Festival News: Download Adds 17 More Bands And Announces NXT UK Takeover
Download Festival 2019 looms ever closer and the festival is truly beginning to take shape with the announcement of a further 17 bands to an already stacked line-up.
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TOUR NEWS: Airbourne return to Belfast and Dublin
Aussie hard rockers Airbourne have confirmed that they are to return to what they describe as two of their favourite venues, in Belfast and Dublin, in August.
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While She Sleeps – ‘SO WHAT?’ (Sleeps Brothers)
Ever the contenders, While She Sleeps have long been regarded as one of Britain’s hottest up-and-coming metal acts. But it wasn’t until 2017’s ‘You Are We’ that the band’s true title-stealing potential truly came to the fore, that record representing not just one of the best UK metal releases in recent years but quite possibly a contender for one of the best global metal releases this decade. What’s more, the band achieved this by going independent, shucking off associations with their previous label and going on to land a top-10 position on the UK album charts. Following up landmark releases has long been an albatross around the necks of many an otherwise successful band, so all eyes are on Sleeps’ fourth studio record ‘SO WHAT?’ to see if the band can continue to ever-greater glory.
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Cats In Space – ‘Day Trip To Narnia’ (Harmony Factory/Cargo Records UK)
ats In Space are an enigma. Only emerging four years ago, David O’Neill first saw them supporting Deep Purple in 2017 and was blown away by the performance on the night. Huge vocals and showmanship are included in any Cats performance. This was followed up with a second performance in Caerphilly Castle, a unique arena for an amazing show supporting Thunder. The live album was very good but ‘Day Trip To Narnia’ takes it to a whole new level. After a single listen our man in the Valleys was transported into the imagination of some very talented musicians who extol the virtues of ‘70s music and TV (when there were only three TV channels and it went off at midnight) with huge productions with wit and nuances that many others in the “PC” era are likely not to explore…
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Mike Tramp – ‘Stray From The Flock’ (Mighty Music)
Self-confessed musicaholic Mike Tramp is to release his latest solo album ‘Stray From The Flock’ on Friday (1 March) through Mighty Music. This album is a wee bit different, as he has a lot of his friends backing him but nevertheless is true Mike Tramp. All his songs still tell his stories as only he can and, to quote Mike himself, “the songs just poured of out me, there was no stopping them.”
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