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CHARITY ALBUM INSPIRES OZZY OSBOURNE TO PICK CURE PARKINSON’S FOR BLACK SABBATH FAREWELL SHOW

  The UK charity Cure Parkinson’s will receive proceeds from Black Sabbath’s farewell concert at Villa Park this summer. The choice of charity was made by Sharon and Ozzy Osbourne following news of a compilation album - the brainchild of former manager Ian Grant (The Stranglers, The Cult, Big Country) and producer Paul Mitchell - featuring a number of rock legends. ‘Think Loud 4 Parkinson’s’ featuring music by Leo Sayer, Hank Marvin, The Waterboys, Paul Carrack, John Cooper Clarke, Gary Brooker and others is being backed by the charity. Organisers reached out to Ozzy and Sharon, highlighting the work done by Cure Parkinson’s and inspiring their choice to donate. Out on 14th February 2025, the album will see members of Dire Straits and Queen unite to help raise awareness and funds. The album will be released in tandem with a re-issue of the previously launched title track, Think Loud, followed by vinyl and CD editions of the album arriving on 21st February. Sharon Osbourne announced...

BENEDICTION release video for new single 'Engines Of War'

  British death metal legends, BENEDICTION, have unleashed the first single from their their upcoming new studio album, Ravage Of Empires, which is due to be released on April 4, 2025, via Nuclear Blast Records. The new song is called 'Engines Of War' and it connects well with BENEDICTION's monumental comback record Scriptures (2020) and their classic album Transcend The Rubicon from 1993, offering titanic growls by Dave Ingram towering over a barrage of riffs and unrelenting grooves. As of today, Ravage Of Empires is available for pre-order on CD, LP and as digital album. More info on the physical formats below. Alongside the single, BENEDICTION have premiered a music video today, which was shot by Martin Goltermann. PRE-ORDER/PRE-SAVE RAVAGE OF EMPIRES: https://benediction.bfan.link/ravage-of-empires STREAM 'ENGINES OF WAR': https://benediction.bfan.link/engines-of-war WATCH THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR 'ENGINES OF WAR': https://youtu.be/X32lPrjt0Vw BENEDICTION ...

2000TREES FESTIVAL Announces over 45 new bands

  2000trees Festival can announce over 45 new bands and acts for the line-up of this Summers much anticipated (and now officially the 'Best Medium Festival', winning the accolade three years in a row at the UK Festival Awards) live event. Bands announced include Scottish 2 piece and 2000trees Festival firm favourites VUKOVI, who are truly part of the soul and fabric of this festival, having played its smallest stage to now playing 3rd from top on the main stage. Joining them include deep, soulful and enthralling punk duo from Birmingham, Big Special, and Irish garage punk band Sprints (who like VUKOVI have become a MASSIVE favourite of the festival, moving up the stages). On top of these we can also announce Welsh post-hardcore legends Future of The Left, exciting UK dance punk rockers SNAYX, indie punk rock 5 piece Panic Shack, Australian/Norwegian metal pop favourites Blood Command, and 3 of the most exciting new UK bands right now with Vower, Meryl Streek and Unpeople. All o...

BLACK SABBATH REUNITE FOR SPECIAL ‘BACK TO THE BEGINNING’ FINAL SHOW WITH SPECTACULAR LINE-UP

  [Wednesday 5th February 2025 - Birmingham, U.K.] This morning, at the home of Aston Villa, Sharon Osbourne and Tony Iommi announced that the original Black Sabbath – Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward – will play for the first time in 20 years. The band will take to the stage to headline BACK TO THE BEGINNING on July 5th at Villa Park. The all-star event will celebrate the true creators of heavy metal and will see Ozzy Osbourne play his own short set before joining with Black Sabbath for his final bow. “It’s my time to go Back to the Beginning….time for me to give back to the place where I was born,” Ozzy Osbourne said. “How blessed am I to do it with the help of people whom I love. Birmingham is the true home of metal. Birmingham Forever.” Formed in Birmingham in 1968 and going on to become one of most successful metal bands of all time, Black Sabbath have sold over 75 million albums worldwide across their legendary career. Setting the blueprint for the man...

