The tour hasn’t even happened yet, but if 2025 is remembered for one thing, it most likely will be Rush announcing they were going back out on the road, with German drummer Anika Nilles, for their R50 shows.

With solo projects, other bands and a massive Creed reunion between them, there were whispers that Alter Bridge might be on the way out. Instead they regrouped, faced the dark side of our times, put their foot on the gas and recorded a brilliant new album.

CONCERT HEAVEN Stevens & Pound Silent Planet Suite (premiere); Holst Planets re-imagined by Stevens & Pound Stevens & Pound (percussion); Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Musicians from the Roy

IT WAS AN unlikely project that stemmed from unusual connections and happy coincidence. And about a decade after its inception, Chicago alternative-music fixture Jason Narducy and Oscar-nominated acto

BUSH / WITCH FEVER

VENUE THE PIPER, ST. LEONARDS-ON-SEA DATE 16/11/2025 “Y ...