Irish nu-metalcore outfitFollowing The Signs return with their brand-new single “Stuck In Place”, the first official release from their forthcoming EP ‘Evolve’, to be released in 2026.
Formed in Cork, Ireland in 2018, the band have carved a reputation for blending crushing metalcore with the raw groove of nu-metal and progressive textures, as heard on their debut album Conflictions and subsequent singles Birthright and Stand Tall. Now, ‘Stuck In Place’ signals a new era for the band as they gear up for their most ambitious release to date.
Lyrically, ‘Stuck In Place’ is a fierce statement on the suffocating realities of modern life. Vocalist Alan Jevens explains: “When I wrote‘Stuck In Place’ I was thinking about the modern world, where we are now and what I believe is to come. The verses reflect the frustration of working endlessly just to survive in such an expensive time, while pointing to the corruption of governments and the consequences of unchecked greed. The chorus speaks of what lies ahead, nuclear war, environmental collapse, but also the need to rise against those in power. The song travels through despair, rebellion, and the dream of a better world, tying into the broader narrative of our upcoming EP, Evolve.”
Musically, the track captures everything Following The Signs are about, massive riffs, towering breakdowns, searing screams and atmospheric cleans, all channelled into a visceral soundscape that reflects the chaos and hope within the lyrics.
The band will be bringing their new material to the stage with a string of live dates, including: October 17th – Fibber Magees, Dublin October 24th – Dali, Cork November 8th – Scream for Me Festival, Cavan November 15th – Pharmacia, Limerick November 21st – Warsaw, Poland November 22nd – Kraków, Poland
With ‘Stuck In Place’, Following The Signs prove they are not only one of Ireland’s most vital underground metal acts but a band with an urgent voice in today’s fractured world. Expect more details on the Evolve EP to be announced soon.
Today, Griff Lynch releases his debut solo album Blas Melysa’r Misvia Lwcus T, and announces a November/December UK tour, including a London show on 2nd December (full dates below).
Labelled a “Welsh language delight” by MOJO Magazine, home sits at the heart of Blas Melysa’r Mis. It’s a record that grapples, in part, with falling out of love with a place and the transitional process of moving onto the next, whilst also exploring the feeling of home in its deepest emotional sense.For Griff Lynch, his motherland of Wales’ heritage and vernacular have always been intrinsic to his music. With Yr Ods – the psych-pop outfit formed with a group of friends whilst at Aberystwyth University in the early 2010s – the Welsh language band’s focus was on both being immersed in the Welsh arts community and also ensuring this culture breaks through the glass ceiling and “gets heard on a bigger stage”. It’s a flag that the London-based artist continues to fly with his solo work, creating a balance that celebrates the native Celtic language and forms part of this rich creative heritage whilst also being accessible to non-Welsh speakers.
“I think it’s attitude more than anything,” Lynch says on creating this accessibility that invites wider audiences into his music. “Not to be too hippie about it, but it is the energy that you put behind it.” And this considered energy emanates across Blas Melysa’r Mis, with an emotive charisma and expressive melodic abundance tangible throughout. The bilingualism of the record also acts as a bridge; “it’s a technique that we used to do with Yr Ods, where you would have a bilingual song on the album or there was an English language chorus or verse, and all of a sudden it’s a hook to subconsciously draw people who don’t speak Welsh in”.
Notably, this approach appears on “Same Old Show”, which features James Dean Bradfield. The Manic Street Preachers’ vocalist and guitarist’s involvement on the record was a full circle moment for Lynch – who would go to Cob Records, his local record store in Bangor growing up, to get the latest Manics CD a few days before release. The collaboration was also a long-time coming; Lynch and Bradfield were first introduced through Emily Eavis and Nick Dewey when Yr Ods played Glastonbury, with a plan at the time for the band to get in the studio with the Manics frontman. Whilst that never quite materialised, the two of them kept bumping into each other in Cardiff over the years since and when Lynch messaged to see if Bradfield wanted to sing on a track, it finally all came together. Furthermore, the track marks the first time Bradfield sings in Welsh on a record; “I texted him a link to the song and to my surprise he answered me in Welsh, I didn’t even know at the time that he had learned Welsh,” Lynch details, “For someone like him, a Welsh icon, to learn the language means a great deal to Welsh speakers. It has a lasting, positive impact on our culture, one that James himself might not fully realise.”
