With their breakthrough album ‘Sticks & Stones’ now ten years old, punk pop/emo band New Found Glory are celebrating.

To mark the anniversary, the band have announced a run of US tour dates at which they will play the record in its entirety.

The confirmed dates are as follows:

November 24, 2012 San Francisco, CA Slim’s
November 25, 2012 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
November 26, 2012 Pomona, CA Glass House
November 27, 2012 Las Vegas, NV Hard Rock Café
November 29, 2012 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
November 30, 2012 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
December 1, 2012 Chicago, IL The Bottom Lounge
December 2, 2012 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
December 3, 2012 Cleveland Heights, OH Grog Shop
December 5, 2012 Pawtucket, RI The Met
December 6, 2012 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
December 7, 2012 New York, NY Irving Plaza
December 8, 2012 New York, NY Irving Plaza
December 9, 2012 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
December 11, 2012 Towson, MD The Recher Theatre
December 12, 2012 Greensboro, NC Greene Street
December 13, 2012 West Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern
December 14, 2012 Orlando, FL The Social
December 15, 2012 Orlando, FL The Social
December 16, 2012 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture Room

The Story So Far will appear at all shows.
Seahaven will support at shows from Nov 24th-Dec 3rd.
Candy Hearts will support at shows from Dec 5th-Dec 16th.

David Pattillo and Wylie Wirth – aka garage blues duo The Dead Exs – wants you!

They have a new album coming out in a few weeks.  The lead track is being given away as a free download (see below), but they don’t yet have a video clip.

They’d like you to make it for them.  That’s right, just send them a clip you’ve shot yourself which depicts how the song makes you feel. The band will then edit together the best clips for your enjoyment.  If you think you’re up to the challenge, they want to hear from you…

Closing date: September 10th.

Full details and free download link can be found here: http://thedeadexs.com/submit-your-video-for-relovolution-here-right-now/

Real Gone’s original review of The Dead Exs debut record can be read here: https://www.realgonerocks.com/2011/05/the-dead-exs-resurrection/

Big D and the Kids Table have announced a short run of Australian tour dates for November/December.

The Boston Ska-punk outfit will be joined by Australian band The Resignators at all shows.

November 27, 2012 The Gov, Adelaide [2]
November 28, 2012 Barwon Club, Geelong [3]
November 29, 2012 Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne [4]
November 30, 2012 The Patch, Wollongong [1]
December 1, 2012 Crowbar, Brisbane
December 2, 2012 The Wall, Bald Faced Stag, Sydney [1][6]

[1]support from Steel City Allstars
[2]support from Give Or Take
[3]support from The Bennies
[4]support from The Kujo Kings
[5]support from Chris Duke & The Royals

In June 2012, The Flaming Lips hit the music headlines when their video for ‘First Time Ever I Saw Your Face’ appeared online. The hugely NSFW video, starring Erykah Badu (and her sister Nayrok), was leaked by the Lips’ frontman Wayne Coyne in an edit not previously approved by Badu.

The Flaming Lips have now replaced the clip with a similar (also NSFW) clip starring Amanda Palmer of The Dresden Dolls.

The new clip (as well as the withdrawn clip featuring Badu) can be viewed below.

ONCE AGAIN: BOTH CLIPS ARE NOT SAFE FOR WORK.

Read a review of The Flaming Lips ‘Dark Side of The Moon’ here.
Read a review of 8IN8 (featuring Amanda Palmer) here.

Throughout the summer of 2012, Iron Maiden have been touring the US with a show that closely mirrors the set played on the ‘Seventh Son of a Seventh Son’ tour of 1988.

The original ’88 tour was captured on video at a show in Birmingham and subsequently released on VHS as ‘Maiden England’. In both it’s original format and reissue containing highlights of the show on CD, the release has become somewhat of a fan favourite.

Following the DVD debut of ‘Live After Death’ in 2008, fans have eagerly awaited the release of ‘Maiden England’ on DVD. Bassist and founding member Steve Harris has confirmed that it will now be released on DVD next year.

What’s more, it will contain never before seen performances from the encore as a bonus.

It is not yet known whether the DVD will contain any other bonus features, but assuming it follows suit with Maiden’s previous DVD reissue, fans should finally get part 3 of ‘The Iron Maiden Story’, covering the making of ‘Seventh Son’, its subsequent world tour, as well as each of the ‘Seventh Son’ promo clips and other archive oddments.
[REAL GONE says: They’d better include the Sooty clip from ’88!]

In related news, Harris releases his solo debut ‘British Lion’ on September 24th.