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News: The Cult announce UK tour to accompany 10th Studio album
February see’s The Cult, one of Britain’s most influential rock bands, return with their 10th studio album “Hidden City” and a nationwide 10 date tour. Originally starting out as The Southern Death Cult in 1981, Ian Astbury and co. were at the forefront of a new scene and helped pave a way for gothic rock to …
News: UFO reveal new details abou Live Sightings
In their 47 year career UFO have carved out a reputation for being one of the most stage-hardened bands, and while their commercial peak was the late ’70s / early ’80s, their last three studio albums have all charted here in the UK, and they remain a substantial live draw with a loyal and dedicated …
News: Sleeping With Sirens Announce New Single ‘Go Go Go’ and Tour News
Billed by Kerrang! Magazine as “a band heading for the stratosphere”, Sleeping With Sirens are set to have one of their biggest years yet. The band are to release new single ‘Go Go Go’ on March 18th. The single is taken from the hugely successful album ‘Madness’ which came out March 2015. It was produced …
News: The Mission announce 30th anniversary tour
Something memorable happened on January 20th 1986 at the intimate Alice in Winderland club in London. I don’t know how many people were there to witness it, but so began the career of legendary goth rockers The Mission. Now, 30 years on, the band have just announced their most extensive and ambitious tour since their …
News: Bloodstock Festival Announces Three More Bands For 2016!
Three more bands have been announced for the UK’s biggest metal festival, Bloodstock. First band announced today are the Metal Allegiance. The line-up for this band is never fully known, but confirmed to show up on the day are Testament’s Alex Skolnick, Death Angel’s Mark Osegueda, Anthrax’s Scott Ian & Charlie Benante, Gary Holt from …
News: Slam Dunk Festival Announce Additions To The Line-up
Slam Dunk Festival is set to be the biggest yet with even more bands added to the 2016 line up. The festival which is in its 10th year has just announced 8 new bands to the already impressive bill. Announced today: Mallory Knox, The Story So Far, Set Your Goals, The Starting Line, Zebrahead, Capdown, …
News: Bury Tomorrow Release Trailers For New Album Earthbound
Bury Tomorrow fans should be holding their collective breath in anticipation of January 29th– which sees the release of their fourth studio album Earthbound. In talking about the album, frontman Dani Winter-Bates says this; ‘’A big thing for us this time around was to get down to the real nitty gritty of what our fans …
NEWS: Bring Me The Horizon Announce Arena Shows
Bring Me The Horizon have enjoyed nothing short of a meteoric rise. Their fifth studio album That’s The Spirit reached far more commercial realms than any of their previous offerings, resulting in a world-wide tour, as well as sales of over 450,000 on the album- which has now gone Gold here in the UK. Last …
News: We Are The Ocean To Headline Rugby League Rocks Event
British rock band We Are The Ocean are set to headline the Rugby League Rocks event being held at New Dock Hall, Royal Armouries in Leeds on Saturday January 30 at 7pm. The event, which is now in its second year, marks the start of the new Super League year which is set to be …
News: David Bowie Dies
Only days after his 69th birthday and the release of Blackstar, David Bowie has passed away. Following an 18 month battle with cancer, David passed away peacefully on January the 10th. A statement from his Facebook page confirming the very sad news reads “David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family after a courageous …