It’s a meeting of the frontmen, as WEDNESDAY (Wednesday 13) and MIKE MONROE (Hanoi Rocks) plan to appear at COVENT GARDENS FOPP RECORDS for a one off in-store signing. The event will take place on Thursday 30th October 2008, the night before their joint Halloween spectacular at the London Astoria.
The signing will feature an EXCLUSIVE RELEASE of Wednesday 13’s “F**K IT, WE’LL DO IT LIVE” DVD, which is being released as the first instalment of GLOBAL MUSIC’S “LIVE&LOUD” COLLECTION. A limited number of the Wednesday 13 Live DVD will be available at the signing, so get their early to get your hands on a copy before anyone else, otherwise you’ll have to wait until the official release on November 10th 2008.
Also available, will be the re-release of the Hanoi Rocks, LIMITED EDITION STREET POETRY DIGI-PACK.
Oct 10th
Dear Superstar
Announce Tour With Hanoi Rocks
Following their recent touring success, DEAR SUPERSTAR have just announced their imminent return to UK stages with Finnish rock legends HANOI ROCKS this November.
Having recently completed a string of UK and Finnish Tours with the likes of Firewind, Bullet For My Valentine and Kids in Glass Houses in support of their forthcoming album “Heartless” which is released on 20th October, we caught up with Mancunian bad-boy grit-rockers DEAR SUPERSTAR for an update on their breaking news:
Lead Singer, Micky Satiar: "We've had an insane year so far! After signing to DR2 Records and spending most of the year on the road, we have made a substantial dent on the UK. Our recent support tours have allowed us to hit much bigger stages and we had the chance to show the UK what Dear Superstar are made of. We have pulled absolutely no punches onstage and hit these tours at 110mph! With a relentless tour schedule for the foreseeable future - we aren’t slowing down for no-one!”
Quickly becoming one of the UK's premiere rock and roll debauchery titans - DEAR SUPERSTAR will be rocking hard and partying even harder with Hanoi Rocks on the following dates:
01.11. Nottingham @ Rock City
02.11. Birmingham @ Academy 2
03.11. Manchester @ Academy 2
04.11. Glasgow @ Garage
05.11. Newcastle @ Academy
Oct 10th
You Me At Six To
Support Fall Out Boy
You Me At Six are thrilled to announce they will be supporting Fall Out Boy on their October UK arena tour. The 3-date tour, which already features Bostonians Boys Like Girls, kicks off in Birmingham on October 19. While the dates fall in the middle of You Me At Six’s headline tour, the band have rescheduled three of their dates and original tickets remain valid for these shows. The new tour dates are as follows:
15.10.2008 MIDDLESBROUGH EMPIRE
16.10.2008 NORWICH WATERFRONT
17.10.2008 NOTTINGHAM RESCUE ROOMS
18.10.2008 WOLVERHAMPTON WULFRUN
19.10.2008 BIRMINGHAM NEC – SUPPORTING FALL OUT BOY
20.10.2008 NORTHAMPTON ROADMENDER – RESCHEDULED SHOW
21.10.2008 GLASGOW SECC HALL 4 – SUPPORTING FALL OUT BOY
22.10.2008 LONDON WEMBLEY ARENA – SUPPORTING FALL OUT BOY
23.10.2008 MANCHESTER ACADEMY 2
24.10.2008 LIVERPOOL ACADEMY 1
25.10.2008 SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY
26.10.2008 OXFORD ACADEMY
27.10.2008 LONDON ASTORIA
28.10.2008 CARDIFF SOLUS
29.10.2008 BRIGHTON KOMEDIA
30.10.2008 EXETER PHOENIX
03.11.2008 GLASGOW ABC 1 – RESCHEDULED SHOW
04.11.2008 LEEDS MET UNIVERSITY – RESCHEDULED SHOW
Singer Josh Franceschi said “We are honoured to be playing shows as big as these with a band that we all love. However it was a tough decision as we never want to risk inconveniencing our fans by changing the dates of our shows. However, we found days to reschedule the shows so that makes minimum hassle for everyone.”
A collection of 13 anthems for our time, You Me At Six’s debut album Take Off Your Colours reflects the changing musical landscape within the current UK rock scene. No longer are most bands striving to go back to their hardcore roots. They are influenced by bands such as Fall Out Boy and Paramore, who still belonging to the scene and have incorporated an element of pop into their guitar heavy song writing to produce Radio One worthy hits. The album is out now on Slam Dunk Records.
Oct 10th
Thunder Go Bang!
THUNDER have announced a trio of splendid things in support of the imminent release of their 9th studio album "Bang!" on November 3rd.
1. Party! They've arranged a launch party at The Hard Rock Cafe in Manchester on October 27th. It's free to get in, but you must have a ticket, and sadly they are like hens teeth. Lucky attendees will get to hear Bang! a week before anyone else, and the band will play an acoustic show too, before mingling with fans and signing autographs. It'll be a bit like a great big meet & greet, only with burgers...
