It is 21.30 on the dot when Orla Gartland and her all female band, bassist Scarlet Halton and drummer Sara Leigh Shaw, take the stage running. “Holding Out For a Hero” by Bonnie Tyler is blasting off the speakers, filling the room and immediately introducing the theme of the tour, aptly named the Hero Tour, after Gartland’s second LP, Everybody Needs a Hero.

British metal band Sleep Token have just unveiled a new ‘‘offering’’ titled "Emergence," acting as the lead single from their forthcoming fourth album, Even In Arcadia, via RCA Records and scheduled for release on May 9, 2025, almost exactly two years since unleashing their last record Take Me Back To Eden. Produced by Carl Bown, the new release features the band's signature genre-blending style, combining atmospheric elements with heavy riffs and melodic vocals, also incorporating a saxophone solo towards the end as standout element of the song.

Lady Gaga's latest album, MAYHEM was released on March 7, 2025 via Interscope Records, 5 years after her sixth album Chromatica. This seventh studio album marks a return to her pop roots, blending genres like synth-pop, disco, industrial pop, rock, and dance-pop. The album includes the singles “Disease” and “Abracadabra’’ as well as 12 other tracks that reveal Gaga’s desire for a mix of different sounds.

Canadian metal powerhouse Spiritbox have finally released their long-awaited second album Tsunami Sea, released on March 7, 2025, through Pale Chord and Rise Records. Following their successful debut album, Eternal Blue (2021), and two subsequent EPs, Rotoscope (2022) and The Fear of Fear (2023), the 11-track record showcases the band's evolution in blending intense metalcore elements with ethereal melodies and different genres, incorporating pop and drum’n’bass influences.

London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town was flooded with a diverse crowd of rock enthusiasts, raring up for a memorable evening that was about to unfold. A solid lineup of artists and bands prepared to take the stage ahead of the main act RØRY. There was a sense of female power in the air as she emerged onto the stage from the shadows and opened up the sold-out show with “In The Bible“, under loud cheers and deafening applause that resonated from every corner of the room.

Bursting out onto the stage and straight into the highly popular “Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing (Reborn)” Set It Off were all smiles and unwavering bouncy energy as the crowd sang along to the lyrics. It’s been a couple of years since we have seen the Florida trio on a London stage, in fact their last headlining performance was in November 2022 so the excitement was palpable as the band made their way into the set.

British metalcore band Architects have released their 11th studio album The Sky, The Earth & All Between via Epitath Records on February 28. Produced by ex-Bring Me The Horizon member Jordan Fish, the album features 12 tracks, including singles like "Seeing Red," "Curse," "Whiplash," "Blackhole," and "Everything Ends."

It is a grey and rainy day on the outskirts of Milan, Italy, as a crowd of bow wearing girls with their friends, parents and partners dance and sing along to playbacks of Ariana Grande’s “We Can’t Be Friends” and Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe” while they wait for the main event to start.

Gracie Abrams, class of 1999, appears right on time on an elevated stage, half hidden as she fittingly opens her show with “Felt Good About You”, the first track off her second studio album, The Secret Of Us.

Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK has unveiled their 11th studio album DETOX on February 21, 2025, coinciding with their 20th anniversary. The album features a total of 11 tracks, including singles like "Dystopia," "Delusion:All," "+Matter," and the latest release "Tropical Therapy."

BLACKPINK in your area! K-Pop sensation BLACKPINK have announced their comeback with a 2025 world tour, embarking on a series of stadium shows. The trek will span 10 cities across North America, Europe and Asia later this year, marking a highly anticipated return to the stage after a period of solo endeavors.

A couple of weeks after announcing a tour marking the 10-year anniversary of debut album White Noise across the US, UK and Europe, PVRIS has dropped a new version of “My House” featuring Spiritbox’s vocalist Courtney LaPlante on February 18.

BLACKPINK’s JISOO follows the footsteps of group members ROSÉ, LISA and JENNIE in their solo adventures with the release of AMORTAGE, her debut solo mini album, released on February 14, 2025, through her label Blissoo and Warner Records. This release marks her first solo project since departing from YG Entertainment and Interscope Records in 2023, and ME, her first solo release the same year.