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Los Angeles rockers Blacklist Union have teamed up with Lorraine Lewis of Femme Fatale and ex-Vixen fame for a brand-new take on the Johnny Cash and June Carter classic Jackson. Released through BLU Records, the single transforms the legendary country duet into a sleazy hard rock and punk-fuelled anthem packed with outlaw swagger and raw attitude.
Frontman Tony West joins forces with Lewis on the track, delivering a reimagining described as Johnny Cash by way of The Ramones.
The release follows the acclaim surrounding Blacklist Union’s 2025 album Slay The Dragon, produced by Christopher Johnson, whose previous credits include Evanescence, Scott Weiland and Josh Todd.
Founded in Los Angeles in 2006 by Bronx-born vocalist Tony West, Blacklist Union blend hard rock, punk and alternative influences inspired by The Ramones, Bad Brains and the New York hardcore scene.
Lorraine Lewis (Femme Fatale / ex-Vixen) alongside Blacklist Union frontman Tony West
Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin and Milan.
“Working with Tony has been icing on the cake for me,” Lorraine Lewis said. “Having newly signed with Cleopatra Records, Femme Fatale are slated to release our full album in August. The timing couldn’t be more perfect for the Faster Pussycat and Blacklist Union tour.”
The official music video for Jackson was directed by former Saliva member Paul Crosby.
September
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Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin
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Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin and Milan.
Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin
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Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin and Milan.
Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin
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Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin and Milan.
Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin
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Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin and Milan.
Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin
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Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin and Milan.
Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin
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Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin and Milan.
Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin
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Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin and Milan.
Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin
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Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin and Milan.
Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin
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Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin and Milan.
Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin
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Blacklist Union will hit the road across the UK and Europe alongside Faster Pussycat and Femme Fatale during September 2026, performing in 19 cities including London, Glasgow, Barcelona, Cologne, Berlin and Milan.
Good Charlotte have announced a run of UK and European tour dates, and they’ll be bringing Yellowcard along for the ride.
With the band set to headline Slam Dunk Festival this weekend, it’s not long until they’ll be back on UK soil.
The pop-punk legends will play a run of arena shows across the UK and Europe in October, and with Yellowcard joining them, it’s set to be a big one.
Actually, it’s going to include some of the biggest shows the Madden brothers have ever played on this side of the world, including nights at London’s O2 and Manchester’s Co-op Live.
Fingers crossed we get to hear that epic GC x YC collab live.
Tickets go on sale May 29 at 10am local time.
Check out the full list of dates below.
NOVEMBER
8: STOCKHOLM Hovet 11: MUNICH Zenith 13: BRUSSELS Forest National 14: DÜSSELDORF Mitsubishi Electric Halle 16: AMSTERDAM AFAS Live 17: PARIS Zenith Paris La Villette 19: LONDON The O2 20: MANCHESTER Co-op Live
Good Charlotte are on the cover of Rock Sound right now, where Benji joined us to chat through 30 years of GC, their biggest live shows to date, and the importance of the band’s eighth album ‘Motel Du Cap’.
Benji also told us about working with Yellowcard on their collaborative single ‘Bedroom Posters’, and finally having the chance to tour together after so many years.
“We were all kids when both of our bands started out.. I’ve always felt like Ryan’s voice is different from anyone else in the scene. They’ve been through similar experiences to us, and they survived it too. They learned a lot of meaningful lessons from it, and now they’re in the best place they’ve ever been. I love the song we did with them, and I’m really excited to do more shows together. I’ll do anything with those guys.”
Glaswegian interdimensional space rockers The Cosmic Dead have finished their tenth album.
The Cosmic Dead are from Glasgow, Scotland. They are heavy psych stoner rock purveyors said to be “inter-dimensional space-travelling explorers,” a feat presumably accomplished through the application relevant necessary agents. Their first album came out in 2011 (I think), and nine more have since materialized, counting the latest. The band is now Omar Aborida (bass, guitar), Tommy Duffin (drums), Calum Calderwood (fiddle), and Luigi Pasquini (synth).
There are four long tracks on the record. “Furthur” is a sixteen-minute quest that is primarily instrumental for the first few minutes with what sounds like chanting urging you on. Later on, the chanting is more recognizably singing, although it maintains a ritual quality even then. The music is spacey and groovy, spiced with many boops and beeps. Aggressive passages do emerge, particularly in the final third. It is something to experience. “Stronger” is a radio-length song with Primus-like rhythms. It leads you to bloom inside smiles that break through in the form of moderately displaced lips.
“Aurora” is very contemplative. As it moves along, the music quickens and becomes searching. I did a lot of looking around, but I never actually found anything. The guitar is fantastic. “Aether” is the final piece of the puzzle. It presents a mystical desert vibe and had me thinking about djinn riding gigantic dangerous beasts across sand dunes that they were merely displaying to onlookers, not threatening them. The composition evolves into a more active stance, bringing you along with it. While all the music on the record is compelling, this song is the one I will remember longest. Recommended.
Beyond The Beyond comes out on Friday, April 17th through Heavy Psych Sounds Records. Listen and buy at the links below.
Blaze Bayley, Jase Edwards, Jeff Hateley and Steve Danger hit the road in May to celebrate 40 years of their classic, unchanged lineup — a rare and powerful milestone in British rock. British rock legends Wolfsbane return to the road this May as Blaze Bayley, Jase Edwards, Jeff Hateley and Steve Danger celebrate an extraordinary milestone — 40 […]
Another taste of that new album we know is on the way, this one takes things in a more vicious direction, featuring some fantastically ferocious vocals from frontwoman Chrissy Costanza. Overflowing with emotion and blisteringly powerful, it’s another sign that their next era is going to be something very special.
Speaking about the track, the band have shared:
““Dead Man Walking” is about how the cost of survival was the person you used to be. It explores the return home from war only to find that, although everything looks the same, you yourself are so deeply different that you no longer fit. There’s a stranger staring back at you in the mirror, the ghost of someone you once were. Everyone thinks you’re fine because you made it out alive, but they don’t realise you never really did.”
Against The Current will return to the UK and Europe for a run of headline shows this Autumn.
Take a look at the full list of dates below.
OCTOBER
30 – GLASGOW SWG3 (TV Studio) 31 – LEEDS Leeds Beckett Students Union
NOVEMBER
01 – MANCHESTER Academy 03 – BIRMINGHAM O2 Institute 04 – LONDON O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire 06 – PARIS Le Trianon 07 – SAARBRÜCKEN Garage 08 – BRUSSELS Ancienne Belgique 11 – KÖLN E-Werk 12 – UTRECHT TivoliVredenburg 13 – HAMBURG Grosse Freiheit 36 14 – BERLIN Metropol 16 – VIENNA Simm City 17 – MUNICH Muffathalle 19 – ZURICH Komplex 457 20 – STUTTGART LKA Longhorn 21 – WIESBADEN Schlachthof
The band are also back on the cover of Rock Sound, celebrating their past, present and future in a brand-new interview.
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