Category - News Zone

  Red hot tune…….Gorgon City and Evan Giia, “Burning”. In fact, let’s go further: Banger alert!!!!! HIT HIT...

      Gregory Porter has launched a new initiative to thank his fans, their friends, colleagues and families who have “risen up”...

    Canada’s Teenanger are well worth your time. Their excellent new single “Trillium Song” is lifted from incoming sixth album...

    “A Handbook Of Roses” by My Glass World is released on 9th October 2020 on Luxury Noise Records – their fourth album. The...

      “There ain’t nothin’ like a Dame”………..After seven decades of hits – 70 albums and 140...

    The 2020 UK Blues Awards ceremony was due to take place at Dingwalls venue in London last night (Sunday 17th May), but for obvious reason it was...

    Out today (1st May 2020) is the cracking debut single from uber-promising Glasgow four-piece outfit, Dead Pony, and the deliciously energetic...

  CAPTAIN TOM MOORE IS FIRST CENTENARIAN IN HISTORY TO HAVE A UK NUMBER ONE SINGLE!     Captain Tom Moore sets a new Official Chart record today...

    Legendary Liverpudlian group The Scaffold have reworked their Top Five hit, ‘Thank U Very Much’  – in aid of front-line healthcare workers...

  STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE BAND’S SPOKESMAN:     After serious consideration, it is with much regret that The Who have postponed their U.K...

    Genesis are back. The word is out after many years of rumours. Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford and Tony Banks have today announced a major UK and...

        British electronic band Blancmange return to the live circuit with the 21-date “Mindset” tour – kicking off in Scotland in...

      Cornbury Festival 2020 features two big stars for day one – with Sir Van Morrison and Dido the first to be announced for the annual...

    Snoop Dogg has announced a six date ‘I Wanna Thank Me’ UK arena headline tour for April 2020. The forthcoming tour sees the West...

    Just one week to go until the uber-eclectic and classy Innervisions Festival hits various London venues for its second year. Offering up such...

      After the success of last year’s “40 Years Of Disco” UK tour, the 2019 follow-up brings together Village People, The...

  Yngwie Malmsteen tackles “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” on his imminent new album “Blue Lightning” slated for March 29th...

  Eagle-Eye Cherry announces first UK and Ireland shows in more than 20 years… Swedish singer-songwriter Eagle-Eye Cherry, best known for his global...

      US rock legends Metallica announced a European tour early today (Monday 24th September) on Twitter – around the same time as a press...

    Cult British Mod band Secret Affair have announced the 40th anniversary tour of their debut album “Glory Boys”. Tickets on sale from 10am today...

      The sky was crying when Gary Moore passed away on 6th February 2011.  From Thin Lizzy to Colosseum II, together with his solo hits...

    If Music Republic Magazine had such a thing as “Single of the month”, this would 100% be...

      Frederick Nathaniel “Toots” Hibbert is better known as “Toots”, and with his iconic band The Maytals, is part of music history...

  Solihull. West Midands town, where the likes of Duran Duran’s John Taylor, Top Gear and The Grand Tour star Richard Hammond and rapper Lady Leshurr were...

    The Sex Pistols initial career lasted just two and a half years. Just one studio album and four singles.  But that band are one of the most...

    Boyzlife announce UK Tour in October 2018 – performing all the hits of Boyzone and Westlife. Boyzlife brings together members of two of the...

    Widely regarded as one of the best songwriters of her generation, Suzanne emerged as a leading figure of the folk-music revival in the early...

    Just when we may think festival season is over for another long year as it gets to the August bank holiday weekend, and the supermarkets start...

    Just over two years since the shock death of global superstar Prince, his celebrated band New Power Generation – who ‘the Purple One’ hailed as...

      Legendary British drummer Jon Hiseman, founder of the fusion group Colosseum and Colosseum II and married to jazz star Barbara Thompson...

      As part of their 40th anniversary celebrations, Britain’s world-famous reggae band UB40 will release their first new studio album in five...

