Archive News - 2004 (Part 1)

A Breed Apart is at #1 in the metal genre with their single 'Sour'. The band are also running a promotion where they pick 2 people every month to win a 'promo pack' which includes a CD 'Population Refresh' and a DVD 'The Birth of the Breed' and of Coarse some stickers. To enter just go to their website LINK and every month the winners names will be posted Indie band 'Alice Donut' have reunited and will release a new CD 'Three Sisters' on 18 May on newly formed 'Howler Records'. Alice Donut also plan to tour the US this year, starting with two shows in Austin, TX in March. Both concerts will be performed at Room 710, the 16 March show is open to all fans while the 18 March event is part of the SXSW festival. Details on additional tour dates and a CD release party will be announced soon FastLane Records proudly announces the signing of 'The New Romantics' from Arizona. FastLane Records are also proud to announce its newest branch, subsidiary label 'CD Smash Records'. FastLane Records and CD Smash Records started its relationship by starting IRG Radio. With combining all three endeavours they feel they can grow an even stronger coalition to bring the public the best in Independent music Bang The Union's debut 'American Dream' is now available AFI have cancelled the remaining 10 dates of their U.S. tour with 'Thursday' and 'Coheed & Cambria', due to a vocal chord injury to singer Davey Havok. According to a spokesperson, the artist has been advised by his doctor to immediately begin resting his voice at the risk of severe damage to his vocal chords HIM - 'Love Said No' out on 15 March plus, don't forget the HIM signing at HMV Oxford Circus, UK on 16 March HIM are the band on everyone's lips right now, especially in rockin' clubland. Check out the venues listed and be sure to let the DJ know you're a HIM fan and you should get yourselves a nice lil HIM goodie bag! Alternative Under 18s @ Rock City, Nottingham March Sunday 14; Generation @ Wolverhampton Civic Hall March Friday 12; K Corp @ The Corporation, Sheffield March Saturday 13; Subverse @ The Underworld, London April Sunday 11; Subculture U18s @ Birmingham Academy April Saturday 03; Subculture U18s @ Bristol Academy March Saturday 27; Voodoo @ The Cathouse, Glasgow March Saturday 13 Cruefest Hollywood 2004 - 17 July - Whisky A Go-Go - Line-Up Updates... The Cruefest Hollywood Team are very happy to announce 5 of the 10 bands playing this years' event. Headlining this year they have Hollywood's own, 'Motley Priest'... 5 piece band, fronted by Stevie Rachelle (Tuff)… check them out at the following link. Setting the background and ambiance for the day and night are: The Servants: 5 piece blues based, groove laden, sexual band; powered by subtle yet, explosive drums beats these guys play music with emotion and heart and have supported rock legends the likes of Robby Krieger (The Doors), Motorhead, Thin Lizzy, LA Guns, Cinderella and Great White. PUSH: PUSH are a band that takes Rock Show and Freak Show, combines them and comes out with a band that can play to a diverse array of audiences. Tyfoid Mary: fronted by monsterous 6' 5" Jerry Harper, this band packs a punch! They deliver music that ranges from 'in yer face' metal to acoustical and (local) radio-hits. LoveHammers: This band combines the influences of bands such as Led Zepplin, Motley Crue, GnR, Social Distortion and Van Halen with an energy that builds up a momentum that needs a little show. The Cruefest Team are getting very close to announcing more of the bands to Rock and Entertain the masses at the Whisky on 17 July so keep watch The Peppermint Creeps video shoot has changed locations to ***Hollywood*** next Saturday 13 March, contact the Producer 'Shane Aquino' @ EMAIL if you want to be in the video Peppermint Creeps will be playing @ The Key Club on Friday 9 April with Revl'on Red, The Spooky, Heavenly Trip to Hell, Willow Wisp and possibly a very special guest (TBA) The live debut of Bang Circus - live 18 March @ All Asia Café, Cambridge MA, USA (on stage at approx. 9:15pm) A Breed Apart CD's have arrived in the bands clutches and will be mailed out on 5/3/04 to all of that have signed up. They have also setup the 'A Breed Apart Official Store' on the website, CD's are still free, however they have to charge $3.99 for shipping costs. If you buy a CD on the website you will get $1.00 off the DVD titled 'The Birth of the Breed' normally selling for $5.99 (shipping included) Word is coming in of changes to several of the venues on The Darkness/The Wildhearts US Tour making more tickets available. The upgraded shows are now as follows: 03/28/04: Detroit, MI @ Clutch Cargo's; 03/30/04: Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre; 03/31/04: Pittsburgh, PA @ Rock Jungle; 04/12/04: Dallas, TX @ Gypsy Tea Room & Ballroom; 04/13/04: Austin, TX @ Stubb's Bar-B-Q Cosmic Ballroom are currently climbing the German charts with their latest album 'Stoned Broke and ready to Rumble' (ZYX music/Punk n Drunk recordings). The first week (week10) they entered at 17 and this week (week11) they're climbing to place 12. C.B will be flying down to Germany for a 5-date promotion tour, starting the 23 March (with 'The Mobile Mob Freakshow' and 'Bettie Ford'). 23.03. Bochum/Zwischenfall; 24.03. Hamburg/Schlachthof; 25.03. Kýln/Prime Club; 26.03. Berlin/Wild at Heart; 27.03. Dresden/Titty Twister Club Perris Records are now accepting CD's (or CDR's) for possible label consideration and distribution deals worldwide. Perris Records distribution includes the following Countries: USA, Canada, Germany, UK, Italy, Brazil, Czech Republic, Sweden, France, Denmark, Japan, Spain, Australia, The Netherlands, Greece and Argentina. Perris have signed/licensed/distributed bands such as American Heartbreak, Enuff Z Nuff, Mad Margritt, Loud and Nasty, Mother Mercy, Roxx, Razamanaz, Nasty Idols, Sinn, Grandma Moses, Warrant, L.A. Guns, Roxx Gang, Syanide Kick, Every Mother's Nightmare, George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob), Bruce Kulick (KISS), Black N' Blue, Paul Di'Anno (Iron Maiden), Babylon A.D., Jetboy, Pretty Boy Floyd, Vicious Rumors, Derek St. Holmes (Ted Nugent), Love/Hate, Heavens Edge, Odin and many more! Your band could be next! Perris Records will be soliciting artists for the 1st 'Hollywood Hairspray DVD' series. If your 80's rock or glam band has a video send them