Within The Ruins will kick off the New Year with an extensive European tour, including four UK shows.

In music, as in life, there’s some truth to the phrase ‘it’s not what you know, it’s who you know’. So often we are presented with a list of collaborators along with a single or album, while ‘hitmaker’ has become a word used with alarming regularity by people you would expect to know better. Into this maelstrom strides Jessie Ware’s second album, ‘Tough Love’.

TV On The Radio have set up an intimate show at London's Oslo.

Solo careers are tricky. In the overlapping worlds of rock and metal, for every Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper there are 10 copies of Scott Weiland's Christmas album knocking around.

The Cadillac Three have lined up three UK headline shows in December.

Amon Amarth have announced a new UK tour, as part of their 2015 European Deceiver Of The Gods Tour.

Future Islands have added a second date at London’s Roundhouse to their March stop in the UK.

Royal Blood have added a second night at Glasgow's Barrowland and Dublin's Olympia to their 2015 UK tour.

Fightstar have announced an extra London show, at the O2 Academy Brixton, to celebrate their 10th Anniversary.

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Frank Iero will play a one-off headline show in London next month prior to his support run with Mallory Knox.

Chance The Rapper has released the latest in a run of surprise tunes, unveiling No Better Blues on Twitter.

Foo Fighters have released Something From Nothing, the first full song to emerge from their ‘Sonic Highways’ album.

Slipknot have confirmed details of their long awaited return to arenas in January 2015. Slipknot Tickets are on sale at 9am today, October 17, priced at £39.50, plus fees.

Neil Diamond has announced dates for a new 2015 European tour next summer. Neil Diamond Tickets are on sale at 9am today, October 17, priced at £65.00 (£55.00 in London), plus fees.

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have confirmed the title of their second album, along with dates for a new tour in spring, 2015. Noel Gallagher Tickets are on sale at 9am today, October 17, priced at £35.00, plus fees.

Royal Blood have announced dates for a new 2015 European tour, including a handful of UK shows. Royal Blood Tickets are on sale at 9am today, October 17, priced at £17.00 (£19.00 in London), plus fees.

Parquet Courts will release their second album of the year on November 11, with ‘Content Nausea’ set to follow up ‘Sunbathing Animal’ and feature the band performing under their Parkay Quarts moniker.

OK Go have announced the release of their new single, I Won’t Let You Down, taken from their upcoming album, 'Hungry Ghosts'.

Pixies are gearing up to release an expanded version of ‘Doolittle’ to celebrate the classic album’s 25th anniversary.

Let's dispense with the foreplay. We all know who Slipknot are, we know what they've been through and we know how much expectation sits on their shoulders. Judgement day has arrived.