2025 is upon us and it is always fun anticipating what new albums will come out in the year. Since today would normally be a Friday New Release post, let’s look at the new releases coming our way in 2025. There are quite a few we already know about, but some haven’t been officially announced or even a date set yet.
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 sometimes there are disappointments. Here are the ones I was hoping to get new albums from last year and what actually happened…
- Def Leppard – It is time for The Collection Vol. 4!! Come on boys, give it to us!! Or a new album…whichever you want. Well – we didn’t get a new album, but we got a new live album ‘One Night Only: Live at the Leadmill’ which was pretty great.
- Kiss – I will keep this on the list until I die!! Time to start up more Soundboard LPs or another box set…give us something! Still nothing!! No new album, no more Soundboards LPs and not even a release of The Final Show from MSG…come on guys (or label) and hurry it up. Give us something other than Anniversary Editions with nothing new.
- Guns ‘N Roses – Rumors, Rumors, Rumors!! Will we ever get a new album! – Still nothing…no new albums…more tour announcements. Honestly, I don’t really care anymore so what.
- Aldo Nova – He keeps talking about a 2CD set for over 3 years and still nothing much, but will he get around to releasing the full Life & Times of Eddie Gage? I hope so. – Nothing at all from him in 2024 but live shows. Dude!! Where is the new music???
- Bon Jovi – A new album WITH RICHIE SAMBORA!!! – No, no Richie album, but we got a new album with ‘Forever’ and it wasn’t half bad. Still waiting on that 40th Anniversary Box Set!!
- Robbie Williams – Hey Robbie, time for a new pop album…no more Trance please!! – No new album but at the end of the year he released a Biopic with his character as a monkey. Movie will get a wide release in 2025 and a soundtrack…which is on order.
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 – It is time for The Collection Vol. 4!! Come on boys, give it to us!! Or a new album…whichever you want.
- Kiss – I will keep this on the list until I die!! Time to start up more Soundboard LPs or another box set…give us something! Even give us the Blu Ray of the final Kiss show that I was at, that would be awesome too!!
- Guns ‘N Roses – Rumors, Rumors, Rumors!! Will we ever get a new album! Do we even care anymore? Not really, but I’ll keep on the list.
- Aldo Nova – He keeps talking about a 2CD set for over 3 years and still nothing much, but will he get around to releasing the full Life & Times of Eddie Gage? I hope so.
- Billy Idol – There are rumors of a new album and even Steve Stevens showed a test pressing..could it be??!!
- Paul Laine – In 2024, there were rumors of a solo album and a full Jet City Junkies release…please…please…Give us both!!!
- Creed – They had a massively successful tour in 2024 and it will continue in 2025…will there be new music? Oh, please say it will be so!
From what I have gathered around the internet, here are the bands that should have new albums out in 2025 or are rumored, but no dates announced yet. The ones I would give a try will be highlighted in Blue. The ones with Dates Announced are at the bottom of this post. The list is building up nicely!!
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The Rolling Stones – Welcome to Shepherd’s Bush – (Mercury Studios)
Tori Amos – Diving Deep Live – (Decca Records / Universal)
Sabrina Carpenter – Fruitcake – (Island Records)
Dua Lipa – Dua Lipa Live From The Royal Albert Hall – (Warner Records)
Jethro Tull – The Jethro Tull Christmas Album: Fresh Snow at Christmas – (InsideOutMusic)
Hozier – Unreal Unearth Unending – (Rubyworks / Columbia Records)
Until I Wake – Renovate – (Fearless Records / Concord)
Lucinda Williams – Sings the Beatles from Abbey Road – (Highway 20 Records)
Interpol – Live at Third Man Records – (Third Man Records)
Powell-Payne – Voila – (Frontiers Records)
Tarja – Rocking Heels: Live at Hellfest – (earMusic / Edel Music & Entertainment)
Gleemer – End of the Nail – (Other People Records)
Neckbreakker – Within the Viscera – (Nuclear Blast)
Magic Kingdom – Blaze of Rage – (Sharptone)
Rose – Rosie – (Atlantic Records)
Lauren Mayberry – Vicious Creature – (EMI / Universal)
The Blasters – Over There: Live at the Venue, London The Complete Concert – (Liberation Hall)
Dax – From A Man’s Perspective – (Records Label, LLC / Columbia)
Phil Collins – Live From the Board: Official Bootleg – (Craft Recordings / Rhino Records)
Eric Clapton – Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival 2023 – (Rhino Records)
Jazz Sabbath – The 1968 Tapes – (Blacklake)
Regina Spektor – Songs – (Sire Records)
Fire Action – Until the Heat Dies – (Steamhammer)
Bedsore – Dreaming the Strife for Love – (2o Buck Spin)
The Innocence Mission – Midwinter Swimmers – (Therese Records)
Storace – Crossfire – (Frontiers Records)
Bon Jovi – Bon Jovi (Deluxe Edition) – (Island Records)
Bon Jovi – All The Best 1984-2024 (Super Deluxe) – (Universal Japan)
Smashing Pumpkins – Aghori Mhori Mei – (Martha’s Music) – CD & Vinyl