Written over the past five years, Blas Melysa’r Mis travels through Lynch’s different headspaces during this time, tracing back to lockdown times and also going through breakups – both romantic and with the city of Cardiff where Lynch had lived for a decade. “The constant underlying thing in it is that movement of wanting to move away from one place and go to another”, Lynch says. Having lived in Cardiff for so long, he felt a desire to find a new perspective of his Welsh identity, something which having this distance between himself and the city has afforded him. In writing the tracks, Lynch also found himself going back to a lot of music he listened to in his late teens – Catatonia, 90s Brit-pop, early Radiohead and Welsh pop like Y Cyrff and Big Leaves. This breadth of influences and personal emotional contemplations poured into the record is reflected sonically, encompassing more pensive tracks like “Fe Lyncodd”, the playful jangle-pop of “Kombucha” and the psych-rock expansiveness of “Blas Melysa’r Mis” or “Y Pethau Heb eu Dweud”.
There’s also a luscious orchestral motif that lilts and soars throughout. Having recorded the tracks himself in his bedroom and small studios, it was important for Lynch to work with real strings and brass instruments to further elevate the album, “taking it from computer recording into the real world”. For these instrumental arrangements, he enlisted composer Owain Llwyd. Lynch also worked with other long-time collaborators from the Welsh arts scene, including Gwenno producer Rhys Edwards who lent his mixing expertise on some of the tracks.
“Even though I move about all the time, access to home is always really important,” Lynch says, with home in its truest, grounding sense for him being the mountains in North Wales where he grew up. And it’s this sentiment that permeates Blas Melysa’r Mis; a vibrantly evocative debut that sees Griff Lynch recalibrating this connection between identity and home whilst firmly laying down artistic roots of his own.
Tracklisting:
1. Gwlad Fy Nyhead 2. Cyntaf i’r Felin 3. Fe Lyncodd 4. Dyna ni i’r Pant y Rhed y Dŵr 5. Same Old Show (feat. James Dean Bradfield) 6. Blas Melysa’r Mis 7. Kombucha 8. Look Out for Number One 9. Ti Sy’n Troi (feat. Lleuwen) 10. Os Ti’n Teimlo 11. Y Pethau Heb eu Dweud
Live Dates:
19th November – Sheffield – Sidney & Matilda 21st November – Felinheli – Llofft 2nd December – London – The Forge at The Lower Third 5th December – Cardigan – Y Selar 6th December – Aberystwyth – Cwps
The original Super Mario games gave us some of the most unforgettable music ever written for pixels and power-ups. Germany’s WDR Funkhausorchester, led by Enrico Delamboye, turns those 8-bit melodies into orchestral magic. It’s nostalgia on a grand scale.
Thousands of musicians. One stage. Infinite noise. Rockin’ 1000 gathered players from every corner of the planet for an epic 20-song blowout in Leiria, Portugal — including a massive, earth-shaking take on Muse’s “Knights of Cydonia.” Turn it up loud.
Today, The Rocky Horror Picture Show continues celebrating its landmark 50th anniversary with the deluxe edition release of the original movie soundtrack, reissued via Ode Records on 180g red-in-gold vinyl. Housed in a heavyweight gold-foil jacket with a newly designed inner sleeve, the vinyl package features never-before-seen photos and production diary excerpts from producer Richard Hartley.
In an interview with Billboard, Richard Hartley shared insight into the soundtrack’s creation and lasting legacy. Read HERE.
Over the past month numerous events have taken place in LA celebrating its legacy, a 4K HDR release arrived in theaters as well as on at-home digital and on Blu-ray, and the film was celebrated via iconic media profiles via CBS Sunday Morning, Vogue, Interview Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, and Harper’s Bazaar who said “fifty years on, The Rocky Horror Picture Show remains a beacon of freedom and fantasy.”
