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Kings of Leon have released their new video for Sex on Fire.  The band, from Nashville in Tennessee, have set the date for their first single from the eagerly awaited 4th album, titled ‘Only By The Night’, due 23rd of September.

Kings of Leon were introduced to us back in 2003 with their first single, Holy Roller Novocaine.  The band members are Caleb, Nathan and Jared Followill who are all brothers, and their cousin, Matthew.

Early this year, Caleb Followill, frontman of the band, stated to NME Magazine that they would be recording tracks for their fourth album, Only By The Night , produced by Jacquire King and Angelo Petraglia, as soon as they had finished their tour.

They have already released three videos to youtube which are Sex on Fire, Manhattan and Crawl which was released as a gratuitous download on the Kings of Leon official site.

Tour dates for the new album to follow so keep watching this space!

Kings of Leon

Machine Head, Slipknot and Children of Bodom have announced a UK tour in December of this year.

The bands have clubbed together for this fantastic metal tour which promises fans an unbelievable night to remember.

Starting at the London Apollo and finishing at the Sheffield Arena, the bands are doing a national UK tour focussing on all the main cities.

The complete list of dates are:

1st December - London Apollo
2nd December - London Apollo
5th December - Cardiff Arena
7th December - Birmingham NIA
8th December - Glasgow SECC
9th December - Manchester MEN
11th December - Newcastle Metro
12th December - Sheffield Arena

Tickets will be available from 27th August at 9:00am so get your credit cards at the ready!!!!

You can purchase tickets from Aloud or alternatively call the credit card hotline which is 0870 998 8888.

See you there and feel free to send in your reviews.

Coheed and Cambria have announced tour dates for the UK this November.  It is the Neverender tour where they play all 4 of their albums in succession over 4 dates at the London Astoria.

The American band originally formed in 1995 and were known as Shabűtie until Nate Kelley left the band and replaced by Claudio Sanchez in 2001.

The band have produced 4 concept albums following the story line of The Amory Wars which has been compiled by Sanchez.

You can choose a four day ticket or choose the shows individually.  Listings as follows:

The Second Stage Turbine Blade - December 1st 2008
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth:3 - December 2nd 2008
Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV, Vol. 1 - December 3rd 2008
No World for Tomorrow - December 4th 2008

There is an additional option for fan club members who splash out and buy the VIP pack and they will have a meet and greet with the band and get to watch an afternoon acoustic set on the final day.

For more details of the fanclub sale, which starts on 21st August, go the the Coheed and Cambria official web site.

The 4 day ticket will set you back £66.00, only available in advance, and the individual tickets will be £16.50 for each show.

You can purchase your tickets from Aloud.

The prodigy have announced 6 UK tour dates for December.

Tickets go on sale on 21st August from Aloud at 10:00am

Dates and venues as follows:


7th December - The Academy, Liverpool
8th December - The Academy, Glasgow
9th December - The Academy, Birmingham
11th December - The Academy, Sheffield
12th December - Brixton Academy
13th December - Brixton Academy

In Krugersdorp, South Africa, a schoolboy, dressed as Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, went on a killing spree at his school.

The pupil, who has yet to be named, stabbed his classmate with a sword and then went on to attack 2 gardeners at NIC Diederichs Technical High School.

A spokesperson,  Jacob Raboroko, Captain from the Johannesburg police issued the following statement.

“He stabbed one of the schoolkids in the neck and he died,” said Raboroko. “He then went further and stabbed a gardener in the back and another gardener in the face. They were taken to hospital in serious conditions.”

The boy, thought to have been on narcotics at the time, made a horrific claim as he was taken in to custody.

“Satan told me to kill the children”

Our hearts are with the victims families at this time and we wish a full recovery to the injured.

Well this is certainly going to give some bad press to one of our favourite bands, and those who follow them.

We certainly shall not be believing it!

Virgin/EMI are suing 30 Seconds to Mars for an apparent breach of contract!  That’s not the funny part.  They’re suing the increasingly successful band in excess of $30,000,000!!!!!

The case, which was filed on 15th August, was supposed to be kept away from the public but has managed to get out into the big wide world.

Jared Leto, front man for 30 Seconds To Mars responded to the proceedings.

“So, as you may have heard we are being sued by our former record company for the ridiculously oversized, totally unrealistic and pretty silly (but slightly clever) sum of $30,000,000.  Insane? Yea that’s what we said too.”

In a more official response on the 30 Seconds to Mars official site.

“We have been sued by the corporation quite simply because roughly 45 days ago we exercised our legal right to terminate our old, out of date contract, which, according to the law is null and void,” the statement continued. “If you think the fact that we have sold in excess of two million records and have never been paid a penny is pretty unbelievable. Well, so do we. And the fact that EMI informed us that not only aren’t they going to pay us AT ALL but that we are still 1.4 million dollars in debt to them is even crazier. That the next record we make will be used to pay off that old supposed debt just makes you start wondering what is going on. Shouldn’t a record company be able to turn a profit from selling that many records? Or, at the very least, break even? We think so.”

