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LIVE: Download Festival 2024 – Saturday

Day Two of Download is the one you’ve probably heard most about by now from your mates; the endless downpours, fans face-planting into the mud outside the Avalanche Stage, and enough technical disruptions to make you grind your teeth in despair. But with a day jam-packed with acts as

Friday 14 September 2018

LIVE: Reading Festival 2018 – Sunday

Reading Festival continues to be one of the most popular festivals to brighten up our British summer each year, even when summer fails to truly arrive and we are left wading through mud in our favourite wellies. Every year offers a lineup filled with the current biggest names in

Wednesday 02 November 2016

LIVE: Billy Talent / Young Guns / Say Yes @ The Roundhouse, London

Fellow Canadians Say Yes (featuring Jordan Hastings of Alexisonfire, and touring drummer for Billy Talent) opened the night’s proceedings adequately. Their style of loud, indie-ish rock was played to a fairly luke-warm reception from the London crowd, it was played well nonetheless. Say Yes’ greatest enemy was unfamiliarity, and

Billy Talent, Young Guns, Say Yes @ The Roundhouse

Sunday 07 August 2016

Billy Talent – ‘Afraid Of Heights’

After releasing a curiously timed greatest hits album, I had no expectations of ‘Afraid Of Heights’, assuming we’d be getting another collection of single-gear power rock released out of necessity more than passion. And boy, was I right, but Billy Talent really do pull this sound off

Monday 11 July 2016

Young Guns reveal new track, ‘Mad World’

Young Guns have unveiled their new track, ‘Mad World’. Alongside lead single ‘Bulletproof’, it will appear on the band’s forthcoming ‘Echoes’ LP, due on the 16th September. Young Guns will be joining Billy Talent on their forthcoming European tour, heading to the UK in October.

Monday 06 June 2016

Billy Talent reveal new track, ‘Louder Than The DJ’

Billy Talent have unveiled their second track since unveiling details of ‘Afraid Of Heights’, their follow-up LP to 2012’s ‘Dead Silence’. ‘Louder Than The DJ’ follows the previously revealed title-track, and a short album teaser. Billy Talent will be returning the UK in October

Friday 13 May 2016

Billy Talent reveal new track, ‘Afraid Of Heights’

Billy Talent have unveiled the title-track from their forthcoming ‘Afraid Of Heights’ LP, due on the 29th July. The song sees the Canadian rockers continue their melodic onslaught, not too far removed from their more recent material. Despite signifying a further step away from their more punk-infused early days,

Sunday 12 April 2015

Interview: Billy Talent [April 2015]

The legendary Billy Talent have recently released their greatest hits album, ‘Hits’, but this is by no means the end for them. We spoke to bassist Jon Gallant about the new album they’re working on now, what has kept them together for 21 years, and how they will always pick

Friday 02 August 2013

Billy Talent post ‘Show Me The Way’ video online

Billy Talent have posted a music video for their song ‘Show Me The Way’ online. It’s taken from the band’s ‘Dead Silence’ album, and you can check it out using the player in this article. http://www.facebook.com/billytalent