Legendary band are due to come back with original frontman.
Reports are saying that Van Halen are close to agreeing a deal that will see them tour the USA with original front man Dave Lee Roth who recently had his radio show with CBS Radio cancelled.
Sammy Hagar, who had been the band’s most recent singer, quit after their 2004 tour after falling out with Eddie Van Halen.
Jimi Hendrix‘s image is to be used on the front of a drink.
The legendary guitarist will have his face put on Liquid Experience, a non-alcoholic drink, which will be in shops in April. However this has angered and upset many fans including Flea from the Chili Peppers, who said:
“To see his image and the beautiful feelings it has created in me cheapened by advertising is very disappointing.”
However, it is said that the profits will go to an unnamed music education foundation.
Bright Eyes have posted up the first track from their forthcoming EP.
The track is called Tourist Trap and is taken from The Four Winds, the EP which precedes their album. The full length, entitled Cassadaga, will feature M. Ward, Janet Weiss from Sleater-Kinney and Gillian Welch. To check out the track, click the link below.
AFI will be playing some dates in Europe and visiting the UK as part of it.
The band will return to these shores to support their last album Decemberunderground. The European dates are:
April:
26th – Scotland Corn Exchange
27th – Birmingham, NIA
29th– London, Earls Court
Alkaline Trio have put up their entire album Remains online.
The album, which is a collection of rare tracks and b-sides, will be out in shops next week through Vagrant.
The last album the band put out was Crimson in 2005. If you want to check out the album in its entirity, click the link below.
Two major bands have been confirmed to play this year’s event.
Michael Eavis has confirmed that both the Arctic Monkeys and Arcade Fire will be appearing at Glasto 07, which will take place from June 22nd to June 24th. This comes after confirmation of Bjork’s appearance.
He also added that the headliners for the Pyramid Stage were a well known heritage act, saying:
“It might be their very last gig. I don’t know, they’re teasing us saying it might be their last show, I’m so excited about it.”
Fucked Up recently performed for MTV but got in a tiny bit of trouble.
The band had fans slam dancing and going mad and, the band are quoted as saying “throwing monitors and pulling grates off the walls. MTV won’t show it to anybody and we ended up doing $2000 in damage.”
Looks like the fans of Fucked Up fucked up. Wow, that’s fucked up.
Bananas have swept the world of late and this is the next installment.
Consolidated will release these benders this month so look out for limited edition runs in only the best skater owned shops.
In other Consolidated news Kyle Berard has joined the team so look out for a pro model to drop into your local SOS soon.
Berard and Mike Peterson both claimed props in a recent Volcom mini ramp comp at a tradeshow in Florida titled the ‘Neanderthal Brawl’ where Peterson bagged 1st place for $7,500 and Berard came in 4th taking $2,500 to the boozer for his contribution.
Click here for pics of this comp on TWS.
Hip Hop Is Music have announced their label plans for the coming year.
Braille’s label, which last year put out the great releases from Surreal & DJ Balance, Braille and Sivion, will be throwing out new albums from Theory Hazit [Extra Credit] and Sharlok Poems [Blooming Sounds and 4 Days In Geneva].
They will also release Alive At The Assembly Line by Othello and have Big Rec and Sojourn’s albums being worked on, as well as the 2nd installment of the label’s Heavy Rotation showcase.
In other news, Braille’s group Lightheaded [with Othello and Ohmega Watts] will be getting back in the studio to work on their third album, Lo-Fi Heights and going out to open 4 shows for The Visionaries. And Braille himself is working on some solo material, such as his 4th album, The IV Edition and other guest spots.
2006 was a great year for HHIM, looks like 2007 will be a great continuation.
Enter Shikari have added nine new dates to their UK tour.
The band will play nine shows in the spring, starting with the soon to be extinct Hammersmith Palais in March. These dates have been added to their current tour which is blazing a trail across the UK right now. The full dates are:
February:
25th – Gloucester Guildhall
26th – Barrow in Furness Canteen
27th – Peterborough Radius
March:
1st – Cardiff Solus
3rd – Wolverhampton Wulfrun
4th – Southampton University
6th – Sheffield Leadmill
7th – Glasgow QMU
8th – Newcastle University
9th – Manchester Academy 11
10th & 11th – London Hammersmith Palais
22nd – Norwich Waterfront
24th – Hull University
25th – Leeds Met University
26th – Cambridge Junction
27th – Aylesbury Civic Hall
28th – Portsmouth Pyramids
30th – Falmouth Princess Pavilion
31st – Bath Pavilion