Lee Aaron will release her new studio album, ‘Re-Vamp’, on January 22 via Metalville. The album will feature re-recorded tracks plus four new songs.
Crownshift will release their second album, ‘The Shadows We Buried’, on January 29 via Nuclear Blast
Dynazty have signed with Napalm Records and release their latest album, ‘Dark Arts’, on March 5. They released ‘The Mission’ as the first single last month.
The Flaming Lips release their new album ’The Teardrop Throbs’ on January 22 via Third Man Records.
FM release an acoustic live album on January 25.
Guild of Ages have signed with Frontiers and plan to release their new album early next year.
Madness re-release their first five albums - ‘One Step Beyond…’, ‘Absolutely’, ‘7’, ‘The Rise & Fall’ and ‘Keep Moving’ on January 29 and will be available on 180g black vinyl, limited-edition coloured vinyl and CD.
Magnum release 15th anniversary editions of ‘The Visitation’ and ‘Evolution!’ on December 4 through Mascot Records.
The Mission return with their first new studio album in over a decade, ‘Songs For Kith And Kin’, on April 2.
MuddiBrooke will release their debut album next spring and it is produced by Thunder’s Luke Morley.
Ozzy Osbourne & Black Sabbath: Back To The Beginning concert film will be available as a 2-disc Blu-ray and CD edition, 2LP vinyl and 2-disc Blu-ray collection with exclusive limited-edition coloured vinyl variants, along with a digital album. All are released on December 11.
Ratt vocalist Stephen Pearcy will release his sixth solo album, ‘The Dogg Mob’, in February.
Carl Perkins & Friends (Clapton, Harrison, Starr, Edmunds) gets a 40th anniversary edition released by Madfish on November 13.
Sons of Cream, featuring the sons of Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker, release their debut album ‘Half And Half’ on January 15 via Marshall Records.
Split Enz are releasing an updated version of 1986′s ‘A Best of Split Enz – History Never Repeats’. The updated release will include new songs, fully remastered audio, embossed cover art, and liner notes written by Tim Finn and is released on November 27.
Stormwarning release their new album ‘Future In Utopia’ on January 22 via Frontiers.
In the studio…
Black Stone Cherry (pictured) have recorded their next EP and it is at the mixing stage now…My Chemical Romance plan to spend most of 2027 recording new music…
Single life…
Drive, She Said released ‘Catch the Wind’ on November 2…Soil have signed with Better Noise Music and released a new song ‘Enemy X’…
Upcoming (Gigs – UK)
Newly announced UK tours (2027 unless stated):
John Bush (Aug), Bruce Dickinson (Jun), Bruce Dickinson + Evergrey (Nov, Dec), The Flaming Lips (Apr), Til Lindemann (Oct), Robert Plant & Saving Grace (Jun), Scorpions + Europe (Jul), Stiff Little Fingers (Mar), Shania Twain (Jun), U2 (Jun),
Upcoming (USA/ROW)
Newly announced US & European tours (2027 unless stated):
Beast In Black + Gloryhammer (US), Big Big Train (US), John Bush (EU), Bruce Dickinson (EU), Evergrey + Bruce Dickinson (EU), The Flaming Lips (US),Til Lindemann (EU), Marilyn Manson (AU), Meshuggah + Testament (US), U2 (EU), Weezer +Third Eye Blind + Fountains of Wayne (AU, NZ),
Tour updates & postponed/cancelled gigs & tours:
The Beach Boys have cancelled all but one of their remaining US shows for this year as Mike Love’s health issues continue.
Cheap Trick have confirmed they will take a break from touring from the end of this month, however, it is not health related and merely the band members wan some time off.
Triumph have announced the cancellation of the rest of this year’s 50th anniversary tour “due to sudden and unexpected medical circumstances affecting the band.”
KISS will release their ‘End of the Road’ documentary on November 19.
Justin Sargent is the new vocalist in Skid Row.
The re-issued ‘My Black Parade’ gave My Chemical Romance their first UK album number one.
Tony Iommi’s ‘From the Dark’ reached number 11 in the UK album charts, number 2 in the rock & metal albums chart and number 3 in the German album charts.
Donal Lunny, founding member of The Bothy Band, Planxty and Moving Hearts.
Steve Ellis, vocalist with Love Affair who had a number one hit with ‘Everlasting Love’.
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SCARDUST Symphony
Progressive symphonic metal band Scardust have unveilled a powerful rendition of Clean Bandit’s “Symphony”, featuring Mia Asano and Noa Gruman’s Hellscore Choir, out now via Frontiers Music Srl.
The track features acclaimed Los Angeles-based electric violinist Mia Asano. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, Asano has built a global following of more than six million across social media, with her viral performances generating over 500 million views.
Her career has included collaborations with artists including Ministry, DragonForce, Lindsey Stirling, Tina Guo and Taylor Davis, as well as a European arena tour with Two Steps From Hell, which began with a performance in front of 75,000 people at Wacken Open Air. A recipient of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s Best Violin Performance Award in 2020, Asano brings her unmistakable energy and virtuosity to the new single.
The band commented: “‘Symphony’ by Clean Bandit has always felt like such a beautiful and emotional song, and we immediately felt it had the potential to become something very Scardust – combining prog metal, the Hellscore choir, and Mia’s incredible violin playing.”
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