Colossal Street Jam drop first single 'Hey!' from upcoming February 14th album 'No Way To Live'

  Colossal Street Jam drop new video "HEY!" from upcoming album 'No Way To Live'. The track was written during the Covid pandemic and goes into the media storm that followed with multiple outlets spreading a mix of medical based and fictitious information and using scare tactics to gain the publics attention. It reflects on a time when no one knew who to trust regarding what was going on in the world and the chaos and confusion it all brought with it. "When we started writing 'Hey!', we wanted to capture that raw, unfiltered energy that is in our live show. The song speaks to the powerful hold that the media and social media have on our lives, shaping people's views and influencing them. It's kind of a call to break free from the constant noise around us, like the line in the song, "Are you falling apart, cause they're breaking you?". This is by far the heaviest riff on the album. Hey!' was written at the height of the pandemic...

ARCTANGENT Festival announces over 50 more bands

  Following on from last years incredible and sold out (and probably best so far) 10th Anniversary event, the much loved and mighty award winning ARCTANGENT Festival returns this summer, and can today reveal another host of amazing acts for the event. To kick things off we have TWO more headliners for the festival. Firstly playing their first ever ATG are Norwegian band Wardruna, who will be bringing their Norse musical interpretations and traditions to the festival as our Wednesday night headliners. With this incredible band now in place, the Wednesday for this years Arctangent Festival will be its biggest ever, with more stages open to accomodate, but still no clashes! Then we have the brilliant UK prog rock band Tesseract, who will be returning to ATG and headlining the main stage on the Saturday this year, closing out an intense two year touring period of their album 'War Of Being'. Joining them include a group that were supposed to play in 2024 but ended up having to pull ...

Mangata Festival Announces Second Wave Of Bands For 2025

  Following the festival's barnburner first announcement, and the sell-out success of its 2024 edition, Nottingham's Mangata Festival has announced its second wave of bands for the 2025 edition of the festival. This includes the last of the five headliners, alongside 16 other great acts, including the long-awaited Liquid Library stage line-up. Joining our Rescue Rooms headliners The Raven Age are Nottingham natives The Five Hundred, along with black metal titans The Infernal Sea On The Red Room stage we have, returning this year off the back of their 2024 performance, Godeth & extreme Nottingham metallers, Outergods. Hitting up the Ghost stage are Swarm6ix, Waterlines, She Must Burn & Defences. Joining the Tap n Tumbler stage we have Paradise Sins, Moon Reaper, Lavire & Overthrone. Finally, joining the Liquid Library stage are headliners Ante-Inferno, alongside Abduction, Damn Craters, Devastator & Wolven Crown. Taking place across five stages and three venues, ...

All For Jolly Release New Single & Video 'New Era' Taken From Upcoming Album + Announce Tour

  ALL FOR JOLLY are braced to skyrocket, loaded with their explosive sophomore self-titled album, which is set to be released on Friday 4th April. The fiery five piece have now dropped their absorbing new single and video, New Era: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOSyAjBs5zU Listen to the band over at: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3egFZdnEUjpJw7TwAfpDLB Formed in 2019, Cornish Celtic folk punk rockers, ALL FOR JOLLY, hail from the rugged coastal town of Penzance, Cornwall, UK. The live-wired quintet have been turning heads and making new friends for their infectious sound that merges foot-stomping folk with a buoyant punky edge. Already creating a strong reputation for their animated live performances, the eclectic alternative crew have toured throughout the UK and Europe on numerous occasions, and to date, the band have graced stages at a number of prominent festivals such as: Glastonbury, Boomtown Fair, Boardmasters, Bearded Theory, Lindisfarne Festival and Festival Medieval...