Featuring Paul Heaton, The Wire’s Reg E Cathey, Cherry Ghost, Gareth Paisey from Los Campesinos! Ex Beautiful South singer Jacqui Abbott, and many more www.paulheatonmusic.co.uk Former Housemartin and Beautiful South main man Paul Heaton will celebrate his 50th birthday by taking his acclaimed soul opera The 8th onto the road this July. Performing two different…
Across four CDS and 121 tracks, this box set is the first complete career retrospective of The Searchers who between 1963 and 1967 notched up hit after hit on Pye Records, rivalling The Beatles and, unlike most of the other Merseybeat groups, having an enduring influence with their inventive jangling guitar sound and strong harmonies….
Following on from their hugely successful US bike ride in 2011 Thunder members Danny Bowes and Ben Matthews, together with Luke Morley (Thunder & The Union) and Peter Shoulder (The Union) will return to the USA in July, with a load of fellow bikers for the second USA charity motorcycle ride – The Great British…
DVD/CD & FESTIVAL NEWS ****DVD/CD & FESTIVAL NEWS** Limited Edition DVD pack already SOLD OUT MAIN STAGE slot at DOWNLOAD coming up Freshly released, the Limited Edition (1000 copies only) format of the Saxon box set Heavy Metal Thunder – Live – Eagles Over Wacken has already SOLD OUT. Hot on the heels of the…
TANGERINE DREAM Perform a Unique One-off London Show At O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Sunday 24th June The New York Times call them ‘The Worlds’ Leading Synth Band’ and now seven times Grammy nominated Tangerine Dream return British shores for a unique one-off UK show as part of their Electric Mandarine Tour 2012 at the…
After last year’s blinding Xmas shows in Nottingham…. Thunder have announced a 2012 Christmas Show at the Manchester Academy on 21st December. The show will stick to the now legendary Thunder Christmas Show format, featuring 2 sets (acoustic then full on electric), with a mix of Thunder songs and killer covers, special guests, inflatables and…
The Sun Explodes – New Tour Showcasing Debut Album Emergence http://www.thesunexplodes.com/ Heavy rock quintet The Sun Explodes are going on tour to celebrate and display their forthcoming debut album Emergence – a genre-defying mix of crushing riffs, sweeping melody and pulsating electronica The band have already showcased their epic and frenetic live performances across Britain…
The Ready Stance (ex-Ass Pony’s / Middlemarch) release debut album Damndest, May 21st www.readystance.com In rock ’n’ roll some tales are just too perfect to make up. And the back story of The Ready Stance is definitely one of them. A truly perfect storm that unfolded within one square block of the historic district in…
Robert Cray – the legendary guitarist and five time Grammy Award winning rock/R&B/soul and blues icon, today confirmed his new studio album will be released in September 2012. He’ll also undertake a European tour during June that will include three UK concerts. The Blues Hall of Fame Inductee heads into the studio this month to…
Australian hard rock trio TRACER have today unveiled the new video for their breakthrough single “Devil Ride”, view it here – http://youtu.be/paoOYyecZZc The video is released in anticipation of the band’s debut UK headline tour, which kicks off at London’s Islington O2 Academy on Tuesday 24th April. Tickets, priced at just £8 regionally and £9…
Howard Jones is offering fans a free mp3 download of “Like To Get To Know You Well” to coincide with his Nationwide UK Tour, which starts on Wednesday April 11th. This is the first time Howard will undertake a nationwide tour to perform his first two studio albums ”Human’s Lib” and ”Dream Into Action” back…
Shakespeare’s poetry. Shakespeare’s instruments. Modern songs. Out on April 23rd (Shakespeare’s birthday) Written during the time of Elizabeth I and re-imagined for the Diamond Jubilee year of Elizabeth II, these are the most precious words ever written about love. Performed on instruments from the early 17th century, played by the cream of the world’s period…