The Rocky Horror Picture Show, one of cinema’s most groundbreaking and provocative films, was based on the stage musical by Richard O’Brien, and shattered conventions with its bold characters, flamboyant style, and infectious rock ’n’ roll soundtrack. Its legendary midnight screenings – featuring shadow casts, fan costumes, and audience call-backs – redefined moviegoing and created a cultural phenomenon. Today, it remains the longest-running theatrical release in film history, with weekly screenings still held around the world.
Ahead of the release of their anticipated new album God Save The Gun, arriving this Friday via Loma Vista Recordings, Los Angeles-based Militarie Gun share the new single “God Owes Me Money”, which is BBC Radio 1’s Hottest Record In The World today and was described by Rolling Stone as “tragically catchy.” “God Owes Me Money” is a focal point of the new album, showcasing a new dimension of Militarie Gun’s catalogue with its earworm of a hook, synth melodies and an arena-ready chorus.
God Save The Gun will include the aforementioned “God Owes Me Money,” along with the previously shared singles “B A D I D E A” and “Throw Me Away,” both of which arrived alongside videos directed by Shelton. God Save The Gun is a very human document of being at your worst when you should be on top of the world – an absurdist guide to the intersection of self-destruction and self-belief. “I’m well aware that being this vulnerable turns my personal trauma into a marketing hook for this album,” Shelton says, “But I’m fine with it, if not provoking it. Over the past couple years, as I spoke about addiction from the perspective of someone affected by it, I became the one struggling with it. There’s a farcical logic to entering a situation, fully knowing the consequences, and doing it anyway – but that’s where my head was when I started leaning on drinking.”
Militarie Gun’s 2023 debut album, Life Under The Gun was centred around lifelong cycles of hurt, with the singer looking back at growing up with family members struggling with addiction, and while God Save The Gun is still tethered to that history, this time, he’s not the witness – he’s the protagonist. It wasn’t until the band was scheduled to enter the studio in early 2025 that Shelton realised he was the one who needed to hear God Save The Gun’s message.
Despite all of the inner turmoil leading to God Save The Gun, Shelton and his bandmates – guitarists William Acuña and Kevin Kiley, bassist Waylon Trim, and drummer David Stalsworth – more than rose to the challenge of following up Militarie Gun’s acclaimed debut. Stalsworth, Trim, and Kiley all joined during Life Under The Gun’s extensive touring cycle after a series of member shakeups that would hobble most bands, but only made Militarie Gun stronger.
Along with the honed in line up, God Save The Gun was created with a village of new and old collaborators. Shelton continued his creative relationship with songsmith Phillip Odom, co-wrote with longtime conspirator and frequent harmoniser James Goodson of Dazy, and newly tapped Nick Panella of MSPAINT, among others.Militarie Gun also worked with producer / engineer Riley MacIntyre (Adele, Arlo Parks, The Kills), who was chosen not only to make the songs sound huge, but also to access the sentiments behind them.
To celebrate the release of God Save The Gun, Militarie Gun will embark on The BAD IDEA tour this month with support from Liquid Mike and Public Opinion. The 21-date kicks off in Palm Springs, California on 25th October with stops in Louisville, Worcester, Baltimore, Richmond, New Orleans, Houston and more before wrapping up in Albuquerque, New Mexico on November 22nd. Top of next year, Militarie Gun will head across the pond for their headline Europe and UK tour with support from White Reaper and Spite House. Also in 2026, Militarie Gun will join Joyce Manor across their North American spring tour.
