2014 began a comprehensive Rush reissue programme with a deluxe replica repressing of the band’s 1974 debut LP.
Rush fans will be pleased to note that 2015 is set to bring a whole host of Rush reissues, when their works between 1975-1988 get the heavyweight vinyl treatment, each with a download code. ‘Fly By Night’, ‘A Farewell To Kings’ and ‘Signals’ will also be released on blu ray audio disc.
It has been confirmed that NOFX and Alkaline Trio will team up for a punk double header for four UK shows in the summer. The venues/dates for the shows are listed below. It is not yet known who will provide support.
Punk stalwarts NOFX have confirmed a short South American tour for March 2015. The tour takes in various territories, including four dates in Brazil.
The band’s new album ‘Backstage Passport Soundtrack’ will be released in the UK in January.
Read a piece on NOFX’s 2012 London visit here.
In March 2015, Judas Priest are to reissue their classic album ‘Defenders of the Faith’ to mark its thirtieth anniversary. Much loved by fans, the album is home to Priest classics ‘Freewheel Burning’ and ‘Some Heads Are Gonna Roll’.
The new deluxe edition pairs the studio album with a complete live show – two disc’s worth of live material recorded on the ‘Defenders’ tour of ’84. Unlike the two previous Priest deluxe editions, no visual material is included, despite the band making a few TV appearances to promote the original album. The extended 12″ mix of ‘Freewheel Burning’ is also omitted.
Garage rock duo Knuckle have recently issued a new video clip filmed on tour in France set to the soundtrack of ‘Bad Brains’, taken from their 2014 digital EP ‘This Week’s Been Hell’.
The full clip – as well as a stream of the EP – are embedded below.