X-UFO, a band featuring ex-UFO members Laurence Archer, Clive Edwards and Danny Peyronel, are soon to release a live album. According to the band, the live disc – recorded in Germany – features “blistering versions of ‘Doctor Doctor’, ‘Lights Out’, ‘Rock Bottom’ and more.

As with the ex-Saxon memebers spin-off band Oliver/Dawson Saxon, the band have gained somewhat of a live following, but haven’t really made their mark in the studio. Archer and co intend to enter the studio in 2012 to begin work on a studio record.

Meanwhile, the real UFO – still boasting original members Phil Mogg (vox), Andy Parker (drums) and Paul Raymond (keys) – are to release a new album in February. Their twentieth studio outing is confirmed as being titled ‘Seven Deadly’, but no formal tracklisting has been announced at this time.

A new track by Paramore, ‘In The Mourning’ can be streamed by clicking the YouTube link below.

The track is the third and final instalment from the band’s 2011 “Singles Club” where the band issued a new track per month between October and December.  The “Singles Club” was set up as a thank you to fans for sticking with the band throughout 2011 when no other studio material appeared.  [REAL GONE SAYS: Obviously they didn’t want to thank their fans too much, since they still charged money for the three downloads!]

Paramore are set to return to the studio in 2012 to begin work on a follow up to 2009’s multi-million selling ‘Brand New Eyes’.  It is not yet known whether the three downloads issued this year – ‘Renegades’, ‘Hello Cold World’ and ‘In The Mourning’ – will be included on the album, whether as part of the main release or as bonus tracks.

The first 2012 dates for the Anthrax/Testament US tour have been announced.

Fans can catch the thrash metal legends on their double headlining tour at the following venues:
Jan. 22 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
Jan. 23 – House of Blues – Anaheim, CA
Jan. 24 – Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
Jan. 30 – Orange Peel – Asheville, NC
Feb. 03 – The LC Pavilion – Columbus, OH
Feb. 07 – Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD
Feb. 08 – Best Buy Theatre – New York, NY

More dates are to be added later. Death Angel will provide support at all shows.

Anthrax released their troubled production ‘Worship Music’ in September 2010. Testament are scheduled to release ‘The Dark Roots of Earth’ in April 2012.

This December, Fleetwood Mac legend Lindsey Buckingham was scheduled to play live dates as part of a rare visit to the UK.

Due to a back injury, his seven live dates have been postponed. Buckingham promises that all dates will be rescheduled for sometime in 2012 and all tickets for the postponed shows will be valid.

The affected dates are as follows:
Dec 8th – Birmingham Symphony Hall
Dec 9th – Salford Lowry
Dec 11th – O2 Academy Leeds
Dec 12th – Edinburgh Usher Hall
Dec 13th – Gateshead Sage
Dec 18th – Southampton Guildhall
Dec 19th – London Palladium

The dates were in support of Buckingham’s 2011 release, the critically acclaimed ‘Seeds We Sow’. (Review here)

Next year, Mark Lanegan releases a new solo album.  ‘Blues Funeral’ marks Lanegan’s first solo release since 2004’s ‘Bubblegum’.

If you can’t wait that long, UK magazine Mojo are giving away a free download of new track ‘The Gravedigger’s Song’!

You can download it for free at the below link, in exchange for your email address.

http://mojomagazine.tumblr.com/post/13784614765/check-out-the-first-offering-from-mark-lanegan

‘Blues Funeral’ is released on February 6th 2012.