in by March 30th. Your video must be sent to us on a VHS video or NSTC DVD format. Address as follows: Perris Records, Attn; HH DVD series, P.O. Box 783, Cedar Park, TX 78630, USA Perris Records is now soliciting artists for 'Hollywood Hairspray Volume III'. Previous artists have included 'Enuff Z Nuff', 'Razamanaz', 'Jetboy', 'Nasty Idols', 'Pretty Boy Floyd', 'Nitro', 'Heaven', and many more! Your band could be next! Hollywood Hairspray I and II received worldwide press and radio airplay. Interested artists should contact Perris Records at EMAIL or EMAIL The Perris Records website has undergone an extreme makeover featuring a new logo, search engine and a secure online shopping cart! Rachel Stamp are currently in the process of writing and recording some brand new material for their next album. Things are sounding great and you can hear previews of the new stuff at the forthcoming shows. They also plan to go back to the States this spring for more touring and recording Advance tickets available for the Rachel Stamp gig on 26 MARCH, Rotherham - Charters Arms. Tix - Available from Mesmerize or Charters Arms £3 advance £4 on the door. For advance tickets via the post, please send a cheque made payable to 'Diatribe Productions' for £3.50 (inc. postage) + a self-addressed envelope to: DiaTribe Promotions, Rachel Stamp Tickets, 61 Priestley Avenue, Rawmarsh, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S62 5PF. Doors - 8pm. Stamp Stagetime - 11pm Brides of Destruction Video for 'Shut the F**K Up' now available online According to National Enquirer Online, former Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee stands to lose his $1 million+ Malibu pad if he can't cough up nearly $600,000 in delinquent mortgage payments, federal and state taxes. Tommy's 'Notice of Default and Election to Sell Under Deed Of Trust' says his crib "may be sold without any court action" unless he pays. In other news, Lee's official web site, is currently making available a 20-minute video of footage shot by Tommy's camera 'never shown anywhere' before, at a cost of $3.95 per viewing This weekend marks the re-launch of Distortion at Rock City, Nottingham, UK. In The Main Hall, DJ's Spiky Mike & Gazz will be mixing it up, playing mainstream rock, hardcore, punk, ska, hip hop all night! In The Basement, DJ Andy Mann will be playing Metal, all night. In The Rig, DJ Dave will be playing Classic Rock (Hendrix, Doors, Nirvana, RHCP etc) all night Tyketto (the original Don't Come Easy line up of: Danny Vaughn, Michael Clayton, Jimi Kennedy and Brooke St James) are to reform and tour the UK this November Frankenstein Drag Queens will be releasing '6 Years, 6 Feet Under the Influence' on 15 March through People Like You Records. '6 Years, 6 Feet Under the Influence' contains re-recordings and revisions of songs from all four previous albums, as well as a few never-before-heard tracks Any Lillian Axe fans in Chicago should get out and see them this weekend, check the following link for Ron's final gig dates The next 50 people to buy the limited edition version of Rachel Stamps 'Oceans of Venus' from CDBaby.com will receive one of the following items autographed by the band: 'Oceans' tour poster, United II sampler, United II Poster, or 'Oceans of Venus' (Ltd. Edition). Only one bonus item per purchase will be sent to you directly from the record label. Once this version of 'Oceans' sells out the label will not be pressing any more of them so order yours now Upcoming Rachel Stamp UK gigs: 14 March, London - Mean Fiddler; 26 March Rotherham - Charters Arms; 2 April Camberley - The Agincourt; 10 April Chatham - Tap'n'Tin; 16 April London - Underworld; 23 April Club 85, 74 Whinbush Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire (supported by Die So Fluid, Shard and Scarlet Soho) Drummer Phil Varone has rejoined Skid Row and is currently on the road with the group in North America before embarking on a European tour with the band in late March. Upcoming SKID ROW tour dates: Mar. 04 - Idaho Falls, ID @ The Ritz Nightclub; Mar. 05 - Seattle, WA @ Fenix Underground; Mar. 06 - Tacoma, WA @ Cheers West; Mar. 07 - Portland, OR @ TBA; Mar. 09 - Santa Clara, CA @ Avalon Nightclub; Mar. 10 - Los Angeles, CA @ Whisky a Go Go; Mar. 11 - Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theatre; Mar. 12 - San Diego, CA @ Canes; Mar. 24 - Oslo, NOR @ John Dee; Mar. 26 - Stockholm, SWE @ Klubben; Mar. 27 - Västerås, SWE @ Prisma; Mar. 28 - Göthenborg, SWE @ Storan; Mar. 30 - Copenhagen, DEN @ Pumphuset; Mar. 31 - Berlin, GER @ Halford; Apr. 01 - Vienna, AUT @ Planet; Apr. 02 - Bassano Del Grappa, ITA @ La Gabbia Music Club; Apr. 03 - Guilatieri, ITA @ Tempo Rock; Apr. 05 - Madrid, SPA @ Caracol; Apr. 06 - Barcelona, SPA @ Bikini; Apr. 07 - Paris, FRA @ La Boule Noire; Apr. 08 - Wolverhampton, UK @ Wulfren Hall; Apr. 09 - London, UK @ Mean Fiddler Hardcore Superstar will be performing 3 showcase gigs in the U.S. late March. Details as follows: Mar. 16 - CBGB - New York, NY; Mar. 18 - BD Riley's - Austin, TX; Mar. 20 - The Troubadour - Hollywood, CA New solo album from Spike called 'A Treat To Be Alive' due for release soon on Demolition Records The Quireboys are currently touring with Dave Lee Roth but have a few headline dates coming up this: - 4 March Norwich, Waterfront, UK; 5 March Harlow Square, UK; 7 March Crewe, Limelight. They have also got more dates planned for April/May including Wrexham, Central Station, UK 26 May to coincide with a new album, due for release on 24 May Ginger's tour diary has now been updated Checkout the following link for HIM March signing info, an album track sampler, free wallpapers, find out about the HIM weekend on Scuzz TV and also details of how you can get into 'Secret' Scala party Pretty Boy Floyd, Revlon Red, the Peppermint Creeps and Blaq will be playing in Hollywood Thursday 3 March @ Club Vodka, the old Peanuts Club, Santa Monica Blvd. Warrant's 'DRFSR' and 'Cherry Pie' are being re-released on 13 April through Columbia/Legacy. These are re-mastered versions with bonus tracks Former Buckcherry singer Josh Todd has announced more dates as part of his ongoing U.S. tour. Confirmed dates are as follows: Mar. 03 - Baton Rouge, LA - Varsity Theatre; Mar. 06 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues; Mar. 07 - Jacksonville, NC - Planet Rock; Mar. 08 - Baltimore, MD - Thunderdome; Mar. 10 - New