Members of the Clergy gathered this Easter Saturday at London’s O2 Arena to see the latest incarnation of melodic metal band Ghost. Expectations were high as this was to be just the third show of the Skeletour with ‘new’ singer Papa V Perpetua – Tobias Forge takes on a new persona for each album cycle of Ghost’s career to date, almost like having a new Pope, extremely topical this particular weekend.

“I sorta dug through all my songs that had strings on them. Usually how it goes is they kinda just do strings on top of the hits, but these were actually strings on all the records” Beck David Hansen states part way through what is, a truly magical evening of music, departing from the norm and going with his gut, in true Beck style.

Leonie Jakobi’s recent single I Deserve To Shine earned her biggest spread of UK coverage to date, building on previous airplay support from 6 Music, BBC Introducing. Her contagious positivity and new generation take on classic rock sounds inspired that new wave of discovery, and those traits again stand proud as she shares her new single So Much Love To Give and announces that she will release her debut album What Are The People Gonna Say? on the 5th September 2025. 

The Jacques have make a compelling start as they power towards the11th July release of their second album Make Repetition!. Its first single, Via Dolorosa, had a spotlight moment with a 6 Music play from Chris Hawkins at 6 Music. The single was soon followed by the news that The Jacques will tour Europe as special guests to post-punk legends Public Image Ltd.