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Schokomuffins und Black Stone Cherry

Eine neue Ep Celebrate von Black Stone Cherry steht vor der Tür. Kein Album voller Überraschungen. Black Stone Cherry steht drauf und Black Stone Cherry ist auch drin. Genau darauf freue ich mich!
Da ich gerade meiner Frau helfen durfte, Schokomuffins zu backen, geht mir dieses Sprachbild nicht aus dem Kopf: Wie meine Lieblingschokolade, die ich auspacke und mich darauf freue, dass der wohlbekannte Geschmack meinen Gaumen erfreut! Ehrlich, ich lächele gerade über mich:)  Genauso fühlt sich die Musik von Black Stone Cherry für mich an. Besonders Celebrate und What You’re Made Of schmecken meinen Ohren!

Freut euch auf Black Stone Cherry. Sie bleiben sich und ihrer Musik treu! (Viktor)

Künstler: Black Stone Cherry
Titel: Celebrate
VÖ EP: 06.03.2026
Label: Mascot Records
Photo Credit: Jimmy Fontaine
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Der offizielle Pressetext

Kentuckys beste Band, BLACK STONE CHERRY, wird am 6. März 2026 ihre brandneue EP „Celebrate“ veröffentlichen. Die EP erscheint digital über Mascot Records. Nach der kürzlichen Veröffentlichung der Lead-Single „Neon Eyes“ veröffentlicht die Band nun eine neue Single und ein Musikvideo zum Titelsong der EP, „Celebrate“.

BLACK STONE CHERRY sind eine Band im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes. Hardrocker mit großem Herz. Vier versierte Songwriter, denen Rock, Metal, Roots, Blues und Soul im Blut liegen. Alte Freunde mit einem instinktiven, einfühlsamen Gespür dafür, was der andere fühlt.

Celebrate wurde von der Band selbst produziert und ist eine EP voller Kontraste. Von einem verträumten, Nirvana-angehauchten Grunge-Song zum Mitsingen („I’m Fine“) über persönlichen Herzschmerz („Deep“) bis hin zu einer überraschenden Coverversion des Simple-Minds-Klassikers „Don’t You (Forget About Me)“ mit Gastgesang von Tyler Connolly (Theory Of A Deadman), einem alten Freund von Black Stone.

BLACK STONE CHERRY sind Meister darin, düstere Themen auf den Kopf zu stellen und daraus kraftvolle und mitreißende Rocksongs zu kreieren. „Jedes Kunstwerk ist eine Momentaufnahme aus dem Leben des Künstlers“, erklärt Sänger und Gitarrist Chris Robertson. „Deshalb betrachte ich die Songs auf dieser EP als Höhepunkt all dessen, was wir seit Screamin‘ At The Sky erlebt haben.“

Sie spielen vor Tausenden von Zuschauern in einer Arena oder auf einem Festivalgelände, anschließend in einem Pub mit 100 Plätzen, und bieten jedes Mal genau die gleiche Show. Deshalb schaffen sie es, ihr Publikum zu begeistern. Sie schreiben Musik, die Gefühle weckt. Keine Überarbeitung, keine Vortäuschung, nur Momente, die zählen. Das spiegelt sich auch in ihrem gesamten Album wieder.

Tourdaten – Tickets

10.09. – Longhorn, Stuttgart
12.09. – Huxley’s Neue Welt, Berlin
13.09. – Progresja, Warschau, Polen
15.09. – Meetfactory, Prag, Tschechien
16.09. – Dürer Kert, Budapest – Ungarn
17.09. – Simm City, Wien – Österreich
19.09. – Backstage Werk, München
20.09. – Mühle Hunziken, Bern – Schweiz
22.09. – Batschkapp, Frankfurt
23.09. – Alhambra, Paris – Frankreich
25.09. – Het Depot, Leuven – Belgien
26.09. – Matrix – Bochum
27.09. – Mezz, Breda – Niederlande
29.09. – Markthalle – Hamburg
30.09. – Essigfabrik, Köln
02.10. – Oosterpoort, Groningen – Niederlande
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Tracklist

01. Celebrate
02. Neon Eyes
03. Caught Up In The Up Down
04. I’m Fine
05. Deep
06. What You’re Made Of
07. Don’t You (Forget About Me)
(feat. Tyler Connolly of Theory Of A Deadman)
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English Version

Chocolate muffins and Black Stone Cherry

A new EP, Celebrate, by Black Stone Cherry is about to be released. It’s not an album full of surprises. It says Black Stone Cherry on the cover, and Black Stone Cherry is what’s inside. That’s exactly what I’m looking forward to!
Since I just helped my wife bake chocolate muffins, I can’t get this image out of my head: like my favorite chocolate, which I unwrap and look forward to the familiar taste delighting my palate! Honestly, I’m smiling to myself right now 🙂 That’s exactly how Black Stone Cherry’s music feels to me. Especially Celebrate and What You’re Made Of are music to my ears!
Look forward to Black Stone Cherry. They remain true to themselves and their music! (Viktor)

The official press release

Kentucky’s finest, Black Stone Cherry, will release their brand-new EP, ‘Celebrate’, which will be digitally available on 6 March 2026 via Mascot Records. They explode back into action with the video for their new track, ‘Neon Eyes.’