2. Free Song Download: You can download a song from Bang! for free, yes that's FREE!
3. Thunder Xmas Show: Details for the band's 2008 Xmas show have just been announced, and it promises to be as festive and magnificent as ever.
Full details on how to get your hands on all of these things are at www.thunderonline.com, along with links to pre-order "Bang!" and tickets for the November tour.
Oct 10th
Seether Hit The UK
As Special Guests To Staind
South-African bred, Los Angeles-based rockers SEETHER have just confirmed they'll be heading back to the UK in January as Special Guests to STAIND!!
Currently on tour with Staind throughout the US, all through October, November and December, the four-piece have enjoyed huge commercial and critical success with latest album 'Finding Beauty In Negative Spaces', with it shifting nearly half a million copies and debuting at #9 on the Billboard Chart!!
Catch the guys on British soil at one of the following:
January 2009
Wednesday 21 Glasgow, Garage
Thursday 22 Manchester, Academy
Friday 23 Sheffield, Academy
Sunday 25 Birmingham, Academy
Monday 26 London, Astoria
Oct 10th
Hellmouth Sign
With Ferret
Ferret Music has announced the signing of Michigan’s Hellmouth.
With nods to bands like Celtic Frost, Black Flag, Venom, Black Sabbath and Disfear, Hellmouth is drawing from its members' past while carving its own disgusting sound. Hellmouth's grim reality could only have been spawned from the likes of Detroit. With the worst economy in the country, corrupt politicians and Ted Nugent, it's no wonder the members band’s music turned out this raw and punishing.
The band have sold out of their nine song demo released earlier this year and are currently writing for their Ferret debut to be released later this year.
Speaking on the signing Alex from the band said “Ferret's a mature label that can really help us out with publicity, shows and most importantly getting our music heard by as many people as possible. On the flipside, I think our diligence as a band will in turn help ferret by pushing Hellmouth into the public as much as possible. and most importantly by recording a fucking evil monster of an album.”
Oct 10th
Fighstar Ready To
Invade Your School
MySpace, the world’s premier social network, is giving 14-18 year olds a once in a lifetime chance to host a school party with some of the biggest names in the music industry with a nationwide competition - School Invasions.
From today, students are invited to visit the School Invasions profile at www.myspace.com/schoolinvasions to enter their school in the competition. The prize includes an all-expenses paid party with appearances from Kate Nash, The Wombats, DJ Ironik and Fightstar. The school that receives the most votes on the profile will host the event.
As well as winning their own exclusive party, the school will receive £10,000 worth of music equipment and a music masterclass with an established band. As part of the workshop, the band will share tales of how they got started and offer tips and advice about getting into the music industry.
This announcement follows the recent success of the MySpace Bus at the Underage Festival in Victoria Park, London, where top acts played intimate gigs for 14-18 yr old fans.
Dom Cook, Head of Entertainment at MySpace UK, said: “We recognise that under-18s are passionate about music and use MySpace on a daily basis to connect with and discover great artists and bands. We want to give something back to this dedicated community of young fans by encouraging them to learn more about music in school, while also giving them the party of a lifetime.”
Oct 10th
Enter Shikari
Enter Shikari, currently on tour in the UK and ready to release their new single “We Can Breathe In Space…” [November 3rd], have a video of themselves practicing a new song tentatively titled “Antwerpen
'We Can Breathe In Space, They Just Don't Want Us To Escape' and it will be on the shelves of record shops (as many as are left these days anyway), online retailers, and digital outlets in the UK from November 3rd. The single will be once again released on the band's own Ambush Reality label.
This version of 'We Can Breathe In Space' is a drastic re-working of a song originally demoed by the band way back in the mists of time (though popular amongst fans thanks to its brisk trade on file sharing / P2P sites, despite being missing from the live set for the past couple of years). The track was recorded in East London during the summer 2008 during a break in writing sessions for the follow up to the top 5 gold sales certified album 'Take To The Skies'. It is the first new recording to be released by Enter Shikari since June 2007.
'We Can Breathe In Space' was produced by Andy Gray who (aside from writing the theme tune to evil Channel 4 show Big Brother) has previously worked with the likes of Radiohead, U2, Paul Oakenfold, Gary Numan and Korn.
Oct 10th
My MInd's Weapon
BASICK RECORDS are stoked to announce that MY MINDS WEAPON have signed to Germany's DRAKKAR ENTERTAINMENT for release throughout Europe !
In a developing licensing deal between Basick an Drakkar the band will see thier debut album 'The Carrion Sky' released throughout mainland Europe via Sony BMG on November 28th 2008. This will include Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden and Poland. The bands second album (currently in the writing stages) will also be released by the awesome German label best know for breaking acts such as NIGHTWISH, LORDI and KREATOR.
Here's the official statement from Drakkar label boss, Marius Kopec:
"MY MINDS WEAPON are among the new league of British metal acts which impress their audience with demanding artistic standards, intelligent lyrics and amazing perfection. MY MINDS WEAPON’s music is sinister, oppressive, technical and i was instantly wowed by their brutal mix of tech metal and metalcore in combination with a tremendous atmospheric density."
