Mad About Rock

  The Darkness, Britain’s world-renowned and hugely-beloved rock band extraordinaire, have announced nine new shows for the Permission To Land 20 world tour, which will run through the UK and Ireland in December. Tickets for the new shows go on sale at 9am Friday 7th July 2023 and can be purchased via https://www.thedarknesslive.com/tour-dates/ Regarding the shows frontman Justin Hawkins says, “We, The Darkness, are delighted to announce that we’ll be hitting the road in the U.K. once again. To commemorate the 20th anniversary of Permission to Land, our set will include every song from our debut album faithfully reproduced (with additional clam notes and meanderings) in the order in which they appear on the record. We’ll also play all of your favourite Darkness songs from the rest of our illustrious and tipsy turvy career. It will be the best show you’ll see this year. I should know, I’m the singer and also a YouTube music expert.” UK & IRELAND PERMISSION TO LAND 20 TOUR DAT...

  Floor Jansen, best known as the lead vocalist of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, announces her highly anticipated debut album, "Paragon", releasing March 24, 2023. This album showcases Jansen's impressive vocal range and powerful voice on a diverse collection of pop-infused tracks and emotional ballads influenced by the sounds of her career. "Paragon" has something for everyone and is a must-listen for fans of Jansen. The album includes the following tracks: My Paragon Daydream Invincible Hope Come Full Circle Storm https://youtu.be/aGqJksbbUoY Me Without You https://youtu.be/RAnIRd39Pr8 The Calm Armoured Wings Fire Jansen said, "Look at me now, I’m already there! To renew yourself and take leaps into the unknown makes you grow. To age is a gift not everyone gets. I am a fortunate woman who got to make an album I never knew I could make. One that even defines me, where I am on my path. I have reached my PARAGON! I am so proud of this work! A...

  Renowned for their live performances SIAMESE are closing a great 2022 with the announcement of their first ever headline run in the UK/EU. Having supported acts such as KORN, WAGE WAR and BEARTOOTH in 2022, whilst also appearing at Copenhell, Summerbreeze and another sixteen mainland/UK festivals this Summer, time is long overdue for the Danish export to present a headline set consisting of songs from multiple albums released in the past few years. They will share the headline slot with French metalcore risers RESOLVE and have support from Germans SENNA, who recently signed to Sharptone and fellow Danes ODD PALACE. With over 50 million streams worldwide and top placements on some of the biggest influential playlists including Kickass Metal, New Core & New Metal Tracks, SIAMESE are quickly becoming one of Denmark's most popular new musical exports. Coupled with ever growing support from media and fans alike, SIAMESE have no intention of slowing down anytime soon. General onsa...

  After an epic and well documented 50-year career that has seen them rise to the pinnacle of rock ‘n’ roll legends status, KISS has today announced their FINAL dates in the UK in 2023 as part of their farewell tour. Initially, the band’s retirement was announced in 2000, so this now qualifies as the longest farewell in musical history as 2023 WILL be KISS’ final shows of their career. Since starting out in 1973, KISS has become one of the best loved bands out there and continue to wow crowds around the world. The END OF ROAD TOUR will officially come to a close in the UK in Glasgow on July 8. Before that, the tour will visit Plymouth, Birmingham, Newcastle, London and Manchester. Originally slated to take place in 2021, but unfortunately, due to world events KISS could not complete the original dates but returned to the UK with a bang, playing a storming set headlining this year’s Download Festival. Now the band is delighted to announce new UK dates for 2023. Known for their tra...

  Goo Goo Dolls are delighted to confirm their first visit to the UK/IE since February 2020. The tour kicks off in Dublin on June 13th 2023 and includes a show at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on February 28th. Tickets go on General Sale: Friday 16th December HERE. Singer John Rzeznik said “Hello everyone, we are excited to be heading back to the UK and Ireland for the first time in over 3 years! Robby and I can't wait to see all your faces again!” Dates are: 2023 Tues-Jun-13 Dublin, Vicar St Thur-Jun-15 Birmingham, O2 Institute Fri-Jun-16 Bristol, O2 Academy Sat-Jun-17 Bournemouth O2 Academy Mon-Jun-19 Nottingham, Rock City Tues-Jun-20 Glasgow, O2 Academy Thu-Jun-22 Sheffield, O2 Academy Fri-Jun-23 Manchester, Academy 1 Sat-Jun-24 London, O2 Academy Brixton With more than 30 years together as a band and over 12 million albums sold, four-time GRAMMY-nominated rock band Goo Goo Dolls released their 13th studio album Chaos In Bloom...