      Bowie fans are marking next year’s calendar already. Spiders From Mars drummer Woody Woodmansey and legendary Bowie producer Tony Visconti...

      The uber-prestigious Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London is a very appropriate venue for soul music Royalty The O’Jays to choose for a...

    Boy George and Culture Club are back after more than two years, with a major UK tour of arenas in November, with Belinda Carlisle and Thompson...

    You’ll need no Bit Coin to grab tickets for US hip hop superstar 50 Cent’s Autumn UK shows announced today (April 9th 2018). Good old-fashioned...

    Mercury Prize nominated and multi-platinum London quartet, The Magic Numbers, are today ( 6th April) releasing new single ‘Ride Against The...

Small and medium sized live music venues across the UK are closing down at an alarming rate. Music Venue Trust say that around a third of the nation’s small...

The First Listen From The Lost Miles Davis “Rubberband” Sessions Arrives Three Decades Later With Newly Recorded Vocals From Grammy-Nominated...

  The full line-up has just been announced for this year’s Cornbury Festival in the Cotswolds, a truly international and eclectic affair that mixes...

    Tony Prince will launch a brand new digital radio station on 1st March 2018 aimed at the more mature listener with discerning and broad church...

          The UK’s rising star Dan Owen – who Music Republic Magazine tipped for big things when we launched back in...

Alanis Morissette and Mavis Staples head a powerful line up of female performers at this year’s returning Cotswolds-based event…     Responding...

    US blues stars The Billy Walton Band are back on these shores for a 10-date UK tour, which kicks off in Poynton, Cheshire on Thursday 19th...

    Award-winning UK festival Bearded Theory have secured a rare festival performance by one of the world’s greatest rock and roll voices...

      One of the most iconic and enduring records in jazz is celebrating its 60th Anniversary in 2017, “Way Out West”, which...

  Happy birthday to us, happy birthday to us, happy birthday Music Republic Magazine…..happy birthday to us. Yaaaayyyy! One whole year-old today. Friday...

      The cream of the disco decade will be brought together for the very first time for a unique UK arena tour in March next year (2018)...

    Will Varley today releases “Statues”, the latest track to arrive from his forthcoming fifth studio album “Spirit Of...

Kamasi Washington, Randy Crawford, Beth Hart, And Donny McCaslin Amongst First Names Announced For Cheltenham Jazz Festival 2018…     Musical...

    The first Chinese band to make a break in the West, Re-TROS released their album last month to a rapturous media reception.  Now they return to Europe...

     The third annual UK Americana Awards will take place on Thursday 1st February 2018 at Hackney Empire; a move to a larger venue due to the...

    Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff has been announced as the headliner to close next year’s annual Bearded Theory Spring Gathering in Derbyshire –...

    Here’s an usual event: Jazzwerkstatt Special. A two-day mini-festival of improvised, contemporary jazz at The Vortex Jazz Club, Dalston...

  Cornbury Festival is set to return in the summer of 2018, after this year’s sold out event was announced as the last one ever. But following...

Iconic US funk and soul band Tower Of Power with the legendary horn section, are in the UK for a run of four dates –  including their first gigs outside of...

Festival fans know a good thing when they see/hear it…’Early Bird’ tickets for next year’s (2018) Bearded Theory Spring Gathering sold out in a record-breaking...

  RAIN: A Tribute to the Beatles, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the release of the ” Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” album. The...

  HRH have announced the nominees for the very first HRH Awards which will be held in Wales in November. The red carpet bash will be held at Camp HRH...

    You’d be hard pushed to find a stronger and more eclectic line-up of retro artists than this summer’s big bash on Clapham Common in London; Lets...

Run The Jewels have extended their ‘Run The World’ tour with newly added UK and European dates. They will be joined by very special guest Danny Brown. Tickets...

  Promoters HRH have announced the line-up for HRH Blues 2018, to be held up at the O2 Academy in Sheffield between Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th April...

Donald Fagen and Walter Becker – Steely Dan legends     BluesFest will return to The O2 in London in October, and today announces that Steely...

