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Bury
Tomorrow Announce September Headline Tour. |
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June 2013
Metal Heavyweights BURY TOMORROW, have announced
they will embark on a UK headline tour in September,
to round off their campaign for last years monster
of an album 'The Union Of Crowns'.
After receiving a nomination for 'Best New Band'
at 2013's Metal Hammer Golden Gods, embarking
on hugely successful tours with Crossfaith, Bleed
From Within, While She Sleeps and Architects,
followed by the Rocksound Exposure Tour with The
Ghost Inside and utterly destroying the Pepsi
Max stage at Download, Bury Tomorrow are primed
for their forthcoming festival performances throughout
the Summer, including a main stage set at this
years prestigious Reading and Leeds festivals.
BURY TOMORROW's headline run is presented by The
Agency Group and Hype Clothing in association
with Live Nation and Monster Energy.
26th SEPT - MO CLUB, SOUTHAMPTON
27th SEPT - THE FLEECE, BRISTOL
28th SEPT - O2 ACADEMY 2, BIRMINGHAM
29th SEPT - ACADEMY 3, MANCHESTER
30th SEPT O2 ACADEMY 2, NEWCASTLE
1st OCT - GARAGE, GLASGOW
2nd OCT - RESCUE ROOMS, NOTTINGHAM
3rd OCT - WATERFRONT - NORWICH
4th OCT - O2 ACADEMY ISLINGTON, LONDON
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Letlive
Stream New Album 'The Blackest Beautiful' Three Weeks In Advance
Of Release. |
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 Tuesday 18th
June 2013
In anticipation for their forthcoming release,
Los Angeles based rock act letlive. is currently
streaming their new album, The Blackest Beautiful,
three weeks in advance of the record’s scheduled
debut on July 8th via Epitaph Records. The stream
also comes just days into letlive.’s much
buzzed about run on the Vans Warped Tour kicked
off over the weekend and follows the band's upgrading
of the London date on their forthcoming European
tour due to overwhelming demand. The Blackest
Beautiful is available now for pre-order at iTunes
and from Kings Road.
Stream letlive.’s The Blackest Beautiful
now at
http://bit.ly/ZXRLoZ
Taking rock by storm this summer, letlive. is
on a path to global notoriety with the upcoming
release of The Blackest Beautiful. Already a dominating
force in the U.S., U.K. and Australia, the band’s
unique, volatile ferocity and passionate ideology
is pumping an exciting breath of fresh air into
hard rock music, catching critics by surprise
and garnering thousands of new fans as word continues
to spread around the world.
Earlier this month letlive. premiered an explosive,
high-energy new video for their first single,
“Banshee (Ghost Fame),” from the upcoming
album, which left critics’ and fans’
jaws on the floor. Now comes the full album. Featuring
tracks like “White America’s Beautiful
Black Market,” “Dreamers Disease”
and “The Priest and Used Cars,” The
Blackest Beautiful is the perfect storm of catchy
songwriting, hard-hitting music and smart, thought
provoking lyrics.
Currently featured on the cover of the UK’s
Rock Sound magazine and with singer Jason Butler
recently named #1 on Kerrang’s list of “The
50 Greatest Rockstars in The World Today,”
letlive. is on the verge of a mainstream breakthrough,
leading a resurgence of hard rock with The Blackest
Beautiful.
letlive. UK 2013 Tour
03 Oct 2013 UK Bristol The Fleece
04 Oct 2013 UK Southampton Talking Heads
05 Oct 2013 UK Birmingham Asylum
06 Oct 2013 UK Leeds Cockpit
07 Oct 2013 UK Newcastle Warehouse 34
09 Oct 2013 UK Manchester NQ Live
10 Oct 2013 UK Belfast The Limelight
11 Oct 2013 Ireland Dublin Fibber Magees
12 Oct 2013 UK Glasgow King Tuts
14 Oct 2013 UK Nottingham Rescue Rooms
15 Oct 2013 UK Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
17 Oct 2013 UK London Electric Ballroom –
upgraded from Underworld
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Turisas
Announce Headline Tour And New Album. |
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Enter
Shikari Set To Headline The Warped Tour UK. |
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 Tuesday 18th
June 2013
Following their triumphant Download Festival second
stage headline set this past Saturday, ENTER SHIKARI
have been announced as headliner of the 2012 'Warped
Tour UK', which is once again held at London's
Alexander Palace in November.
The show follows appearances at the German and
Dutch Warped Tour events and a short run of regional
German and French headline dates (as well as a
rescheduled show in Belarus) and will be the band's
last UK show for a considerable time as they enter
the studio not long after to start work on the
follow-up to 2012's top 5 album ' A Flash Flood
Of Colour'.
The full run of dates looks like this :
NOVEMBER
TUES 5 MINSK, BELARUS. REPUBLIC CLUB
THUR 7 STRASBOURG,FRANCE. LAITERIE
FRI 8 KARLSRUHE, GERMANY. SUBSTAGE
SAT 9 BERLIN, GERMANY. WARPED TOUR
SUN 10 EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS. WARPED TOUR
TUE 12 BREMEN, GERMANY. MODERN 65
WED 13 MUNSTER, GERMANY. SKATES PALACE
THUR 14 WIESBADEN, GERMANY. SCHLACTHOF
SAT 16 LILLE, FRANCE. GRAND MIX
SUN 17 LONDON, UK. WARPED TOUR (HEADLINE)
Last week, the band performed a 45 minute set
broadcast live on BBC Radio One as part of their
'Radio One Rocks' week and also released new track
'RADIATE', the second of the band's three new
tracks to be released throughout 2013.
'Radiate video': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLeg_5ljVcA
In the more immediate future for ENTER SHIKARI;
the band appear on the Other Stage at Glastonbury
on Friday 28th June, after which they start a
heavy European festival schedule, including appearances
in Germany, France, Hungary, Russia, the Ukraine
and Romania amongst many more.
The band have also announced the world premier
live show by their 'electronic alter-ego' the
Shikari Sound System in August, at this year's
Reading / Leeds Festival headlining the Lock-Up
Stage.
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Yes
Announce 2014 UK Tour. |
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 Tuesday 18th
June 2013
Grammy award-winning rock luminaries, Yes, announce
triple-album Europe 2014 tour. The band will perform
three of rock’s most influential albums,
The Yes Album, Close to the Edge, and Going for
the One, in their entirety.
Legendary progressive rock band, Yes, today announced
it's 2014 European tour, kicking off 29 April
2014 in Oxford, England and wrapping up 22 May
2014 in Tilburg, Netherlands. On this tour, fans
can look forward to a unique Yes experience; the
band will perform three of its most popular albums
in their entirety, The Yes Album, Close to the
Edge, and Going for the One.
Performing three of rock and roll’s most
revered albums, Yes members Chris Squire (bass),
Steve Howe (guitar), Alan White (drums), Geoff
Downes (keyboards), and Jon Davison (vocals),
will delight audiences with Yes staples from the
last four decades. Fans will enjoy long-time favourites,
including “Yours is No Disgrace,”
“I’ve Seen All Good People,”
“Starship Trooper,” “Close to
the Edge,” “And You And I,”
“Going for the One,” “Wonderous
Stories,” “Awaken,” and more.
In addition, Yes will perform all tracks in the
order they appear on their corresponding studio
albums.
“We performed these three albums in their
entirety on our North and South American tours,
and the fans absolutely loved it,” says
Yes guitarist, Steve Howe. “Fans did indeed
love it,” states Yes co-founder and bassist,
Chris Squire, “and so did we. Plus, we’ll
be performing pieces we’ve rarely played
live. In fact, I believe the one song we never
performed in concert before our three-album tours
is ‘A Venture’ from The Yes Album.”
Alan White goes on to say, “As with our
three-album North and South American tours, this
is a great opportunity to share with our European
fans the growth of Yes throughout different eras,
and to revisit the great memories of those times,
as well as create brand new ones. We’re
looking forward to touring Europe, performing
these albums, and most of all, meeting our wonderful
fans. It’s great fun for us, and we think
our fans throughout Europe will love the performance
as well.”
The Europe 2014 tour visits Oxford, England;
Glasgow, Scotland; London, England; Paris, France;
Zurich, Switzerland; Brussels, Belgium; and a
variety of other cities. See below for complete
tour itinerary information, including venues and
dates.
DATE CITY VENUE
Tuesday, 29 Apr Oxford, GBR New Theatre
Wednesday, 30 Apr Southend, GBR Cliffs Pavilion
Friday, 2 May Glasgow, GBR Clyde Auditorium
Saturday, 3 May Newcastle, GBR City Hall
Sunday, 4 May Birmingham, GBR Symphony Hall
Tuesday, 6 May Leicester, GBR De Montfort Hall
Wednesday, 7 May Sheffield, GBR City Hall
Thursday, 8 May London, GBR Royal Albert Hall
Saturday, 10 May Manchester, GBR O2 Apollo
Sunday, 11 May Bristol, GBR Hippodrome
Tuesday, 13 May Paris, FRA Gran Rex
Wednesday, 14 May Zurich, SWI Volkshaus
Friday, 16 May Monaco Opera Garnier
Saturday, 17 May Padova, ITA Palageox
Sunday, 18 May Milan, ITA Teatro Della Luna
Tuesday, 20 May Luxembourg Rockhall Box
Wednesday, 21 May Brussels, BEL A B
Thursday, 22 May Tilburg, NTL 0 1 3
UK Ticket prices are £37.50 for all Venues
except for London £50 (boxes), £45,
£40 and £35. Agency and Credit card
bookings are subject to booking fee.Showtime is
7.30pm and tickets are available from bookingsdirect.com
or 24 ticket hotline: 0844 338 0000. Tickets go
onsale on Friday 21st June at 9.00am.
For more information go to yesworld.com
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Placebo
Detail New Single And Forthcoming Album. |
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 Tuesday 18th
June 2013
internationally acclaimed rock band Placebo announce
the first single off “Loud Like Love”
the forthcoming album set for release on September
16th 2013.
“Too Many Friends” launches at UK
radio on July 8th and will be available digitally
the following day.
Together with the eagerly awaited first taste
of their 7th studio album the band unveils the
track titles to the fans and public:
01 Loud Like Love
02 Scene Of The Crime
03 Too Many Friends
04 Hold On To Me
05 Rob The Bank
06 A Million Little Pieces
07 Exit Wounds
08 Purify
09 Begin The End
10 Bosco
Placebo’s new album “Loud Like Love”
will be available in 5 different formats:
• 3D Lenticular Super Deluxe Box Set
• Limited Edition Deluxe Digi-Pack Version
• Double 12" Coloured Vinyl Gatefold
Edition
• Standard CD Album
• Digital
All physical formats are available for preorder
as of now at http://po.st/LLLStore
Placebo, now signed to Universal Music, have to
date recorded six studio albums and sold more
than 12 million records worldwide. The band’s
self-titled debut album, released in 1996, was
certified gold in the UK and achieved platinum
status in France. Since then, Placebo have enjoyed
an ever growing level of success around the world
with their unique blend of music and outstanding
live performances. Their dark and melodic trademark
sound featuring singer Brian Molko’s instantly
recognisable vocals has become one of the strongest
brands in rock over the past decade. In 2009,
Placebo received the MTV Europe Music Award for
‘Best Alternative’ act. Their last
studio album, “Battle for the Sun”,
released through a network of independent partners
worldwide, went to No. 1 in 10 countries and reached
top 5 in 20 countries, and was also No. 1 on the
Billboard European Album Charts for a fortnight.
For more information please visit www.placeboworld.co.uk
EUROPEAN TOUR DATES - AUTUMN 2013
Torwar, Warsaw - Poland - Tue, 12 Nov 2013
Lucerna Music Bar, Prague - Czech Rep - Wed, 13
Nov 2013
Arena Leipzig, Leipzig – Germany - Fri,
15 Nov 2013
Lanxess Arena, Cologne – Germany - Sat,
16 Nov 2013
Hallenstadion Arena, Zurich – Switzerland
- Mon, 18 Nov 2013
Olympiahalle, Munich – Germany - Tue, 19
Nov 2013
Stadthalle, Vienna – Austria - Thu, 21 Nov
2013
Unipol Arena, Bologna – Italy - Sat, 23
Nov 2013
Geneva Arena, Geneva – Switzerland - Sun,
24 Nov 2013
Festhalle, Frankfurt – Germany - Wed, 27
Nov 2013
O2 Arena Berlin, Berlin - Germany – UK -
Thu, 28 Nov 2013
Falconer Salen, Copenhagen – Denmark - Sat,
30 Nov 2013
Stora Arenan, Stockholm – Sweden - Sun,
01 Dec 2013
Sentrum Scene, Oslo – Norway - Tue, 03 Dec
2013
O2 World, Hamburg - Germany – UK - Thu,
05 Dec 2013
Sportpalais, Antwerp – Belgium - Sat, 07
Dec 2013
Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam – Holland - Sun, 08
Dec 2013
Bercy, Paris – France - Tue, 10 Dec 2013
O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham – UK -
Thu, 12 Dec 2013
O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow – UK - Fri,
13 Dec 2013
O2 Apollo, Manchester – UK - Sat, 14 Dec
2013
O2 Academy Brixton, London – UK - Mon, 16
Dec 2013
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Download
Festival 2013 A Major Success With Over 90,000 People Attending. |
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 Tuesday 18th
June 2013
Download Festival - THE biggest weekend in the
rock calendar - took place this weekend as 90,000
people rocked out in Donington Park to headliners
Slipknot, Iron Maiden and Rammstein plus a host
of other bands across the weekend.
Crowds of rock fans packed out Donington Park
as the opening day of Download saw Asking Alexandria,
Papa Roach, Architects, Korn, Bullet for My Valentine
all perform mind blowing sets throughout the day,
while bands like Fearless Vampire Killers, Fidlar
and The Algorithm ripped up the Red Bull Bedroom
Jam Stage.
Slipknot had Donington in the palm of their hand
as they opened their set with ‘Distasterpiece’
before launching into ‘Liberate’,
‘Wait and Bleed’, ‘Before I
Forget’ and ‘Psychosocial’.
A moment that will go down in Download history
followed when 90,000 people knelt down on Donignton’s
sacred ground before “jumping the fuck up”
during a raging rendition of ‘Spit It Out’.
Saturday’s epic lineup saw Queens of the
Stone Age make their Download debut as the sun
beamed down on the home of rock, while Motorhead,
Alice In Chains, Mastodon, Enter Shikari, Jimmy
Eat World, The Hives, Kvelertak and many more
all played blinding sets.
A Spitfire circled Donington Park before Iron
Maiden burst onto stage with their headline set
bringing the Maiden England tour to the festival
marking 25 years since the band first headlined
Donington Park. The set included ‘Run To
The Hills’, ‘Fear of the Dark’,
‘The Number of the Beast’ and an encore
of ‘Aces High’, ‘The Evil That
Men Do’ and ‘Running Free’.
The closing day of Download has already seen crowds
roaring with sets from Coal Chamber, Five Finger
Death Punch, Parkway Drive, with Limp Bizkit,
Thirty Seconds To Mars, Gaslight Anthem, A Day
To Remember and many more still to come. And of
course everyone is gearing up for a stunning set
from tonight’s headliners Rammstein, who
will close the festival with a set that’s
sure to contend for rock show of the year.
Download Festival promoter Andy Copping commented:
“It’s been an amazing weekend. We’ve
had over 150 bands across five stages and a trio
of ground breaking, world class headliners. Having
Iron Maiden back 25 years after they first headlined
Donington was an incredible moment. Slipknot as
usual delivered an unforgettable set, and Rammstein
tonight will be the first time the band have played
Donington.”
Other activity on site included The Red Bull Studios
live at Download, which culminated in an exciting
series of sets from some of the UK's hottest emerging
bands. Croydon trio Press To Meco were met with
a raucous overspilling tent whilst Aberdeen four
piece Semperfi had the electric crowds shouting
back their lyrics. The highlight for fellow Aberdeen
cohorts Akord was undoubtedly accepting an impromptu
invite to play on the main stage during Down's
set to a 70k strong crowd. Having previously nurtured
the cream of new rock talent such as Radio 1 favourites
Don Broco, Red Bull Studios will no doubt be seeing
this year's alumni on bigger stages very soon.
Check out the 8 bands who made it through to play
on the Red Bull Studios live at Download stage
here www.download.redbullstudios.com
Fans don’t need to be too down about the
fact that the weekend is almost over, as festival
organisers announce the dates for next year and
a special early bird offer as a thank you to fans.
Ticketmaster has discovered that metal and rock
fans are amongst the most loyal there are. Research
conducted by Ticketmaster’s LiveAnalytics
team has revealed that attendees of Download,
the UK’s premier rock festival, were much
more likely to be returning after a previous visit
than at an average festival. Loyalty is increasing
significantly year on year, with 27% of this year’s
festival goers returning after attending last
year, growing steadily from 20% in 2012 and 13%
in 2011, to this year’s all-time high.
‘Our findings suggest that metal and rock
fans simply can’t resist the lure of their
favourite bands: and with a line up including
Slipknot, Iron Maiden and Rammstein, who can blame
them?’ – Sophie Crosby, VP of Insight,
Ticketmaster International.
Download Festival 2014 will take place 13-15 June,
and as a thank you to fans for a limited time
Download is offering £10 off the current
2013 prices for 5-day camping tickets, 3-day camping
and weekend arena tickets. All tickets go on sale
at 9am on 21 June with the offer closing on 1
July. There are only 5,000 available, visit www.downloadfestival.co.uk
to get yours.
Team Rock will launch tonight with a 'Best of
Download 2013' show at 2 minutes to midnight.
The Lowdown with Scuzz's Round Up show will air
at 6pm on Friday 21 June. Tune in to relive all
the weekend’s highlights.
You can also catch highlights on Sky Arts from
Saturday 29 June. Transmission dates:
Saturday 29 June
Sunday 30 June
Monday 15 July
Tuesday 16 July
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Gogol
Bordello Announce December Tour. |
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 Tuesday 18th
June 2013
Following this weekend’s Download performance,
internationally renowned gypsy punk rock group
Gogol Bordello have announced that they will return
to the UK for six dates this December. The tour
will stop at:
Gogol Bordello – December 2013
Sunday 08 Norwich – The Nick Rayns LCR,
UEA
Monday 09 O2 Academy Bristol
Wednesday 11 O2 Academy Leeds
Friday 13 O2 Academy Brixton
Saturday 14 Manchester Academy
Sunday 15 O2 Academy Glasgow
Tickets go on sale at 9am on Wednesday 19th June
priced £18.50 regionally and £21.00
in London (subject to booking fee) and are available
from www.livenation.co.uk or www.ticketmaster.co.uk.
July 22nd sees the UK release of Gogol Bordello’s
sixth full-length album Pura Vida Conspiracy via
PIAS/Coop. Produced by Andrew Scheps, the new
album was recorded in El Paso, Texas at Sonic
Ranch Studios and is a powerful collection of
12 surging new songs. The album is available now
for pre-order here. The pre-order CD and pre-order
bundle package includes a free sticker pack featuring
5 exclusive designs while the pre-order LP and
pre-order LP bundle includes a free tote bag.
Ahead of the release of the new album Gogol Bordello
are offering up a stream of their rebellious new
song “Malandrino” to get the party
started. Listen to 'Malandrino' here!
The album’s title is derived from a Spanish
slang phrase for “pure life,” which
is a theme that resonates throughout the new material.
The disc’s opener and new single “We
Rise Again,” introduces the album’s
limitless, all-embracing themes instantly, centered
on a chorus of “Borders are scars on face
of the planet.” The new songs are infused
with ideas rooted in Eastern philosophy but also
search for a means of joining fragmented parts
and persons, and of creating a worldwide consciousness.
“For me music is a way to explore human
potential,” Hutz says. “And that’s
my main interest in life – human potential.
Everyone knows there’s something inside
of us that we’re not using. How do we get
it? How do we reach it? Every single person knows
that there’s something and nobody knows
what it is. So at one point I said to myself,
I’m gonna get down and get it.”
Gogol Bordello has spent the last decade getting
down with that energy through their meteoric live
shows and has earned a solid reputation as "the
hottest global touring act to come out of New
York (Billboard)" and "the world's most
riotous live band (Rolling Stone).” Their
wildly energetic live shows are celebrated by
fans worldwide and have brought them to nearly
every corner of the globe and to the main stage
of festivals like Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo,
Roskilde, Rock am Ring, Reading and Leeds to name
just a few.
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Warped
Tour 2013 Gets Even Bigger. |
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 Tuesday 18th
June 2013
Held at London’s historic Alexandra Palace
on November 16th and 17th, the 2013 UK leg of
the VANS WARPED TOUR has now been boosted with
the news that ENTER SHIKARI and PARKWAY DRIVE
will join the previously announced RISE AGAINST
and BILLY TALENT as headliners.
Continuing their self-proclaimed mission statement
to “abuse music’s worthless genre
boundaries”, St. Albans quartet ENTER SHIKARI’S
visceral live experience is set to shake the foundations
of Alexandra Palace when they hit WARPED. Since
their third album ‘A Flash Flood of Colour’
crashed into the charts at #4, the band have delivered
their genre-colliding sound to Europe, North America,
Oceania and Japan. WARPED represents their first
major London show since they closed 2012 with
two major shows at the prestigious Roundhouse
venue.
Enter Shikari Front man Rou Reynolds: “"We're
chomping at the proverbial bit for Warped Tour
UK.
Its an honour to even play let alone headline!
and being able to experience that Warped Tour
vibe and not have to be crammed into a 400 ton
cylindrical object 36,000 feet above the ground
for 9 hours is great! Alexandra Palace is such
a smashing venue too, very salubrious. If I was
a lame-ass, (and I'm not) I'd say we were gonna
give this gig 110%. But seeing as that isn't physically
possible (and, as we've established, I'm not a
lame ass) I won't say that".
Since blasting out of their hometown of Byron
Bay on Australia’s east coast, PARKWAY DRIVE’s
blend of power, charisma and uncompromising metallic
hardcore has captivated audiences the world over.
After first hitting the Australian charts with
their debut album ‘Killing With A Smile’
and hitting the Top 10 with ‘Horizons’,
their third album ‘Deep Blue’ spread
word of their talents to a wider international
audience – and last year’s ‘Atlas’
cemented their growing stature, all the while
expanding their sonic palette while moving into
brave new sounds.
Says vocalist Winston McCall: “We are unbelievably
excited and honoured to be part of Warped Tour
UK 2013! Warped Tour has been a massive part of
this band’s lives from before Parkway even
existed so to be kicking it in the UK with such
an amazing line-up is going to be mental!”
The ascension of ESCAPE THE FATE has reached a
new level with the recent release of their fourth
album ‘Ungrateful’ – helped
in part by the popularity of the title track which
has passed 1.7 million views on YouTube. Fronted
by the irrepressible Craig Mabbitt, the WARPED
show represents the first time that the Las Vegas
band have played in the capital since the release
of the album, and their knack for blending aggression
and melody is sure to receive a roar of approval.
The London leg of the VANS WARPED TOUR can now
also confirm the addition of the fast-rising BLOOD
COMMAND, Birmingham’s melodic metalcore
quintet CYTOTA, grime-metal crossover pioneers
HACKTIVIST, Fueled by Ramen’s electro-rockers
GHOST TOWN and Wrexham pop-punkers NECK DEEP.
The full line-up is as below. In keeping with
the finest traditions of the VANS WARPED TOUR,
the running order is to be decided on the day:
Saturday 16th November
Rise Against
Parkway Drive
Air Dubai
Billy Talent
Blood Command
Capture The Crown
Chiodos
Crossfaith
Escape The Fate
Fact
Itch
Like Moths To Flames
Memphis May Fire
Real Friends
Sublime With Rome
The Wonder Years
Yellowcard
The Younger
Sunday 17th November
Enter Shikari
Rise Against
Anberlin
Billy Talent
Coheed and Cambria
The Color Morale
Cytota
Flogging Molly
Ghost Town
Hacktivist
The Hype Theory
Like Torches
The Maine
Neck Deep
RDGLDGRN
Skinny Lister
Yellowcard
In addition, a breathtaking extreme sports display
will appear alongside the musical banquet, as
well as dozens of stalls in a bigger merch market,
which offers not only items from all the bands
playing but also the chance to meet some of them
at spontaneous signing sessions.
Both weekend (priced £75) and single day
tickets (priced £40) for VANS WARPED TOUR
in London are on-sale now at http://vanswarpedtouruk.com/.
As usual, the running order is to be decided on
the day, and this year you may even see some surprise
appearances from a select few bands who decide
one show at WARPED is not enough and join for
both days.
Two days tickets for VANS WARPED TOUR in London
are on-sale now at http://vanswarpedtouruk.com/.
The tour will also hit mainland Europe, Berlin
Arena (November 9th), Eindhoven Klokgebouw (November
10th), Bern Festhalle (November 23rd), Vienna
Stadthalle (November 24th). Info at http://vanswarpedtoureurope.com
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Boomtown
Rats Announce Classic Hits Collection And UK Tour. |
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Maiden Announce One Off London Show. |
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 Tuesday 18th
June 2013
Bruce Dickinson announced tonight to 90,000 fans
at Download Festival, Donington Park, that Maiden
will round off the current 30 date European leg
of their MAIDEN ENGLAND WORLD TOUR in London,
with a show at the O2 Arena on Saturday 3rdAugust.
Comments Bruce “We’ve all been having
such a fantastic time on this tour. From the very
first show in North America last year to the European
dates we’ve done so far, it’s just
been tremendous fun. Our fans have been brilliant
as usual, and seem to be loving the set-list and
the stage production! So we thought that because
this tour has been such an amazing experience
for band and fans alike, it somehow seems right
to finish up back home in England and have the
final show celebration on home-turf. The 02 is
a great venue to play with a really fantastic
vibe, so we’re really looking forward to
this show being one almighty party!”
Iron Maiden wish to ensure that fans get fair
and proper access to tickets and do not pay over
the actual ticket price by way of touts or the
Secondary Ticketing Agencies and therefore this
concert will be totally Ticketless (Paperless)
Ticketing using the latest Technology.
Ticketless (Paperless) Ticketing means fans will
not receive a physical concert ticket for their
entry into the event. Buying paperless helps ensure
fans have secure and convenient access to event
tickets at the intended original sale price. On
the day of show, concert goers just need to bring
the credit card they used for the ticket purchase
and a government-issued photo ID to the concert.
All members of the ticket purchaser's party must
be present at the same time to enter the venue.
The venue’s ticket usher will swipe their
credit card upon entry and present each person
in their party with seat locator slips for quick
access into the show.
Andy Copping - Senior Vice President of Music,
Live Nation UK comments; “Maiden, their
Management Phantom Music, the O2 and my team at
Live Nation have really tried to ensure that fans
can buy tickets at a fair and agreed price for
the forthcoming UK show at the 02 by utilising
Ticketless (Paperless) Ticketing technology throughout
the whole venue. The aim is to ensure fair access
for true fans and to eradicate ticket tout issues
and inflated secondary market prices that can
also lead to a reduction of the number of obtainable
tickets at the on sale not being available to
fans”
Maiden Manager Rod Smallwood adds; “We are
all very pleased to round off this part of the
tour back home to celebrate and it promises to
be a great night. We used Ticketless (Paperless)
Ticketing on our North American Tours in 2010
and 2012 and it worked extremely well and we received
many positive comments back from our fans. With
Ticketless (Paperless) Ticketing, only those who
actually pay initially for the tickets will get
into the show so scalping is generally avoided.
We are also doing everything we can to avoid any
drain of tickets going to the Secondary Ticketing
sites which we feel make unfair profits from music
fans and often lessen the number of tickets available
to real fans, especially at the on sale.”
“Finally, we are of course once again arranging
exclusive ticket pre-sales for our fan club members
so they can be quick off the mark for great tickets.
We will also continue to run the draw for fan
club members so they can be ‘First To The
Barrier’ prior to the show. We hope that
these measures will help our fans as much as possible
and ask that they keep checking for details on
our website.”
Following the 02 the band take a short break before
playing North America, then Latin American Stadiums
and the Rock in Rio Festival in September, and
will finish the tour off with a return to the
Estadio Nacional in Chile on 2nd October. For
full dates go to www.ironmaiden.com
Tickets go on general sale Friday June 28th from
www.theo2.co.uk, www.axs.com & www.ticketmaster.co.uk
. There will be an Iron Maiden FanClub presale
– Monday 24th and Tuesday 25th June. Details
on ironmaiden.com. Fan Club members will also
be eligible in the draw to be First To The Barrier.
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Bullet
For My Valentine Announce December UK Tour. |
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 Tuesday 18th
June 2013
Bullet For My Valentine have announced details
of their largest ever UK tour to date. The Welsh
rock band, who released their fourth album Temper
Temper in March, played a series of sold out UK
shows in spring and have since played sold out
tours in America and across Europe. The band will
appear as second headliners on the Main Stage
at Download festival today, and will then play
the following arena shows in December, playing
to over 65,000 fans, including a massive hometown
show in Cardiff, as part of their “Rule
Britannia” UK tour:
Sunday 1st December – Manchester Arena
Monday 2nd December – Glasgow SECC
Tuesday 3rd December – Birmingham NIA
Thursday 5th December – London Wembley Arena
Friday 6th December – Cardiff Motorpoint
Arena
Exclusive presale and VIP packages are available
from 9am on Wednesday 19th June with general on
sale starting 9am on Friday 21st June. Tickets
for the shows cost £25 (subject to booking
fee) and are available online at www.ticketmaster.co.uk
or www.livenation.co.uk
Matt Tuck, vocalist/guitars, said:"The boys
and I are excited to announce that we will be
once again crushing arenas all over the UK this
December. In 2010 we got our first taste of headlining
arenas and it was mind blowing, this time around
it’s gonna be louder, crazier and we'll
be bringing more pyro than ever!! Make sure you
get your tickets and be part of 'The' tour of
2013, see ya there, ROCK!"
The UK tour will also see Bullet supported by
two of the hottest properties in UK rock, Asking
Alexandria and Young Guns.
Asking Alexandra said: “It's been a dream
of ours to tour arenas around the UK for a long
time and the fact that it's happening with a bunch
of cool guys that like to drink as much as we
do is fucking brilliant. Rock on, drink on, game
on!”
Young Guns said: "We're honoured to have
been asked to support bullet for my valentine
on their upcoming UK arena run. Having just spent
2 months with them in the USA we know firsthand
how great they are live and we're excited to see
them bring it on stages as big as these are. As
for us, these are going to be some of the largest
shows we've ever played and we can't wait to get
out there! We'll be fresh out of the studio and
desperate to get back out there again, so see
you all in December!"
Temper Temper was once again another huge international
hit for the band,charting at #11 in the UK as
well as #13 in America, plus Top 10 placings in
Germany, Australia, Japan, Canada, Switzerland,
Austria and Finland.
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Motionless
In White Announce September UK Tour. |
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 Tuesday 18th
June 2013
Following on from an explosive start to 2013 that
has seen MOTIONLESS IN WHITE already tour the
UK and USA with Asking Alexandria, as well prepare
for the US Mayhem Tour, the band can now announce
a September UK headline tour. The tour will be
the bands biggest ever in the UK, and will include
a London show at The Forum in Kentish Town to
over 2000 people, just 12 months on from their
first ever UK headline London show, at the 500
cap Underworld.
Support comes from The Defiled and Glamour Of
The Kill.
- CHRIS QUOTE -
THE INFAMOUS TOUR - dates are as follows:
SEPTEMBER 2013
12 Sep: Dublin Academy 1, Eire
13 Sep: Belfast Mandella Hall, UK / 14 Glasgow
Garage
15 Newcastle O2 Academy2 / 16 Manchester Academy
18 Leeds Cockpit / 19 Nottingham Rescue Rooms
20 Birmingham O2 Academy2 / 21 London The Forum
22 Bristol The Fleece / 23 Portsmouth Wedgewood
Rooms
The band are also reissuing their hugely acclaimed
2012 studio album, ‘Infamous’ with
extra tracks and remix’s, on June 10th through
Fearless Records. As front man Chris explains;
"I can't begin to explain how much anxiousness
has riddled my bones for the release of this Deluxe
Edition of Infamous. Every single one of these
18 tracks has been made bigger, better and harder
than anything you have ever previously heard come
from Motionless In White. From remixes to new
songs and more... we are so proud of this album
and the extra tracks. We are primed and ready
for our biggest summer yet..."
Full ‘Infamous’ reissue track-listings:
1. Black Damask (The Fog) / 2. Devil's Night
3. AMERICA / 4. Burned At Both Ends
5. The Divine Intervention / 6. Puppets 2 (The
Rain)
7. Sinematic / 8. If It's Dead, We'll Kill It
9. Synthetic Love / 10. Hatef**k / 11. Underdog
12. Infamous / 13. Sick From The Melt* / 14. Fatal*
15. AMERICA (Celldweller Remix)*
16. Underdog (Ricky Horror Remix)*
17. Sinematic (Combichrist Remix)*
18. AMERICA Radio Mix*?*New Song
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Queens
Of The stone Age Announce UK Tour. |
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 Tuesday 18th
June 2013
Following the release of their critically acclaimed
sixth studio album ‘...Like Clockwork‘
which last week scored them a number no.2 in the
UK - their highest UK chart position to date -
Queens of the Stone Age today announce a November
UK tour.
The band will kick off proceedings at Glasgow’s
Hydro Arena on November 17th before performing
at Dublin’s O2 Arena on the 18th, Belfast’s
Odyssey on the 19th, Manchester’s MEN Arena
on the 21st, Birmingham’s NIA on the 22nd
and finally London’s Wembley Arena on the
24th.
Produced by Joshua Homme and QOTSA, recorded by
Mark Rankin with additional engineering by Alain
Johannes and Justin Smith, at Josh’s studio,
Pink Duck, in Burbank, CA, ‘…Like
Clockwork’ is the latest – and if
critical consensus is to be believed, best –
Queens Of The Stone Age album. The world would
seem to agree, as the record has gone to #1 in
the US, Australia, Ireland and Portgual, #2 in
the UK, Canada, Belgium, Switzerland, Finland
and New Zealand, #3 in Holland and Austria, #4
in Denmark and top 10 in Germany, France, and
Spain.
This Saturday, Queens of the Stone Age are set
to perform a much-anticipated second from headline
slot at Download Festival. They are then confirmed
to play at London’s Roundhouse as part of
the iTunes Festival on September 6th.
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
LIVE - UK TOUR 2013
11/16/13 Glasgow Hydro Arena UK
11/17/13 Dublin O2 Arena Ireland
11/18/13 Belfast Odyssey UK
11/20/13 Manchester Arena UK
11/21/13 Birmingham NIA UK
11/22/13 London Wembley Arena UK
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Quireboys
Announce Octobe Tour. |
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 Tuesday 18th
June 2013
Beautiful Curse … 7th new studio album on
the way from The Quireboys, via Off Yer Rocka
Recordings, as well as a World Tour kicking off
in the UK this October.
It’s hard to believe that The Quireboys
have been doing their Gypsy Styled Rock n Roll
for 29 years now. Since the early days when Mrs
Osbourne held the reins, The Quireboys have played
in front of millions of rockers worldwide as well
as selling the same over the last 6 studio albums.
They’ve played nearly every major festival
worldwide, supported Guns n Roses, The Rolling
Stones & Bon Jovi on major events, collected
more air miles than Branson and have very recently,
finished their 7th studio album which is sounding
nothing short of incredible.
We are now pleased to confirm they will be commencing
their “Beautiful Curse World Tour”
in the UK, with a selection of high profile dates
around the country before heading into Europe.
The Quireboys, will be joined by Swedish Rock
n Roll Rebels Bonafide, who will also have a new
studio release out in September as well as a DVD
in July. Opening support will be by Bad Touch.
Beautiful Curse, which has all its artwork themed
around The Hispanic festival, “Dia de los
Muertos” ( Day of The Dead), will be available
everywhere, digitally and physically on 1st July
2013. Twelve special tracks, tackling every style,
The Quireboys have ever deployed plus some new
twists, that should guarantee some satisfaction
to the horde of fans that have been starved for
the last few years.
Spike, Guy, Paul and Keith have all marked this
as the best thing they have done since the legendary
“A Bit Of What You Fancy”, back in
1990. Add in the incredible production talents
Of Chris Tsangarides (Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy,
Gary Moore,) down at The Ecology Rooms in Dover
plus the legendary Simon Hanson (Squeeze) being
added to the Rhythm Section, and you can easily
see why we are all excited.
Make sure you witness this killer show featuring
all the classics as well as the new. UK Dates
are as follows
Sun 6th Oct O2 Academy, Bristol www.ticketweb.co.uk
0844 477 2000
Mon 7th Oct O2 Academy2, Oxford www.ticketweb.co.uk
0844 477 2000
Wed 9th Oct O2 Academy2, Birmingham www.ticketweb.co.uk
0844 477 2000
Thu 10th Oct O2 Academy2, Sheffield www.ticketweb.co.uk
0844 477 2000
Fri 11th Oct The Garage, Glasgow www.triplegmusic.com
0844 844 4747
Sat 12th Oct The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham www.alt-tickets.co.uk
0845 413 4444
Mon 14th Oct O2 Academy, Newcastle www.ticketweb.co.uk
0844 477 2000
Tue 15th Oct Club Academy, Manchester www.manchesteracademy.net
0161 832 1111
Thu 17th Oct O2 Islington Academy, London www.ticketweb.co.uk
0844 477 2000
Fri 18th Oct Old Fire Station, Bournemouth www.ticketweb.co.uk
0844 477 2000
Tickets are prices £15 (£17 London)
subject to booking fee
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Hevy
Fest Tickets Onsale Now. |
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Devildriver
Reveal Album Tracklisting. |
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Santa
Cruz Announce Two UK Shows. |
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 Tuesday 18th
June 2013
SANTA CRUZ, the Helsinki-based four-piece who
draw their inspiration from such hard rockin’
greats as Skid Row & Guns ´n Roses,
will be Special Guesting with Spinefarm label-mates
Vega on two UK shows in July.
