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Off the back of his sold out 2024 North American tour and highly acclaimed New Years shows in Los Angeles, Morrissey announces three exclusive UK tour dates for June 2025 including a return home to Manchester for his first ever show at the new Co-op Live arena and two dates at Glasgow O2 Academy.

Following a very limited run of ground-breaking performances in a select few US cities, contemporary chameleon Beck will showcase a daring and different side of his creative acumen this April with two exclusive orchestral performances at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

The Zac Schulze Gang are back with the stomping new track “I Won’t Do This Anymore” which is out now.

n February 2023, Rick Wakeman CBE and the English Rock Ensemble performed three classic works from his prog rock back catalogue over two nights in what have since become legendary sell-out concerts at the London Palladium.

UK-based Kay Iris have already released singles such as ‘Last To Be Sung’, ‘A Tale Of Fate’ and ‘Dead Man Walking’ and are pleased to announce ‘Stories We Tell’

Zaho de Sagazan – one of the fastest rising stars in French music – is about to embark on her UK tour this month, playing to 5,000 people during 5 dates in the UK & Ireland. 

This morning, at the home of Aston Villa, Sharon Osbourne and Tony Iommi announced that the original Black Sabbath – Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward – will play for the first time in 20 years. The band will take to the stage to headline BACK TO THE BEGINNING on Saturday 5th July 2025 at Villa Park.

Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival today announce Britpop icons SUPERGRASS as their final headliner at the 21st edition of Scotland’s largest camping festival, taking place from 31st July – 2nd August 2025.

Confucius MC & Bastien Keb Announce Debut Album On Shabaka Hutchings’ Native Rebel Recordings Label South London rapper Confucius MC returns to Shabaka Hutchings’ Native Rebel Recordings for a new project alongside producer and multi-instrumentalist Bastien...

Today, venerated Australian singer-songwriter Liz Stringer announces her new album The Second High, and releases the video for the title track. Recorded at Iguana Studios in Brixton with Grammy nominated/Ivor Novello Award-winning producer Beni Giles (Lianna La Havas, Oscar Jerome), a decision which saw her move permanently to London to develop her career in the UK, The Second High, out 28th March 2025.

Kids Return, the hottest indie-rock Parisian duo, have released their brand new single ‘All Yours Now’.

UK-based multi-award winning singer-songwriter and guitarist Leoni Jane Kennedy has announced her first single release for 2025

Since debuting in 2000, Starsailor’s storied history has taken in countless memorable moments, from two #2 hit albums with ‘Love Is Here’ and ‘Silence Is Easy’ through to a run of hit singles including ‘Silence Is Easy’, ‘Alcoholic’, ‘Four To The Floor’ and ‘Good Souls’, plus an NME Award and a major tour with The Rolling Stones.

The muse of industry legends for over two decades, Emmy nominated, Sarah McGuinness transformed her behind-the-scenes life with the stars into a one-woman musical cabaret, which took London (UK) by storm at the end of 2024.

From a jaw-dropping performance at the Dr Who At The Proms, through to performing with Robbie Williams at the FIFA World Cup Opening Ceremony, and singing on stage for the likes of Plácido Domingo and Andrea Bocelli, world class Soprano Aida Garifullina now announces her first ever headline show in the UK, as she performs at London’s Cadogan Hall on Monday 24th March 2025.

Lisa Gerrard, the renowned Australian artist and vocalist, has released her new video for the track ‘In Exile’ taken from her new album ‘Come Tenderness’.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Daryl Hall, is launching his 2025 international touring slate with a series of UK shows, featuring opening act Glenn Tilbrook of Squeeze; starting 17 May in Glasgow, the tour sees Hall play The Royal Albert Hall on 19 May, for the first time ever in his illustrious career.

Hot-footing her 2024 single ‘Dream No6’, which garnered mammoth critical acclaim globally, the phenomenal Asta Bria storms into 2025 with the release of her first official single under her new global record deal –  ‘Emma’ – released Friday 7th March 2025.

Today, the iconic 80s retro festival, Let’s Rock, unveils its official line-up for summer 2025 at Let’s Rock Shrewsbury – and it’s the best ever!

Today, the iconic 80s retro festival, Let’s Rock, unveils its official line-up for summer 2025 at Let’s Rock Exeter– and it’s the best ever!

Prog-rock outfit O.R.k. are back today with ‘Mask Becomes The Face’, the third instalment in a recent string of exciting new single releases from the band. ‘

Following her October 2024 UK tour, celebrated blues rock guitarist Samantha Fish returns to the UK in May and June 2025 for 4 exclusive UK concerts

“Close to the Knife”, the first single to be unveiled from Blue Foundation’s upcoming new album is a dreamy duet written by Tobias Wilner and Bo Rande, performed by Helena Gao and Tobias Wilner.

