Day in Rock Part 2

The Mission Reunite With Tim Palmer For New Album

Taking place on May 21-22 at The Robin in Bilston, Wolverhampton, the two-day event will also feature performances from Luna Rossa, Halo Blind, The Dave Foster Band, Morpheus Rising, Shadow Of The Sun and Kiama.

Their fourth record entitled Misadventures is out tomorrow (May 13) but Fuentes says getting tracks down for the follow-up to 2012's Collide With The Sky was proving difficult - until he and his bandmates decided to get out on the road.

The singer tells Rolling Stone: "When we went into the studio for the first time, we were there for way too long, trying to finish something that we'd felt couldn't happen at that time. I'd been in there for so long, I felt cabin fever.

"I felt like the four walls that I was looking at every day were not gonna inspire an amazing record, so I got out of there. We went on tour - which was very conducive to the record - and when we did get back and it was time to work on the lyrics and finish the thing, I wanted to do the exact opposite of what I had been doing."

Wright tells Classic Rock: "My first album Thoughts 'N' All set off from a dark place - wandering through the middles again and finding a good resolve at the end. This album starts from a much more positive and happy starting point."

He adds: "The record is linked to the music I love, likening the people I love to the things I love about music. I pay homage to the songs I grew up with and the folk that sang them - and even ones I didn't sing along to.

Frontman Tyler Carter says Slow Me Down explores the fallout from a broken relationship and reveals it's dedicated to guitar player AJ Rebollo's late aunt.

He tells Rolling Stone: "The song is about a woman who discovers her lover has been having a long term affair and goes off the deep end. She's ultimately brought back to reality by the love and care of her devoted son. There's a line in the song that goes, 'My son, I gotta thank you for calling, not sure who I would be if you stopped looking out for me.'

And while the follow-up is very much post-rehab, Spencer says fans should still expect some "crazy" stories. He tells Big Smash Radio: "I'm halfway done with the first draft, so it's in the infant stages. And it's just about from the day I got out of rehab up until now.

It follows their 2013 release, Rain. While Rain embodies "the realisation of, or an awakening to, the effects of war", the Midlands duo say Fall has a more reflective, 'coming to terms' feel to it.

Middleton says: "I will be releasing a solo album that I've been working on for the past year real soon. It's got a 70s prog vibe to it. No Kickstarter campaign but it was all self-funded and will be self-released."

Guitarist Paul Dean says: "I took what they gave me, changed it up a bit, and came up with a melody and a couple of hooks. The idea was to create an anthem for the home crowd to sing about putting a 'hurtin' on the other team.

Benante tells One On One With Mitch Lafon: "I don't have many regrets. I just wish that maybe we weren't so arrogant about things or even ignorant about certain things. Maybe if there were people around us saying 'no' rather than 'yes, let them do whatever they want,' maybe things would have changed here and there."