These are:-
JULY
5th – London, Barfly
6th – Rock City, Nottingham
Completing the bill in London will be melodic
rockers Curran, with the full bill in Notts yet
to be announced.
Blending influences from ’80s & early
’90s rock with an accomplished level of
musicianship plus elements of modern metal, Santa
Cruz have already kicked up some serious dust
in their native Finland, and now – with
debut ‘Screaming For Adrenaline’ album
on release and picking up positive reviews –
the time is right for a UK visit, actually the
band’s very first shows outside of Finland!
Says vocalist/guitarist Archie: “We are
so stoked to bring our music to the UK for the
first time! We seem to have fans there already,
and hopefully we'll make loads of new ones. We
want to show everybody that hard rock is alive
‘n’ kickin’! From the UK, we
really admire classic bands like The Stones, Zeppelin,
Sabbath & Purple, as well as ’80's groups
such as Def Leppard & Judas Priest! And, more
recently, The Darkness. We can’t wait!”
Loved by Children Of Bodom’s Alexi Laiho
(“the awesome guitar playing makes me wanna
bang my head into two pieces!”), ‘Screaming…’
is a bold statement from a band who have been
together since 2007, and who have spent the past
few years cutting their musical teeth via two
EP releases plus some intensive home country gigging.
Now it’s time to spread the word.
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The
Darkness Announce Massive Intimate UK Tour. |
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Carnifex
To Replace Miss May I On Impericon Never Say Die Tour. |
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Vivian
Campbell Make's An Announcement. |
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 Thursday 13th
June 2013
In light of the forthcoming European and North
American dates from Def Leppard, guitarist Vivian
Campbell felt it would be right to let the band's
supporters know that he is currently in recovery
from cancer.
Vivian says, “I feel fortunate that my cancer
sent me an alarm call in the form of ‘the
cough that wouldn’t quit’. Otherwise,
how would I have known? After several months of
trying every inhaler known to man, my doctor finally
had me X-rayed. A further CAT scan revealed that
enlarged lymph nodes were doing wrestling manoeuvres
on my windpipe – hence the cough. What was
causing the enlarged lymph nodes, however, was
yet to be determined, so I underwent a surgical
biopsy on March 11th, the first day of Leppard
rehearsals for our Viva Las Vegas shows. Obviously,
I didn’t make it to rehearsal that day,
but it’s okay; I know the songs by now...
My diagnosis was Hodgkin's Lymphoma and 6 months
of chemotherapy is the prescribed treatment. I’m
about 2 months in and feeling rather spiffy, all
things considered. Hodgkin's has an over 80% cure
rate, so by my reckoning, if you’re going
to have a cancer, Hodgie’s is the one to
have!
The reason I’m sharing this with you is
because, despite cancer and chemo, me and my new
aerodynamic hairstyle (read: no hair) are going
on tour this summer with the band and I don’t
want anyone to be so shocked by my new look that
they ask for a refund. Simple economics, really.
My family, friends and bandmates have all been
extremely supportive through this and I look forward
to a summer full of shows with both Def Leppard
in June/July and the debut of Last In Line this
August.”
The USA based Northern Irish guitarist has a busy
schedule this coming summer. Fresh from Def Leppard’s
triumphant Las Vegas Residency, the band are set
to play a series of festivals and headline shows
across Europe and North America in June/July 2013.
Full dates are as follows
Thursday 21st June 2013 Hellfest, France
Sunday 23rd June San Sebastian, Spain
Monday 24th June Barcelona, Spain
Wednesday 26th June Madrid, Spain
Friday 28th June Santiago, Spain
Tuesday 2nd July Helsingborg, Sweden
Wednesday 3rd July Uppsala, Sweden
Saturday 6th July Skanevik, Norway
Wednesday 10th July Calgary, Canada
Saturday 13th July Quebec City, Canada
Monday 15th July Gilford, New Hampshire, USA
Wednesday 17th July Canandaigua, New York, USA
For further details www.defleppard.com
In addition to performing with Def Leppard, August
2013 sees Vivian debut the reunited original Dio
band under the name of Last In Line: 30 years
after the recording of the legendary Dio albums
Holy Diver, Last In Line and Scared Heart, and
without trying to replace the singular sound that
was Ronnie’s voice, the original band have
started playing the songs they wrote and created
together again. Joined by the passionate, powerful
and unique voice of vocalist Andrew Freeman, Vivian
Campbell, Vinny Appice, Jimmy Bain and Claude
Schnell have united under the name of their classic
album, Last In Line, to perform and tour their
original songs again.
Last In Line are set to tour the UK in August
2013 with further dates worldwide to follow. Confirmed
dates are as follows:
Thursday 8th August 2013 Limelight, Belfast, UK
Friday 9th August Cathouse, Glasgow, UK
Saturday 10th August Bloodstock Festival, UK
Sunday 11th August Islington Academy, London,
UK
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IWRESTLEDABEARONCE
Reveal Details Of New Album. |
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 Thursday 13th
June 2013
Los Angeles based experimental-heavy-rock band
IWRESTLEDABEARONCE have announced they will release
their highly anticipated, third studio album 'Late
For Nothing', on August 12th in Europe via Century
Media Records.
'Late For Nothing' was self-produced, recorded,
mixed and mastered by the band’s guitarist/programmer
Steven Bradley at the band’s home studio
in Los Angeles. It also marks IWABO’s first
record with their fiery new singer Courtney LaPlante
who joined the band with only a day’s notice
during last summer’s Vans Warped Tour.
Newly recharged with the addition of LaPlante,
Bradley and cohorts John Ganey (guitar/ programming),
Mike “Rickshaw” Martin (bass) and
Mikey Montgomery (drums) are set to keep their
fans guessing with 'Late For Nothing'. While the
band’s signature, avant-garde style is well
intact on the new album; their style has progressed
immensely. By far their boldest and most accessible
release to date 'Late For Nothing' rips and roars
with blunt force intensity, incorporating their
brain joggling breakdowns with a unique blend
of electronics, jazzed-out time signatures and
break neck riffage.
"The entire album came together as a result
of us wanting to do something different,"
affirms Bradley. "We didn't want to make
another weird IWABO album or whatever people were
expecting. We set out to make something different
and better than anything we've ever released.
It's a more evolved version of the band. We explored
new styles and genres as well—especially
in terms of the more spacey, epic, and beautiful
parts. It's got the most melodic moments of our
career as well as the heaviest."
Featuring the forthcoming, schizophrenic first
single 'Thunder Chunky', Late For Nothing scales
the summit of heavy rock/metal with twelve teeth
gnashing tracks that find a happy medium between
crushing metal and beautifully orchestrated melody.
The album’s opener, 'Thunder Chunky', sets
the tone for the album as they slash their way
through songs like 'Letters To Stallone', that
showcases LaPlante’s incredible balance
of full throttle screams and melodic choruses,
and 'Carnage Asada' which features a guest solo
from the legendary Steve Vai.
'Late For Nothing' track list:
1. Thunder Chunky
2. Letters To Stallone
3. Snake Charmer
4. Boat Paddle
5. Firebees
6. Mind The Gap
7. Carnage Asada
8. The Map
9. That’s A Horse Of A Different Color
10. I’d Buy That For A Dollar
11. Inside Job
12. It Don’t Make Me No Nevermind
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Skid
Row Announce Co-headline Tour With Ugly Kid Joe. |
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 Thursday 13th
June 2013
SKID ROW and UGLY KID JOE announce a 29 city,
12 country co-headline tour of Europe and the
UK. Dates will kick off in England on Oct 22nd
and run through Nov 26th ending in Austria. With
combined sales of millions of albums, each band
will play a full set of the songs fans want to
hear.
Led by founding members Rachel Bolan, Snake Sabo
and Scotti Hill, along with powerhouse vocalist
and 14 year veteran of the band Johnny Solinger
and new drummer Rob Hammersmith , SKID ROW will
deliver the best from their catalogue of gold
and platinum albums and anthemic singles like
“Youth Gone Wild”, “Monkey Business”,
“I Remember You”, “18 &
Life” and many more. They will also showcase
tracks from their new mini-album United World
Rebellion Chapter 1 which features songs such
as “Kings Of Demolition” and “
This Is Killing Me”, tracks which easily
stand up along with the band’s classics.
After a run of hugely successful festival dates
in Summer 2012, UGLY KID JOE’s Whit, Klaus
and Cordell, along with Snot/ Sevendust guitarist
Sonny Mayo and Zac Morris are back for their first
full European tour. In Summer 2013, they will
release Stairway To Hell, their first new music
since 1996. The album features six brand new songs
along with three acoustic versions of songs from
their past. Tracks like “Everything About
You”, “Cats In The Cradle”,
“Neighbor” and “Milkman’s
Son” continue to receive airplay around
the world, while new singles “Devil’s
Paradise” and “I’m Alright”
show where the band are headed. UKJ’s Whit
promises “it will be RAD!”.
The tour promises a great night of rock that you
can sing along to from beginning to end.
Tues 22 Oct Southampton, ENGLAND Mo'Club
Wed 23 Oct Rugby, ENGLAND The Vault
Thurs 24 Oct Manchester, ENGLAND NQ Live
Fri 25 Oct Nottingham, ENGLAND Rock City
Sat 26 Oct Wrexhan, WALES Central Station
Mon 28 Oct Glasgow, SCOTLAND The Garage
Tues 29 Oct Belfast, N.IRELAND Limelight
Wed 30 Oct Dublin, IRELAND Button Factory
Fri 01 Nov Exeter, ENGLAND Lemon Grove
Sat 02 Nov Wolverhampton, ENGLAND Wulfrun
Sun 03 Nov Reading, ENGLAND Sub 89
Mon 04 Nov Brighton, ENGLAND Concorde 2
Tues 05 Nov London, ENGLAND Electric Ballroom
Thurs 07 Nov Norwich, ENGLAND Waterfront
Fri 08 Nov Enschede, NETHERLANDS Atak
Sat 09 Nov Bochum, GERMANY Matrix
Sun 10 Nov Cologne, GERMANY Essigfabrik
Mon 11 Nov Copenhagen, DENMARK Lions & Barrels
Wed 13 Nov Gothenberg, SWEDEN Sticky Fingers
Thurs 14 Nov Oslo, NORWAY Klubscena
Fri 15 Nov Borlange, SWEDEN Liljan
Sat 16 Nov Upplands Vasby, SWEDEN Messingen
Mon 18 Nov Manheim, GERMANY Alte Seilerei
Tues 19 Nov Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS Melkweg
Thurs 21 Nov Ludwigsburg, GERMANY Rockfabirk
Fri 22 Nov Saarbrucken, GERMANY Garage
Sat 23 Nov Vaureal, FRANCE Le Forum
Sun 24 Nov Lucerne, SWITZERLAND Schuur
Tues 26 Nov Vienna, AUSTRIA Szene Wien
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 Thursday 13th
June 2013
WHITE WIZZARD have confirmed the first dates for
a European headlining tour, which kicks off on
September 27th in Brighton, England.
The band will be hitting the road in support of
their new studio album, THE DEVILS CUT, starting
off with a string of shows in the UK. The band
will then be moving on to continental Europe,
with dates due to be announced soon.
WHITE WIZZARD bassist and mainman JON LEON comments:
"We are very excited to get back over to
Europe. Giovanni and I have worked hard to get
a solid line-up of guys that will actually tour
and stick it out and to make White Wizzard a stable
entity for the fans. We appreciate all of our
fans being so patient and supportive. What we
have now is a line-up that has been together over
a year that is very dedicated and serious. The
fans will finally get to see the five guys that
recorded the album and we promise we will not
disappoint.
"This is only the beginning as we are already
writing the next album and we are hungry to finally
see the band through to its intended vision. If
you dig the album, just wait until you see this
group of guys live. We are on a mission in its
first stages and we hope you come along for the
ride. It is going to be a blast!!!"
See WHITE WIZZARD on tour in the UK at the following
shows:
Sep. 27 - Brighton, UK - Prince Albert
Sep. 29 - Wolverhampton, UK - Little Civic
Sep. 30 - Sheffield, UK - Corporation
Oct. 02 - Glasgow, UK - Audio
Oct. 03 - Manchester, UK - Alter Ego
Oct. 04 - Norwich, UK - Waterfront
Oct. 05 - Cardiff, UK - Bogiez
Oct. 06 - London, UK - Borderline
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Dream
Theater To Release New Album. |
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 Thursday 6th
June 2013
Roadrunner Records has announced the eagerly anticipated
new album from the legendary Dream Theater. “DREAM
THEATER” – the first self-titled collection
in the GRAMMY®-nominated band’s nearly
three decade career – arrives on September
23rd.
“DREAM THEATER” was recorded at Cove
City Sound Studios in Glen Cove, New York, with
founding guitarist John Petrucci producing and
studio luminary Richard Chycki (Aerosmith, Rush)
engineering and mixing. The album marks a brilliant
new chapter for the always adventurous band, their
first to have been written and recorded with drummer
Mike Mangini wholly integrated into the creative
process from the start.
“I see every new album as an opportunity
to start over,” says Petrucci. “To
either build or improve upon a direction that
has been evolving over time or to completely break
new ground. This is the first self-titled album
of our career and there is nothing I can think
of that makes a statement of musical and creative
identity stronger than that. We’ve fully
explored all of the elements that make us unique,
from the epic and intense to the atmospheric and
cinematic. We’re incredibly excited about
‘DREAM THEATER’ and can’t wait
for everyone to hear it.”
Check out this special clip from the studio, shared
today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=EIjhQhm1JvU.
“DREAM THEATER” will be available
in a wide range of distinctive versions, including
standard and special edition CDs, 180 Gram Vinyl
Double LP, and a Limited Edition Box Set. Pre-orders
are scheduled to get underway in July. More details
will be revealed in due course.
“DREAM THEATER” follows 2011’s
acclaimed “A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS.”
That album – highlighted by “On The
Backs Of Angels,” which earned the iconic
band its first ever GRAMMY® Award nomination
(in the “Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance”
category) – proved one of Dream Theater’s
most successful, making top 10 chart debuts in
14 countries, including the Billboard 200, as
well as picking up ‘Best Album’ accolades
across the world. In the UK, it was their highest
charting album to date.
Furthermore, the special edition CD/DVD set of
“A DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS” included
“The Spirit Carries On” – a
60-minute movie documenting Dream Theater’s
drummer auditions, which resulted in the addition
of the gifted Mangini. The challenge spurred Dream
Theater to extraordinary artistic heights on “A
DRAMATIC TURN OF EVENTS” and the epic world
tour that followed. Long known as one of hard
rock’s most powerful live acts, the recalibrated
band hit the road hard in celebration of the acclaimed
album, a 15-month trek which saw sold out headline
shows in 35 countries across North America, Europe,
Asia, Central America, and South America.
With total sales exceeding 10 million albums and
DVDs worldwide, Dream Theater have long stood
among the upper echelon of hard rock giants. Albums
such as 1992’s RIAA gold-certified classic
“IMAGES & WORDS” (featuring the
breakthrough top 10 single, “Pull Me Under”)
have earned the Long Island-based band countless
plaudits for their visionary synthesis of melodic
power and virtuosic experimentation, including
being named as one of Rolling Stone’s top
10 “Best Prog Rock Bands Of All Time.”
Dream Theater will tour in support of “DREAM
THEATER” – full details will be announced
soon. For up-to-the-minute news and information,
please visit www.dreamtheater.net/tourdates.
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Newsted
To Release Studio Album. |
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 Thursday 6th
June 2013
From his official website www.newstedheavymetal.com,
Jason Newsted has announced an August 5th release
date for Newsted’s forthcoming studio album,
HEAVY METAL MUSIC – to be released on Spinefarm
Records in the UK.
Building on the teaser EP Metal (which debuted
at #1 on the US iTunes metal chart), Newsted’s
debut full-length assault, HEAVY METAL MUSIC,
is likewise short on pretense and long on crushing
riffs. From the throwback Sabbathian strut of
‘Ampossible’, through the breakneck
gallop of ‘Long Time Dead’ and onto
the full-speed-ahead charge of ‘Above All’,
this 11-song album is sure to cement the band’s
place as one of metal’s strongest outfits.
Staind guitarist Mike Mushok now joins an already
impressive fold, with Jason (bass & lead vocals)
flanked by guitarist Jessie Farnsworth & drummer
Jesus Mendez Jr.
Listen to an exclusive stream of the brand new
track, ‘Heroic Dose’ at www.newstedheavymetal.com
Newsted are currently in Europe playing major
festivals, but this debut run also takes in a
one-off headline show at the 100 Club, London
on June 12th (sorry folks, it’s already
sold out); after this, the band make an appearance
at the Download Festival on June 16th.
Newsted will return to the US in early July for
Megadeth’s formidable Gigantour, which also
features Black Label Society, Device, Hellyeah
& Death Division.
“There is a chance that Mustaine and I will
bust out some old Metallica that he was a part
of. It has been talked about,” says Jason.
“I’m willing to throw down Phantom
Lord – actually, whatever he calls out,
I’m gonna throw down!”
HEAVY METAL MUSIC album track-listing:
HEROIC DOSE
SOLDIERHEAD (video track)
…AS THE CROW FLIES
AMPOSSIBLE
LONG TIME DEAD
ABOVE ALL
KING OF THE UNDERDOGS
NOCTURNUS
TWISTED TAIL OF THE COMET
KINDEVILLUSION
FUTUREALITY
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I
Was A Cub Scout To Play Farewell Show. |
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Heart
Of A Coward Sign To Century Media Records. |
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 Thursday 6th
June 2013
UK metallers HEART OF A COWARD have inked a worldwide
deal with Century Media Records. The quintet hailing
from Milton Keynes has recently hit the studio
to record their second ferocious album and follow
up to their debut album “Hope & Hindrance”
that was released in 2012. The yet untitled album
is scheduled for a release before the end of 2013.
Jamie Graham (vocals) comments on joining the
team: “Century Media are on our wavelength
in terms of where we want to take HEART OF A COWARD,
as well as boasting releases from some of our
favourite bands and influences. It's an honour
to be a part of the CM family and we are really
excited to have such an awesome label on board.”
HEART OF A COWARD can look back to memorable performances
at the likes of Ghostfest, followed by joining
the Metal Hammer Razor Tour alongside Devil Sold
His Soul and Heights in 2012 as well as supporting
their new label mates in Bleed From Within throughout
the UK in April 2013. While they are still working
on their upcoming Century Media Records debut
HEART OF A COWARD have already lined up an impressive
list of forthcoming events and tours in the coming
months including Download Festival and Summerjam
Festival. Not to mention an anticipated return
to the main stage of Ghostfest for the second
round. With interest in the band spreading overseas
fast, the band will also cross over to Russia
later this year as main support to Between The
Buried And Me. HEART OF A COWARD’s live
show does not only deliver complete aggression
across any venue, but brings forward a sound that
fans can relate straight back to the record to
relive their tight, precise sound.
Sheer determination and a high level of creative
ability made HEART OF A COWARD one of the hottest
prospects in the UK right now. Following some
recent (media) feedback:
“HEART OF A COWARD are main support tonight
and waste not a second in pummeling the crowd
with their relentless barrage of bloodthirsty,
batter-fucking-everything riffs. Frontman Jamie
Graham looks like a graduate from the Phil Anselmo
school of crowd control, and judging by tonight’s
performance, he passed that course with flying
colours. The Milton Keynes based tech-metallers
explore the futuristic darkness of bands like
Fear Factory and Meshuggah, but with big, fuck-off
hairy Southern balls. That’s a good thing
in case you were wondering.” (Metal Hammer
UK, live review from their tour with Bleed From
Within, London Underworld)
"One of the UK's most promising young acts,
with a fantastic musical pedigree to boot."
(Alexander Milas, Metal Hammer UK)
"Nightmarishly dark and crushing beyond
comprehension, HEART OF A COWARD are the most
punishing band to come out of the UK underground
for years. Don't expect anyone to surpass them
anytime soon." (Nick Calafato, Last.fm)
“HEART OF A COWARD have the undeniable
drive of a band destined for great things. Effortlessly
standing out from the crowd on record and in the
live arena; 2013 truly is the year for the band
to explode. Expect an unmissable set at Download,
my personal recommendation for 'break-neck' action
at this year's festival!” (Dave Bradley,
Live Nation)
Don’t miss HEART OF A COWARD live:
15.06.2013 (UK) Donington Park - Download Festival
18.06.2013 (UK) London - Underworld (w/ Vision
of Disorder)
30.06.2013 (UK) Leeds - Ghostfest Main Stage
11.07.2013 (RUS) Moscow - Plan B (w/ Between The
Buried & Me, Thy Art Is Murder)
12.07.2013 (RUS) St. Petersburg - Club Zal (w/
Between The Buried & Me, Thy Art Is Murder)
14.07.2013 (UK) Peterborough - The Plough, UK
TechFest Main Stage
20.07.2013 (UK) Manchester - Sound Control, Summerjam
Festival
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Sacred
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 Thursday 6th
June 2013
Sacred Mother Tongue are delighted to announce
Craig Daws as their brand new bass player, replacing
recently-departed Josh Gurner. Ex-Army man Craig
(above, second from right) hails from Swindon
and got into playing bass through his love of
Metallica and the late, great Cliff Burton.
Craig says: “I‘m really excited to
be asked to join Sacred Mother Tongue and can’t
believe my first show with them is going to be
main stage at Download! I saw that Josh had left
and they were looking for a replacement from a
post on Facebook. I thought I would give it a
shot as the music is killer and with the latest
release the band are certainly set to go places.
I can’t wait to be a part of that ride!
I will be bringing my own fingerstyle bass grooves
to the mix to complement SMT’s bad ass riffs
and melodies.”
Lead singer Darrin commented: "We had a lot
of auditions, many of them really good players
and it was a tough decision. Craig's name kept
coming up in our talks right from the start as
we'd seen something special in him. He submitted
a video play through of 'Bleeding Out' and it
just blew us away. He's such a dominant player,
stands his ground and holds a really fat groove
that's bursting with tone and feel, and he's jaw-droppingly
tight! There's a lot to be said for a musician
that's completely in charge of his instrument
and he's exactly what we needed. Furthermore Craig
is an awesome guy and we get on great –
it’s really important for our new bass player
to become our brother. He's a welcome addition
to the family and I'm sure people will love him.
We're really excited to get on stage with him
and present the new Sacred lineup in full force.
"
And that new Sacred line-up will be debuted at
this year’s Download Festival, a place that
holds a special place in both Sacred Mother Tongue
and Craig’s heart. The band have played
there twice already and are proud and privileged
to be opening the Main Stage on Sunday this year.
They’re intending to blow everybody’s
hangover well away with a tour de force performance
that’s not to be missed!
And as for Craig, not only did he go AWOL from
the Army in 2004 to attend Download and meet Vinnie
Paul and Dimebag Darrell while he was there (well
worth the army detention he had to serve as punishment),
but last year he got down on his knee, in the
mud, while Metallica played ‘Nothing Else
Matters’ and proposed to his girlfriend.
She’s now his wife!
So the 2013 Download Festival promises not only
sunshine and good times for everyone, but for
Sacred Mother Tongue this will be the first stage
in a new chapter where they can showcase their
critically acclaimed new album ‘Out Of The
Darkness’ to a main stage crowd. And for
Craig, he’s going to be looking out as a
performer from the same stage that twelve months
ago his heroes inspired him to marry the girl
he loves. Not a bad turn of events all round...
Sacred Mother Tongue follows this year’s
Download Festival before heading out on a UK and
European tour with Hellyeah & P.O.D (dates
below). Further shows and their brand new single
and video will be announced very soon.
And for a brand new interview with the band’s
metal guitar god Andy James, check out this great
feature from Rolling Stone India: http://rollingstoneindia.com/qa-andy-james/
FORTHCOMING SACRED MOTHER TONGUE SHOWS
15th June – Main Stage DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL,
UK
17th June - Camden Underworld LONDON (UK) w/POD
& HELLYEAH
18th June - The Cellars SOUTHAMPTON (UK) w/POD
20th June - L'Susine GENEVA (Switzerland) w/HELLYEAH
& POD
23rd June - Rock N Roll Arena ROMAGNANO, (Italy)
w/HELLYEAH
24th June – Backstage MUNICH (Germany) w/HELLYEAH
& POD
25th June – Essigfabrik COLOGNE (Germany)
w/HELLYEAH & POD
26th June - Le Forum VAUREAL (France) w/HELLYEAH
& POD
28th June - Colo-Saal ASCHAFFENBERG (Germany)
w/HELLYEAH
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Newton
Faulkner To Record New Album In Front Of The Camera. |
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 Wednesday
5th June 2013
The double number 1, multi-platinum, Brit nominated,
acoustic guitar virtuoso Newton Faulkner is about
to make a bit of history, as the recording of
his fourth album ‘Studio Zoo’ is being
streamed live online, 24/7 for 5 weeks from next
week - like The Truman Show, but this time it’s
for real!
His home studio in East London is set up with
4 cameras, to follow every detail of the ups,
downs, dramas and laughs of recording an album
– and as with his renowned live performances,
this will truly be a one-man-band, with no producer
or engineer, just Newton, a bunch of guitars,
plus a few special surprise guests.
Newton said: “I am as excited as I am terrified
by the prospect of having a house full of cameras
film me while trying to record an album. The entire
recording process will be streamed live and nothing
has been recorded in advance - apart from some
particularly good hand claps recorded in Paris.
The album will be made before your very eyes,
no tricks, no producer and no engineer, just me,
a guitar and a few surprise guests.”
There’ll be regular updates on the social
networks, so fans know exactly what’s coming
next and when to be sure to get online and not
miss a thing. They’ll also get the chance
to interact and give their own views direct to
Newton in the studio and maybe even influence
decisions on the album. ‘Studio Zoo’
will be released on August 26th.
Newton’s last album ‘Write It On Your
Skin’ went straight to number one in the
UK along with his platinum debut record. He has
sold over 1.5million copies and has just finished
a sold out world tour which took him to Australia
and the Far East.
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Enter
Shikari To Release New Single To Coincide With Download Festival
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June 2013
To coincide with their 'headline' slot as part
of BBC Radio One's Radio One Rocks' week, an actual
headline slot on the Second Stage at Download
Festival a few days later, plus appearing on the
'Other Stage' at Glastonbury two weeks after that,
ENTER SHIKARI will release brand new track 'RADIATE'
on Monday 10th June.
The track will receive its world exclusive first
airing courtesy of Zane Lowe on his Radio One
show that evening as their Single Of The Week,
and then be made available immediately afterwards.
'Radiate' follows hot-ish on the heels of the
release of the track 'The Paddington Frisk' back
in April, and is the second of Enter Shikari's
"three tracks, just for the hell of it"
to be released throughout 2013 (plans for the
third track are still being worked out).
The track, which returns to more 'traditional'
(if such a word is suitable in reference to anything
the band does) format after the 1min16sec of 'The
Paddington Frisk', touches lyrically on the subject
of "freedom of expression" and celebrates
how lucky we are to be allowed it in a majority
of the west, while reminding us of artists in
other parts of the world who are denied and punished
for it (the arrest and subsequent incarceration
of Pussy Riot being the high-profile "cause
célèbre" of recent times, but
by no means the only example available).
As well as Radio One Rock Week, Download and Glastonbury
in the UK, the band have a heavy European festival
schedule, taking in appearances in Germany, France,
Hungary, Russia, the Ukraine and Romania amongst
many more.
The band have also announced the world premier
live show by their 'electronic alter-ego' the
Shikari Sound System at this year's Reading /
Leeds Festival, headlining the Lock-Up Stage.
While exact details are still under wraps, a band
statement proclaimed ; “Expect re-worked
Enter Shikari tracks along with classic remixes
and new surprises. Expect eerie live electronics
and tent-peg-dislodging basslines. Expect a tour
through many dance tempos and electronic genres
that have been a constant inspiration to our band’s
sound." and that it would feature ; "…both
live instruments and percussion with dub-plate
wizardry".
More news will be forthcoming in due course, but
the public can get a small first taste of Shikari
Sound System this coming weekend as part of Enter
Shikari's Huw Stephens' Live Lounge session which
will be broadcast live in the afternoon of Saturday
8th June on Radio One.
There are also another couple of pieces of exciting
news on the horizon, but they're sort of secret
for a week or two. Watch this space.
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Vans
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5th June 2013
The 2013 UK leg of the VANS WARPED TOUR is already
shaping up to be something special following the
confirmation of headliners RISE AGAINST alongside
the likes of BILLY TALENT and CAPTURE THE CROWN.
Now excitement for the event – to be held
at London’s historic Alexandra Palace on
November 16th and 17th – is ramped up with
eighteen new additions to the bill.
Renowned for their visceral live experience,
CHIODOS are a thrilling addition to this year’s
event – especially with the line-up boasting
original members Craig Owens (vocals) and Derrick
Frost (drums) who both featured on their key albums
‘All’s Well That Ends Well’
and ‘Bone Palace Ballet’. The band
are currently working on their long awaited fourth
album which is set to be the first released under
a new deal with Razor & Tie.
“In the past we haven't done a lot of overseas
touring so we are excited that Warped UK offered
us this opportunity to spread what it is that
we love to do all over the world.” - Chiodos
keyboardist Bradley Bell
Having recently released their fifth consecutive
Billboard Top 10 with ‘The Afterman: Descension’,
the second half of a concept album centred around
the Amory Wars that began with last year’s
‘The Afterman: Ascension’, COHEED
AND CAMBRIA will bring their combination of eclectic
sounds and inspiring narratives to London for
the VANS WARPED TOUR.
“The band and I are excited to be returning
to the UK after one of our best tours ever around
the release of ‘The Afterman’ in late
2012. And because Warped has been a such a big
part of our past, it is particularly meaningful
to return for this special one-off; with Ally
Pally being home to one of our first special moments
in the UK.…” says frontman Claudio
Sanchez.
If any band can be trusted to establish a raucous
party atmosphere, that band would be FLOGGING
MOLLY with their anthems such as ‘Drunken
Lullabies’ and ‘Swagger’. The
septet brand of Celtic punk last roared into London
in 2011 in support of their Billboard Top 10 set
and fifth studio album ‘Speed of Darkness’.
While the aforementioned bands are all American
bands with substantial discographies to their
credit, the VANS WARPED TOUR is always eager to
help bring the new wave of emerging talent before
an audience. One of the bands we’re particularly
excited to present this year is Essex quartet
THE HYPE THEORY, whose intoxicating blend of power-pop
and melodic punk was memorably captured on their
2011 debut album ‘Glory Days’. Their
second set ‘Captives’ has recently
been released to glowing reviews.
"We are so excited to be playing Warped Tour
this year!” enthused front woman Katy Jackson,
“It's one of those festivals that every
artist wants to be on and for a band like us,
who are just finding our feet, it’s an amazing
opportunity to showcase what we can do!"
Texan five-piece MEMPHIS MAY FIRE have made substantial
progression over the course of their three albums
to date with 2011’s ‘Challenger’
(released on Rise Records) hitting the upper echelons
of the charts. They’re a band who offer
something a little different – sure they
often attack with the vehemence of post-hardcore,
but electronic flourishes, old school metal influences
and even a touch of Southern rock inform their
distinct sound. They feature on both the UK and
North American legs of the VANS WARPED TOUR.
“We are so excited to announce that we will
be coming back to the UK for the 2013 Vans Warped
Tour! We can't wait to see Great Britain's craziest
fans and eat the best doner kebab! We'll be seeing
y'all!” - Memphis May Fire
THE WONDER YEARS need no introduction. Combining
powerful hook-infused songs filled with engaging
stories and personal reflections, the band recently
released their fourth ‘The Greatest Generation’
which sold twice as many copies in the week of
release as their third album did. This year has
also seen them release ‘Sleeping on Trash’,
an album which compiles all of their rarities
together in one comprehensive collection.
“The first time we did Warped Tour was the
most fun summer of my life. I'm excited to bring
that joy and energy across the Atlantic for Warped
UK this fall.” - Dan “Soupy”
Campbell of The Wonder Years
The profile of WE CAME AS ROMANS looks set to
explode with this summer’s release of their
third album ‘Tracing Back Roots’.
Fronted by dual vocalists David Stephens and Kyle
Pavone who contrast caustic growls with clear
soaring melodies, the band’s effortless
sound clash mixes chugging riffs, intricate leads
and a symphonic edge.
“We are excited to cross the seas once more
and play Vans Warped Tour UK this Fall! We always
have a great time in the UK and it's going to
be even better this time playing brand new music
from our upcoming album, Tracing Back Roots. We
can't wait!" - Joshua Moore, guitarist/lyricist
for We Came As Romans
Also added to the VANS WARPED TOUR line-up are
hip-rock/rock crossover collective AIR DUBAI,
Florida’s ANBERLIN, post-hardcore band THE
COLOR MORALE, the masked Japanese band FACT, Stockholm-based
alt-rocker’s LIKE TORCHES, THE MAINE who
recently released their new album ‘Forever
Halloween’, hip-hop/punk/indie crossover
kings RDGLDGRN, exciting Metalcore from Columbus
Ohio’s LIKE MOTHS TO FLAMES, London folkers
SKINNY LISTER, the resurgent SUBLIME WITH ROME
and the expansive, arena-aimed anthems of British
band THE YOUNGER.
These eighteen bands join those originally announced
in March: RISE AGAINST, BILLY TALENT, CAPTURE
THE CROWN, CROSSFAITH, ITCH, REAL FRIENDS and
YELLOWCARD.
Further artists – including two major headliners
– will be announced June 17th.
As usual, the running order is to be decided on
the day, and this year you may even see some surprise
appearances from a select few bands who decide
one show at WARPED is not enough and join for
both days.
Keeping with tradition, a breathtaking extreme
sports display will appear alongside the musical
banquet, as well as dozens of stalls in a bigger
merch market, which offers not only items from
all the bands playing but also the chance to meet
some of them at spontaneous signing sessions.
Two days tickets for VANS WARPED TOUR in London
are on-sale now at http://vanswarpedtouruk.com/.
The tour will also hit mainland Europe, calling
at Berlin Arena (November 9th), Eindhoven Klokgebouw
(November 10th), Bern Festhalle (November 23rd),
Vienna Stadthalle (November 24th).
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Hevy
Fest Moves To Brixton And Becoms Mini Event For 2013. |
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The
Dangerous Summer Announce UK Tour. |
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Chase
And Status Reveal First Single From Album Number Three. |
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 Wednesday 5th
June 2013
CHASE AND STATUS recently announced the release
of their first single from their highly anticipated
third record. “Lost & Not Found”
premiered as Zane Lowe’s Hottest Record
In The World and is available to stream at the
band’s Sound Cloud page. “Lost &
Not Found” will be available to download
from 30th June, the same weekend Chase and Status
headline the Other Stage at Glastonbury festival.
“Lost & Not Found” - CHASE AND
STATUS give a nod to the early 90’s rave
era that inspired them: The single shows a change
in direction for the duo and gives their fans
a glimpse of what’s to come with their new
record. Always looking to support unknown and
underground talent, as they did with No More Idols
(Maverick Sabre, Delilah, Liam Bailey etc), “Lost
& Not Found” features the talented Louis
M^ttrs.
Following on from Glastonbury 2013, CHASE AND
STATUS have an exciting Summer ahead. They are
looking forward to key main stage performances
at Reading and Leeds, T In The Park and Oxygen.
CHASE AND STATUS are undoubtedly one of the most
exciting and successful British bands of the past
decade. Their double platinum, second album No
More Idols has sold over 600,000 copies in the
UK alone and spawned over 2 million singles. They
were the biggest selling band in the UK in 2011,
behind Coldplay and this year they were nominated
for ‘Best British Band’ at the BRIT
AWARDS 2012. They have been nominated for two
prestigious Q Awards, and won in 2010 for Best
Video. CHASE AND STATUS were also picked to launch
the Official England Football Kit for the Euros
2012.
On the live front, they played to well over a
million people last summer, sold out tour after
tour in the UK, Europe, US and Australia and played
live at 36 festivals around the world. CHASE AND
STATUS headlined Global Gathering and SW4, and
wowed the masses on the main stages at Download,
T in the Park, Rock Am Ring and Benicassim. CHASE
AND STATUS also released ‘Live At Brixton’
earlier this year.
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The
Story So far Announce UK And Europe Tour. |
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Firewind
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Reckless
Love Announce UK Headline Tour. |
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 Wednesday
5 th June 2013
RECKLESS LOVE, the flamboyant Finnish rockers
who burst spectacularly onto the UK scene in 2010,
have announced a headline run of dates for October
2013; this tour follows on from the band?s month-long
UK visit in the autumn of 2012, which included
a four-night residency in London.
UK TOUR 2013
01.10.13 MANCHESTER ACADEMY 3
02.10.13 NEWCASTLE ACADEMY 2
03.10.13 GLASGOW CATHOUSE
04.10.13 LEEDS COCKPIT
05.10.13 NOTTINGHAM RESCUE ROOMS
06.10.13 WOLVERHAMPTON SLADE ROOMS
07.10.13
08.10.13 NORWICH WATERFRONT STUDIO
09.10.13 BRISTOL THE FLEECE
10.10.13 LONDON 02 ACADEMY ISLINGTON
Reckless Love?s single/video for ?Night On Fire?
is out now via Spinefarm Records; the song is
taken from RL?s upcoming third album, title tbc.
Watch the video for ?Night On Fire? here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aNTU_xrBGg
Says frontman Olli Herman, fresh from RL?s special
guest spot with Kiss at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki,
Finland:-
??Night On Fire? is the pure essence of Reckless
Love; a deceitfully catchy tune with an awesome
big sing-along chorus and a fierce guitar solo.