York, NY - Don Hill's; Mar. 11 - Farmingdale, NY - Crazy Donkey; Mar. 12 - Boston, MA - Hard Rock Café; Mar. 13 - Irvington, NJ - Cricket Club; Mar. 17 - Lansing, MI - Temple Club; Mar. 19 - Cobleskill, NY - Locomotions; Mar. 20 - Liverpool, NY - Bleechers; Mar. 27 - Detroit, MI - Harpo's; Apr. 02 - Atlantic City, NJ - Hard Rock Café . His debut solo album 'You Made Me' will be released on 9 March, or is available via his website or Amazon CYBER-JACK gig: 05/03 - FRI - Atari Club, Al. Lorena, 2155, Sao Paulo - SP Following his previous comments Re: the Kiss summer tour, Nikki Sixx said today: "On the tour front, yes, KISS's manager told me we had the tour if we wanted it. I did explain to them it would depend on who is the special guest. We really appreciate such a cool offer, but it's important for us to feel comfortable with the package. Sometimes you tour for the betterment of the package, but as a new band we are trying to *like* the packages. I freaked when I saw it was announced that Poison was part of the tour because I told them that was not an option for the BOD. As far as my opinion, it isn't personal. They're cool guys and I have no beef with them as people. I just don't wanna tour with the band." Original KISS drummer Peter Criss has slammed Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons for apparently opting to utilize Eric Singer during the group's upcoming tour of Japan and Australia without ever approaching him to discuss his possible participation. The following is believed to be the complete itinerary for KISS' upcoming tours in Australia/Japan: May 08 - Perth, AUS @ Burswood Dome; May 11 - Adelaide, AUS @ AEC; May 13 - Melbourne, AUS @ Rod Laver; May 17 - Sydney, AUS @ Superdome; May 20 - Brisbane, AUS @ BEC; May 27 - Tokyo, JPN @ Budokan; May 28 - Tokyo, JPN @ Budokan; May 29 - Tokyo, JPN @ Budokan; May 31 - Osaka, JPN @ Castle Hall; Jun. 02 - Nagoya, JPN @ Rainbow Hall As promised, we now have the revised Wildhearts UK tour dates following the band joining The Darkness's US Tour. Geordie and Dublin fans should be pleased to hear that the dates now include additional shows in Newcastle and Dublin. Tuesday 20th April, Norwich - Waterfront; Thursday 22nd April, Oxford - Brookes Uni; Friday 23rd April, Manchester - Academy; Saturday 24th April, Glasgow - Garage; Sunday 25th April, Edinburgh - Liquid Rooms; Monday 26th April, Leeds - Uni; Tuesday 27th April, Nottingham - Rock City; Wednesday 28th April, Liverpool - Carling Academy; Friday 30th April, Dublin - The Village; Monday 3rd May, Bristol - Academy; Tuesday 4th May, Cardiff - Uni Solus; Wednesday 5th May, Wolverhampton - Wulfrun Hall; Thursday 6th May, Newcastle - Uni; Friday 7th May, Sheffield - Leadmill; Saturday 8th May, Southampton - Uni; Monday 10th May, London - Hammersmith Palais. Therapy? and The Glitterati will be supporting Gut Records are releasing 'Coupled With' - a full collection of The Wildhearts post-reformation b-sides on 29 March HIM U.S. Tour Dates (Support comes from Kill Hannah): - Apr. 15 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom; Apr. 16 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts; Apr. 17 - Asbury Park, NJ - Paramount Theatre (Skate And Surf Fest); Apr. 18 - Boston, MA - Middle East (w/ EIGHTEEN VISIONS); Apr. 22 - Cleveland, OH - Odeon; Apr. 24 - Detroit, MI - Majestic Theater; Apr. 25 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues; Apr. 30 - Seattle, WA - Graceland According to CD Universe, Guns n' Roses upcoming 'Greatest Hits' CD will be made available as a digipack and will contain re-mastered versions of GNR favourites such as 'Welcome to the Jungle', 'Sweet Child O' Mine', 'Patience', 'Paradise City' and a cover of the Rolling Stones 'Sympathy for the Devil' from the 'Interview With a Vampire' soundtrack. The album is due out on 23 March through Geffen Records. As previously reported, the band did not give their consent for the 'Greatest Hits' CD to move forward and are contemplating the possibility of suing Geffen Records to prevent the album from coming out. In addition, Guns n' Roses will be playing live on 30 May at the Rock in Rio/Lisbon Festival, Lisbon, Portugal. It will be GNR's first live appearance since the group's 2002 comeback tour, which was cancelled with 13 dates remaining Stephen Pearcy (RATT) will finally be playing in Canada, June 2004. Three shows so far, hopefully more. Spin Dizzy will be opening for all three shows. Check out the Spin Dizzy website for updates You may be aware that some speculation over the forthcoming US tour has been circulating - we now have confirmation that the Wildhearts have been offered the opportunity to support the Darkness on their US tour and have accepted; this has meant that many of the shows on the original US tour have had to be cancelled. Ginger has mailed the following message of explanation: "We will stick by you, if you stick by us". An apology has been made on behalf of the band and management for the cancellation of the forthcoming US tour, in favour of continuing to tour with The Darkness around the world. This Darkness tour means that we can reach more people, and that means coming back to headline USA a heck of a lot more in the future. They know there are a lot of people that have bought plane tickets, concert tickets and spent weeks looking forward to seeing them on the co-headline tour with Dragons. They have said that they will try to pay you back, and make it up to you in full, over the course of the next few years. They will help out with free guest tickets on the Darkness tour, where applicable (if you've spent a fortune already then you deserve compensation), and try to make life comfortable for the true hardcore fans that were the first to buy tickets, etc, when they come back to play a proper headline tour. They will do everything they can to honour the dates already booked, until the Darkness tour starts. This is as big of a surprise to the band as it is to you, and I hope this doesn't lead to a mass exodus from the bands fanbase in US, although they do understand your disappointment. They hope you stick with them, because it looks likely to be the best chance to crack the US that the band have ever had, and that has always been the wish of the American fans, as well as the band. They hope you can understand the reasons for the decision. If not, please write to them at the 'ask