Oklahoma punk rockers Red City Radio will follow up the release of their recent self-titled album with a UK tour in July. July 14 Le Pub, Newport 15 Ducie Bridge, Manchester 16 Audio, Glasgow 17 Brixton Windmill, London Australian rockers Hands Like Houses have announced a one-off UK headline show. It will take place at the Barfly in London on June 10th and will serve as a warm-up for their appearance at the Download Festival.
Sam Duckworth will make his return on June 15th with the release of a new album called ‘Amazing Grace’. The album will be released through Alcopop! Records and includes a cast of over 40 musicians with appearences coming from members of Gomez, Yourcodenameis:milo, The King Blues, Sweet Billy Pilgrim, Kate Nash, and Jehst and Megan Washington.
Forrest have joined Close To Home Records. Their debut album, ‘Soluna’ will be released on July 16th. Kent based punk duo Slaves have announced they will be touring the UK once again in November. November 14 Anson Rooms, Bristol 15 Student Union, Cardiff 16 Pyramids Centre, Portsmouth 18 Waterfront, Norwich 19 O2 Abc, Glasgow 20 Newcastle University, Newcastle 21 Ritz, Manchester 23 Becketts Student Union, Leeds 24 O2 Academy 2, Liverpool 25 Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton 27 The Forum, London Cambridgeshire melodic rockers The First have announced they are splitting up after nearly a decade together. To mark the bands split, they have released a new EP called ‘Live.Exist’. Brazilian metal legends Sepultura have announced they will follow their appearance at Bloodstock in August with two headline shows in Dublin and Chester. August 10 Academy, Dublin 11 Live Rooms, Chester With now less than a month to go until Download Festival, four more bands have added to the massive bill. The latest announcement sees At The Gates, Man With A Mission, Geyser and Beasts added to the lineup.
Iron Maiden have announced frontman Bruce Dickinson has been given the all-clear after being treated for a small cancerous tumour at the back of his tongue. Iron Maiden’s manager Rod Smallwood stated the band will not be playing any shows this year as Bruce will be concentrating on getting back to full health. Whilst he and the rest of the band are currently finishing a new album, which is expected to be released later this year.