U2 Announce Concerts In Mexico City, Buenos Aires And São Paulo For Spring 2027

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15 October 2026


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As all U2 fans know, their heroes are releasing album number 16, their first
in 9 years, titled Carnival De Luz on November 13th. Pre-order info here.

Bono: “Roll up, roll up, roll up! Bring your purple socks, your broken hearts, your
rose-tinted naivety… oh be amazed in the hall of mirrors. There will be loud guitars,
deep bass, some ecstatic rhythms and, yes, some silver tears will make an appearance.

The Edge: “It’s a messy, provocative, sacred collection of songs, and
features the first-ever use of flat-wound strings on a U2 recording.
Just saying.”

Three weeks ago, following debut single Fireflies, they
premiered the 2nd preview with Silencio. A solid gold
crackerjack.

Enough about the music. Tour news now.

They just announced the first shows of a 2027 world tour.
They start with Buenos Aires, Mexico City, and São Paulo.
See dates below. Sign up for pre-sale HERE.

Concerts for Europe and North America will
be communicated in a couple of weeks.

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THE BEATLES Masterpiece ‘RUBBER SOUL’ In Gold On November 27th For RECORD STORE DAY

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15 October 2026

On November 27th, the Record Store Day organisation
will take part again in the yearly Black Friday event.

One of the countless releases is an exclusive, standalone vinyl LP in a limited-edition
gold vinyl of the 1965 original version released in the US by Capitol Records, of the
masterpiece album Rubber Soul by The Beatles.

The audio has been sourced from the original 1965 US production master referencing
the contemporary mastering notes of the time. Pressed on a 180g heavyweight gold LP and housed in a poly-lined inner bag within a single outer sleeve that replicates the original US Album release.

As had occurred with all The Beatles’ albums released in the US, the tracklisting is different from its UK counterpart. For this Capitol release, ‘Drive My Car’, ‘Nowhere Man’, ‘What Goes On’ and ‘If I Needed Someone’ were sidelined from the sequence of the UK LP.

A total of 15,000 copies are available.

UK

More info about this Beatles exclusive in the UK here.
All participating shops here.

US

Info about this Beatles exclusive here.
List of (most) US shops here

OTHER COUNTRIES

Go to the website of RECORD STORE DAY to find out where.

Music maestro, please.


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BLONDIE Returns With 12th Album ‘HIGH NOON’ In February – Hear The First JOHNNY MARR Written Single

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15 October 2026

BLONDIE are one of those iconic star bands that have been around for ages,
actually since 1974. Yep, 52 years, and still fronted by the now 81-year-old
legend Debbie Harry and her former husband Chris Stein (76) as guitarist
and co-songwriter.

They just announced the upcoming birth of their 12th full-length, their
first in 9 years. It’s baptized HIGH NOON and will see the day of light
on 26 February 2027.

The record features the final recordings of co-founder
and drummer Clem Burke, who passed away last year
in April.

Across the 13 songs, Harry and Chris Stein are joined by special guests including
Johnny Marr, Glen Matlock, Zach Condon of Beirut, and Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig
of Lucius.

Debbie: “This album is classic Blondie. An amalgamation of all our different
influences and eras into something new. This music feels grounded in the present,
shaped by who we are and how we’re living now.”

Pre-order info here.

The lead single SPECTRAL EYES is written by ex-The Smiths guitar champ
Johnny Marr, who released his new top-drawer album The Age Of Everything
2 weeks ago.

He knows exactly what Blondie dance-guitar-pop is about.

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RONNIE WOOD Exhibits New JIMI HENDRIX Paintings

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15 October 2026

Now 79 year old RONNIE WOOD isn’t only guitarist for 51 years with
The Rolling Stones, after also playing with 60s idols Small Faces and
the Rod Stewart fronted Faces, but he is also a respected painter.

Hist latest work, paintings of his hero and friend Jimi Hendrix
is now exposed at Handel Hendrix House Museum in London.

Wood: “I was there in The Speakeasy Club, in London’s Soho when he played, and
he sat in my booth, and that’s when I first got to know him properly. Straightaway,
he opened up to me for some strange reason.”

Voodoo chile Jimi Hendrix.

FAT WHITE FAMILY – The Best Live Band Of The 21st Century Bombed Brugge, Belgium

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15 October 2026

A week ago I went to London to see the fabulous
THE STROKES, who delivered a fabulous show.

One of the support acts was British controversial post-punk gang
FAT WHITE FAMILY, and last Monday they came to Belgium to bomb
the historic city of Brugge.

For the 15th time (the first time was in my hometown of Ghent back in 2014, with
50 people in a small club) they blew me away with a flabbergasting uppercut concert.

Their latest full-length, their 4th, titled Forgiveness Is Yours in 2024.
A stunning record that went Top 5 in TUTV’s end-of-year albums.