Ginger' section of the web site. This means that the revised US schedule is as follows: 03/19/04 San Antonio, TX @ Sam's Burger Joint; 03/20/04 Austin, TC @ Emo's Gearhead Records SXSW Showcase; 03/21/04 New Orleans, LA @ The Circle Bar; 03/22/04 Atlanta, GA @ E.A.R.L.; 03/23/04 Charlotte, NC @ The Room; 03/24/04 Baltimore, MD @ Otto Bar. Darkness Support Dates: 03/26/04 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave Bar; 03/27/04 Chicago, IL @ The Vic; 03/28/04 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew's Hall; 03/30/04 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's Downunder; 03/31/04 Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Laga; 04/02/04 Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts; 04/03/04 Boston, MA @ Avalon Ballroom; 04/04/04 Providence, RI @ Lupo's at the Strand; 04/06/04 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club; 04/08/04 Atlanta, GA @ Cotton Club; 04/09/04 New Orleans, LA @ The House of Blues; 04/11/04 Houston, TX @ Engine Room; 04/12/04 Dallas, TX @ Trees; 04/13/04 Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa; 04/15/04 Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre; 04/16/04 Mission Beach, CA @ Canes Bar & Grill; 04/17/04 Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theatre; 04/18/04 Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theatre. The band and their management are also working hard at present to bring the Wildhearts over to the US again for their own US dates. If anyone has purchased flight tickets, made hotel bookings and so on for a show that has now been cancelled, they suggest you check your travel insurance and flight refund policies if you decide not to make the trip. Also you may want to check with your credit card company as these purchases may also be insured within a grace period. Also all venues will of course honour reimbursements on tickets sold - please contact the source you bought them from for refund information. This will also have an impact on the UK tour - this is still going ahead, but the dates are being rescheduled by a week or so to accommodate this tour. We will bring you these new dates very shortly once they have all been confirmed. On the subject of UK dates, an extra acoustic show has been added - they play The Limelight in Crewe on Saturday the 13th of March. Finally, they know that many of you will be obviously put out by this change of plans - if any of you have purchased flights etc and are unable to get refunds please contact them at website@thewildhearts.com and they will try and do what they can to help, although it should be noted that this is the Darkness's tour and therefore the band and their management have only limited control on guest tickets Justin Hawkins, lead singer of The Darkness, has received a death threat following his bands big night at The Brit Awards. According to the Associated Press, the threat came in the form of a handwritten letter, which the police are now checking for fingerprints. Security for Hawkins and the other members has been upped as police continue to investigate Europe Re-Unite for New CD and DVD KISS have finalized their summer tour plans and will now take Poison and Brides Of Destruction out on the road with them. BOD to open. There is also a change in the Kiss line-up. Eric Singer replaces Peter Criss, joining Tommy Thayer, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons. Formal announcement April 1st Electric Boys frontman Conny Bloom has formed a new band, The Groovies Inc. The band are currently recording their debut album, 'Welcome To The High Times'. Also to note, those who never got themselves copies of the Electric Boys albums, they are being re-mastered for an April release The 'A Breed Apart' EP 'Population Refresh' is due to be released on Monday 1 March Jimmy and Ashleigh of The Orphan Punks have decided in honour of Brian, they are going to make every attempt to do a second Orphan Punks CD and are currently going through old videos in an effort to re-learn any songs that have not been previously released. Ashleigh is requesting that anyone with any Orphan Punks live recordings or videos that they can duplicate to e-mail him The Spin Dizzy site has been updated with some cool pics from the tour with Pretty Boy Floyd and their rehearsal with new Six String Killer 'Nicky Shad' Cruefest Hollywood, 17 July 2004 @ the Whisky A Go-Go have now booked the hotel for this years fest. Comfort Inn, 321 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, California, 90040. Cost Is $50.00 U.S. per night for shouters. Rooms contain 1 king bed or 2 queen beds. Minimum of 3 nights required to receive discount. Rooms available from 9 July to the 19 July. All rooms are first come first served. Please call Peter 1-323-665-0344 Monday to Friday between 10:00am - 5:00pm, Saturday between 7:00am - 3:00pm (let him know it's for CrueFest) Rachel Stamp Cordially Invite You to Further Incomparably Twisted Live UK Liaisons: - 28 February Winchester - The Pink Flamingo Club at the Railway Inn; 14 March London - Mean Fiddler (Special guests to Wednesday 13 (from Murderdolls); 26 March Rotherham - Charters Arms; 2 April Camberley - The Agincourt; 10 April Chatham - Tap'n'Tin; 16 April London - Underworld A Breed Apart's newest song 'Seven' has just been finished being written and is available for streaming via their website (New Breed link). 'New Breed' will showcase all new songs as soon as they are completed Download the video to 'Welcome To the Show' - Pretty Boy Floyd (Canada) by following this LINK New York nightclub L'amour is closing its doors for good. The following statement has been issued "We hate to do this, but unfortunately the show with Cannibal Corpse for Saturday 6 March has been cancelled. After 25 years, the owners of L'amour have lost their lease and have been unable to successfully negotiate a new term. All previously confirmed shows have been cancelled, and the club is now officially closed for good. