9th October 2026:
Featured Up and Coming Artists:
Little Angels have officially reunited and announced an 16-date headline tour for November 2026, marking the band’s first live performances together in 13 years. The tour, titled Big, Bad & Back, will feature the JAM classic line-up and special guest Luke Morley (Thunder / Quireboys) on all dates.
Formed in Scarborough in 1984, Little Angels became one of the UK’s most successful hard rock bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their third studio album Jam reached Number One on the UK Albums Chart in 1993.
The band achieved ten UK Top 40 singles, including Radical Your Lover, She’s a Little Angel, Product of the Working Class, I Ain’t Gonna Cry, Womankind, Soapbox and Ten Miles High.
Little Angels split in 1994 following a sell out show at the Royal Albert Hall. They reunited to perform at Download Festival 2012, and played over a dozen shows before taking their final bow at the Isle of Wight Festival 2013.
Hard rocking guitarist Jack J Hutchinson releases his third single, ‘Solar Fire’, from his upcoming new album ‘Soul Believer’. Co-written with producer Josiah J Manning and featuring Billy Hammett on drums, the track follows Jack’s recent support tour with legendary guitarist Robin Trower, including his biggest ever London show at Shepherd’s Bush Empire.
Jack heads out on his own headline tour this November with his band featuring Greg Smith (bass) and Connor Byrne (drums), before a run of in-store acoustic shows and an album launch show at O2 Academy Islington in January.
Young Swedish Hard Rock band Wasted Wizards release their new single and music video “Wake Up Dead” today, the title track from their forthcoming EP Wake Up Dead, due out on
October 16th.
“Wake Up Dead” takes Wasted Wizards into different territory, bringing a darker, more emotional edge to their Hard Rock roots, with My Chemical Romance amongst the clearest reference points.
With their new single “Saints & Sinners”, The New Roses open a new chapter. The song is a powerful rock anthem about true connection, made for both major stages and rock radio. Combining their signature blend of huge hooks, distinctive guitars and high-energy rock, The New Roses prove that their musical journey continues to move forward.
Following their 2024 album Attracted To Danger, The New Roses now return with new music. Since forming in Germany in 2013, the band have established themselves as one of the country’s most successful rock acts and have performed on countless international stages – including support tours with bands such as KISS and Scorpions. Their 2019 album Nothing But Wild reached #10 on the German album charts.
After nearly a year’s break, Roxton are back with their new single “Heavy”, Blending nostalgia with the punch of modern rock, Roxton bridge past and present, delivering a powerful statement of unity in a time that needs it more than ever.
On November 21, 2025, after a long wait, our second album. My Name is Rock“ will be released – modern rock with melodies that stick and lyrics that move. Music with attitude, power, and connection.
Swedish hard rock queens Thundermother are back with their Napalm Records studio debut, Mothers of Thunder, out on February 5, 2027. Their seventh album once again proves that the genre’s leading ladies can do everything men could—and maybe even better. Their rock’n’roll vibe comes in with dirty riffs and cheeky lines, the powerful delivery begging for energetic live shows.
Thundermother have previously proven to excel at just that: after opening for the legendary Scorpions and Judas Priest, playing at iconic festivals like Wacken Open Air, Summer Breeze, or Sweden Rock, and releasing their first live album, Live’n’Alive, in 2026, the four-piece is ready for a new era. Mothers of Thunder is high-energy encouragement for women as well as thrilling, head-bopping fun for everyone else.
Hardcore Superstar return at full voltage with Halo, a huge, hook-loaded new single that captures the Swedish rock heavyweights at their most combustible.
Driven by classic-rock swagger, serrated guitars and a chorus built for mass singalongs, Halo fuses muscle, melody and attitude into a blistering three-and-a-half-minute reminder of why Hardcore Superstar remain one of Sweden’s most enduring hard-rock exports. Newly signed to Frontiers Records the band embarks on a new chapter in their career.
Belgian Thrash and Heavy Metal unit Evil Invaders strike with their huge new standalone single "Dreamstate (Single Version)"! The anticipatory intro of the song builds into a relentless storm of sounds, defined by the heavy-hitting drums, roaring guitars, and multi-faceted vocals.
Drawing lyrically from the rat race and sensory overload that defines modern society, Evil Invaders unleashes a true heavy metal banger with their first music release since the 2022 album Shattering Reflection, reinforcing their standing as a rising force in the international scene.
Finnish melodic heavy metal band Invincia return with “Tonight We Ride”, the third single taken from their debut album “Echoes from The Past”, due for worldwide release, this week, on September 25, 2026 via Escape Music.
Following “Unite”and the album’s title track “Echoes From The Past”, the new single pushes the tempo considerably higher. “Tonight We Ride”is a fast, direct heavy metal track driven by sharp guitar riffs, galloping rhythms and amazingvocals, bringing together the speed and attack of Judas Priest, the dramatic edge of Savatageand the melodic energy of Helloween.
Gig and Festival Announcements:
Slash teams up with Myles Kennedy once again for a new album and tour:
Fifteen years and five albums into one of modern rock’s most enduring collaborations, Slash ft Myles Kennedy & Conspirators, return today with the new single and official music video, “Flying Blind.” The anthemic track is the first taste of a powerful new chapter for the band and serves as the title track from its highly anticipated fifth studio album, Flying Blind, arriving worldwide February 26th, 2027, via Gibson Records.
The UK and Ireland dates are as follows.
Wed June 30 - Cardiff, UK - Cardiff Castle
Thu July 1 - Scarborough, UK - Scarborough Open Air Theatre
Sat July 3 - Dublin, Ireland - Trinity College
Sun July 4 - Belfast, UK - Custom House Square
Tue July 6 - Halifax, UK - Piece Hall
Wed July 7 - London, UK - Eventim Apollo
The UK and Ireland
