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PALE BLUE EYES – Embark Upon UK Tour This April – New Place Out Now

PALE BLUE EYES – Embark Upon UK Tour This April – New Place Out Now

‘New Place’, the third studio album from Pale Blue Eyes, is out now. The band will embark upon a UK tour this April.  Earlier this month, Pale… Read more »

Juanita Stein UK tour 2025

Juanita Stein UK tour 2025

Juanita Stein‘s critically acclaimed fourth solo album ‘The Weightless Hour’ is out now via Agricultural Audio. Having recently toured with Evan Dando, and with a handful of… Read more »

DAVID GRAY – Brings ‘Past & Present’ World Tour to UK and Ireland – This Spring and Summer

DAVID GRAY – Brings ‘Past & Present’ World Tour to UK and Ireland – This Spring and Summer

David Gray has embarked on his fifty-two date Past & Present world tour in support of his critically acclaimed new album, ‘Dear Life’, released earlier this month via his independent label, Laugh A… Read more »

The Nightingales NEW ALBUM ‘The Awful Truth’ out 4th April

The Nightingales NEW ALBUM ‘The Awful Truth’ out 4th April

The Nightingales release their first studio album since 2022’s much-praised ‘The Last Laugh’. Celebrated in the excellent Stewart Lee-narrated film King Rocker of 2020, where the curtain… Read more »

GANS new single I THINK I LIKE YOU out now

GANS new single I THINK I LIKE YOU out now

GANS release a new single I THINK I LIKE YOU through Strap Originals on Wednesday March 5th. I THINK I LIKE YOU was produced and mixed by Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, Amyl… Read more »

HONESTY – Join Bdrmm On The Road This March

HONESTY – Join Bdrmm On The Road This March

Leeds-based collective HONESTY have released their debut album, ‘U R HERE’, via Partisan Records. HONESTY’s debut album, ‘U R HERE’, is a fluid, exhilarating, and uniquely introspective take… Read more »

BROWN HORSE – To Release Sophomore Album ‘All The Right Weaknesses’ + UK Tour Dates – This Spring

BROWN HORSE – To Release Sophomore Album ‘All The Right Weaknesses’ + UK Tour Dates – This Spring

Brown Horse are excited to announce their second album, ‘All The Right Weaknesses’, out 4th April on Loose Music. The latest single, “Dog Rose”, is out now…. Read more »

Diversity Announce Soul A Major New UK And Ireland Tour For 2026 

Diversity Announce Soul A Major New UK And Ireland Tour For 2026 

Diversity is set to take to the road on a major new tour of the UK and Ireland in spring 2026. The UK’s most successful dance group… Read more »

Steven Wilson The Overview Tour 2025

Steven Wilson The Overview Tour 2025

Steven Wilson, the world-renowned producer, remixer, originator and songwriter, has announced details of his eighth studio album, The Overview, which is due for release on Fiction Records on… Read more »

The Amy Winehouse Band – original and longtime band – announce UK tour, featuring select orchestral dates

The Amy Winehouse Band – original and longtime band – announce UK tour, featuring select orchestral dates

The Amy Winehouse Band – Amy’s original band who were with her live and on record all the way from her very beginnings performing in London pubs… Read more »

Avalanche Party release new album ‘Der Traum Uber Alles’ Listen to focus single ‘Ecstasy’

Avalanche Party release new album ‘Der Traum Uber Alles’ Listen to focus single ‘Ecstasy’

The most exciting rock & roll band in the UK right now” – JACK SAUNDERS, BBC RADIO 1 “A tsunami of mega riffs and eardrum-popping bass lines. Definitely… Read more »

Sparks MAD! tour dates announced for June and July

Sparks MAD! tour dates announced for June and July

Last week, Sparks – brothers Ron and Russell Mael – released ‘Do Things My Own Way’, the first taste from their 28th studio album, MAD!, due this year on new label home Transgressive Records…. Read more »

Beans on Toast – Plots dates on ‘Wild Goose Chasers’ Tour

Beans on Toast – Plots dates on ‘Wild Goose Chasers’ Tour

Beans on Toast will be back out on the road this March.Touring in support of his critically acclaimed latest work ‘Wild Goose Chasers’, Beans and his long… Read more »

THE PALE WHITE – Announce UK Tour + New Album ‘The Big Sad’

THE PALE WHITE – Announce UK Tour + New Album ‘The Big Sad’

Today, Newcastle alt-rock trio The Pale White return to announce their second album ‘The Big Sad’, due for release on 18th April 2025 via End of the… Read more »

THE WEDDING PRESENT – Announce 40th Anniversary Tour This Autumn

THE WEDDING PRESENT – Announce 40th Anniversary Tour This Autumn

David Lewis Gedge and his semi-legendary band celebrate a special anniversary live across Ireland and the United Kingdom this September and October. The Wedding Present was born… Read more »

CHAMELEONS – Plot Next Major Tour Route For November 2025

CHAMELEONS – Plot Next Major Tour Route For November 2025

Nearly 45 years since their formation, and 25 years on from their exaltant reunion in 2000 – CHAMELEONS – are ecstatic to announce a new run of… Read more »

LESS IS MORE-ISH: 2025 SEES A SHIFT FROM ‘FAD’ DIETS TO MORE SUSTAINABLE EATING

LESS IS MORE-ISH: 2025 SEES A SHIFT FROM ‘FAD’ DIETS TO MORE SUSTAINABLE EATING

Recent data shows that more and more people are adopting long-term habits to become healthier and to cater to this shift, Piccolino’s newest menu spotlights ‘lighter’ dishes… Read more »

Jools Holland Autumn Tour 2025 with Imelda May

Jools Holland Autumn Tour 2025 with Imelda May

Musical maestro Jools Holland and his famous Rhythm & Blues Orchestra are thrilled to announce their 2025 Autumn/Winter tour of 30 sensational dates across the UK, joined… Read more »

Legendary rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd announce UK tour

Legendary rockers Lynyrd Skynyrd announce UK tour

AEG Presents is thrilled to announce that rock’n’roll legends Lynyrd Skynyrd are set to make their triumphant return to the United Kingdom in July this year. The upcoming arena… Read more »

20 STORIES BLACKOUT DINNER TO RETURN FOR VALENTINE’S DAY

20 STORIES BLACKOUT DINNER TO RETURN FOR VALENTINE’S DAY

The one-off evening will take place on Sunday 16th February with an exclusive four-course menu created by Executive Head Chef, Daniel Scott Manchester’s highest restaurant, 20 Stories,… Read more »