The set will be available in March 2026
Kentucky’s finest, Black Stone Cherry, will release their new EP, Celebrate, on March 6, 2026, via Mascot Records. They explode back into action with the video for their new single, “Neon Eyes.”
Black Stone Cherry is a band in the truest sense of the term. Hard rockers of enormous heart. Four accomplished songwriters with rock, metal, roots, blues, and southern rock in their blood. Old friends with an instinctive, compassionate sense for what the 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 40 (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 of Theory Of A Deadman.
“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 headline performance at the 2025 Maid of Stone Festival in the UK.
Fans 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.
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 Cherry friend Tyler Connolly. 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.
