Following the release of ‘Apocalyptic Love’, Slash has announced a full headlining tour of the US with his band Myles Kennedy & The Conspirators.

The dates begin in September and run through the whole of the Autumn, as follows:

Jul. 12 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
Jul. 13 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
Jul. 14 – Vancouver, BC – Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Jul. 16 – Edmonton, AB – Northern Alberta Jubilee
Jul. 17 – Calgary, AB – Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
Jul. 19 – Medicine Hat, AB – Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre
Jul. 20 – Saskatoon, SK – TCU Place
Jul. 21 – Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theatre
Jul. 23 – Thunder Bay, ON – Thunder Bay Community Auditorium
Jul. 25 – Belleville, ON – Empire Square Live
Jul. 26 – London, ON – Harris Park
Jul. 27 – Montreal, QC – Olympia Theater
Jul. 29 – Quebec City, QC – Agora de Quebec
Jul. 30 – Moncton, New Brunswick – Centre-Casino Moncton
Jul. 31 – Halifax, NS – Cunard Events Centre
Aug. 02 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
Aug. 03 – Montclair, NJ – Wellmont Theatre
Aug. 04 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount
Aug. 07 – Dubuque, IA – Diamond Jo Casino-Mississippi Moon Bar
Aug. 08 – St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
Aug. 10 – Sturgis, SD – Buffalo Chip Campground
Sep. 04 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
Sep. 05 – Phoenix, AZ – Celebrity Theatre
Sep. 07 – Austin, TX – Stubbs
Sep. 08 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
Sep. 09 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
Sep. 11 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
Sep. 12 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
Sep. 16 – Hampton Beach, NH – Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
Sep. 18 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
Sep. 19 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
Sep. 21 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s
Sep. 22 – Detroit, MI – Fillmore
Sep. 23 – Toronto, ON – Sound Academy
Sep. 25 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room
Sep. 28 – Chicago, IL – Riviera Theater
Sep. 29 – Springfield, MO – O’Reilly Family Events Center
Oct. 02 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
Oct. 03 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern

All July/August dates feature support from Monster Truck.
All September/October dates (except Sept 16th & 23rd) feature support from Foxy Shazam.

UK proggers The Pineapple Thief are giving away free music! Ahead of the release of their next album, you can download a new track in exchange for an email address.

‘Last Man Standing’ is taken from their 2012 release ‘All The Wars’ which won’t be released until September 3rd.

Initial copies of ‘All The Wars’ will feature a bonus disc containing exclusive acoustic re-recordings and a new version of ‘Light Up Your Eyes’, a track originally featured on their 2005 album ’10 Stories Down’.

Get your free download of ‘Last Man Standing’ by visiting the Pineapple Thief website.

‘All The Wars’ confirmed tracklist:

Burning Pieces
Warm Seas
Last Man Standing
All the Wars
Build a World
Give It Back
Someone Pull me Out
One More Step Away
Reaching Out

Special edition bonus acoustic tracks:
Warm Seas
Reaching Out
Last Man Standing
One More Step Away
All the Wars
Every Last Moment
Someone Pull Me Out
+ Light Up Your Eyes (2012 version)

Symphonic metal outfit Kamelot have officially announced the appointment of a new vocalist.

Joining the band as frontman is Tommy Karevik, previously of AOR band Seventh Wonder.  Karevik replaces previous vocalist Roy Khan, who left Kamelot in 2011 for “personal reasons”. Although he’s taken on duties as Kamelot’s vocalist, Karevik says he has no plans to leave Seventh Wonder.

In addition to being a member of Seventh Wonder, Karevik previously performed as vocalist with hard rock band Firecracker, on their sole release, 2010’s ‘Born of Fire’.   [read a Firecracker review here]

Australian trio (the) Dirty Three have announced a run of UK dates scheduled for November 2012.

The band – featuring ex-Grinderman and sometime Bad Seeds member Warren Ellis – released their eighth album, ‘Toward The Low Sun’ in February.  The short run of dates finishes with an appearance at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire.

Dirty Three UK tour dates, November 2012:

Birmingham Glee Club (20th)
Manchester Cathedral (21st)
Dublin Button Factory (23rd)
Glasgow Oran Mor (25th)
Gateshead The Sage Theatre (26th)
Bristol Trinity (27th)
O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire (28th) 

August Christopher are a hard working unsigned band from Nashville.  They’ve already release a few self-financed albums [read a review of ‘A New Day’ here] and had music featured on MTV Undressed and WCW Wrestling, but it’s time to get their story heard.

The band are going to be the subjects of a documentary film ’10 Years With An Unsigned Rock Band’, but it can only happen with a little help.

To make the project a reality, the band and documentary maker Ed Scott need a little funding.  They’ve currently raised $285 of their $1000 goal.

You can be involved in the project by making a donation (however small or large) to their cause via Kickstarter at the below link.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crisscheatham/10-years-with-an-unsigned-rock-band