Deko Entertainment release a 50th anniversary edition of Angel’s ‘Helluva Band’ on May 22.
Crimson Glory release their first album in 26 years, ‘Chasing The Hydra’, through BraveWords Records on April 17.
Electric Mob release a deluxe digital edition of their latest album, ’2 Make U Cry & Dance’, on July 10 via Frontiers.
Fortune Teller have signed with Mighty Music who will release the band’s debut album later this year.
Erik Grönwall (ex-H.E.A.T., Skid Row) releases his new album ‘Bad Bones’ on May 22.
Sepultura release a farewell EP, ‘The Cloud Of Unknowing’, on April 24 via Nuclear Blast.
Social Distortion release their new album ‘Born To Kill’ on May 8 via Epitaph Records.
Sunjay releases his tenth studio album, ‘Split The Sheets’, on September 18 via Mighty Tight Records.
Tesla have signed with Frontiers and plan to release new music soon.
Chrysalis Records have announced the latest UFO reissue, 1981′s ‘The Wild, The Willing And The Innocent’, which arrives on May 1 as 3LP and 2CD.
Von Groove release their new album ‘Born to Rock’ on May 15 via Frontiers.
Paul Weller releases a 3LP/3CD box set ‘Weller At The BBC Vol 2′ on Parlophone on April 24.
In the studio…
Intense are putting the finishing touches to a new album…
Single life…
Tori Amos released ‘Stronger Together’ ahead of her new album ‘In Times of Dragons’ which is due on May 1…Annie Dressner releases her latest single ‘Dumb Boy’ on March 11 with a new album due later in the year…
Upcoming (Gigs – UK)
Newly announced UK tours (2026 unless stated):
Danko Jones (Nov), Del Amitri (Nov, Dec), Eagles of Death Metal (Nov), From Ashes to New (Fri Apr 17, Dome, London), Gene (Oct 9 & 10, Roundhouse, London), Kamelot (Nov), Erja Lyytinen (Oct), Myrath (Oct), Primus (Aug), Rush (Mar 2027), Sex Pistols (Dec), Spiritbox + Jinjer (Sep), Transvision Vamp (Oct), Bruce Watson (Big Country) (Mar-Jun 2027), Wilco (Aug),
Upcoming (USA/ROW)
Newly announced US & European tours (2026 unless stated):
Arch Enemy (CN, JP), Cradle of Filth + DevilDriver (AU), Death Angel + Vio-Lence (US), Eagles (US), Eagles of Death Metal (EU), Flyleaf (US), From Ashes to New (US), Go West (AU), Iron Maiden + Megadeth (AU), Kamelot (EU), Mental As Anything (AU), Richard Marx (AU), Metallica (Las Vegas Sphere, US), Myrath (EU), Nashville Pussy (EU), Pennywise + Circle Jerks (US), Primus (EU), Raven (US), Rush (EU 2027), Spiritbox + Jinjer (EU), Tomahawk + Melvins (US), Wilco (EU), Kim Wilde (AU),
Iron Maiden have announced they will take next year off from touring and plan to return to live action in 2028.
Tour updates & postponed/cancelled gigs & tours:
Martin Barre will not be appearing at this summer’s A New Day Festival as he was given the wrong dates by his agent.
‘The Story of Skids – Scotland’s No.1 Punk Band’ is being released as a limited edition Blu-ray by Screenbound International Pictures.
A new feature-length documentary about Gregg Allman, ‘Music Of My Soul’, will be released in US cinemas this summer.
Ozzy Osbourne was posthumously honoured with a BRITs Lifetime Achievement Award.
The documentary ‘Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition’ is released worldwide in cinemas from May 7.
Keyboardist/vocalist Loren Gold (The Who, Roger Daltrey, Chicago) will be joining Rush for their upcoming tour.
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Glaswegian singer-songwriter Lizzie Reid returns with details of a new EP titled ‘Undoing’, which is due out 17th April. To mark the announcement, Reid has shared new single “Sweet Relief” and revealed a new run of headline UK tour dates to follow the EP in April.
Speaking of the single, Reid says, “Sweet Relief speaks of my experience dealing with the full throws of obsession, rumination, depression, and panic. The way I desperately attempted to comfort myself only brought momentary relief from the storm. The cycle is brutal, exhausting and incredibly sneaky. The more I searched for solutions, the murkier the waters became, making it near impossible for light to come into the frame.”
To celebrate Undoing, Reid will be heading out on tour in late April/early May. The tour will follow her support slot with Jacob Alon at BRITs Week for War Child in Edinburgh Full dates are as follows:
26th April – Cottiers Theatre – Glasgow
28th April – Oporto – Leeds
29th April – The Castle Hotel – Manchester
30th April – The Waiting Room – London
2nd May – Rough Trade – Bristol
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