Rock It Off With The New Stray Cats Record
Rumours have been circulating for a while, and now the cool cats, the real rockers, the pioneers of '80s rockabilly are back after a 26-year absence. The Stray Cats are “all revved up and red hot” and the rockers and rockettes among us could not be more pleased. To...
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Glastonbury Festival Announces Massive Acoustic And West Holts Line-Ups
There have been some huge announcements for this year’s Glastonbury Festival this week with line-ups of the West Holts and Acoustic stages being announced following last week’s Glades and Shangri-La announcements. Nick Lowe headlines the Acoustic Stage’s Friday night,...
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Dinosaur Jr Frontman J Mascis Hits The UK With A Solo Tour 2019
Since his last gig in Leeds in 2015, I’ve been patiently awaiting the return of the indie rock hero J Mascis to these shores again. Following the cancellation of his original tour dates back in January, due to personal reasons, the rescheduled dates can't come soon...
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Public Service Broadcasting Set To Make London Proms Debut
Cult London band Public Service Broadcasting are set to make their Proms debut in a special Late Night Prom to mark the 50th anniversary of the first manned mission to the Moon. The electronics/instrumental outfit will be joined by The Multi-Story Orchestra to perform...
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Roger Hodgson: ‘The Voice Of Supertramp’ Returns To The Royal Albert Hall
It has become something of a tradition that Roger Hodgson, one half of the songwriting force behind legendary progressive pop/rock band Supertramp, spends a night or two in London in the spring. Hodgson and his four-piece band of exceptional musicians find a home...
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Macy Gray, Afro-Cuban All Stars & Robert Plant Lead Womad Second Wave
WOMAD festival today announce their second wave of artists who will join the already stunning line-up performing at Charlton Park in July; a colourful carnival of culture celebrating emerging and established musicians from around the world. Soul sister supreme and...
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Craig David, Vaccines, Grandmaster Flash & Mystery Jets Venture into Neverworld 2019
Craig David has just been announced for Neverworld 2019, making him the second headliner, following on from The Vaccines, to venture into this immersive musical kingdom, taking place over the first weekend of August this year. After featuring on Artful Dodger's 1999...
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New Album And UK/EU Tour Dates For Daddy Long Legs!
In need of some “rock'n'roll salvation through the spirit of roots and blues”? You probably do, and this is how frontman Brian Hurd describes the style of Daddy Long Legs. Already two albums down the road the trio formed by Brian Hurd (vocals, harmonica, guitar),...
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The Time Is Now For Circa Waves
The Liverpool-based band embark on their UK tour just two months after supporting The Wombats across Europe. The release of their new single Times Won’t Change Me, from their third album What’s It like Over There was announced not long after the EU tour finalised,...
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Luna Bay To Play Hometown Show At Scala
London-based rock quartet Luna Bay have announced a massive headline show at North London’s Scala venue following a sold out show at Mumford & Sons’ Ben Lovett-owned Omeara this week. The Omeara show saw the four-piece storming their hometown venue with a massive...
John Mayer To Shine His New Light On Europe
Guitar virtuoso John Mayer has announced a European leg of his 2019 world tour, including UK and Ireland dates at London’s O2 Arena, Dublin’s 3Arena and the Manchester Arena this October. Following a fourth consecutive year touring North America with Dead &...
Midnight Oil Feeling The Power And The Passion For The UK
Midnight Oil are returning to the UK, two years after playing their first shows here in 20 years. The legendary Australian band, who sold out over 70 gigs in 16 countries on their 2017 Great Circle world tour, play Manchester’s O2 Apollo on Sunday 9th June and...
Starlite Campbell Band Bringing The Blues To London
Starlite Campbell Band bring the blues to London for the first time next week. The Isle of Man-based group, featuring husband and wife duo Suzy Starlite and Simon Campbell, make their live debut in the UK capital at The Half Moon in Putney on 6th March 2019....
Victorious Festival Adds Final Headline Act
Victorious Festival (23-25 August ’19) – the UK’s biggest metropolitan festival – today proudly announces the enigmatic New Order as the fourth and final headliner at this years’ festival. Topping the bill with Two-Tone legends The Specials, multi award-winning...
Foo Fighters’ Chris Shiflett Back On The European Road
Foo Fighters’ guitarist and Country music man Chris Shiflett has announced a sting of European tour dates including 7 UK & Ireland shows. Debuting new single This Ol’ World, taken from his forthcoming second solo record outside of his Jackson United and Dead...
Mumfords’ Gentlemen Of The Road Head To All Points East
The final headliner for 2019’s All Points East events have been unveiled as none other than London’s own Mumford & Sons! Not only that, but they are putting on one of their acclaimed Gentlemen Of The Road events – festival days fully curated by the band, including...
Chaka Khan & Martha Reeves Cross The Tracks
Today, Cross The Tracks, a brand new music and food focused event for South London announce their arrival on Sunday 9th June, at Brixton’s luscious Brockwell Park for a day of music, food, workshops, talks and more. Cross The Tracks invites a mixture of legendary and...
Sleeper Release Album After 21 Year Hiatus
On 22nd March Sleeper will release their first album in 21 years. Sleeper enjoyed huge critical and commercial success in the mid 90s: achieving 8 Top 40 singles across 3 Top 10 albums with well over 1,000,000 sales. Their music was characterized by astute,...