“You get mistaken for strangers by your own friends, when you pass them at night under the silvery, silvery Citibank lights,” lead singer Matt Berninger sings on the National’s Mistaken For Strangers, the lead single from their album ‘Boxer’.

The Eagles will bring their History Of The Eagles tour to the UK and Ireland in May and June 2014.

After wrapping up a successful headlining run throughout the UK, Finnish 'battle metallers' Turisas have announced the We Ride Together European Tour.

UK garage icons So Solid Crew have announced that their forthcoming O2 Arena show has been moved to the IndigO2.

The National have revealed that they’ll be taking a year-long break before they return with a new album. The Cincinnati outfit released their sixth studio album, ‘Trouble Will Find Me’, back in May, hitting #3 in the UK and their native US.

Escape The Fate frontman Craig Mabbitt has issued a follow-up statement after the band cancelled their upcoming co-headline UK tour with Chiodos, as well as pulling their appearance at Warped Tour UK 

Jay Z is facing a lawsuit over his track Run This Town, having been accused of alleged copyright infringement.

Dutch symphonic rock outfit Within Temptation have announced plans to release a new album next year.

HRH Blues have announced more acts for their inaugural event, including Vargas Blues Band, Buck and Evans, Pat McManus, Heavy Weather, Pontus Snibb, Crowsaw, the Idle Hands and the Graveltones​, who were nominated as best new act at last year’s Classic Rock awards.

Just after releasing their new album 'Severance' and right before embarking on their headlining tour throughout the UK, Heart Of A Coward have launched a brand new video for their track Psychophant.

Yuck have announced the release of new single Lose My Breath, out December 16,  taken from their critically acclaimed sophomore LP ‘Glow & Behold’.

Pavel Kim, an aspiring filmmaker from Russia, has won a competition to direct the music video for Avicii’s F1 inspired track, Speed.

For the last four years, The Correspondents have toured relentlessly, with an average of three gigs a week. Amazingly, they have yet to release an album...until now. Their debut LP, 'Puppet Loosely Strung', is set for release in the new year, with first single Fear and Delight out in December. 

Whitey has bit back at a TV production company seeking to use his music for free, publicly declining their offer in excellent fashion.

Following her recent sold-out show at London’s Forum and the release of her UK top 10 album 'Fire Within', British singer songwriter Birdy has announced a London Forum headline show, which will take place on March 4.

Reverend And The Makers’ frontman Jon McClure has been delighting fans who have pre-ordered the band’s fourth album, ‘Thirtytwo’, through Pledge Music, the band’s website and their Facebook page.

Bloodstock have announced the addition of four more bands to the main stage bill.

All Time Low have added a trio of extra dates to their 2014 UK tour, including a new show at Newcastle's O2 Academy on March 10.

When Reuben split up in 2008, it’s no exaggeration to say that a chunk of the UK’s alternative music scene was left devastated. On a personal level they were, alongside the likes of Biffy Clyro, Hell is for Heroes, Mclusky, Million Dead and Oceansize, fundamental to me becoming a genuine music fan instead of some NME-worshipping scenester.

Lily Allen has made her music comeback, providing the soundtrack for this year's John Lewis Christmas TV advert. Revealed today, Allen covers Keane's Somewhere Only We Know as the musical centrepiece for the new animated campaign.