It embodies all of our biggest ?80s influences
from Kiss and Van Halen to Def Leppard and Europe.
?Night On Fire? also has this exotic Shakira-esque
groove to it which'll make you dance ? or if dancing
ain't your cup of tea, you can nod your head until
you break your neck!?
Continues guitarist Pepe:-
?And we are thrilled to have some UK dates back
in our calendar! Even more so because, as we promised
last time around, we will have a brand new album
out by the time we get there. We are going to
fire with all guns and get ground-breakingly explosive
on stage as we hit hard with the new songs mixed
up with the best of the old. So, dear UK friends,
do not miss this chance to witness the best Reckless
Love shows to date!!
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Taking
Back Sunday To Release 'Tell All Your Friends' In Acoustic Format.
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June 2013
Taking Back Sunday are pleased to announce the
release of TAYF10 Acoustic on June 18. The digital-only
release will include live video and audio from
the band’s rare acoustic performances of
their platinum-selling debut album, Tell All Your
Friends. Select pre-orders for the release begin
today. Watch the trailer for TAYF10 Acoustic here:
http://youtu.be/AVmva5sgxHU
Be sure to follow @TBSOfficial on twitter to catch
a live Q&A with members of the band today
at 5pm EST / 10pm GMT where they will discuss
the release and make other special announcements.
TAYF10 Acoustic was recorded during the Tell
All Your Friends 10th anniversary tour at the
Troubadour in Los Angeles and the Beat Kitchen
in Chicago in October 2012. The release includes
a bonus track and special guest performances.
The film version will also include exclusive interview
footage of the band discussing the making of the
album and their early days of touring.
Both the film and album will be available directly
to fans at TakingBackSunday.com and will include
package pricing along with exclusive TAYF10 tour
merchandise bundles. The album-only version will
also be available for purchase at most major digital
retailers.
Taking Back Sunday will play two electric shows
at Starland Ballroom in New Jersey on Sept. 11
and 12 where they will perform Tell All Your Friends
in its entirety. This comes after the band’s
previously scheduled performance during the TAYF10
tour was moved to another venue in the wake of
Hurricane Sandy.
“We were honored to be asked back to help
celebrate the re-opening of this important New
Jersey venue,” said lead vocalist Adam Lazzara.
“It only felt right to perform TAYF10 there
where it was supposed to happen last year, and
that’s where we hope to film the companion
to the acoustic release.”
Tickets for both Starland Ballroom shows go on
sale to the public at noon this Friday, June 7
via Starlandballroom.com and AXS.com, or by calling
888.9.AXS.TIX (888.929.7849). The band will also
perform at Riot Fest in Chicago this fall and
tickets are available now at http://riotfest.org/chicago-tickets/.
Long Island’s Taking Back Sunday have released
five studio albums since forming in 1999. Tell
All Your Friends has sold over one million records
worldwide, spawned breakthrough anthem “Cute
Without the ‘E’ (Cut From the Team)”
and launched the band as one of the most influential
of their generation. They have toured with some
of the biggest names in rock music (Linkin Park,
Blink 182, My Chemical Romance, Green Day) and
performed on the main stage of many of the world’s
largest festivals including Reading and Leeds
(UK), Soundwave (Australia), Summer Sonic (Japan),
Bamboozle and Vans Warped Tour (US).
They are currently writing new material and plan
to begin recording their 6th studio release this
summer.
Taking Back Sunday is: Adam Lazzara (lead vocals),
John Nolan (guitar, vocals), Eddie Reyes (guitar),
Shaun Cooper (bass) and Mark O'Connell (drums).
Upcoming Tour Dates:
9/11 Starland Ballroom
Sayreville, NJ (with Get Involved)
9/12 Starland Ballroom
Sayreville, NJ (with Bad Rabbits)
9/13-15 Riot Fest Chicago, IL
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Letlive
Unleash New Video. |
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Tuesday 4th
June 2013
It’s been awhile since music has had a rebellious
voice. Not since Rage Against the Machine put
their fist in the air, in the land of hypocrisy
has there been such an unmitigated combustion
of sonic ferocity fueled by relentless passion
and intrepid ideology. At least not until letlive.
came along...
LA’s volatile four-piece rock band fanned
the flames of discontent with their critically
praised record, Fake History, for a new generation
of fans three years ago, and today have announced
their long-awaited return with one of the year’s
most anticipated albums, The Blackest Beautiful,
due out on July 8th via Epitaph Records. letlive.
has premiered their first new song, “Banshee
(Ghost Fame),” in the form of a powerful
video today. Additionally, fans who pre-order
The Blackest Beautiful starting today at www.letlivestore.com
will receive an instant download of “Banshee
(Ghost Fame).”
Watch letlive.’s new video for “Banshee
(Ghost Fame)” now at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wnxFJUZtp4
“This song explores the tragic humor in
entertainment as an industry as opposed to an
art,” explains letlive.’s inimitable
vocalist Jason Aalon Butler. “Sonically
this track was a pretty suitable representation
of the record's sonic spectrum. We also employed
some elements of groove that we have always been
fans of.”
Named #1 on Kerrang!’s list of “The
50 Greatest Rockstars in The World Today,”
Jason Butler, along with cohorts Ryan Jay Johnson
(bass), Jean Nascimento (guitar) and Jeff Sahyoun
(guitar), organically meld hardcore, punk, metal
and even elements of jazz and R&B, on The
Blackest Beautiful, creating a progressive, indelible
sound that walks the line between aggressive and
melodic and crosses a gamut of genres with an
intensity that’s rarely found in music today.
“The mindset was certainly a holistic one
when regarding this record,” Butler adds.
“The vibe developed on its own as we wrote
it. While we certainly indulged particular tastes,
stylistically, as individuals, we made sure that
the product culminated as something we could all
enjoy. Essentially we all got to explore elements
we had always wanted to and somehow found a way
to marry them tastefully on one album.”
Self-produced with the help of longtime co-conspirator
Kit Walters and mixed by pop guru Stephen George
(Mary J Blige, Michael Jackson), The Blackest
Beautiful features eleven politically, socially
and personally conscious songs like “The
Priest and Used Cars,” which refers the
tragic costs of poisonous zeal, “Virgin
Dirt,” about self-sabotaging relationships,
and “27 Club,” a personal tale of
living life selflessly or selfishly.
Like those that paved the path before them, Rage
Against the Machine, Deftones, Mars Volta, At
the Drive In, etc., letlive. transcend passing
trends and scenes with a focus that is entirely
devoted to their art and furthering their creativity
through music. The Blackest Beautiful is their
latest creation, which will undoubtedly be celebrated
for years to come.
After two years on the road touring 20 countries,
including performances at Download, Reading &
Leeds, Soundwave, Pukkelpop, Orion Fest and tours
with Deftones in both Europe and Australia, letlive.
is ready to hit the road once again, this time
in support of The Blackest Beautiful, bringing
everything they’ve got on stage in UK and
Mainland Europe this Autumn.
letlive. European 2013 Tour
18 Sep Holland Amsterdam Melkweg
19 Sep Belgium Antwerp Trix
20 Sep Germany Stuttgart Juha West
21 Sep Germany Schweinfurt Stadtbahnhof
22 Sep Germany Munich Backstage Club
23 Sep Austria Vienna Arena 3 Raum Bar
25 Sep Czech Rep Prague OO7
26 Sep Germany Wiesbaden Raucherkammer
27 Sep Germany Leipzig Conne Island
28 Sep Germany Berlin Crystal
30 Sep Germany Hamburg Headcrash
01 Oct France Paris La Maroquinerie
02 Oct Germany Cologne Underground
03 Oct UK Bristol The Fleece
04 Oct UK Southampton Talking Heads
05 Oct UK Birmingham Asylum
06 Oct UK Leeds Cockpit
07 Oct UK Newcastle Warehouse 34
09 Oct UK Manchester NQ Live
10 Oct UK Belfast The Limelight
11 Oct Ireland Dublin Fibber Magees
12 Oct UK Glasgow King Tuts
14 Oct UK Nottingham Rescue Rooms
15 Oct UK Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
17 Oct UK London Underworld
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The
Defiled Unleash New Single. |
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 Tuesday 4th
June 2013
London metal mob THE DEFILED have revealed the
first video from their forthcoming album 'DAGGERS',
showcasing their most gruesome visual work to
date.
The ‘Unspoken’ video is released today,
and sees Stitch D and The AvD held captive by
their bandmates before descending into a torturous
nightmare. The single is released 30th June 2013.
The video was directed by Robin Fuller (Feed The
Rhino, Hawk Eyes, Daath) and produced by award
winning producer Craig Tuohy. Craig’s own
production company, Ascension Productions, won
a golden trailer award for his work on The Kings
Speech and has also worked with the likes of Jean-Claude
Van Damme.
“Making our first official video for ‘Daggers’
was the most fun we have had filming. Stitch and
I tried our hand at acting and as we decided on
the day, we nailed it! Not really, we are terrible
actors…” jokes The Avd.
He continues “We also got to work with our
old pal Robin Fuller who was actually the very
man that directed our first ever video ‘The
Resurrectionists’. I think this video sums
up what ‘Unspoken’ is all about, we
wanted a very specific scene in there where the
two protagonists (The AvD and Stitch D) are smiling
at each other and shaking hands with knives behind
their backs. This very scene was the inspiration
for the actual cover of ‘Daggers’
as this theme runs throughout the whole album.”
Watch the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhA0eglzNis&feature=youtu.be
Recorded in Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida
with metal uber-producer Jason Suecof, 'DAGGERS'
sees the band at the top of their game, with their
most powerful and infectious songs so far. The
full track listing for their Nuclear Blast debut
can now also be revealed, as well as the three
formats to be released.
The Defiled – ‘Daggers’ Limited
Edition Digipack CD
1. Sleeper (4:00)
2. Unspoken (4:05)
3. Saints And Sinners (3:49)
4. As I Drown (4:41)
5. Porcelain (3:23)
6. New Approach (3:09)
7. Fragments Of Hope (4:30)
8. The Infected (4:01)
9. The Mourning After (4:14)
10. Five Minutes (4:38)
11. No Place Like Home (4:44)
12. I Destroy What Destroys Me (4:16) *
13. Self Under Siege (3:25) *
* bonus track
The Defiled – ‘Daggers’ Digital
Album
1. Sleeper (4:00)
2. Unspoken (4:05)
3. Saints And Sinners (3:49)
4. As I Drown (4:41)
5. Porcelain (3:23)
6. New Approach (3:09)
7. Fragments Of Hope (4:30)
8. The Infected (4:01)
9. The Mourning After (4:14)
10. Five Minutes (4:38)
11. No Place Like Home (4:44)
The Defiled – Daggers (Digital Bonus Version
- iTunes exclusive):
1. Sleeper (4:00)
2. Unspoken (4:05)
3. Saints And Sinners (3:49)
4. As I Drown (4:41)
5. Porcelain (3:23)
6. New Approach (3:09)
7. Fragments Of Hope (4:30)
8. The Infected (4:01)
9. The Mourning After (4:14)
10. Five Minutes (4:38)
11. No Place Like Home (4:44)
12. As I Drown (live) (4:45)*
13. I Destroy What Destroys Me (4:16) *
13. Self Under Siege (3:25) *
* bonus track
THE DEFILED embark on a European mini-tour in
the run up to Denmark’s COPENHELL festival
this month. Catch them at the following shows:
Sat 08 Jun 13 BELGIUM BRUSSELS Garcia Lorca
Sun 09 Jun 13 GERMANY BERLIN Comet Club
Mon 10 Jun 13 GERMANY Nachtleben Nachtleben
Tue 11 Jun 13 HOLLAND TILBURG 013
Wed 12 Jun 13 GERMANY Hamburg Headcrush
Thu 13 Jun 13 DENMARK COPENHELL Pandæmonium
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Twin
Atlantic Added To Hardrock Calling. |
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 Tuesday 4th
June 2013
Following last November’s biggest headline
show to date – packing Shepherd’s
Bush Empire to the gills – intrepid, indomitable
Scottish four-piece Twin Atlantic have just been
added to the bill at Hard Rock Calling June 29th.
Glasgow’s alt-rock powerhouse – whose
celebrated full-length debut ‘Free’
went silver in the UK - will join Kasabian, Paul
Weller and Miles Kane at London’s Queen
Elizabeth Olympic Park to cement their incendiary
live reputation.
They also play Wakestock, T in The Park and their
first ever festival headline slot at Scotland’s
Belladrum this summer, before bringing things
to an ear-splitting conclusion on the main stage
at Reading and Leeds in August – certain
to be a festival highlight.
Twin Atlantic play:
June
Sat 29th LONDON, Queen Elizabeth Park, Hard Rock
Calling
July
Sat 13th BALADO, Scotland, T In The Park
Sun 14th ABERSOCH, Wales, Wakestock
August
Fri 2nd INVERNESS, Scotland, Belladrum
Sat 24th READING festival (main stage)
Sun 25th LEEDS festival (main stage)
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Lawson
Announce Massive UK Tour. |
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 Tuesday 4th
June 2013
Lawson have today announced details of their Everywhere
We Go Tour which will begin on the 30th September
and take in fourteen shows across the UK including
Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham and London’s
Roundhouse venue on October 12th. Lawson’s
fifth headline tour will see them play to their
biggest audiences yet. The tour will also include
the postponed Belfast Ulster Hall show from earlier
this year.
On the tour lead singer Andy Brown said,
“When the band first started,
we always wanted to tour all over the world. Now
we've been to America, Asia, Australia, Europe
and it's just getting bigger and better. But there's
no better feeling than playing a tour at home
in the UK
Lawson will be playing a number of shows over
the summer including the Capital FM Summertime
Ball at Wembley Stadium, Isle Of Wight Festival,
T In The Park, Hard Rock Calling Festival and
many more. A full list of tour dates can be found
here.
Not only are the band incredibly busy on the live
circuit they will be releasing their brand new
single ‘Brokenhearted’
which features US singer-songwriter/rapper B.o.B.
The track, which was written by singer Andy and
recorded in London, will be released in the UK
on July 7th.
Lawson released their debut album ‘Chapman
Square’ in October 2012, with
it going straight in to the top 5 in the Official
Album Chart and quickly achieving Gold status.
The band have had three top 10 singles, selling
over half a million singles in the UK and sold
out four UK tours, culminating in their biggest
solo UK show to date at the Shepherds Bush Empire
in March 2013. The band have also sold out a number
of shows in the US including venues in New York
and Los Angeles.
Andy Brown also scored a Christmas Number One
with his involvement in the Justice Collective’s
version of ‘He Ain’t
Heavy, He’s My Brother’.
The song raised money for various charities associated
with the Hillsborough disaster and Andy performed
with the likes of Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams
and Melanie Chisholm
‘Brokenhearted’
is available to pre order now.
Everywhere We Go Full Tour Dates:
30th September - Doncaster Dome
1st October - Bristol Colston Hall
2nd October -Leicester De Montfort Hall
4th October - Brighton Centre
5th October - Liverpool Echo Two
8th October - Newcastle City Hall
9th October - Glasgow Academy
11th October - Bournemouth BIC Solent Hall
12th October - London Roundhouse
14th October - Plymouth Pavilions
15th October - Birmingham Academy
16th October - Manchester Apollo
18th October - Dublin Olympia
20th October - Belfast Ulster Hall - tickets valid
from postponed show
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Natives
Announce November UK Tour. |
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 Tuesday 4th
June 2013
Hailing from the New Forest, Hampshire, pop-rock
quintet, Natives, burst onto the UK rock scene
early in 2012 and have since released a trio of
well received anthemic singles ('Big Plans', 'This
Island' and 'Stand For Something'). With their
forthcoming debut album (produced by multi-platinum
selling LA producer John Feldmann) on the way
and a clear statement of intent made across tours
with the likes of Mayday Parade, Don Broco, Kids
In Glass Houses any many more, you'd be foolish
to bet against the Hampshire rockers.
The band who recently released their 'Stand For
Something' EP and completed a UK tour supporting
The Summer Set, have announced details of a headline
tour for November. The dates for the tour can
be found below:
NOVEMBER
5th - NEWCASTLE O2 Academy 2
6th - GLASGOW King Tut's
7th - LEEDS Cockpit
8th - SHEFFIELD Corporation
9th - MANCHESTER Deaf Institute
11th - BRISTOL Thekla
12th - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy 3
13th - NOTTINGHAM Rock City Basement
14th - LONDON Borderline
15th - SOUTHAMPTON Joiners
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Orianthi
Announces London 100 Club Show. |
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High
On Fire Set To Release New Live Albums. |
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Yellowcard
To Release Acoustic Version Of 'Ocean Avenue'. |
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 Monday 3rd
June 2013
Hot on the heels of the news that their 2003 breakthrough
single ‘Ocean Avenue’ has just been
certified platinum (over one million sold), American
pop-punk band YELLOWCARD have another reason to
celebrate: this year marks the tenth anniversary
of that single and its album of the same name.
To kick it off, Yellowcard and Hopeless Records
are releasing Ocean Avenue Acoustic, a re-imagining
of all 13 songs from that album in an acoustic
format.
“On July 22, 2003 our lives were changed
forever,” says the band in a joint statement.
“We didn't know what Ocean Avenue would
become, but it is a chapter in our story that
we will never forget. We knew that for the 10th
anniversary of the release we wanted to do something
more than just a tour.” Special limited
edition pre-order packages of the album including
exclusive white vinyl, a one time only pressing
7", hand written lyric sheets by Ryan Key
and more are available now at Moment.Yellowcardrock.com.
Soon after the release of the acoustic album,
the band will hit the road throughout the US,
Europe & Australia and will be performing
the entire record acoustically from start to finish,
and then closing the show with an electric set
that covers the other albums. They explain - “In
Europe, we will be playing the Vans Warped Tour,
so the headlining shows will just be Ocean Avenue
Acoustic. To hear the other records you'll have
to get to the closest Warped date!”
http://moment.yellowcardrock.com is an interactive
space for fans to share their favourite Yellowcard
moments, both past and present. Fans can contribute
to the site by posting their favorite moments
to Instagram or Twitter and using the hashtag
#YCMoment. The trailer for the album can be seen
here: http://smarturl.it/YCOceanAveTrailer.
With over two and a half million albums sold and
counting, Yellowcard continue to dominate the
music world, garnering fan support and critical
acclaim alike. With eight singles that have received
significant Top 40 and Alternative radio airplay
including the smash “Ocean Avenue”,
Yellowcard continued their steady progression
with their eighth and latest solo album Southern
Air on Hopeless Records last year. Debuting on
Billboard’s Top 200 Album Chart at #10,
Southern Air is their fifth album to reach the
Top 20 (and second in the Top 10).
“It's going to be a big year for all of
us and you together,” they conclude. “Ocean
Avenue is a legacy that we are very proud of,
so both the album and the tour are things we've
put a lot of work into. Thanks for your continued
love and support, and we will see you this Fall!”
Yellowcard is Ryan Key (vocals/guitar), Sean Mackin
(violin), Longineu (“LP”) Parsons
(drums), Ryan Mendez (guitar) and Josh Portman
(bass). Ocean Avenue Acoustic will be released
via Hopeless Records on August 12, 2013.
UK DATES
12th November Trinity, Bristol
14th November RNCM Concert Hall, Manchester
15th November Union Chapel, London
16th November Warped Tour, Alexandra Palace
17th November Warped Tour, Alexandra Palace
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Black
Star Riders Added To Download Festival. |
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The
Front Bottoms Announce UK Headline Tour. |
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Vega
Announce UK Tour Dates. |
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 Monday 3rd
June 2013
UK ROCKERS Vega have confirmed three headline
UK dates for this July plus an appearance at Planet
Rock’s Steelhouse Festival, taking place
on the 27th & 28th July at Hafod – Y
– Dafal Farm, Ebbw Vale, Wales.
Dates as follows:
04.07.13: Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton
05.07.13: The Barfly, London
06.07.13: Rock City, Nottingham
28.07.13: Hafod – Y – Dafal Farm,
Ebbw Vale, Wales
Vega’s second studio album, ‘What
The Hell!’ –the band’s first
release for Spinefarm Records/Ninetone–
is available now in both physical and digital
formats.
A second single/video, for title track ‘What
The Hell!’, will be released digitally with
a previously unreleased B-Side, ‘Skin Deep’,
on June 9th 2013.
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The
Blackout Announce Autumn UK Tour. |
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The
Quireboys Announce UK Tour. |
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Monday 3rd
June 2013
Beautiful Curse … 7th new studio album on
the way from The Quireboys, via Off Yer Rocka
Recordings, as well as a World Tour kicking off
in the UK this October.
It’s hard to believe that The Quireboys
have been doing their Gypsy Styled Rock n Roll
for 29 years now. Since the early days when Mrs
Osbourne held the reins, The Quireboys have played
in front of millions of rockers worldwide as well
as selling the same over the last 6 studio albums.
They’ve played nearly every major festival
worldwide, supported Guns n Roses, The Rolling
Stones & Bon Jovi on major events, collected
more air miles than Branson and have very recently,
finished their 7th studio album which is sounding
nothing short of incredible.
We are now pleased to confirm they will be commencing
their “Beautiful Curse World Tour”
in the UK, with a selection of high profile dates
around the country before heading into Europe.
The Quireboys, will be joined by Swedish Rock
n Roll Rebels Bonafide, who will also have a new
studio release out in September as well as a DVD
in July. Opening support will be by Bad Touch.
Beautiful Curse, which has all its artwork themed
around The Hispanic festival, “Dia de los
Muertos” ( Day of The Dead), will be available
everywhere, digitally and physically on 1st July
2013. Twelve special tracks, tackling every style,
The Quireboys have ever deployed plus some new
twists, that should guarantee some satisfaction
to the horde of fans that have been starved for
the last few years.
Spike, Guy, Paul and Keith have all marked this
as the best thing they have done since the legendary
“A Bit Of What You Fancy”, back in
1990. Add in the incredible production talents
Of Chris Tsangarides (Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy,
Gary Moore,) down at The Ecology Rooms in Dover
plus the legendary Simon Hanson (Squeeze) being
added to the Rhythm Section, and you can easily
see why we are all excited.
Make sure you witness this killer show featuring
all the classics as well as the new. UK Dates
are as follows
Sun 6th Oct O2 Academy, Bristol www.ticketweb.co.uk
0844 477 2000
Mon 7th Oct O2 Academy2, Oxford www.ticketweb.co.uk
0844 477 2000
Wed 9th Oct O2 Academy2, Birmingham www.ticketweb.co.uk
0844 477 2000
Thu 10th Oct O2 Academy2, Sheffield www.ticketweb.co.uk
0844 477 2000
Fri 11th Oct The Garage, Glasgow www.triplegmusic.com
0844 844 4747
Sat 12th Oct The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham www.alt-tickets.co.uk
0845 413 4444
Mon 14th Oct O2 Academy, Newcastle www.ticketweb.co.uk
0844 477 2000
Tue 15th Oct Club Academy, Manchester www.manchesteracademy.net
0161 832 1111
Thu 17th Oct O2 Islington Academy, London www.ticketweb.co.uk
0844 477 2000
Fri 18th Oct Old Fire Station, Bournemouth www.ticketweb.co.uk
0844 477 2000
Tickets are prices £15 (£17 London)
subject to booking fee
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Beans
On Toast Anounces His Longest Tour Run Ever. |
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 Monday 3rd
June 2013
2013 is looking like a breakthrough year for the
incomparable talents of BEANS ON TOAST.
This Autumn Beans will embark on his biggest and
longest UK tour ever, starting north in Aberdeen,
and winding down the length of the country over
a six week stretch culminating in what will be
an incendiary live performance at London’s
famous 100 Club.
Full dates are as follows:
EPTEMBER
23 Aberdeen, The Tunnels
24 Glasgow, Nice N Sleazy
25 Edinburgh, Voodoo Rooms
26 Newcastle, Think Tank
27 Carlisle, The Brickyard
28 Leeds, The Wardrobe
29 York, Fibbers
30 Hull, Fruit
October
2 Hebden Bridge, The Trades Club
3 Manchester, Night & Day Café
4 Chester, Compass
5 Liverpool, Mellomello
6 Wakefield, The Hop
10 Coventry, Taylor John's Music & Arts Centre
11 Birmingham, The Rainbow
12 Derby, The Victoria Inn
14 Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach
15 Bristol, Lousiana
17 Salisbury, The Music Box
18 Plymouth, The White Rabbit
19 Exeter, Phoenix
20 Poole, Mr Kyps
23 Southampton, Joiners
24 Winchester, The Railway
25 Brighton, Sticky Mikes Frog Bar
27 Leicester, Extra Shot @ Cookie Jar
28 Nottingham, Bodega
29 Cambridge, The Portland Arms
30 Oxford, Bullingdon
31 St Albans, The Horn
NOVEMBER
1 Swindon, The Victoria
2 Deal, The Lighthouse
5 London, The 100 Club
For everyone that buys an advance ticket for the
tour they will receive a free download of Beans
On Toast’s Live At The Scala album –
recorded from his sold out headline show in September
2012. Visit www.beansontoastmusic.com for more
information.
The tour follows another busy summer for Beans
On Toast who, as well as being confirmed for loads
of summer festivals including Glastonbury and
Secret Garden Party - and as support for friend
and label mate Frank Turner in North America –
he will be playing live and compering at Mumford
& Son's Gentlemen Of The Road festival in
Lewes on the 19th & 20th of July. Playing
alongside Vampire Weekend, The Vaccines, British
Sea Power and Mumford & Son's themselves as
well as compering the entire festival perfectly
highlights Bean’s versatile talents –
a modern one-man all-round entertainer.
Full Summer live shows below:
Support dates for Frank Turner in USA
JUNE
1 Lancaster, PA - Chameleon Club
4 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls
6 Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live
7 Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts
8 Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony
9 Columbus, OH - The Basement
10 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom
14 Indianapolis, IN – Deluxe
Festivals:
JUNE
29 Glastonbury Festival
JULY
6 Blissfields Festival, Winchester
7 Beatherder Festival, Lancashire
12 2000trees Festival, Gloucester
19/20th Gentlemen Of The Road, Lewes
26 Lounge On The Farm, Kent
27 Secret Garden Party
28 Kendall Calling
AUGUST
2 Frolic Festival, Kent
10 Boomtown Fair, Winchester
Coinciding with all this is the new single ‘Beer
& A Burger’ released on 15th July 2013;
a catchy ode to the demise of the Great British
boozer with a killer trumpet solo.
You can watch the video here: http://bit.ly/15hHCXZ
It’s lifted from Beans On Toast's fourth
studio album 'Fishing For A Thank You' –
which came out December 2012. A career defining
record that, in his own amiable style, deals with
such matters as protests, love, drugs, religion,
Wetherspoons pubs and angry birds with his perfected,
witty social commentary. Bolstered by an accordion
and a backing brass section, this is Beans' most
complete and mature sounding record.
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Night
Verses To Release Debut Album. |
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 Thursday 30th
May 2013
Night Verses' debut album 'Lift Your Existence'
will be released in the UK on 22nd July and the
band have just posted a new track from the record
online. Vocalist Douglas Robinson comments - "Lyrically,
I wanted to travel to somewhere as raw and as
energetic as possible because that's where I feel
this track takes the listener. For personal reasons,
I was battling myself over the course of time
and when we had started to demo this song, I had
finally come to the realization that I'm exactly
where I 'm supposed to be with who I'm supposed
to be with."
Douglas Robinson, along with guitarist Nick DePirro,
bassist Reilly Herrera, and drummer Aric Improta,
write music that any listener craving authenticity
can embrace. Night Verses' sophisticated and deliberate
approach assumes a level of intellectualism of
the listener, while at the same time begging them
to simply let go.
Early 2013 found the band teaming up with producer
Kris Crummett (who also produced their first EP)
to track a collection of songs that runs the gamut
from apocalyptic to tender, intensely virtuosic
to brutally vulnerable. The quartet collaborated
from opposite coasts to write and refine this
material which expands upon the 'Out Of The Sky'
EP and captures the energy of their scorching
live shows. Night Verses made their first trip
to the UK in the early stages of their existence,
playing some of their first ever live shows on
their 'Out Of The Sky' tour, as well as proving
their unique abilities at Hevy festival where
they picked up glowing reviews across the board.
Recent U.S. tours with letlive., HRVRD, and Wilson
have only brought the anticipation of their next
move to fever pitch.
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Metallica
Announced For Roskilde 2013 As Their Only European Show Of The
Summer. |
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 Thursday 30th
May 2013
The Metal giants take a short break from the studio
to visit Roskilde for the first time in 10 years
- joining Kraftwerk, The National, Rihanna, Queens
Of The Stone Age, Sigur Ros, Slipknot and Volbeat
to complete the festival’s 2013 headline
bill.
It was not on the cards for the undisputed kings
of metal to be playing Europe at all this summer,
but late in the game, Roskilde have managed to
secure an exclusive one-off show with a band that
first dominated the event’s iconic Orange
Stage way back in 1986.
METALLICA (US) will be returning to Roskilde
Festival for the first time in 10 years, taking
a break from the recording of their next album,
James, Lars, Kirk and Robert will be the masters
of ceremony on the Orange Stage once more with
an exclusive European show for the 2013 festival
season. With their muscular, fiery and melodic
thrash, they are true kings of their genre, who’s
series of worldwide hits that have made them idols
to an extent unheard of among most of their riff-loving
peers.
”We listen to our audience, and this year
they have been shouting for a large name to complete
our high-quality, forward-thinking, broad music
programme. Very few names of this kind are on
tour, so we have had to think outside the box
and are obviously thrilled to welcome back Lars
Ulrich and his crew much earlier than expected,”
says director of Music & Creation Rikke Øxner.
Metallica first played Roskilde in 1986, the year
their Copenhagen-recorded Master of Puppet was
released. This year, they interrupt the recording
of their 12th studio album to play Roskilde Festival
once again. Roskilde festival are proud to host
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Forever
The Sicket Kids Unleash New Single. |
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 Thursday 30th
May 2013
Forever The Sickest Kids is excited to premiere
their new song ‘Nice To Meet You’.
The new track will be available digitally on iTunes
from May 28th. The song premiered on Billboard.
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTOK7XOwpJ0
The new track is found on the band's forthcoming
new album J.A.C.K, set for release on June 24th,
and available for pre-order from May 28th on iTunes.
iTunes Link: http://smarturl.it/NiceToMeetYou
Pre-Order: http://smarturl.it/JACKbundles
"The song ‘Nice to Meet You’
was a song we wrote about honest feelings about
how the media is so filled with negativity nowadays,"
explains lead singer Jonathan Cook. "We live
in the greatest country in the world and these
lyrics are about how our country's stereotypes
are perceived by outsiders looking in."
The Dallas, TX pop rock quartet are gearing up
for their fourth run on the Vans Warped Tour,
hitting 40 cities across North America, kicking
off in Seattle, WA on June 15th.
FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS - Comprised of Jonathan
Cook (Vocals), Kyle Burns (Drums), Austin Bello
(Bass/Vocals), and Caleb Turman (Guitar/Vocals),
the Dallas, TX pop rock quartet have been garnering
fans globally since 2007, and have come a long
way since they released their boisterous debut
Underdog Alma Mater (Universal Motown, 2008).
Signing to Fearless Records in 2012, the band
decamped to Los Angeles and spent three months
with producer Mike Green (Paramore, All Time Low,
New Found Glory), working together as a cohesive
unit to write the tracks that would become J.A.C.K.
The power-pop ensemble have toured alongside such
acts as Third Eye Blind, Simple Plan, All Time
Low, Good Charlotte, Breathe Carolina, and more.
The band has also been featured on multiple installations
of the Punk Goes… series as well as collaborated
with teen sensation Selena Gomez. Having a strong
partnership with NFL, press support from MTV,
and Alternative Press among others, the new streamlined
foursome are set to showcase an album that would
reflect where they are now as musicians and people,
and release their brand of irresistible pop rock
to the masses.
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Funeral
For A Friend Announce October Tour Dates. |
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Fearless
Vampire Killers Team Up With William Control For Album Number
Two. |
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 Wednesday
29 th May 2013
Fearless Vampire Killers are pleased to announce
that they are about to embark on the recording
of their second full-length album. The follow
up to their 2012 debut, Militia Of The Lost, will
see Aiden frontman, and great of the modern Gothic
scene, William Control at the helm in the role
of producer.
“I am so very pleased to have been asked
to work on this record.” Says William Control
about the project. He continues, “I only
get involved in projects that I am truly excited
about and I have to be inspired by the artist
or band I'm working with. My goal is to help Fearless
Vampire Killers create an album that people care
about, that people can relate with, and most importantly,
that boys and girls across the globe can sing
along to.”
Having spent the past few months holed up in the
wilds of Suffolk writing new material, Fearless
Vampire Killers will head over to the US later
next month to begin the recording process at Wil’s
new studio in his hometown of Seattle.
But what can fans expect of album number two?
Kier Kemp advised that, ‘The writing process
is very new this time. We’ve really been
getting absorbed in it, each band member has been
very involved!’ And on the conceptual side,
he had this to say, ‘This will be the second,
more insane instalment in the Grandomina story.
This album is going to be FVK turned up to 11,
smashing your (back) doors in and filling you
full of magic. It's going to be like Disney meets
Coheed and Cambria!’
It’s been just over a year since the release
of the band’s heavily conceptual debut album,
and in that short space of time they have achieved
so much - multiple Kerrang! Award nominations,
speaking out nationally against Xenophobia and
hate-crimes, touring with some of the biggest
rock bands around and building one of the UKs
most passionate fanbases (AKA The Lost Hearts).
- FVK hope that this new album will cement their
status as one of the best new British bands around
and will allow them to finally breakout of the
underground and into the mainstream.
This is a sentiment which is echoed by William
Control, who finishes, “We are going to
make the best fucking album anyone has ever heard.
By this time next year, Fearless Vampire Killers
will be a household name. You better jump on the
wagon, or get left in the dust.”
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Devildriver
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 Wednesday 29th
May 2013
DEVILDRIVER have confirmed that the title of their
new album is "Winter Kills". The album
will be released worldwide on August 27th.
The band recorded the album in Florida at Audio
Hammer Studios and vocals in Los Angeles, CA at
Dez's home studio with Mark Lewis (Black Dahlia
Murder, Whitechapel, All That Remains) handling
production duties.
The artwork for "Winter Kills" features
a photograph by Dean Karr. The layout was done
by Ryan Clark/Invisible Creature.
DEVILDRIVER has worked with Lewis previously on
“Beast” and “The Last Kind Words”
and producer Mark Lewis's prolific leadership
of the new school of metal has yet again helped
DEVILDRIVER deliver another Epic heavy Metal record.
This record melds what the band does best. In
your face power as well as the California Groove
sound the band pioneered.
DEVILDRIVER has always been a band on a three-pronged
mission: Work hard, rock harder, and kick as many
asses as possible in the process. The band tours
forever and has since its beginnings. Their live
performances and circle pits are as legendary
as their music.
"This is by far DEVILDRIVER’s most
cohesive, powerful, groove laden record to date!
We delivered our signature California Groove sound
alongside a Raw and Biting guitar tone, mixed
it with massive hooks, added in thunderous drums
to rethink, and reshape another different sounding
unique piece of Rock-N-Roll! Cutting our own path
is something to be proud of. DEVILDRIVER has always
and will forever be about thinking outside the
box and delivering on something different from
record to record, we cannot be assimilated into
any scene or even genre of Metal and we will continue
to do things our own way with a massive middle
finger in the air to the status quo!”
Hail RockNRoll
Dez FaFara
The band will be hitting the road worldwide in
support of "Winter Kills". Touring as
always will be a focal point for the band. The
US can expect to see them this fall and winter
with Europe and the rest of the globe coming in
2014 and beyond. Additional information on "Winter
Kills" will be made available shortly.
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Kids
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 Tuesday 28th
May 2013
After a triumphant return to the stage at Slam
Dunk festival this weekend, Kids in Glass Houses
are delighted to announce the upcoming release
of their fourth album, Peace through Transmission
Recordings on 30 September 2013. Where 2011’s
In Gold Blood was a critically acclaimed head-trip
through a fantasy world, the new album is a boundlessly
entertaining collection of songs that proves beyond
all doubt, that Aled Philips, Iain Mahanty, guitarist
Joel Fisher, bassist Andrew Sheehy and drummer
Philip Jenkins, can write one hell of a tune.
“The approach to this record was to do something
in the vein of what we used to do, where we focused
on writing singles, as on ‘Smart Casual’
and ‘Dirt’,” says Aled. “Then
again, it’s as experimental as the last
album, but instead of making one big, sprawling
album we tried to make each song as catchy and
memorable as possible.”
With this change in direction musically comes
a brand new website and a brand new attitude.
After seven years, three albums, thirteen singles,
countless headline tours, thousands of satisfied
punters and a series of colossal festival appearances,
Kids In Glass Houses have finally come home. www.kidsinglasshouses.com
And to keep you entertained until Peace’s
release, the band has teamed up with PledgeMusic
to offer you a collection of exclusive products
and content, including behind the scenes footage,
priority ticket booking, box sets, vinyl, drum
skins and more!
“This album we decided to team up with the
wonderful guys at PledgeMusic. So when you pre-order
the album through them, not only will you get
great songs you’ll get exclusive content,
video updates, and photos as well as being able
to buy items we used in the studio. That includes,
the whiteboard we used, as well as Aled’s
lyric book. Just a load of cool things we’ve
never been able to deliver to fans before”
Check it all out here: www.kidsinglasshouses.com/preorder
On top of all their festival appearances this
year, including slots at Summer Sound, Cock Rock
and the Isle of Wight Festival, they’ve
booked a headline tour of their own with support
coming from Cartel and Propellors. Make sure you
get down to one of the shows near you.