  DREAM STATE have today announced their new EP 'Untethered' which is out on the 3rd of February 2023. The EP will be the first since the bands line up change. Speaking about the line up change founding member guitarist Aled Evans said 'When CJ and Rhys left the band last November, I was left with a very difficult choice - rebuild the band or start something new. Ever since its inception, I’ve been the backbone of Dream State. I was the main songwriter and I had given so much time of my life and sacrificed so much for this band, and I didn’t want all of that to go to waste. Tom (drummer) had actually joined the band before CJ and Rhys left, and was working behind the scenes with us on new music. We were also auditioning Jake to be bassist at the time as well as we were planning on becoming a 5-piece." "We didn’t announce CJ and Rhys’s departure straight away as we were trying to find a new singer behind the scenes. CJ set the bar very high so it became a mammoth t...

  The heavy metal, dark, madcap visionaries, collectively known as AVATAR, have emerged from deep within the Swedish forest in which they have been working on their ninth studio album, Dance Devil Dance, due for release 17th February 2023. Pre-order HERE . The record will be released in multiple vinyl configurations. The configurations can be seen below: Clouds Dipped in Chrome Super Deluxe Vinyl Includes: - Metal O-Card with embossed Avatar emblem - 2 pocket silver board gatefold vinyl with platinum Dance Devil Dance vinyl - 24 page photo book - Autographed 5x7 Postcard Hazmat Suit Deluxe Vinyl Includes: - Embossed Gatefold with 3 colour A SIDE / B SIDE Dance Devil Dance vinyl - Five 11x11 Photo Prints of each band member with lyrics - Autographed 5x7 Postcard Dance Devil Dance Standard Vinyl Includes: - Embossed gatefold jacket with red opaque Dance Devil Dance vinyl - Five 11x11 Photo Prints of each band member Additionally, the band have shared the album track listing, includin...

  Karnivool are sadly moving their 2022 UK and European tour back to January and February 2023 The band comments: “Having already rescheduled our European shows once, we have tried every which way to make them happen this year, but we are in the unavoidable position where we must move The Regeneration Tour - again. We could put out some lame excuse but that would be a disservice to all of you and to everyone who has tried so hard to make it happen. So here is the reality for a band from Perth, Western Australia: touring internationally is a risky business especially for artists who don’t want to compromise their show and we have always accepted that, but for us right now a significant financial blow - on top the pummelling we took in the last two years - would be, frankly, the end of the band. Between the extra costs around touring in a covid safe manner or having to cancel shows overseas at extremely short notice, insurance for covid being unavailable and now large currency flu...

  Today The Damned announce a huge UK tour for March/April 2023, with special guests The Nightingales. David Vanian, Captain Sensible, Monty Oxymoron, Paul Gray and Will Glanville-Taylor will tour the UK in support of a brand-new album coming next year. Tickets go on sale at 10 am on Thursday 24 November here . After the success of 2022’s Original Line-up tour and also the release of the film/album A Night Of A Thousand Vampires, which reached #1 on the UK Official Music Video Chart, The Damned current line-up have been hinting at new music for 2023, a Damned new world… watch the teaser trailer here . In support of their upcoming project The Damned will hit the road, opening their tour in Cardiff on 31 March and closing with a show at Alexandra Palace Theatre in London on 20 April. They’ll also perform in Southend, Oxford, Nottingham, Liverpool, Newcastle, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol, Norwich, Brighton and Southampton. See all dates and venues below. THE DAMNED ...

  Instrumental trio The Aristocrats are to return to the UK and Ireland in June 2023 for a 7-date run of shows, including their biggest London show to date at O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Not only will Guthrie Govan (Hans Zimmer, Asia, Steven Wilson), Bryan Beller (Joe Satriani, Dethklok, Steve Vai), and Marco Minneman (Plini, Joe Satriani, Steven Wilson) be playing their first UK and Irish shows in a number years, they will also be playing a selection of new as yet unreleased material, in addition to highlights and fan favourites. In a joint statement about the tour, the band said, “It’s been far too long since our last shows in the U.K. and Europe, some of which were documented in our live album FREEZE! Live In Europe 2020 just before the big chill on live shows. So now it’s time for the DEFROST tour to bring us back, and we can’t wait to finally play shows again for our fans who have been waiting patiently for Aristocrats concerts to return!” A collaborative affair from the 3 mo...