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause." A message on the official L'amour site simply reads: "Sorry Folks, We're Closed! Tickets For All Cancelled Events Are Refundable At Point Of Purchase." Icon Omnimedia, New York are offering their usual pricing, quality, and customer service on CD Replication packages, but now with a twist. You pay nothing for shipping. They'll pick up the tab on shipping for up to 5000 pieces to anywhere in the continental U.S. and Canada. Check out the pricing calculator on their website to see how they stack up. Icon Omnimedia also offer Audio Mastering, Graphic Design, Website Design, Enhanced CD Programming, DVD Authoring & Manufacturing. If you have any questions, you can get in touch with Wells directly by phone at 631-331-6243 or by email Grandma Moses has made the Video "Knock Me Down" available for download via their website (News and Updates section) The Wildhearts UK tour schedule keeps on increasing with two acoustic dates now scheduled for: March 12th - Doncaster - Leopard and March 14th - Ashton Under Lyne - The Witchwood Ginger (The Wildhearts) as announced that Backyard Babies are no longer supporting them on the UK tour despite adverts to the contrary McFarlane Toys have announced plans to release a Motley Crue 'Deluxe Boxed Set' of action figures in October 2004. No further information is available at this time The initial pressing of the Brides of Destruction's debut CD 'Here Come The Brides' (out in Japan through Universal Records since December 25) is due on March 9 through Sanctuary Records via motley Crue/B.O.D. bassist Nikki Sixx's company 12-11 Productions, will include as a bonus a 12-minute 40-second QuickTime interview with the members of the group The Wildhearts are pleased to report that the UK tour will feature a line-up Mouth watering enough to get even the most hardened rock cynic out of the pub to catch the support bands, as the Wildhearts will be accompanied by Therapy? and The Glitterati. There's also an additional warm-up date before the band take on America, with an appearance at Tunbridge Wells Forum - 4th March to go with the previously announced date at Torquay Town Hall on the 5th March Rachel Stamp will be appearing live at Feet First at the Camden Palace, London 17 February. Feet First will be no more in a couple of weeks and since the Stamp have always had a great time playing there they're proud to take part in the penultimate night. Tickets: £5 on the door, £3 with flyer. Stamp Showtime: 12.30am, Camden Palace, 1a Camden Road, London NW1 0JH Cruefest Hollywood July 17th 2004 at The World Famous Whisky A GoGo will be headlined by Motley Priest The Beautiful Creatures site has been updated The return of Julliet Rachel Stamp's next show is on 28 February @ The Pink Flamingo Club, Winchester (Railway Inn, 3 St Paul's Hill, Winchester - 50 mins from Waterloo station) Tickets: £5 advance, £6 on the door, showtime: 10pm Nicki Camp and Ronnie G present: Cat Club Reunion II, Featuring The Return Of Law & Order Plus Broken, Vizuall, The Fury, 3 Times Denied, The Jealous Type, Still Stansing and Bully. MC and Host: Tommy Gunn. 27 February, Doors 8pm @ Don Hills. Advance Tickets $12 Brad Wilson Upcoming Shows: 14 February @ Platinum Live in Studio City 11pm; 21 February @ Mothers in Seal Beach from 1pm-5pm; 25 February @ B.B. Kings at Universal City Walk on 8pm; 28 February @ Q's in Burbank 9pm-Midnight; 5 March @ The Wild in Woodland Hills 10pm-1am St.Valentine Massacre Saturday February 14 at the Sandbar (Rt. 6N Jefferson Valley, NY 914-245-4838) featuring.... Andrea @ 10pm, The Scared Stiffs @ 11pm and Ugly Friend @ 12Midnight Peppermint Creeps will be playing at the 'No Regrets/Heavenly Trip to Hells Rebel Alliance' night at Naga in Long Beach, CA on FEB. 20th. w/ Revlon Red Perris Records are proud to announce the signing of the Dutch multi instrumentalist Michael Riesenbeck. His album 'Shouting Silence' will be released worldwide on the 3 February 2004 B Movie Heroes UK gig dates: 26 February - Stourbridge Rock Café; 5 March - Lampeter University; 6 March - Milford Haven Imperial; 13 March - Newport TJs; 18 March - Bristol Bunch Of Grapes; 20 March - Hungerford Railway; 26 March - Frome Cheese & Grain; 27 March - London Borderline; 1 April - Nottingham Rock City; 2 April - Camberley Agin Court (Charity Gig); 3 April - Hastings Crypt with the Big Cheese Tour (with Right Turn Clyde) April 6th - 28th Vote for The Erotics Peppermint Creeps will be shooting a video for the song 'Lesbian' on Saturday 13 March in Garden Grove CA. followed by a Free Mini Concert immediately afterwards. The video will be included as part of their upcoming DVD. Everyone is invited to the shoot, it will be first come, first serve as far as admittance is concerned, however they are giving the first 50 people to email them their request a guaranteed participation in the video. The exact location of the shoot will be revealed 1 March 2004 Butch Walker has signed a new record label deal and moves to yet another major label. Butch will be releasing a live CD and DVD first, with his long awaited studio album later - all through his own Indie imprint of Epic Records Roxx have been signed by Perris Records, be sure to check out their CD 'Outlaws, Fools & Thieves' Syanide Kick 'Self Titled' due for release 2 March on Perris Records Fahrenheit 'Chain Reaction' due for release 2 March on Perris Records Blackberry Jam will be reuniting in April to do a few select shows Michael Sweet (Stryper) plans to release a full-length record this year Tesla gig dates: Mar. 12 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue; Mar. 13 - East Peoria, IL - Convention Center; Mar. 14 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave; Mar. 16 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Auditorium; Mar. 17 - Dubuque, IA - 7 Flags Event Center; Mar. 19 - Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre; Mar. 20 - Sauget, IL - Pop's; Mar. 21 - Kansas City, MO - Beaumont Club; Mar. 23 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium; Mar. 24 - Salt Lake City, UT - Ford Theatre. More dates to be announced soon Retrospect Records are planning to release a 2nd Rock Candy CD this spring Sean Kelly of Crash Kelly is featured in the current edition of Canadian Musician (page 50/51) as part of an Article on Music Education More Crash Kelly shows announced: "New York City Rock N' Roll Tour" featuring the best of NYC and TO Rockers on Friday 13 Feb @ the 360 Club, Toronto; Canadian Music Week Showcase on Saturday 6 March @ 10 PM @ The B-Side, Toronto Undercover Slut will be playing at Le Nouveau Casino, Paris on Friday 19 March, doors 7pm. Tickets available from Virgin Megastores/FNAC Network Pink's previous UK 2002 tour dates sold out instantly, and fans will need to