Watch: New live clip from Bad Mary

Moving on from their series of cover tune releases, Bad Mary released a brilliant, original work with their 2023 EP ‘Trash & Glamour’. The succint release managed to share their variety of musical styles and all the excitement of 2019’s ‘The Return of Space Girl’ into a much smaller package. For fans, it would be a reminder of how much energy an on-form Bad Mary can muster, and for the uninitiated, a varied introduction to a great, underground band.

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Kite Thief announce UK tour dates

Kite Thief gained some hugely enthusiastic press in 2023. Championed by Metal Hammer, Kerrang! and Total Rock, as well as gaining airplay on several BBC regional stations, the band’s crossover sound connected with an enthusiastic audience. Armed with one of the year’s best singles in ‘Judge Judy and Executioner’ and some equally huge sounds on their debut EP, the band seemed set to make 2024 an even bigger success.

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Listen: Marillion cover Greg Lake Xmas classic on surprise release

Marillion’s world is a place littered with contradictions. As far as a huge chunk of the mainstream media are concerned, the band split back in the late 80s, and yet they sold out the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2017. In minutes. They spent the second half of the 90s and the early 00’s fighting against the “prog rock” tag, but continued to release albums that featured ten minute epics. As far the general public’s perception is concerned – at least a proportion of the general public that seems aware of Marillion’s existence in the modern day – the band are unfashionable. And yet, their 2022 album ‘An Hour Before It’s Dark’ was a critical and commercial success, hitting #2 on the UK album chart.

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