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2000Trees 2026 Reveals UK Exclusives and a Genre-Spanning Line-Up for July Festival season is knocking. Just a few more months to endure, and then your spine will once again be burdened with relentless headbanging and enthusiastic nodding along. 2000Trees Festival is kindly prepared to support you through it. Renowned and repeatedly awarded, 2000Trees is here […]
Iron Maiden Announce EDDFEST at Knebworth to Celebrate 50 Years of Maiden No Eddie glory, no Maiden story: 50 years of Iron Maiden. And how do you celebrate that properly? With their own festival, of course. Baptised after the beloved mascot himself, two days of EDDFEST promise to pull fans young and old straight into […]
ArcTanGent Turns August 2026 Into a Genre-Spanning Rock Showcase Time to empty your wallet and open your calendar: festival season is at the door, and it doesn’t get much wilder than this. Enter the highly renowned ArcTanGent Festival. If anyone can mix novelty with rock extravaganza, it’s ArcTanGent. Crowned Best Small Festival at the Festival […]
So I’ve seen Justin Hawkins many times with The Darkness and seen shows on his YouTube channel, but never seen ‘Justin Hawkins Rides Again’ live and tonight it’s in the very posh surroundings of Cadogan Hall near Sloane Square. There’s a melange of photos and clips to start, covering Justin’s origins in The Darkness, mainly […]
Apparently John Corabi and friends had thought Glasgow was closer to London than it is and it’s an early start today of 6.45pm as on a Saturday there is an early curfew due to the night club. As such the band only just made the show and didn’t have time for a shower before! However, […]
Powerwolf Howl Back with New Live Album Wildlive (Live at Olympiahalle) Powerwolf: a band that truly lives up to its name. Today, Friday the 13th of February 2026, the German metal giants release their new live album Wildlive (Live at Olympiahalle). A veritable metal operetta, steeped in theatrical drama and symbolism, recorded during the Wolfsnächte […]
W.A.S.P. Announce the “1984 To Headless” 2026 North America Tour with Special Guests KK’s Priest USA & Canada: today, there’s something to celebrate. Over four decades of W.A.S.P. — and more than four decades since their self-titled debut album was dropped. Fittingly, the pioneers are marking the occasion with the “1984 To Headless” 2026 U.S. […]
Friends, colleagues, fans of Francis Rossi and press gathered in the gothic splendour of the Union Chapel taking advantage to wonderful acoustics to listen to Francis Rossi’s new solo album ‘The Accidental’. It’s streaked through with Status Quo DNA, while being more adventurous than Status Quo, replete with sixties and seventies influences and, at times, […]
THE MOLOTOVS ANNOUNCE MAJOR TOUR AS DEBUT ALBUM WASTED ON YOUTH CHALLENGES FOR NO.1 LIVE PERFORMANCES DRIVE CHARTS SUCCESS – BUCKING INDUSTRY TREND WASTED ON YOUTH OUT NOW ON VINYL, CD AND STREAMING PLATFORMS VIA MARSHALL RECORDS HERE TICKETS GO ON SALE ON THURSDAY 5TH FEBRUARY HERE London, Tuesday 3rd February 2026 – The Molotovs […]
Smith & Kotzen Announce UK and European Tour for 2026 A guitar duo with iconic musical expertise is ready to prove a point once again: Adrian Smith of Iron Maiden and string-instrument icon Richie Kotzen are taking their latest release Black Light / White Noise on tour. The wait is short — it all kicks […]
It’s been 13 years since Orianthi has had a solo show in the UK and she’s only been back a couple of times since with other artists such as Richie Sambora and Alice Cooper. Since she’s had No 1 albums in the UK since then, and with shows selling out, it’s clearly not enough. James […]
