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Street Symphonies Records & Burning Minds Music Group are excited to announce the release of "More To Ask", the third single from the self-titled debut album by Italian hard rockers, Mayhem Mavericks. The track is now available on all digital platforms for streaming, accompanied by an official music video.

The frontman of Status Quo has nothing to prove. He has penned countless UK hits, been active in the business since the sixties, and explored his penchant for melody, Country, Pop and Rock with his solo releases. However, with his newest effort ‘The Accidental’, Rossi has brought his guitar back to the fore, on what is a great Rock album. 

After the surprise release of the album Runaway Men in 2022, followed by a series of concerts in 2023, Bart, Ard, Niels and Nils sat together. Runaway Men consisted of the recordings they made in 1997, just before parting ways. They hadn’t worked together for more than 25 years, but the warm reception of their 1997 work sparked new curiosity and motivation.

Rising rocker AUSTEN STARR is pleased to share her new single "Read Your Mind," taken from her upcoming debut album, 'I Am The Enemy,' due out on February 13, 2026 via Frontiers Music Srl.

Ginger traditionally has a show in London this time of year, close to his birthday, this time it’s in Islington and the Christmas spirit is well on its way!

Bryan Adams latest Christmas single ‘California Christmas’ has been quick to prove a festive favourite. Released on November 26th via Bad Records, the sun-soaked festive anthem has shot to No.1 on the Canada Radio Holiday Chart, while it is also on the playlists of 45 radio stations across the UK. Today (Dec 15th) it has now also been announced as Record Of The Week for both Radio 2 and Virgin Radio in the UK.

The Globe is not too far from Cardiff City Centre and can hold around 350 people. Tonight the venue is fairly well packed out. This is the last night of the UK tour for both bands. The intro music struck up and then the support act who was Parker Barrow started at 19.30.

Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM) proudly announces the signing of acclaimed singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist A.A. WILLIAMS, whose work blends haunting melody with a distinctly heavy edge.

I’ll hold my hands up, despite absolutely loving albums like ‘Reckless’ and ‘Waking Up The Neighbours’, I’d kind of lost my way with the Canadian star’s output. I remember really disliking ‘Cloud #9’ and when he duetted with Mel C, I freely admit the musical snob in me reared its head, with me muttering about him working with a bloody Spice Girl and how the guy had gone right off the boil.

With less than six weeks until the arrival of their eighth studio album on January 9, 2026, ALTER BRIDGE return with their brand-new single, “Playing Aces.” The track bursts open with the band’s trademark dual-guitar firepower as Myles Kennedy (vocals/guitars), Mark Tremonti (guitars/vocals), Brian Marshall (bass), and Scott Phillips (drums) lock into the muscular groove that has defined their sound for more than two decades.

We are extremely excited to be able Today, cinematic rock visionaries Earthside unleash Let The Truth Speak – Deluxe Edition, marking two years since their triumphant return. They have also announced their first live shows in Latin America with an appearance at CL Prog Festival in Santiago, Chile on 14-15 March 2026.

Smith/Kotzen, the acclaimed pairing of guitar icons Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen, have released the cinematic lyric video for album track ‘Blindsided’. A driving and heavy-hitting rock song, it’s one of the stand-out tracks from the band’s highly praised second album Black Light / White Noise, which was a UK No.1 hit on the Official Rock & Metal chart earlier this year.

Swedish high-energy rockers THE HELLACOPTERS have been celebrating their 30th anniversary recently and after releasing their much-lauded new album Overdriver on January 31, 2025, which reached No. 1 in the Swedish charts and a solid top 10 position in the German charts for the second time in the group’s career, it is time to offer their dedicated fanbase something truly nostalgic.

Blue October, the Texas-based, multi-platinum group announces a year-long celebration honouring the 20th anniversary release of ‘Foiled’, the platinum-selling album that opened the door to the hearts of audiences around the world.

Start your engines! Groove masters CLUTCH have just dropped the limited merch item to end all merch items. If you’re quick enough, you can now grab CLUTCH’s ‘73 Dodge Dart Swinger Car Model Kit and associated new merch, exclusively on ClutchMerch.com

The technical chameleon and guitar virtuoso Paul Gilbert today announces his new album, WROC, which will be released on 27 February via Music Theories Recordings. To celebrate, he has revealed the music video for Go Not Thither, which you can watch below.

The one and only Cheap Trick have released their 21st studio album today. All Washed Up is available now digitally as well as on standard black vinyl and CD, via BMG. A collector’s edition Orange Marble vinyl variant limited to 1,000 units is available exclusively via the band's new D2C store. The band's Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen and Tom Petersson appeared on TalkShopLive last week to discuss the new album.

Lancaster’s finest rock export, Massive Wagons, release their brand-new single and video “Everywhere We Go” today, Friday 14th November. The track, packed with the band’s trademark energy and stadium-sized hooks, comes accompanied by a video filmed at the Iconic Winter Gardens in Morecambe.

"Once In A Blue Moon" is the debut album from Civil Daze, a Melodic Rock band based in Upplands Väsby just north of Stockholm, Sweden. There must be some kind of secret rock'n'roll potion in the water there since it's also where bands like Europe, Candlemass, H.e.a.t & Universe III were born. Civil Daze started out as the solo project of Mikael Danielsson. However, since he didn't fancy his own voice ("I sounded like Tom Waits auditioning for Journey") the songs were put on a

Black Eyed Sons have released the official video for their deeply personal new track, “Autumn Reigns,” featuring Charlie Starr of Blackberry Smoke. Written by Guy Griffin, the song holds special significance, inspired by the tragic loss of his brother Daniel in late 2021.