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club return to European shores with a major tour, kicking off in the UK for 10 dates  in October and November this year (2017).  The...

 Seasick Steve photo – Copyright: Simon Redley     Madness, Seasick Steve, Skunk Anansie, The Fall, The Alarm, Vintage Trouble, current Radio 1...

  The release of UK singer-songwriter Lisbee Stainton’s new album “Then Up” on 21st April will be followed up by a UK tour in May to...

  “One of the few artists who can do no wrong whatsoever.” So says BBC Radio 2. Who? Ireland’s internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy...

    Following two sold-out shows at the Sydney Opera House, and the nationwide tour that followed in 2016, Australia’s celebrated live concert event...

      Manchester’s legendary Happy Mondays have announced a twenty-five date tour of the UK and Ireland for November and December 2017.  The...

  Due to phenomenal demand, legendary singer Lulu and one of the best soul and R&B voices the UK has ever produced, has confirmed that she will embark...

Grammy-nominated Chicago blues icon Lonnie Brooks, whose music Rolling Stone called, “witty, soulful and ferociously energetic…simply astonishing...

Rock and roll legend Chuck Berry’s passing on Saturday (18th March 2017) at the age of 90, has prompted tributes and messages from stars and fans from around...

HARMONICA LEGEND JAMES COTTON, JULY 1, 1935 – MARCH 16, 2017   World-renowned blues harmonica master James Cotton, whom Rolling Stone called, “One...

  Metallica today (16th March 2017)  announced the European leg of their ‘WorldWired’ Tour in support of their new album “Hardwired… To Self-Destruct”...

    Powerful New Single And Tour Announcement For One To Watch Callum Stewart   Northern Irish singer Callum Stewart is an artist Music Republic...

Laura Mvula, Jamie Cullum, Chick Corea, Ben Folds, Gregory Porter, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Snarky Puppy, Rick Wakeman, Will Young, Lionel Loueke, Steve Gadd, Mica...

Richard Thompson. Photo copyright: Simon Redley     UK Americana Awards 2017 RESULTS   St John at Hackney, Thursday 2nd Feb 2017 The second UK...

Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, will release “God’s Problem Child”, Willie Nelson’s ninth  studio album for...

On 21st April 2017, Eagle Records release “Novum”, the brand new studio album by Procol Harum, on CD and 2LP . Procol Harum’s thirteenth studio album, and...

Adrenaline-fuelled alt-rockers Where Fires Are, are ones to watch for 21017. A five-piece band from Leeds with frontman Robbie Gillespie, Nick Banks (Keys...

Music legend Brian Wilson is currently wowing fans around the globe celebrating the iconic album Pet Sounds, in honour of its 50th anniversary.   Due to...

Dutch multi-instrumentalist Arjen Lucassen aka AYREON, has revealed his epic new video for “‘The Day The World Broke Free,” taken from the new...

There’s an awful lot of it around lately. What? The ‘flu? Depressing talk about Brexit or The Donald? Nah; I am taking about pop music, p-p-pop music; or to be...

  Following the roaring success of four back-to-back sold-out dates at The Gramercy Theatre in New York, The Magpie Salute have announced their debut UK...

UK singer-songwriter Lewis Watson’s new album ‘Midnight’ is out on March 3rd on Cooking Vinyl. Here we have the really lovely brand new single...

Highly acclaimed Greek indie-pop experimentalist Leon Of Athens has unveiled his brand new song ‘Xenos’. Leading with dark creeping electronics and stark...

‘Anarchy! McLaren Westwood Gang’ Record Store Day Box Set SEX-DRUGS- ROCK ‘N’ ROLL- FASHION- CRIME- POLITICS CADIZDVD148 Cadiz Music are delighted to...

A massive Music Republic Magazine tip for 2017 is 26-year-old French-Israeli singer TAL who releases her debut international single, the mega infectious...

The Wailers return to the UK in March for a 14-date headline tour and a brand new line-up, steered by founder Aston “Familyman” Barrett, and joined by original...

