul Sng and Celeste Bell have...
Taylor Swift Joins BST Hyde Park Line-Up
Taylor Swift is the latest headliner announced for the 2020 edition of American Express presents BST Hyde Park. Taylor, who performs on Saturday 11th July, is the third act to be announced, joining Little Mix who headline on Saturday 4th July and Pearl Jam on Friday...
Pearl Jam Heading To Hyde Park
Pearl Jam are headed back to the UK as part of a 13-date European tour in June and July of 2020. The band will be headlining American Express presents BST Hyde Park on 10th July 2020. The tour includes three other festival headlining dates at Lollapalooza Stockholm...
Snap Release From Madness For A Snap Election
It has been three years since Madness released their latest studio album, Can’t Touch Us Now, which featured singles Another Version of Me and Herbert. Suggs and The Nutty Boys have now released a snap single which has Eton and the elite firmly in its sights. The...
Vex Red Release Video For Their Latest Single Air
Vex Red, who have payed alongside the likes of Bush, Biffy Clyro, Glassjaw and Staind, have released the video for their single Air, which is taken from their EP Give Me The Dark, which is out now via Say Something Recordings . The EP is excellent and Air is arguably...
Roger Hodgson, The ‘Voice OF Supertramp’, Set To Grace The Royal Hospital, Chelsea In 2020
Roger Hodgson, the legendary co-founder and voice of Supertramp, has added a huge outdoor summer show to his Breakfast in America World Tour on Saturday 13th June 2020, at the stunning Royal Hospital Chelsea in West London – the home of the Chelsea Pensioners – as...
The Mission Bringing Their United European Party To The UK
The Mission are heading back on the road in 2020, crossing the continent on their United European Party tour. Apart from taking in countries from Germany, France, and Belgium to Slovenia, Croatia, and Hungary, the band are playing an extensive number of UK dates. "We,...
Rews Announce March 2020 Headline Tour & Brand New Single Birdsong
Rews is the high energy, infectious alt-rock/pop band lead by Northern Irish musician and songwriter, Shauna Tohill. These girls know how to rock and have earned the opportunity to support The Darkness on their current UK tour. Rews play nine UK dates in March 2020 to...
Beans On Toast Announces Mammoth Tour And Album Release
Hinting at what’s in-store for his annual studio release, Jay McAllister AKA Beans On Toast has revealed the first single from it, World Gone Crazy a cut of vintage-styled rock’n’roll and vivid political imagery inspired by the current chaotic climate. It is a season...
Jim Sullivan, Mystery, Intrigue And A Posthumous Album?
Now here is mystery which has had conspiracy theorists busy for decades. Jim Sullivan was born in 1940. He moved to Los Angeles with his wife Barbara and young son and performed in clubs. He became friends with several Hollywood figures and even appeared as an extra...
Buck & Evans ‘Write A Better Day’ Album Release And Tour
Welsh four-piece ‘Rock ‘n’ Soul’ band, Buck & Evans have announced that their debut album, Write A Better Day will be released on Departure Records through Cargo Records on 15 November. Pre-orders are now live here: https://smarturl.it/WriteABetterDay The album...
Steve Hackett Set To Sell England By The Pound
On 2 December, the irrepressible former Genesis guitarist Steve Hackett commences the UK leg of a World Tour that will see him perform eighty-three shows in seventeen countries. Steve’s popularity and the desire to hear his music remains as strong as ever and already...
The Beatles Release Limited Edition Singles Collection Box Set
From 1962 to 1970, The Beatles released 22 UK singles; of those 44 A and B-side tracks, 29 were not included on the group’s British albums at that time. These singles, plus an exclusive new double A-side single for the mid-1990s-issued tracks Free As A Bird and Real...
Sam Lee Releases New Video For Garden Of England
Sam Lee has released the official video for The Garden Of England, the first track lifted from his forthcoming third album, Old Wow, due for release on January 31, 2020 via Cooking Vinyl. Sam’s new video arrives, timely, amidst the two-week climate actions led by...
James McArthur And The Head Gardeners Share New Single Tourist Town
Welsh-born folk songwriter James McArthur and his band the Head Gardeners have released new single Tourist Town, the second single from his latest album, Intergalactic Sailor. McArthur has explained the track is "...about a mixture of places, mainly Posada in eastern...
Martin Harley – Roll With The Punches: New Album And Tour
UK Roots artist Martin Harley is delighted to announce the release of his new album Roll With The Punches in time for an impressive headline European Tour, which includes London’s Union Chapel - this evening 3 October. For 2019, British guitarist and songwriter Martin...
Exclusive Video Premiere haha charade New Single Goodbye Juliet
Delaware Indie Rock band haha charade released their next single, Goodbye Julliet on August 30th and now RockShot have the exclusive premiere of the accompanying video. Goodbye Julliet is a new take on the classic breakup song and is about a fling that was never...
ABKCO Records To Release The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed 50th Anniversary Limited Deluxe Edition
Many Rolling Stones fans cite Exile On Main Street as The Stones best album, but for me it has always been the dark, raw and visceral Let It Bleed that makes it my favourite. In fact if I was put in the impossible position of only being allowed to listen to one album...
The Murder Capital Release Debut Album And Announce Headline Tour
Dublin's, The Murder Capital, were by far one of the best bands I saw when I was covering Truck Festival this year. So I was really looking forward to the release of their debut album, When I Have Fears. The album was produced by Flood (PJ Harvey, New Order, Foals)...
Foo Fighters Summertime: Head To Glasgow, Dublin, Belfast & Reading/Leeds
There is nothing better than a summer full of music. The rock giants from America know this the best. Once again they have spoiled British fans with a mini UK Tour. With Reading, Leeds, Glasgow, Belfast, and Dublin the choice if wide and if you are a die-hard fan, you...