Promoting her ‘Theatre Is Evil’ album with her Grand Theft Orchestra, Amanda Palmer returns to her native Australia for a short run of live shows.

The former Dresden Dolls vocalist will play six dates in all, some of which will be all ages shows.

Confirmed dates:

Fri 1 Feb Forum Theatre Melbourne
Thu 7 Feb Enmore Theatre Sydney *
Sat 9 Feb The Northern Byron Bay
Sun 10 Feb The Tivoli Brisbane
Thu 14 Feb Astor Theatre Perth
Sun 17 Feb Thebarton Theatre Adelaide *

*All ages shows. All other performances are 18+.

In other related news, Palmer recently appeared in the Flaming Lips video for their cover of ‘First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ – a NSFW clip – which can be viewed here.

Following the earlier news of Agnostic Front’s trip to Europe in early 2013 with Hatebreed, the hardcore punk legends have confirmed a handful of Canadian dates for next month.

With support from Death By Stereo and West of Hell at all shows, Canadian fans can catch Agnostic Front here:

October 19, 2012 Vancouver, BC Ricksaw Theatre
October 20, 2012 Kelowna, BC Level Nightclub
October 21, 2012 Calgary, AB Republik
October 22, 2012 Edmonton, AB The Studio Music Foundation
October 23, 2012 Edmonton, AB The Pawn Shop
October 24, 2012 Saskatoon, SK Amigos Cantina
October 25, 2012 Winnipeg, MB The Zoo

On September 23rd, Backstage Entertainment conducted an interview with Ill Nino frontman Cristian Machado. You can view the chat below.

The interview took place in Nebraska when Ill Nino visited Omaha as part of the ‘Noise Revolution’ tour, where the band are now appearing alongside Emmure and Static-X.

Ill Nino’s sixth studio album ‘Epidemia’ is released via AFM Records on October 29th.

Posies founder Ken Stringfellow is to play a run of live shows in Spain this coming December.

Promoting his 2012 solo album ‘Danzig In The Moonlight’, Ken will be appearing at the following venues:

05.12 @ TBC. Irún
06.12 @ Patio de la Favorita. Gijón
07.12 @ Teatro Circo. Murcia
08.12 @ Teatro Caja Granada Isidoro Maiquez. Granada
09.12 @ Four Seasons. Castellón
10.12 @ Café España. Valladolid
11.12 @ BeCool. Barcelona
12.12 @ La Lata de Bombillas. Zaragoza
13.12 @ Siroco. Madrid
14.12 @ Café Pop Torgal. Ourense
15.12 @ La Iguana Club. Vigo

‘Danzig In The Moonlight’ is released on Lojinx Records on October 1st. You can stream a track from the album here.

Florida ska-punks Less Than Jake will play a short run of UK shows this coming November.

No strangers to the UK, the band have already played various UK dates throughout 2012, but this final set of dates finds them co-headlining with New Found Glory, who are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their breakthrough record ‘Sticks & Stones’.

Less Than Jake’s new studio album ‘Greetings & Salutations’ is released on 15th October.

The dates:
November 4, 2012 Nottingham Rock City
November 5, 2012 Manchester Academy
November 6, 2012 Leeds University
November 7, 2012 Glasgow Barrowland
November 8, 2012 Norwich UEA
November 9, 2012 Cardiff University Great Hall
November 10, 2012 London Alexandra Palace (Warped Tour UK)