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Australian band King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have just announced that they have selected 5 countries for a multi-show residency in the same city. The band, led by Stu McKenzie, have chosen Spain, Portugal, Lithuania, Greece and Bulgaria for the experience, offering three consecutive shows at Barcelona’s Poble Espanyol in Spain. The band, who
With less than a month to go, the organisers of Vida Festival 2024 have just released the schedule for the Catalan festival, which will take place from 4 to 6 July at its usual venue, the Masia d’en Cabanyes in Vilanova i la Geltrú. The main stages will be opened on Thursday 4 July by
After closing the line-up at the beginning of April, the organisers of the FIB 2024 have today announced the daily line-up. The opening day, Thursday 18 July, will be headlined by Black Eyed Peas, who will be joined by The Libertines, Jess Glyne and locals Lori Meyers, while Friday 19 July will feature YungBlud, The
With just over a month to go, the Cruïlla Festival of Barcelona has today announced the line-up for the 2024 edition, which will take place between 10 and 13 July at its usual venue, the Parc del Fòrum, with The Smashing Pumpkins, Pet Shop Boys, Avril Lavigne and Kasabian as the main headliners. The festival
Frank Carter and his Rattlesnakes have announced a European tour in support of their wonderful latest album, Dark Rainbow (2024), which was released last January. Former Gallows frontman and guitarist Dean Richardson’s band will kick off the tour on 21 October in Copenhagen, and after visiting the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, France and
US band DIIV have just released their long-awaited new album on social media, their first in five years after the majestic Deceiver (2019). The band, led by Zachary Cole Smith, have released Frog In Boiling Water (2024), produced by Chris Coady (Beach House, Future Islands), which includes some of their latest singles such as ‘Everyone
Two months after the announcement of the British band Kasabian, the organisers of Sonorama Ribera Day have today announced a new batch of names for the first edition of the festival, which will take place on Saturday 24th August near Santander’s Virgen del Mar beach. One of our favourite bands stands out in this new
Just over two weeks after announcing its line-up, the organisation of Rock Fest Barcelona 2024 announced today that the traditional collection of wristbands and season tickets on Thursday in the Parc de Can Zam will be turned into a party with free concerts. Tickets can be exchanged for wristbands between 16:00 and 22:00, while the
The sad news of the death of Steve Albini, singer/songwriter for Shellac & producer of countless important independent records over the past thirty years, at the age of 61, has broken our hearts. He died of a heart attack at Electronic Audio, the recording studio he owned in Chicago. Founder of bands such as Rapeman,
The organisers of the Alma Festival Barcelona 2024 have today announced two new names for the final day of the festival, completing the line-up. Mexico’s Lila Downs and local band Muchachito Bombo Infierno will complete the bill on 21 July, which also includes Queens Of The Stone Age, Alice Cooper, Glen Hansard, Sheryl Crow, Vetusta
