Mad About Rock

  The Darkness have announced their largest headline tour in 20 years and will bring their beloved rock to arenas across the UK in December 2026. The seven-date tour will commence at Glasgow OVO Hydro on December 8th and finish with the band’s debut headline performance at The O2 in London on December 16th. The Darkness will be joined on all dates by support from the GRAMMY-winning, multi-platinum selling, American country rock band Brothers Osborne, as well as the multi-million streamed UK rock band A. Pre-sale starts at 10am Wednesday 26th November 2025 here , and general sale starts at 10am Friday 28th November 2025 here . Regarding the tour Justin Hawkins says: “Powerful rock was designed to be played in huge rectangular buildings. Huge rectangular buildings were designed to house powerful rock bands. The Darkness are a powerful rock band and the arenas listed below are huge rectangular buildings. Except for the exception which proves the rule. Thank you O2 Arena… In Decem...

  The Fear are on fire! Coming hot off the heels of a completely sold out UK tour supporting US nu metal originals SNOT, Benj, Mick, Ad and Adam are keeping the momentum flowing with news of their brand new single - and some more shows! First things first - new music. The Fear bring everyone their brand new single, Suffering, which has released 11th of September. The follow up to their very well received cover of Manchester indie icons James' legendary track Sit Down, Suffering furthers the sound that The Fear are quickly building into their own. Electronically sampled rock with meaningful lyrics and huge choruses, Suffering will appeal to fans all across the rock heaviness spectrum. You can stream Suffering for your streaming platform of choice on this link . Check out the lyric video for Suffering below: The Fear's drummer Benj Ashmead gives some more detail on the inspiration behind their new single Suffering: "The subject of the song came from a quote I stumbled on w...

  Award-winning Blues-Rock guitarist Laurence Jones Announces 2024 UK Headline Tour which will see him returning with a full electric power-trio tour to the United Kingdom for eight dates commencing on Saturday 2nd March 2024 at The Old Brewery Store (Britain’s Oldest Brewery) in Faversham, Kent, United Kingdom presented by Marshall Records and Bourne Music Club. The tour then rolls into Pontardawe in Wales, Chiselhurst, Lyme Regis (The rock legend Ian Gillan of Deep Purple is the venue’s Patron), a hometown show for Laurence at St Helen’s, Cranleigh (Laurence helped Paul Jones and Friends raise £10,000 for charity when he last played there) before an intimate warm-up show in Carlisle prior to his two-night support to Status Quo at Kelvingrove Bandstand, Glasgow, Scotland on the 30 th and 31 st May 2024. This time, he returns with his new power trio and a sizzling new album, “Bad Luck & the Blues”out now on Marshall Records. Released in August 2023, the album blends deep-rooted...

  Following a rapturously received set on the main stage at BLOODSTOCK Festival and an exclusive release show in Camden's Black Heart, London metal trio URNE have announced their first ever headline tour of the UK. "We are extremely excited to announce our first UK headline tour! This will be the first time we debut a lot of the songs from A Feast On Sorrow, and it is also a chance for us to play some older songs we have never played before. We have a really exciting tour line-up to announce too, so keep your eyes peeled for that announcement." Catch them at the following shows in December: URNE - A FEAST ON SORROW UK TOUR 03.12 - LEEDS, Boom TICKETS 05.12 - CARLISLE, Brickyard TICKETS 06.12 - GLASGOW, Cathouse TICKETS 08.12 - NEWCASTLE, Think Tank TICKETS 09.12 - MILTON KEYNES, Craufurd Arms TICKETS 10.12 - MANCHESTER, Satans Hollow TICKETS 12.12 - BIRMINGHAM, Institute 3 TICKETS 14.12 - BRIGHTON, Patterns TICKETS 15.12 - BRISTOL, Exchange TICKETS 16.12 - LONDON, Bosto...

  The Raven Age have announced their highly anticipated third album Blood Omen. Out July 7th, it is their first record with Music For Nations/Sony Music. The album is available to pre-order now here . Having established their name as one of the finest in modern British metal, thanks to two brilliant albums, 2019’s Conspiracy and Darkness Will Rise debut in 2017, The Raven Age have garnered over 75 million streams worldwide and have toured heavily across the globe. For the Essex quintet’s “all-important third album”, as guitarist George Harris puts it, they have expanded on every level. This motivation is written into the album’s concept. Following the theme of its two predecessors, the raven motif looms large, this time centering on the overthrowing of old masters, with the band’s Raven King character coming to prominence. Blood Omen pushes everything further than ever before. The choruses are made for arenas, the riffs are taut, direct, and free of fat. It all makes for a grand...

Photo Credit: Mark Leary at Asylum Seventy 7 London doom pop group, the Courtesans, have released a new video ahead of Wednesday 13 shows and announced more dates for their UK headline tour. 'Feel The Same' is the second music video to be taken from their current release, following 'Mesmerise', and lands ahead of UK dates in support of Wednesday 13 this October, and a UK headline tour this November and December. The Courtesans say, “Feel The Same is a tale of deception, desperation and resignation. It’s about a hollow belief in other people’s honour, honesty and good intentions when dealing with your emotions. “Holding on to what you thought you were told was true but being confronted with the chilling reality of having been lied to and then left alone to battle the pain of understanding the lies you were spun, questioning everything you thought was real.” Wednesday 13 UK Tour with specials guests The Courtesans 26th Oct - MANCHESTER, Club Academy 27th Oct - GL...

STONE BROKEN SIGN WORLDWIDE DEAL WITH SPINEFARM RECORDS Stone Broken embark on a fresh chapter in their career having now joined forces with Spinefarm Records on a global basis; the first fruits of this new deal will be second studio album, ‘Ain’t Always Easy’, set for release on March 2nd 2018. ‘Ain’t Always Easy’ – produced & mixed by Romesh Dodangoda at Long Wave Recording Studios in South Wales – sees the UK rockers further honing their innate ability to match musical and emotional weight to truly telling effect; the vision is broad, the song-writing skillful, the riffs ‘n’ choruses both memorable and mighty. Lead single/lyric video ‘Worth Fighting For’ – due for worldwide release on November 17th – sets the tone for what’s to come, bristling with energy and ambition, making it clear that the musicians are fully prepared for what lies ahead. Indeed, since the release of their ‘All In Time’ debut (2016), also helmed by Dodangoda, the four – Rich Moss (vocals / guitar...

GraViL follow Bloodstock with UK headline shows GraViL follow up Bloodstock Festival slot with headline dates in support of the new album 'No More Forgiveness' and music video 'Detonate'. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQXvmfPejmA "Pure metal delivered with maximum vitriol. This band rules harder than Josef Stalin." - Dom Lawson London melodeath group GraViL are getting ready to make their mark at Bloodstock this August and now they've confirmed, in association with FatAngel Bookings, a series of headline UK shows in August and September. Following the announcement of Bloodstock and these new shows, GraViL have also been confirmed for HRH Metal 2018. GraViL frontman Grant Stacey says: "We enjoyed our last run of shows so much we couldn't wait to get out again and meet the awesome metal heads that support what we do. We're beyond excited about these dates, and will be pulling out all the stops to makes these shows extra special....