  Multi-platinum, award-winning group blink-182 have announced their biggest tour ever, a colossal global outing with Mark Hoppus, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker reuniting for the first time in nearly 10 years. Produced by Live Nation, the worldwide trek includes their first-ever performances in Latin America along with stops in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand starting March 2023 through February 2024. The band will also drop their new single “Edging'' on Friday, October 14, marking the first time in a decade that Mark, Tom and Travis have been in the studio together. The tour announcement also features multiple festival appearances in Latin America and the US, including Lollapalooza alongside co-headliners Billie Eilish and Drake and the 2023 edition of When We Were Young with Green Day among others. TICKETS: Tickets go on sale starting Monday, October 17 at 10am local time on blink182.com BLINK-182 2023 TOUR DATES: LATIN AMERICA +With Support from Wallow...

  After multiple successful appearances in the US, Sweden, Portugal, France, Switzerland and the UK, not to forget about The Monsters Of Rock Cruise, The Quireboys are currently enjoying a regeneration phase of the band with the end result being a tighter and stronger outfit which is growing daily. With imminent dates in Norway , Spain plus next weeks Epic Orchestral performance at the 02 Forum , it’s with great pleasure we can announce our next tranche of dates to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Beautiful Curse release which hit a mark with Quireboys fans worldwide . On this run The Quireboys will be selecting the very best from this iconic release plus the classics as well as the new material from the imminent release of The All star album “The Band Rolls On..."! After all, it’s all just Rock n Roll! Guy, Paul, Keith, Pip & Nick aka The Quireboys BEAUTIFUL CURSE 10TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR DATES 2023: April 20th - Coventry HMV Empire 2 April 21st - Brighton Patterns April 22...

  Bullet For My Valentine have today released brand new single, ‘No More Tears To Cry’ - check it out HERE . An official music video will soon follow. “We're super happy to announce our new single "No More Tears " is out now!! The song is a dark but colourful story about dealing with mental health struggles. Musically the track is very different from the other tracks on the album and has a lot of surprises on there, including slide guitar...” ‘No More Tears To Cry’ will feature on a deluxe version of BFMV’s current self-titled album - due for digital & CD release via Spinefarm on August 5th 2022. This extended release features 4 brand new tracks, plus “Stitches”, a song previously only available as a Japanese exclusive.  A vinyl pressing will launch on November 11th 2022.     Bullet For My Valentine’s seventh studio record sees the band at their heaviest and most visceral, and these additional tracks are no different, offering another round of signature bli...

  LA Based Industrial Metal band SOCIETY 1 has revealed the official music video for "As I Die." Written by front-man Matt Zane and late, legendary bassist DV Karloff, "As I Die" is off of the band's new album, Black Level Six. "The album is in memory of DV 'Dirt' Karloff. It is the last album we wrote and recorded together before his passing. The corresponding movie is entitled The Altered Noise. The album Black Level Six is the official movie soundtrack, which includes interviews with Dave Navarro, Raymond Herrera, Matt Zane and more. Black Level Six is an experimental album. The idea was to ask the question, "What would a Society 1 album sound like if we recorded it in 1994 in a similar way that Nirvana recorded In Utero?" We heard they recorded the album in 6 days with Steve Albini and, of course, this was before Pro Tools. So some rules were set up for us such as 'no vocal tune' and 'no copying and pasting vocals....

  Finnish Love Metal pioneer, Ville Valo, will release new single, “Loveletting”, on April 8th under the VV banner. “Loveletting” is taken from VV’s forthcoming debut album, Neon Noir. Ville explains, “As fun as the funeral rites for HIM were, it took me more than a few moons to lick my wounds in the shadow of the Heartagram and come up with an excuse to strum and hum again. Eventually I decided to put a leash on my beloved black dog and we started howling together instead of barking at each other. That's how Loveletting was born". “Loveletting” will be made available across all digital platforms from midnight tonight (local time). An official video clip will follow tomorrow @ 17:00 CET, HERE. VV's debut album Neon Noir is scheduled for release in early 2023; belonging to the same forlorn world of woe and whimsy once conceived and governed by Valo in HIM, VV arrives with additional nuanced notes of a fine aged Cabernet. Ville adds, "Artistically speaking the main dif...