Currently co-headlining their third North American trek alongside Motionless In White and Ice Nine Kills, on their Trinity of Terror Part 3 Tour, and following the release in October via Sumerian Records of their latest EP, 'The Mourning Today', next year Hollywood Rock band, Black Veil Brides, are heading towards UK shores, including a gig at London's Troxy on Saturday 25th February, and to give you an advance taste of what's to come, check out today's Video Of The Day of their EP debut single, 'Saviour II'. From the opening guitar riff of 'Devil' to the driving outro of 'Better Angels', the four-song EP showcases the sound that has garnered them an army of loyal supporters around the globe. Indeed, late last year, they released their third concept album and the band’s most-ambitious release to date, 'The Phantom Tomorrow', to critical and fan acclaim alike, comprising of a dozen tracks that spawned the band’s first-ever US Top 10 Active Rock single, 'Scarlet Cross'.

Kicking off today, there's a fantastic line-up over the next three days at the Looe Blues, Rhythm and Rock Festival at Tencreek Holiday Park, Looe, Cornwall. with Elles Bailey headlining tonight, Laurence Jones tomorrow and Errol Linton on Sunday, and today's 'Looe Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day features six of the great supporting artists taking part, namely Connor Selby, Big River, Malone Sibun, Felix Rabin, Jack J Hutchinson and Dom Martin.

Today's latest Blues Club Podcast Of The Day has another two hours of non stop Best in Blues and a bit of this and that, with More Music and Less Chat, featuring Bridget Kelly Band, Keb' Mo', Angela Strehli, Kenny Neal. The Marcus King Band, Jeremiah Johnson, Larkin Poe, Yates McKendree, Mud Morganfield, Pink Martini, ZAZ, Larry McCray, Dire Straits, Roger Waters (pictured), Ben Levin and many more.

"The principal emotion for yours truly during the nearly two and half-hour performance was the joy of having keyboardist Christine McVie back in this group... She brought high harmonies and several songs, including 'Little Lies’, ‘Everywhere’ and the closing ‘Songbird’, back into the repertoire. One would never know the striking 71-year old had been away for nearly two decades." That was part of our take on Fleetwood Mac's performance back at London's O2 Arena back in May 2015, and sadly yesterday Christine's family confirmed that she had died at the age of 79 following a short illness. In tribute, today's Video Of The Day of 'The Chain' is dedicated to Christine, filmed on that very same memorable evening over seven years ago.

Southern Blues Rock outfit Bad Touch will be headlining Gloucester Guildhall's AmpliYuletide on Saturday 17th December with a mouthwatering festive undercard of The Fallen State, Ryders Creed, The Outlaw Orchestra, Gypsy Pistoleros, Dead Man's Whiskey and Twister, and exactly six years ago today we interviewed the band at The Dome in Tufnell Park for the album launch of 'Truth Be Told', and despite it being a freezing cold evening, the guys kindly agreed to a last minute outside interview, before their explosive 45 minute set in support of headliner's Whiskey Myers, which is today's Podcast Of The Day.

Yes it's that time of year again - our WRC awards of course - so watch out for our nominees spread over thirteen categories in the coming weeks, when you will have up until midnight on Saturday 31st December to vote. In the meantime, today's December WRC Bulletin looks back at our November gigs including Jo Harman + Mike Farris, Marco Mendoza, GA-20, Focus, Revival Black, Hugh Cornwell, Jimmy Carpenter and Joanne Shaw Taylor, also not forgetting our comprehensive November news archive that included both a new Rolling Stones book competition and our ‘Gonna See All My Friends - A People’s History of Fairport Convention’ book competition winner, plus we also look forward to December and our WRC Gig Calendar with our 'December Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day, showcasing Frost, Felix Rabin (pictured), The Sweet, Kira Mac, The Dead Daisies and Dr. Feelgood. Finally, don't forget that if you want to receive our monthly e-mail bulletin, please submit your e-mail address in the box below.