Militarie Gun’s debut album Life Under The Gun was one of 2023’s most celebrated albums, released to praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, NME, Revolver, Stereogum, SPIN, Paste, The FADER, and more. Last year, Militarie Gun released the Life Under The Sun EP, which saw tracks from their debut album reimagined by friends and collaborators including Bully, Manchester Orchestra, and Mannequin Pussy. Militarie Gun also released the Life Under The Sun mini-documentary which sees the band and a host of their Life Under The Sun EP collaborators reunite at Manchester Orchestra’s Atlanta studio to further reimagine the tracks featured on their aforementioned EP, with guest performances from Manchester Orchestra, Marisa Dabice of Mannequin Pussy, and Christine Goodwyne of Pool Kids, who steps in for Alicia Bognanno of Bully for a performance of “Never Fucked Up Twice”. Also, last year, Militarie Gun shared “Gun Under The Gun (MFG)”, which was created for the new WWE 2K24 video game as the walk-in music for Post Malone’s wrestling character. Post Malone also included “Do It Faster” on his curated playlist for the WWE 2K24 soundtrack.
% with Liquid Mike and Public Opinion
25/10 – Palm Springs, CA @ Hotel Zoso % 26/10 – Henderson, NV @ Grey Witch % 29/10 – Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck % 30/10 – Des Moines, IA @ xBk % 31/10 – Louisville, KY @ Camp Spaceman % 01/11 – Columbus, OH @ Dirty Dungarees % 02/11 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Bottlerocket Social Hall % 04/11 – Troy, NY @ No Fun % 06/11 – Worcester, MA @ Palladium Upstairs % 07/11 – Amityville, NY @ Amityville Music Hall % 08/11 – Lakewood, NJ @ Maggie’s Bar & Grill % 09/11 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar % 11/11 – Richmond, VA @ The Warehouse % 12/11 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy % 14/11 – Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern % 15/11 – Hattiesburg, MS @ Fat Cat % 16/11 – New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa % 18/11 – Houston, TX @ Secret Group % 19/11 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger % 21/11 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Resonant Head % 22/11 – Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad %
2026 * w/ Spite House ^ w/ White Reaper # w/ University (opener London only) + w/ Joyce Manor
21/01 – Porto, PT @ Casa De Musica* 22/01 – Lisbon, PT @ Sala 2* 23/01 – Madrid, ES @ Sala Corpernico* 24/01 – Barcelona, ES @ La Nau* 25/01 – Lyon, FR @ La Marquise* 27/01 – Bern, CH @ ISC Club Bern* 29/01 – Munich, DE @ Backstage Club* 30/01 – Cologne, DE @ MTC* 31/01 – Hamburg, DE @ Molotow* 01/02 – Berlin, DE @ Mikropol* 03/02 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Bar Brooklyn* 04/02 – Oslo, NO @ Parkteateret* 05/02 – Copenhagen, DK @ Ideal Bar (Vega)* 07/02 – Tilburg, NL @ Ladybird Skatepark* 08/02 – Brussels, BE @ Rotonde – Botanique* 09/02 – Paris, FR @ La Maroquinerie* 11/02 – London, UK @ Electric Ballroom^# 12/02 – Portsmouth, UK @ KOLA^ 13/02 – Cardiff, UK @ Clwb Ifor Bach^ 14/02 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club^ 15/02 – Glasgow, UK @ Beech Avenue Social Club^ 17/02 – Dublin, IE @ Button Factory^
09/03 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren + 11/03 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre + 12/03 – Houston, TX @ House of Blues + 13/03 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues + 14/03 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues + 16/03 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues + 17/03 – Atlanta, GA @ Buckhead Theatre + 18/03 – N. Myrtle Beach, SC @ House Of Blues + 20/03 – Baltimore, MD @ Nevermore Hall + 21/03 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues + 22/03 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore + 24/03 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Paramount + 25/03 – Buffalo, NY @ Asbury Hall + 26/03 – Toronto, ON Canada @ Danforth Music Hall + 27/03 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre + 28/03 – Chicago, IL @ Salt Shed + 10/04 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 17/04 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 26/04 – Madison, WI @ The Sylvee + 27/04 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater + 30/04 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s + 01/05 – St. Louis, MO @ Delmar Hall + 02/05 – Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall + 04/05 – Denver, CO @ Fillmore Auditorium + 05/05 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot + 07/05 – Great Falls, MT @ The Newberry + 08/05 – Calgary, AB Canada @ The Palace Theatre + 09/05 – Edmonton, AB Canada @ Midway Music Hall + 11/05 – Vancouver, BC Canada @ Commodore Ballroom + 12/05 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox + 13/05 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater + 15/05 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore +
Critically acclaimed singer-songwriter Reneé Rapp reveals her latest single “Why Is She Still Here?,” from her sophomore album Bite Me, out now via Interscope Records. The track is accompanied by an official visualizer in which Rapp puts her powerhouse vocals on full display as she performs the track live on stage, highlighted only by a single star spotlight.
