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Slade / Genuinely thrilling, the past has never sounded so good

Slade Vinyl Reissues. These are vital purchases for anyone with more than just a passing interest in the history of rock music.@officialsladei

Tony Martin / Thorns utterly endorses this singers impeccable pedigree

Tony Martin is a singer with an impeccable pedigree, and the new album Thorns utterly endorses that. @t0nymart1n

Kahmel Farahani / 2021 memories in Heavy Metal

My abiding memory of 2021 was the feeling of the world returning to some semblance of normality and, in particular, the restarting of live music. Here are the highlights from @kahmel_farahani

Imperial Age / Free live concert with orchestra and choir presenting New World album

Imperial Age will host a free live concert on 26 December 2021, where the Symphonic Metal band will present their New World album backed by an orchestra and choir. @ImperialAge

Udo Dirkschneider breaks 20-year ties with AFM to sign with Atomic Fire Records

Udo Dirkschneider has signed with the new label Atomic Fire Records and will release a new album around his 70th birthday. @u.d.o._official

2021 Review / For Robert Adams, yet another year of no gigs

Robert Adams. So, boys, girls and others, I open my review of 2021 with the news that I have not been to a gig this year at all.

Tremonti / UK Tour dates moved to June 2022

Mark Tremonti and band have postponed their January headline tour of the UK and Ireland to June 2022.

Rock History / KISS and the Destroyer 45th Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Destroyer 45th Anniversary Deluxe Edition. Whilst the KISS – Alive album made a seismic impact, it's arguably Destroyer that was the game-changer.

Uriah Heep / First two albums released as limited edition vinyl picture discs

'… Very' Eavy …Very 'Umble' and Salisbury will be released as limited edition vinyl collector picture discs by BMG on 28 January 2022. Each disc features the original artwork, retouched to meticulous detail.

M3 Rock Festival to celebrate lucky 13 in May 2022

The internationally renowned M3 Rock Festival is gearing up for its 13th edition over the weekend of the 6-8 May 2022, with highlights including Yngwie Malmsteen and the Merriweather Post Pavillion debut...

Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen announce 2022 tour

Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen will play their debut UK shows in February and March 2022, including an appearance at Planet Rocks Winters End. The pair released their debut album in March...

Mark Weiss / Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Van Halen, Guns N’ Roses signed prints included in charity auction

The legendary rock and Metal photographer Mark Weiss has donated ten pairs of signed prints for a charity auction supporting the Middletown Township Cultural and Arts Council.The auction includes Led Zeppelin and...

Slade release first-ever official video for Merry Xmas Everybody

Slade have released the first-ever official video for their legendary Christmas single Merry Xmas Everybody. The song entered the single charts for the 26th time this week."The video is very unusual and...

BBC Rockest Records / Zeal & Ardor’s Manuel Gagneux “most proud of” Golden Liar

Zeal & Ardor have released a new video for their single Golden Liar, a track released last week which went on to gain BBC Radio 1's sought after Rockest Record accolade.Golden Liar...

Truck / Make Hay shows how a great rock song can save you

Truck, a new driving rock band featuring Andy McLean from Horsehead and Dave Leslie from Baby Animals, has released their debut single, Make Hay, with a video below."When Horsehead were starting out,...

Eric Gales and Joe Bonamassa battle in the blues Squared Circle

Eric Gales has released I Want My Crown, the first single taken from his new album Crown, with a video featuring Gales and Joe Bonamassa facing off in a boxing squared circle,...

Scorpions honour János Kóbor, legendary singer of Omega, who died aged 78

János "Mecky" Kóbor, the legendary singer of the Hungarian band Omega, has died after spending several weeks in hospital with a Covid-19 infection.Report: Miriam RitchieOmega became a cult band in Germany during...
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