Arcade Fire release a two disc DVD and Blu-Ray documentary about the making of their hugely successful 2013 studio album “Reflektor,” by director Kahlil Joseph...

The year of 2016 has claimed yet another superstar life. George Michael died “peacefully” at his Oxfordshire home on Christmas Day, an as yet...

  Rick Parfitt in action with Status Quo @ The Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham. 5th Dec 2015. Photo: Jason Sheldon.     Boxing Day 2016. A...

Status Quo release “The Vinyl Collection 1981-1996”, on 24th February 2017. This carefully-curated release is delivered as a 10-LP Deluxe Edition Box, with...

Country superstar Reba McEntire, who makes a welcome return to these shores to headline the C2C music festival in March in London, Glasgow and Dublin, releases...

Georgia native Brent Cobb has announced the release of his new single ‘Shine On Rainy Day’ (Atlantic Records), which is taken from his debut album of the same...

Evawolf have just dropped their dreamy, infectious, fab new single “I Could Be Wrong”. Melancholic yet uplifting, it channels soulful, soothing...

Following a recent sold-out show at London’s Union Chapel, the first in a run of UK dates in support of her acclaimed Sugarhill Records...

Glenn Hughes has announced his UK tour dates for January and February 2017.  Special guests on all shows is Stone Broken. The tour follows the release of...

Birmingham’s world-famous reggae stars UB40 have announced a major eight-date UK tour for December 2017. Featuring UB40’s five founding members Robin...

Flexipop! The Book! is the story of the most bizarre pop magazine ever published. The 164-page book has been lovingly put together by ex-Flexipop! publisher...

Thunder will release a brand new studio album ‘Rip It Up’  on 10th February 2017 through earMUSIC. The band’s eleventh album features eleven brand new...

Never before available on Blu-ray, newly restored, new edit and new artwork and liner notes. “California Jam 1974” has just been released by earMUSIC on DVD...

Hailed as Britain’s most recent new hope in hip hop, and tipped as one to watch with praise such as “Expect Loyle Carner to keep killing it,” 22...

New Orleans’ Grammy-nominated Hot 8 Brass Band will accompany the release of their fifth album, ‘On The Spot’ (due late March, via Tru Thoughts), with an...

 Royal Albert Hall  July 1st, 2017 On the back of their 2016 sell-out tour – ‘The Last Night of the Electrics’, Status Quo announce...

Award winning singer and master songwriter Jim Lauderdale releases a new studio album London Southern on 3rd February 2017 and is part of the hugely popular...

Thundercat – long-standing member of Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder family – will embark on an extensive live tour through the US and Europe in...

Performing the songs and poems of Molly Drake A wistful mother in the 1950s makes some simple home recordings in her family sitting room. Little could she have...

Rory Graham aka Rag’n’Bone Man will embark on his biggest headline tour to date in April 2017. Opening at the 02 Academy Bristol on April 18, he will play two...

The Americana Music Association UK has chosen celebrated singer-songwriter and guitarist Richard Thompson to receive its highest honour, the UK Americana...

Birmingham’’s award winning four-piece blues rock sensation, Broken Witt Rebels will be touring with Norfolk Southern Rock outift Bad Touch on a co...

Back for its fifth year, Country To Country is has announced a strong line-up for 2017.  Reba McEntire,  Brad Paisley, Marty Stuart, Zac Brown Band,  Chris...

From the somewhat sparse, yet unique catalogue of adventurous, high-quality rock music coming out of Scandinavia in the late 60’s, the sole album “Get...

Due out 27th January 2017. Late January 2017 sees the deluxe edition release of Fresh Cream, the debut album by British, blues boom, power trio, Cream. The 3...

Red hot US hip hop artist, MC and producer Kid Ink is returning to the UK in April 2017 for a UK tour: Sun 9 Apr, Newcastle O2 Academy, Tue 11 Apr, London O2...

Kansas roots rockers Moreland & Arbuckle will be in the UK for six gigs in January including a slot at the Great British Rock and Blues Festival in...

Historic first ever performance at the iconic London venue. Marillion have confirmed they will play a special show at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday 13th...