In support of his number one album release, Noel Gallagher has announced more live shows for 2012.

With new dates now added for shows in Aberdeen and Sheffield, Gallagher will now make seven appearances in all at the following venues next February, July and September:

Aberdeen P&J Arena (February 14)
Sheffield Motorpoint Arena (19)

Bournemouth BIC (September 4)
Liverpool Echo Arena (6)
Cardiff Motorpoint Arena (9)
Nottingham Capital FM Arena (10)

Industrial legends Ministry have announced their new album will be released before Easter 2012.

Entitled ‘Relapse’,  the disc is the band’s twelfth studio album and their first since 2007’s ‘The Last Sucker’.

Joining mainman Al Jourgensen this time around are Prong’s Tommy Victor, Soulfly/Static X drummer Tony Campos and Rigor Mortis man Mike Scaccia.

At this time, no official track listing has been revealed, although Jourgensen expects the album will be released at some point in March 2012.

Copenhagen band Supercharger have released a new video for their track ‘Rise & Fall’. The song comes from the band’s second full-length album ‘That’s How We Roll’ which was released back in March 2011.

Over the past three years the band has toured Europe several times, including support slots with D.A.D. and Nashville Pussy, building up a strong following in the process. Watch ‘Rise & Fall’ below.

Dutch vocalist Anneke von Gisburgen (ex-The Gathering) is to release a new album of solo material this coming January.

‘Everything Is Changing’ was recorded in Portugal with producer Daniel Cardoso and features the following tracks:

01. Feel Alive (3:37)
02. You Want To Be Free (3:23)
03. Everything Is Changing (3:18)
04. Take Me Home (3:23)
05. I Wake Up (3:30)
06. Circles (4:00)
07. My Boy (4:15)
08. Stay (4:08)
09. Hope, Pray, Dance, Play (3:19)
10. Slow Me Down (2:57)
11. Too Late (4:11)
12. 1000 Miles Away From You (4:59)

The album is released via PIAS Holland on January 20th. Watch the official video for lead track ‘Feel Alive’ below.

It has been confirmed that Henry Rollins is to take his current spoken word tour to Australia.

Rollins – whose current tour is entitled ‘The Long March’ will perform sixteen spoken word dates in Aus, on a month long trek which will see him visiting each of the country’s states and territories.

Australian fans can catch Rollins tackling a variety of subjects at the following venues next April/May:

Wed 18 April
The National Theatre
Melbourne

Thu 19 April
The National Theatre
Melbourne

Sun 22 April
Her Majesties Theatre
Adelaide

Tue 24 April
Panthers
Newcastle

Wed 25 April
Seymour Centre
Sydney

Thu 26 April
Seymour Centre
Sydney

Sun 29 April
Darwin Entertainment Centre
Darwin

Tue 1 May
Tanks
Cairns

Wed 2 May
Powerhouse
Brisbane

Thur 3 May
Powerhouse
Brisbane

Sat 5 May
Theatre Royal
Hobart

Sun 6 May
The Street Theatre
Canberra

Tue 8 May
IPAC
Wollongong

Thu 10 May
Margaret River Cultural Centre
Margaret River

Fri 11 May
Astor Theatre
Perth

Sat 12 May
Astor Theatre
Perth