Music News Monthly

04/12/2025

As we approach the Yuletide season, The Struts vocalist Luke Spiller has debuted a festive cover of Christmas classic ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’, available today across all digital streaming platforms. While this time of the year can be chaotic for many, Spiller hopes fans get the chance to slow dance to this version in between the often hectic moments that happen around Christmastime.

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02/12/2025

Smith/Kotzen, the acclaimed pairing of guitar icons Adrian Smith and Richie Kotzen, have released the cinematic lyric video for album track ‘Blindsided’. A driving and heavy-hitting rock song, it’s one of the stand-out tracks from the band’s highly praised second album Black Light / White Noise, which was a UK No.1 hit on the Official Rock & Metal chart earlier this year. 

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01/12/2025

What a night!!! An incredible show from at last night. Heavy as owt and packed with infectious energy.
and co were on fire.

Here are a few photos of the night. 

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30/11/2025

30/11/2025

The Enemy’s current resurgence has seen them sell out their entire UK autumn headline shows, a run of ten dates in which the electrifying reactions that they have received has created one of the best tours in their 20-year history. A big part of the tour’s success has been the audience’s excitement for the set’s new songs - the recent single ‘Not Going Your Way’ and their brand new track ‘Trouble’, which is out today alongside its official video. ‘Trouble’ ramps up anticipation ahead of ‘Social Disguises’ - their first new album in a decade - which is out on February 20th.

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29/11/2025

Originating from Newcastle in the North East of England, Indigo are a four-piece metal band carving their name into the local scene with unapologetic intensity and raw energy.

Their highly anticipated debut single, 'Ghost Of You', drops on12th December, following the release of their very first single 'Greed' which increased the band's visibility with global airplay and favourable reviews!

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28/11/2025

Mercy Kelly have dived head first into a new chapter in their career, releasing 'Out in the Night', their first single since reshaping themselves as a four-piece. The change in numbers hasn’t altered the core of what they do. If anything, it has brought them closer to the sound they were building in their early years, the one that first caught attention around Greater Manchester’s small venues.

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28/11/2025

Feeling the love today. 'Here We Are'. Out now on all good digital stockists. And some dodgy ones too. I hope you like it.
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28/11/2025

Following the acclaimed success of his North Shields 800 documentary 800 Years – Here We Are, Liam Fender returns with the soaring new single of the same name - an anthemic, heartfelt closer to a three-year creative journey that has established him as one of the North East’s most authentic songwriters.

Released today, Friday 28 November 2025, Here We Are arrives with a sense of reflection and renewal  - a moment to look back, to breathe, and to step quietly into whatever comes next.

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28/11/2025

Alexander James (AJ McLean) Reintroduces Himself With EP “hi my name is Alex”

Best known as AJ McLean of the Backstreet Boys, multi-platinum recording artist Alexander James McLean steps forward under his given name, Alexander James, with the release of his long-anticipated new EP, “hi my name is Alex”, available tomorrow on all streaming platforms.

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