Best known for 'The Road To Hell' as well as his festive favourite, 'Driving Home For Christmas', there was very much a sad irony in Monday's announcement that legendary Middlesborough singer-songwriter Chris Rea had passed away following a short illness, just three days before Christmas Day at the age of 74. So in tribute to Chris, we let his music do all the talking with today's Video Of The Day of that Christmas classic.

For almost four decades XTC fans could only dream of witnessing the sensational XTC classic songbook played live, so just a month before their appearance at Faversham's A New Day Festival (pictured), XTC legendary drummer Terry Chambers took eXTC (named and approved by XTC frontman, Andy Partridge) on the road, and not only is today's Video Of The Day their entire live set from that gig in Asheville, North Carolina, but they are also one of six nominees in our 2025 WRC Best Tribute award, alongside Slide Oasis, The Marquee Club All Star Band, KT Bush Band, Simply Us + Them and Hokum's Heroes. Anyway, simply choose your favourite(s) here https://www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/2025-wrc-awards-voting  and hit the vote button. You have until midnight 31st December to e-mail all your thirteen category choices with only one submission allowed per e-mail address.

The nominees in our Best Podcast category in our 2025 WRC Awards are Prog Rock Files, The Blues Club, The Zach Moonshine Show, Pete Feenstra's Rock & Blues Show, Rock Revival, and last but not least, Blues On The Radio, which is also today's latest Podcast Of The Day, and part 2 of a look back at some of the great music and events of 2025, featuring The Boneshakers, Chloe Josephine, Miss Emily, Connor Selby, Laura Evans, Larry McCray, Buddy Guy, Rebecca Downes, The Milk Men, The Zac Schulze Gang, Chantel McGregor and Bywater Call. Anyway, simply choose your favourite(s) here https://www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/2025-wrc-awards-voting  and hit the vote button. You have until midnight 31st December to e-mail all your thirteen category choices with only one submission allowed per e-mail address.

Taking place next year over the long weekend of 30th January to Sunday 1st February at Blackpool Winter Gardens, get ready to ignite your passion for music as the UK Blues Rhythm & Rock Festival 2026 boasts four stages, showcasing an amazing array of iconic acts and emerging talents, so today's 'UK Blues Rhythm & Rock Festival 2026 Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day highlight just six of the numerous artists taking part, namely Big Wolf Band, The James Oliver Band, The Outlaw Orchestra, Troy Redfern, Star Circus and Greyfox Conspiracy.

Taking place next year over the long weekend of 21st to 23rd August at Faversham's Mt Ephraim in Kent, celebrating its tenth anniversary with yet another eclectic mix of Prog Rock, New Wave, Rock, Folk, Blues, World Music and all spaces in between, 2024 WRC Award winning A New Day Festival is once again one of eight 2025 WRC Award nominees in our Best Festival category, that also includes Maid Of Stone, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, Suceava Blues Festival, Found Festival, Ealing Blues, Milkfest '25, as well as Rory Fest, and today's 'A New Day 2026 Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day feature just six of the many bands taking part, namely Hawkwind, Sweet, Jethro Tull's Martin Barre, Martin Turner ex Wishbone Ash, Flor De Loto and The Mentulls. Anyway, simply choose your favourite(s) here www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/2025-wrc-awards-voting  and hit the vote button. You have until midnight 31st December to e-mail all your thirteen category choices with only one submission allowed per e-mail address.

The nominees in our Best Podcast category in our 2025 WRC Awards are Blues On The Radio, The Blues Club, The Zach Moonshine Show, Pete Feenstra's Rock & Blues Show, Rock Revival, and last but not least, Prog Rock Files, of which further to yesterday's Part 1, Part 2 of the very same recent broadcast, presented by Garry Foster, is today's Podcast Of The Day, featuring a special interview with Andy Glass from 2025 WRC Best Prog Award nominees Solstice, as well as tracks from the band including exclusives from their upcoming 2026 release, 'Clann: The Stables Gathering'. Anyway, simply choose your favourite(s) here https://www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/2025-wrc-awards-voting  and hit the vote button. You have until midnight 31st December to e-mail all your thirteen category choices with only one submission allowed per e-mail address.