September
Wednesday 25th – Liverpool – O2 Academy
Thursday 26th – Norwich – Waterfront
Friday 27th – Lincoln – Engine Shed
Saturday 28th – Birmingham – Asylum
October
Tuesday 1st – Brighton – Concorde
2
Wednesday 2nd – London – Electric
Ballroom
Thursday 3rd – Cardiff – Great Hall
Friday 4th – Manchester – Academy
2
Saturday 5th – Glasgow – Garage
Sunday 6th – Newcastle – Warehouse
Tuesday 8th – Portsmouth – Wedgewood
Rooms
Wednesday 9th – Nottingham – Rescue
Rooms
Thursday 10th – Oxford – Academy 2
Saturday 12th – Dublin – Academy
Sunday 13th – Cork – Cypress Avenue
To get tickets on the 28 May, three days before
general sale, pre-order the album through PledgeMusic!
General sale: 31 May.
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Finntroll
Announce European Tour. |
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Moterhead
Announce Yearly UK Headline Tour. |
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 Tuesday 28th
May 2013
The loudest band in rock n roll, have confirmed
that their annual run of UK dates will, as always,
be taking place this November and this time they’re
bringing the mighty Saxon with them. Motorhead
tickets will go on general sale at 9am on Friday
31st May available from www.ticketmaster.co.uk
or www.livenation.co.uk
Motörhead: Lemmy Kilmister, Phil Campbell
and Mikkey Dee, have released over 20 studio albums
over their 38 year career. Their MO is simple,
‘WE ARE MOTORHEAD…… AND WE PLAY
ROCK N ROLL’. Known for being one of the
most hard working bands in rock n roll, they have
well and truly cemented their iconic status in
the annals of rock legend, their yearly exodus
across the UK, being no different. A must see
for any self respecting fan, young or old.
This year, they will be bringing the Heavy Metal
monster that is Saxon with them as very special
guests. Having been one of the front runners for
the New Wave OF British Heavy Metal in the 80s,
the band went on to sell over 15 million record
worldwide and have had 8 UK top 40 albums.
German rockers, Skew Siskin will once again be
taking to the road as support, having opened for
Motorhead on their 2010 UK tour.
Don’t miss your chance to catch these 2
legends of British rock touring together this
November!
NOVEMBER 2013
WEDNESDAY 13 NOTTINGHAM ROYAL CONCERT HALL
THURSDAY 14 NEWCASTLE CITY HALL
SATURDAY 16 02 ACADEMY BRIXTON
SUNDAY 17 02 ACADEMY BRIXTON*
TUESDAY 19 WOLVERHAMPTON CIVIC HALL
WEDNESDAY 20 02 APOLLO MANCHESTER
FRIDAY 22 02 ACADEMY GLASGOW
*Saxon will not be performing at this show. Special
guests tbc
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Muse
To Perform Live For World War Z World Premiere. |
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 Tuesday 28th
May 2013
Paramount Pictures has teamed up with Grammy Award-winning
British band Muse to feature the band’s
music in the new film “WORLD WAR Z.”
The tracks are from Muse’s latest album
The 2nd Law. Following the film’s world
premiere in London’s Leicester Square on
Sunday, June 2, Muse will perform live from Horse
Guards Parade Ground, St. James’s Park.
Live Nation have 250 pairs of free tickets up
for grabs! To be in with a chance to win all you
need to do is register on www.facebook.com/LiveNationUK
from lunchtime on Tuesday 28th May (closes 5pm
Wednesday 29th May). You will then be sent a password
to the registered email address that will enable
you to access the special pre-sale that will go
live at 9am on Thursday 30th May at 9am. Simply
enter the code after this time and the first 250
people to do so will receive a pair of absolutely
free tickets to the event.
“WORLD WAR Z” revolves around an ex-United
Nations investigator Gerry Lane (Brad Pitt), who
traverses the world in a race against time to
stop a pandemic that is toppling armies and governments
and threatening to decimate humanity itself. Starring
Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos and James Badge Dale.
Since forming in 1994, Muse has released six studio
albums selling upwards of 15 million albums worldwide.
The band earned its highest-ever debut on the
Billboard Top 200 Albums chart when “The
2nd Law” bowed at No. 2 a week after its
October 2 release. Madness, the first single from
the album, was No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative
Chart for 19 weeks, breaking the previous record
set in 2007. The “2nd Law” and “Madness”
received two Grammy Nominations this year. The
group’s last album, The Resistance, reached
No. 1 in 19 countries around the world, and they
have won numerous awards including a Best Rock
Album Grammy Award and an American Music Award
for The Resistance.
“WORLD WAR Z” is directed by Marc
Forster from a screenplay by Matthew Michael Carnahan
and Drew Goddard & Damon Lindelof, and screen
story by Matthew Michael Carnahan and J. Michael
Straczynski. Based on the novel by Max Brooks.
Produced by Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner
and Ian Bryce.
“WORLD WAR Z” is in theaters everywhere
June 21, 2013.
MUSE LIVE:
Sunday 2nd June - Horse Guards Parade Ground,
St. James’s Park
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Jimi
Hendrix The Guitar Hero DVD Set For Release In June. |
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 Tuesday 28th
May 2013
Universal are pleased to announce the release
of Jimi Hendrix Guitar Hero on double DVD, Blu
Ray and Longform video for June 10th 2013.
Rather than drudging up scandal and outworn hypothesis
about his lifestyle and ultimate death, here we
look at Hendrix as the master of electric guitar,
as told by a selection of the world’s greatest
musicians in all new and exclusive interviews.
Contributers include Dave Mason ( Traffic) Eric
Clapton, Mick Taylor, Eric Burdon ( The Animals)
Paul Rodgers ( Bad Company) Ginger Baker ( Cream)
Bev Bevan ( ELO) Stephen Stills ( Crosby Stills
& Nash) to name but a few. Some were his mentors,
some his contemporaries and admirers of his incredible
talent, and those who emerged as new talent as
a result of his influence. All happy to come forward
and explain why Hendrix’s work remains at
the zenith of rock music to this day.
Moving beyond the icon and the myth, this DVD
brings alive the images and music that Jimi Hendrix
evoked from his very soul, using the instrument
as, he put it, his “personal diary”
This style evoked a home-grown and raw, uncensored
sensuality, which indeed was his nature and that
of his music, as if he were his own muse.
Narrated by Slash (Guns N Roses/Velvet Revolver)
a longtime Hendrix acolyte, this film is less
a biography than the first film ever to focus
on the music itself and the impetus of the master
who created it.
KEY FEATURES:
Previously unreleased archive footage
Henry Diltz’s 8mm silent footage of The
Monkees 1967 tour
Full performance of “Hey You” by The
Experience at The Marquee in London
Extended interviews with Slash, Mick Taylor, Micky
Dolenz, Leon Hendrix, Joey Covington, Stephen
Stills, Lemmy Kilmister and Dave Mason
Photographs and memorabilia
20 page full colour booklet
Bonus disc containing over 5 hours of never before
seen extended interviews
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Sleeping
With Sirens Album Release And Headline Tour. |
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 Tuesday 28th
May 2013
Sleeping With Sirens has turned into a monster
of a band. With two full lengths and an EP under
their belts, they have sold in excess of 260,000
albums to date, over 95 million views on official
youtube videos and numerous sold out tours both
in the US and most recently their UK run which
saw venues being upgraded twice over in a matter
of days. The band is currently gearing up to return
to Warped Tour for a 2nd summer in a row, headlining
Main Stage. The band is currently streaming their
new album “Feel” in its entirety right
here:
http://bit.ly/15bar5d
The bands third album “Feel”, out
June 3rd on Rise Records, is one of the most anticipated
releases in the rock world and their best material
yet. Teaming up with Cameron Mizell, who they
worked with on their previous full length, and
enlisting Dan Korneff (My Chemical Romance, Mayday
Parade) and mastered by Ted Jensen (Green Day,
Bon Jovi, The Offspring) to complete the team
creating the album. Sleeping With Sirens have
been able to deliver an album that is not only
their most heartfelt, but also sonically more
superior than anything they’ve done to date.
With Tracks like the huge sounding “Alone”
(featuring rapper MGK), to hard-hitting anthems
like “Congratulations” (featuring
Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire), this band
continues to evolve and impress.
“Feel” is sure to instantly please
their current fans whilst wining over countless
others making them a worldwide success. The first
single “Low” is available on iTunes
as an instant download when the album is pre-ordered.
Pre-order bundles will be available online on
the Rise Records store: www.riserecordsstore.com.
The band charted Top 10 Most Viral Tracks on Spotify
#4 in the UK & #7 in the US!
Sleeping With Sirens was formed in 2009. The Grand
Rapids, Michigan based groups first album for
Rise Records, With Ears To See And Eyes To Hear,
debuted in March 2010 at #7 on Billboard's “Top
Heatseekers” chart, and at #36 on “Top
Independent Albums.” The bands second album,
Let's Cheers To This Released in May 2011, the
record peaked at #78 on Billboard’s “Top
200” chart, as well as #13 on “Top
Independent Albums” and #5 in “Hard
Rock.” On June 26, 2012 the band released
their first Acoustic EP, "If You Were a Movie,
This Would Be Your Soundtrack".
Sleeping With Sirens and Rise Records have a social
media reach of 1,456,580+ Facebook Likes, 1,148,800+
Twitter Followers, 614,667+ Instagram Followers,
and 502,414+ Youtube subscribers.
Sleeping With Sirens are:
Kellin Quinn – Vocals / Jack Fowler –
Lead Guitar / Jesse Lawson – Rhythm Guitar
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Justin Hills – Bass / Gabe Barham –
Drums
“FEEL” TRACKLISTING
1. Feel
2. Here We Go
3. Free Now
4. Alone (FEAT. MGK)
5. I'll Take You There (FEAT. Shayley Bourget)
6. The Best There Ever Was
7. Low
8. Congratulations (FEAT. Matty Mullins)
9. Deja Vu
10. These Things I've Done
11. Sorry
12. Satellites
TOURING
REMAINING CURRENT UK HEADLINE TOUR 2013
Jun 1 Southampton Talking Heads SOLD OUT
HEADLINING Vans Warped Tour 2013
UK HEADLINE TOUR AUTUMN 2013
Thursday 10th October London Brixton O2 Academy
Monday 30 September Southampton Guildhall
Tuesday 1st October Nottingham Rock City
Wednesday 2nd October Dublin Academy
Thursday 3rd October Belfast Mandela Hall
Saturday 5th October Glasgow Barrowland
Monday 7th October Manchester Academy 1
Friday 11th October Birmingham O2 Academy 1
Tickets £14-£16 / EUR 15.65
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Evile
Release Forth Studio Album Skull. |
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 Tuesday 28th
May 2013
SKULL, the brand new studio album from EVILE,
is out now in Europe.
SKULL is the band's fourth album and features
nine all-new tracks. The album was recorded with
producer RUSS RUSSELL (NAPALM DEATH, DIMMU BORGIR)
at Parlour Studios in Kettering, England. The
artwork for the album was painted by artist ELIRAN
KANTOR (TESTAMENT, SODOM, HATEBREED).
EVILE frontman MATT DRAKE comments:
"The time has come! We release our fourth
album today, and we can't wait for it to finally
be out there. We think it's our best effort yet
so let's see what the metal world thinks of it...
"We have tried to make something that hits
you on different levels, something you can think
about whilst you're running around in your living
room having a good old-fashioned one-man circle
pit. Hopefully this album rewards you with each
listen as we think it will, and hopefully it stays
in your head long after it's finished. We will
see you on tour! Skull awaits your soul!!"
SKULL features the following track listing:
1. Underworld
2. Skull
3. The Naked Sun
4. Head of the Demon
5. Tomb
6. Words of the Dead
7. Outsider
8. What You Become
9. New Truths, Old Liesbr>
SKULL is available now on CD, as well as limited
edition coloured vinyl LP in the following quantities
and colours:
100 - Red (SOLD OUT)
200 - White
300 - Purple
400 - Black
Get SKULL now in a huge selection of formats and
bundles from the Earache Webstore in Europe at
http://bit.ly/c7wbbN or get the European import
in North America at http://bit.ly/9aOHhw
SKULL is also available now on iTunes, including
an exclusive bonus track, at http://bit.ly/itunesskull
SKULL is due to be released on June 11th in the
USA via Century Media/Earache Records.
See EVILE live at the following shows:
Jun. 14 - Wervik, Belgium - SkullFest
Jun. 28 - Lesmahagow, UK - Les Fest
Jul. 07 - London, UK - Electric Ballroom (w/ SUICIDAL
TENDENCIES)
Aug. 03/04 - Taipei, Taiwan - Formoz Festival
Aug. 24 - Werrington, UK - Scar Fest
Sep. 26 - Cardiff, UK - Cardiff University
Sep. 27 - Dublin, Ireland - Button Factory
Sep. 28 - Manchester, UK - Academy 2
Sep. 29 - Glasgow, UK - Audio
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Soundgarden
UK Tour Sold Out Extra London Show Now Added. |
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 Sunday 26th
May 2013
Legendary rock band Soundgarden have announced
they will release a brand new repackaged edition
of ‘King Animal’, their critically
acclaimed album released in November last year.
Out on 2nd September 2013, ‘King Animal
Plus’ features 5 exclusive live tracks recorded
at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles and 1 acoustic
track recorded at radio station 89X CIMX in Detroit.
‘King Animal Plus’ is available as
an exclusive pre-order bundle.
The band have also announced further European
dates and are set to kick off proceedings on September
4th in Helsinki, performing at the Hartwall Arena
before taking in Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen,
Berlin, Amsterdam, Manchester, Birmingham, Dublin
and London. Due to demand Soundgarden have now
announced a second show at London’s O2 Brixton
Academy on the 19th September. Tickets are on-sale
now are available fromwww.livenation.co.uk or
www.ticketmaster.co.uk.
One of the forefathers of the legendary Seattle
alternative rock scene in the 90s, Soundgarden
released ‘King Animal’, their sixth
studio album and their first in 15 years, to widespread
critical acclaim in November 2012.
The September shows follow the band’s high
profile return to European stages last summer
including their much-lauded performances at Download
Festival and Hard Rock Calling in the UK.
With over 21 million records sold worldwide and
2 GRAMMY ® awards to their name, Soundgarden
along with their contemporaries, forged a new
musical movement which became a global phenomenon,
undoubtedly leaving a lasting impact on wider
popular culture. Now, with their first collection
of new songs since the 1990's, the September tour
is set to be one of the most highly anticipated
live events of the Autumn - marking the start
of an incredibly exciting new chapter for the
band and their fans.
Soundgarden Tour Dates:
September 13 UK, Manchester O2 Apollo
September 14 UK, Birmingham O2 Academy
September 16 Ireland, Dublin O2
September 18 UK, London O2 Brixton Academy
September 19 UK, London O2 Brixton Academy
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The
Defiled Reveal Album Number Two Artwork. |
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Ricky
Warwick And Tony Wright Team Up For Acoustic Tour. |
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Jim
Jones Revue UK Announce October UK Tour. |
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 Thursday 23rd
May 2013
Fresh off the success of their sold out The Sebright
Arms Sessions, The Jim Jones Revue have announced
a full UK tour this October. All four shows sold
out in under 24 hours and featured special guests
including Nick Lowe, Glen Matlock and Emma Richardson
(Band of Skulls) just to name a few. Here is a
clip of Glen Matlock joining the band for a raucous
rendition of a Sex Pistols classic at The Sebright
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwsONCqxoA8
The Jim Jones Revue have built a formidable reputation
as a live band selling out The Electric Ballroom
and a host of other venues on their last UK tour.
This summer will witness the band take the stage
at Reading and Leeds festivals and headline the
hotly tipped Red Rooster festival in September.
7 Times Around The Sun is the third single to
be released from The Jim Jones Revue critically
acclaimed album The Savage Heart produced by Jim
Sclavunos (Nick Cave & The Band Seeds). 7
Times Around The Sun is a great example of The
Savage Heart’s musical diversity-No guitars
(A JJR first!) just piano, drums and a call and
response gospel type vocal between Jim Jones and
The 'Revue. Lyrically Jim delves into the past
and deals with the subject of overcoming drug
addiction touching on a part of a personal journey
that ultimately led to the forming of The Jim
Jones Revue with Rupert Orton.
The Jim Jones Revue recently featured live in
session with Nemone on BBC 6 Music. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0196v9p)
7 Times Around The Sun is released by Play It
Again Sam and Punk Rock Blues Records.
The Jim Jones Revue October 2013 UK Tour
Wed 9 Manchester, Ruby Lounge
Thu 10 Edinburgh, The Caves
Fri Birmingham, The Institute
Sat 12 Newcastle, Hoults Yard
Sun 13 Liverpool, East Village Arts Club
Mon 14 Leeds, Cockpit
Tues 15 Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
Wed 16 Glasgow, King Tuts
Fri 18 Newbury, Arlington Arts Centre
Sat 19 Bristol, Thekla
Sun 20 Brighton, The Haunt
Mon 21 Cardiff, The Globe
Tues 22 Plymouth, White Rabbit
Wed 23 London, Brixton Electric
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Children
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 Thursday 23rd
May 2013
After recently coming off tour with Moonspell,
INSOMNIUM have just been confirmed as direct support
for the upcoming Children Of Bodom tour in Europe.
The band is psyched about joining the metal legends
on tour: “We're very proud to announce the
final One For Sorrow tour launching this fall.
We have been confirmed main support act for the
mighty Children Of Bodom on their Halo Of Blood
Over Europe tour. This part of the tour will be
Finnish only as second support is our friends
in Medeia. See you on the roaaaad!”
INSOMNIUM supporting Children Of Bodom:
CHILDREN OF BODOM
INSOMNIUM (main support act)
MEDEIA (opening act)
25.09.2013 (S) STOCKHOLM, Tyrol
26.09.2013 (S) GOTHENBURG, Brewhouse
27.09.2013 (N) OSLO, Rockefeller
28.09.2013 (DK) COPENHAGEN, Amager Bio
29.09.201 (D) HAMBURG, Markthalle
01.10.2013 (D) COLOGNE, Live Music Hall
02.10.2013 (D) BERLIN, Postbahnhof
03.10.2013 (D) OSNABRÜCK, Halle Gartlage
04.10.2013 (B) ANTWERP, Trix
05.10.2013 (D) LEIPZIG, Werk 2
07.10.2013 (GB) BOURNEMOUTH, O2 Academy
08.10.2013 (GB) BRISTOL, O2 Academy
10.10.2013 (IRL) DUBLIN, Vicar Street
12.10.2013 (GB) SHEFFIELD, O2 Academy
13.10.2013 (GB) NEWCASTLE, O2 Academy
14.10.2013 (GB) MANCHESTER, Academy
15.10.2013 (GB) LONDON, Shepherd's Bush Empire
17.10.2013 (D) SAARBRÜCKEN, Garage
18.10.2013 (D) STRAUBING, Metal Invasion
19.10.2013 (D) ALSFELD, Stadthalle
20.10.2013 (NL) TILBURG, O13
21.10.2013 (D) STUTTGART, LKA Longhorn
INSOMNIUM are touring their latest album 'One
For Sorrow' that was released last year to critical
acclaim via Century Media Records.
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SatyriconTo
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 Wednesday
22nd May 2013
Extreme metal icons, SATYRICON have always pushed
boundaries and never conformed to what was 'expected'.
That mindset continues to this day, as they are
thrilled to announce a very special, exclusive
show at Oslo Opera House on 8th September 2013,
where they will perform together with Norway's
55-strong National Opera Chorus.
The special event is part of the Ultima Oslo Contemporary
Music Festival, and fans of both SATYRICON and
the National Opera Chorus can look forward to
a very unique and exciting evening, which coincides
with the worldwide release of SATYRICON's eponymous
ninth studio album.
SATYRICON's leader and visionary, Satyr comments:
"SATYRICON excels as a band, the bigger the
platform is. In Norway, there is no greater stage
than the main hall of our new Opera House. There
is nowhere better suited to provide the dynamics,
power and authenticity to such an occasion than
the Opera Chorus and SATYRICON. We are also excited
to have a couple of special musical friends come
and play their part as well. Ladies and gentlemen
- welcome!"
The Opera Chorus’ lead conductor, David
Maiwald adds: "Mixing different musical expressions
is always exciting. When the internationally acclaimed
black metal band SATYRICON meets the voluminous
voices of the Norwegian National Opera Chorus,
we expect a powerful and monumental result, rich
in innovative surprises."
Tickets for this event will go on sale Wednesday,
May 22nd and can be purchased here:
http://www.operaen.no/en/Performances/Satyricon-with-the-Opera-Choir/#sectionIntro
More information leading up to the event will
be made available on Satyricon’s official
Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/SatyriconOfficial
SATYRICON also headline the Pepsi Max Stage (Stage
3) on Sunday 16th June at Donington Park's Download
Festival.
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Bleed
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Falling
In Reverse Unveil New Single. |
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 Wednesday
22nd May 2013
Within two weeks, the video for the first single
‘Alone’ from Falling In Reverse’s
forthcoming album has already racked up over a
million and a half views. The track has also been
one of the most streamed songs in the US and around
the world since its release including the UK’s
most viral song on Spotify.
Now, Falling In Reverse will release the title
track ‘Fashionably Late’ as the second
single from their forthcoming album. Fans can
stream the track here: http://youtu.be/KPoaKxm4wDg
And can purchase the track from iTunes here:
https://itunes.apple.com/album/fashionably-late-single/id648732689
Voted as Alternative Press magazine’s 2012
‘Artist of the Year,’ one of Revolver’s
‘100 Greatest Living Rock Stars’ and
Kerrang’s ‘50 Greatest Rock Stars
In The World,’ Radke’s band Falling
In Reverse will release 'Fashionably Late' on
June 17th on Epitaph Records. It’s the follow
up to their Top 20 debut 'The Drug In Me Is You'.
Since forming in 2008, Falling In Reverse have
racked up a fanatical fan base, so much so that
the band’s legendary videos have been viewed
over 30 million times.
The attitude of the 1980’s Sunset Strip,
the bravado of battle-ready rap, the take-no-prisoners
bottom end of metal-core and the boundless revelry
of underground EDM parties have all beautifully
converged in this one band and this new album.
It’s for everyone on Instagram, on Twitter,
or anyone with a brain and two ears.
A pre order for the album 'Fashionably Late' is
up now. Fans can order the album on their website
at: http://www.fallinginreversestore.com
With 'Fashionably Late', Falling In Reverse continues
to push the envelope musically, while writing
songs that are strong enough to cross over into
the mainstream. Their new album is arriving right
on time.
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Placebo
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 Tuesday 21st
May 2013
Internationally acclaimed rock band Placebo announce
the title and the release date for their seventh
studio album “LOUD LIKE LOVE” which
will be released on the 16th September, 2013.
Recorded in London at RAK Studios during 2012
and early 2013, the album has been produced by
Adam Noble and features 10 brand new studio tracks.
Coinciding with today’s announcement, Placebo
also confirm a European tour, kicking off in Warsaw
on the 12th November. A Fan Ticket Presale will
run for 69 hours giving fans the chance to preorder
tickets for the band’s tour. Fans in the
United States, Latin America, Australia, Asia
and other European and Eastern European markets
need not fret, Placebo will head to their shores
soon. General ticket sales will begin May 24th
at 9am GMT while the physical album will be available
to preorder worldwide from May 31st midday onwards.
Placebo’s new album “Loud Like Love”
will be available in 5 different formats:
• 3D Lenticular Super Deluxe Box Set
• Limited Edition Deluxe Digi-Pack Version
• Double 12" Coloured Vinyl Gatefold
Edition
• Standard CD Album
• Digital
Placebo, now signed to Universal Music, have to
date recorded six studio albums and sold more
than 12 million records worldwide. The band’s
self-titled debut album, released in 1996, was
certified gold in the UK and achieved platinum
status in France. Since then, Placebo have enjoyed
an ever growing level of success around the world
with their unique blend of music and outstanding
live performances. Their dark and melodic trademark
sound featuring singer Brian Molko’s instantly
recognisable vocals has become one of the strongest
brands in rock over the past decade. In 2009,
Placebo received the MTV Europe Music Award for
‘Best Alternative’ act. Their last
studio album, “Battle for the Sun”,
released through a network of independent partners
worldwide, went to No. 1 in 10 countries and reached
top 5 in 20 countries, and was also No. 1 on the
Billboard European Album Charts for a fortnight.
For more information please visit www.placeboworld.co.uk
EUROPEAN TOUR DATES - AUTUMN 2013
Torwar, Warsaw - Poland - Tue, 12 Nov 2013
Lucerna Music Bar, Prague - Czech Rep - Wed, 13
Nov 2013
Arena Leipzig, Leipzig – Germany - Fri,
15 Nov 2013
Lanxess Arena, Cologne – Germany - Sat,
16 Nov 2013
Hallenstadion Arena, Zurich – Switzerland
- Mon, 18 Nov 2013
Olympiahalle, Munich – Germany - Tue, 19
Nov 2013
Stadthalle, Vienna – Austria - Thu, 21 Nov
2013
Unipol Arena, Bologna – Italy - Sat, 23
Nov 2013
Geneva Arena, Geneva – Switzerland - Sun,
24 Nov 2013
Festhalle, Frankfurt – Germany - Wed, 27
Nov 2013
O2 Arena Berlin, Berlin - Germany – UK -
Thu, 28 Nov 2013
Falconer Salen, Copenhagen – Denmark - Sat,
30 Nov 2013
Stora Arenan, Stockholm – Sweden - Sun,
01 Dec 2013
Sentrum Scene, Oslo – Norway - Tue, 03 Dec
2013
O2 World, Hamburg - Germany – UK - Thu,
05 Dec 2013
Sportpalais, Antwerp – Belgium - Sat, 07
Dec 2013
Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam – Holland - Sun, 08
Dec 2013
Bercy, Paris – France - Tue, 10 Dec 2013
O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham – UK -
Thu, 12 Dec 2013
O2 Academy Glasgow, Glasgow – UK - Fri,
13 Dec 2013
O2 Apollo, Manchester – UK - Sat, 14 Dec
2013
O2 Academy Brixton, London – UK - Mon, 16
Dec 2013
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Paradise
Lost Announce 25th Anniversary ShowsWith Lacuna Coil In Support. |
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 Tuesday 21st
May 2013
Thirteen albums into Paradise Lost's 25 year career,
namedropping is pointless. The only band they
can and should be held up against for comparison
and consideration is Paradise Lost.
With a career dating back to 1988, and their official
recording debut in 1990 (Lost Paradise), the band
has been riding and rollercoaster of highs and
lows. Guitarist Aaron Aedy remembers the early
days:
"I remember our first rehearsal at Studio
X in the Dean Clough complex of Halifax, it was
Saturday March 26th between the hours of one and
four pm. We had a few ideas flying around and
managed to write our first opus 'Blood-filled-eyes'
and start our 2nd 'Plains of Desolation', I can
only describe these songs as unique.
Afterwards we all went to the pub after to celebrate.
Three and a half months later we were playing
live, supporting Acid Reign and Re-Animator at
the legendary Frog and Toad Night Club in Bradford.
We had a 30 minute slot and only 15 minutes of
music so we played one song twice, attempted a
Sodom cover we hadn't even learned and Nick [Holmes,
vocals] did his stand up for the rest of it."
Throughout their career, PARADISE LOST have not
only created and defined genres and styles, but
almost immediately transcended them. From the
crawling, harrowing doom of their 1990 debut 'Lost
Paradise', to the electronic flourishes prevalent
in 1997's 'One Second', 1999's 'Host' and 2007's
comeback to the heavier side of metal 'In Requiem'
and the latest opus 'Tragic Idol' in 2012, their
sound has continued to evolve vastly, but haunting
melody and dark rock power has remained at the
very core of their identity.
In 1991 the band released 'Gothic', not so much
an album title as the definition for an entire
genre, while the influence 1995's huge-selling
masterpiece 'Draconian Times' - the missing link
between Metallica and the Sisters of Mercy - echoes
loudly in today's scene, with the likes of Cradle
of Filth, Nightwish and HIM owing a huge debt
to their knack for injecting heavy rock with their
trademark dark sheen.
Now it's time to celebrate 25 years of glamour
and gloom with 4 anniversary shows in October
to which the band have invited their friends Lacuna
Coil. Another, very special guest, will be announced
shortly for those dates.
PARADISE LOST anniversary shows:
Oct 30th - Wolverhampton - Wulfrun Hall
Oct 31st - Glasgow – ABC
Nov 1st - Manchester – Ritz
Nov 3rd - London – Roundhouse
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 Tuesday 21st
May 2013
Influential ‘90s New York City-based indie
rock group Texas Is The Reason have announced
their FINAL shows will take place in the UK. Having
recently played a handful of shows around the
US and a mind blowing performance at this years
Groezrock festival be sure to catch one of these
dates:
August:
2nd Glasgow, Classic Grand
3rd Manchester, Academy
4th London, Electric Ballroom (FINAL SHOW EVER)
Tickets are priced £16.50 regionally and
£17.50 in London and are available from
www.gigsandtours.com
Texas Is The Reason recently released their entire
discography titled Do You Know Who You Are?: The
Complete Collection. Released in February through
Revelation Records, the album is a comprehensive
collection of every recorded piece of music in
the band’s history, featuring the original
Do You Know Who You Are? full-length album, the
self-titled EP, as well as two B-sides never before
on CD/digital, and two previously unreleased tracks
written in 1997 and recorded in 2012 with J. Robbins
titled “Every Little Girl’s Dream”
and “When Rock ‘N’ Roll Was
Just A Baby”. The album package also includes
never-before-published photos, a comprehensive
concert history for the band from 1995-2012 and
complete lyrics.
They came from some of the most popular, if not
polarizing hardcore bands of the early ‘90s
(Shelter, 108, Ressurection), but by the time
Texas Is The Reason formed in 1994, a new aesthetic
crystallized almost instantly and reduced its
members’ previous efforts to history. Indeed,
it was only a year later when Revelation Records
released the band’s self-titled EP, their
name derived from a lyric in the Misfits song
“Bullet,” that Texas Is The Reason
were already headlining their own tours in America
and well on their way to defining a new moment
in post-punk.
In April of 1996, the band reinforced that initial
success with their first and only album, produced
by Jawbox’s J. Robbins and named after the
last words that John Lennon was alleged to have
heard: “Do You Know Who You Are?”
In the years since,SPIN, Alternative Press, and
Paste would all go on to call Do You Know Who
You Are? an essential ‘90s album. Unfortunately,
after a year of heavy promotion and touring for
the record, inner-band tension came to a head
and the band officially split in 1997. Its members
would go on to form Jets To Brazil, New End Original
and Solea.
Since then the band had only reunited once –
for two sold-out New York City shows in 2006 –
but their presence has barely waned: Newer generations
of bands like Spitalfield, Into It. Over It. and
Transit have covered Texas Is The Reason songs
over the years and even vets such as Thursday,
Taking Back Sunday, and Armor For Sleep have all
publicly cited their influence. So after agreeing
to headline the opening night of Revelation Records’
25th Anniversary festival in New York City earlier
this year (and once again promptly selling it
out), the band decided it was time to tie up the
longest of loose ends by releasing a remastered
discography collection in 2013 featuring its entire
recorded output, as well as two freshly recorded,
never-before-released songs – their final
songs ever.
Do You Know Who You Are: The Complete Collection
track listing:
01. Johnny On The Spot
02. The Magic Bullet Theory
03. Nickel Wound
04. There’s No Way I Can Talk Myself Out
Of This One Tonight (The Drinking Song)
05. Something To Forget (Version II)
06. Do You Know Who You Are?
07. Back And To The Left
08. The Day’s Refrain
09. A Jack With One Eye
10. Every Little Girl’s Dream *
11. When Rock ‘N’ Roll Was Just A
Baby *
12. Blue Boy
13. Something To Forget (Version I)
14. If It’s Here When We Get Back It’s
Ours
15. Dressing Cold
16. Antique
* Previously unreleased tracks
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Sleeping
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 Tuesday 21st
May 2013
Sleeping With Sirens has turned into a monster
of a band. With two full lengths and an EP under
their belts, they have sold in excess of 260,000
albums to date, over 95 million views on official
youtube videos and numerous sold out tours both
in the US and most recently their UK run which
saw venues being upgraded twice over in a matter
of days. Tonight the band will stream the new
single “Alone” on Rise Records YouTube
channel at 8:30pm EST/1.30am UK, right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zfQfMcG7G4
The bands third album “Feel”, out
June 3rd on Rise Records, is one of the most anticipated
releases in the rock world and their best material
yet. Teaming up with Cameron Mizell, who they
worked with on their previous full length, and
enlisting Dan Korneff (My Chemical Romance, Mayday
Parade) and mastered by Ted Jensen (Green Day,
Bon Jovi, The Offspring) to complete the team
creating the album. Sleeping With Sirens have
been able to deliver an album that is not only
their most heartfelt, but also sonically more
superior than anything they’ve done to date.
With Tracks like the huge sounding “Alone”
(featuring rapper MGK), to hard hitting anthems
like “Congratulations” (featuring
Matty Mullins of Memphis May Fire), to the catchy
first single “Low”, which can be heard
via lyric video HERE (over 1 million views): http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=s81ZHFOD4UI
“Feel” is sure to instantly please
their current fans whilst wining over countless
others making them a worldwide success. The first
single “Low” is available on iTunes
as an instant download when the album is pre-ordered.
Pre-order bundles will be available online on
the Rise Records store: www.riserecordsstore.com
Sleeping With Sirens and Rise Records have an
ever growing social media reach of 1,456,580+
Facebook Likes, 1,148,800+ Twitter Followers,
614,667+ Instagram Followers, and 502,414+ Youtube
subscribers.
Sleeping With Sirens are currently touring the
UK on a sold out headline tour and will be at
Slam Dunk Festival next weekend.
REMAINING DATES:
May 21 Newcastle O2 Academy 1 (UPGRADED) SOLD
OUT
May 22 Glasgow ABC 1 (UPGRADED) SOLD OUT
May 23 Manchester Ritz (UPGRADED) SOLD OUT
SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL (3 days)
Jun 1 Southampton Talking Heads SOLD OUT
The band are set to return to the UK this Autumn
for another headline run.
HEADLINE TOUR
Monday 30 September Southampton Guildhall
Tuesday 1st October Nottingham Rock City
Wednesday 2nd October Dublin Academy
Thursday 3rd October Belfast Mandela Hall
Saturday 5th October Glasgow Barrowland
Monday 7th October Manchester Academy 1
Thursday 10th October London Brixton O2 Academy
Friday 11th October Birmingham O2 Academy 1
Tickets £14-£16 / EUR 15.65
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
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Heavens
Basement Unleash New Video. |
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 Monday 20th
May 2013
Following the success of Heaven’s Basement
recent single ‘I Am Electric’ they
will be releasing ‘Fire, Fire' from ‘Filthy
Empire’, in celebration of their Download
appearance.
Here is the new video for ‘Fire, Fire’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkhCXS12m4UHe
Heaven’s Basement have begun their transatlantic
assault in earnest with the band currently Stateside,
smashing through shows across the country, before
returning to Europe for a run of summer festivals
in support of the critically acclaimed debut album,
‘Filthy Empire’ on Red Bull Records.
After their Download appearance in June, Heaven’s
Basement embark on their longest ever run of UK
headline shows in July, before playing the Reading
and Leeds Festivals.
The irrepressible Heaven’s Basement has
also been invited to perform on June 17th at Metal
Hammer’s Golden Gods Awards, aboard HMS
Hammer. Plus, they have been confirmed to play
the main stage at the Nass Festival on Saturday
13th July, with Billy Talent, Zane Lowe and Loadstar.
In 2013 Heaven’s Basement are on their way
to becoming one of the year’s most exciting
new rock bands.
Heaven’s Basement UK Headline shows, bar
event marked*
June
Sat 15 Encore Stage* Download Festival
Sun 16 Acoustic Stage* Download Festival
July
Tue 02 Norwich Waterfront Studio
Wed 03 Milton Keynes Craufurd Arms
Thur 04 Cardiff Club Ifor Bach
Fri 05 Liverpool 02 Academy 2
Sat 06 York Duchess
Sun 07 Glasgow Ivory Blacks
Tues 09 Aberdeen Tunnels
Wed 10 Newcastle Academy 2
Fri 12 Manchester Sound Control
Sat 13 Nass Festival* Bath & West Showgrounds
w/ Billy Talent, Zane Lowe & Loadstar
Tue 16 Exeter Cavern 3
Wed 17 Bournemouth Sound Circus
Thur 18 London 100 Club
August
Fri 23 Lock Up Stage* Leeds Festival
Sun 25 Lock Up Stage* Reading Festival
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Alkaline
Trio Announce Islington Academy Show To Help Celebrate Ten Years
Of The Venue. |
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 Monday 20th
May 2013
Academy Music Group (AMG) will celebrate a decade
of live music in the Capital this August. O2 Academy
Islington opened on Friday 19th September 2003
with a phenomenal launch night performance from
US punk rockers, Alkaline Trio, bringing a sell-out
zealous crowd who knew every word to every last
song during the sprint paced hour long set!
What better way for O2 Academy Islington to turn
the ripe old age of 10 in 2013, than with the
help of the band who opened it! Alkaline Trio
will celebrate with an exclusive live show at
the venue on Thursday 29th August 2013 as a special
birthday performance, bringing their combustible
magic to delighted UK fans.
Well known as a guaranteed tour stop for global
punk/ rock acts, the last decade has seen O2 Academy
Islington present shows from major rock royalty
including; KISS, Def Leppard, Skindred, Biffy
Clyro, Paramore, Bullet For My Valentine and Jimmy
Eat World to name but a few; so it’s a fitting
tribute to welcome back one of punk rock’s
finest to celebrate a LOUD ten years of live music
in N1!
