In support of their third album, ‘Last Night On Earth’, Noah and The Whale have announced a run of live dates for March/April 2012, including two rescheduled dates from 2011.

You can catch the band at the following venues:

Dublin Olympia (March 16)*
HMV Edinburgh Picture House (20)
O2 Academy Newcastle (21)*
O2 Academy Sheffield (22)
York Barbican (24)
Portsmouth Guildhall (25)
Southend Cliffs Pavilion (26)
Plymouth Pavilion (28)
Wolverhampton Civic Hall (29)
O2 Apollo Manchester (30)
London Royal Albert Hall (April 16)

*Indicates a rescheduled date from the band’s October 2011 tour

‘Last Night On Earth’ peaked on the UK albums chart at #8. It also made waves in the US, reaching #35 on the Billboard Rock chart and #20 on the Billboard Alternative chart.

Reports suggest that the legendary Paul Simon will take to the road in 2012 with Ladysmith Black Mambazo and play songs from his semial ‘Graceland’ LP. The worldwide smash was released in August 1986 and next year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of Simon taking the songs to the road for the first time.

It is also said that a lavish ‘Graceland’ box set is in the works. Tentatively to be released in the first half of the year, no details about the contents of the set are known at present. Expect more details as they surface…

Details have surfaced regarding the special editions of the forthcoming Nightwish release.

‘Imaginaerium’, the Finnish band’s seventh studi album will be released in the following formats:

2CD digipak featuring instrumental version of the album as bonus CD.

Marbled 180g double gatefold LP, including a DIN A2 poster (limited to 250 copies worldwide).

The final tracklist of the album is as follows:

01. Taikatalvi
02. Storytime
03. Ghost River
04. Slow, Love, Slow
05. I Want My Tears Back
06. Scaretale
07. Arabesque
08. Turn Loose the Mermaids
09. Rest Calm
10. The Crow, the Owl and the Dove
11. Last Ride of the Day
12. Song Of Myself: From a Dusty Bookshelf/All That Great Heart Lying Still/Piano Black/Love
13. Imaginaerum

Having already released two albums of top-notch material, She & Him – the acoustic singer-songwriter duo featuring alt-folk musician M Ward and actress Zooey Deschanel – will be releasing a festively themed album at the end of October.

‘A Very She & Him Christmas’ features the duo putting their mark on various yuletide classics. Those who pre-order from the official website will receive She & Him wrapping paper.

The tracklist for the She & Him Christmas album is as follows:

‘The Christmas Waltz’
‘Christmas Day’
‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’
‘I’ll Be Home for Christmas’
‘Christmas Wish’
‘Sleigh Ride’
‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’
‘Silver Bells’
‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’
‘Blue Christmas’
‘Little Saint Nick’
‘The Christmas Song’

Earlier in 2011, She & Him contributed a track to the Buddy Holly tribute ‘Rave On Buddy Holly’ (review here), while Zooey recorded a solo number for a second Buddy tribute, ‘Listen To Me’ (review here).

Read a review of M Ward’s ‘Hold Time’ here.

Listen to a couple of She & Him’s best tunes below.

Having finished their summer tour, Paramore have announced the release of new material.

Their first new track ‘Renegades’ is available now.  Over the next three months, the band will be releasing two more new songs.  ‘Hello Cruel World’ will follow on November 7th and ‘In The Mourning’ on December 5th.

The three songs mark the beginning of the Paramore Singles Club and will only be available from the band’s official website and not available from iTunes.

The band have said the Singles Club will feature more downloads in future.  While there are plans to begin work on a new album in 2012, it is not yet known whether any of these new songs will feature on the forthcoming full-length LP or available elsewhere on CD at a later date.

You can listen to ‘Renegade’ below.