Heavy metal legends Iron Maiden performed in Nottingham on the 3rd of July. Steve Harris, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson, Nicko McBrain, and Janick Gers gave a phenomenal high-energy, exciting performance. Every song was […]
Reinvented. It’s an irritating word often thrown around like a dog’s old tennis ball. Your coffee reinvented. Booking your holiday reinvented. The smartphone was reinvented. Driving reinvented. You get the general idea. In reality, it […]
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of Permission To Land – the chart-topping, award-winning, multi-platinum debut album which changed the face of rock music forever when it was originally released on July 7th 2003 […]
Earlier this year, Teenage Fanclub announced news of their new album ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’, due out on 22nd September via their own label PeMa. Having previously shared the lead track “Foreign Land”, today they release […]
Not only is the Old Royal Naval College over 330 years old with beautiful grounds idyllic for a summer festival, but it is also a cultural destination in the heart of the Maritime Greenwich UNESCO […]
In episode #137 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar meets fast-rising Sunderland artist Tom A. Smith to discuss his latest release EP3. Despite still being a teenager, Sunderland-based newcomer Tom A. Smith has already […]
Sex Pistols are making their 4th single available in coloured vinyl for the first time, another limited edition classic. Further establishing their legendary status, the band’s 4th single, ‘Holidays In The Sun’, released on October […]
Island Records and UMR today announce the release of Zooropa – 30th Anniversary Limited Edition Gatefold – a transparent yellow vinyl pressing celebrating three decades of U2’s Grammy-winning eighth studio album. This very special release […]
Like many artists, Jessica Lynn had the brakes put on her career when the Covid pandemic shut the world down. But she didn’t let the uncertainty of what the future might hold stop her from […]
ERASURE (Andy Bell and Vince Clarke) have announced details of an updated release of Always (The Very Best of Erasure), out on vinyl for the very first time as a double disc heavyweight vinyl edition […]
Fresh from releasing his latest single, ‘Alive!’, British artist Bakar announces his highly-anticipated second album Halo, set for release on 1st September via Black Butter. Halo rings in a new era for Bakar. The sonic […]
Around a week before this show, Mötley Crüe issued a poster advertising an up-and-coming show for the band Dögs of War at The Underworld in Camden, London. With this gig occurring one day before Mötley […]
One of Ireland’s most exciting rising talents, Nell Mescal, has announced a headline Belfast show at Voodoo on Monday 11th December 2023. Her fourth release, ‘Punchline’, is released on Friday and comes off the back […]
The Darkness, Britain’s world-renowned and hugely-beloved rock band extraordinaire, have announced nine new shows for the Permission To Land 20 world tour, which will run through the UK and Ireland in December. Regarding the shows […]
Following their sold-out Belfast show in December last year, ASIWYFA announce a new headline show at Mandela Hall, Belfast, on Saturday, 16th December 2023. Over the last 16 years, Ireland’s instrumental rock quartet And So […]
The Prodigy played an exceptional outdoor performance at Ormeau Park, Belfast, on Friday, 30th June 2023. Following the band’s incendiary and emotionally charged sellout tour of the UK last July, their first since Keith Flint […]
The View’s resurgence ahead of the August 18th release of their long-awaited new album ‘Exorcism of Youth’ gathers momentum as they today share their new single ‘Woman of the Year’. The band’s recent releases, ‘Feels […]
The 3 Clubmen – a new project made up of XTC’s Andy Partridge, Jen Olive and Stu Rowe – present their eponymous debut EP, along with a clever, vivid video for their debut single ‘Aviatrix’ […]
‘Chrome Dreams’, one of Neil Young’s most individual and powerful albums, was scheduled to be released in 1977, but as is often the case with Young, things change. And then change again. What starts as […]
After playing shows with the likes of CHVRCHES and Foster The People, Phoenix alternative duo MRCH today get a new era underway as they share the new single ‘Stars Align’. The track previews their upcoming […]