be quick to snap up, what is already being talked about as, the hottest ticket of 2004. Tickets are still available for many dates: Mar 20 Birmingham NEC Arena; Mar 21 Nottingham Arena; Mar 23 London Wembley Arena; Mar 24 Wembley Arena; Mar 26 Manchester MEN Arena; Mar 27 Sheffield Hallam FM Arena; Mar 30 Newcastle Metro FM Arena; Mar 31 Glasgow SECC, Apr 01 Glasgow SECC With most dates sold out for this month's Blink 182 UK tour this may be your last chance to get tickets. Tickets for Nottingham are now Half Price. Feb 10 Nottingham Arena - HALF PRICE The Freewheeler gig on 21 Feb @ JB's, Dudley, UK has been cancelled, but on 20 Feb they'll be supporting 70's glam rockers The Sweet @ The Underworld, Camden, London, UK. Tickets are £12.50 ADV/£15 on the door. Doors are 7pm. Freewheeler are on at 8pm. The Sweet 9pm and the curfew is 10.30pm Marilyn Manson will be one of the first surrogate teachers on 'Stand In', a show airing on MTV's new college-oriented channel MTVU. Manson will reportedly be teaching about music and marketing. No airdate has yet been announced for the show The Wildhearts have announced another UK tour date. They play Torquay, Town Hall on the 5th March. Also please note that the Milan date of the Darkness tour will be at Alcatraz and not at Transilvania as previously reported Lyle Lovett Will be performing 'In My Own Mind' for Grammy Week on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Thursday 5 February Due to Ryan Adams accident in Liverpool, all European and US dates have been cancelled. All US tickets will be refundable at point of purchase. Stayed tuned to his website for updates Blvd. Strays/Tijuana Bible/The Nads @ Roosters Roadhouse, 1700 Clement St, in Alameda, U.S. 21+, doors @ 9, $6 Äntligen dax för lite hårdrock ala Babylon Bombs! På torsdag den 26:e februari lirar vi på Nirvanas invigningsparty! Nirvana kör i år på Mango bar på sveavägen. För mer info kolla in Nirvanas hemsida Check out the fresh new pics at Babylon Bombs brand new homepage Rockets To Ruin have the following show coming up in Atlanta, GA, Thursday 19 February @ the 10 High and Saturday 28 February @ the 9 Lives Saloon. For more info check their website Sweden Rock Festival New Additions* There have been many recent additions to Scandinavia's biggest rock festival including UDO, Helloween, Testament, In Flames, Astral Doors and Europe in addition to Judas Priest and many other bands. June 10-12, Solvesborg, Sweden Perris Records are starting to book bands for "Hollywood Hairspray Vol. 3". They are also starting to book for their first "Hollywood Hairspray DVD". If your band has videos send them in. Your video must be sent to us on a DVD! Perris has Signed/Licensed/Distributed bands such as American Heartbreak, Enuff Z Nuff, Mad Margritt, Loud & Nasty, Mother Mercy, Roxx, Razamanaz, Nasty Idols, Sinn, Grandma Moses, Warrant, L.A. Guns, Roxx Gang, Syanide Kick, Every Mother's Nightmare, George Lynch (Dokken, Lynch Mob), Bruce Kulick (KISS), Black N' Blue, Paul Di'Anno (Iron Maiden), Babylon A.D., Jetboy, Pretty Boy Floyd, Vicious Rumors, Derek St. Holmes (Ted Nugent), Love/Hate, Heavens Edge, Odin and many more! Your band could be next!!!!! Contact George at EMAIL Nikki Sixx will be co-hosting the Jimmy Kimmel show for a week beginning 8 March, The Brides of Destruction will also be playing on one of the shows (possible date being 9 March), The BoD will also be playing on Sunset Blvd 10 March @ Tower Records Sugar Coated Killers (a Canadian theatrical, glam rock punk band) are playing in Vancouver, Canada, at a Venue called The Cobalt on Thursday 12 February 2004. The band have been compared to bands such as 'The New York dolls', 'Alice Cooper', 'David Bowie' and also 'The Sweet', so be sure to check them out Riff After Riff - the first US Wildhearts release since Earth Vs - will be released on 9 March and will be available from Gearhead Records The dates are now in for the long awaited US Wildhearts tour (co headlining with The Dragons): Fri 3/19/04 San Antonio, TX @ Sam's Burger Joint; Sat 3/20/03 Austin, TX @ Emo's Gearhead Records SXSW Showcase (11pm set time); Sun 3/21/04 New Orleans, LA @ Circle Bar; Mon 3/22/04 Atlanta, GA @ E.A.R.L.; Tue 3/23/04 Charlotte, NC @ The Room; Wed 3/24/04 Baltimore, MD @ Otto Bar; Thu 3/25/04 New York, NY @ CBGB'S w/ The Dragons & Turbo AC's; Fri 3/26/04 Philadelphia, PA @ The Khyber; Sat 3/27/04 Pittsburgh, PA @ 31st Street Pub; Sun 3/28/04 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom; Mon 3/29/04 Detroit, MI @ Lager House w/ Grand Nationals & The Dragons; Tue 3/30/04 Chicago, IL @ Double Door; Wed 3/31/04 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club; Thu 4/1/04 Des Moines, IA @ Hairy Mary's; Fri 4/2/04 Kansas City, MO @ The Brick; Sat 4/3/04 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge; Tue 4/6/04 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress; Wed 4/7/04 San Diego, CA @ The Casbah; Thu 4/8/04 Hollywood, CA @ The Troubadour; Fri 4/9/04 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill Robin Black & the IRS will be playing at the Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, Canada on 5 March Freewheeler need your votes, so if you could take a moment and visit the Power Play Magazine website and vote for them they'd really appreciate it HIM have set 'And Love Said No - The Greatest Hits 1997-2004' as the title of their upcoming best of collection due March 2004 FastLane Records have teamed up with CD Smash to launch the IRG Radio network. This will coincide with the IRG new site just launched. Both efforts were designed to showcase FastLane Records artists/releases as well as CD Smash Record's releases and distribution. IRG radio will be playing the very best of power pop to hard rock the Indie market has to offer. IRG radio launches 29 January Bang The Union's debut 'American Dream' (scheduled for a Febuary 10th release) will be streamed Monday 26 January at the Electric Basement website. Tune in to be the first to hear tracks The Erotics would like to thank everyone for making 2003 a great year for them, check out the following link Ryan Adams gig dates: - 27 January, Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, Germany; 28 January, Huxley's, Berlin, Germany; 30 January, Wuk (SOLD OUT), Vienna, Austria; 31 January, Backstage, Munchen, Germany; 1 February, C-Side, Milan, Italy; 4 February, Razzmatazz 