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Black Stone Cherry announce intimate UK Tour
Welcome everyone to a special Bank Holiday edition of our weekly music News Report!
We begin this week with the best tour announcements from the past week and get things started with Black Stone Cherry!
The US rockers will release their new album, ‘Screamin’ At The Sky’ on September 29th.
To celebrate the group have revealed a short run of truly intimate UK dates around the release.
Revealing the dates the band said, “Calling all UK Cherryheads! We couldnât be more pumped to announce these shows in September and October. Weâre putting together an intimate show to play all our new music, and we want to see y’all there.”
Pre-orders and tickets are here.
Read our review of Black Stone Cherry live in Birmingham
Empire State Bastard add two tiny shows
Speaking of intimate shows, the ‘supergroup’ Empire State Bastard have revealed two tiny shows in June.
The group fronted by Biffy Clyro’s Simon Neil will played gigs in Leeds and Cambridge alongside their already announced festival appearances.
Tickets are here.
Read our review of Biffy Clyro live in London
Holding Absence reveal headline UK Tour
Holding Absence have announced a full headline UK & EU tour, which will take place later this year.
The band said “We are ecstatic to announce our âThe Noble Art Of Self Destructionâ headline tour around the UK and Europe! Not only is this a well-overdue headline tour for our European fans, but itâll see us playing our biggest venues to date in the UK too! We are so excited for this tour, and to be able to play all the best songs from our first three albums.”
The news comes ahead of brand new album, ‘The Noble Art of Self Destruction’, which arrives on August 25th.
Pre-orders and tickets are here.
Read our review of Holding Absence live in Colchester
Pulp announce new live dates
The iconic Pulp have announced a handful of additional live dates to the already full summer reunion tour.
The new dates will see the band playing in Manchester and London in July.
Tickets are here.
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Hard-Fi announce new UK Tour
After making their return late last year, Hard-Fi this week revealed their first new UK Tour for a decade.
The band will play thirteen dates in October finishing up at the Troxy in London.
Tickets are here.
Read our review of Hard-Fi live in Milton Keynes
Lauran Hibberd unveils new live dates
Lauran Hibberd has this week revealed a new small run of live dates for this July.
Grab your tickets here.
Read our review of ‘Garageband Superstar’ from Lauran Hibberd
Gogol Bordello set for UK Tour
Around their appearances at Slam Dunk Festival, Gogol Bordello have revealed details of a UK Tour set to take place this December.
Tickets are here.
Read our review of ‘Toxic Positivity’ from The Used
Extreme announce UK Tour
The final tour announcement in our News Report comes from Extreme.
The group have revealed a run of UK and EU dates for later this year with support in the UK coming from Living Colour.
Extreme will release their new album, ‘Six’, on June 9th.
Pre-orders and tickets are here.
Read our review of Dead Man’s Whiskey live in Norwich
Foo Fighters share ‘Show Me How’
We move our News Report on now to the best new releases from the past week and up first are Foo Fighters.
The group played a special livestream this week in which they unveiled Josh Freese as their new live drummer.
Later in the week the band unveiled their latest new track, ‘Show Me How’ which you can check out above.
The song comes ahead of the release of new album, ‘But Here We Are’, which is out June 2nd.
Pre-order your copy here.
Listen to ‘Show Me How’ on our Spotify Hot List!
Royal Blood debut ‘Mountains at Midnight’
Royal Blood surprised fans this week with new music in the shape of brand new single, ‘Mountains at Midnight’, which you can check out above.
The band also revealed that they will release new album, ‘Back To The Water Below’, which will arrive September 8th!
It’s another double whammy in our News Report as the duo have also set up a UK tour for this October!
Pre-order your copy here.
Listen to ‘Mountains at Midnight’ on our Spotify Hot List!
Creeper unveil ‘Cry To Heaven’
Creeper are once again up to Creeper things, and this week saw the band unveil their brand new single, ‘Cry To Heaven’, which you can check out above.
It’s also been revealed that the group will be releasing their new album, ‘Sanguivore’ on October 13th!
The band also revealed a headline UK Tour which is set to take place this November.
Pre-order your copy here.
Listen to ‘Cry To Heaven’ on our ‘Hard & Heavy’ Playlist!
Teenage Fanclub share ‘Foreign Land’
Teenage Fanclub have shared details of the new album. ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ is due out on September 22nd.
Ahead of the release, the band have also debuted new single, ‘Foreign Land’, which you can check out above.
Norman Blake on the single: âThe song is about moving forward, not dwelling on the past. We shot the video in Hamilton Mausoleum, near Glasgow. Given that the album is calledNothing Lasts Forever we thought it would be appropriate to shoot a video inside a tombâ.
