Yes, it’s actually happening – beloved post-hardcore firebrands letlive. are reforming for a series of farewell shows across the world next year. Breaking the news on social media earlier today (April 17), the band announced – along with a new, remastered version of landmark album The Blackest Beautiful – they would be coming back in 2025 to say goodbye in style. “To our friends that we never got to say goodbye to – we’ll see you next year to do so.”  Seemingly with no concrete plans in place, letlive. are encouraging fans to contact their local promoters to help ..read more

Duff McKagan has just announced a UK and European solo headline tour. The GN’R legend will be crossing the pond this autumn for 15 shows in support of his latest solo album Lighthouse, kicking things off in Dublin on September 30 before heading to Glasgow, Manchester, London, Utrecht, Cologne, Munich, Brno, Warsaw, Berlin, Milan, Solothurn, Liege, Paris and finally Stockholm on October 22. “At last! At last!” Duff says. ​“See you all soon. #Lighthouse. Let’s go!” Catch Duff McKagan at the following dates: September 30 Dublin Academy October 2 Glasgow Oran Mor 3 M ..read more

Following last month’s single MAGNETIC, Florida titans Wage War have unleashed another new track and announced their fifth album STIGMA. The quintet – vocalist Briton Bond, guitarists Cody Quistad and Seth Blake, bassist Chris Gaylord and drummer Stephen Kluesener – have today unveiled the heavy and experimental NAIL5, and revealed that it’s a ​“tribute” to their upcoming record. “NAIL5 is a tribute to our fifth album and continuing to push the envelope in every way, and in this instance, the heavy side,” reads a collective statement from the band. ​“We took the elements t ..read more

Gwen Stefani has revealed in a new interview that, while there aren’t any No Doubt plans beyond this month’s reunion shows at Coachella, she isn’t against doing more stuff with the band in the future. The legendary ska punks – completed by Tom Dumont, Tony Kanal and Adrian Young – will return to the stage in their home state of California this weekend for their first proper gigs since 2015, and speaking with Nylon, Gwen enthuses that these dates are ​“going to be a really nice bow to tie on the relationship”. “I already know what it’s going to feel like because we’re just ..read more

After recently wrapping up touring for good, Porno For Pyros are now also saying farewell with one final song. Entitled Fingernail, the track follows a string of reunion singles from the Los Angeles legends… but it also marks the closing of this chapter of their long and eventful story.  Speaking about the single, frontman Perry Farrell shares, ​“Written nearly 30 years ago, the moment the melody touched the words I knew it would be a special song, but I was too immature to understand the essence fully. “There is no pain in the cutting of our hair ..read more

Jamie Campbell Bower​’s new project BloodMagic have just unveiled their debut single, Death / Rebirth. After teasing things earlier this week, the new band – completed by drummer Kyle Adams – have gone with an absolute rager to introduce themselves to the world, as well as a very cool accompanying music video that includes everything from blindfolds to BDSM to black bath water (and other things that don’t start with the letter ​‘b’). Launching his latest musical endeavour, Jamie shares in a short, simple statement: ​“Blood runs through all of us, a little magic too. Welcom ..read more

“Baaaaabe, everything’s going mad. It’s hard to keep up sometimes.” Where to begin with Cassyette​’s diary? It’s date-spaghetti. She’s all over the place: going to America with YONAKA; doing her own headline tour, featuring a show at the Scala in King’s Cross. After that, in a turn that no bookie would ever let you bet on, advising you not to throw away your money, she’s going out on the road with Canadian radio-rock kingpin Bryan Adams. Then there’s the small matter of releasing her debut album – the immaculately-titled This World Fucking Sucks. And because she’s still not doi ..read more

“I woke up today and it felt like Christmas,” admits Ben Barlow during the home stretch of Neck Deep​’s biggest headline show to date. It’s an endearing statement from an ever-earnest frontman as he surveys the 10,000-strong crowd before him.  Then again, despite the kitschy, colourful visuals on the screen behind him and the jets of fire that roar intermittently, he’s not putting on rock star pretenses. Really, they’re not far removed from the boys making a racket in a bedroom in Wrexham, and after a 12-year journey that’s brought joy, triumph, grief and industry pla ..read more

What happens when boisterous, politically-charged punk rock meets a ​“chronic optimist”? You need only ask Genevieve Glynn-Reeves, lead vocalist of Gen And The Degenerates, who can’t help but look for the silver lining on every cloud that overshadows them.  “I’m really fucking anxious all the time,” they admit, having used songwriting as the vehicle to voice their current grief and past trauma. ​“But, despite all of this, I’m an eternal optimist. So it always comes with a positive spin or a sense of humour.”  The marriage of the two places Gen And The Degenerates ..read more

Hannah Grae has just announced her first-ever headline show. Following the release of her recent mini album Nothing Lasts Forever, the Welsh singer-songwriter will be descending on the capital with her live band on May 22, with a gig lined up at London’s The Grace. “I can’t believe I’m playing my first ever headline show!” she announces. ​“It’s been my dream to do this ever since I started writing music and I can’t believe it’s finally happening. It’s the first time the stage is gonna be mine and what a show it’s going to be. The band and I are gonna make su ..read more