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DAVE HILL’S SLADE O2 INSTITUTE BIRMINGHAM Dave Hill’s Slade is, much like Bad Manners or It’s A Wonderful Life, a Christmas must-see. The packed O2 is in a joyful mood as ‘Take Me Back ‘Ome’, ‘Look Wot ...

THE OFFSPRING/SIMPLE PLAN THE O2 LONDON ARENA Canadian pop punkers SIMPLE PLAN perform to an almost full arena, and their last number, ‘Perfect,’ is lit up by a few thousand mobiles and a gargantuan sing-along. THE O...

Slam Dunk Festival South 2026 proved exactly why it remains one of the UK’s most beloved alternative festivals, celebrating its 20th anniversary with a day packed full of nostalgia, chaos, sweat and singalongs beneath ...

Maddox Jones has form here. Now two World Cup songs, a Euros anthem, Stuart Pearce in a music video, the Northampton singer-songwriter has quietly carved out a lane that nobody else is occupying, and with ‘This Tim...

Country music moves fast, radio moves faster, and the genre has a habit of chewing through its own history before anyone’s had the chance to miss it. The fact that Rodney Atkins has come back with True South and ma...

Darrell Kelley’s “ICE Cold Killerz”: Sharp Protest with a Groove Darrell Kelley’s new single “ICE Cold Killerz”, released via Viral Records, packs a punch as both a musical statement and a...

ALSO REVEAL INCREDIBLY SPECIAL COLLABORATION WITH THE GREAT FROG + PAINTED FLOWERS HEADLINING THE MAIN STAGE AT SLAM DUNK THIS WEEKEND Fresh off a run of sold-out arena shows across Australia and New Zealand, multi-plati...

DEATH VALLEY DREAM CULT RELEASE NEW SINGLE & VIDEO “CARPE DIEM” The Follow-Up To Debut Release “Death of Creation” Los Angeles-based duo Death Valley Dream Cult (DVDC) have released their new singleand video,...

The Grace of the Lifers: Noble Hops’ ‘Music Man’ and the Quiet Survival of Rock and Roll Rock music has always loved its myths. The outlaw. The prodigy. The beautiful burnout. The haunted genius who flames out youn...

In a world dominated by glossy bubblegum pop and fleeting trends, darker, grittier pop has been noticeably absent from the mainstream. But thanks to the return of Olivia Rodrigo’s guitar-driven songwriting and Gracie A...