Kaiser Chiefs have announced their first live dates for next year, including a stop off at Margate Winter Gardens. The dates are to promote the band’s 2012 singles compilation ‘Souvenir’.

Dates are as follows:

FEBRUARY:
Carlisle Sands Centre (February 11)
Glasgow Barrowlands (12)
Dunfermline Alhambra Theatre (14)
O2 Apollo Manchester (15)
Bridlington Spa (16)
O2 Academy Newcastle (18)
Preston Guildhall (19)
Cheltenham Racecourse (21)
Wolverhampton Civic Hall (22)
Southampton Guildhall (25)
Margate Winter Gardens (26)
Cambridge Corn Exchange (27)

MARCH:
O2 Brixton Academy (March 1)

As part of their ‘Deluxe Edition’ series, Universal are set to re-issue Steve Winwood’s ‘Arc of A Diver’ next month.

The 1980 album was Winwood’s second solo release and marked the beginning of a run of hit albums for the respected singer/songwriter throughout the following decade.

The new 2CD version of the album features the original ‘Arc of a Diver’ in remastered form, plus a handful of bonus cuts on the second disc.  The title cut and ‘Spanish Dancer’ appear in “radio edit” form and the 12″ instrumental version of ‘Night Train’ is also included.

Of biggest interest to Winwood’s fans is the inclusion of the 60 minute audio documentary ‘Arc of a Diver: The Steve Winwood Story’, originally broadcast on BBC Radio 2 in March.

‘Arc of a Diver: Deluxe Edition’ is released in the UK on September 24th.

One time Joy Division/New Order bassist Peter Hook will be taking to the road this autumn.

Following its release on October 1st, Hook will be visiting several cities to sign copies of his book ‘Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division’, including appearances at a couple of literary festivals.

Where and when you can meet Peter Hook:

OCTOBER:
HMV Manchester (1st)
Foyles Charing Cross (2nd)
Bristol Fopp (3rd)
WH Smiths Birmingham (4th)
Waterstones Liverpool (4th)
Ilkley Literature Festival (5th)
Morley Literature Festival (6th)
Easons Dublin (8th)
Waterstones Glasgow (9th)
Waterstones Edinburgh (9th)
Sheffield Off The Shelf Literature Festival (16th)
Chester Literary Festival (24th)

Stone Sour have confirmed the track listing for their fourth album.

The album, entitled ‘House of Gold & Bones, Part 1’, is released in the UK on October 21st and includes the following tracks:

‘Gone Sovereign’
‘Absolute Zero’
‘A Rumor Of Skin’
‘The Travelers, Pt. 1’
‘Tired’
‘RU486’
‘My Name Is Allen’
‘Taciturn’
‘Influence Of A Drowsy God’
‘The Travelers, Pt. 2’
‘Last Of The Real’

The album is followed by a short UK tour in December, where the band will play London’s Brixton Academy on the 10th, with support from Papa Roach.

Following the London show, the band play Manchester Apollo on the 13th, Wolverhampton Civic on the 14th and Bournemouth Academy on the 15th.

Dutch symphonic rock band Delain appeared at the 2012 Wacken Festival in Germany at the beginning of August, as part of the ongoing tour for their third studio release ‘We Are The Others’.

Metal-Trails.com caught up with Delain’s frontwoman Charlotte Wessels to get all the latest news from the band, and you can now view their twenty minute chat below.

‘We Are The Others’ was released via Roadrunner Records in June and provided the band with a top 5 success in The Netherlands.

Watch other interviews with Charlotte from April and May 2012 here and here.