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...
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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...
London based alt-pop trio PLYA have revealed the video for their new single ‘Feast My Eye’, out now via Atlantic Records’ Taste...
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...
Strong song, superb vocal and fabulous slide guitar work. Promising UK country and blues singer-songwriter Elles Bailey has...
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...
It has been four years since Grammy-nominated and number 1 Billboard Blues album “Seesaw” was released, by singer-songwriter and blues-rock...
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...
Following the release of her fifth studio album, “Then Up” and subsequent successful UK tour earlier this year, highly acclaimed singer-songwriter...
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...