Now back to Brugge. The 7 manic misfits went for an insane, baffling best-of set
with, as usual, the perplexing Lias Saoudi in the middle, who’s also active with
The Moonlandingz and Decius.

When he hits a stage, he always invites his demons along for a bewildering fight.
He sings, screams, howls, and wails like a possessed madman who just escaped
from a psychiatric facility.

His erratic presence, go-getter performance style, and mood-swing vocal exorcism
are overwhelming. One day his head will explode on the podium. Without the drugs,
Lias‘s physical condition is as powerful as Rocky Balboa‘s one in his boxing heyday.

He’s backed by a mean killer machine, with changing lineups over the years, but flanked by his brother on keyboards and the awesome guitarist  Adam J Harmer as 2 of the original members.

No lows, only mind-messing and scream-along highs, including I Am Mark E Smith,
Feet, Whitest Boy On The Beach, Is It Raining In Your Mouth, Touch The Letter,
and the destroying closer Bomb Disneyland.

After 75 minutes, FWF were done. Saoudi‘s demons were floored,
and the audience needed some time to get back to reality after
experiencing the jaw-dropping extravaganza.

Best frontman and best live band of the 21st century.

FORGIVENESS IS YOURS


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15 October 1956 – Today 70 Years Ago LITTLE RICHARD Records Rock Classic ‘GOOD GOLLY, MISS MOLLY’

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15 October 2026

One of the most influential rock pioneers is, without
a shadow of a doubt LITTLE RICHARD (1932-2020).

On 15 October 1956, today 70 years ago, he recorded one of his timeless
firecrackers GOOD GOLLY, MISS MOLLY. It was written by John Marascalco
and producer Robert ‘Bumps’ Blackwell.

The song was released as a single almost 2 years
later, in January 1958, as a single from his 2nd LP.

It went to #3 in the US.

Blackwell also gave the song to a high-energy doo-wob group
named The Valiants, who released the track in 1957.

With his over-the-top vocals and charismatic performance, however,
Richard made the song a rock’n’roll standard. It would later be covered
by countless other artists.

LITTLE RICHARD

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JONI MITCHELL Becomes U.S. American Citizen After 62 Years

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Legendary singer-songwriter JONI MITCHELL was born 82 years
ago named Roberta Joan Mitchell in Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada.

At the age of 20 years ago, she moved
to the US to start a musical career.

Now 62 years later she’s sworn in as an American citizen.

A couple of weeks she said she could vote against ‘Fucking Trump’.
Now she can help to kick his ass-kissing party out of the Senate
and House of Representatives.

All I want is to be an American Citizen.

WORLD NEWS – London’s Motherrockers Knock Out Adrenalizing Garage Groove ‘VINEGAR SWIMMING POOL’

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Daily electricity to load your batteries

14 October 2026

Band: WORLD NEWS
Who: Fired-up hit team from London.

Track: VINEGAR SWIMMING POOL
Final taster from their debut album In Purgatory,
out this Friday, October 16th. Order here.

TUTV: Blimey. If your body doesn’t go into hyperactive dance modus when this dumbfounding, head-rotating motherrocker comes up, you need to consult your
shrink and/or change your meds.

A tight-working drum/bass tandem sets the nerve-wracking tone from the outset,
starting a revved-up, mind-bending groove that doubles your adrenaline production
along the way. Haywire guitars, frenzy 60s garage vibes, quick-tempered vocals and
a cooking chorus add extra fuel to this killer juggernaut.

Dive into the moshpit pool here.


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PARTY DOZEN – Hectic Australian Psych Rock Duo Incite Paranoid Bedlam With ‘FULL POWERS’

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Vitalizing tunes that work faster than a stream of caffeine

14 October 2026

Artists: PARTY DOZEN
Who: Hellish electro-rock duo from Sydney, Australia.
A project loosely based around improvisation.

Track: FULL POWERS
3rd preview cut from their upcoming 6th album, titled
21 Bum Salute. Out November 6th. More info here.


Album artwork

PD about the song: “There’s ‘Full Powers’ good and there’s ‘Full Powers’ bad.
The good is when you’re personally becoming too powerful, an angel pisses on
you, everything is going very well and suddenly you’re gliding down the street like
King Swinging Dick.

The bad is when one side has all the power and more is not enough. Powerlust, greedmongering, gluttonous fiends. This track switches between the two. It has a
really strong, confident feel that gets a little uneasy as the track progresses.”

TUTV: Maniacal mayhem guaranteed with these two hectic Aussies who incite more
bedfull than a full army on a maddening mission. Bashing drums, deranged guitars, and
a meshugge saxophone all contribute to a cooking cacophony that leaves you behind out
of breath and out of mind. Oh my, jumping Jehoshaphat. The sirens are blaring. Time to get paranoid.

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