TARJA TURUNEN & TORSTEN STENZEL CREATE OUTLANDERS
Tarja Turunen & Torsten Stenzel are OUTLANDERS. Tarja's vision of OUTLANDERS is to create something exciting and new: OUTLANDERS combines chilled but exciting electronic beats with Tarja’s emotional, classically trained vocal skills and unique guitar performances. The first single "Closer to the Sky" is now available for pre-order on all digital plattforms as well as on strictly limited vinyl 7".
DEEP PURPLE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM "TURNING TO CRIME" FOR NOVEMBER 26TH
With strong tailwind from last year's chart leading album "Whoosh!", DEEP PURPLE surprises with new album "TURNING TO CRIME" and new single "7 And 7 Is". “Turning to Crime”, again produced by long-time collaborateur Bob Ezrin, is the first studio album by Deep Purple entirely made of songs not written by the band and previously recorded by other artists - hitting the stores on the 26th of November.
COPELAND, BELEW, KING, COSMA RELEASE "GIZMODROME LIVE" ON NOVEMBER 19TH
Four masterful musicians with a collective CV of The Police, Level 42, King Crimson, David Bowie, Frank Zappa and the Talking Heads - just to name a few - united on one stage: that's "Gizmodrome Live". Stewart Copeland, Mark King, Vittorio Cosma and Adrian Belew recorded this breathtaking live-album during their worldwide debut tour in 2018, in front of ecstatic crowds in Florence, Rome, Tokyo, Osaka and London.
HELMET ANNOUNCE FIRST LIVE ALBUM "LIVE AND RARE" OUT NOVEMBER 26TH
New York City based Punk pioneers HELMET are releasing their very first live album "Live and Rare" on November 26th. The record contains two fantastic shows from the early days of the band: One from 1990 at New York's infamous CBGB's, before the band’s debut album “Strap It On“ has been unleashed. The other at Sydney's "Big Day Out" festival in 1993, after their frenetically celebrated milestone album “Meantime“ had been put out.
EXCLUSIVE IN-STORE ALBUM-SIGNING EVENT WITH ALICE COOPER IN LIVONIA
Rock City Music Company, earMUSIC, WCSX and ALICE COOPER have teamed up to bring “Detroit Stories” to life with an exclusive in-store signing set for 4 PM September 23rd, 2021. Fans will have the chance to meet Detroit’s own Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and have their copy of “Detroit Stories” signed in person. This is the first time since 1999 that ALICE COOPER has participated in an event of this kind in the metro-Detroit area.
JUSTIN SULLIVAN OF NEW MODEL ARMY ANNOUNCES SOLO UK TOUR
Sullivan stepped out from New Model Army to release his second solo album in May this year. He has now announced a 14 date solo tour where he will be playing tracks from the album and from his extensive New Model Army back catalogue. “Surrounded” has been written in the first weeks of the 2020 lockdown. These songs are again guitar-vocal compositions highlighting Sullivan’s love of storytelling, wide open landscapes and powerful atmospheres.
JOE JACKSON ANNOUNCES EUROPEAN TOUR DATES 2022
Joe Jackson is launching a new tour with the same band as his last, the successful Four Decade Tour of 2019, and his last album Fool: Graham Maby (Bass, Vocals), Teddy Kumpel (Guitar, Vocals) and Doug Yowell (Drums, Vocals, Electronics). The show will feature both the full band and a 'mini-set' of Joe solo. The songs will be drawn from Joe's whole career, including some that haven't been heard live in many years.
THE THE LAUNCH EXCLUSIVE PREORDER FORMATS OF "THE COMEBACK SPECIAL"
THE THE are one of the most important and influential British independent bands for sure. "THE COMEBACK SPECIAL" documents the band's spectacular performance at the legendary Royal Albert Hall in London in 2018, now available in different wonderfully designed formats such as a 2xCD Mediabook, a 3xLP on clear vinyl as well as a 3xLP on black vinyl, a Blu-ray and a DVD Mediabook, and a Limited Deluxe Art Book Box Set.
SAGA ANNOUNCE REISSUE SERIES LAUNCHING SEPTEMBER 3
earMUSIC is celebrating the SAGA's over four-decades long career with a carefully crafted reissue series, featuring the essential material from 1987 to 2007. The albums will be heading back to stores on finest 180g black vinyl. All mastered for vinyl and reissued with enhanced artwork, rare fan material and press images, complemented extensive liner notes, and personal quotes by the band.
ROBBEN FORD'S NEW SINGLE "BALAFON" IS NOW AVAILABLE
ROBBEN FORD is one of the premier guitar / instrumentalists of our time. His new single "BALAFON" taken from his soon to be released album “PURE” is now available on all digital platforms. "'BALAFON' was one of the first two songs written for 'PURE'", Ford says; "I wanted a beautiful chordal melody and then a shift to a very strong 'twangy' riff to contrast. Between, there is a pensive moment to set up a powerful guitar climax!"