All Time Low will return to the UK in March 2014 for a huge headline show at London's O2 Academy Brixton.

Keane are set to take a hiatus following the release of their forthcoming 'Best Of' compilation.

Fuck Buttons have been added to the bill for All Tomorrow's Parties' 'End Of An Era Part 2' weekender at Camber Sands, which is being curated by Loop and also features Slint, Shellac, Mogwai and Superchunk.

Paul McCartney surprised crowds in London's Covent Garden with an impromptu busking set on Friday lunchtime, playing five songs from his latest album.

Georgia Ruth has become the third winner of the prestigious Welsh Music Prize.

Gothic metallers Paradise Lost have premiered the lyric video for their new track Loneliness Remains, taken from their upcoming album 'Tragic Illusion 25 (The Rarities)'.

The Twang have announced details of another special Christmas show. The Birmingham band will play at the city’s Rainbow Warehouse on December 22 as well as the previously announced December 23.

Dregen has had quite a career. As well as being a founding member of both Backyard Babies and the Hellacopters, the Swedish guitar hero has lent his skills to projects as diverse as Infinite Mass and Supershit666, as well as turning out as part of Hanoi Rocks frontman Michael Monroe’s touring and recording band.

After the success of their 2013 UK tour, The Classic Rock Show is back – bigger and even better!

It's cold, it's miserable and there's an old Jamaican dude selling drugs around the corner. Just another Tuesday night in Shepherd's Bush, you might think. But tonight, something wicked lurks on the horizon. A clan of leather-clad warriors swarm around the Empire, staking their claim for an evening with Children Of Bodom.

British metalcore outfit Architects have announced details of a new studio album, along with dates for a return to the live stage in March 2014.

If you’re a Future of the Left fan, then you won’t have been able to suppress a big fat grin when you heard of the band’s recent successful PledgeMusic campaign. After all, it’s doubtful that there is there another band in Britain so deserving as this Cardiff-based troupe, whose leader, Andrew Falkous, has been fighting to pump out the very best in discontented, tongue-in-cheek noise rock, with little reward, for well over a decade now.

Gary Barlow has announced another handful of big names for his Children In Need Rocks concerts, adding Barry Manilow, The Wanted, The Lumineers and Tom Odell to the line up.

Damnation Festival has come a long way since it first came into being. Back in October 2005, metalhead Gavin McInally, disenchanted by the fact that so many great bands were seemingly never booked for the UK’s major heavy music events, organised a two-stage, 15-band event at Jilly’s Rock World in Manchester. Raging Speedhorn and Entombed headlined, and a new favourite on the British metal calendar was successfully born.

Bowling For Soup use a naughty amount of 'woah woah woahs' in their music. As do Dragonforce. As do Bon Jovi. American Fangs are here to rival this group of hollering racket-makers, with their 'Pomona' EP serving up the singalong soup in plentiful loads.

For anyone impressed with the Graveltones during their time warming up for Rival Sons across the UK last spring, it's been a long, slightly anxious wait for their first full release, ‘Don’t Wait Down’.

Take That star Gary Barlow will take time out from the X Factor next year in order to tour his new solo record, ‘Since I Saw You Last’, and he’s off to a flyer. Topping this week’s Stereoboard Hot Ticket Chart, Barlow has shunted Justin Timberlake into second spot after extra dates for the American superstar’s ‘20/20 Experience’ tour went on sale.

The Osmonds, David Essex, Showaddywaddy and Bay City Rollers are teaming up for Once In A Lifetime – The Final Tour, the very last chance you'll get to see these guys in action together on one stage. Once In A Lifetime Tickets are ON SALE 9AM TODAY, Friday October 18.

To cope with ticket demand, Gary Barlow has added a handful of new shows to his 2014 Since I Saw You Last Tour​, confirming new shows in Belfast, Dublin and Sheffield, as well as a second show at Birmingham's LG Arena. Gary Barlow Tickets are ON SALE 9.30AM TODAY, Friday October 18.

Canadian metalcore outfit Protest The Hero have released a lyric video for their new song A Life Embossed.