2020 is upon us and it is always fun anticipating what new albums are and will come out in the year.  There are quite a few we already know about, but some haven’t been officially announced or even a date set yet.  From what I have gathered around the internet, here are the bands that should have new albums out in 2020, but no dates announced yet. The ones I would give a try (and my kids) will be highlighted in Blue.  The ones with Dates Announced are at the bottom of this post.  The list is building up nicely!!

• Ace Frehley – Origins, Vol. 2
• Alicia Keys – A.L.I.C.I.A.
• Angels & Airwaves
• Bon Jovi
• Bush – The Mind Plays Tricks On You
• Busta Rhymes
• Cardi B – Tiger Woods
• A Day to Remember – You’re Welcome
• Deep Purple
• Deftones
• Dixie Chicks – Gaslighter
• Dokken
• The Doobie Brothers
• Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia
• Evanescence
• FM
• Greta Van Fleet
• Harem Scarem
• Iron Maiden (rumor)
• J. Cole – The Fall Off
• Jeff Scott Soto
• Kid Cudi – Entergalactic
• Lana Del Rey – White Hot Forever
• Megadeth
• Miley Cyrus
• Niall Horan
• One Desire
• OneRepublic
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Pearl Jam
• Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Royal Blood
• Sam Smith
• Sanctuary
• Scorpions
• Skid Row
• Static-X – Project Regeneration
• Steven Wilson
• Stryper
• The Airborne Toxic Event
• The Cure
• The Killers
• The Offspring
• Winger

Last year, there were a few artist I was hoping would release an album that might have or might not have released one.  It is always fun to hope for new music from these bands, but were disappointments.  Here is who I was hoping for new albums from last year…

• Def Leppard – Nope…nothing but the Vinyl Collection, Volume 2, thank you very much.
• Kiss – Nothing…but saw them in concert one last time
• Van Halen – Nothing…but I hope Eddie is feeling better
• Ratt – Nope, but looking good for 2020
• Guns N Roses – Nope but keep hearing rumblings
• The Winery Dogs – Still nothing.
• Queen + Adam Lambert – Nothing, but saw them in concert
• Scott Stapp – YES!! Great stuff…SEE REVIEW
• Billy Idol – Nothing
• Royal Blood – Nothing...I think I saw that 2020 is looking good!!

Okay, are there albums I want to see this year from some of my favorite bands that haven’t been announced or in some cases even rumored?  Of course there are.  These are the bands I want new albums from this year…but it might not happen.

• Def Leppard – please give me another one!!!  There are some box sets coming which is great, but I also want new music.
• Kiss – I will keep this on the list until I die!!
• Van Halen – not very likely, but we can always wish
• The Winery Dogs – Still keeping my hopes up
• Guns ‘N Roses – Rumors, Rumors, Rumors!!
• Talisman – they released a song to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the death of Marcel Jacob…is an album far behind???
• AC/DC – Rumors are insane on this one…I think we will see this one for sure!!
• Motley Crue – Big Tour in 2020 with Def Leppard & Poison…is a new album far behind???
• Poison – Same as Motley statement above!!!
• Aldo Nova – He keeps talking about a 2CD set, but will he get around to releasing it??
• Matt Nathanson – I am greedy, give me another one
• Needtobreathe – Time for a new one fellas!

Now if you didn’t see a band mentioned above it might be because the release date has already been set.  Here are the albums we already know about. I will highlight my most anticipated in Blue as well.  I will be honest, the year isn’t shaping up to be stellar for me, so I hope there are more to come that I can get excited about.  Happy New Year!!!

JANUARY

• January 10th
  •   Selena Gomez – Rare – (Interscope Records)
  •   Ronnie Dunn – Re-Dunn – (LWR, LLC)
  •   Apocalyptica – Cell-O – (Silver Lining Music)
  •   Poppy – I Disagree – (Sumerian Records)
  •   Behemoth – Live from Maida Vale E.P. – (Metal Blade Records)
  •   Brothers of Metal – Emblas Saga – (AFM Records)
  •   Kesha – High Road – (Kemosabe Records)
  •   Echosmith – Lonely Generation – (Echosmith)

 

