Barefoot on the Seine the new track from Blue Violet, was inspired by witnessing protests in Chicago and Europe – is a schizophrenic dispatch from the edges of a Parisian riot: its verses lost in graceful Gallic romance; its choruses all grunge rock eruptions; its whole a righteous call to arms in support of essential personal freedoms.

Lovebreakers release their new track ‘Autumn Town’ from their forthcoming second album, due for release 2024. Catch the band on tour with Elvana throughout Europe in January, tour dates.

Daytime TV make an awesome return with new single 'Block Out The Noise' out on September 08. Go stream it everywhere - make some noise!

Glastonbury bound

Glastonbury 2023 returns on June 21st and will include performances by Blue Violet and Sharon Shannon.

Blue Violet take to the Strummerville stage whilst Sharon Shannon takes to the Acoustic Stage on Saturday alongside Glen Hansard, Glenn Tilbrook & Badly Drawn Boy amongst others.

Jessica on Daytime TV

Manchester Prog duo The Blackheart Orchestra have released the track ‘The Tide’ taken from the band’s upcoming album Hotel Utopia, which will be released through Ceandar Records on September 23, 2022. Hotel Utopia takes a musical look at the afterlife, an audio movie for the listener’s mind, emotions and imagination.

Sharon Shannon releases a left field rap with Irish comedian Cian Twomey ‘From Killarney to Blarney’, Cian as his alter ego Emily!

Sharon is spending the summer playing festivals across Europe before touring Canada in October and a UK tour February 2023.

Pete Way is back on tour! With a string of dates running up to Christmas (and beyond) catch The Pete Way Band with support from fellow Wardlaw band Burnt Out Wreck.

The Wildhearts hotly anticipated new album Renaissance Men is out today. The album finds the band critiquing a whole host of modern day concerns from bullying on social media to the pharmaceutical industry to mental health professionals.

Fast approaching for May and June is Pete MacLeod’s tour of iconic venues across the UK. Covering Manchester, Newcastle, London and 2 venues in Scotland the shows will see Pete playing tracks from his back catalogue as well as his latest single ‘Firing Line’.

The sun is beginning to shine and GUN and Dan Reed Network are heading out on a UK tour together with FM to celebrate 3 classic albums, all released in 1989.

UK Hard Rock Quintet Thunder have announced a new album, Please Remain Seated, and UK tour. Support for the tour comes from Wardlaw’s own Dan Reed, who comes back to the UK to perform his solo acoustic set for the first time since 2017.

Fans of The Wildhearts will be excited to learn that along with releasing their first album in 10 years, the band are also embarking on an extensive UK tour in May playing cities up and down before finishing the tour with a special show at the Riverside in the band’s hometown of Newcastle.

The Dan Reed Network is set to play 4 dates on its UK tour: Stoke on Trent, Derby, London and finishing in Manchester. They have been very warmly received in every city they’ve visited and have always delivered a belter of a show to audiences, matched equally by support acts Mason Hill and Hollowstar. The UK tour is in support of their new album Origins which is out on Friday 23rd of November.

Ahead of their new album Origins, out on Friday 23rd November, Dan Reed Network have premiered the music video for their new single “One Last Time” exclusively on Planet Rock.

Following their recent release, ‘Closer’, IAMWARFACE is going on a short UK Tour.

Jon Allen’s back on the road this spring touring the UK to coincide with the May release of his new album Blue Flame.

The acclaimed singer-songwriter returns with his fourth album, a soulful confection of feel-good tunes delivered with Allen’s inimitable whisky-soaked voice.

Lead single, ‘Jonah’s Whale’, has been playlisted at BBC Radio 2.

Dan Reed‘s new solo album Confessions is here and he’s touring the UK!

Dates for your diary:

SEP 14th St. Pancras Old Church’, London

SEP 15th Salford Sacred Trinity Church’, Salford

SEP 16th The Cluny 2, Newcastle upon Tyne

Make sure you get your copy of Confessions which is released on September 15th 2017.

It’s not Winter yet but Mary-Jess is about to begin her wonderful Winter Tour. With 27 dates across November & December, theres certainly somewhere near you Mary-Jess will be performing.

Prior to her tour, she will again be joining G4 for their ‘Live in Concert’ shows this September.

And as if not busy enough, she is also commencing recording of her forthcoming EP release, further details at mary-jess.com.

Dan Reed Network have released a video for their track “Infected” taken from the band’s latest album Fight Another Day which arrived last year via Frontiers Records.

The video has launched to coincide with the news that Dan Reed Network will tour with Extreme across the UK in December, following a solo European tour across September & October. Further details here.