Saxon have already confirmed the following UK/irish shows for next year: Glasgow Garage February 28, Belfast Spring & Airbrake March 2, Dublin Temple Bar Music Centre 3, Manchester Academy II 4, Wolverhampton Civic Hall 6, Nottingham Rock City 7, Cardiff Coal Exchange 8, London Astoria 9.

Zao are currently streaming the whole of new album ‘The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here’ via a ‘Fearplayer’. The album itself is released on June 12.

The re-united Vision Of Disorder are now planning to extend their touring plans. They’ll be on the road at least until August, with one date being filmed for a DVD.

Richard Ashcroft is to release a new single to coincide with his summer festival appearances.‘Words Just Get In The Way’ is out on July 10. It’s the third track to be lifted from the star’s third solo album, ‘Keys To The World’.

Veteran German thrashers Destruction are to headline the Irish Day Of Darkness Festival, which happens in Ballylinan, Co. Laois on July 7/8. The full list of bands is:JULY 7 – Moonsorrow, Geasa, Sorrowfall, Ground Of Ruin, Minds Astray.JULY 8– Destruction, Primordial, Morphosis, Hexxed, Mass Extinction, Aftermath, Primed, For Ruin, A Distant Sun, Nothing is Sacred.

311, Jurassic 5, the Wailers are the first artists set for the second U.S. edition of U.K.’s Download Festival. The event will encompass two concerts: Aug. 20 with the aforementioned bands at the Tweeter Center outside Boston and Sept. 30 at Shoreline Amphitheatre near San Francisco, with a lineup to be announced.

The Lost Weekend, the festival spin off of Glastonbur’s Lost Vagueness field, has been cancelled.The organisers have released a statement via their official website saying thay have been forced to to pull the event.The festival was due to see appearances form The Zutons, Julian Cope and The New York Dolls over the weekend of June […]

Milburn have announced details of a new UK tour for this July.The tour, set to coincide with their next single ‘Chesire Cat Smile’ released on July 10, will have 8 dates, the first one being July 11 (Aberdeen) and the last one July 19 (Oxford).

Рўhe trio Dartz! have announced a record deal with Xtra Mile Recordings.The band, fresh from supporting The Research on a nationwide tour, are set to record their debut album this summer. It is set to be released “before the end of the year”, say the band, with a single also scheduled for later in 2006.Xtra […]

The Longcut have confirmed details of their summer UK tour.The band who release new album ‘Call And Response’ on June 12, will hit the road throughout July. The fisrt gig is to take place in Liverpool, on July 10. The closer will be on July 25, in London. During the tour the band will play […]