• January 17th
  •   Sons of Apollo – MMXX – (InsideOutMusic)
  •   G. Love & Special Sauce – The Juice – (Philadelphonic Records / Thirty Tigers)
  •   British Lion – The Burning – (Explorer1 Music)
  •   Little Big Town – Nightfall – (Craft Recordings)
  •   Dustin Lynch – Tullahoma – (Broken Bow Records)
  •   Halsey – Manic – (Capitol Records)
  •   Of Montreal – UR Fun – (Polyvinyl Records)
  •   John McLaughlin, Shankar Mahadevan & Zakir Hussain – Is That So? – (Abstract Logix)
  •   Bombay Bicycle Club – Everything Else Has Gone Wrong – (Mmm…Records)
  •   Anti-Flag – 20/20 Vision – (Spinefarm Records)
  •   …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead – X: The Godless Void and Other Stories – (Dine Alone Music)

 

• January 24th
  •   Revolution Saints – Rise – (Frontiers Records)
  •   Jorn – Heavy Rock Radio II: Executing the Classics – (Frontiers Records)
  •   Breaking Benjamin – Aurora – (Hollywood Records)
  •   Dirty Shirley – Dirty Shirley – (Frontiers Records)
  •   Colony House – Leave What’s Lost Behind – (Roon Records)
  •   Decarlo – Lightning Strikes Twice – (Frontiers Records)
  •   Passion – Passion – (Frontiers Records)
  •   Elton John with Ray Cooper – Live from Moscow 1979 – (Mercury)
  •   Annihilator – Ballistic, Sadistic – (Silver Lining Music)
  •   Pet Shop Boys – Hotspot – (x2 Recordings)
  •   Black Lips – Sing in a World That’s Falling Apart – (Fire Records)

 

• January 31st
  •   Theory of a Deadman – Say Nothing – (Roadrunner Records)
  •   Dashboard Confessional – The Best Ones of the Best Ones – (Hidden Note  AWAL)
  •   Joseph – The Sessions: Vol. 1 E.P. – (ATO Records)
  •   Louis Tomlinson – Walls – (78 Productions LTD / Simco / Sony)
  •   We are Messengers – Power – (Curb / Word Entertainment)
  •   Lordi – Killelection – (AFM Records)
  •   Serenity – The Last Knight – (Napalm Records)
  •   Marc Almond – Chaos and a Dancing Star – (BMG Rights)
  •  Gary Moore – Live from London – (Mascot Label Group)
  •   Drive-By Truckers – The Unraveling – (ATO Records)
  •   Meghan Trainor – Treat Myself – (Epic Records / Sony)

FEBRUARY

• February 7th
  •   Stone Temple Pilots – Perdida – (Play Pen Music / Rhino)
  •   Richard Marx – Limitless – (BMG)
  •   Green Day – Father of All…  – (Reprise Records)
  •   The SteelDrivers — Bad For You – (Rounder Records / Concord)
  •   Cream – Goodbye Tour: Live 1968 – (Polydor Ltd)
  •   Sepultura – Quadra – (Nuclear Blast)
  •   Nada Surf – Never Not Together – (Barsuk Records)
  •   Bryan Ferry – Live at the Royal Albert Hall, 1974 – (BMG Rights)
  •   Cadillac Three – Country Fuzz – (Big Machine)

 

• February 14th
  •   Hollywood Undead – New Empire, Vol 1 – (BMG Rights)
  •   Huey Lewis & the News – Weather – (New Hulex LLC / BMG Rights)
  •   Black Swan – Shake the World – (Frontier Records)
  •   David Gray – White Ladder (20th Anniversary) – (iht Records / AWAL Recordings)
  •   Matthew West – Brand New – (Provident Label Group / Sony)
  •   Avalon – Called – (Red Street Records)
  •   Tame Impala – The Slow Rush – (Island Records)
  •   Seven Spires – Emerald Seas – (Frontiers Records)

 

• February 21st
  •   The 1975 – Notes On a Conditional Form – (Polydor/Interscope)
  •   Yacht Rock Revue – Hot Dads in Tight Jeans – (PleaseRock)
  •   Pat Methany – From this Place – (Methany Group Production)
  •   Demons & Wizards – III – (UK Century Media)

 

• February 28th
  •   Five Finger Death Punch – F8 – (Better Noise Music)

 

MARCH

• March 6th
  •   Lauv – ∼How I’m Feeling∼ – (AWAL Recordings)

 

MAY

• May 1st
  •   Alanis Morrisette – Such Pretty Forks in the Road

 

• May 15th
  •   Weezer – Van Weezer – (Crush/Atlantic)