Category: Music News

Heavy metal gods Motley Crue are set to release their new live album ‘Carnival of Sins – Live!‘ on May 8th through SPV Records.

The 2 CD set comes as a collectable Digipak and features bonus enhanced video material, along with over 100 hit-laden minutes of patented Motley madness.

Their fantastic 2001 autobiography ‘The Dirt’ is set to be released as a full-length motion picture before the end of the year, with the band set to return to European soil in June for a string of festival dates.

See www.motley.com for more carnage.

Ex-Pantera front man Phil Anselmo’s Down are going to be playing some shows in the UK as part of their European tour and have announced that they will be filming during the tour for their upcoming DVD. The tour kicks off in Germany before going through Holland, the UK, Italy, Switzerland, France and Scandinavia. According to reports, a new Down album started on at the end of this year.

The tour dates are:

May 19th – Hamburg Freheit
May 20th – Koln LMH
May 21st – Tilburg 013
May 23rd – Birmingham Academy
May 24th – Nottingham Rock City
May 25th – Newcastle University
May 27th – Glasgow ABC
May 28th – Manchester Academy
May 29th – London Astoria
May 30th – London Astoria
June 1st – Milan Gods Of Metal Fest
June 2nd – Zurich Rohstofflager
June 3rd – Paris Elysee Montmart
June 5th – Oslo Rockefeller
June 6th – Stockholm Arenan
June 7th – Copenhagen Vega

www.down-nola.com

J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Emmett Jefferson Murphy III blew everyone away when they played live between 1984 and 1989 before splitting after the classic albums Bug, Dinosaur and You’re Living All Over Me.

But those days aren’t going to stay in the past for much longer as the trio are back and playing 3 headline dates in May as well as curating a day at ATP.

Get worshipping on these dates:

21st May Manchester Academy

22nd May Birmingham Academy

23rd May Bristol Academy

www.dinosaurjr.com

The reformed Smashing Pumpkins are working on their new album, following up MACHINA/The Machines Of God, which was released 6 years ago.

They updated their website saying that the songs were being written, and though no release date has been set, they plan on going into the studio this summer.

It is unsure what the actual line up of the band is, though Billy Corgan is still in contact with both Jimmy Chamberlain and Melissa Auf Der Maur.

www.smashingpumpkins.com

The Kooks, inspired by their track Seaside, have announced a tour of summer seaside resorts, playing songs from their debut album Inside In/Inside Out. They’ll tour the coastal towns in August, and will release a new single, She Moves In Her Own Way, on June 26th.

The tour dates are:

August 18th – Hastings Pier Ballroom
August 19th – Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
August 22nd – Torquay Riviera Centre
August 23rd – Blackpool Spanish Hall
August 24th – Skegness The Farm

www.thekooks.co.uk

A man from Seattle has just filed a lawsuit against rappers Snoop Dogg, The Game, Snoopafly and Kurupt for $20 million, saying that they beat him on stage whilst performing a concert.

Monroe, claims that he was encouraged to go on stage but as he tried to put his arm around Snoop, he was punched and kicked. He said they beat him “like a slave”, poured drink on him, stole his wallet, watch and phone and ripped out his earrings.

He was taken to a local medical centre for treatment on bruised ribs and a broken nose, but some fan accounts state that he attempted to rush the artists on stage rather than being encouraged to go up.

www.snoopdogg.com

Swedish punks Bombshell Rocks are hitting the UK on their first tour since the release of their new album The Conclusion and will be showcasing the new tracks on these dates.

The group, inspired by Operation Ivy, Rancid and The Clash are also due on Total Rock Radio for the Breakfast With Talita show on Sunday April 30th, the show runs from 9am til noon.

The tour dates are:

24th April
Hartlepool, The Clarendon

25th April
London, The Windmill

26th April
Derby, Victoria Inn

27th April
Bristol, Croft

28th April
London, Camden, G-Lounge

29th April
Leicester, Attik

30th April
Brighton, Concorde 2

Check out www.householdnamerecords.co.uk for more info.

Political rockers Anti-Flag are coming to London to headline the official Love Music Hate Racism after show party on May 1st.

The group will open the post-protest party after the May Day party in Trafalgar Square and will be followed by sets from The Clash’s Mick Jones, The Paddingtons and Belle & Sebastian, at Café 1001 on Brick Lane.

Make sure you check this out brilliant day for this great organisation that sticks it to facism.

1st May café 1001 – Dray Walk, 91 Brick Lane, London E1

7.00pm Doors open
8.00pm Support act
9.00pm Anti-Flag – 5 song set
9.30pm DJ sets to include Pretty Dirty Things DJ set
12.00pm Curfew

Check out any of the following for all the good stuff:

www.lovemusichateracism.com
www.resist.org.uk
www.stopwar.org.uk

American rap group Dead Prez are coming over to the UK to raise awareness against the BNP with The Bigger Than Hip Hop Tour. The tour will include UK artists such as the brilliant Rodney P, Skitz and Klashnekoff and has been organised in association with Love Music, Hate Racism.

If you can get out and see one of the shows on this tour, which begins on April 27th and finishes in London on May 4th, make sure you go and support a great cause with some wicked music.

Money from the event will go to charities, including one that works in Ghana. And remember, supporting this is also a kick in the teeth for the BNP, and there’s nothing sweeter than that.

www.lovemusichateracism.com

Babyshambles frontman Pete Doherty is in court today after pleading guilty to possessing crack, cannabis and heroin. The sentence given to him was a community order with 2 years’ supervision, an 18th month rehabilitation programme and a six month driving ban, meaning he avoided jail time, which had been a possibility.

The singer was already on probation for drug offences and was accused of possessing drugs twice, once in December and once in January and he is set to have a separate hearing next month regarding a review of his community service, for another drugs offence.

When will he ever learn?

www.babyshambles.com