Today The New Wave of Classic Rock presents Webfest 2 2020 here from 2pm - 10pm, a fully live-streamed event open to everyone where you can bring your own beer and create your own watch parties. Bands appearing over the eight hours include, amongst others, Massive Wagons, Raider, Bad Touch, Blackwater Conspiracy, Tequila Mockingbyrd, Sisters Doll, Eulogy and Empyre, as well as Zoom links to their studio(s), guest spots and interviews. And if you are enjoying what you see please buy a band a virtual coffee here, as all proceeds go straight back to the bands involved today.

"Signing off with 'Fox On The Run' they return for the mightiest of encores and staples of every partygoers repertoire - 'Blockbuster' and 'The Ballroom Blitz'. 'Blockbuster' was the Sweet’s only UK number 1 but is probably eclipsed by the Blitz, the finest air guitar track in the land, as the track of the night." That was part of our take last Christmas at Andy Scott's Sweet gig at London's Islington Assembly Hall, and despite the absence of original bass guitarist Steve Priest, who died on Thursday at the age of 72, the night was testament to the band's undoubted musical legacy and longevity - indeed they were much more than a Glam Rock band. Therefore today's Video Of The Day is dedicated to Priest. "Are You Ready Steve?"

Today's latest Blues Club Podcast Track Of The Day is another two hours of non stop Best in Blues and beyond with More Music and Less Chat featuring new releases, classic tracks and UK IBBA Presenters' Picks, including music from Jose Ramirez, Errol Linton, Robert Jon & The Wreck, Mojo Preachers (pictured), Nick Steed, Mike Ross, Barrelhouse, Pink Floyd, The Shadows, Norman Beaker, When Rivers Meet, Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Smith & BB King, Jamie Williams & The Roots Collective and many more.

Experimental UK Pop-Proggers Kitten Pyramid, aka Scott Milligan, return with a surprise new song, and today's Video Of The Day, 'Doughnuts', which is also appropriately National Doughnut Day, plus the first track to be taken from their second album 'Koozy!', due out next March. Seven years on from their acclaimed self-released debut 'Uh-Oh!' and five years since the ambitious 'High Five Scuba Dive' EP, 'Doughnuts' sees the Burton-on-Trent singer-songwriter-and-all-sorts-of-other-thingser, drop a reflective hymn to the importance of real people, ordinary lives and the march of time. Starting with soft chanting by Scott's family-and-friends choir, the track then follows a simple piano melody through subtle steam-engine percussion and 'A Day In The Life' drums, building to a brass and strings-laden climax, as Milligan details the "same old, same old" waiting for trains, domestic humdrum, the bedtime routine.

It was definitely a case of old suspects on a new course when Ash Return released their debut album 'The Sharp Blade Of Integrity' at the beginning of last month. After the sudden end of Miozan, it become obvious to four members of the band that giving up was not an option, although to continue under the same name wasn't even up for debate. However, out of the ashes, Ash Return were determined to remain true to the classic Hardcore style of the late 80's, in that the new sound would be combined with classic Metal influences à la Iron Maiden. Consequently Tank, Kniffel, Gerrit and Outso found frontman Johnny from true Metalheads Gloryful, subsequently inventing their own brand new genre, "Swordcore", and now are ready to escape the ashes, as testified by every single one of the album's stylistically wide-ranging songs.

Tonight Blues + Roots Rock duo Grace and Aaron Bond of When Rivers Meet are going live here on Facebook at 8pm BST to play their new record ‘Innocence Of Youth’ and have a chat about how the songs came about. Hope you can make it!

No Rock On The Ridge today, but the good news it that Bob's other baby, Simply Country, is Track Of The Day including music from Chris Lane, Megan Dhalai, Blackberry Smoke (pictured), Art Murphy, Runaway June, Andy Penkow, Darius Rucker, Tony Smith, Clancy Pye, Ashley McBryde, Florida Georgia Line, Catherine McGrath, Joe Moore & Caitlin, Steve Bloor, Seamus Fitzsimmons, Helena Mace, Robert Ross, Dan Higgins, Hannah Paris, Joe Moore, Aaron Watson, Victoria Eman, Lady Antebellum, Charlotte Leigh, Melissa Lukin, Michael Ray, A.C. Jones, Hurricane Highway, Canaan Smith, Tim McGraw, The Belles, Jennifer Nettles, Brad Paisley, Justin Wade Band and Scott & Maria.

2020 is a fresh start for the London based 4-piece Metal outfit After Smoke Clears, and like their band name, they have cleared their vision and are ready for you to listen to their latest creations, including today's Video Of The Day, 'Deterioration'. It's the second of six single releases planned throughout the year that blend Metal, tech and groove to deliver a powerful movement in their music and make heads bang. The song is a reminder that life is short lived, precious, and not be taken for granted. Ultimately, this year will see the release of their debut album ‘Edification’, containing ten brand new tracks, sharing a journey through destruction and into self realisation.

Grammy® award-nominated sister duo Larkin Poe not only release their new album, 'Self Made Man', on Friday 12th June, via the band’s own Tricki-Woo Records, but they have also kept fans entertained thoughout their ‘Home Sweet Home’ Live Stream Series of online concerts, of which their brilliant lockdown cover of Kansas' 'Carry On Wayward Son', is today's Track Of The Day. Make sure therefore that you catch their special ‘Requests Show’ this Saturday 6th June at 9pm UK time here, plus their rescheduled dates for next year's eagerly anticipated tour of Europe and the United Kingdom, beginning on Wednesday 3rd February at Dublin's Vicar Street, that also stops off at London's O2 Shepherds Bush Empire on Wednesday 10th February and finishes in Mainland Europe in mid-March. Previously purchased tickets are still valid at the rescheduled dates.

Following the announcement of the release of the re-recorded version of 'A Bit Of What You Fancy' on Friday 1st July - to celebrate its 30th Anniversary – The Quireboys will embark on a special UK tour this December to February 2021, where they will play the classic album in its entirety. The 13-date tour will kick off at the Bullingdon in Oxford on Thursday 10th December, finishing at Gateshead Sage on Saturday 13th February. A 48-hour Planet Rock Ticket Pre-Sale starts today here at 10am. Australian beer drinking Rock 'n' Roll warriors Massive, who are no strangers to the UK music scene, are returning as tour support, promoting their third studio album 'Rebuild Destroy', which is out now through Off Yer Rocka Recordings.

Today's Blues On The Radio Track Of The Day is another hour filled with new releases from Troy Redfern, Jose Ramirez, Adam Sweet, Errol Linton, Micke & Lefty feat. Chef, The Washboard Resonators, Jack J Hutchinson, Gregg Martinez, Frank Bey, Kat Pearson, The Weight Band and two from the great new album from Dion (pictured).

Australian icon James Reyne will release his 12th solo album and his first new studio album in eight years entitled 'Toon Town Lullaby' on Friday 10th July. The hits have been flowing for Reyne for more than 40 years and it coincides with the 40th anniversary of Australian Crawl’s classic debut album, 'The Boys Light Up'. Produced by James and Dorian West, James and Dorian played nearly everything on the record, with Dorian’s daughter, Asha, adding some backing vocals, while James’ longest-running musical partner, John Watson, plays drums.