"It is always an honour to play London. To
have been at the beginning of an era with O2 Academy
Islington was AMAZING. I remember that show being
extra special and playing again for their 10th
Anniversary is something we're extremely proud
to be a part of" Matt Skiba, Alkaline Trio
More than 15 years since Alkaline Trio’s
debut album release ‘Goddamnit’ (1998)
and now nine albums later, the band have cemented
themselves firmly as spokesperson for ‘the
downtrodden, the dispossessed, the ill-at-ease’
while ever broadening their palette with new colours
and extremes, never producing two records the
same. April 2013 has seen the release of their
most recent album ‘My Shame Is True’,
preceding the start of the 2013 tour and highly
anticipated UK festival performances including
Reading and Leeds (Lock Up/ Rock Stage) .
Tickets on sale via O2 Priority Wednesday 23rd
May
http://www.o2priority.co.uk and general sale
on Friday 24th May from
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk - £22.00
adv
Further tour dates as well as their performance
at Reading and Leeds Festival include:
26th August 2013 – Dublin Academy,
27th August 2013 – Belfast Limelight,
28th August 2013 – Edinburgh Liquid Rooms,
29th August 2013 – London, O2 Academy Islington
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Children
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Red
Bull Voting Is All Go. |
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 Monday 20th
May 2013
Voting is now live for one week only (May 17th
– 25th) for the 15 bands who have made it
through to the semi finals of the Red Bull Studios
live at Download 2013 opportunity.
A huge 700 bands entered in total. The public
then voted and 100 of these went through to the
judges panel who handpicked 15 they felt showed
most potential. Last week, these 15 undertook
a professional studio experience in London at
Red Bull Studios which included expert mentoring,
professional photos and video creation.
Only eight of these bands will make it through
to play on the stage at Download 2013 in front
of thousands - six places will be filled with
those who collect the most votes, and two places
will be ‘wildcards’, favourites of
the judges (Kerrang Radio presenter Katie P, Rock
Sound magazine editor Ben Patashnik, Red Bull
Records label manager and music industry aficionado
Angie Somerside, plus hyped rock band and Download
Festival veterans Don Broco).
The first 6 winners will be announced from 5pm
on Sat May 25th: 6 bands with the highest votes
will automatically go through and appear on http://download.redbullstudios.com/.
The final 2 judges wildcards will be announced
via studio instagram @RedBullStudioLondon
The aspiring unsigned bands come from all areas
of the UK and are hoping for as many votes as
possible to get them through to the big stage.
They need your help! Please visit the links below
to watch their new videos and vote on who you
want to see on stage at Download.
The bands:
Searching Alaska from Essex http://download.redbullstudios.com/band/searching-alaska/
Press to Meco from Horsham/Croydon
http://download.redbullstudios.com/band/press-to-meco/
We are Carnivores from Hull
http://download.redbullstudios.com/band/we-are-carnivores/
Akord from Grampian, Scotland
http://download.redbullstudios.com/band/akord/
I'll Stay in Memphis from Manchester
http://download.redbullstudios.com/band/ill-stay-in-memphis-2/
Semperfi from Grampian, Scotland
http://download.redbullstudios.com/band/semperfi/
Sky Valley Mistress from Manchester/Lancashire
http://download.redbullstudios.com/band/sky-valley-mistress/
Lower Lands from Lincolnshire
http://download.redbullstudios.com/band/lower-lands/
Surrender the Coast from Leicester
http://download.redbullstudios.com/band/surrender-the-coast/
Liberty Lies from Wednesbury
http://download.redbullstudios.com/band/liberty-lies/
Lacey from Nottingham
http://download.redbullstudios.com/band/lacey/
We Caught the Castle Reading
http://download.redbullstudios.com/band/we-caught-the-castle/
Forever can Wait from Southampton
http://download.redbullstudios.com/band/we-caught-the-castle/
Tu Amore from Cambridge/Peterborough
http://download.redbullstudios.com/band/tu-amore/
Falling with Style from Pontypridd
http://download.redbullstudios.com/band/falling-with-style/
ABOUT RED BULL STUDIOS
Deep in the heart of southeast London lies The
Red Bull Studios: a non-commercial recording studio
and programmable space based in Red Bull’s
UK headquarters.
As a legacy of the Red Bull Music Academy, this
unique space is fast becoming one of the most
exciting additions to London’s music scene,
offering myriad artists the chance to come in
and explore their creativity for free. The studio
so far has nurtured homegrown talent, welcomed
legendary musicians alongside unsigned artists
and enabled musical creativity that may otherwise
have gone unrealised. Anyone with a good idea
and the talent to make it happen could realise
their musical ambitions in this state-of-the-art
recording studio.
From the recording, launch and live stream performance
of Jessie Ware’s recent Devotion album to
the heavy support of Benga in recent months via
the six-part ‘I Am Benga’ documentary
series, artists from all musical backgrounds have
used the high spec space to record, perform and
rehearse.
Collaborations, mash-ups, and the ability to let
an artist’s creativity run wild are the
intention of this forward-thinking facility. Recent
months have seen the second series of Launched
at Red Bull Studios airing on Channel 4 featuring
artists such as A*M*E, AlunaGeorge, Bastille and
Deap Vally. New albums recorded in the space include
Bondax’s debut and vocals for Disclosure’s
highly anticipated album Settle.
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Letlive
Announce UK Headline Tour. |
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 Monday 20th
May 2013
After the enormous success of his 2012 UK tour,
Ian Anderson is back for a very special one-off
show at the Royal Albert Hall on 30th June; Thick
as a Brick returns ‘home’ to the prestigious
London venue after 41 years since it was first
performed there. The gig is part of an extensive
world tour taking the Jethro Tull’ icon
to Europe, USA, Japan and South America; This
will be the only production Thick As A Brick UK
date in 2013 and tickets are going fast.
Ticket pricesare £30 and £35 for Circle,
£42.50 Front Circle, £47.50 for Arena
floor, stalls and second tier - £55 for
Boxes and there are 30 specialVIP Arena Floor
tickets available at £150 each. www.royalalberthall.comBox
Office – 0207 589 8212.Online bookings fromwww.ticketline.co.ukcredit
card bookings 0844 888 9991. Doors open at 6.45pm
and showtime will be7.30pm.
Ian Anderson says “So - bugger me, but it’s
back to the Albert for a recreation of the 1972
performance. If only Victoria could be there too.
She might have rather liked it. In a funny sort
of way. I might try to get a few guests in too
if they are not washing their hair. But I will
have shampoo at the ready and a hot Fray Bentos
pie at backstage catering. That might do it. At
least I get to sleep in my own bed afterwards.
Hope to see you there. Bostock rools. Kiss, kiss."
The ‘Thick as a Brick’ show is a two
part Prog bonanza where Anderson and his band
will be performing his Jethro Tull’1972
classic in its entirety, followed by recent material
from its 2012’ sequel. Both albums will
be performed as recorded, seamless 55 minutes
long tracks with a 20 minute intermission. Video
projections and theatrical elements will offer
a sumptuous background for this unforgettable
milestone in the history of rock.
‘Thick as a Brick’ was a concept album
based on a poem written by fictitious 10 year
old boy Gerald Bostock, behind which hides Anderson
himself. ‘Thick as a Brick 2’ was
written and released by Anderson as a celebration
of the original’s 40th anniversary, and
examines the possible different paths that the
precocious young schoolboy might have taken later
in life; alter-ego characters are used to illustrate
the infinite potential twists and turns of fate
and opportunity.
Anderson has been leading Jethro Tull for 44 years;
they toured 54 countries worldwide and recorded
30 studio albums, selling over 60 million albums
in their career. Widely recognised as the man
who introduced the flute to rock music, Ian also
plays ethnic flutes and whistles together with
acoustic guitar and the mandolin family of instruments,
providing the acoustic textures which have been
an integral part of most of the Tull repertoire
and his solo material. In his most recent solo
concerts, Ian has been accompanied by orchestras,
string quartets and featured soloists; his eclectic
acoustic shows are also a hit with fans of the
genre.
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Soundgarden
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Monday 20th
May 2013
Legendary rock band Soundgarden today announced
they will release a brand new repackaged edition
of ‘King Animal’, their critically
acclaimed album released in November last year.
Out on 2nd September 2013, ‘King Animal
Plus’ features 5 exclusive live tracks recorded
at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles and 1 acoustic
track recorded at radio station 89X CIMX in Detroit.
The band have also announced further European
dates and are set to kick off proceedings on September
4th in Helsinki, performing at the Hartwall Arena
before taking in Stockholm, Oslo, Copenhagen,
Berlin, Amsterdam, Manchester, Birmingham, Dublin
and London.
Tickets and ‘King Animal Plus’ will
be available as an exclusive pre-order bundle
from 22nd May. Fans can buy from 9am on Wednesday
at http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/promo/rwwzpi.
One of the forefathers of the legendary Seattle
alternative rock scene in the 90s, Soundgarden
released ‘King Animal’, their sixth
studio album and their first in 15 years, to widespread
critical acclaim in November 2012.
The September shows follow the band’s high
profile return to European stages last summer
including their much-lauded performances at Download
Festival and Hard Rock Calling in the UK.
With over 21 million records sold worldwide and
2 GRAMMY ® awards to their name, Soundgarden
along with their contemporaries, forged a new
musical movement which became a global phenomenon,
undoubtedly leaving a lasting impact on wider
popular culture. Now, with their first collection
of new songs since the 1990's, the September tour
is set to be one of the most highly anticipated
live events of the Autumn - marking the start
of an incredibly exciting new chapter for the
band and their fans.
Tracklisting:
1 Been Away Too Long
2 Non-State Actor
3 By Crooked Steps
4 A Thousand Days Before
5 Blood On The Valley Floor
6 Bones Of Birds
7 Taree
8 Attrition
9 Black Saturday
10 Halfway There
11 Worse Dreams
12 Eyelid's Mouth
13 Rowing
14 Taree (Live at the Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA)
15 Blind Dogs (Live at the Wiltern, Los Angeles,
CA)
16 Rowing (Live at the Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA)
17 Non-State Actor (Live at the Wiltern, Los Angeles,
CA)
18 A Thousand Days Before (Live at the Wiltern,
Los Angeles, CA)
19 Halfway There (Acoustic from 89X CIMX Detroit/Windsor)
Tour Dates:
September 4 Finland, Helsinki Hartwall Arena
September 6 Sweden, Stockholm Hovet
September 7 Norway, Oslo Spektrum
September 9 Denmark, Copenhagen Forum
September 10 Germany, Berlin Columbiahalle
September 11 Holland, Amsterdam Heineken Music
Hall
September 13 UK, Manchester Apollo
September 14 UK, Birmingham Academy
September 16 Ireland, Dublin 02
September 18 UK, London Brixton Academy
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The
Answer To Release New Album And Announce UK Tour. |
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 Monday 20th
May 2013
The Answer are set to return in 2013 with a new
album and full UK and European tour.
Keeping the beacon of Irish rock music well and
truly alight, The Answer have consistently delivered
commercial, and critically acclaimed albums. The
band have also spent the last eight years touring
the world and proving themselves to be an incendiary
live act– spending almost two years as main
support to AC/DC and playing to over 2 million
people, performing festivals across the globe
and also supporting the likes of The Rolling Stones,
Whitesnake and Wolfmother as well as countless
headline tours.
Since releasing their third studio album in late
2011, the band instigated a major shake up in
their circumstances and with new management, live
booking agents and record label on board, late
2012 saw them enter the studio with ex Little
Angels vocalist Toby Jepson at the production
helm. The new record, “New Horizon”
will be their fourth studio album and with mixes
from rock icon Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Metallica),
the new album will be released on September 30th
2013 through label Napalm Records GmbH.
The band were also honoured and privileged that
the late Storm Thorgerson and his team saw fit
to design the artwork for the new album and Storm
was working on final ideas for the album cover
just before his sad passing.
The Downpatrick quartet consists of Cormac Neeson
(vocals), Paul Mahon (guitar), Micky Waters (bass)
and James Heatley (drums).
Cormac Neeson: “We’re back and we’re
back in a big way. Our love for rock ‘n’
roll is still as fresh as a skinny dip in the
Lagan (that’s the big river that runs through
Belfast!) and we really believe that this is by
far and away our best album to date. We can’t
wait to get out and play it live!”
The band are set to play their first headline
dates since March 2012, undertaking a full 40
date European tour through October and November
2013. Confirmed 2013 dates are as follows (UK
and EIRE bold)
Fri 11th Oct Limelight 2, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Sat 12th Oct Whelans, Dublin, EIRE
Thurs 17th Oct Academy 3, Manchester, UK
Fri 18th Oct Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton, UK
Sat 19th Oct Cockpit, Leeds, UK
Sun 20th Oct Corporation, Sheffield, UK
Tues 22nd Oct The Garage, Glasgow, UK
Wed 23rd Oct O2 Academy, Newcastle, UK
Thurs 24th Oct Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, UK
Fri 25th Oct Electric Ballroom, London, UK
Sat 26th Oct The Thekla, Bristol, UK
Sun 27th Oct Concorde 2, Brighton, UK
Tues 29th Oct Patronaat, Haarlem, Netherlands
Wed 30th Oct Metropol, Hengelo, Netherlands
Thurs 31st Oct Trix, Antwerp, Belgium
Fri 1st Nov Luxor, Koln, Germany
Sat 2nd Nov Café Central, Weinheim, Germany
Sun 3rd Nov Kleiner Klub, Saarbrucken, Germany
Tues 5th Nov La Laiterie, Strasbourg, France
Wed 6th Nov Universium, Stuttgart, Germany
Thurs 7th Nov Pont Rouge, Monthey, Switzerland
Fri 8th Nov Schuur, Luzern, Switzerland
Sat 9th Nov Gaswerk, Winterhur, Switzerland
Sun 10th Nov Conrad Sohm, Dornbirn, Austria
Tue 12th Nov Szene, Vienna, Austria
Wed 13th Nov Strom, Munich, Germany
Thurs 14th Nov Magnet, Berlin, Germany
Fri 15th Nov Metal Hammer Festival, Weissenhauser,
Germany
Sat 16th Nov Hedon, Zwolle, Netherlands
Sun 17th Nov W2, Den Bosch, Netherlands
Tues 19th Nov La Transbordeur, Lyon, France
Wed 20th Nov LA2 Apollo, Barcelona, Spain
Thurs 21st Nov El Sol, Madrid, Spain
Fri 22nd Nov Explosivo Club, Zaragoza, Spain
Sat 23rd Nov Kafe Antzokia, Bilboa, Spain
Mon 25th Nov Tunnels, Milan, Italy
Tues 26th Nov Circolo Degli Artisti, Rome, Italy
Wed 27th Nov Viper Theatre, Florence, Italy
Fri 29th Nov Le Trabendo, Paris, France
Sat 30th Nov Hard Rock Hell Festival, Pwllheli,
Wales
UK shows are priced £14 London £16
(subject to booking fee). Tickets are available
from local box offices and usual outlets –
Livenation.co.uk / Ticketmaster.co.uk / Seetickets.com
Tickets go on general sale 9am GMT on Wednesday
22nd May 2013
Support from very special guests to be announced.
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Imagine
Dragons Announce November UK Tour. |
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 Monday 20th
May 2013
Following IMAGINE DRAGONS release of their chart
topping debut album NIGHT VISIONS and UK tour
last month the band have today announced another
full UK headline tour in November. This tour will
see the band playing their biggest shows to date.
Imagine Dragons tickets go on-sale 9am on Friday
24th May and are available from www.livenation.co.uk
or www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Featuring Radio 1 playlisted single ‘Radioactive’
as well as forthcoming single ‘It’s
Time’ (which has sold a staggering 1,500,000
copies in the U.S.), the band achieved the best
first week sales for a full-length debut album
by a new rock band in over six years in the US.
Hailing from Las Vegas, the four piece; Dan Reynolds
(Vox), Ben McKee (Bass), Wayne Sermon (Lead Guitar)
and Daniel Platzman (Drums), have had an astonishing
rise to prominence in the last 12 months. With
first week sales in the US of 83,213, thirty (30)
million plus views collectively on their YouTube
videos and their tracks appearing in worldwide
advertising campaigns for Assassins Creed III
and Xbox, 2013 is set to be the year when Imagine
Dragons become the global phenomenon their US
story suggests.
Working with Grammy award winning producer Alex
Da Kid (Eminem, Rihanna, U2, Dr. Dre, Nicki Minaj),
Night Visions combines arms-in-the-air rock choruses
with hip-hop sensibilities, a winning formula
that translates into an electrifying live show.
Returning to the UK in November for a string of
headline shows including a date at the Forum,
the band are also set to embark on their biggest
US tour to date, playing packed out shows to a
growing and fervent fan base.
IMAGINE DRAGONS LIVE:
Thu 14 Nov Manchester O2 Apollo
Sat 16 Nov Leeds O2 Academy
Mon 18 Nov Newcastle O2 Academy
Tue 19 Nov Swindon Oasis
Thu 21 Nov Nottingham Rock City
Fri 22 Nov Birmingham O2 Academy
Sat 23 Nov Bournemouth BIC (Solent Hall)
Mon 25 Nov London O2 Academy Brixton
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Dillinger
Escpae Plan Announce UK Tour. |
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 Monday 20th
May 2013
You better be quick off the mark on this one.
The Dillinger Escape Plan have announced a UK
tour and these shows are going to sell out faster
than you can say GO!
October:
31st Brighton, Concorde 2
November
1st Cardiff, Solus
2nd Leeds, The Cockpit
4th Aberdeen, Garage
5th Glasgow, Garage
6th Manchester, Academy 2
7th Wolverhampton, Slade Rooms
8th London, Koko
9th Nottingham, Rock City
Tickets are on sale now and are £14 regionally
and £16 in London.
The trailblazing band, whose creative energy and
unwavering artistic commitment has reverberated
through underground subculture and in tastemaker
circles alike since the late 1990s, return with
renewed passion and unrivaled skill with their
fifth full-length album.
The album represents a new holistic pinnacle of
the band's constantly evolving and engaging dynamics.
Dillinger's mind-bending meld of metal, rock,
experimental ambience and melody first reared
its head with a 6 track EP on hardcore indie Now
Or Never Records, quickly followed by Under the
Running Board on Relapse. The band earned a reputation
as a fearless act on the live stage, committing
their minds, bodies and spirits to the exhibition
and visceral release of performance and often
brutalizing stages, gear and themselves along
the way. Calculating Infinity became the gold
standard for the emerging "math-core"/"math-metal"
movement, earning a place in author Martin Popoff's
"Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time."
Kerrang! included the album in the "100 Best
Rock Albums of All Time" and presented the
band with their Spirit of Independence Award.
Mike Patton invited the band out on tour with
Mr. Bungle, which eventually resulted in the collaborative
EP on Epitaph Records, Irony is a Dead Scene.
Miss Machine blew the doors open further, cementing
the band's legacy around the world with jaw- dropping
performances at festivals and all over the road.
It also began the creativepartnership between
Weinman (one of Spin Magazine's 100 Greatest Guitarists
of All Time, AP's 10 Best Guitar Slingers and
Guitar World's Top 25 Cult Guitarists) and vocalist
Greg Puciato, whose uncompromising stage presence
and versatile vocal ability knows no boundaries.
Revolver Magazine included him on their list of
the Greatest Metal Frontmen Of All Time.
Ire Works saw the band making their national television
debut on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, as well
as multiple international tours, which included
a stop at the Soundwave Festival where Nine Inch
Nails invited them on-stage to perform "Wish."
The band's collaborative nature persists, with
members of Dillinger collaborating both on-stage
and off with members of System Of A Down, Mastodon,
Jane's Addiction, Deftones, Kimbra, Wyclef Jean,
Puscifer, Mars Volta and Devin Townsend, among
others, in addition to Weinman's work scoring
films and more.
Option Paralysis was the first official release
through Party Smasher Inc., with distribution
through Season Of Mist. Revolver Magazine awarded
them a Golden Gods award as "Best Underground
Band," even as VH1's Metal Evolution declared
them "the world's most dangerous band."
One of Us is the Killer finds Weinman, Puciato,
longtime bassist Liam Wilson and drummer Billy
Rymer in top form, emphasizing Dillinger Escape
Plan's fierce independence, staunch individualism
and loyalty to their unique vision which has long
followed them on-stage and off.
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TriggerFinger
Follow Rivers. |
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 Monday 20th
May 2013
‘I Follow Rivers’ is the addictive
new single from Belgium’s finest rock export,
Triggerfinger. Ruben Block’s vocals are
seductive on this track, in harmony with the sultry
bass lines of Monsieur Paul. Meanwhile award winning
drummer Mario Goossens supplies an imaginative
twist, shifting from his usual kit to the humble
spoons and a drinking glass.
This track, an acoustic cover of Lykke Li’s
international hit, has irresistible character,
with a more melodic sound than Triggerfinger’s
previous singles while still oozing their signature
rock and roll attitude. Originally recorded in
a live radio session, it was an instant hit throughout
Europe boosting the band’s international
profile and causing a media hype within hours
of being aired. So far it has amassed over 25
million hits on Youtube and the song stayed at
number one for 9 weeks in Belgium, 13 weeks in
Holland, as well as reaching number one in Austria
and Poland, top 10 in Germany and top 20 in Switzerland.
‘I Follow Rivers’ is taken from their
third album ‘All This Dancin’ Around’
which was released in the UK on April 15th this
year. The album, recorded at the famous Sound
City studio in Los Angeles, has a distinctive
and original sound mixing garage and heavy rock
with blues, astounding hooks and power riffs which
truly capture the riveting power of their live
performances. Triggerfinger’s strong bass
lines and hard driving drums mix grandiose rock
with Ruben Block’s smooth vocals adding
moments of brooding introspection.
Having formed in 1998 Triggerfinger, who cite
The Cramps, Howlin’ Wolf, The Black Crowes,
The Cult and Led Zeppelin as their influences
and are dubbed “the loudest band in Antwerp”,
have toured relentlessly playing at clubs, pubs
and festivals throughout Europe to develop their
fierce and uncompromising sound.
One of Europe's most sought after and fiercely
respected live bands, their recent support slots
for Red Hot Chili Peppers, Within Temptation and
Thin Lizzy have lifted the band to a new level.
They were recently added to the line up to help
The Rolling Stones celebrate their 50th at Hyde
Park on July 6th, a huge honour for the band.
Triggerfinger are playing a special show London’s
Borderline on July 5th to celebrate the new single
and warm up for Hyde Park
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P.O.D
Announce UK Headline Shows. |
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 Monday 20th
May 2013
California’s P.O.D have announced that they
will follow up this years appearance at Download
with two headline shows in the UK.
CATCH P.O.D IN THE UK
17th June London – Electric Ballroom
18th June Southampton – Cellars
The band have also announced news of their forthcoming
album, ‘Murdered Love’ which is the
long-awaited follow-up to ‘When Angels &
Serpents Dance’ and is due for release on
10th July 2013. ‘Murdered Love’ sees
the band reunited with long-time producer Howard
Benson who also produced the band’s massive
‘Satellite’ album alongside hit albums
for Kelly Clarkson, Theory Of A Deadman, Daughtry,
and My Chemical Romance.
P.O.D. (Payable on Death) formed in 1992 has logged
a remarkable array of achievements, including
worldwide sales exceeding 10 million and a series
of chart topping radio hits. With a 15-year career
under their belts, P.O.D. has released seven studio
albums, received three Grammy Award nominations,
contributed to numerous motion picture soundtracks,
and toured the world over many times. With their
third studio album, The Fundamental Elements of
Southtown, they achieved their initial mainstream
success - the album was certified Platinum by
the RIAA in 2000. Their following studio album,
Satellite, continued the band's success with the
hit singles, ‘Alive’ and ‘Youth
of the Nation’, pushing it to go triple
platinum. The band's line-up consists of vocalist
Sonny Sandoval, drummer Wuv Bernardo, guitarist
Marcos Curiel, and bassist Traa Daniels.
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Letlive
Announce UK Headline Tour. |
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 Wednesday
15th May 2013
Having enthralled rock fans across the UK with
their various live performances, from their frenetic
debut headline show at the Old Blue Last in early
2011, through their infamous Download Festival
slot the same year, to supporting Enter Shikari,
playing on the Kerrang! Tour 2012 and finally,
winning over Deftones fans on the latter’s
recent UK dates, letlive. are finally set to headline
their very own 12 date tour of the UK and Ireland.
And it’s sure to be worth the wait. The
trek ends with a show at legendary rock venue
The Underworld, the scene at which the band first
played in London town as openers for Your Demise
back in 2011.
As vocalist Jason Aalon Butler enthuses “We
have always admired Europe for its music appreciation.
Now we are being told that we are appreciated
enough by Europeans to be a headlining act in
our own right throughout the continent. Cheers,
danke, dekuji, merci x googolplex. That's ll.ove.”
letlive. will be releasing their hotly anticipated
new album through Epitaph Records this summer.
It follows the band’s much-lauded ‘Fake
History’ and will herald a new letlive.
era.
Tickets to the tour will be on sale 9am on 17th
May.
03 Oct 2013 UK Bristol The Fleece
04 Oct 2013 UK Southampton Talking Heads
05 Oct 2013 UK Birmingham Asylum
06 Oct 2013 UK Leeds Cockpit
07 Oct 2013 UK Newcastle Warehouse 34
09 Oct 2013 UK Manchester NQ Live
10 Oct 2013 UK Belfast The Limelight
11 Oct 2013 Ireland Dublin Fibber Magees
12 Oct 2013 UK Glasgow King Tuts
14 Oct 2013 UK Nottingham Rescue Rooms
15 Oct 2013 UK Cardiff Clwb Ifor Bach
17 Oct 2013 UK London Underworld
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Sonic
Boom Six To Release New Single 'Karma Is A Bitch'. |
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Impericon
Never Say Die 2013 Line Up Announced. |
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In
This Moment To Film First Ever Live DVD. |
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 Tuesday 14th
May 2013
Southern California’s female fronted hard
rockers, IN THIS MOMENT, are gearing up to record
their first ever DVD which is being shot at their
upcoming tour stop on May 21st in Madison, WI
at the Orpheum Theater. IN THIS MOMENT has partnered
up with long time supporter, radio station WJJO,
as part of their Mayday Maylay concert series.
The band has a bunch of surprises in store for
this show including rarely played songs from their
catalog and an all-new stage show created specifically
for this concert. Also performing that night are
special guests Nonpoint and Gemini Syndrome. The
concert is being directed by Brad Golowin who
is known for his work with Miss May I and 10 Years
to name a few.
IN THIS MOMENT is currently out on a North American
tour in support of their latest Century Records
release 'Blood'. The album was released in August
of 2012 where it debuted at #15 on the US Billboard
Top 200 selling over 20,000 copies the first week.
'Blood' marks the band’s highest chart debut
of their career. To date, the album has scanned
over 150,000 units and has spawned the singles
'Blood' and 'Adrenalize' 'Adrenalize' is currently
#18 on Mediabase Active Rock charts in the USA.
The video for 'Adrenalize' has been viewed almost
500,000 times and can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXMfdpjnAHU
The band will be touring the US throughout May
making stops at the KQRA BBQ (Springfield, MO),
KQRC Rockfest (Kansas City, MO), Rock On The Range
(Columbus, OH) before wrapping on May 22nd in
Minneapolis, MN at Mill City Nights. Afterwards
IN THIS MOMENT will head to Europe in June for
select dates overseas.
IN THIS MOMENT
14.06.2013 (UK) Donington - Download Festival
19.06.2013 (UK) Manchester - Academy 1 (w/ Danzig)
20.06.2013 (UK) Glasgow - Cathouse
23.06.2013 (UK) Bristol - Thekla
24.06.2013 (UK) London - Roundhouse (w/ Danzig)
Just in time for their upcoming European run IN
THIS MOMENT will release a relaunch of their album
'Blood' that will come as a 2CD for a fan-friendly
price. CD2 of 'Blood (Re-Issue + Bonus)' will
be out June 3rd, 2013 and has the following tracks
added:
Closer
Blood (Sluggo Remix)
Adrenalize (Mr. Kane Remix)
Whore (Nikka Bling Remix)
The Blood Legion (Mitch Marlow Remix)
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Trigger
Effect Announce June Tour. |
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 Tuesday 14th
May 2013
Trigger Effect’s monumental new album ‘What’s
Left To Eliminate?’ will be their first
to be released in the UK. It's out on May 27th
through UK indie label Dry Heave, but you can
get a free taster right now as the band have made
'X: He Knows Now' available for free download.
Trigger Effect will also hitting these shores
in June for a week of live maelstrom.
The new opus was rehearsed and scrutinized at
length in between tours in true Trigger Effect
fashion. Produced by Ian Blurton whose credits
include The Weakerthans and Cursed, at first glance
the album's sequence seems to echo their past
efforts as one song crashes seamlessly into another
but this time around the band have attempted a
more narrative flow with each song contributing
a chapter to a cohesive brutal rock and roll saga
of despair and redemption.
Hailing from the frozen great white north of Montreal,
Quebec in Canada are the five piece punk chaos
machine that is Trigger Effect. They first came
to the attention of their core fanbase with the
release of their first album, 2007's blistering
22 minute opus ‘Dare to Ride the Heliocraft’,
as the band toured relentlessly, taking in Canada,
the US and Europe.
With a sound falling somewhere between the thunderous
melody of The Bronx, mixed with the technical
discordance of Refused, the rock n’roll
fury of Zeke, all delivered with the ferocity
of Black Flag, their non-stop, chaos-filled sets
have built them a reputation as one of the most
explosive live bands on the scene. To date the
band has owned 4 vans, had 1 stolen, released
5 pieces of vinyl on many different labels around
the world and played more than 600 shows and festivals
with more bands in more countries/states/provinces
than can be listed here. The boys of Trigger Effect
are now the men of Trigger Effect and as always
the Turbo Machine does not die.
LIVE DATES
Sat 8th June - Kingston, Fighting Cocks
Sun 9th June - Exeter, Cavern
Mon 10th June - Canterbury, Beercart Arms
Tues 11th June - Glasgow, Bar Bloc (free entry
show)
Weds 12th June - London, Old Blue Last (free entry
show)
Thurs 13th June - Southampton, Joiners
Fri 14th June - Milton Keynes, Crauford Arms
Sat 15th June - Oxford, Wheatsheaf
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Bloodstock
Open Air #Adds Gojira. |
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 Tuesday 14th
May 2013
BLOODSTOCK are thrilled to announce that French
super-heavyweights and Metal Hammer Golden God
Award ‘Best Live Band’ nominees, GOJIRA,
have been added to the Saturday line-up. Still
basking in plaudits for current album, ‘L’Enfant
Sauvage’, the earthquake-inducing four-piece
stole the show on the recent 2013 Jagermeister
UK tour. Frontman Joe Duplantier enthuses, “Hey
everybody! We are super excited to play Bloodstock
again this year, we had an amazing time back in
2010. Looking forward to seeing all of our UK
fans again and kicking your asses!” Sure
to be one of the live highlights of the weekend,
cast your eyes over this festival clip of fan-favourite
track ‘Flying Whales’ and see the
treat that Bloodstock’s in for: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRIVJ7aLHTE.
Oui, oui! Tres bien!!!
Need a lift to BLOODSTOCK? Or driving there and
want some cash for the empty seats in your car?
BLOODSTOCK have linked with GOCARSHARE to make
it easy. Simply register where you’re travelling
to/from, or the route you’re taking, and
then wait for drivers/passengers to get in touch!
GOCARSHARE is integrated with Facebook, so you
can check out the profiles of your possible travel
buddies. Learn more at: http://gocarshare.com/page/about.
Plus... if you’re the driver, be in with
a chance to win FREE VIP camping for you and your
passengers in the 'Serpents Lair' when you GOCARSHARE
to BLOODSTOCK. Log your journey before 1st August
to receive a qualifying car bumper sticker! For
details on how to find your ride or fill your
car, click through to http://gocarshare.com/festival/bloodstock.
More club promo nights have also been added for
May, June and July, so get along to one of the
following events, check out some tunes from BLOODSTOCK
bands old and new, and get in with the chance
of winning tickets or related giveaways.
Fri 17th May MIDDLESBROUGH The Empire / SUNDERLAND
The Independent
Sat 18th May NORWICH The Waterfront / MANCHESTER
Jabez Clegg
Sat 25th May GLASGOW The Cathouse / BIRMINGHAM
Eddie’s Rock Club / CARDIFF Bogiez
Fri 31st May NOTTINGHAM The Maze
Sat 1st June MANCHESTER Satan's Hollow / STOKE-ON-TRENT
Bunker 13 / SHEFFIELD The Corporation / HIGH WYCOMBE
Bucks Uni Student Union
Sat 15th June NORWICH The Waterfront
Fri 21st June MIDDLESBROUGH The Empire
Sat 22nd June CAMBERLEY The Agincourt / LANCASTER
V Bar
Mon 24th June READING Sakura
Fri 28th June LONDON Elektrowerkz / ABERDEEN Korova
Sat 29th June SUTTON BRIDGE The Gathering / BIRMINGHAM
Eddie's Rock Club / CARDIFF Bogiez / GLASGOW Classic
Grand / NOTTINGHAM The Salutation Inn
Sun 30th June EXETER Cavern Club
Thu 4th July LONDON The Purple Turtle
Fri 5th July NEWCASTLE Newcastle Uni
Sat 6th July BRIGHTON Belushi's Below / SHEFFIELD
The Corporation / BIRMINGHAM The Asylum / MANCHESTER
Jabez Clegg
Sat 13th July LONDON The Garage
Fri 19th July SUNDERLAND The Independent / MIDDLESBROUGH
The Empire
Sat 20th July NORWICH The Waterfront
Fri 26th July ABERDEEN Korova / LONDON Elektrowerkz
/ GLASGOW The Cathouse
Sat 27th July BIRMINGHAM Eddie's Rock Club / CARDIFF
Bogiez / NOTTINGHAM The Salutation Inn
Sat 3rd Aug SHEFFIELD The Corporation
Sun 4th Aug EXETER Cavern Club
For more travel options, including details of
coaches from all over the country and shuttles
from local train stations, visit: http://www.bloodstock.uk.com/pages/travel-info.
BLOODSTOCK tickets are on sale now, priced £125
(plus booking fee) for a weekend pass with camping.
VIP ticket packages and upgrades are also available.
Look up all the info on BLOODSTOCK 2013 so far,
plus all kinds of cool coverage from 2012’s
event over at www.bloodstock.uk.com or www.facebook.com/bloodstock.
BLOODSTOCK takes place at Catton Park in Derbyshire
on 8-11th Aug 2013 and features SLAYER, LAMB OF
GOD, KING DIAMOND, ACCEPT, ANTHRAX, DEVILDRIVER,
AVANTASIA, EXODUS, DEATH ANGEL, MUNICIPAL WASTE,
VOIVOD, WHITECHAPEL, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, GAMA BOMB
and many more.
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Five
Finger Death Punch Unleash New Single 'Lift Me Up'. |
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May 2013
Five Finger Death Punch has announced they will
release the lead single from the first of their
forthcoming new studio albums on May 13th 2013
via all digital retailers. The track, "Lift
Me Up" (featuring Rob Halford of Judas Priest),
debuted live at the Revolver Golden Gods Awards
Show last week where the band were joined on stage
by Judas Priest’s Rob Halford . Singer Ivan
Moody said "First and foremost, just to work
alongside an icon like Rob Halford, THE Metal
God, was absolutely surreal. The song itself was
originally written about overcoming everyday obstacles
and less than perfect situations. Most of us weren't
born with a silver spoon in our mouth but if life
dealt you all the wrong cards, you still have
to play. The song's intent is to inspire; if you
play that hand right you might just come out on
top anyway"
"Lift Me Up" (featuring Rob Halford
of Judas Priest) will be available online starting
May 13
http://bit.ly/10kJNWX
Five Finger Death Punch will release The Wrong
Side Of Heaven And The Righteous Side Of Hell
Volume 1 on July 22, while Volume 2 is scheduled
for later this fall. Eleven Seven will release
the albums outside of North America. Five Finger
Death Punch guitarist Zoltan Bathory recently
stated "We came off the road after a couple
of great years of touring and were really amped
up to write the 4th record. Everybody was in the
right headspace and the band tighter than ever
so it was a perfect storm. We jumped in head first
and found ourselves 12-13 songs deep fairly quick
but were still coming up with better and better
material so we looked at each other and said….
ok why stop there? Let's keep going. Once we passed
the 24th song we knew we're going to have to do
two albums. We had this massive amount of music
that's very dear to us, possibly the best material
this band has ever created. At that point there
was no way to decide which songs to leave off
one album. So we made the decision to release
them all."
In June, Five Finger Death Punch will return to
Europe for a tour of major festivals including
a slot on the main stage at Download Festival,
Donington Park (June 16th) concluding the run
with a performance at the Metal Hammer Golden
Gods Ceremony in London.
Upon the band's return to the U.S., they will
co-headline the 2013 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem
Festival alongside Rob Zombie kicking off in San
Bernadino, CA on June 29. The travelling festival
will stage appearances in 26 markets, and the
full itinerary can be viewed here: www.fivefingerdeathpunch.com/tour/
Five Finger Death Punch has released three consecutive
RIAA gold certified albums through Prospect Park
with sales exceeding 500,000 copies. The success
of The Way of The Fist (2007), War Is The Answer
(2009) and American Capitalist (2011), which debuted
at number 3 on the Billboard charts in October
2011, exhibits the band as one of the few in the
rock genre to consistently see significant sales
both digitally and physically. The band's ten
consecutive Top 10 radio hits - including 2012's
#1 hit "Coming Down - have spawned cumulative
single sales of over 4.2 million. Going back to
2008’s "The Bleeding", Five Finger
Death Punch has consistently been one of the most
heavily played bands at rock radio.
