Tarja Turunen, the former Nightwish singer, is to release a Christmas album at the end of the year. The English title is ‘Breath From Heaven’, and this will be on the Universal label. Recording will happen during the Summer, with producer Esa Nieminen.

The Streets have announced that their next single will be Never Went To Church.The ballad will be the second single from Mike Skinner‘s third album The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living.The track sees Skinner confront the death of his dad, after a long battle with illness.Never Went To Church is due in shops […]

Gosforth Gathering is a new, independently run 2 day community music festival for all ages, located on the outskirts of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne in the north east of England. The line-up: Saturday 5th August The Stranglers, Therapy?, Stiff Little Fingers, Ginger & The Sonic Circus, Buzzcocks, The Exploited, Antiproduct, Spunge and Adequate Seven. Sunday 6th August Biffy […]

PJ Harvey is releasing her first Live DVD next month. It’s entitled ‘PJ Harvey On Tour – Please Leave Quietly’ will hit the shelves on 1st May

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have confirmed details of their next single. ‘Turn Into’ will be the second release taken from the band’s album ‘Show Your Bones’, and will be released on 19th June. It follows the band’s short UK tour, and appearance at All Tomorrow’s Parties festival in Camber Sands, and Radio 1’s One Big Weekend.

The Answer are to play the Kingston Peel on May 19. Also on the bill are Pig Iron, Steranko and Coda.

Black Sabbath, Diamond Head, Motorhead, Misfits and Thin Lizzy are all featured on the upcoming compilation ‘Full Metal Garage – The Songs That Drove Metallica’. This double CD, released on June 26 by Sanctuary, features the original versions of songs covered by Metallica. Other bands featured are Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blue Oyster Cult, Discharge, Anti Nowhere […]

36 Crazy Fists are to warm up for their appearance at the Download Festival, with a show at the Sheffield Corporation on June 9.

Dio, In Flames and Trivium are to play the X-Fest in Athens, Greece. This happens on June 6.

Chicago band The Hush Sound are to support Fall-Out Boy at: Manchester Apollo May 23, London Brixton Academy 24/25, Newport Centre 26, Edinburgh Corn Exchange 29, Wolverhampton Civic Hall 30. They also play the Brighton Great Escape Festival on May 20, Leeds Slam Dunk Festival Millennium Square on May 27. The band will release ‘We […]