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UK/EU power metal newcomers Fortune Teller unleash their sensational new single ‘Command The Legions’ on March 20th, 2026. The track continues the band’s unfolding narrative arc introduced in their previous singles while building momentum towards their highly-anticipated debut album, scheduled for release in 2026. Driven by soaring vocals, galloping riffs and anthemic hooks, ‘Command The Legions’ depicts the […]

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Hardcore punk lifers DFL (Dead Fucking Last) are back with their ferocious new full-length Fuck It, arriving this spring via SBÄM Records.

Robin Trower has announced a five-date UK tour for late summer 2026, starting at Sunderland Firestation on 31 August and concluding at London’s O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire on 5 September.

The run follows the release of One Moment In Time: Live In The USA, which is out now via Artone / Provogue. Recorded during Trower’s summer 2025 US tour, the live album captures performances from across his catalogue, including Too Rolling Stoned, Day Of The Eagle, Bridge Of Sighs and material from No More Worlds To Conquer and Come And Find Me.

This album was described by MetalTalk as “pleasing in every aspect, one that will be welcomed by his hardcore fan base, and one that should also be embraced by those who may not be familiar with his work.”

“I’m a different player on the stage,” Trower has said. “It’s almost impossible to get to that point in the studio. It’s the sound of the guitar, it’s the volume, it’s the crowd. For what I do, it takes one hundred per cent commitment for it to work.”

Trower says he enjoys the freedom of the three-piece live format, praising bassist and vocalist Richard Watts and drummer Chris Taggart, both of whom he has worked with for around a decade.

“In a three-piece, everybody is trying to make up for the missing instrument,” Trower says. “I’m very fortunate to play with guys of this calibre. They have to watch me a bit, because obviously I’m leading and they have to follow. But they do a brilliant job.”

The tour also arrives during another productive period for the British blues-rock guitarist, following recent studio albums including Come And Find Me (2025), Joyful Sky (2023), No More Worlds To Conquer (2022) and Coming Closer To The Day (2019).

Tickets are on general sale from 13 March 2026 via The Gig Cartel.

Robin Trower Captures Lightning Live On One Moment In Time: Live In The USA

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Philadelphia/New Jersey quintet Sweet Pill will release their sophomore album “Still There’s A Glow“  on March 13th via Hopeless Records.  “Still There’s a Glow”

Following on from Michael Monroe was always going to be a tough job, so the question was how well Josh Todd and the Buckcherry boys would do, bringing their L.A. sleaze and attitude to Chalk, a small Brighton club. Well, they gave it one helluva go.

Buckcherry – Rubikon

Chalk, Brighton – 8 March 2026

Words: Adrian Stonley

Photography: Robert Sutton

Whether it was because the show was the last of the tour or not, it seemed that perhaps they were tiring a bit. The attitude and energy were there, the songs were definitely there, and the performance was as well.  

On any other night, this would have been a fantastic show, but tonight they had been eclipsed. Don’t get me wrong. Buckcherry came out firing on all cylinders.

Lit Up from their first album, their ode to cocaine kicked off proceedings, and you could not have had a better start. The band were on fire, down, dirty and raunchy. Josh swaggered around the stage. This man was on a mission tonight. The rest of the band were equally aligned to bring Downtown L.A to the Chalk.

With tonight being a double header, it meant that both Buckcherry and Michale Monroe had reduced set times, but both made the most of the time provided. Tonight was a case of quality over quantity.

But Buckcherry are a band who are not scared to mix things up a bit. Hellbound and Ridin are heads down, leap around, good time rock ‘n’ roll. Say Fuck It, a cover of the Icona Pop dance tune, is entirely reimagined, yet unsurprisingly gets a raucous audience participation going.

Gluttony keeps the tempo raised up to 11, with the repetitive chorus of “I want it, I need it, I love it.” Josh struts around the stage as the audience soaks up the moment. They want it, they need it, and they absolutely love it.

Sorry follows. This is Buckcherry’s big ballad, and it hits hard. It is obvious that there are people in the audience who can relate to this tonight. The tempo drops, and the heartstrings are drawn. Hands are raised, and teardrops fall.

The set, like Michael Monroe’s, flies through and we come to the last tune, a medley based around Crazy Bitch’ Yet again, with matters mixed up, including refrains of James Browns Sex Machine and Prince’s Irresistible Bitch and a storming dedication to Tina Turner through a rocked up cover of Creedence’s Proud Man thrown in for good measure.

Rubikon

Unfortunately, due to delays in getting into the venue, Rubikon were already onstage on my arrival and well into their set. As a starter for the night, they certainly did their job, although visually and musically, they did not seem to fit the bill.

That said, their songs and performance were strong, and they more than played their part.

Because of the venue’s early curfew policy, they only have a thirty-minute set to show themselves off, and it is always going to be difficult to open when half the audience is still queued outside.

Yet they are drawn to the stage on arrival, and it is quite clear that those who make the effort to see Rubikon are well rewarded. 

The music is hard-driving rock. There may not be the flash and glam of the headline artists, but this is a band who, with a handful of albums already under their belts, know how to work the stage and environment.

There is no messing around, and little audience banter. They need to use the allotted time to the best of their ability, and they do so.

Perhaps with more time to see them, I can have more to say, but they are certainly a band to watch for the future to see how they develop.

Top Of His Game: Michael Monroe Triumphs at Chalk Brighton

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