Today's 'Closer To The Unknown' Video Of The Day by Textures (pictured) is one of ten nominees chosen from 365 this year, in our 2025 WRC Video Of The Year award, that also includes Everon ('No Embrace'), Mission Jupiter ('Human Nature'), Calva Louise ('W.T.F'), Himalayas ('Afterlife'), Astreyane ('Vertigo'), AlphaWhores ('Pirate Mode'), Phil Zimmerman and the Freedom Flowers ('Lines In The Sky'), Joan Smith & the Jane Does ('Irrational Anthem') and Luna Marble ('Crazy Lovin'). Anyway, simply choose your favourite(s) here https://www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/2025-wrc-awards-voting  and hit the vote button. You have until midnight 31st December to e-mail all your thirteen category choices with only one submission allowed per e-mail address.

The nominees in our Best Podcast category in our 2025 WRC Awards are Blues On The Radio, The Blues Club, The Zach Moonshine Show, Pete Feenstra's Rock & Blues Show, Rock Revival, and last but not least, Prog Rock Files, of which Part 1 of a recent broadcast, presented by Garry Foster, is today's Podcast Of The Day, featuring Meer, Leoni Jane Kennedy, Fatherson, Retreat From Moscow, Finally George, Lunatic Soul and Big Big Train. Anyway, simply choose your favourite(s) here https://www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/2025-wrc-awards-voting  and hit the vote button. You have until midnight 31st December to e-mail all your thirteen category choices with only one submission allowed per e-mail address.

Anyone going to see Jimmie Vaughan and his Tilt-A-Whirl band in July thinking this was just going to be a normal Monday night gig at London's 229 Great Portland Street, were sorely mistaken, on an incredible evening of music, also featuring a certain special guest, Eric Clapton, and consequently the Texan Blues Rock guitarist and singer is one of six nominees in our 2025 WRC Best International Artist Award, alongside Kenny Wayne Shepherd, DeWolff, GA-20 (Video Of The Day), Manu Lanvin and The Hives. Anyway, simply choose your favourite(s) here https://www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/2025-wrc-awards-voting  and hit the vote button. You have until midnight 31st December to e-mail all your thirteen category choices with only one submission allowed per e-mail address.

The twelve runners and riders in today's 2025 WRC Awards 'Tracks Of The Year', are Stayawhile, Barber Q, The Man-Eating Tree, Suicide Puppets, Derev, Envy Of None (pictured), Celeste Corsano, Enigmatic Sound Machines, ODC, Danko Jones, June 1974 and Kaunis Kuolematon, chosen from over 2,000 tunes that we have shared this year on our daily 'Tracks Of The Day'. Anyway, simply choose your favourite(s) here https://www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/2025-wrc-awards-voting  and hit the vote button. You have until midnight 31st December to e-mail all your thirteen category choices with only one submission allowed per e-mail address.

At the forefront of the Progressive Rock music movement since 1969, delivering engaging, innovative and skilfully crafted music, legends Focus (Video Of The Day) not only return next year for their annual matinee show at London's Bush Hall on Sunday 22nd November, but they are once again one of six nominees in our 2025 WRC Best Prog Rock Awards, that also includes RPWL, Solstice, Sloane Square Band, Du Bellows and Franck Carducci & Mary Reynaud. Anyway, simply choose your favourite(s) here https://www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/2025-wrc-awards-voting and hit the vote button. You have until midnight 31st December to e-mail all your thirteen category choices with only one submission allowed per e-mail address.

Not only are FM playing Maid of Stone next year at Maidstone's Mote Park over the long weekend of Friday 17th to Sunday 19th July (pictured), but they are also one of our six nominees in our 2025 WRC Best Rock Performance Awards, following their gig at Islington's O2 Academy in September, so today's six of the 'Best Rock Performance Rocks!' Tracks Of The Day includes FM, along with the other five nominees, namely H.E.A.T (Islington Assembly Hall in January), Uriah Heep (London Palladium in February), John Lodge (Guildford's G-Live in April), Luke Morley (London's Bloomsbury Theatre in September) and W.A.S.P. (London's Eventim Apollo in September). Anyway, simply choose your favourite(s) here https://www.wrinklyrockersclub.com/2025-wrc-awards-voting  and hit the vote button. You have until midnight 31st December to e-mail all your thirteen category choices with only one submission allowed per e-mail address.