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Ryan and Rory: Beer Wants Me and the UK Wants Them Back
Ryan and Rory have discovered two things about the UK. We know how to do country music, and apparently, we know how to party.
After making their first trip across the pond for C2C earlier this year, the duo wasted absolutely no time finding an excuse to come back, returning less than six months later for The Long Road Festival in Lutterworth.


Rumer releases new single 'Before The Planes'
Critically acclaimed British folk singer-songwriter Rumer has released her new single 'Before The Planes' as a tribute to firefighters ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11. The artist, who shot to fame in 2010 with the million-selling Seasons Of My Soul, will release a new studio album due in 2027.


THE MOLOTOVS ANNOUNCE SECOND ALBUM "WELCOME TO URBIA"
Just six months after their acclaimed debut hit No.3 in the UK charts, The Molotovs today announce their second album, Welcome To Urbia. The first single, ‘Urbia’, is out on 4th September 2026, with limited edition CDs and cassettes made available on pre-order.


Oliver Hazard: Finding Their Place at The Long Road and Promising Scotland They’ll Be Back
When I caught up with the Ohio trio backstage at The Long Road Festival, they had just delivered one of those sets where you could physically watch a crowd getting bigger.
I had somehow managed to miss Oliver Hazard every time they had previously been in the UK, so this was my first chance to finally see them live.


Lily Fitts: Back in the UK, Teasing New Music and Ready for British Crowds to Go Mental
The last time I spoke to Lily Fitts, I had one request. Come back to the UK.
That was backstage in Glasgow in December, when Fitts was opening for Max McNown and experiencing British crowds for the first time. Fast forward eight months and, ladies and gentlemen, SHE’S BACK.


Jason Scott & The High Heat: From Oklahoma to Glasgow, Playboy and the Long-Awaited UK shows.
Jason Scott arrived in Glasgow with one pair of clean underwear left...That probably tells you quite a lot about how Jason Scott & The High Heat’s first proper trip across the pond had been going.


UMusic to open London hotel
UMusic Hospitality & Lifestyle (UMHL) and Outernet London today announced a new partnership that will transform how visitors can experience music across London’s Denmark Street, the historic heart of the capital’s music and songwriter community.


HEAVY WILD RELEASE NEW SINGLE, FREEZE2DEATH
London-based heavy wild today announce their frenetic new single, freeze2death as well as their highly anticipated sophomore EP, Paradise Forever, to be released on 14th October


Reading & Leeds Festival 2026
Reading & Leeds, the biggest European festival this summer, closed the 2026 festival season in style as over half a million music fans gathered to experience the best in live music, on a weekend that marked a bold new chapter for both festivals.


Jake Bugg Returns With Seventh Studio Album Alamo
Jake Bugg is back! The rock troubadour returns with his seventh album Alamo, and first on Thirty Tigers, on November 13th. Alongside the announcement Jake has also released the album's first taste 'Never Can Tell' and details of a 2027 UK and EU solo tour,


TWENTY ONE PILOTS , ALL POINTS EAST
Photos of Twenty One Pilots , epic set on the final date of All Points East 2026. Photos Here


TRAIN RELEASES 12TH STUDIO ALBUM MAD DOG IN THE FOG
Multi-GRAMMY Award-winning, diamond-selling, San Francisco band TRAIN releases their highly anticipated 12th studio album, Mad Dog in the Fog, available everywhere now via Columbia Records


SEX PISTOLS feat FRANK CARTER
Marking 50 years of punk, Sex Pistols feat. Frank Carter today announce more UK dates on their Anarchy In The U.K. tour. Steve Jones, Paul Cook and Glen Matlock of Sex Pistols will hit the road with Frank Carter this winter, with six new UK shows announced.


LIDO FESTIVAL 2026 MARIBOU STATE
Maribou State topped the bill as the LIDO Festival party returned to Victoria Park for 2026, pledging that the previously announced hiatus would not be the end of the band.


All Points East - Twenty One Pilots deliver an incredible finale
The 2026 edition of All Points East 2026 festival closed with a powerhouse performance from GRAMMY Award-winning band Twenty One Pilots.


BAD WOLVES HONOR DOLLY PARTON, RELEASE 'JOLENE' COVER IN HER MEMORY
Dolly Parton was planning to contribute her signature vocals to Bad Wolves' heavy metal cover of "Jolene" before her sudden passing this week. On Monday, August 31, 2026, the band released their version of the song in her memory, with proceeds going to Dolly Parton's Imagination Library.


All Points East Day 5 Tyler, The Creator
Photos From The Second of two massive Tyler The Creator headline shows here


All Points East - Tyler, the Creator brings out special guests A$AP Rocky and Rex Orange Country
Once again - the Grammy Award-winning rapper took to All Points East's East Stage decked out as a fictional Victoria Park Tube station and Hackney Wick - the first time an artist has headlined two days in one year.


All Points East Day 4 Tyler The Creator
Photos From The first of two massive Tyler The Creator headline shows here


All Points East - Tyler, the Creator headlines the first of two shows:
In the first of two massive headline shows, the Grammy Award-winning Tyler, The Creator brought a spectacular pyrotechnics-packed production to All Points East festival.
With stage set in the guise of a fictional Victoria Park Tube station and Hackney Wick, the rap legend made east London his own.


Carly Pearce’s Honest Woman Is Her Most Unapologetically Honest Album Yet
Across her fifth studio album, Honest Woman, Carly dishes out break-ups, bad men, religious judgement, revenge fantasies and one very important relationship rule: never trust a man your dogs do not like.
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