Black Stone Cherry are a band in the truest sense of the term. Hard rockers of enormous heart. Four accomplished songwriters with rock, metal, roots, blues, soul and hip hop in their blood. Old friends with an instinctive, compassionate sense for what each other is feeling.
On ‘Celebrate’ – produced by the band and recorded at High Street Studios in Bowling Green, Kentucky – they embody all this at the height of their powers. There’s happiness and heartache. Muscular hooks and raw soul. The life experiences of four men approaching forty (two of them parents), in one emotive, unpolished diamond of a record. Six commanding, stage-ready original tracks and an inspired cover of Simple Minds‘ ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ featuring Tyler Connolly (Theory Of A Deadman).

New track ‘Neon Eyes’ was a soundcheck riff that exploded into a thumping, hard rock party-starter, and the video follows them on a typical day in the life of a band on the road, as they arrive at their stunning headline performance at the 2025 Maid of Stone Festival in the UK.
You get a glimpse of the band behind the scenes, how they prepare for a show, them mingling with the crowd, fans rejoicing throughout the day, and all the way up to a typically high voltage performance showing what an undeniable force they are – plus some magical and unforgettable memories made during the day – watch the video to the end…

Talking about the song, the band say, “For Neon Eyes we had the riff recorded on an iPhone and immediately wrote a song around it when we first started writing for this EP. We knew we wanted the main riff to also be the chorus so once we landed on the title, everything fell into place. A classic BSC banger.”
Black Stone Cherry are masters of taking a somber subject and flipping it on its head, creating a punchy, empowering rock song. „Any piece of art is a snapshot of that artist’s life,“ singer/guitarist Chris Robertson reasons. „I look at these songs as a culmination of everything we’ve lived since Screamin‘ At The Sky.“

„None of us are precious, because we’re all fighting on the same team,“ Ben says. „John Fred might have a guitar riff, or me or Chris might have a drum beat. And Steve is our bass player, but he played slide on the last album, and there’s parts on the new stuff where he plays guitar. It was cool to think you could start the day without a song, and five hours later walk out with a demo.“

‘Celebrate’ is an EP of contrasts. ‘I’m Fine’ is a dreamily woozy, Nirvana-laced grunge singalong. But it was the searing, mid-tempo heartache of ‘Deep’ that struck a really pertinent chord – with Ben in particular. Following long struggles with fertility issues, he and his wife suffered a miscarriage midway through the writing process. Two days later, he was channelling the experience into ‘Deep’.

For a curveball, ‘Celebrate’ is capped off with a strapping yet sensuous cover of Simple Minds‘ classic ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’, featuring guest vocals from old Black Stone friend Tyler Connolly (Theory Of A Deadman). Immortalised in John Hughes‘ seminal 1985 coming-of-age film The Breakfast Club, it turned out to be a surprisingly natural fit for Black Stone Cherry. A happy pairing with the soulful gravel and sincerity of Chris’s vocals. „I love that song!“ the frontman laughs.

No one in Black Stone Cherry takes what they have for granted, least of all their fans. They’ll play to thousands in an arena or festival field, followed by a 100-capacity pub, and put on the exact same show. You can feel it in ‘Celebrate’: the sense that their hearts are totally invested, their priorities clear. Time spent with loved ones. Supporting one another. Connecting with audiences. Music that makes you feel something. No polish, no faking it, just moments that matter.
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Bio

Black Stone Cherry are a band in the truest sense of the term. Almost twenty years on from their incendiary self-titled debut, plus eight albums – including six UK Top 20 hits as well as four top 25 US radio singles over the past two albums – and scores of devoted fans worldwide, the Kentucky foursome retain the fire and camaraderie of their teenage selves. They are a truly collaborative force, in a way that few other bands at this level are. Hard rockers of enormous heart. Four accomplished songwriters with rock, metal, roots, blues, soul and hip hop in their blood. Old friends with an instinctive, compassionate sense for what each other is feeling.

On Celebrate – produced by the band and recorded at High Street Studios in Bowling Green, Kentucky – they embody all this at the height of their powers. There’s happiness and heartache. Muscular hooks and raw soul. The life experiences of four men approaching forty (two of them parents), in one emotive, unpolished diamond of a record. Six commanding, stage-ready original tracks and an inspired cover of Simple Minds’ Don’t You (Forget About Me) featuring Tyler Connolly (Theory Of A Deadman).

Celebrate’s roots stem from the road, where (in true Black Stone style) riffs and lyrics cropped up in soundchecks and tour-bus journeys across the world. In early 2025 they began meeting at guitarist Ben Wells’ home studio, two days a week, to write together in earnest. It was a rewarding experience. Surrounded by band posters, Star Wars figures and Elvis memorabilia – and with Wells’ three beagles as their first critics – they fleshed out ideas, often swapping instruments to nail the best ones.
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