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Gunning
For Tamar To Give Away New Single. |
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May 2013
The mighty Oxford town 4 piece GUNNING FOR TAMAR
are set to give away their brilliant, brand new
single, ‘Another Season’ today, May
13th, through Alcopop, via their website. The
track, the 2nd single to be taken from new EP
‘Camera Lucidia’, also has a Sam King
directed (Stornoway, Fixers, Spring Offensive)
video, which can be seen below. A long time friend
of the band and a super talented film maker, Sam
King and GFT have worked together previously on
the ‘Time Trophies’ video, the Camera
Lucida trailer and some BBC sessions. He found
the incredible location for the ‘Another
Season’ video and played a big part in coming
up with the ambitious concept for the video and
then making it a reality.
Video for ‘Another Season’:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_aF9RTmHmM&feature=youtu.be
Track available for FREE from here:
http://soundcloud.com/alcopop/03-another-season
Live wise, they play a lot of shows and sleep
not a lot of the time, which gives them tired
eyes but also extra time to release records and
write hits. In the last year
GUNNING FOR TAMAR toured with the likes of Japandroids,
We Were Promised Jet-Packs, Brontide, Johnny Foreigner,
Tellison and toured Europe twice. They also have
a host of festivals, headline dates, supports
and more coming up, with a UK and European tour
having just been completed.
ALL current confirmed show and festival dates:
15th May - Power Lunches, London w/ Fight Like
Apes
17th May: Great Escape Festival, Brighton?
18th May: Rockstars Festival, Katowice (POL)?
20th June: Fishing on Orfu, Orfu (HUN)
?12th July: 2000trees Festival, Gloucestershire?
20th July: Truck Festival, Oxfordshire?
2nd August: Y Not Festival, Derbyshire?
14th September: Southsea Festival
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Paramore
Announce UK Arena Tour. |
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May 2013
Grammy nominated and multimillion selling three-piece
Paramore are able to announce today that they
will be returning to the UK and Ireland to play
6 shows in September 2013. This will follow the
band’s appearance at this year’s Radio
1 Big Weekend in Londonderry/Derry at the end
of May.
Hayley Williams (vocals): "We're so psyched
to come back the UK and Ireland and play the new
songs for everybody. See you there!"
Paramore are set to release the single Still Into
You on May 20th, this is the follow-up single
to Radio 1 A-listed Now and is taken from their
self-titled fourth, number one album which is
out now. The video for Still into You has already
had over 9 million views on YouTube, and the band
performed the song on both Graham Norton and Radio
1’s Live Lounge in April.
Official video:
http://youtu.be/OblL026SvD4
Radio 1 Live Lounge performance:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/eb5v4f
Since releasing their gold-certified debut All
We Know Is Falling in 2005, the 3x-Grammy-nominated
band has shot to international stardom thanks
to a strong connection with its fans which has
translated into a string of platinum and gold
singles, including Misery Business, Crushcrushcrush,
and That’s What You Get from 2007’s
platinum-certified Riot!, Decode from 2008’s
Twilight soundtrack, The Only Exception from 2009’s
platinum brand new eyes, and Monster from 2011’s
Transformers: Dark of the Moon soundtrack. It
also led to a series of sold-out arena tours across
the globe, including their last sold out UK tour
which culminated in 2 nights at London’s
O2 Arena in November 2010. Most recently, the
band played Reading /Leeds festival in 2012, topping
the bill under the Cure on the main stage, and
they played an intimate special club show on April
5th of this year at London’s Garage to celebrate
the release of current album Paramore.
Full UK & Irish dates are as follows:
September
Mon 2 The O2 Point Dublin, Ireland
Fri 20 MEN Manchester
Sat 21 Motorpoint Arena Cardiff
Mon 23 LG Arena/NEC Birmingham
Tue 24 Arena Nottingham
Fri 27 Wembley Arena London
Tickets go on sale this Friday (May 17) at 9am
for the Irish show at Ticketmaster outlets nationwide
and online at www.ticketmaster.ie, and all UK
shows will be available via
http://www.gigsandtours.com/Tour/PARAMORE
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Enter
Shikari Videos. |
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Avenged
Sevenfold announce Trio Of UK Headline Shows. |
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 Monday 13th
May 2013
Orange County’s Avenged Sevenfold have today
announced that they will be heading to the UK
to tour, for the first time since their epic main
stage performance at Download Festival in June
2011. The eagerly anticipated return will see
the band hitting the historic Wembley Arena in
London along with Manchester Arena and the LG
Arena, Birmingham in November / December of this
year.
Avenged Sevenfold’s 5th studio album, ‘Nightmare’
(certified Gold), earned the band it’s highest
ever debut on the Billboard album chart when it
took the No. 1 spot and spawned hit singles ‘Nightmare’,
‘So Far Away’ and ‘Welcome To
The Family’. In November oflast year the
band also made an unprecedented appearance as
characters in the Call of Duty Black Ops 2 video
game which also included the band's performance
of a song written for the game, ‘Carry On’
which then went on to be a radio hit and top 20
in the Billboard rock chart. The album ‘Nightmare’
was supported by the band’s last UK tour
here in November of 2010, which saw them play
to sold out crowds up and down the country, including
2 sold out shows at London’s Hammersmith
Apollo.
Nearly 3 years since their last tour and with
a new album in the works, the band are making
their eagerly awaited return and are set to play
their biggest shows on UK soil to date. The task
of unveiling the band’s upcoming UK tour
dates fell to their fans who following a clue
found on seventhlair.com, a recently discovered
mystery site, flocked to London’s Wembley
Arena where the tour poster was waiting for them.
Speaking on their upcoming arena shows, M Shadows
had the following to say:
"It’s been far too long since we’ve
played for our friends in the United Kingdom.
We’ve been itching to get back since our
last appearance at Download in 2011. We are putting
the finishing touches on a new album, and can't
wait to share the new songs with you in concert."
This tour will see Avenged Sevenfold performing
songs from their eagerly anticipated new album
due to hit stores soon.
November 2013
Saturday 30 Manchester Arena
December 2013
Sunday 1 Wembley Arena, London
Thursday 5 LG Arena, Birmingham
Avenged Sevenfold tickets go on-sale 9am on Friday
17th May 2013 priced at £28.50 (subject
to booking fee) and are available from
http://www.livenation.co.uk or
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk
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TNina
Nesbitt Announces UK Tour. |
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 Monday 13th
May 2013
It’s been a whirlwind year so far for Nina
Nesbitt, the half Scottish, half Swedish singer-songwriter
who has only just turned 18. After touring last
year with Ed Sheeran and Example, and with a string
of festival dates coming up this summer, she will
be embarking on a headline tour in October.
In little over a year Nina has won the hearts
of literally thousands - her twitter followers
have rocketed above 85,000 and she has had over
4 million views across YouTube and VEVO to date.
Her recent single ‘Stay Out’ charted
at #21 and was playlisted at Radio 1.
Nina was just 16 years old when she began performing
intimate shows across Edinburgh and Manchester
and, with a budding interest in filmmaking, posted
a selection of her own songs and some beautifully
conceived cover versions on YouTube. The response
she received was overwhelming. It kick started
a roller coaster year that culminated with her
self-released EP ‘The Apple Tree’
going straight to #6 on the iTunes download chart
and #1 on the singer-songwriter chart last April.
She signed to Island Records last June and released
her first single ‘Boy’ in October.
Nina, who was crowned ‘Singer/Songwriter
New Artist of the Year 2012’ on iTunes last
year, is currently recording her debut album with
Jake Gosling (Paloma Faith, Ed Sheeran, One Direction),
which is due for release this summer.
Not only does Nina’s voice boast an amazing
technical ability, it is passionate and emotionally
raw, her colloquial lyrics heartwarmingly candid
and insightful. As she prepares to hit the road,
it’s clear that this is just the beginning
of a very exciting journey for this immensely
talented young lady.
Tour Dates
8th October The Haunt Brighton
9th October O2 Academy 2 Oxford
10th October KOKO London
11th October Waterfront Norwich
13th October O2 Academy 2 Newcastle
15th October Lemon Tree Aberdeen
16th October O2 ABC Glasgow
17th October Club Academy Manchester
19th October Rescue Rooms Nottingham
20th October Cockpit Leeds
21st October Temple Birmingham
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Tonight
Alive UK Tour Dates. |
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May 2013
UK shows go on sale on the 17th May, Irish shows
on the 13th May, and ALL dates are below, and
support comes from Set It Off and Decade.
The band will also be here in the UK for a now
sold out UK headline run around Slam Dunk Festival,
with their London show at The Underworld on May
29th.
Sept
29th - Brighton, The Haunt
Oct
1st - Birmingham, Institute Library
2nd - Glasgow, King Tuts
3rd - Manchester, Academy 3
4th - Liverpool, O2 Academy
5th - Dublin, Academy 2
6th - Belfast, Oh Yeah Centre
8th - Newcastle, Academy 2
9th - London, Electric Ballroom
10th - Kingston, Peel
11th - Leeds, Cockpit 2
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The
Dead Lay Waiting Tour Dates. |
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 Monday 13th
May 2013
The Dead Lay Waiting’s new EP, Ascent Of
The Murder, is released today and with it comes
news of a number of live shows, including appearances
at London’s MCM Comic Con.
Following the release of their first comic - Chapter
One – The Girl, which is the first in a
series of Graphic Novels that the band will be
releasing – TDLW have been asked to perform
at MCM
Comic Con, the biggest of the UK’s comic
conventions, which takes place at London’s
Excel from May 23rd – 25th.
Alongside these comic capers, the band will be
playing an exclusive number of intimate shows
in Leeds, Guilford and London before they embark
on a bigger tour of the UK later this summer.
Ascent Of The Murder is available to buy now from
digital retailers.
The Dead Lay Waiting - May 2013
18th Boiler Room, Guilford
21st The Library, Leeds
22nd O2 Academy, Islington, London
23rd MCM Comic Con, Excel, London
24th MCM Comic Con, Excel, London
25th MCM Comic Con, Excel, London
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Mindless
Self Indulgence Announce November/December UK Tour. |
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Caro
Emerald Reaches Number One In The UK Album Chart. |
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 Monday 13th
May 2013
Grandmono and Dramatico Entertainment are delighted
to announce that Caro Emerald has entered the
UK charts at Number 1 today (May 12th 2013) with
her second album ‘The Shocking Miss Emerald’.
Speaking from her home in Amsterdam, Caro said
today "I'm humbled by this exciting news.
It's such a huge recognition for the hard work
we've put in to this record. I want to give a
big thank you to all the fans and everybody who
has supported us over the last few years. Thank
you!!!!!"
This is Caro’s highest UK chart position
- her debut album, 2010’s ‘Deleted
Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor’ peaked
at number 4. Released jointly in Britain by UK
independent label Dramatico and Grandmono, the
Dutch label set up by Caro and her producers &
songwriters David Schreurs & Jan van Wieringen,
‘The Shocking Miss Emerald’ contains
14 of Caro’s trademark retro-pop songs,
a winning formula that has connected with fans
throughout Europe. ‘The Shocking Miss Emerald’
also entered the Dutch charts at number 1 this
week, following the precedent set by ‘Deleted
Scenes From The Cutting Room Floor’ which
subsequently spent a record-breaking 30 weeks
at number 1.
Reacting to the UK chart news David Schreurs (songwriter/producer
and head of Grandmono) said “It's just unreal,
the biggest imaginable crown on all the hard work
we did since we started this project! Now it finally
makes sense that we never sleep, always work and
continuously focus on tiny little details. This
is massive, we've always looked at the UK music
scene with so much respect, and now it feels like
we're a small part of it!”
The second single from the album ‘Liquid
Lunch’ will be released on June 17th. Schreurs,
van Wieringen and Caro’s regular songwriter
Vince Degiorgio team up with her guitarist Wieger
Hoogendorp & Robin Veldman to deliver a perky,
witty slice of fun that Caro performs in her distinctively
sassy style. Having sold out her March UK tour
(including a night at the Royal Albert Hall) Caro
recently announced a 14 date September tour which
is already sold out. Caro will be appearing on
BBC Breakfast on May 14th before performing at
Hello Magazine’s 25th Anniversary celebrations
in London this week.
The Amsterdam Conservatory trained jazz vocalist
is an original pop star with the look of a Hollywood
icon of yesteryear and a voice that oozes warmth
and vitality. ‘Deleted Scenes From The Cutting
Room Floor’ sold more than 1.3 million copies
across Europe and spent nine weeks in the top
10 in Britain where it was certified platinum.
Caro also dominated the German music scene, and
picked up the prestigious Golden Camera Award
for ‘Best International Music Artist’,
the ‘International Newcomer Award’
at the Echo Awards and was nominated for the Swiss
Music Award ‘Best Breaking Act International’.
More recently, America has discovered Caro and
in January 2013 she played sold out shows in Los
Angeles and New York to great acclaim. Her live
performance is not to be missed - reviewing the
show at The Roundhouse, The Times declared the
atmosphere to be “part carnival, part high-school
prom”, praising her “magnificent vocals”
and concluding that “When she finally bounced
off stage, punching the air, it felt like a whirlwind
had hit North London.”
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Sleeping
with Sirens Announce September/October Headline Tour. |
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Texas
Announce 'The Conversation' Tour. |
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 Monday 13th
May 2013
In their 25th anniversary year TEXAS release their
brand new studio album ‘The Conversation’
through [PIAS] Recordings on May 20th 2013. Following
the album release, Texas will return in November
with a full UK tour including a headline London
show at Hammersmith Apollo and a string of dates
around the country.
Texas’s eighth album, ‘The Conversation’
is their first in eight years and is the latest
in a career that has seen the band sell over 30
million albums worldwide with a succession of
multi-platinum albums ‘White on Blonde’,
‘The Hush’ and ‘Greatest Hits’.
This overdue return in 2013 clearly redefines
and confidently re-introduces the band afresh
with tracks written and produced by singer/guitarist
Sharleen Spiteri and bassist Johnny McElhone and
featuring collaborations with singer-songwriter
Richard Hawley and Bernard Butler.
‘The Conversation’ is an album splitting
its seams with the joy of a long-proven pop force
creating a collection of songs rich enough in
melody and emotion to deserve filing beside the
best of the band’s previous million-selling
hits. The album was recorded in Glasgow, London
and at Richard Hawley’s studio in Sheffield
where the seven tracks he worked on went on to
form the backbone of ‘The Conversation’:
a perfect marriage of Hawley’s 50s rock’n’roll
frills and the timeless Texas magnetism to cast-iron
melodies.
Full Texas UK November tour dates:
Saturday 9th November York, Barbican
Sunday 10th November Inverness, Leisure Centre
Monday 11th November Manchester, Bridgewater Hall
Wednesday 13th November Bristol, Colston Hall
Thursday 14th November London, Hammersmith Apollo
Friday 15th November Plymouth, Pavilions
Sunday 17th November Oxford, Apollo
Monday 18h November Birmingham, Symphony Hall
Tuesday 19th November Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
Thursday 21st November Brighton, Dome
Friday 22nd November Portsmouth, Guildhall
Sunday 24th November Ipswich, Regent Theatre
Monday 25th November Cambridge, Corn Exchange
Tuesday 26th November Sheffield, City Hall
Thursday 28th November Glasgow, O2 Academy
Friday 29th November Edinburgh, Usher Hall
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The
Cult Announce 'Electric 13' Worldwide Tour. |
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 Monday 13th
May 2013
The Cult have announced “ELECTRIC 13”,
a worldwide tour that will visit ten UK cities
this October.
"The Cult's life blood has always been playing
live, we are between albums and decided to continue
the momentum created by CHOICE OF WEAPON, stay
in people’s hearts and minds. As LOVE LIVE
was such an incredible experience we have decided
that performing the ELECTRIC album, an event that
has been demanded by our fans and followers as
the perfect live set to play in 2013.” -
Ian Astbury, The Cult
Born out of the ashes of the UK post-punk scene,
The Cult evolved to become one of the most influential
and controversial rock bands of the late 20th
century, selling millions of albums, headlining
venues worldwide, infusing innovative possibilities
into the worlds of music, art and fashion and
quickly ascending through the ranks of the indie
music world to achieve global status.
In 1987, The Cult released “Electric”,
an album of stylistic change that aimed the band
straight at the heart of the rock market. Recorded
in New York City at the legendary Electric Ladyland
studios and filled with the energy of the dirty
NYC streets, together with a young producer named
Rick Rubin, who resonated more with the hip hop
world of The Beastie Boys, Run DMC, and Public
Enemy; the band delivered an recording that has
gone on to become one of The Cult’s most
successful and influential albums, and as a follow
up to "Love ", kicked the door wide
open to a passionate new audience.
“Electric” went on to become the band’s
first Platinum album. They quickly captured media
attention featuring heavily in music and fashion
magazines as well as becoming an MTV staple after
dark and where spun heavily on radio coast to
coast. Electric was supported by an incident filled
world tour with Guns N’ Roses as the opener
in North American. Beginning in January of that
year, The Cult headlined in the U.K., Europe,
the U.S., Canada, and Australia, opened select
dates for Iggy Pop and David Bowie, returning
at the end of the year to sell out Wembley Arena
and Brixton Academy in London.
The Cult will perform “ELECTRIC”,
raw and unfiltered on tour in 2013, an event branded
as ELECTRIC 13. This will be a hot ticket as The
Cult have never performed the album in its entirety.
The live show will also include a second set pulling
from the band’s eight other studio albums.
Tickets will be available from 9am on Friday May
17th via www.kililive.com and www.seetickets.com.
Phone: 0844 871 8803 and venue box offices.
THE CULT, ELECTRIC 13 DATES: OCTOBER 2013
18th - CARDIFF UNIVERSITY GREAT HALL
19th - EXETER GREAT HALL
20th - SOUTHAMPTON GUILDHALL
22nd - NORWICH UEA
23rd - WOLVERHAMPTON CIVIC HALL
25th - MANCHESTER ACADEMY
26th - GLASGOW BARROWLANDS
28th - NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY
29th - LIVERPOOL 02 ACADEMY
31st - LONDON ROUNDHOUSE
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Pierce
The Veil Kick Off UK Tour. |
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Bowling
For Soup! Farewell Tour News. |
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All
Time Low Release New Music Video. |
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Monsters
Scare You To Release Debut Album. |
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 Thursday 9th
May 2013
MONSTERS SCARE YOU is a post-hardcore/electro
band from Seattle, Washington formed in the winter
of 2008. In their short existence they have created
an enthusiastic fan base with the combination
of pop, metal and electronica. Their sound has
been compared to Attack Attack!, Asking Alexandria
and Enter Shikari.
In 2010, MONSTERS SCARE YOU went into the studio
to work with Engineer/Produced Joel "Casey
Jones" to release their 'Teratophobia' EP.
In support of the release of 'Teratophobia', the
band hit the road on an entire West Coast tour
consisting of 23 shows in 25 days. With increasing
crowds and buzz, MONSTERS SCARE YOU became the
#2 unsigned band in Alternative Press Magazine.
They self-produced and released the single, 'Shut
Up Our Song Is On', and shortly after signed to
Century Media Records and began work on the debut
album, 'Die A Legend' due out July 15th, 2013.
Track Listing:
1. Legends And Legions
2. Brohemian Rap City
3. Elephant Graveyard
4. Smiling's My Favorite
5. Wolfman's Got Nards
6. Give Me Some Sugar Baby
7. 1080p HD
8. I'm Gonna Sleep Real Good Tonight
9. Shut Up! Our Song Is On!
10. I Wish I Could Quit You
11. Shirts Vs. Skins
12. Suck It
13. The Light That Only Lasted So Long
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Girl
On Fire To Release Debut Album. |
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Black
Star Riders Add More Dates To UK Tour. |
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 Thursday 9th
May 2013
BLACK STAR RIDERS, the new band featuring THIN
LIZZY members Ricky Warwick, Damon Johnson, Scott
Gorham and Marco Mendoza together with drummer
Jimmy DeGrasso (Alice Cooper / Megadeth), have
announced their first UK headline tour. The tour
will support the release of their debut album
All Hell Breaks Loose which will be released in
the UK through on Nuclear Blast Entertainment
on the 27th May 2013.
The band already released their debut single “Bound
For Glory”, which was premiered on BBC Radio
2 and is available to hear here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq6Z6C3ipMk
The band are set to take the UK and Eire by storm
on their 2013 tour, playing much of the debut
album and some Thin Lizzy classics. Confirmed
headline and festival appearances for BLACK STAR
RIDERS in 2013 include the below (with more dates
to be announced):
Friday 22nd Nov O2 Academy, Bournemouth
Saturday 23rd Nov O2 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
Monday 25th Nov O2 Academy, Bristol
Tuesday 26th Nov Junction, Cambridge
Wednesday 27th Nov UEA, Norwich
Friday 29th Nov Hard Rock Hell 6, Wales –
FESTIVAL CO-HEADLINE
Saturday 30th Nov Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton
Sunday 1st Dec Solus/University, Cardiff
Monday 2nd Dec O2 Academy, Oxford
Thursday 5th Dec Ironworks, Inverness
Friday 6th Dec Picturehouse, Edinburgh
Saturday 7th Dec O2 Academy, Newcastle
Sunday 8th Dec O2 Academy, Leeds
Tuesday 10th Dec The Assembly Rooms, Leamington
Spa
Thursday 12th Dec Rock City, Nottingham
Friday 13th Dec Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 14th Dec Academy, Dublin, EIRE
Sunday 15th Dec Limelight, Belfast (just announced)
Tickets for headline shows are priced 22.50GBP
/ 25.00 GBP London (subject to booking fees) –
Dublin is E25. Tickets are available as an exclusive
Planet Rock presale at 9am GMT on Monday 29th
April 2013 via www.planetrock.com/blackstarriders
and on general on sale through all normal outlets
at 9am GMT Thursday 2nd May 2013.
Tickets for Belfast go onsale at 9am GMT Friday
3rd May 2013
VIP Packages available for all shows - including
meet and greet and special acoustic performance
– available from April 29th via the VIP
package link at: http://www.blackstarriders.com
Special Guests to be announced…
The album will be released as a standard CD and
also as a special edition digi-pak featuring a
bonus track “Right To Be Wrong” and
a “Making of” DVD.
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Bastille
Announce Massive UK Winter Tour. |
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May 2013
It seems there is no stopping London-based Bastille.
Following the success of their sold out ‘Bad
Blood Tour’ earlier this year, the band
announce their biggest tour to date taking in
14 cities across the UK as well as a prestigious
show at London’s iconic Brixton Academy.
The band’s No.1 album, ‘Bad Blood’
is currently in its seventh week in the UK Top
10 album chart and reached gold-status (100,000
sales) within the first two weeks of release.
Next single to be released by the band is live
favorite, ‘Laura Palmer’ out June
3rd. Influenced by David Lynch’s seminal
TV Series, ‘Twin Peaks’, ‘Laura
Palmer’ is an epic, cinematic pop song laden
with haunting strings, soaring vocals and pulsating
beats. The video for the track has already had
over a million views and was added to the Radio
1 playlist 5 weeks upfront. The track is the follow
up to the no.2 chart smash Pompeii, which has
now been certified Gold (400,000 sales) and is
the seventh biggest selling single of the year.
Bastille support Muse on their forthcoming stadium
shows and play many of the UK festivals over the
summer including headline slots at The Great Escape
and Blissfields.
DATES
7-Oct-13 Bristol Colston Hall
8-Oct-13 Yeovil Westlands
9-Oct-13 Portsmouth Guildhall
10-Oct-13 Norwich UEA
12-Oct-13 Cambridge Corn Exchange
13-Oct-13 Cardiff Great Hall
15-Oct-13 London O2 Academy Brixton
16-Oct-13 London O2 Academy Brixton
17-Oct-13 Leicester O2 Academy
21-Oct-13 Leeds O2 Academy
22-Oct-13 Manchester Academy
23-Oct-13 Sheffield O2 Academy
1-Nov-13 Newcastle O2 Academy
2-Nov-13 Nottingham Rock City
3-Nov-13 Birmingham O2 Academy
4-Nov-13 Southend Cliffs Pavillion
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Soulfly
Sign To Nuclear Blast Records. |
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 Thursday 9th
May 2013
SOULFLY are pleased to announce that they have
inked a deal with Nuclear Blast Entertainment,
a new division of Nuclear Blast formed by Nuclear
Blast owner Markus Staiger and former Roadrunner
A&R chief Monte Conner. SOULFLY will enter
the studio this month to begin recording their
as-of-yet-untitled ninth studio album. The record
will be produced by the world-renowned Terry Date,
who is known for his work with such bands PANTERA,
DEFTONES and SOUNDGARDEN among many others.
"I'm really excited to be signing SOULFLY
to Nuclear Blast Records”, commented legendary
frontman Max Cavalera (SEPULTURA, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY).
On top of it, we're going to be reunited with
Monte Conner who I've worked with for over 20
years at Roadrunner. SOULFLY 's new album is going
to be recorded in Seattle with the great producer
Terry Date, and it's going to come out later in
the year through Nuclear Blast worldwide. Keep
it metal!"
"It feels so right to be reunited with Max
Cavalera”, added Monte Conner. “He
is the second artist I signed and we've made 17
albums together over the years, including several
metal classics. Max's voice remains just as unique
and powerful as the day I met him and I felt the
last SOULFLY album Enslaved was his strongest
work since the band’s Gold-selling debut.
I am honored to call him a friend and to continue
to be a part of his mission".??
Ever since the band's gold-certified debut in
1998, SOULFLY have become deadlier and more dangerous
with each critically acclaimed successive release,
and their upcoming album will be no exception.
Expect a release tentatively in Autumn of this
year.??
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Santa
Cruz To Release Debut Album. |
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May 2013
FORMED IN Helsinki in 2007, Finnish four-piece
Santa Cruz draw their inspiration from such greats
as Skid Row & Guns ´n Roses, blending
influences from ’80s & early ’90s
hard rock with elements of modern metal.
The result is honest rock ´n´ roll
topped off with energy & attitude, not to
mention an accomplished level of musicianship,
especially in the guitar work of Archie &
Johnny.
The video for ‘Aiming High’ can be
viewed here:-
http://youtu.be/WNyKthUuwTo
Following on from two EPs, 2009’s ‘Another
Rush Of Adrenaline’ & 2011’s ‘Anthems
For The Young ‘n’ Restless’,
Santa Cruz now have their debut album scheduled
for release; featuring 11 tracks, including the
aforementioned ‘Aiming High’ and single
‘Relentless Renegades’, ‘Screaming…’
is an exciting statement from a band who can count
some influential fellow musicians amongst their
ever-growing fan-base…
“Never mind that they are young, Santa Cruz
definitely stick out from all these retro hair
metal bands running around nowadays. Not only
do they have the attitude and the looks, but most
importantly they sure as hell know how to play,
and the songs and the awesome guitar playing makes
me wanna bang my head into two pieces when I see
them live. And, after all, that’s what it’s
all about. End of fucking story!!!” –
Alexi Laiho / Children Of Bodom
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Sacred
Tongue Part Ways With Bassist Josh Gurner. |
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May 2013
With a heavy heart the time has come to tell you
all that we are parting ways with our long term
bass player Josh Gurner.
Josh is the little guy with the big presence!
Aside from his superb bass playing Josh was a
big character in SMT and became notorious for
his on and off-stage antics including the infamous
'Josh-Pit'. At Download festival 2011 Josh lept
from the second stage and formed his own pit while
still playing, and at Sonisphere he even climbed
the Jager truck viewing platform without dropping
a note! Those are just two of many great memories.
As we move in to our busiest and most important
year for the band Josh has his own commitments
elsewhere with Hacktivist and although we have
all tried hard to make schedules fit together,
the two bands both have too much going on for
it to work.
So we bid Josh a fond farewell and send him on
his way with all the love and luck we can muster.
A page turns and a new chapter begins for Sacred
Mother Tongue.
For the time being we are pleased to announce
that our very old friend Des Jones will be standing
in on the bass. Some of you who caught us on the
Ill Nino tour will have already seen us with Des
and I'm sure you'll agree he's done a blinding
job of filling in. However we are now looking
to fill a permanent position within Sacred Mother
Tongue.
Applicants need to have some experience of playing
bass. We don't care how many strings you use,
we don't care whether you've been in a successful
band or not, we're not even stipulating that you
have to have been in a band, BUT you must be a
shit-hot bass player. We are looking for the cream
of the crop to replace Josh Gurner... let’s
not forget this boy’s talent! We’d
love to find the UK's best kept secret!!
The role is open to applicants from anywhere in
the UK, so here's how the process is gonna work.
We are asking for serious candidates to put themselves
forward in the following ways;
Please submit
1) a short CV or brief history of your musical
experience,
2) tell us your location,
3) whether you have transport
4) and any other major commitments,
5) links to websites and/or recorded music and/or
live or performance videos of bands you've previously
played in
6) a video introduction of yourself and short
performance of a piece of your choice
7) a brief rundown of the gear you currently use
Send all this via email to info@transcendmusic.com
and we will be back to you very quickly. Many
thanks for your participation, good luck to all
out there.
FORTHCOMING SACRED MOTHER TONGUE SHOWS
15th June – Main Stage DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL,
UK
17th June - Electric Ballroom LONDON (UK) w/P.O.D
& HELLYEAH
18th June - The Cellars SOUTHAMPTON (UK) w/P.O.D
20th June - L'Susine GENEVA (Switzerland) w/HELLYEAH
& P.O.D
23rd June - Rock N Roll Arena ROMAGNANO, (Italy)
w/HELLYEAH
24th June – Backstage MUNICH (Germany) w/HELLYEAH
& P.O.D
25th June – Essigfabrik COLOGNE (Germany)
w/HELLYEAH & P.O.D
26th June - Le Forum VAUREAL (France) w/HELLYEAH
& P.O.D
28th June - Colo-Saal ASCHAFFENBERG (Germany)
w/HELLYEAH
Sacred Mother Tongue are also the headline act
for the inaugural Rock & Metal Circus Festival
in Stoke, which runs across 20/21/22 September.
SACRED MOTHER TONGUE’S second album ‘Out
Of The Darkness’ is out now, worldwide
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Him
Premier New Video. |
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 Thursday 9th
May 2013
Finnish rockers HIM have premiered their new music
video for “All Lips Go Blue” exclusively
on VEVO – WATCH HERE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5G0-nJtnjE).
The track is from the band’s new album,
Tears On Tape (Cooking Vinyl)
The video for “All Lips Go Blue” was
created by award winning director Eugene Riecansky
who also directed HIM’s video “Scared
To Death” alongside more recent videos like
Madonna’s “Get Together.”
Tears On Tape is the Finnish rock band’s
acclaimed eighth album and was recorded in their
home country with producer Hiili Hiilesmaaand
mixed by long time-band associate, Tim Palmer
(U2, Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam, Robert Plant).
HIM recently played a sold out warm up show at
London Dingwalls and will also be headlining the
Pepsi Max stage at on June 14th at this years
Download Festival. Last week, HIM was awarded
the Revolver’s Gold God Award for “Most
Dedicated Fans,” beating out A Day to Remember,
Black Label Society, Black Veil Brides, Slipknot
and Rammstein.
Formed in 1992 by vocalist Ville Valo, guitarist
Mikko “Linde” Lindström, and
bassist Mikko “Migé” Paananen,
HIM’s previous albums have seen them win
a worldwide following, becoming the first Finnish
act to achieve platinum sales in the U.S. To date,
HIM has sold a combined 1.75 million albums and
over 1 million digital tracks in North America.
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One Last Breath To Support The Defiled. |
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The
1975 Tour Dates. |
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 Thursday 9th
May 2013
Manchester art-pop quartet The 1975 will release
their new single “The City” on May
20th. It follows three acclaimed EPs, “Facedown”,
“Sex” and “Music For Cars”,
and will be released through Dirty Hit/Polydor.
The four-piece make outsider anthems where alt.rock
explosions meet electro-pop grooves. Their year
so far has been as memorable as their ambition
is high. They recently embarked on a support slot
across Europe with Two Door Cinema Club, played
a clutch of triumphant shows at SXSW and had a
Top 20 hit with “Chocolate”, the indelible
future-pop art-rock centrepiece of their “Music
For Cars” EP. This success has set up The
1975 as one of the year’s breakthrough bands.
Their headline May tour is sold out, as are two
shows at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire
and Manchester’s The Ritz in September.
Whilst “Chocolate” has been the crossover
hit of the year so far (it was on the Radio 1
A-list for 4 weeks, reached the top slot on Hypemachine
and its video has had almost 2 million views on
Youtube), new single “The City” –
which singer Matthew Healy describes as “a
love letter to the baffling cacophony that is
teenage self-exploration” - will take the
group to even more searing heights. Co-produced
by Arctic Monkeys collaborator Mike Crossey, it
was introduced to the world Zane Lowe’s
Hottest Record. It's a perfect snapshot of the
band’s shape-shifting appeal and their songs
have had over 1.5 million plays on Soundcloud.
The 1975 are impossibly now. Though they formed
as a punk band whilst still at school, there’s
no straitjacket to their current sound, which
veers between brooding art rock, crisp electronica,
dancefloor R&B, helium hip-hop, shimmering
balladry and 80s gloss pop. Their debut album,
due for release later this year, is currently
being recorded with Crossey. “Our record
will be everything that we are. We’ve gone
hell for leather,” says Healy. The band
of the year are only just getting started.
2-May-13, Liverpool, Sound City
4-May-13, Leeds, O2 Academy
5-May-13, Stockton, Ku Bar
16-May-13, Brighton, The Great Escape
17-May-13, Brighton, The Great Escape
18-May-13, Brighton, The Great Escape
21-May-13, Carlisle, Brickyard
22-May-13, Newcastle, Northumbria Uni
23-May-13, Sheffield, Queens Social Club
24-May-13, Manchester, Dot to Dot Festival
25-May-13, Bristol, Dot to Dot Festival
26-May-13, London, Emirates Satdium
27-May-13, Glasgow, Oran Mor
28-May-13, Birmingham, HMV Institute Library
29-May-13, London, Heaven
31-May-13, Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
12-Jul-13, Abersoch, Wakestock
13-Jul-13, London, Hyde Park
14-Jul-13, Kinross, TITP
2-Aug-13, Pikehall, Y Not Festival
7-Aug-13, Newquay, Boardmasters
23-Aug-13, Leeds, Festival
15-Sep-13, Newcastle, University
16-Sep-13, Birmingham, Institute Library
17-Sep-13, Glasgow, O2 ABC
18-Sep-13, Nottingham, Rock City
20-Sep-13, London, O2 Shepherds Bush
21-Sep-13, Manchester, Ritz
22-Sep-13, Stoke, Sugarmill
23-Sep-13, Leeds, University Stylus
24-Sep-13, Oxford, O2 Academy
25-Sep-13, Norwich, Waterfront
26-Sep-13, Bristol, O2 Academy
28-Sep-13, Brighton, Concorde 2
1-Oct-13, Belfast, Mandela Hall
8-Jan-14, Manchester, Academy
11-Jan-14, London, O2 Academy Brixton
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Demoraliser
To Support Heart In Hand. |
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Mindless
Self Indulgence To Release First Album In Five Years. |
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May 2013
“We do what we want and we always have,”
says MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE’s Jimmy Urine
confidently... and for good reason. Frontman to
one of the most inflammatory and genre-busting
bands of the last two decades, Urine and his bandmates
have not only created their own niche in the music
world, they’re the only ones who inhabit
it. With their new?album ‘How I Learned
To Stop Giving A Sh*t And Love Mindless Self Indulgence’
MSI is bringing its unrestrained mixture of punk,
hip hop and driving electronic music together
and up a whole new level.
Fan-funded through Kickstarter, How I Learned...
was created completely DIY with the intent of
not having any influences (monetary or otherwise)
from any outside sources. “We have always
been unorthodox in our business ventures and we
have been wanting to cut out the middleman for
some time now,” Urine explains. “Kickstarter
gave us that venue and the means in which to do
it. We literally held the record hostage and became
the second highest music Kickstarter, so we are
happy.” Raising over $225,000, the campaign
surpassed its original target by nearly 150%.
From the opening rallying cry “son of a
bitch” of the first track “Witness”,
How I Learned... kicks off with the trademark
bang. “I planned that from the start,”
he says. “Usually, I don’t plan that
far ahead but ‘Witness’ was the first
song I wrote for this record and it set the tone
for the whole project. It was the first written,
the first mixed, the first we learned to play
live... it set the direction for everything.”
From the jittery machine gun attack of “It
Gets Worse” (which Urine considers the “the
best song I have written... It came out so damn
good and it has a lot of weight to it”)
to the epic soar of “Hey Tomorrow F*ck You
and Your Friend Yesterday” to the industrial
hiphop of “Stalkers (slit my wrists)”,
How I Learned... is a relentless aural assault
that is their calling card.
True to their “We don’t give a sh*t”
modus operandi, the closing track is a faithful
cover of the Supertramp classic “The Logical
Song”, performed without tongue-in-cheek.
“I honestly love that song,” Urine
confides. “It’s a dark f*cking song
for a 70s prog rock group. I didn’t really
f*ck f*ck f*ck it up like I usually do because
it’s kind of a weird song to begin with.”
“We invented our own sound 15 years ago
and stuck with it and persevered like The Cramps
or The Ramones. When you want MSI, you come to
MSI and we give you MSI. We don’t give a
sh*t what you think and we love our job... and
THAT is why the album is titled How I Learned
Not To Give a Sh*t And Love Mindless Self Indulgence...
It’s very self- referential.”
Mindless Self Indulgence is:
Jimmy Urine (vox, programming), Steve, Righ? (guitars),Kitty
(drums) and Lyn Z (bass).
How I Learned Not To Give a Sh*t And Love Mindless
Self Indulgence will be released on June 17th
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Five
Finger Death Punch Set To Release Two New Studio Alnums In 2013. |
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May 2013
Five Finger Death Punch has announced the band
will release their fourth AND fifth studio albums
this year. Vol. 1 hits the stores on July 23 and
Vol. 2 is scheduled for later this year via Eleven
Seven Music. Five Finger Death Punch guitarist
Zoltan Bathory reveals, "We came off the
road after a couple of great years of touring
and were really amped up to write the 4th record.