The answer is no, so panic no more!! My Chemical Romance are not splitting up, just taking a break to carry on with the ‘normal’ things in life.

Normal things in life? As normal as they can get for the popular band.  Front man Gerard Way, who recently married girlfriend Lyn-Z, bass player from Mindless Self Indulgence, is taking time to enjoy marital bliss and work on a follow-up comic book to The Umbrella Academy as well as a ‘top secret’ graphic novel for DC Comics.

Mikey Way, bass guitarist and Gerard’s bro, has also started work on a comic book.  Ray Toro is gigging with a Weezer cover band and at the same time, arranging his wedding to fiancee Krista.  Bob Bryar, MCR drummer, is having a well deserved rest with his family in Chicago and Frank Iero, guitarist, is working on his project, Leathermouth.

In a recent interview with MTV, Gerard told them why they are taking a break from the band.

“We can’t make any more music unless we live.  When we get a chance, we’re going to get together and do some demos and start rolling. But we’re going to take it slow. I feel like we needed to be away for a while. People need to kind of miss us because there was a point in the last two-and-a-half years where you could have seen us at least once a month if you wanted.”

Planning has already started on their fourth album which is going to be a completely different sound to previous albums.

Gerard Way commented, “I’m already starting to get the ideas and the aesthetics and everything [for the record]. It’s [going to be] very different from The Black Parade.”

“It’s hard to say at this point, but musically, how Black Parade tapped into the glam, classic rock of Queen and Ziggy Stardust, this taps into something different - not punk, but maybe in its proto sense. The aesthetic - it is extremely different, and it is more stripped-down too.”

“It will be more direct, more about life, and have more social commentary in there.  That’s where it’s kind of heading now. It won’t be a ‘boohoo’ record about ‘Oh, we got famous,’ but a commentary on how the world is now.”

After recent news that Sky Movies and MTV are collaborating to remake the ‘classic’ rock musical, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, that has spawned millions of fans, it appears that the creator, Richard O’Brien, is to have no part in it.

Originally recorded in 1975, starring Susan Sarandon, Meatloaf and of course, the magnificent Tim Curry as Frankenfurter, it appears that Richard O’Brien has not given his blessing to the reinvention of his masterpiece and is to have no input into the film.

O’Brien, in a recent interview with the BBC, stated,

“I have no view on whether it should be remade but it doesn’t have my blessing. I’m not co-producing it and I won’t be involved in any way.”

“The first I heard about it was when people sent me cuttings from US papers.”

In a further interview with BBC Radio 5Live, he was understandable concerned about the new version.

“I don’t know where they’ll go with it really, I’ve even heard that they’re going to put new songs in. I wrote the book, the music and the lyrics.”

“Where are they going to get the songs from? Who’s going to do that? That’s a bit strange isn’t it?”

I think we can all be in agreement when I say, nothing can compare to the original.  We all love the songs, the characters and the story and I don’t think anything will compare, no matter who they have cast.

One fan on the official fan club site said,

“Well ‘Zilla, all I can say is that when I saw the little blurb about this in the Philadelphia Inquirer last week, I felt like I’d been kicked in the solar plexus and I was depressed the rest of the evening. I felt like, if this happens, if there’s even a shred of truth to it, that something precious is going to be taken away from me. Me and millions of others, but I can only speak for myself. One of the responses I read in empireonline says it all: nooooooooooooo!”

Watch this space for more news.

30 Seconds to Mars, AFI, My Chemical Romance, 65daysofstatic and Fall Out Boy are all to remix tracks originally recoreded by The Cure for the International Red Cross.

The EP, titled ‘Hypnagogic States’ is due to be released on 13th September.  The tracklisting will be:

The Only One (Jared Leto / 30 Seconds To Mars)
Freakshow (Jade Puget / AFI)
Sleep When I’m Dead (Gerard Way / My Chemical Romance)
The Perfect Boy (Pete Wentz and Patrick Stump / Fall Out Boy)
Exploding Head Syndrome’ (all 4 tracks together by 65 Days Of Static)

The Cure are set to release their 13th studio album this October.  It has yet to be titled so keep your eyes peeled or check on The Cure official website.

Velvet Revolver have been quick to put a stop to the internet rumours that Lenny Kravitz is to be the new frontman.

He has recently been spotted in the studio with the VR lads giving credit to the latest gossip from various newsgroups.

Kravitz told Rolling Stone Magazine:

“I know and love the Velvet Revolver guys but there is no truth to the story about me joining their band.”

I guess we’ll just have to keep our eyes and ears peeled and wait fo the band to announce it when they are ready!