HRH Roadtrip XI Ibiza returns in 2021, from the 4th-12th May, for the first-time ever with a new second stage featuring The Dirty Dozen – a showcase of up and coming talent second to none – with three bands each night, from Wednesday to Saturday, joining LA Guns, Reef and Skindred plus many many more! With many of the bands put forward by Hard Rock Hell Radio presenters – who had the brief of selecting bands that truly own the stage – the room promises to be simply incredible! A huge opportunity for fans to discover the very latest that British Rock and Metal have to offer, it coincides with the expansion of the event having been understandably forced into a fallow year in 2020.

Another great Rock On The Ridge Lock-Down Track Of The Day today includes Fiefdom, Revival Black, Electric Mob, Molly Karloff, Phil Campbell (pictured), Gin Annie, Amongst Liars, The Hollywood Vampires, At The Sun, Jet Set Satellite, Audrey Horne, Heavy Cruiser, John Verity, Ashen Moon, Anchor Lane, Electric Mary, The Autumn Killers, Cactus, Black Whiskey, These Wicked Rivers, Everyday Heroes, Rainbreakers, Jordan Red, The Troy Redfern Band, The Black Hands, Scarlet Rebels and Ryders Creed.

Screaming from the lockdown, even pandemic protecting masks cannot muffle the anger and bile spilling from eclectic Kent Punks Riskee and The Ridicule, who have just released a great new single called ‘Blue Jacket’, which is today's Video Of The Day, that pokes fun at the ‘Brexit means Brexit at any cost’ ethos. It’s humorous, lyrically dark, yet musically happy. That offset makes for a stark contrast between the disappointment and anger in the words and the optimism in the music. 2019 was an amazing year for the band, that not only saw the highly anticipated release of their third album ‘Body Bag Your Scene’, which was well received by both fans and critics alike, but also their sets at both Rebellion and Boomtown proved to be real highlights.

Devon based Firekind, have just released their new single, ‘It’s Not Over', and it's out now on all good digital streaming platforms. The 2013 Global Battle of the Bands winners are a modern Rock band, fusing epic, soaring guitar and vocal melodies with driving, powerful drums and bass, consisting of frontman and Guitarist Magazine Guitarist of the Year Jas Morris, his brother Dan on bass and keys, and drummer Robin Shute. Original drummer and close friend of the band, Dan Collings played drums on this single and their debut album ‘What I have Found Is Already Lost’, which was produced in Los Angeles by the highly acclaimed and sought after Alain Johannes (Queens Of The Stone Age, Chris Cornell, PJ Harvey).

Today's Blues On The Radio Track Of The Day is dedicated to last Sunday's finalists in the UK Blues Awards, including Catfish, The Achievers, Martin Harley (pictured), Trevor Babajack Steger, Kyla Brox, Malone Sibun, Dave Ferra, Connie Lush, The Cinelli Brothers, Half Deaf Clatch, Laurence Jones, James Oliver, Elles Bailey, Dom Martin and Connor Selby! And if you want to find out who won, then go here!

WRC favourites Black Orchid Empire have just released their third single 'Natural Selection' (today's Video Of The Day), following on from their last single, 'Winter Keeps Us Warm', taken from their up and coming new third album 'Semaphore', due for release on Friday 12th June via Long Branch Records. It's the folow up to 2018's 'Yugen', although the bad news is that their coinciding four co-headline UK gigs with Exist Immortal have been postponed due to Covid-19.

With a resigned air of inevitability, Spirit of Rock announced yesterday the cancellation of this year’s Ramblin' Man Fair due to be held at Mote Park, Maidstone, over the weekend of July 17th - 19th. However, it will also come as no surprise to learn that many of the bands booked for 2020 have expressed their desire to play at next year’s festival, due to be held over the weekend of July 16th - 18th July 2021. Indeed, wherever possible, this year's line up will be repeated next year, despite, inevitably, there will be changes as RMF features a large array of international artists, although many of them have already been in touch to already secure their same positions on the bill for next year’s show.

Brighton five piece Indie-Punk rockers Creature Creature will release their second official single, 'Broken Windows', this coming Friday 22nd May, ahead of their debut album 'Two Finger Tantrum', which is due to be released on Friday 10th July through their own label Creature Eats Records. Regardless of its sombre heart, 'Broken Windows' is an out and out Rock banger, complete with epic solo and driving choruses. Creature Creature consist of Scully – vocals, Zeus – guitars, Dave Cobley – bass, Seb Cole – keys and Matt Hill - drums, and are for fans of Royal Blood, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes.

Rapidly rising new young Hard Rock trio Theia, who were due to support Magnum on their now cancelled UK & Irish tour, released their latest single ‘Eyes Like Fire’ in March, written by Magnum mastermind Tony Clarkin, which is today's Video Of The Day. Obviously, the Burton-On-Trent band so impressed Tony when they supported Magnum several times last year, that he not only offered his song to them, but also invited them to play as special guest act on Magnum’s entire upcoming UK tour when it's rescheduled later this year. Raised on his father’s record collection of Marc Bolan, Alice Cooper and AC/DC, main man Kyle Lamley, (guitar/lead vocals) teamed up with lifelong friend Paul Edwards (bass/vocals) to form the spine of Theia in 2014, with drummer Ash Lamley recruited in 2019 to complete the current line-up.

Multi-platinum, four-time Grammy-nominated Rock band Goo Goo Dolls have debuted a brand new lyric video for their single 'Fearless', which is today's Track Of The Day. One of the standout songs from last year's 12th studio album 'Miracle Pill', it's directed and produced by Michael Perlmutter, and the comic-book-inspired piece is a heartfelt celebration of life’s everyday heroes. The band also filmed a live performance of 'Fearless' in association with Global Citizen for their “Together At Home” Series. The stripped-down rendition was recorded in an effort to spread awareness and raise funds for the World Health Organization to help end Coronavirus. In addition to 'Fearless', the engaging and timely album also features numerous other instant-classics such as its smash single/title track and the slow-burn 'Autumn Leaves'.

Today's Video Of The Day of 'I Can't Be Satisfied' is dedicated to The Pretty Things frontman Phil May who has sadly died at 75 after suffering complications from emergency hip surgery after falling from his bike. Formed in 1963 in Sidcup, Kent, by Phil and Dick Taylor, they took their name from Willie Dixon's 1955 song ‘Pretty Thing’, which was initially recorded by Bo Diddley. The Pretty Things were preceded by Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys, which consisted of Dick Taylor on bass, fellow Sidcup Art College student Keith Richards on guitar and Mick Jagger on vocals. When Brian Jones was recruiting for his own band, all three joined Jones and Ian Stewart and were dubbed the "Rollin' Stones" by Jones in June 1962. Taylor quit the Stones five months later, when he was accepted at the Central School of Art and Design in London. It was there that Taylor met Phil and The Pretty Things were born. RIP Phil.

The Other are back, unleashing what may very well be their most bone-chilling effort yet, releasing their new album, 'Haunted', on Friday 12th June, of which their track 'We're All Dead' is today's Track Of The Day. For as long as it has existed, Germany’s biggest Horror Punk band has been under the spell of monsters, of outsiders, serial killers, apparitions, nightmares and creatures stitched together in secret laboratories. On 'Haunted', however, terror and shock come in a different guise. And with Rod Usher the very figurehead of his undead army, it's their most personal effort yet. And their most painful, at that.