WRC award-winning Pete Feenstra has spent the last forty years listening to, writing about, talking about, and promoting Rock music, with a particular interest in the Blues, and Pete's latest Rock & Blues show is today's Podcast Of The Day, featuring Big Apple Blues Band, Cardinal Black, Erja Lyytinen (pictured), DeWolff, Joe Satriani, Slim Harpo, Family, Layla Zoe, Jimmy McGriff, Dan McCafferty, Colosseum, Mike Brookfield, plus lots more.

With their debut album, 'Charm Offensive', released earlier this year to critical acclaim from press, media and music fans alike, and ahead of spreading their grit, glamour, emotion and possibly some glitter on a run of four UK live shows next month, with special guests glamorous rebel Punkster Nina Courson and her band, Healthy Junkies, plus delightfully eccentric Punks, Soho Dukes, including a Christmas Spectacular at London's The Water Rats on Tuesday 20th December, Slyder Smith & The Oblivion Kids have released a heart pounding cover version of the iconic 80s hit, 'The NeverEnding Story', accompanied by today's Video Of The Day. Filmed by Wills Audio at the famous Buckley Tivoli Theatre and transformed into a fun concept video with additional footage and editing by producer Darren Stockford, paying homage to that bombastic 80's era, the power trio consisting of Slyder (vocals/guitar), Tim Emery (bass) and Carl Donaghue (drums), boldly reimagine Giorgio Morodor’s 80s cult classic, whilst staying true to the original, bringing a dynamic commercial Rock feel to Limahl’s Electronic Pop hit, with guest vocals from the aforementioned Nina.

Having just completed a UK tour, following the release in September of their third full-length record, ‘Crackdown’, via Colemine Records, the good news is that not only are chart topping Blues Rockers GA-20 returning to these shores next June, but also inspired by the legendary Muddy Waters album 'Electric Mud', the landmark musical foray of traditional Chicago Blues colliding with Psychedelic music, they also recorded late night after a show in Atlanta, the band's brand new instrumental single, 'ATL', that was released yesterday, which is also one of today's six of the best 'Wednesday Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day', complemented by five further recent and forthcoming releases from Elk City, The Ironfist, Belladonna and Carlo Rovelli, The Wring and Shepherds Reign.

Now in its 6th year, and carrying on its solid tradition of bringing both well-known and new Rock bands to Newark Showground, Nottinghamshire, next year Stonedead kicks off on 25th August with their Friday Party starting the Bank Holiday Weekend with a bang, followed by a mouthwatering line-up the following day (pictured), and today's Stonedead Rocks! Tracks Of The Day feature six of the great bands taking part, namely Blue Oyster Cult, The Answer, King King, Mason Hill, South Of Salem and Kira Mac.

"Of the four gigs I’ve had the pleasure to attend this year, I’d say this was (by a small margin) the best as far as I'm concerned (and not just because I didn’t have AJ telling how much he loves the 'Hamburger Concerto')... for a band of an already insanely high musical pedigree they seemed even tighter than usual and into it as much as the audience - arguably a little surprising as they must have been knackered, having only landed back on these shores the previous day for this brisk run of eight UK dates before a final pre-Christmas gig in The Netherlands and a well-earnt six weeks or so off the road." Fronted by founding member Thijs Van Leer, and best known for their hits 'Hocus Pocus' and 'House of The King', as well as critically acclaimed albums 'Moving Waves', 'Focus 3' and 'Hamburger Concerto', the iconic Dutch music masters Focus returned to Chislehurst's The Beaverwood last Tuesday, and today we not only have Mark C's complete take on the gig, but also some great photos plus our 'Sylvia' Video Of The Day, filmed on the night.

Today's latest Blues On The Radio Podcast Of The Day starts and finishes with Krissy Matthews (pictured) ahead of his show at The Tuesday Night Music Club in Coulsdon tonight, plus there's music from Dayna Kurtz, Tomislav Goluban featuring Teresa James, Trevor Babajack, Greg Brice and loads more.