2, Barcelona, Spain; 5 February, Aqualang, Madrid, Spain; 8 February, The Dome, Brighton, UK; 9 February, Birmingham Academy, Birmingham, UK; 10 February, Brixton Academy, London, UK; 2 March, The Blue Note, Columbia, MO; 3 March, Bricktown, Oklahoma City, OK; 5 March, Austin Music Hall, Austin, TX; 6 March, Granada Theatre, Dallas, TX; 9 March, Marquee Theater, Tempe, AZ; 10 March, House of Blues, Anaheim, CA; 13 March, Wiltern Theatre, Los Angeles, CA; 16 March, Warfield Theatre, San Francisco, CA; 19 March, Roseland Theater, Portland, OR; 20 March, Paramount, Seattle, WA; 22 March, Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver, BC; 24 March, Brick's Club, Salt Lake City, UT; 26 March, Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO Cruefest Hollywood 2004 tickets will be ready for shipment as of February 1st. If you have already pre-purchased your tickets, they will arrive in your mailbox shortly after that date... If you haven't already pre-purchased your tickets --- WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? These tickets will SELL OUT!!! The "Official" Hotel of Cruefest Hollywood 2004 will be announced very soon... Make sure that you arrange your reservations quickly Funeral Of Hearts - HIM went straight in to the UK singles chart at number 15 Not content with European and US tours, The Wildhearts will be returning to the UK in April to rack up even more road miles with a tour taking in 14 shows in just 15 days. Additionally the band have added a further warm-up show in February at Dudley JB's. The full UK dates for the forthcoming months are as follows: 26/01/04: Wolverhampton - Civic Bar (Ginger Acoustic); 27/01/04: Oxford - Zodiac (Ginger Acoustic); 28/01/04: Cambridge - Boat Race (Ginger Acoustic); 29/01/04: High Wycombe - White Horse (Ginger Acoustic); 04/02/04: Dudley - JB's (Warm-up date); 06/02/04: Whitehaven - Civic Hall (Warm-up date); 07/02/04: Wrexham - Central Station (Warm-up date); 08/02/04: Brighton - Concord 2 (Warm-up date); 13/04/04: Liverpool - Academy; 14/04/04: Sheffield - Leadmill; 15/04/04: Wolverhampton - Wulfrun Hall; 16/04/04: Bristol - Academy; 17/04/04: Southampton - University; 18/04/04: Cardiff - Uni Solus; 19/04/04: Hammersmith - Palais; 20/04/04: Norwich - Waterfront; 22/04/04: Oxford - Brookes University; 23/04/04: Manchester - Academy; 24/04/04: Glasgow - Garage; 25/04/04: Edinburgh - Liquid Rooms; 26/04/04: Leeds - Met University; 27/04/04: Nottingham - Rock City. Further details are available on the tour page Supermint (former Orphan Punk Guitarist Jimmy's new band) have recorded and submitted 'If you want my love' for the Fastlane Records Cheap Trick album. They have also signed a deal to re-release both of their CD's in Europe and their latest album 'Off to Stupidville' which, will contain at least two bonus tracks not on the US release. Supermint are planning to tour Europe in the spring to support the re-release of the albums, but as of yet, no dates are set. You can find out more about them at the following website Join the CRASHDÏET Army and sign up got the mailing list L.A. Guns entered the studio on January 12 with producer Andy Johns to begin recording a new collection of covers from the '70s. A spring release is expected Velvet Revolver have selected 'Slither' as the first single from their forthcoming debut album, 'Contraband' due out May 11 through RCA Records, they are also said to be preparing to embark on a six-week promotional jaunt beginning in early March Tracy Gang Pussy are currently recording 5 tracks for their new demo. They will also be playing with Hellsuckers and The Sparkling Bombs on the 5th March in Paris at the Fahrenheit Concert The new Love Injections demo is out and three of the songs can be downloaded at WEBSITE The Wildhearts have been invited to join The Darkness on their European tour. The tour begins on 10 February in Amsterdam and takes in dates across Europe, finishing on 2 March before the band head out to the US (full dates coming soon). The full Darkness dates are as follows: - 10th Feb - The Max, Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 11th Feb - Grünspan, Hamburg, Germany; 12th Feb - KB Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark; 14th Feb - Arenan, Fryshuset, Stockholm, Sweden; 15th Feb - Rockefeller Music Hall, Oslo, Norway; 19th Feb - Columbiafritz, Berlin, Germany; 21st Feb - Flex, Vienna, Austria; 22nd Feb - New Backstage, Munich, Germany; 23rd Feb - Transilvania, Milan, Italy; 25th Feb - Limmathaus, Zurich, Switzerland; 26th Feb - Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany; 27th Feb - Zeche, Bochum, Germany; 29th Feb - Laiterie, Strasbourg, France; 1st March - Ancienne Belgique, Brussels, Belgium; 2nd March - Elysee Montmartre, Paris, France The new Robin Black & the IRS album will be being recorded in Vancouver in the first few weeks of February New Robin Black & the IRS Canadian Shows: - March 5th - Horseshoe - Toronto, ON as part of Chart CMW showcase, set starts at 12:45; Feb 1st at Mesa Luna - Vancouver, BC All Ages with RBIRS, the re-formed Black Halos, 3 inches of Blood, and others. 5 bucks, starts at 6 o'clock; January 31st - The Picadilly Pub - Vancouver, BC set starts at 10:30; January 19th - Vatican - Toronto, ON w/ sg's Pretty Boy Floyd ~ unadvertised intimate show Robin Black & the IRS's full graphic newsletter will be back at the beginning of February Advance tickets for the Rachel Stamp Monarch show on the 5 February are now available online at £6 from Ticket Web. Tickets for the Tunbridge Wells show on the 7 February are £7 and can be reserved at website David Ryder-Prangley will now not be appearing at the Glamourama Club on the 8 February, but as a consolation to a cancellation he will be performing DJ duties on Saturday 17 January at Stay Beautiful Rachel Stamp Live: February 5 - London, Camden Monarch, UK; February 7 - Tunbridge Wells Forum, UK There is a new Hard Rock band based in Atlanta GA called Rockets To Ruin. The band features former members of Supermatic, Piece Dogs and Superconductor. For more info, check them out at URL The Wildhearts will be playing several 'full electric' warm-up gigs in February, the dates are as follows: 6th Feb - Whitehaven - Civic Hall, UK; 7th Feb - Wrexham - Central Station, UK; 8th Feb - Brighton - Concord 2, UK. Ticket information will be added to the tour page shortly If anyone would like to