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Mark Knopfler Releases New Music for 2024 ‘Ahead of the Game’

Mark Knopfler has returned with new music for 2024 with the song ‘Ahead of the Game’ off the upcoming album ‘One Deep River’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler, rock, UK

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Bruce Dickinson Tells Noise11 The Mandrake Project is Not A Concept Album

by Paul Cashmere

In an all new interview with Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson, Bruce discusses ‘The Mandrake Project’, his first solo album in 19 years and says it is not a concert record.

Tagged as: 80s, Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, metal, Rain on the Graves, rock, The Mandrake Project, UK

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Rick Wakeman Announces His Final American Tour

by Paul Cashmere

Legendary keyboard player Rick Wakeman has announced that his upcoming run of shows in the Americas will be his last American shows.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, classical, Prog Rock, Rick Wakeman, rock, UK, Yes

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Shalimar Fire Up For a UK Tour With Rose Royce

by Paul Cashmere

Disco stars Shalamar are embarking on ‘The Greatest Hits Tour’.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, disco, pop, Rose Royce, Shalamar, UK, USA

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Bruce Dickinson ‘The Mandrake Project’ Will Not Be A Series or Movie

by Paul Cashmere

Bruce Dickinson’s the first solo album in 19 years ‘The Mandrake Project’ is an epic story that will be a Comic Book series and could be a movie and television series but it won’t be either of those.

Tagged as: 80s, 90s, Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, metal, rock, The Mandrake Project, UK

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Paul McCartney Premieres New 4K Video of ‘Mamunia’

by Paul Cashmere

Paul McCartney has premiered a new 4K upgrade for the video of the ‘Band on the Run’ song ‘Mamunia’ ahead of the 50th anniversary release of the album.

Tagged as: 70s, Band On the Run, Mamunia, Paul McCartney, rock, UK, Wings

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Ed Sheeran To “Commute” Between UK and Asia for Tour

by Music-News.com

Ed Sheeran will fly home every week between shows on the Asian leg of his tour.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, Ed Sheeran, pop, UK

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Ed Sheeran Has Collaborated With Cradle of Filth

by Music-News.com

Ed Sheeran’s Cradle of Filth collaboration will finally be released this year.

Tagged as: 10s, 90s, Cradle of Filth, death metal, Ed Sheeran, metal, pop, UK, USA

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Elton John Earns A Rare EGOT

by Paul Cashmere

Elton John Earns A Rare EGOT

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, EGOT, Elton John, Emmy, Grammy Award, music industry, Oscar, pop, rock, UK, USA

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The First Graham Nash Song Was Released 60 Years Ago This Month For The Hollies

by Paul Cashmere

The first recorded song by Graham Nash ‘Little Lover’ was released on the debut album for The Hollies ‘Stay With The Hollies’ exactly 60 years ago to this month.

Tagged as: 60s, Graham Nash, pop, rock, The Hollies, UK

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Idles Deliver Third Taste of Upcoming ‘Tangk’ album with ‘Gift Horse’

by Paul Cashmere

Idles have a video for ‘Gift Horse’, the third single from the upcoming ‘Tangk’ album.

Tagged as: 10s, 20s, alternative, Idles, rock, Tangk, UK

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Shed Seven Have First No 1 Album 26 Years After Debut

by Music-News.com

Shed Seven celebrate their first-ever Official Number 1 album with A Matter of Time.

Tagged as: 90s, Britpop, rock, Shed Seven, UK

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Paul McCartney’s Seven Australian Got Back Concerts Made $US37 Million ($AUD55m)

by Paul Cashmere

Paul McCartney’s seven sold-out shows in Australia at the end of 2023 made around $37 million.

Tagged as: 60s, 70s, 80s, Australia, Frontier Touring, Got Back, Paul McCartney, pop, rock, The Beatles, UK

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Pretenders ‘Learning To Crawl’ Turns 40

by Paul Cashmere

The Pretenders third album ‘Learning To Crawl’ is turning 40. ‘Learning To Crawl’ was released on 13 January, 1984. It was the first album since the death of two members, Pete Fardon and James Honeyman-Scott, who both died of drug overdoses.

Tagged as: 80s, Chrissie Hynde, Learning to Crawl, Pretenders, rock, UK

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Sophie Ellis-Bextor Will Have An Album in 2024

by Paul Cashmere

Sophie Ellis-Bextor is working on a new album. Sophie has revealed that she’s been busily working on a new record “with a lot of top writers”.

Tagged as: 00s, pop, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, UK

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Legendary Folk Singer Ralph McTell Prepares For Australia In February

by Paul Cashmere

Ralph McTell will start his Australian tour in Sydney on 8 February 2023. There are 15 Australian and two New Zealand dates on the tour, quite a lengthy tour for the 79 year old UK singer songwriter.

Tagged as: 70s, folk, Ralph McTell, UK

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Taylor Swift Has The UK’s Biggest Selling Vinyl Album of 2024

by Paul Cashmere

The UK’s 2023 Vinyl Album Chart for the year has been published giving a clearer indication of what actually sells when you take away streaming figures.

Tagged as: 2023, 20s, Offical Charts, pop, Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, UK

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Tony Clarkin of Magnum Dies At Age 77

by Paul Cashmere

Tony Clarkin, the guitarist for Birmingham band Magnum, has died at age 77.

Tagged as: 70s, 80s, Magnum, metal, rock, Tony Clarkin, UK

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UK Issues Spice Girls Stamps

by Music-News.com

Mel B has shared that she is “honoured” to be featured on the commemorative stamps to celebrate the Spice Girls 30th anniversary.

Tagged as: 90s, pop, Royal Mail, Spice Girls, UK

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The Rolling Stones To Release ‘Live At The Wiltern’

by Paul Cashmere

When The Rolling Stones were on their year long Licks world tour of 2002 and 2003 they played theatres, arenas and stadiums. The size of the venue dictated the setlist and the smaller theatre shows were the ones with the rarities.

Tagged as: 2002, 60s, 70s, 80s, Live At The Wiltern, rock, Rolling Stones, UK

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The Scattered Solo Beatles Songs Across The Ringo Starr Catalogue

by Paul Cashmere

Ringo Starr has recorded 13 songs by the other Beatles across his catalogue plus one rare Beatles song. That’s enough to make a standalone album.

Tagged as: 70s, George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, pop, Ringo Starr, rock, The Beatles, UK

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Take That Las Vegas Residency Given Go Ahead

by Music-News.com

Take That’s Las Vegas residency has been given the green light.

Tagged as: 00s, pop, take That, UK

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Sophie Ellis-Bextor Lands Back In UK Top 10

by Music-News.com

Sophie Ellis-Bextor’s Murder on the Dancefloor re-enters the UK Top 10 today for the first time in 22 years at Number 8, thanks to its inclusion in the soundtrack to writer-director Emerald Fennell’s erotic psychological thriller Saltburn. The 2001 disco banger – which originally peaked at Number 2 – has enjoyed its highest-ever week of streams in the UK as a result. More on that below.

Tagged as: 00s, pop, Saltburn, Sophie Ellis-Bextor, UK

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