Rapp kicked off her new era last month with the release of the highly anticipated single “Leave Me Alone.” The track marked a major career milestone for Rapp as her highest streaming single upon debut, earning one million global streams within the first 24 hours of release, and now over 23.4 million globally.
Earlier this summer, Rapp revealed the bite.me website, urging fans to “sign a hundred NDAs,” ultimately revealing a slew of hints about the yet-to-be-announced album. In the weeks following, the internet erupted with “Bite Me” related clues – from Rapp’s “Bite Me” lip tattoo to posts from the likes of Paris Hilton, Charlize Theron, Monica Lewinsky, Gabby Windey, and more. A powerful statement about reclaiming your narrative, “Leave Me Alone” and the Bite Me era encourage listeners to embrace every facet of their personality, the chaotic and the confident, and to find strength in being authentically, unapologetically themselves.
This exciting new chapter marks Rapp’s first music release since 2023, when she collaborated with Grammy Award-winning artist Megan Thee Stallion on hit record “Not My Fault” from the official soundtrack to Paramount’s feature film Mean Girls (which also saw Rapp reprising her iconic role of Regina George). The song earned Rapp’s highest-ever day-one streams on Spotify to date, and saw a legendary performance between the two stars on Saturday Night Live. Earlier that same year, Rapp released her first studio album Snow Angel, earning her the largest first-week sales for a female artist’s debut album in the U.S. upon release. That fall, she embarked on the Snow Hard Feelings Tour in support of the project, a sold-out headlining run met with massive demand, featuring four nights in New York and one in Los Angeles at the iconic Greek Theatre.
Shucked, the Tony Award winning musical comedy The Wall Street Journal calls “flat out hilarious,” is making its highly anticipated Canadian premiere in Toronto beginning March 2026. Shucked will play the Princess of Wales Theatre from March 3 – April 5, 2026.
Tickets will be available at 10AM on Monday October 20, 2025 at mirvish.com or by calling 1.800.461.3333.
What do you get when you pair a semi-neurotic, New York comedy writer with two music superstars from Nashville? A hilarious and audacious farm-to-fable musical about the one thing Americans everywhere can’t get enough of: corn. Shuckedis the new musical comedy that proves sometimes tearing down a few walls, rather than growing them, is the only way to preserve our way of life. Shucked is turning musical theater on its ear and is offering a kernel of hope for our divided nation.
Shucked features a “superb book” (New York Post) by Tony Award winner Robert Horn, a score filled with “earworm songs” (The Daily Beast) by Grammy Award winners, Tony Award nominees and Nashville music superstars Brandy Clark and Shane McAnally, and direction with “an infectious spirit of glee and warmth” (Variety) by three-time Tony Award winner Jack O’Brien.
With choreography by Sarah O’Gleby, and music supervision, music direction, orchestrations, and arrangements by 2023 Tony Award, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award nominee Jason Howland, the design team for Shucked includes 2023 Tony Award nominee and Tony Award winner Scott Pask (scenic design), 2023 Drama Desk Award nominee Tilly Grimes (costume design), Tony Award nominee Japhy Weideman (lighting design), Tony Award winner and 2023 Drama Desk Award nominee John Shivers (sound design), Academy Award® winner and Emmy Award® winner Mia Neal (wig design), and Stephen Kopel, C12 Casting (casting director). Shucked is produced by Mike Bosner and Jason Owen.
The Grammy Award nominated Shucked – Original Broadway Cast Recording is available on all streaming platforms and CD HERE. The album is produced by Jason Howland, Billy Jay Stein, and the show’s composers Shane McAnally and Brandy Clark.
