Take That fans, you’re in luck - Mark Owen has confirmed that the boys will be going into the studio to record a brand new album next year!

Lee Evans has announced the dates for his long-awaited new 'Monsters' UK arena tour. The new 2014 stand-up tour will see Evans travelling the length and breadth of the UK, entertaining sell out crowds at some of the biggest arenas in a way only he knows. Expect lots of sweat and laughs!

French house superstars Daft Punk are streaming their brand new album ‘Random Access Memories’ via iTunes for absolutely free.

Bloodstock Festival have announced that French super-heavyweights and Metal Hammer Golden God Award ‘Best Live Band’ nominees, Gojira, have been added to the Saturday line-up. Still basking in plaudits for current album, ‘L’Enfant Sauvage’, the earthquake-inducing four-piece stole the show on the recent 2013 Jagermeister UK tour.  Frontman Joe Duplantier enthuses:

Tickets were snapped up within minutes two weeks ago for Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' now sold out show at The O2 Dublin on September 15th. Due to the unprecedented demand from Irish fans, a second show has just been added on Saturday September 14th. Tickets from €36 including booking fee go on-sale nationwide this Friday 17th May at 9am.

Five Finger Death Punch have released the lead single from the first of their forthcoming new studio albums via all digital retailers. The track, 'Lift Me Up' (featuring Rob Halford of Judas Priest), debuted live at the  Revolver Golden Gods Awards Show last week where the band were joined on stage by Judas Priest’s Rob Halford . Singer Ivan Moody said:

Multi-million selling Snow Patrol are confirmed to headline Belfast's Tennent’s Vital this summer.

Salford post-punk outfit New Order have announced that they’ll be releasing a live CD of their epic set at Bestival from last year, in order to raise money for the Isle of Wight Youth Trust charity.

Comedian Russell Howard has announced further dates for his 2014 'Wonderbox' stand-up arena tour. 

John Mayer has announced a show at London's Wembley Arena, set to take place 1 week after his already confirmed London O2 Arena date on October 20th.

Dutch jazz singer Caro Emerald has scored her first ever #1 UK album this week, with her latest effort ‘The Shocking Miss Emerald’.

Hilarious sweatbox Lee Evans is set to announce his hugely-anticipated 2014 UK arena tour tomorrow - and we’re more than excited for it!

If there’s one thing I like doing it’s listening to brand new music from artists I have no prior knowledge of hoping they will bring a breath of fresh air from some of the earache inducing fodder that is littering the music landscape today. On that note I was really pleased when I was introduced to the sound of young Tyler Jacob. Like many aspiring musicians Tyler has his own YouTube channel notching up an impressive seven thousand subscribers and over a million hits covering songs by the likes of Adele and Bruno Mars. However unlike many aspiring musicians Tyler Jacob has the added endorsement of some of the industry heavyweights such as Grammy Award winner Brandy Norwood, producer and writer Donell Jones of 'U Know What’s Up' fame and Koko, who you may remember as a third of the 90’s R&B sensation SWV - so clearly he is making waves among the choppy waters of the music industry.

American alt-rockers Kings of Leon have debuted brand new song ‘Always the Same’ at their live gigs - you can check out a video of one performance below.

Following triumphant shows at London’s Alexandra Palace and Nottingham’s Rock City earlier this year, due to demand, Suede have added further dates to their October UK tour.

Aussie rockers Airbourne are currently streaming their new album 'Black Dog Barking' in full online.

If you like dubstep, Abyssal Audio are about to become your new best friends - they’ve given away their epic first ever release, the ‘Event Horizon’ EP, for absolutely FREE!

Since her critically acclaimed 2010 debut album 'Catching a Tiger', Lissie has forged a reputation as one of the most talented and enigmatic female rock artists of recent times. Today she releases the video for new single 'Shameless' - released on June 16th through Columbia Records. Her much-anticipated second album is set to be released this September. 

Berlin-based band, Abby are getting ready to make their name in the UK with a fantastic debut single and some headline shows next month. Ahead of the envisaged surge of bandwagon jumpers, Stereoboard caught up with lead singer, Filou, and synth and keys man, Lorenzo, to chat about all things Abby, including how the band came to be.  

With the release of Parlour Flames’ self-titled debut album scheduled for Monday 20th May on Cherry Red, Mancunians Vinny Peculiar (Alan Wilkes) and guitarist Bonehead (Paul Arthurs) are currently touring the UK with a full live band featuring Cherry Ghost bassist Ollie Collins and Badly Drawn Boy drummer Che Beresford, with newest recruit Rob Steadman on keyboards completing the line-up.