Everybody was in the right headspace and the band
tighter than ever so it was a perfect storm. We
jumped in head first and found ourselves 12-13
songs deep fairly quick but were still coming
up with better and better material so we looked
at each other and said…. ok why stop there
?… let's keep going. Once we passed the
24th song we knew we're going to have to do a
double album. We had this massive amount of music
that's very dear to us, possibly the best material
this band has ever created. At that point there
was no way to decide which songs to leave off
the album. So we made the decision to release
them all."
The band will be kicking off the new album cycle
by introducing the first single, "Lift Me
Up" with a live performance featuring a very
special surprise guest at Revolver Magazine's
Golden Gods Awards ceremony in Los Angeles this
Thursday where the band will appear live alongside
Metallica, Stone Sour and Halestorm amongst others.
The show will be streaming live on AXS TV and
Xbox LIVE: http://bit.ly/13pBfkq.
In June, Five Finger Death Punch will return
to Europe for a tour of major festivals including
Download Festival at Donington Park on Sunday
June 16th concluding the run with a performance
at the Metal Hammer Golden Gods Ceremony in London.
Upon the band's return to the U.S., the band will
co-headline the 2013 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem
Festival alongside Rob Zombie kicking off in San
Bernadino, CA at the San Manuel Amphitheatre on
June 29. The travelling festival will stage appearances
in 26 markets, and the full itinerary can be viewed
here: www.fivefingerdeathpunch.com/tour/
Five Finger Death Punch has released three consecutive
RIAA gold certified albums for sales exceeding
500,000 copies. The success of The Way of The
Fist (2007), War Is The Answer (2009) and American
Capitalist (2011), which debuted at number 3 on
the Billboard charts in October, 2011. The band's
ten consecutive Top 10 radio hits - including
2012's #1 hit "Coming Down - have spawned
cumulative single sales of over 4.2 million.
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Hellyeah
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May 2013
Hard rock supergroup, HELLYEAH, have announced
a new single ‘Bigger God’ to be released
on June 10th, ahead of their Tour Dates in Europe
this spring.
With rolling bass lines, crunching riffs, powerhouse
drums and raging vocals, ‘Bigger God’
is taken from the band’s third album ‘Band
Of Brothers’ (Eleven Seven Music), which
was released in July 2012 in the US, UK and Europe.
Metal Hammer proclaimed, "HELLYEAH have finally
morphed into the destructive beast they've always
threatened to be." ‘Band of Brothers’
debuted as the #4 rock and #15 overall album on
iTunes.
Having produced track after track of heavy-hitting,
in-your-face, feel good rock and roll on their
previous two albums (2010’s STAMPEDE and
2007’s self-titled debut), ‘Band of
Brothers’ sees HELLYEAH taking a slightly
different musical direction. Drawing on their
former bands’ collective metal roots for
inspiration, the influences and style of Mudvayne,
Pantera, Damageplan and Nothingface are immediately
recognizable throughout the album.
The band recently toured the US in 2013 with co-headliners
All That Remains and support from Nonpoint. Following
those shows, HELLYEAH will embark on a European
run of shows with bands including Korn, P.O.D
and others.
HELLYEAH 2013 European Tour Dates:
June 12; 013, Tilburg, Netherlands (with Korn)
June 13; Hirsch, Nuremberg, Germany
June 14; Nickelsdorf, Austria, Nova Rock Festival
June 16; Download Festival, Donnington, England
June 17; Electric Ballroom, London, England (with
P.O.D)
June 19; Volkshaus, Zurich, Switzerland
June 20; L’susine, Geneva, Switzerland
June 21; Hellfest, Clisson, France
June 23; Rock ‘n’ Roll Arena, Romagnano,
Italy
June 24; Backstage, Munich, Germany (with P.O.D)
June 25; Essigfabrik, Cologne, Germany (with P.O.D)
June 26; Le Forum, Vaureal, France (with P.O.D)
June 28; Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg, Germany
June 29; With Full Force, Roitzschjora, Germany
June 30; Graspop Festival, Dessel, Belgium
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Dinosaur
Pile-Up Headline Tour Moved Back To July. |
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May 2013
Ahead of the release of new album ‘Nature
Nurture’, Dinosaur Pile-Up have announced
that their headline tour has been rescheduled
to commence in July –
“We're so sorry to be announcing this at
such late notice - believe us we would have put
it out there a month ago had we known. The headline
tour starting tomorrow IS BEING POSTPONED UNTIL
JULY. This is due to the album release date being
moved back until late June, therefore this tour
needs to do the same. BUT DON'T WORRY - ALL tickets
will still be valid for the shows, and the exact
dates will be announced soon. We're even gonna
add some more venues to the run. We KNOW this
is a bummer, and a lot of you were REALLY excited
about coming down - we feel EXACTLY the same.
But we promise this will make for a better tour
and a better album release. See you in July. Much
Love, Stay Rad. DPU X”
The news comes hot on the heels of the release
of the band’s new music video for single
‘Derail’ which was inspired by two
of the most iconic Hollywood directors of all
time. It’s part Tarantino and part Hitchcock
with a hint of kitsch and was shot in the middle
of the Californian desert with a star appearance
from none other than Diana Vickers.
The track which the clip accompanies is new single
‘Derail’ which will be released the
day before the album is unleashed upon the world.
The iTunes pre-order for ‘Nature Nurture’
is now online and comes with an instant grat song
‘Start Again’. Those who are pre-ordering
on iTunes will get a download of that track straight
away. - http://bit.ly/12efGmY. ‘Nature Nurture’
was recorded by Dinosaur Pile-Up frontman Matt
Bigland at Courtyard Studios with Ian Davenport
(Band Of Skulls).http://youtu.be/IZ4dC7peEYM
Live dates
MAY
Sat 4 UK, Live At Leeds Fest
Thur 16 UK, Brighton Great Escape Festival - The
Hope
JULY – headline tour
Tues 2 UK, Nottingham Bodega Social Club
Wed 3 UK, Newcastle Think Tank
Thurs 4 UK, Dundee Beat Generator
Fri 5 UK, Aberdeen Tunnels
Sun 7 UK, Glasgow King Tuts *New show
Mon 8 UK, Hull Fruit
Tue 9 UK, York Duchess
Wed 10 UK, Leeds Brudenell Social Club *New show
Fri 12 UK, Manchester Ruby Lounge *New show
Sat 13 UK, Liverpool Shipping Forecast
Sun 14 UK, Cardiff Buffalo Bar *New show
Mon 15 UK, Birmingham Flapper
Wed 17 UK, London Cargo
Thu 18 UK, Southampton Joiners
Fri 19 UK, Bristol Louisiana *New show
Sat 20 UK, Brighton Hope
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Queensrÿche
To Release New Album. |
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May 2013
Legendary Seattle rockers Queensrÿche are
back with their new record simply titled “Queensrÿche”.
The album will be released on June 24th, 2013
(June 25th in North America) via Century Media
and is the latest addition to the band’s
multi-platinum musical catalog. From the opening
sound of the intro of “X2” to the
final notes of the closer “Open Road”,
it is apparent that the signature sound that captivated
fans for over 30 years is alive and well. Fans
were treated to a taste of the new album when
the band released “Redemption” in
March and have been garnering praise since it
was released. The song has been listened to over
150,000 times on YouTube since it was released
last month (www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w4RfoUv9KU).
The cover for the album was designed by Craig
Howell who has worked on designs for Star Wars,
Slipknot and American Idol to name a few. “Queensrÿche”
was mixed and mastered by famed Queensrÿche
producer James “Jimbo” Barton who
is known for working on the band’s classics
“Operation: Mindcrime” and “Empire”.
“Queensrÿche” marks the debut
from the lineup comprised of Todd La Torre (Vocals),
Michael Wilton (Guitars), Parker Lundgren (Guitars),
Eddie Jackson (Bass) and Scott Rockenfield (Drums).
“This gets said often by a lot of bands,
but we believe we have recorded some of our finest
music in years. The collaborative effort of everyone
on this album is something we are extremely proud
of. Working with Jimbo and the addition of Todd
has revitalized the band in ways we never knew
until we heard the final results. We know you
have to wait a little longer but are excited for
all of our fans to hear it. Queensrÿche wouldn’t
be in this position if not for your unwavering
support,” exclaims drummer Scott Rockenfield.
Queensrÿche first burst onto the music scene
in 1982 with the release of their self-titled
4 song EP “Queensrÿche”. They
very quickly gained international recognition
and performed to sold out audiences around the
world. With the follow up first full-length album
"The Warning" in 1984, and the ground
breaking 1986 release of "Rage For Order",
Queensrÿche continued to prove their worldwide
dominance as one of the most respected and creative
bands of the 80's. In 1988 the band turned out
yet another monumental album "Operation:
Mindcrime", which would go on to become one
of the TOP 10 best selling concepts records of
all time, and set the stage for continued sold
out performances around the world. With the release
of the critically acclaimed and commercially successful
"Empire" in 1991, the band earned multiple
Grammy Award nominations and won the MTV "viewers
choice" award for the #1 chart topping hit
"Silent Lucidity". During the next ten
years, the band continued to release albums and
tour the world to sold-out audiences. Queensrÿche
has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and
have continued to break new ground and push their
creative process.
The track listing for “Queensrÿche”
is:
1. X2
2. Where Dreams Go To Die
3. Spore
4. In This Light
5. Redemption
6. Vindication
7. Midnight Lullaby
8. A World Without
9. Don’t Look Back
10. Fallout
11. Open Road
Queensrÿche live:
18.05.2013 Rock Hard Festival, Gelsenkirchen,
Germany
12.10.2013 O2 Academy Islington, London, UK
16.10.2013 HMV Ritz, Manchester, UK
17.10.2013 Rock City, Nottingham, UK
18.10.2013 The Academy, Dublin, Ireland
25.10.2013 Teatria Club, Oulu, Finland
26.10.2013 Bürgerhaus Quadrath-Ichendorf,
Bergheim, Germany
27.10.2013 Rockfabrik, Ludwigsburg, Germany
29.10.2013 Moonwalker, Aarburg, Switzerland
30.10.2013 Theaterfabrik, München, Germany
01.11.2013 Effenaar, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
More dates to be announced soon!
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Chase
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May 2013
CHASE AND STATUS recently announced the release
of their first single from their highly anticipated
third record. “Lost & Not Found”
premiered last week as Zane Lowe’s Hottest
Record In The World and is available to stream
at the band’s Sound Cloud page. “Lost
& Not Found” will be available to download
from 30th June, the same weekend Chase and Status
headline the Other Stage at Glastonbury festival.
“Lost & Not Found” - CHASE AND
STATUS give a nod to the early 90’s rave
era that inspired them: The single shows a change
in direction for the duo and gives their fans
a glimpse of what’s to come with their new
record. Always looking to support unknown and
underground talent, as they did with No More Idols
(Maverick Sabre, Delilah, Liam Bailey etc), “Lost
& Not Found” features the talented Louis
M^ttrs.
Following on from Glastonbury 2013, CHASE AND
STATUS have an exciting Summer ahead. They are
looking forward to key main stage performances
at Reading and Leeds, T In The Park and Oxygen.
CHASE AND STATUS are undoubtedly one of the most
exciting and successful British bands of the past
decade. Their double platinum, second album No
More Idols has sold over 600,000 copies in the
UK alone and spawned over 2 million singles. They
were the biggest selling band in the UK in 2011,
behind Coldplay and this year they were nominated
for ‘Best British Band’ at the BRIT
AWARDS 2012. They have been nominated for two
prestigious Q Awards, and won in 2010 for Best
Video. CHASE AND STATUS were also picked to launch
the Official England Football Kit for the Euros
2012.
On the live front, they played to well over a
million people last summer, sold out tour after
tour in the UK, Europe, US and Australia and played
live at 36 festivals around the world. CHASE AND
STATUS headlined Global Gathering and SW4, and
wowed the masses on the main stages at Download,
T in the Park, Rock Am Ring and Benicassim. CHASE
AND STATUS also released ‘Live At Brixton’
last year.
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Babyshambles
Announce UK Tour. |
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May 2013
Babyshambles have announced an autumn tour spanning
two months. Heading out at Glasgow Barrowlands
on September 4th, and finishing at O2 Academy
Bournemouth on 21st October, the band will play
London’s O2 Academy Brixton on 14th September.
These are the first UK dates since the band played
in November 2010. They have also announced they
will play Le Zenith in Paris on 3rd October.
“Just as sure as all men are born equal...
A prequel to the sequel...” Drew McConnell.
"I'm equally excited to get back on the road
again as I am to see the fans' reaction to the
new material. Looking forward to it.” Mik
Whitnall.
The Sequel To The Prequel dates in full :
September
4th - Glasgow Barrowlands
5th – Newcastle, O2 Academy
6th – Leeds, O2 Academy
7th - Manchester Academy
9th – Liverpool, O2 Academy
10th - Lincoln Engine Shed
11th – Bristol, O2 Academy
13th – Oxford, O2 Academy
14th – London, O2 Academy Brixton
15th - Cardiff University
16th - Norwich UEA
October
10th - Sheffield Leadmill
11th – Hatfield, The Forum Hertfordshire
12th - Leamington Spa Assembly
14th – Birmingham, O2 Academy
15th – Leicester, O2 Academy
17th - Cambridge Junction
18th - Folkestone Leas Cliff
20th - Exeter Great Hall
21st – Bournemouth, O2 Academy
Tickets are available from Artistticket.com, ticket
prices are £23, £25 in London.
The band are currently putting the finishing touches
to their third album in a Paris studio and are
looking forward to road testing the new tracks
live in front of the fans. Reports leaking from
the locked down studio suggest their much anticipated
return is a huge return to form.
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Fearless
Vampire Killers To Support Madina Lake On Their Farewell Tour. |
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May 2013
Fearless Vampire Killers announced as Special
Guests on Madina Lake’s Farewell Tour.
Fresh from owning venues around the UK on their
first ever headline tour, Fearless Vampire Killers
are pleased to announce that they will be joining
Madina Lake as Special Guests on their Farewell
Tour of the UK this Autumn.
“Madina Lake are a band that have had their
trials and come through the other side, we love
them and I’m sure there's loads we can learn
from them. We’re super stoked to be part
of this!” says Laurence Beveridge on supporting
their fellow concept rockers.
The tour Kicks off on September the 20th in Dublin,
Ireland and hits up 25 different towns and cities
before finishing at The Garage in London on October
23rd. Co-vocalist Kier Kemp has summed it up by
saying "This tour is going to be next level
awesome! I love the idea of going everywhere and
Ireland will be a first for us. Each place has
its own story and we're going to make sure that
everyone who comes to a show goes away with something
new to think about!"
Madina Lake - Farewell UK tour 2013
Head over to www.madinalake.com for tickets.
September
20th Dublin, Academy
22nd Cardiff, ClubIFORBACH
23rd Exeter, The Cavern
24th Bristol, The Fleece
25th Oxford, O2 Academy 2
27th Gloucester, Guild Hall
28th Milton Keynes, Crauford Arms
29th Coventry, Kasbah
30th Birmingham, Institute
October
2nd Leicester, 02 Academy 2
3rd Stoke, Sugar Mill
4th Wrexham, Central Station
5th Liverpool, 02 Academy 2
6th Manchester, NQ Live
8th Leeds, Cockpit
9th Newcastle, Newcastle University
10th Glasgow, King Tuts
12th York, Fibbers
13th Sheffield, Corporation
15th Lincoln, Tokyo
16th Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
17th Colchester, Arts Centre
18th Folkstone, Quarterhouse
19th Tunbridge Wells, The Forum
20th Guildford, Boiler Room
22nd Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms
23rd London, Garage
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OPM
Announce UK Dates And The Release Of 'Golden State Of Mind'
In The UK. |
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May 2013
OPM hit success in back in 2001 with Skater-anthem,
‘Heaven Is A Halfpipe’ reaching No.4
in the UK charts and Kerrang! Single of the Year
Award. Frontman John E. Necro comments, “We’re
just really grateful to have had even one hit
record over in Europe, it’s enabled us to
keep playing for all these years and we still
enjoy performing the track with the same enthusiasm
as when it was first released.”
It’s been 13 years since their 2000 debut
album ‘Menace To Sobriety’; OPM are
back with the Official European release of ‘Golden
State Of Mind’, available 28th June 2013
featuring previously un-released tracks and their
brand new single, ‘Everything’s The
Same In LA’.
"There was never an official release of 'Golden
State of Mind' outside of the US; we realised
some people might not even know the material was
out there. We didn’t want fans to miss out,
so now that we’re on our own Independent
label, MNO Records, we’re able to do this
properly with European shows and a real release
date. We’re free to do things our own way
now.”
You can catch OPM at the following UK live shows:
May 16 Surya, London, UK
May 17 Soundhouse, Leicester, UK
May 18 The Hairy Dog, Derby, UK
May 19 The Leopard. Doncaster, UK
May 20 Duchess, York, UK
May 21 The New Adelphi, Hull, UK
May 22 Trillians, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK
May 24 Dry Bar Live, Manchester, UK
May 25 Ironworks, Oswestry, UK
May 26 The Boars Head, Kidderminster, UK
May 27 Beercart, Canterbury, UK
Jun 06 Hastings, Carlisle, UK
Jun 06 Sticky Mikes, Brighton, UK
Jun 08 The Cavern, Exeter, UK
Jun 12 200 Club, Newport (Isle Of Wight), UK
Jun 14 The Box, Crewe, UK
Jun 15 The Kasbah, Coventry, UK
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Iced
Earth Announce Album Details And 2014 Tour Dates. |
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 Thursday 9th
May 2013
ICED EARTH band leader Jon Schaffer reveals the
title and more details on the new studio album:
“The new ICED EARTH studio album is expected
to have an late 2013 release date. It will be
titled “PLAGUES OF BABYLON” and we
are very excited about how killer things are sounding
this early in the writing/demo process. Below
are some of the song titles that will appear on
the album.
1.) Plagues of Babylon
2.) Democide
3.) Among The Living Dead
4.) The Resistance
5.) If I Could See You
6.) Peacemaker
7.) Cthulhu
8.) Parasite
I expect this album will be something very special!
Stay tuned to this page for breaking news about
ICED EARTH’s mega-packed schedule and coming
tour dates. You will hear it here first!
Thanks again for your continued support of the
band! We love you guys!
Take care,
Jon Schaffer”
ICED EARTH - summer festivals 2013:
20.06.2013 GER Sankt Goarshausen Metalfest
21.06.2013 NED Dokkum Dokkem Open Air
22.06.2013 GER Dischingen Rock am Härtsfeldsee
12.07.2013 GER Ballenstedt Rock Harz Open Air
13.07.2013 GER Balingen Bang Your Head Festival
25.07.2013 SLO Tolmin Metaldays
27.07.2013 GER Obersinn Eisenwahn Festival
08.08.2013 SWE Gävle Getaway Rock Festival
10.08.2013 POR Quinta do Ega, Vagos Vagos Open
Air
ICED EARTH – European Tour 2014:
09.01.2014 GER Saarbrücken Garage
10.01.2014 NED Hengelo Metropol
11.01.2014 BEL Antwerp Trix
12.01.2014 GBR Birmingham O2 Academy
13.01.2014 IRE Dublin Button Factory
14.01.2014 GBR London O2 Academy Islington
15.01.2014 FRA Paris Le Trabendo
17.01.2014 ESP Madrid Sala Caracol
19.01.2014 ESP Valencia Rock City
20.01.2014 ESP Barcelona Razzmatazz 2
22.01.2014 SWI Pratteln Z7
23.01.2014 ITA Romagnano Rock 'n' Roll Arena
24.01.2014 SLO Ljubljana Kino Siska
25.01.2014 CRO Zagreb Pogon Jedinstvo
26.01.2014 BIH Sarajevo Club Sloga
28.01.2014 ROM Bucarest Juke Box
29.01.2014 TUR Istanbul Kucukciftlik Park
31.01.2014 GRE Athens Gagarin 205
01.02.2014 GRE Thessaloniki Principal Club
02.02.2014 BUL Sofia Mixtape 5
04.02.2014 SER Belgrade Dom Omladine
05.02.2014 HUN Budapest Club 202
07.02.2014 GER Nürnberg Rockfabrik
08.02.2014 TCH Zlin Masters Of Rock
09.02.2014 GER München Backstage Werk
11.02.2014 GER Berlin Astra
12.02.2014 GER Köln Essigfabrik
13.02.2014 GER Bochum Zeche
14.02.2014 GER Osnabrück Rosenhof
15.02.2014 GER Hamburg Markthalle
16.02.2014 DEN Copenhagen Vega
18.02.2014 SWE Gothenburg Sticky Fingers
19.02.2014 SWE Stockholm Debaser Medis
22.02.2014 ISR Tel Aviv Reading 3
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Ultimate
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 Thursday 9th
May 2013
Ultimate Eagles are heading out on a 19 date UK
tour this May in support of the 40th anniversary
of The Eagles.
Ultimate Eagles are more than just a tribute...
they are definitive devotees performing songs
from every album and every era, delivering forty
years of brilliance with both accuracy and reverence.
The band who are currently in their 4th year
of existence have had over 1,300,000 views on
youtube and last year sold over 45,000 tickets
in UK and Europe making them Europe's number 1
tribute to the music of The Eagles.
The band features Danny Vaughn (Waysted, Tyketto),
Chris Childs (Thunder, The Union, Paul Young),
Chris Wright, Christian Philips (Duffy, Sonic
Executives), Ryan Aston (Abbamania) and Michael
Lawrence (The Commitments). One look at the biographies
and accomplishments of these individual players
will tell you a great deal about what to expect.
THE ULTIMATE EAGLES... recreate the music of the
Eagles with reverence, accuracy, excitement and
with a stage show that focuses its bright lights
on the 1970’s when the Eagles were at their
mightiest. Catch them live at the below dates.
Tour Dates
09-May-13 Wirral Floral Pavilion
10-May-13 Telford Oakengates
11-May-13 Monmouth Blake Theatre
12-May-13 Cardiff The Gate
14-May-13 Redditch Palace Theatre
15-May-13 Port Talbot Princess Royal Theatre
17-May-13 Leicester Y-Theatre
18-May-13 Dartford Mick Jagger Centre
19-May-13 Newcastle City hall
20-May-13 Sheffield City hall
23-May-13 Paingnton Palace Theatre
24-May-13 Bridport Electric Palace
25-May-13 Southampton The Brook
26-May-13 Colne The Muni
28-May-13 Perth Concert hall
29-May-13 Edinburgh Usher Hall
30-May-13 Glasgow City hall
31-May-13 Aberdeen Lemon Tree
01-Jun-13 Langholm Buccleuch Centre
Tickets info can be found at http://www.ultimateeagles.com/site/
Tickets vary in price and are subject to booking
fee.
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Forever
The Sickest Kids Detail New Album. |
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 Thursday 9th
May 2013
Forever The Sickest Kids have unveiled the cover
art and track list for their forthcoming album
J.A.C.K, set to release on June 24, 2013. To give
fans a taste of the new album, the band has released
a preview of their new track 'Chin Up Kid.'
Forever The Sickest Kids - 'Chin Up Kid' Preview:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ll6TPPFMM5Q
With album title J.A.C.K representing each band
member's first initials (Jonathan Cook, Austin
Bello, Caleb Turman and Kyle Burns), the album
title additionally reflects the band's ability
to pull together as a unit, and turn challenges
into positive experiences to fuel their music.
"We wanted to make a more rock record than
ever before, but still have those pop elements
that make us Forever The Sickest Kids," notes
singer Jonathan Cook. "We sat down and mapped
out a plan for the album, which we'd never done
before. We had to figure out how we were going
write these songs as the four of us. It's interesting
how tight us four are now. Not just musically
but also emotionally and spiritually. We're one
unit. Four strong songwriters still remain in
the band and I think that shows in the music."
J.A.C.K Track Listing:
1. Chin Up Kid
2. Keep Calm and Don't Let Me Go
3. Nice To Meet You
4. Nikki
5. Ritalin (Born in America)
6. Kick It!
7. Playing With Fire
8. Count On Me (For Nothing)
9. La La Lainey
10. My Friends Save Me
11. Cross My Heart
Brand new merch is currently available from http://fearlessrecords.firebrandstore.com/forever-the-sickest-sunglass-t-shirt-white
The summer of 2013 will mark the band's fourth
run on the Vans Warped Tour, following their recent
opportunity to partner with NFL to perform at
the NFL PLAY 60 Kids Day NFL Experience in New
Orleans during the week of Super Bowl XLVII. The
band was also enlisted to pen the theme song for
the NFL's animated series NFL Rush Zone: Season
Of The Guardians, which airs on Nicktoons. Check
out the band's video for the theme song.
FOREVER THE SICKEST KIDS - Comprised of Jonathan
Cook (Vocals), Kyle Burns (Drums), Austin Bello
(Bass/Vocals), and Caleb Turman (Guitar/Vocals),
the Dallas, TX pop rock quartet have been garnering
fans globally since 2007, and have come a long
way since they released their boisterous debut
Underdog Alma Mater (Universal Motown, 2008),
which was succeeded by sophomore self-titles album,
Forever The Sickest Kids (Universal Motown, 2011).
Signing to Fearless Records in 2012, the band
decamped to Los Angeles and spent three months
with producer Mike Green (Paramore, All TIme Low,
New Found Glory), working together as a cohesive
unit to write the tracks that would become J.A.C.K.
The power-pop ensemble have toured alongside such
acts as Third Eye Blind, Simple Plan, All Time
Low, Good Charlotte, Breathe Carolina, and more.
The band has also been featured on multiple installations
of the Punk Goes.. series as well as collaborated
with teen sensation Selena Gomez. Having a strong
partnership with NFL, press support from MTV,
Seventeen, J-14, and Alternative Press among others,
the new streamlined foursome are set to showcase
an album that would reflect where they are now
as musicians and people, and release their brand
of irresistible pop rock to the masses.
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Enter
Shikari To Debut Shikari Sound System At Reading And Leeds. |
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Thursday 9th
May 2013
At this year's Reading / Leeds Festival, SHIKARI
SOUND SYSTEM will make its world debut headlining
the Lock Up Stage on FRIDAY 23rd (Leeds) and SUNDAY
25th (Reading) August.
Shikari Sound System is the electronic alter-ego
of the British band Enter Shikari, famous for
blurring the lines between musical genres across
three UK chart top 5 albums since they hit the
wider public consciousness in 2006.
Having DJed and produced in various side projects
over the years they finally decided to fully elope
with live dance music, and so was born the Shikari
Sound System.
For further explanation, let's hear it from the
horse's mouth ;
"Expect re-worked Enter Shikari tracks along
with classic remixes and new surprises. Expect
eerie live electronics and tent-peg-dislodging
basslines. Expect a tour through many dance tempos
and electronic genres that have been a constant
inspiration to our band's sound.
Combining both live instruments and percussion
with dub-plate wizardry, this is one for the skankers,
the steppers, the movers and the shakers."
Enter Shikari have a deep history with the Reading
/ Leeds Festival - attending as teenagers, and
having played the festival five times in the past
seven years - and so embraced the opportunity
to return once again, albeit in 'disguise'.
The band's latest single, a 1min 16sec blast of
a track, entitled 'The Paddington Frisk' has this
week been added to the BBC Radio 1 playlist, as
the band enter into the final week of a largely
sold out tour of the less-frequently-visited-by-major-rock-shows
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Filter
To Unleash Sixth Studio Album. |
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May 2013
Multi-platinum US rockers FILTER unleash their
sixth studio album and Wind-Up/Spinefarm Records
debut, The Sun Comes Out Tonight, on June 3rd
2013.
Described as "a combination of grunge heat
and industrial ice" by Rolling Stone, few
rock groups have so consistently torn up the rule
book and ploughed their own path, the music –
contemporary, intelligent & unorthodox –
topped off by the signature roar of front-man,
former Nine Inch Nails associate & band nucleus,
Richard Patrick.
Now, in 2013, guitarist Jonny Radtke (ex-Kill
Hannah) has joined the ranks as co-conspirator,
helping to define the brand new body of work that
is The Sun Comes Out… – a glorious
industrial rock fusion recorded at Blue Room Studios
in Los Angeles with Bob Marlette (Atreyu, Shinedown,
Seether) at the production helm.
Since the release of their self-produced debut
album, ‘Short Bus’, back in 1995,
Filter have carved out a decorated career taking
in soundtracks, remixes, hit singles (including
breakthrough track ‘Hey Man, Nice Shot’),
chart success and record sales in the millions,
and The Sun Comes Out… sees the band not
just back in the international spotlight but back
out on tour, with US dates lined up from late
May onwards (the ‘Summerland’ tour).
TRACK LISTING FOR THE SUN COMES OUT TONIGHT:
1. We Hate It When You Get What You Want
2. What Do You Say
3. Surprise
4. Watch The Sun Come Out Tonight
5. It’s Got To Be Right Now
6. This Finger’s For You
7. Self Inflicted
8. First You Break It
9. Burn It
10. Take That Knife Out Of My Back
11. It’s My Time
12. It’s Just You
A free track, We Hate It When You Get What You
Want, is available now via the band’s website.
2013 UK festival appearances plus selected headline
dates for the late summer will be announced shortly.
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Vintage
Trouble Announce Massive support Slots. |
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May 2013
Vintage Trouble is a new band from Los Angeles
with an electrifying sound steeped in classic
soul, blues and rock ‘n’ roll.
The band are set to release a brand new single
“Pelvis Pusher” on the 8th July 2013.
The single is the perfect showcase of the band
– driving rhythms, overlaid with the guitar
work of Nalle Colt and the unique vocal style
of the explosive front man Ty Taylor. The band
recently performed the song live on Jay Leno’s
Show in the USA. The single will available digitally
and on 7” vinyl.
To tie in with the bands 2013 live shows, Vintage
Trouble will be digitally releasing “The
Bomb Shelter Sessions (Encore Edition)”.
This takes the standard album and adds exclusive
tracks “Pelvis Pusher”, “Run
Like The River”, “Total Strangers”
(LIVE) and a video of “Pelvis Pusher”.
2011 saw Vintage Trouble explode onto the UK music
scene – releasing their debut album “The
Bomb Shelter Sessions” to widespread critical
acclaim and touring the UK relentlessly –
appearing at Hard Rock Calling, Wireless festival
and supporting Bon Jovi amongst other highlights.
The end of 2011 saw the band pick up the “Best
New Band” award at the Classic Rock awards
and vocalist Ty Taylor invited by Brian May to
sing at Freddy Mercury’s 65th Birthday celebrations.
2012 saw the band continuing to build on their
fearsome live reputation with multiple headline
and festival appearances across the UK and Europe.
The band tour relentlessly and consistently impress
with what Singer Ty Taylor calls Vintage Trouble’s
“primitive soul.” He says: “It’s
raw, naked and hard-hitting – 1950s Rhythm
and Blues music with the balls abandonment of
late ’60s rock ‘n’ roll. We
are blown away nightly by how deeply the folks
throw themselves into our party ” This live
connection has led to the band having a huge and
active fanbase – dubbed “The Troublemakers”.
Late 2012 saw the band supporting the Who across
the USA. The Who have invited them to play their
UK run this June. The band will also be playing
a series of headline shows, festival appearances
and supporting The Rolling Stones (in July)
Full dates are below (headline shows in bold)
June
Sat 8th Jun The O2, Dublin, Supporting The Who
Sun 9th Jun Whelans, Dublin £12 www.ticketmaster.ie
Mon 10th Jun Odyssey, Belfast, Supporting The
Who
Wed 12th Jun SECC, Glasgow, supporting the Who
Thurs 13th Jun ABC, Glasgow £16 www.seetickets.com
Sat 15th Jun The O2, London, Supporting The Who
Sun 16th Jun The O2, London, Supporting The Who
Mon 17th Jun The Electric Brixton, London £17.50
www.ticketmaster.co.uk
Tues 18th Jun Motorpoint Arena, Sheffield, Supporting
The Who
Thurs 20th Jun Metro Arena, Newcastle, Supporting
The Who
Thurs 20th Jun Northumbria University (late show)
£12 www.seetickets.com
Sat 22nd Jun Fibbers, York £14 www.seetickets.com
Sun 23rd Jun Manchester Arena, Supporting The
Who
Mon 24th Jun Trinity, Bristol £12 www.seetickets.com
Tues 25th Jun Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Supporting
The Who
Wed 26th Jun Glee Club, Cardiff £13 www.seetickets.com
Fri 28th Jun LG Arena, Birmingham, Supporting
The Who
Sat 29th Jun Avalon Stage, Glastonbury, UK FESTIVAL
Sun 30th Jun Echo Arena, Liverpool, Supporting
The Who
July
Mon 8th Jul Wembley Arena, London, Supporting
The Who
Sat 13th Jul Hyde Park, London. Main stage supporting
the Rolling Stones
Tickets for headline shows are priced as listed
(subject to booking fee) available from sites
listed and also local box offices.
“The Bomb Shelter Sessions” album
is available now…
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Full
Dates Announced For Warped Tour Europe. |
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 Thursday 9th
May 2013
Following a 13-year absence and a highly successful
return to the UK in November, VANS WARPED TOUR
returns to Europe this winter for a full-blown
tour. European fans can expect a healthy dose
of what the sold-out 2012 event hosted, plus more!
VANS WARPED EUROPE kicks off at Berlin Arena on
November 9th before taking in Eindhoven Klokgebouw,
London Alexandra Palace, Bern BEA Festhalle, and
finishing up at Vienna Stadthalle on November
24th.
Recreating the true VANS WARPED spirit with dozens
of bands, stalls and skate displays, fans can
expect to feel the American summer festival vibe
inside the warm surrounds of some of Europe’s
best venues.
The VANS WARPED TOUR is well established as America’s
longest-running touring festival, breaking up-and-coming
talent as well as creating and showcasing major
established artists since 1995, serving as a platform
for both established and rising action sports
stars.
VANS WARPED creator Kevin Lyman is excited to
see the European leg become a bonafide tour like
its US counterpart, giving fans Europe-wide the
chance to experience the magic that is otherwise
only available across the Atlantic.
With a rich history of delivering the most exciting
names in the world of alternative music –
from arena-filling headliners to the hottest new
talent – the line-up expectations will have
fans full of anticipation with the first names
to be revealed in the coming weeks, alongside
details of the first ever stand-alone VANS WARPED
TOUR European shows.
VANS WARPED UK 2013 takes hits the following stops
this November…
Saturday 9th – Germany, Berlin Arena
Sunday 10th – Holland, Eindhoven Klokgebouw
Saturday 16th – UK, London Alexandra Palace
Sunday 17th – UK, London Alexandra Palace
Saturday 23rd – Switzerland, Bern BEA Festhalle
Sunday 24th – Austria, Vienna Stadthalle
To be the first to hear about the German, Dutch,
Swiss and Austrian line-ups and ticket info check
www.vanswarpedtoureurope.com
For the the first UK line-up announcement and
tickets head to www.vanswarpedtouruk.com
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Heavens
Basement Announced For Reading And Leeds. |
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Thursday 9th
May 2013
Heaven’s Basement have just been announced
for Reading & Leeds Festival, the band will
be playing the Lock Up stage on Friday, 23rd August
at Leeds and Sunday, 25th August at Reading.
The quartet's European tour with Black Veil Brides
came to an abrupt end, due to illness in the BVB
camp. Heaven’s Basement are really sorry
the remaining shows were cancelled and promise
to return as soon as possible to the places missed.
Along with their Reading/Leeds Festival appearances
they will play Download Festival in June and have
just confirmed their longest ever run of UK headline
shows in July. The 12 date tour starts in Norwich
on 2nd July and culminates on Thur, 18th July
at London‘s legendary 100 Club.
The irrepressible Heaven’s Basement has
also just been invited to perform on 17th June
at Metal Hammer’s Golden Gods Awards, on
HMS Hammer. Plus they have been confirmed to play
the main stage at the Nass Festival on Saturday,
13th July with Billy Talent, Zane Lowe and Loadstar.
These shows follow the release of Heaven’s
Basement’s critically acclaimed debut album
‘Filthy Empire’, out now via Red Bull
Records. Including the recent single 'I Am Electric’,
the album has been lauded by critics and fans
since its release. A new single to coincide with
all this activity will be announced shortly.
In 2013 Heavens Basement are on their way to becoming
one the UK’s premiere Rock bands. More exciting
shows to be confirmed soon.
The current list of UK tour dates are:
Heavens Basement July Headline shows, bar event
marked*
Tue 02 Norwich Waterfront Studio
Wed 03 Milton Keynes Craufurd Arms
Thur 04 Cardiff Club Ifor Bach
Fri 05 Liverpool 02 Academy 2
Sat 06 York Duchess
Sun 07 Glasgow Ivory Blacks
Tues 09 Aberdeen Tunnels
Wed 10 Newcastle Academy 2
Fri 12 Manchester Sound Control
Sat 13 Nass Festival* Bath & West Showgrounds
w/ Billy Talent, Zane Lowe & Loadstar
Tue 16 Exeter Cavern 3
Wed 17 Bournemouth Sound Circus
Thur 18 London 100 Club
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Empress
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 Thursday 9th
May 2013
‘Deeper in Disguise’ is the new gut-wrenching
single from one of the UK’s most exciting
new bands, Empress.
Taken from their yet-to-be-named debut album,
‘Deeper In Disguise’ is fresh from
being mastered in the US and is already available
from iTunes, and all other digital stores. The
track serves as a brilliant first taster of the
band’s album in time for their support dates
with Bring Me The Horizon starting on Monday (29th
April).