The cast will be announced at a later date.
Shucked
March 3 – April 5, 2026
Princess of Wales Theatre
300 King St W, Toronto
Tickets are available at 10AM on Monday October 20 at Mirvish.com or by calling 1.800.461.3333
Legendary rock vocalist GRAHAM BONNET and his own group, the GRAHAM BONNET BAND, are thrilled to announce the release of their new live album, ‘Lost In Hollywood Again,’ out on December 12, 2025, via Frontiers Music Srl.
Legendary rock vocalist GRAHAM BONNET and his own group, the GRAHAM BONNET BAND, are thrilled to announce the release of their new live album, ‘Lost In Hollywood Again,’ out on December 12, 2025, via Frontiers Music Srl.
GRAHAM commented, “It goes without saying, that ‘Since You’ve Been Gone‘ should be the first single off our new live DVD. It’s the song that put Rainbow on the map and jettisoned my career. It’s a damn fine song and I wish I’d written it with Russ Ballard.”
On August 29, 2024, the GRAHAM BONNET BAND took the stage of the world-famous Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles for a night that perfectly captured the power, history, and energy of one of rock’s most distinctive voices. Filmed and recorded in front of an enthusiastic crowd at the legendary Sunset Strip venue, ‘Lost in Hollywood Again‘ showcases not only GRAHAM’s unparalleled legacy but also the chemistry and fire of his current band.
‘Lost in Hollywood Again‘ is more than a concert – it’s a celebration of GRAHAM BONNET’s enduring legacy and timeless songs, carried by a legendary voice, elevated by outstanding musicianship, and standing as a testament to the lasting power of hard rock.
The setlist is a journey through BONNET’s remarkable career, featuring classics from Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, and Alcatrazz, alongside hard-hitting originals from the GRAHAM BONNET BAND catalog. With Graham’s trademark vocals in top form, the performance blends nostalgia with vitality, proving why he remains an enduring force in hard rock.
On this unforgettable night, GRAHAM BONNET’s iconic vocals were supported by the virtuosic guitar work of Conrado Pesinato, the driving bass of Beth-Ami Heavenstone, the soaring keyboards of Alessandro Bertoni, and the precise, energetic drumming of Francis Cassol. Together, they brought each song to life with intensity and precision, creating a truly memorable live experience.
GRAHAM BONNET is known for his powerful and versatile voice. He first achieved chart success in 1968 as part of the duo The Marbles, whose single “Only One Woman” reached No. 5 in the UK. Over his long career, he has recorded and performed both as a solo artist and as a member of several prominent rock and heavy metal bands, including Rainbow, the Michael Schenker Group (MSG), Alcatrazz, Impellitteri, Blackthorne, and others.
BONNET’s time with Rainbow was a defining period in his career: he joined in 1979, replacing Ronnie James Dio as vocalist, and contributed to the album ‘Down To Earth,’ which included hits such as “Since You’ve Been Gone” and “All Night Long.” After leaving RAINBOW, he resumed his solo work and later joined and formed several bands, including MSG and Alcatrazz.
In later years, BONNET continued to release solo albums, formed the GRAHAM BONNET BAND, and also participated in projects like Michael Schenker Fest. He remains active in recording and touring.
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame icon Joan Jett & the Blackhearts are headed back to House of Blues Las Vegas inside Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino for another exclusive Las Vegas engagement in February 2026. Following a successful run of shows this past June, the rock legend will return for five performances scheduled for February 13, 14, 18, 20, and 21, 2026.
Fan pre-sale tickets will be available beginning Wednesday, October 15th, at 10 am PT, ahead of the general on sale beginning Friday, October 17th.
After forming her band the Blackhearts in 1979, with whom Jett has become a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, she has had eight platinum and gold albums and nine Top 40 singles, including the classics “Bad Reputation,” “I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll,” “I Hate Myself For Loving You,” and “Crimson and Clover.” With a career spanning music, film, television, Broadway, and humanitarianism, Jett remains a potent force and inspiration to generations of fans worldwide.
