It's a set which has something for everyone with any degree of interest in the career of the mercurial and often unpredictable Schenker, and while the four original albums to me gradually decline from the debut onward, all contain varying amounts of excellent material. When Michael Schenker left UFO mid-tour following the seminal Strangers In..
Kerry King announces London Headline show, tickets on sale now, debut album “From Hell I Rise” out 17 May via Reigning Phoenix Music
KERRY KING has announced his first UK headline show for London's Electric Ballroom for Tuesday 18th June. Tickets are on sale at now at the Live Nation ticket store. The show will come in the wake of his first ever UK solo band appearance at Download Festival at Donington Park on Sunday 16th June. Photo: Jim Louvau KING's..
Wheel launch ‘Porcelain’ – second single from new album ‘Charismatic Leaders’
Anglo-Finnish progressive metallers Wheel recently announced the release of their much-anticipated third studio album 'Charismatic Leaders' on the 3rd May 2024 (InsideOutMusic). The album was meticulously crafted to meet Wheel's ever-heightening benchmarks and recording with engineers/co-producers Daniel Bergstrand and Fredrik Thordendal (Meshuggah) stretched from August to December 2023. The end result, mixed by Forrester Savell, has consolidated all the gains..
Big Big Train announce London show for 5th October
With two of their UK concerts in September 2024 already sold out, Big Big Train are delighted to announce an additional show to take place on 5th October 2024 at Cadogan Hall in London as part of the band's The Likes Of Us tour, promoting their recently released first studio album for InsideOut/Sony. Lead vocalist Alberto Bravin says:..
Lesoir announces new album Push Back The Horizon on V2 Records and Share new single
Lesoir, a five-piece band hailing from Maastricht, Netherlands, and formed in 2009, has quietly cultivated a global fan base and are now ready to step out of the shadows again for their 6th album 'Push Back The Horizon' to be released on September 20th 2024. 'Push Back The Horizon' includes 10 songs, composed by the band's guitarist..
Joe Bonamassa Announces Rare One-Off UK Concert at The Anvil in Basingstoke on Saturday 15 June 2024
After performing two sell-out shows at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall, celebrated and award-winning blues rock guitarist, Joe Bonamassa in association with J&R Adventures and N&P Touring is pleased to announce a rare one-off intimate concert at The Anvil in Basingstoke on Saturday 15 June 2024. This special indoor concert follows Joe's exclusive UK festival performance at The Black Deer Festival on Friday 14 June.Planet..
Big Wolf Band – Bromley Blues Club (14 April 2024)
Photos by Lorelei Stroud Birmingham’s Big Wolf Band are currently on tour supporting their third studio album, Rebel’s Journey, and stopped off at the recently-founded Bromley Blues Club for a two-set show. First though, I have to tip my hat to the club itself, hosted at the Bromley Little Theatre, in the upper room of..
SiX by SiX – Beyond Shadowland (InsideOut Music)
SiX By SiX, the progressive power trio comprising Ian Crichton (Saga), Nigel Glockler (Saxon) and Robert Berry (3.2), release their sophomore album 'Beyond Shadowland' on InsideOutMusic on 26th April 2024. The band reconvened in Berry's own Soundtek Studios in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2023 to bend, shape, hammer and caress their diverse musical talents..
King Zebra – Between The Shadows (Frontiers Records)
King Zebra are essentially a Swiss band, almost all hailing from Zurich with the honourable exception of American frontman by Eric St. Michaels, who used to be in the AOR band China. The band burst onto the music scene with their debut EP in 2019, a sonic voyage marked by the standout track Firewalker which..
Justin Hayward: Extended ‘Blue World’ Tour from The Voice of The Moody Blues
Live Nation / Kennedy Street are delighted to announce that legendary singer-songwriter Justin Hayward, The Voice of the Moody Blues, will extend his The ‘Blue World’ Tour of the UK. There will be 7 shows in October 2024, including two in Scotland, which represents the first time in 5 years that Justin will have played..