U2 – How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb (Re-Assembled Edition) – (Island Records)
Judas Priest – Rocka Rolla (50th Anniversary Remixed & Remastered) – (MNRK Heavy)
Bryan Adams – Live at the Royal Albert Hall 2024 (Box Set) – (BAD) – CD Box Set
Linkin Park – From Zero – (Warner Records)
Shawn Mendes – Shawn – (Island Records / UMG)
Dwight Yoakam – Brighter Days – (Via Entertainment)
Brooks & Dunn – Reboot II – (Sony Music Nashville)
Gwen Stefani – Bouquet – (Interscope Records)
Mary J. Blige – Gratitude – (300 Entertainment)
Nickelback – Live From Nashville – (BMG)
Ratt – Out of the Cellar (40th Anniversary) – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
Neal Morse – No Hill For a Climber – (InsideOutMusic)
Talking Heads – 77 Super – (Rhino / Warner Records)
The Pineapple Thief – Last to Run – (KScope)
State Champs – State Champs – (Pure Noise Records)
Nathan Evans – 1994 – (Better Now Records / Universal Music)
Skillet – Revolution – (Hear It Loud)
The Cure – Songs of a Lost World – (Polydor Records / Lost Music Ltd / Universal)
VOLA – Friend of a Phantom – (Mascot Label Group)
Willie Nelson – Last Leaf on the Tree – (Legacy Recordings)
Weezer – Weezer (Blue 30th Anniversary) – (Geffen)
Elvis Costello – King of America & Other Realms (Super Deluxe) – (UMe)
Whitesnake – Into the Light: The Solo Albums – (Saltburn LLC / Rhino Entertainment)
Mr. Big – The Big Finish Live – (Evoxs)
HIM – When Love & Death Embrace: Best of 1997-2003 – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
Dug Pinnick – Thingamajigger – (Rat Pak Records)
Halsey – The Great Impersonator – (Columbia Records / Sony Music)
Kelsea Ballerini – Patterns – (Black River Entertainment)
Tears for Fears – Songs for a Nervous Planet – (Concord Records)
Duran Duran – Danse Macabre: De Luxe – (BMG Rights Mgmt) – Physical release as digital came out on October 11th.
311 – Full Bloom – (Skp, Inc.)
Queen – Queen 1 (2024 Mix) – (Hollywood Records)
Motorhead – We Take No Prisoners The Singles 1995-2006 – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
ABBA – The Singles: The First Fifty Years – (Polydor)
Josh Lovelace – Shelters – (Stonycroft Records / Missing Piece Records)
Devin Townsend – PowerNerd – (HevyDevy Records / InsideOutMusic)
Atreyu – The Pronoia Sessions – (Spinefarm Music Group)
Amyl and the Sniffers – Cartoon Darkness – (Virgin Music International)
Bastille – “&” (Ampersand) – (Best Laid Plans Records / Universal Music)
Green Day – American Idiot (20th Anniversary) – (Reprise Records)
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Live at Fillmore East, 1969 – (Atlantic Records) 
The Allman Brothers Band – Final Concert 10-28-14 – (Peach Records)
Pixies – The Night the Zombies Came – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
Beth Hart – You Still Got Me – (Mascot Label Group / Provogue)
Bryan Ferry – Retrospective: Selected Recordings 1973-2023 – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
Andrea Bocelli – Duets (30th Anniversary) – (Decca Records / Universal Music)
Frank Sinatra – L.A. is my Lady – (Frank Sinatra Enterprises)
The Oak Ridge Boys – Mama Boys – (Lightning Rod Records)
Laura Marling – Patterns in Repeat – (Chrysalis Records / Partisan Records)
Chuck Prophet – Wake the Dead – (Yep Roc Records)
Casandra’s Crossing – Garden of Earthly Delights – (Frontiers Records)
Behemoth – XXX Years Ov Blasphemy – (Nuclear Blast)
Fit for an Autopsy – The Nothing That Is – (Nuclear Blast)
Gaerea – Coma – (Season of Mist)
Trauma Ray – Chameleon – (Dais Records)
Better Lovers – Highly Irresponsible – (Sharptone)
Nitrogods – Valley of the Gods – (Massacre Records / Soulfood Music Distribution)
Miranda And The Beat – Can’t Take It – (Ernest Jenning Record Co.)
League of Distortion – Galvanize – (Napalm Records)
Baldwin – Rally E.P. – (Edgewater Music Group)
Mark Bryan – Popped – (Mark Bryan Music Publishing)
The Effigies – Burned – (Effigies)
Courteeners – Pink Cactus Cafe – (Ignition Records)
Harpyie – Voodoo – (Metalville)
St. Lenox – Ten Modern American Work Songs – (Don Giovanni Records)
Onsloow – Full Speed Anywhere Else – (Tiny Engines)
Beach Weather – Melt – (Last Nite / Arista Records / Sony Music)
Fievel is Glauque – Rong Weicknes – (Fat Possum Records)
Amythyst Kiah – Still + Bright – (Rounder Records / Concord)
Katie Gavin – What A Relief – (Saddest Factory Records)
Pom Pom Squad – Mirror Starts Moving Without Me – (City Slang)
Soccer Mommy – Evergreen – (Loma Vista Recordings / Concord)
Naked Roommate – Pass the Loofah – (Naked Roommate)
One True Pairing – Endless Rain – (Domino Recordings)
Little Moon – Dear Divine – (Joyful Noise Recordings)
Elderbrook – Another Touch – (Mine Recordings)
Lone Justice – Viva Lone Justice – (AFAR)
Ben Folds – Sleigher – (New West Records)
Jerry Cantrell – I Want Blood – (Jerry Cantrell)
Asking Alexandria – Where Do We Go From Here: The Remixes E.P. – (Better Noise Music)
Bishop Briggs – Tell My Therapist I’m Fine – (Terry Eighteen, Inc.)
Susanna Hoffs – The Lost Record – (Baroque Folk Records)
David Garrett – Millennium Symphony – (Polydor / Universal Music)
Kylie Minogue – Tension II – (BMG Rights Mgmt)
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