Vocalist, Ollie Loring says of the single:
“The sound we've achieved on the new album
is a huge step up from anything we've written
before and we're extremely proud of it. We're
really excited for people to hear thisnew song,
especially before our UK support dates with Bring
Me The Horizon”
The video for ‘Deeper In Disguise’
– directed by Ross Leppard - can be seen
here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnCw8Mh7FrM&hd=1
‘Deeper In Disguise’ is available
now from iTunes by clicking here - http://sserp.me/DeeperInDisguise
Empress support Bring Me The Horizon on their
full UK tour starting on Monday 29th April before
support slots with Funeral For A Friend, a slot
on the Pepsi Max stage at Download Festival and
followed by appearances at 2000 Trees Festival,
RedFest and Hevy Fest.
APRIL
29 - MANCHESTER Academy II w/Bring Me The Horizon
30 - NEWCASTLE University w/Bring Me The Horizon
MAY
01 - INVERNESS Ironworks w/Bring Me The Horizon
02 - GLASGOW ABC w/Bring Me The Horizon
04 - PORTSMOUTH Pyramids Centre w/Bring Me The
Horizon
05 - CARDIFF Solus w/Bring Me The Horizon
06 - WOLVERHAMPTON Wulfrun w/Bring Me The Horizon
07 - LONDON Koko w/Bring Me The Horizon
JUNE
07 – GUILDFORD Boileroom w/ Funeral For
A Friend
15 – DONNINGTON, Download Festival
JULY
12 – GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 2000 Trees Festival
27 – REDHILL, RedFest
AUGUST
04 – PORT LYMPNE, Hevy Fest
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Architects
Launch Indiegogo Campaign. |
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Ensiferum
Sign To Metal Blade Records. |
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 Thursday 9th
May 2013
Finland's ENSIFERUM have spent the past 18 years
honing the steel of their folk-infused battle
metal auditory attack. Their albums are further
bolstered by a live show that has become one of
the most entertaining in all of metal. Proof of
ENSIFERUM's status as one of the most vital bands
in modern metal was made apparent through their
headlining slot on this year's Paganfest USAtour.
To further spread the band's music to a worldwide
audience, ENSIFERUM has forged a deal with Metal
Blade Records! The band inked the deal with Metal
Blade CEO Brian Slagel during thePaganfest USA
tour, and all parties are enthusiastic about new
music and new possibilities.
Bassist/backing vocalist Sami Hinkka comments:
"We are really looking forward to our co-operation
with such a great and legendary label as Metal
Blade. The next full length album should be out
in early 2015. We have already started working
with the new songs and it's obvious that the next
album will be another step ahead for Ensiferum.
And now that we have united forces with mighty
Metal Blade nothing can stop us! The next album
is going to be something that will rock the very
foundations of folk metal genre.
We also would like to thank Spinefarm Records
for all these 13 years, it's been as blast but
now it is time for us to move on and head bravely
towards new challenges.
The future looks bright for Sword Bearers!"
ENSIFERUM will be touring throughout Europe and
South America this summer as they continue their
live campaign in support of their most recent
album, Unsung Heroes. Confirmed dates can be seen
below, as well as on ensiferum.com and facebook.com/Ensiferum.
ENSIFERUM merch is available now at http://shop.ensiferum.com.
European Festivals
04/26 Oulu , FI Teatria
04/27 Helsinki, FI Virgin Oil
04/28 Losheim Am See, DE Hexentanz Festival
05/05 Istanbul, TR Headbangers Weekend Istanbul
05/18 Gelsenkirchen, DE Rock Hard Festival
05/20 Leipzig, DE Wave Gothic Treffen
06/07 Espoo, FI Kivenlahti Rock
06/20-22 Nummijärvi, FI Nummirock
06/26-30 Tokaj-Rakamaz, HU Hegyalka Festival
07/11-13 Ballenstedt, DE Rockharz Open Air
07/22-26 Tolmin, SL Metaldays
08/07-10 Jaromer, CZ Brutal Assault
08/09-10 Villena, ES Leyendas del Rock Festival
08/15-17 Dinkelsbühl, DE Summer Breeze
08/15-17 Falun, SE Rockstad Falun
South American Tour
05/28 Bogota, CO Teatro Las Vegas Nevada
05/30 Santiago, CL Blondie Club
05/31 Buenos Aires, AR Teatro Vorterix
06/01 Sao Paulo, BR Carioca Club
06/02 Rio De Janeiro, BR Teatro Odisséia
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Voodoo
Six To Support Iron Maiden. |
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May 2013
LOCKED, LOADED & READY TO GO: British modern
hard rockers Voodoo Six are now set to release
new studio album, 'Songs To Invade Countries To',
having penned a worldwide deal with Spinefarm
Records.
This much-anticipated release will be available
from May 27th, coinciding with the first date
of V6’s European tour with UK metal legends
Iron Maiden. The tour will include major festival
appearances, including Download Festival, Graspop,
SeeRock and TopFest, plus several Sonispheres
(Barcelona, Madrid, Milan & Amneville).
The new album consists of 11 studio tracks produced
by Tony Newton, mixed by Tony Newton & Pedro
Ferreira (The Darkness, Enter Shikari, Therapy?)
and mastered by Ade Emsley (Iron Maiden, British
Lion). It follows 2010's 'Fluke?' outing, which
was released through Classic Rock's Powerage label
and mixed by renowned studio engineer Mike Fraser
(AC/DC, Aerosmith, Metallica). At some point,
‘Fluke?’ will see an enhanced re-issue
via Spinefarm…
Track list:
1.Falling Knives
2.All That Glitters
3.Lead Me On
4.Sink Or Swim
5.You Don't Know
6.Your Way
7.Sharp Sand
8.Stop
9.Brick Wall
10.Waiting In Line
11.Higher Ground
The band have gained a loyal following from their
impressive portfolio of live activity, which has
included several performances at Download, Sonisphere
& Bloodstock, as well as touring with Adrenaline
Mob, Edguy, Extreme, Michael Monroe & UFO.
Voodoo Six guitarist Chris Jones comments:-
“The album title was something that came
about ages ago, but took on another dimension
when we heard the news that we'd be going out
with Iron Maiden on the ‘Maiden England’
tour. It's about taking our music further afield,
and into new territories. We can't wait to play
to overseas audiences on this tour!”
Iron Maiden founder & bassist Steve Harris
adds:-
“I've been keeping an eye on Voodoo Six
for a while now, and they've produced a cracking
new album with real promise. It's great to support
true British up ‘n’ coming talent
such as theirs, and it will be a pleasure to have
them out with us on tour.”
Steve Harris isn't the only advocate of the band.
After touring with Adrenaline Mob last summer,
V6 caught the attention of original Dream Theater
drummer Mike Portnoy, who has stated: -
“Voodoo Six are a great band with a bright
future – cool guys, great players!'
'Songs To Invade Countries To' is released worldwide
via Spinefarm Records on May 27.
TOUR DATES W/ IRON MAIDEN:-
27 May Bilbao BEC Bilbao, Spain
29 May Atlantic Pavilion Lisbon, Portugal
31 May Sonisphere Madrid, Spain
01 Jun Sonisphere Barcelona, Spain
05 Jun The Bercy Paris, France
08 Jun Sonisphere Milan, Italy
09 Jun Sonisphere Amneville, France
11 Jun Frankfurt Festhalle, Germany
12 Jun Frankfurt Festhalle, Germany
15 Jun Download Festival Donington Park, UK
18 Jun Berlin O2 World, Germany
19 Jun Hamburg O2, Germany
21 Jun Graz Seerock Festival Graz, Austria
22 Jun Zurich Hallenstadion Zurich, Switzerland
25 Jun Ziggo Dome Amsterdam, Holland
29 Jun Singen-Aach Open Air Arena, Germany
30 Jun Graspop Festival Dessel, Belgium
03 Jul Atlas Arena Lodz, Poland
04 Jul Ergo Arena Gdansk, Poland
06 Jul Open Air an der KoPi-Arena Oberhausen,
Germany
10 Jul Malmo Stadium, Sweden
13 Jul Friends Arena Stockholm, Sweden
24 Jul Piata Constitutiei Bucharest, Romania
26 Jul BJK Inonu Stadium Istanbul, Turkey
27 Jul Topfest Piestany, Slovakia
29 Jul Synot Tip Arena Prague, Czech Rep
31 Jul Zagreb Arena, Croatia
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Killswitch
Engage To Headline Hevy Fest. |
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Black
Star Riders Announce UK Tour. |
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Thursday 9th
May 2013
BLACK STAR RIDERS, the new band featuring THIN
LIZZY members Ricky Warwick, Damon Johnson, Scott
Gorham and Marco Mendoza together with drummer
Jimmy DeGrasso (Alice Cooper / Megadeth), have
announced their first UK headline tour. The tour
will support the release of their debut album
All Hell Breaks Loose which will be released in
the UK through on Nuclear Blast Entertainment
on the 27th May 2013.
The band already released their debut single “Bound
For Glory”, which was premiered on BBC Radio
2 and is available to hear here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kq6Z6C3ipMk
The band are set to take the UK and Eire by storm
on their 2013 tour, playing much of the debut
album and some Thin Lizzy classics. Confirmed
headline and festival appearances for BLACK STAR
RIDERS in 2013 include the below (with more dates
to be announced):
Friday 22nd Nov O2 Academy, Bournemouth
Saturday 23rd Nov Shepherds Bush Empire, London
Monday 25th Nov O2 Academy, Bristol
Tuesday 26th Nov Junction, Cambridge
Wednesday 27th Nov UEA, Norwich
Friday 29th Nov Hard Rock Hell 6, Wales –
FESTIVAL CO-HEADLINE
Saturday 30th Nov Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton
Sunday 1st Dec Solus/University, Cardiff
Monday 2nd Dec O2 Academy, Oxford
Thursday 5th Dec Ironworks, Inverness
Friday 6th Dec Picturehouse, Edinburgh
Saturday 7th Dec O2 Academy, Newcastle
Sunday 8th Dec O2 Academy, Leeds
Tuesday 10th Dec The Assembly Rooms, Leamington
Spa
Thursday 12th Dec Rock City, Nottingham
Friday 13th Dec Ritz, Manchester
Saturday 14th Dec Academy, Dublin, EIRE
Tickets for headline shows are priced 22.50GBP
/ 25.00 GBP London (subject to booking fees) –
Dublin is E25. Tickets are available as an exclusive
Planet Rock presale at 9am GMT on Monday 29th
April 2013 via www.planetrock.com/blackstarriders
and on general on sale through all normal outlets
at 9am GMT Thursday 2nd May 2013.
VIP Packages available for all shows - including
meet and greet and special acoustic performance
– available from April 29th via the VIP
package link at: http://www.blackstarriders.com
Special Guests to be announced…
The album will be released as a standard CD and
also as a special edition digi-pak featuring a
bonus track “Right To Be Wrong” and
a “Making of” DVD.
A 24-minute compilation of behind-the-scenes video
reports from the band’s studio time in Los
Angeles can be viewed on YouTube: http://youtu.be/JEx9gD8RPz8
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Iced
Earth Announce 2014 Tour Dates. |
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Thursday 9th
May 2013
ICED EARTH are excited to announce the first part
of their 2014/2015 World Tour, with the tour kicking
off on January 9, 2014 in Saarbrücken, Germany.
Tickets and VIP packages for these shows will
be on sale by the end of April 2013. The band
has been hitting it relentlessly, with the recent
studio album 'DYSTOPIA' being the most toured
album in the band’s illustrious history.
One of the many highlights of the “WORLD
DYSTOPIA TOUR”, a headline show at the historic
Kourion Amphitheatre in Cyprus was recently released
as DVD, Blu-ray, CD and LP, entitled 'Live In
Ancient Kourion'!
Buy 'Live In Ancient Kourion', “Dystopya”
and many other ICED EARTH releases here: http://www.cmdistro.de/Search?q=iced+
The band is currently writing a new studio album
with a slated release date for late 2013. They
will be recording and mixing in between a string
of European festivals this summer.
“We are ready!”, says JON SCHAFFER.
“We are ready to enter the steel pirate
ship that is our tour bus and spend another 18
months traveling the world. We look forward to
reaching even more people and bringing ICED EARTH
to many new territories on this next massive world
tour. We have a very exciting and ground breaking
schedule planned and we will be bringing the METAL
to the masses big time! THIS IS WHAT WE DO!"
ICED EARTH – European Tour 2014:
09.01.2014 GER Saarbrücken Garage
10.01.2014 NED Hengelo Metropol
11.01.2014 BEL Antwerp Trix
12.01.2014 GBR Birmingham O2 Academy
13.01.2014 IRE Dublin Button Factory
14.01.2014 GBR London O2 Academy Islington
15.01.2014 FRA Paris Le Trabendo
17.01.2014 ESP Madrid Sala Caracol
19.01.2014 ESP Valencia Rock City
20.01.2014 ESP Barcelona Razzmatazz 2
22.01.2014 SWI Pratteln Z7
23.01.2014 ITA Romagnano Rock 'n' Roll Arena
24.01.2014 SLO Ljubljana Kino Siska
25.01.2014 CRO Zagreb Pogon Jedinstvo
26.01.2014 BIH Sarajevo Club Sloga
28.01.2014 ROM Bucarest Juke Box
29.01.2014 TUR Istanbul Kucukciftlik Park
31.01.2014 GRE Athens Gagarin 205
01.02.2014 GRE Thessaloniki Principal Club
02.02.2014 BUL Sofia Mixtape 5
04.02.2014 SER Belgrade Dom Omladine
05.02.2014 HUN Budapest Club 202
07.02.2014 GER Nürnberg Rockfabrik
08.02.2014 TCH Zlin Masters Of Rock
09.02.2014 GER München Backstage Werk
11.02.2014 GER Berlin Astra
12.02.2014 GER Köln Essigfabrik
13.02.2014 GER Bochum Zeche
14.02.2014 GER Osnabrück Rosenhof
15.02.2014 GER Hamburg Markthalle
16.02.2014 DEN Copenhagen Vega
18.02.2014 SWE Gothenburg Sticky Fingers
19.02.2014 SWE Stockholm Debaser Medis
22.02.2014 ISR Tel Aviv Reading 3
ICED EARTH - summer festivals 2013:
20.06.2013 GER Sankt Goarshausen Metalfest
21.06.2013 NED Dokkum Dokkem Open Air
22.06.2013 GER Dischingen Rock am Härtsfeldsee
12.07.2013 GER Ballenstedt Rock Harz Open Air
13.07.2013 GER Balingen Bang Your Head Festival
25.07.2013 SLO Tolmin Metaldays
27.07.2013 GER Obersinn Eisenwahn Festival
08.08.2013 SWE Gävle Getaway Rock Festival
10.08.2013 POR Quinta do Ega, Vagos Vagos Open
Air
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Beware
Of Darkness To Support The Smashing Pumpkins. |
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May 2013
Beware of Darkness have been staking a claim to
UK soil over the past few weeks with a series
of live dates including support slots with the
likes of Skunk Anansie and their very own packed-out
headline performances. They’re set to continue
on their UK journey with a stint supporting the
one and only Smashing Pumpkins in July, amongst
various European festival appearances. These dates
include Wembley Arena on 22nd July.
The Los Angeles trio are set to release new single
‘Howl’ on 6th May with its music video
offering up a suitably visceral visual accompaniment.
The track has already been picking up plays at
the likes of XFM, Kerrang! Radio and Q Radio.
Beware of Darkness are also preparing to release
their full length debut album ‘Orthodox’
which will be out on 27th May via Bright Antenna
Records.
This rocking, new power-trio made up of songwriter
and guitarist, Kyle Nicolaides, drummer Tony Cupito,
and bass general Daniel Curcio were weaned on
a heady blend of The Beatles and Led Zeppelin
to form the nucleus of what ‘Orthodox’
brings to your ears. Recorded entirely in two
weeks at the Sound Factory and Valley Recorder
in Hollywood, CA, executive produced and mixed
by Dave Sardy (at his Hillside Recording Studio)
and produced by Greg Gordon and Nicolaides, Beware
of Darkness’ debut-full length will be the
most fun you will have listening to a meditation
on loss, girls, mothers and the implications of
all three on the rest of us.
01/07/13 Manchester - Academy
02/07/13 Glasgow - Academy
09/07/13 Luxembourg - Rockhal
10/07/13 Vienna - Open Air Arena
11/07/13 Slovakia - Pohoda Fes
14/07/13 Italy - Rock in Roma
16/07/13 Vienne - Theatre Antique
18/07/13 Portugal - Mares Vivas Festival
21/07/13 Belgium - Dour Music Festival
22/07/13 London - Wembley Arena
24/07/13 Switzerland - Paleo Festival
26/07/13 Amsterdam - Paradiso 1
27/07/13 Tilburg - 013
29/07/13 Stockholm - Cirkus
30/07/13 Oslo - Centrum Scene
31/07/13 Copenhagen - Falconer
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Capture
The Crown Announce UK Tour. |
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Michael
Monroe To Release New Studio Album 'Horns And Halos'. |
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 Thursday 9th
May 2013
Vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, uber-energetic
front-man & all-round rock ‘n’
roll legend, Michael Monroe, has confirmed the
release of new studio album, ‘Horns And
Halos’, for August 26th 2013 via Spinefarm
Records; this is the follow-up to 2011’s
critically-acclaimed ‘Sensory Overdrive’,
winner of Classic Rock Magazine’s ‘Album
Of The Year’ and a No. 1 record in MM’s
Finnish homeland.
Monroe’s touring & recording outfit
– bassist Sami Yaffa (ex-Hanoi Rocks/New
York Dolls), guitarist Steve Conte (ex-New York
Dolls/Company Of Wolves), guitarist Dregen (Backyard
Babies, formerly of Hellacopters fame) and drummer
Karl ‘Rockfist’ Rosqvist (ex-Chelsea
Smiles/Danzig) – have been hard at work
in the studio, providing creative support for
a frontman whose reputation is genuinely global
and whose influence continues to be felt, with
musicians of all ages (from Dave Grohl to the
original Gun n’ Roses’ members) citing
Michael’s ground-breaking career as a source
of inspiration.
Indeed, the video for the first single to be drawn
from ‘Horns And Halos’, ‘Ballad
Of The Lower East Side’, includes a nod
to Michael’s early days in New York, a city
he moved to for a decade following the mid-’80s
break up of glam punk pioneers, Hanoi Rocks. The
clip – directed by celebrated videographer/photographer
Ville Juurikkala, who has photographed Michael
for the past 10 years as well as working with
Linkin Park, Good Charlotte & HIM, amongst
others – features archive footage &
photos of Michael in prime Big Apple mode, interlaced
with current live & backstage scenes.
Says Michael: -
“‘Ballad Of The Lower East Side’
is about New York, and especially that particular
area – what it was way back in the days
when I lived there; it shows how times have changed
and how it is today. New York has always been
an important city for me since I lived there for
10 years, and two members of our band still live
there. It's the City of all Cities!”
‘Ballad Of The Lower East Side’ will
be made available digitally on April 19th via
Spinefarm Records; a limited edition coloured
vinyl 7” version will follow via What Records
exclusively – www.whatrecords.co.uk
A string of MM UK shows/festivals will be announced
shortly for 2013.
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Chthonic
To Release New Album In June. |
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May 2013
TAIWANESE METALLERS, Chthonic, have confirmed
a June 3rd release for their seventh studio album,
‘Bú-Tik’, via Spinefarm Records.
Recorded at Sweden’s Sweetspot Studio by
producer Rickard Bengtson, who also worked on
2011’s ‘Takasago Army’, ‘Bú-Tik’
sees the band returning to the scene with their
signature brand of symphonic ‘orient metal’,
as they choose to define it; as usual, the musicians
continue on their mission to build awareness of
the myths of Taiwan and thetragic events in their
country's history.
‘Bú-Tik’ – based around
the story of the 228 Massacre, the Bú-Tik
Palace and the Mirror Of Retribution – highlights
“righteous violence & justifiable defence”;
once more, it takes the listener deep into the
folklore & history of exotic Taiwan…
Says bassist and band spokesperson, Doris Yeh:-
“We are very proud to present ‘Bú-Tik’
to the world; it talks about self-defence, righteous
violence and the armed spirits! With this album,
we have pushed ourselves to achieve new heights
– heights we've never imagined before! We
are leading metal fans to the next episode of
Chthonic!”
Track-listing:-
01. Arising Armament (intro)
02. Supreme Pain For The Tyrant
03. Sail Into The Sunset’s Fire
04. Next Republic
05. Rage Of My Sword
06. Between Silence And Death
07. Resurrection Pyre
08. Set Fire To The Island
09. Defenders Of Bu-tik Palace
10. Undying Rearmament (Outro)
First single, 'Defenders Of Bú-Tik Palace’,
will be made available digitally shortly via Spinefarm
Records, with a very special video to follow…
“For this clip, the first in a series of
four, we decided to put ourselves through one
month of martial arts training, to prepare ourselves
properly,” explains Doris. “Finally,
a couple of days ago, we filmed the video over
a 24 hour period, and we are all now covered in
bruises and completely exhausted… it’s
not easy to go at it for such an extended period!”
ON THE live front, Chthonic are confirmed to play
on the Pepsi Max Stage on Saturday, June 15th
at the Download Festival 2013, set to take place
over the weekend of June 14th - 16th at its historical
stamping ground of Donington Park.
Chthonic last appeared at Download in 2011, but
for this follow-up show they are returning in
greater numbers, the plan being to utilise the
skills of the oriental orchestra…
Say Doris:-
“This is the first time we’ll have
played with the orchestra outside of Taiwan. We’re
really hoping to present a show that people will
be talking about for some time to come…”
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The
Maine Get Happy. |
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 Friday 19th
April 2013
Phoenix, Arizona’s The Maine have just released
‘Happy’, the first single off the
forthcoming album 'Forever Halloween', available
for purchase and stream along with the pre order
bundles for the album.
The Maine will release their fourth studio album
Forever Halloween worldwide on June 4th. The record
will be released via Rude Records in Europe, UK,
Southeast Asia, Australia and Japan, and independently
in the US in partnership with their management
team Eighty One Twenty Three.
The album, produced by Brendan Benson of The Raconteurs,
will be the band’s second consecutive self-funded
release following their departure from Warner
Bro. Records.
"To be seen and treated as an equal by someone
you hold in high regard is a gratifying and refreshing
feeling” says frontman John O’Callaghan
on working with Benson. “[He] opened his
studio doors,
did that and much more which helped provide the
platform to create an album we can now all stand
behind."
Look for The Maine’s new album Forever Halloween
on June 4th and check out www.wearethemaine.net
for more information.
Forever Halloween Track Listing:
1. Take What You Can Carry
2. Love & Drugs
3. Run
4. White Walls
5. Happy
6. Birthday in Los Angeles
7. Blood Red
8. Kennedy Curse
9. Sad Songs
10. F**ked Up Kids
11. These Four Words
12. Forever Halloween
The Maine is John O'Callaghan, Garrett Nickelsen,
Pat Kirch, Kennedy Brock, and Jared Monaco.
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Alice
In Chains Premier New Video. |
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 Friday 19th
April 2013
US rock legends Alice In Chains have just premiered
the video for their new single ‘Stone’
on Vevo. Gorgeously shot and cinematic in scope,
it was filmed in the Lucerne Valley in California
by director Roboshobo (Metallica, Green Day, Mastodon)
and comes hot on the heels of the ‘Stone’
lyric video.
‘Stone’ is already sailing straight
into the US Top 10 rock chart, and follows the
number one hit single ‘Hollow’ which
was the first track from the band’s forthcoming
new album.
Early listens to the album have cemented Alice
In Chains’ position as one of the most influential
and significant US rock bands of the last 30 years,
resulting in a swathe of front covers across American
media. In their cover story on the band, Electronic
Musician called THE DEVIL PUT DINOSAURS HERE "a
multi-layered monster," adding that "every
song rocks, sways and convulses in grand AIC style."
In their cover piece on Sean Kinney, Drum! magazine
described the album as "bluesier and more
off the cuff than anything Alice In Chains has
done since, well, ever. Although more pop than
previous records, it's cut with a particular sourness
that befits the band's curdled worldview. If [previous
album] Black Gives Way To Blue recaptured the
Northwest gothic Alice In Chains patented two
decades ago, Dinosaur digs past the broad strokes
of grunge in search of hard rock as haunted and
shadow-filled as the pines ringing Puget Sound."
Revolver magazine, who led the way with their
cover feature last month, called it one of Alice
In Chains' "heaviest and most challenging
records yet."
Alice In Chains - Stones video link
http://www.vevo.com/watch/alice-in-chains/stone/USVI31300003
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Slam
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 Friday 19th
April 2013
SLAM DUNK organizers are looking for budding designers
to flex their creative muscles with the annual
T-shirt design competition. They are just asking
people to send their design for this years festival
shirt to- competitions@slamdunkmusic.com with
the title ‘T-Shirt Comp’. GOOD LUCK!!!!
SLAM DUNK can ALSO now announce the final 5 bands
per site that have been chosen as finalists for
the Battle Of The Bands competition. Picked by
a select panel of music insiders and experts that
include Jen Walker of Kerrang! Magazine and Matt
Stocks of Kerrang! Radio, the bands/finalists
are below. To chose a band, just head to theSLAM
DUNK Facebook, and register your vote - https://www.facebook.com/slamdunkltd
SCOTLAND
Wolves At Heart - http:/www.facebook.com/wolvesatheart
The Goodyear - www.facebook.com/thegoodyearrock
Lazarus - http://www.facebook.com/LazarusUK\
To Kill Achilles - http://www.facebook.com/tokillachilles
Mechanical Smile - www.facebook.com/mechanicalsmile
NORTH
Above The Underground - www.facebook.com/abovetheundergrounduk
Calls Landing - http://www.facebook.com/callslanding
The King Is Dead - www.facebook.com/thekingisdeaduk
Silver Story - http://www.facebook.com/SilverStoryBand
Dead Winter - www.facebook.com/deadwinteruk
SOUTH
Leagues - http://www.facebook.com/leaguesuk
As It Is - http://www.facebook.com/asitisofficial
Keepsafe - http://www.facebook.com/keepsafeuk
Roam – www.facebook.com/roamuk
Beyond Recall - http://www.facebook.com/beyondrecalluk
MIDLANDS
Fans Of Faye - www.facebook.com/fansoffayeuk
Audio Disease - http://www.facebook.com/AudioDisease
Taking Hayley - http://www.facebook.com/takinghayleyuk
Boundary - http://www.facebook.com/boundaryband
Café De Kashmir - www.facebook.com/cafedekashmir
WALES
Set Aside - http://www.facebook.com/setasideofficial
Detached - http://www.facebook.com/detachedska
Hot Damn - www.facebook.com/hotdamnuk
Here Lies The Enemy - http://www.facebook.com/HereLiesTheEnemy
Neck Deep - http://www.facebook.com/neckdeepuk
IRELAND
The Winter Passing - http://www.facebook.com/TheWinterPassing
Tonight, We Live - www.facebook.com/tonightwelive
Excel 21 - http://www.facebook.com/#/EXcel21Band
Alice Can’t Turn Left – http://www.facebook.com/AliceCantTurnLeftACTL
All It’s Worth - www.facebook.com/Allitsworth
SLAM DUNK FESTIVAL FINAL LINE UP/EVENT DETAILS:
Saturday 25th May: Slam Dunk Festival North. Leeds
University
Sunday 26th May: Slam Dunk Festival South. The
Forum, Hatfield
Monday 27th May: Slam Dunk Festival Midlands.
Wolverhampton Civic
B New Additions: ITCH, Devil Sold His Soul,
Gavin Butler (The Blackout), William Beckett (The
Academy Is) Ace Enders (The Early November / I
Can Make A Mess), Chas Palmer Williams (Lightyear),
Class Of 92 (Matty from A Loss For Words), Sophomore
(Alex From Decade), Marc Halls (Hey Vanity)
Previously announced: All Time Low, Deaf Havana,
Four Year Strong, Sleeping With Sirens, The Skints,
Pierce The Veil, Kids In Glass Houses, Cancer
Bats, Bury Tomorrow, Heights, Heart In Hand, Tonight
Alive, Heroes For Hire, House VS Hurricane, Chunk!
No, Captain Chunk!, [Spunge], Blitz Kids, Gnarwolves
& The American Scene, The Early November,
Allister, We Are The Ocean, The Wonder Years,
Memphis May Fire, King Prawn, Streetlight Manifesto,
Andrew McMahon, Senses Fail, Woe Is Me, The Word
Alive, Polar Bear Club, Yashin, Man Overboard,
The Summer Set, Transit, Mallory Knox, MC Lars,
Jonny Craig, Me Vs Hero, Fireworks, The Story
So Far, Handguns, Hands Like Houses, Our Last
Night
Tickets for Slam Dunk Festival are £34 or
£38 including the infamous aftershow party
(please note aftershow party is 18+). For details
go to www.slamdunkmusic.com
Additional Slam Dunk Regional events around the
Festival
Friday 24th May, Slam Dunk Scotland, O2 ABC Glasgow
(Four Year Strong, Pierce The Veil, Memphis May
Fire, The Early November, The Wonder Years, Man
Overboard, Woe is Me & Hands Like Houses)
Tickets: £15 available from www.gigsinscotland.com,
08444 999 990
Aftershow info to be announced soon
Tuesday 28th May, Slam Dunk Wales, Cardiff University
(Four Year Strong, Pierce The Veil, Memphis May
Fire, The Early November, The Wonder Years, Man
Overboard, Woe is Me & Hands Like Houses)
Tickets: £15 or £18 including aftershow
available from www.ticketline.co.uk
02920 230130
Wednesday 29th May, Slam Dunk Ireland, The Academy
Dublin (Four Year Strong, The Wonder Years, Bury
Tomorrow, Yashin, Man Overboard, Fireworks, Jody
Has A Hitlist, Wounds & Red Enemy)
Tickets: 18 Euros or 22 Euros (inc booking fee)
available from www.ticketmaster.ie
All shows are 14 + and all aftershows 18+. All
Tickets on sale now!
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Heavens
Basement Announce UK Headline Tour. |
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Blood
Command Announce UK Tour. |
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Dinosaur
Pile Up Unleash New video with Diana Vickers. |
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Frank
Turner Announced As Main Stage Headliner At 2000Trees. |
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 Wednesday 17th
April 2013
2000trees Festival organisers today revealed Frank
Turner will return to headline the 2000trees main
stage. The announcement was made via video interview
between Frank and ‘Trees’ organiser
James Scarlett - see http://youtu.be/-THOz97hhOo
Says James: “Frank headlined the first ever
2000trees in 2007 so it feels a bit like he’s
coming home. To celebrate we asked him to suggest
a few acts that he is a fan of and would go down
well at Trees - it gives an amazing new dimension
to our line up!”
Frank Turner says: “I’m very excited
about coming back to 2000trees. It was very early
days for me when I played the first ever festival
in 2007, I remember it was a really exciting,
cool, new festival to do and to be involved in,
it was a good time.
“I’m bringing with me some of my closest,
favourite musicians in the world. I’m going
to be there for the whole festival and I’m
just really looking forward to being part of 2000trees
again, it’s a beautiful festival.”
The full list of bands announced today includes
Jim Lockey & the Solemn Sun, TTNG, That Fucking
Tank, Emily Barker & the Red Clay Halo, Hold
Your Horse Is, Oxygen Thief, The All New Adventures
Of Us, 20p & A Packet Of Crisps, Crowns and
Fighting with Wire (playing their final ever UK
show).
James continued: “Frank has had a crazy
year – headlining Wembley Arena, performing
at the Olympics opening ceremony and touring the
world – so this is a rare chance to see
him perform at a much more intimate event and
get up close and personal. He’s been a big
supporter of 2000trees and we’re so excited
to have him back”.
Frank Turner will perform on the main stage on
Friday July 12th. Mystery Jets will headline the
same stage on Saturday.
The bands already announced include: Stornoway,
King Charles, Funeral for a Friend, And So I Watch
You From Afar, We Are The Ocean, InMe, Adebisi
Shank, Stealing Sheep, Nine Black Alps, Fight
Like Apes, Hilda May, Childhood, Beans on Toast,
Cold Crows Dead, Brontide, Sky Larkin, Park Bench
Society, Bovine, Wot Gorilla?, The Family Rain,
Emperor Yes, Portasound, Stagecoach, Gunning for
Tamar, The Crimea, Rat Attack, Andy Oliveri, The
Arteries, Axes, Black Art, Bermuda Ern, Cauls,
The Cadbury Sisters, Casimir, Velcro Hooks and
Hot Feet, The Physics House Band, Her Name Is
Calla, John J Presley, Bats, Hot Feet, Gnarwolves,
The Retrospective Soundtrack Players, Empress,
Black Moth, Crash of Rhino's, Landscapes, Wet
Nuns, Grappler, Bear Cavalry and WOAHNOWS.
Plus Thursday’s Early Entry night includes
Future of the Left, The Xcerts, Gallops, Max Raptor,
Freeze the Atlantic and EMPIRE, but tickets are
almost sold out for this extra evening of fun
and music.
Tickets – including a limited number of
Early Entry passes - are available from www.twothousandtreesfestival.co.uk.
The website also has line-up links to hear all
the acts.
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Lamb
Of God Announce Dublin And Belfast Shows. |
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 Wednesday
17th April 2013
Continuing the support of their six album, 'Resolution',
Lamb of God announce today further European dates
for August including headline shows in Dublin
and Belfast, around their already revealed headline
slot at the Bloodstock Open Air Festival in Derbyshire.
Historically, the band has always done the June
festivals in Europe and this marks Lamb of God’s
first appearance at the August festivals. Headline
shows throughout Europe will make up the dates
between festivals. This tour follows the already
announced U.S tour scheduled for May and the band's
Metal on the Mountain Retreat in July.
The Metal on the Mountain Retreat - scheduled
for July 15-19th at the Full Moon Resort in Big
Indian, New York - is pleased to welcome ESP Guitars
as a sponsor. ESP is making available to registrants
the ability to purchase at a very discounted price
an LTD Electric Guitar available in multiple colours
signed by the entire band at the retreat. In addition,
ESP has donated the brand new Willie Adler War
Bird signature model to be awarded to one of the
campers on the final day of the retreat. This
guitar will also be signed by all 5 band members.
For more information on the 'Metal On The Mountain'
retreat go to metalonthemountain.com.
Lamb Of God return to the UK in August, to headline
the Bloodstock Open Air Festival alongside King
Diamond and Slayer. Lamb Of God will close the
main stage on the Saturday evening. This will
be the band's only UK festival performance this
year. The band are also pleased to add headline
shows in Dublin and Belfast following Bloodstock,
on August 11 and 12 respectively. These shows
are the first time the band will play in the UK
since Blythe's arrest last summer and recent exoneration.
The European dates this summer are now as follows:
01/08/2013- Resurrection Festival- Viveiro, Spain
03/08/2013- Wacken Open Air- Rendsburg, Germany
04/08/2013- Essigfabrik- Cologne, Germany
05/08/2013- Markthalle- Hamburg,Germany
06/08/2013- Columbia Club- Berlin, Germany
08/08/2013- Get Away Rock- Gävle, Sweden
10/08/2013- Bloodstock Open Air- Derbyshire, United
Kingdom
11/08/2013- Olympia Theatre- Dublin, Ireland
12/08/2013- The Limelight- Belfast, Northern Ireland
15/08/2013- Melkweg- Amsterdam, Netherlands
16/08/2013- Summer Breeze- Dinkelsbuehl, Germany
17/08/2013- Pukkelpop- Hasselt, Belgium
18/08/2013- Le Bataclan- Paris, France
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Him
Unleash New Video. |
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 Wednesday 17th
April 2013
The track, taken from the band’s forthcoming
new album Tears On Tape (Cooking Vinyl) –
is available as part of the album pre-order on
the iTunes Store HERE (http://bit.ly/HIMiTunes).
“Tears On Tape” is the first official
video from the much-anticipated new album.
The video “Tears on Tape” was directed
by Stefan Lindfors. Lindfors also directed HIM’s
classic, award-winning “Funeral of Hearts”
video 10 years ago.
The album Tears On Tape will be released on April
29th on Cooking Vinyl in the UK. The album will
also be released on April 26th in Finland and
April 30th in the US.
In addition to the 13 new tracks, the very exclusive
and very limited “Fanpack”, presented
by Metal Hammer magazine and DoubleCross Records
features some not-to-be-found-anywhere-else content.
Exclusively available from 29th April for four
weeks, it comes with a bespoke 132-page magazine
edited by frontman Ville Valo himself that plays
as the ultimate sleeve notes to the album, including:
• Full studio album + 2 bonus tracks (“Buried
Alive By Love” & “The Kiss Of
Dawn” recorded live in the studio ).
• Giant double-sided door poster
• Exclusive interviews with Ville Valo and
all members of HIM
• An extended track-by-track guide to ‘Tears
On Tape’
• An interview with the architects behind
the sound of Love Metal Hiili Hiilesmaa and Tim
Palmer
• A detailed guide to HIM’s extensive
back-catalogue
• The true, exclusive story of the Heartagram
• An exclusive gallery from the band’s
own private collections
Interviews by the band with as assortment of their
own heroes
Tears on Tape is the Finnish rock band’s
eighth official album and was recorded in their
home country with long-time producer Hiili Hiilesmaa
and mixed by long time-band associate, Tim Palmer
(U2, Ozzy Osbourne, Pearl Jam, Robert Plant).
HIM’s upcoming headline show at London’s
Dingwalls on the 26th sold out in a matter of
minutes. The band will also be appearing at this
years Download Festival on Friday 14th June, headlining
the Pepsi Max stage.
Formed in 1992 by vocalist Ville Valo, guitarist
Mikko “Linde” Lindström, and
bassist Mikko “Migé” Paananen,
HIM’s previous albums have seen them win
a worldwide following, becoming the first Finnish
act to achieve platinum sales in the U.S. HIM’s
current lineup is Valo (Vocals), Linde (Guitars),
Migé (Bass), Burton (Keyboards), and Gas
(Drums).
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Voodoo
Six To Support Iron Maiden. |
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