Caught in the Crossfire

Killswitch Engage‘s cancellations of UK shows at the last minute recently were because guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz had to be rushed to hospital for emergency surgery on his back.

The band issued the following statement regarding the events:

“Following months of recuperation after previous back surgery for a herniated disc, Adam had been touring in the USA with little to no incident, but after a week of shows in the UK, the guitarist found himself suffering increasing back pain, spending the time before and after shows lying flat with a bag of ice on his lower back, in an effort to continue touring.

To make matters worse, vocalist Howard Jones was suffering from a chest infection. After a series of tests in hospital, Adam was informed his back injury was so severe, he could definitely not continue the European tour, nor fly home – and would in fact need urgent surgery. Killswitch Engage had no choice but to postpone their shows in London, Bristol, and Paris while a Plan B was devised. Naturally, the band were worried about Adam and extremely disappointed he would not be able to finish the tour”.

Plan B is to bring in former Soilwork guitarist Peter Wichers, whilst Dutkiewicz recovers from his surgery. London’s gig will now be on January 29th with the Bristol show’s rescheduled date is to be confirmed.

www.killswitchengage.com

Artrocker magazine are holding a mini-festival at Buffalo Bar in London, with Victoria English Gentlemen’s Club and Polytechnic already having played. But there are three more gigs to come, and they are:

January:

18th – Xerox Teens, Untitled Musical Project, Rank Deluxe
19th – Acoustic Ladyland, Infant, Awful Sparks
20th – Hot Club De Paris, Foals, We Are The Physics

www.artrocker.com

Explosions In The Sky have added new dates to their tour, which includes dates in the UK.

The gigs will be supporting the new album All Of A Sudden, I Miss Everyone which is out on February 20th. The UK dates are:

April:

17th – ABC Glasgow
18th – Academy 3, Manchester
19th – Astoria London

www.explosionsinthesky.com

A collection of “the most in-depth collection of Cash’s gospel recordings ever assembled” will be released in the US on March 6th.

Johnny Cash frequently performed gospel songs live, and apparently left his original label, Sun Records, because they wouldn’t allow him to perform gospel songs.

There will be traditional gospel songs on the record as well as Cash originals such as “The Preacher Said ‘Jesus Said'”.

www.johnnycash.com

Following it’s phenomenal success in the last couple of years ‘Give It A Name’ is back for a third bite at the apple with a triple venue, 3 day spectacular.

Birmingham NEC, Glasgow SECC and London’s Earls Court share the spoils from 27th/28th/29th April in what promises to be a killer weekender.

Kicking off on Friday 27th April [London, 28th Birmingham, 29th Glasgow], Juliette & The Licks, Alexisonfire, The Used, HIM, From First To Last, Mindless Self Indulgence, Cry For Silence, The Sleeping, Ignite, Lost Alone and Kill Hannah will be breaking in the festival.

Saturday [in London, 29th in Birmingham] sees Crossfire favourites Brand New headlining a set that has us drooling – All American Rejects, Motion City Soundtrack, Senses Fail, New Found Glory, Madina Lake, Kevin Devine, Saosin, Mae, Kids In Glass Houses and the UK’s upstarts Enter Shakari will be amongst the act rocking out on the two stages at Earls Court.

Sunday [in London, 27th in Birmingham] sees the return of the grand-daddies of emo Jimmy Eat World, alongside AFI, Sparta and Thursday, Hit The Lights, theAudition, The Receiving End Of Sirens, mewithoutYou and MXPX, with Drive Thru’s Hellogoodbye headlining the second stage.

One things for sure – this festival’s going from strength to strength, and this year has a line up that’s dripping with promise. Tickets go on sale on from 9am Friday 19th January and will cost £80 adv for a 3 day pass and £32.50 adv for a single day.

www.giveitaname.co.uk

Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell‘s new project, Satellite Party, will release its debut album called Ultra Payloaded in May.

The record will feature Flea, Fergie [from the Black Eyed Peas], Peter Hook and Thievery Corporation and is said to be a “musically eclecitc concept album”. A spokesperson for the project said:

“Satellite Party was born out of Farrell’s passionate belief that one step at a time people can change the world, and with this endeavor, he is launching a musical movement to do just that. Weaving together an array of genres with Farrell’s modernist thinking, the music of Satellite Party tells a story through a collaborative brain trust of artists, musicians and environmentalists called The Solutionists, who seek to redesign and come up with solutions for the world.”

www.satelliteparty.com

Korn have announced their will be putting out an Unplugged album with 14 tracks, with the release date being February 19th.

The recording comes from a gig which took place in December in New York and also features Amy Lee and Robert Smith guesting. The tracklisting is:

Thoughtless
Blind
Hollow Life
Freak On A Leash (featuring Amy Lee)
Falling Away
Creep
Love Song
Got The Life
Twisted Transistor
Dirty
Coming Undone
Make Me Bad/In Between Days (featuring Robert Smith)
No One’s There
Throw Me Away

www.korn.com