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News: Backseat Mafia Live! – Coastival, Scarborough13-14TH Feb
Get your buckets and spades ready, because Backseat Mafia is going back to the seaside, only this time it’s going to be bigger and better!!! Backseat Mafia has once again been asked to take part in Scarborough’s Coastival festival – www.coastival.com – The festival runs from Friday 12th of February right through to the evening of Sunday …
News: Rick Wakeman launches tribute to David Bowie in support of Macmillan Cancer Trust
Amid some of the more dubious tributes surrounding the death of David Bowie, this is one that we can wholeheartedly support as it ticks more than a few boxes – Friend of Bowie: check – Worked with Bowie: check – In a good / relevant cause:check. Rick Wakeman, who worked with Bowie on the original …
NEWS: Bullet For My Valentine Announce UK Tour
Bullet For My Valentine are coming back to the UK! What will be little over a year after their last UK tour, they will be tearing it up again across November and December- kicking things off in Newport. On their last tour, in support of their fifth album Venom which was released last summer, Bullet …
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 …