35x Platinum-selling New Zealand sensations DRAX PROJECT are gearing up for their first full UK tour, kicking off with a highly anticipated performance at London’s Islington Assembly Hall on 17th May 2025.

Singer-songwriter, poet, actor and multi-instrumentalist Willie Watson has released a live video for his beautiful song ‘Play It One More Time’ taken from the widely acclaimed new self-titled album out now via Little Operation Records and More (Thirty Tigers).

Watch the video for Ellie Walker & The Folly’s joyful new festive single ‘This Christmas Morning’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=INRZY2z-0y8eQIOW&v=Ni4KLR_y7lM&feature=youtu.be Following their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Sink Or Swim’, released in...

For the first time in their nearly 50-year musical careers, legendary guitar icons Joe Satriani and Steve Vai have united to form The SATCHVAI Band.

The winner of  The Masked Singer 2023, and renowned as a warrior of the pop industry with bandmates Fightstar and Busted, frontman Charlie Simpson today announces that he’ll be using his gravel-voiced pop vocals on his next mission to battle a Martian invasion, as he joins the cast of Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of The Worlds The Spirit of Man Tour 2025.

Following a run of sold out UK shows earlier this year,
KIDZ BOP, the #1 music brand for kids, announced its biggest UK show yet at London’s iconic OVO Arena Wembley on 8 March 2025, in partnership with Kilimanjaro Live.

In the winter of 1974, WAR were already a half-decade into their career and fresh off the success of the #1 Billboard best-selling album of 1973, The World Is a Ghetto.

Maid of Stone 2025 is set to raise the bar for rock festivals in the UK, with an exciting line-up that includes Kentucky rock icons Black Stone Cherry, legendary guitarist Michael Schenker, and a host of other major international and homegrown acts.

Vocalist and all-creative Sarah McGuinness is a friend of JLTT with our lead writer the late Pete Sargeant being the last journalist to interview her. In addition, this is the 2,500 published article on the website and her new Christmas single ‘River’ is released on 20th December 2024 (which would have been Pete’s birthday) Thank you so much to all our dear readers, supporters, friends and loved ones who help make Just Listen To This so wonderful:

Based in the US Northwest, Jenny Don’t and the Spurs have spent over a decade building a global reputation as hard-working stalwarts of the Country Western scene, with dynamic music that also acknowledges their roots in garage rock and cowpunk.

Dim Gray are a Norwegian band known for their cinematic, atmospheric sound that fuses rock, folk, and chamber pop.

Hot on the heels of their two new EP’s “Paradise Alone” and “Hell Together,” The Sheepdogs are the gift that keeps on giving!

Norwegian Rock outfit LEPROUS continue to promote their recently released 8th studio album “Melodies Of Atonement” and are now launching a drum play-through video by Baard Kolstad for the track “Atonement”.

Blues-rock heavyweights Jack J Hutchinson and Matt Pearce & The Mutiny are teaming up for a co-headlining UK tour in Spring 2025, bringing fans a high-energy experience filled with intense guitar riffs and soulful, blues-inspired rock.

After six years away from touring, the legendary Jamiroquai have announced a arena tour for December 2025.

Sandown Park Racecourse is thrilled to reveal the first headliner for its highly anticipated 2025 music summer season: one of the UK’s most beloved bands, TEXAS.

Today, one the best-selling music artists of all time, Katy Perry announces The Lifetimes Tour is coming to the UK in October 2025 – a spectacular career-spanning run of live shows, including all the hits from across her multi-million selling albums. 

Steven Wilson has added an extra London date to his forthcoming European tour. He will play a 4th and final date at London’s Palladium on 20th May 2025.

Following the record-breaking success of Stray Kids’ 2024 shows in Asia & Australia, the acclaimed, gold certified, global K-Pop phenomenon has unveiled 20 new performances on their highly successful World Tour across Latin America, North America, Europe and the UK.

Today, GRAMMY® nominated band, OneRepublic have announced the ‘Escape to Europe’ 2025 Tour.

BOWEN * YOUNG have released a beautiful and tender cover of Joni Mitchell’s stirring holiday classic, ‘River’.

Parisian indie-pop quartet Later. return with a brand new single ‘Hold On / Lean On Me’ (7th November), lifted from their upcoming album ‘Golden Bay’ due in January 2025. 

After performing for more than 1 MILLION fans in 2024, Warner Music Nashville’s Chase Matthew is closing out his year with big plans for the next.

Sam Fender is pleased to announce details of his highly anticipated third album, ‘People Watching’.

Today, multi-platinum pop sensation Tate McRae announces her highly anticipated third album ‘So Close To What’ to be released on 21st February 2025 via RCA Records.

Celebrated guitarist and singer Orianthi will release her new single “Some Kind of Feeling” via Woodward Avenue Records on Friday 15th November 2024.

Nu-metal band Linkin Park have announced a headline show at Wembley Stadium Connected By EE in London as part of their 2025 From Zero World Tour.