check out 5 full versions of songs off the new Grandma Moses CD, you can check it out at NewMusicCanada Lustkillers 'Black Sugar Sessions' will be released very soon, soundbytes now available at the following link Bubble are playing at the NAMM show as part of the John Lennon Songwriting Contest. You do not need a pass to see them play and it will be all ages. Saturday January 17, 5pm, Outside the Marriott Anaheim, Next to the John Lennon Songwriting Contest Tour Bus. Marriott Anaheim, 700 W. Convention Way, Anaheim, 92802 Crystal Pistol With The Rumours: Live at The Brickyard, Saturday 24 January 2004, tix available at door. For more details, check out the website Crash Kelly's 'Penny Pills' has ranked in the Top 10 New Releases for 2003 Crash Kelly will be playing the following gig dates: Saturday January 17 @ the Hardball Café, Milton, Canada, w/ Pretty Boy Floyd and Spin Dizzy; Saturday January 24 @ The Bovine Sex Club, 542 Queen St. W. in downtown Toronto w/ Poisoned Aeros Rock City Morgue featuring former White Zombie bassist Sean Yseult, ex-Man Scouts Of America frontman Rik Slave, and ex-The B Movie Rats drummer Andy Baker, will be supporting the Murderdolls at their two gigs in California: Jan. 15 - Key Club - Hollywood, CA; Jan. 17 - Showcase Theatre - Corona, CA Silver Needle shows: Tuesday, January 13th, The Kiss or Kill Club at Zen Sushi - 2609 Hyperion Ave., Silverlake, CA; Thursday, January 15th (And every Thursday for the rest of the January) El Diablo's Fun House at Canter's Kibbitz Room - 419 North Fairfax, Los Angeles CA; Friday, January 13th - The Anarchy Library, 13250 Woodruff Ave., Downey, CA Rachel Stamp forthcoming UK gigs: February 5th - London, Camden Monarch; February 7th - Tunbridge Wells Forum; Plus - David Ryder-Prangley will be performing a solo, acoustic show at the Glamourama Club on February 8th at the Buffalo Bar, Highbury and Islington, London The B*Movies are filming their debut video for the forthcoming single 'Call To Arms' and they want YOU to be in it. 12pm Sunday 1 February - Droitwich Boxing Club, Droitwich, UK. If you plan on attending send an email so they can add you to their guest list The Bootlegs debut CD 'Lucky 13' is being wrapped up and is still due for a late January release... leader (and former Beauty School Dropout bassist) Kenny has also announced that he is writing for a project called 'Superhit' As you will all be aware, Mp3.com shut down their service on December 2nd 2003. If you're one of the many artists that depended on them for music hosting, then you are most likely looking for a new way to get your music out to the masses on web. A new service that will serve as a direct alternative to Mp3.com, aimed to offer the original users of mp3.com the exact same features and functionality is in its final stages of testing and will be launched in the first quarter of 2004. They are urging anyone that would like to be notified of the official launch to go to their website and signup to receive the preview After several delays, MMN Records in cooperation with Noisegate Productions and Rockwerk Records, released the CD 'Yellowhouse - Illusions Of Everyday' on 4th December 2003. The album can be purchased directly from the official Yellowhouse website. Review copies can be requested at the following email address Pretty Boy Floyd UK Tour Dates 2004: - 14.02.2004 Dorchester Corn Exchange; 15.02.2004 London Underworld; 17.02.2004 Stourbridge Rock café; 18.02.2004 Crewe Limelight; 19.02.2004 Mansfield The Mill; 20.02.2004 Bradford Rio Club; 21.02.2004 Nottingham Rock City; 23.02.2004 Sheffield Corporation; 25.02.2004 Newcastle Trillians Watchdog Sues World's Largest Music Labels Over Copy-Protected compact discs that won't play on car stereos and computers The following bands are due to play in the UK during January, February and March: - January (HIM, Backyard Babies, Dream Theater, Hurricane Party, Adam Bomb) February (Hardcore Superstar, BRMC, The Raveonettes, The Distillers, Pretty Boy Floyd, The Ataris, Fish, HIM, LAGUNS, David Lee Roth) March (Placebo, The Libertines, The Business, Dropkick Murphys, Firehouse, Vaughn) Freewheeler will be playing on Friday 9 January 2004 @ The Windmill, 22 Bleinheim Gardens, London, UK. £3 to get in + 2 other bands. On stage at 10pm Four of Gingers acoustic dates have been rescheduled: 26th Jan - Wolverhampton Civic Bar; 27th Jan - Oxford Zodiac; 28th Jan - Cambridge Boat Race; 29th Jan - High Wycombe White Horse. Depending on the venue's policy, tickets from the postponed tour will either have been refunded or will remain valid for these shows Tesla are due to release their new studio album 'Into the Now' on Santuary Records, 9 March 2004 Sanctuary Visual Entertainment will be issuing a Live Dokken DVD titled 'Dokken: Japan Live '95' on 16 February 2004 Grandma Moses CD 'Too Little Too Late' is now available on Perris Crash Kelly have been nominated for a Metal-Sludge.com 'Sludgeaholic's Choice Award'. Winning a Sludgeaholic's Choice Award would be the icing on the cake, so take a minute and vote for Crash Kelly at Metal Sludge scroll down to the Best 10 Questions Category and vote away! Wednesday 13 will be embarking on a U.K. solo tour in March 2004. Backing him on these shows will be 'Death Becomes You'. Confirmed dates are as follows: Mar. 13 - Birmingham, UK @ Academy; Mar. 14 - London, UK @ Mean Fiddler; Mar. 15 - Portsmouth, UK @ Wedgwood Rooms; Mar. 16 - Oxford, UK @ Zodiac; Mar. 17 - Manchester, UK @ Academy 3; Mar. 18 - Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts; Mar. 19 - Sheffield, UK @ Corporation; Mar. 20 - TBA; Mar. 21 - Nottingham, UK @ Rock City; Mar. 22 - Exeter, UK @ Lemon Grove Italian band Bubblegum Kiss are no longer in existence, however, three members are still playing and in the progress of putting together a new band Fresh From Hell presents Cyber-Jack 9 January @ Matrix, Rua Aspicuelta, 459, Sao Paulo-SP 11pm Due to an overwhelming demand, all forthcoming Busted tour dates are sold out. A new Summer Pops date is on sale from 9am Friday 9 January New dates have been confirmed for these The Vines and Placebo in London, UK. Tickets available now. Feb 19 The Vines, Camden Electric Ballroom and Mar 02 Placebo, Brixton Academy The Who, Stereophonics and David Bowie have been confirmed as acts on the revived Isle of Wight Festival (June 11-13). Tickets will be on sale Friday 9 January 2004