Pre-order your copy here.
Listen to ‘Foreign Land’ on our Spotify Hot List!
Demob Happy share ‘Token Appreciation Society’
To coincide with the release of their latest album, ‘Divine Machines’, Demob Happy have shared their new single, ‘Token Appreciation Society’, which you can check out above.
Pick up a copy of the album here.
Listen to ‘Token Appreciation Society’ on our ‘Hard & Heavy’ Playlist!
VEXED share ‘X My Heart (Hope to Die)’
This week saw VEXED unleash their new single, ‘X My Heart (Hope To Die)’, which you can check out above.
The song comes ahead of anticipated new album, ‘Negative Energy’, which is out June 23rd.
The band on the single:ââX my <3 (hope to die)â was the catalyst for Negative Energy. After months of writers block and feeling like giving up, this song opened the floodgates for inspiration and creativity. Inspired by the victims of religious extremists, cults or abuse of power, this song is about how one person shouldnât be able to dictate other peopleâs lives based on their own personal opinions.â
Regarding the album,. the band says, âWe are so proud to present to you our second album. Since our first release, we have each endured traumatic experiences, surrounded by death, betrayal, pain and grief. In order to find any strength, we first had to accept that we werenât okay, then take our trauma and face it head on, sharing our vulnerability, fears and weaknesses. Instead of forcing ourselves to try and be positive we put all our negative energy into the album in order to begin our own repair and to overcome.â
Pre-order your copy here.
Listen to ‘X My Heart (Hope To Die)’ on our ‘Hard & Heavy’ Playlist
Militarie Gun share ‘Will Logic’
Militarie Gun have shared their latest single, ‘Will Logic’, which you can check out above.
The track will feature on upcoming debut album, ‘Life Under The Gun’, which is out June 23rd.
Speaking about the new track vocalist Ian Shelton says: â’Will Logic’ is meant to be pure spite, itâs the moment of realisation that someone is trying to take advantage of you and deciding you wonât allow it to happen. Thereâs some melancholy and fatigue in there, though ultimately itâs a desire for the world to be trustworthy.â
Pre-order your copy here.
Listen to ‘Will Logic’ on our Spotify Hot List!
Daytime TV share ‘jessica’
Finally in this section of our News Report, ‘Discover’ New Music Podcast alumni Daytime TV have shared a brand new single, ‘jessica’, which you can check out above!
Watch Episode 14 of our ‘Discover’ New Music Podcast with guests Daytime TV
More here.
Listen to ‘jessica’ on our Spotify Hot List!
As always we conclude our News Report with the latest additions to our ‘Discover’ New Music Playlist!
ARCHIVES – ‘Matriarch’
Northern Irish metal outfit ARCHIVES haveshared a monolithic new single titled ‘Matriarch’.
âMatriarch is a song about how human beings process loss & grief in many different forms. Â In this case hiding away from the reality of losing someone even if it means you may never get to properly say goodbye in order to save your last memory of a loved one being a positive one & not bed ridden. Grief is difficult. The inevitability of someoneâs life decaying is something you can only hide away from briefly eventually you have to face the music.â â Vocalist, Adam Holland
Strange Company – ‘Overrated’
Welsh three-piece rock outfit Strange Company have shared their brand new single âOverratedâ.
“Overrated is all about perspective. If someone says “stay in your lane” or “no you can’t”, I’m instantly thinking “yes I can, just watch me” and dying to prove them wrong. But when these phrases are coming from my own thoughts, when the self-doubt creeps in, it really takes over and I find myself scared of trying for fear of getting burned. Realising this, seeing these patterns and learning how to deal with them to push beyond the fog of worry changed the game for me. So this song is really both of these rolled into one – it’s a middle-finger to the naysayers and at the same time it’s an awareness, acceptance and step forward through our own fears and doubts.” – Matt Davies
DEADSET – ‘The Art of Pointscoring’
DEADSET have released their highly charged, emotive debut single ‘The Art of Pointscoring’.
âThe song is an earnest outlook on the toxic environment that can be birthed when youâre struggling to coordinate mental health issues,â says Sam Mellors from the band. âThat apathy you experience in which you feel empathy but struggle to act upon it. Itâs an ugly subject but writing about it in a vulnerable and genuine way helps to process and accept your own falsities and mistakes; and the accepting of a situation you canât change when someone else is feeling the same, accepting both parties can make mistakes. It helps me learn vulnerability and forgive others whilst also learning how to change bad behaviour patterns myself.â
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