Pop music always benefits from a sense of theatre and that’s just what Silhouette, the latest track from alt-pop newcomer Jennifer Davies, delivers. Along with a suitably massive synth hook, of course.

Blues Pills will return to the UK and Ireland for another run of shows next spring.

One Direction have announced a second date at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium next summer.

Saxon have been forced to postpone the remaining dates on their current UK tour.

Guster have announced details of two UK shows next spring.

Electric Wizard have announced a headline London show for 2015.

Little Big Town have lined up three UK headline shows in February 2015. 

Dum Dum Girls will support Belle and Sebastian on their UK tour in May.

Kodaline will release a new album, 'Coming Up For Air', on February 9.

Joey Bada$$ has released No.99, the latest cut from his debut, ‘B4.DA.$$’, along with the album’s artwork.

Arrested Development have announced a rare UK headline tour in February 2015.

Stornoway will tour the UK in April and May 2015.

The Specials have been confirmed for next year's Mouth of the Tyne Festival.

Great labels often go under-appreciated at this time of year as countless records are arranged into lists, debated and rearranged, so in the first part of our year in review series we’ve picked out 10 that have excelled in the last 12 months, outlined their best releases and delved into why they deserve their place in the mix…

Darcy Oake has lined up dates for his first UK tour.

AWOLNATION have lined up a show at the Electric Ballroom in London.

Paul McCartney has released a new video for Hope For The Future, his recent contribution to the Destiny video game.

Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott have announced three huge outdoor shows for 2015. 

With this, the first of two packed out shows at London's prestigious Roundhouse, Machine Head have a lot to live up to. Their intimate, tiny-as-a-Tic-Tac tour back in July laid the foundations for last month's blistering new album, 'Bloodstone & Diamonds', and now there's a horde assembled, baying for a first live taste of those tunes.

Chicane, aka British songwriter and producer Nick Bracegirdle, has lined up a one off set at London's KOKO early next year.