Stoner rock outfit Fu Manchu are to perform the whole of their classic ‘In Search Of…’ album during live sets on their upcoming North American tour.  The band has already played the whole album to a hugely enthusiatic London crowd at a UK appearance earlier in 2011.

The dates for the US live shows are as follows:
Nov. 01 – The New Parish – Oakland, CA
Nov. 04 – Summit Music Hall – Denver, CA
Nov. 07 – Double Door – Chicago, IL
Nov. 09 – The Grog Shop – Cleveland Heights, OH
Nov. 10 – Magic Stick – Detroit, MI
Nov. 11 – The Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, ON
Nov. 12 – Les Foufounes Electriques – Montreal, QC
Nov. 14 – The Middle East Downstairs – Cambridge, MA
Nov. 15 – Santo’s Party Haus – New York, NY
Nov. 16 – The Note – West Chester, PA
Nov. 17 – Black Cat – Washington, DC
Nov. 20 – Red 7 – Austin, TX

Support at all shows comes from Honky & The Shrine, except for the Detroit show which also features Nashville Pussy and Supersuckers.

Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland has released a twelve song covers album. The release comes in a digital format only and can be purchased from his official web store.

The tracklist is as follows:

01. I Am The Resurrection (STONE ROSES)
02. Personality Crisis (NEW YORK DOLLS)
03. Frances Farmer Will Get Her Revenge On Seattle (NIRVANA)
04. Let Down (RADIOHEAD)
05. Into Your Arms (LEMONHEADS)
06. Dead Flowers (THE ROLLING STONES)
07. Waiting For Superman (THE FLAMING LIPS)
08. Revolution (The Beatles; recorded by STONE TEMPLE PILOTS in 2001)
09. But Not Tonight (DEPECHE MODE)
10. Reel Around The Fountain (THE SMITHS)
11. Fame (DAVID BOWIE)
12. Jean Genie (DAVID BOWIE)

Hardcore punk band Gallows are offering a free download of their new track ‘True Colours’ via their Musicglue page.

The track is the band’s first available material featuring new vocalist Wade MacNeil (previously of Canadian hardcore band alexisonfire) and can be downloaded here.

Watch the video below.

Legendary Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson is to appear at Canterbury Cathedral this December.

The singer will be appearing alongside Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson and Justin Hayward of the Moody Blues at a fundraising show.

‘Canterbury Rocks at Christmas’ will be held at the nave of the cathedral, and follows last year’s successful show featering Anderson appearing with Greg Lake.

It is said that essential repairs need to be made to the cathedral (considered the most important site in Britain’s Christian heritage) and that approximately £3 million per year must be found to maintain its upkeep.

Tickets are available from www.thecanterburygift.com

Read a review of Iron Maiden’s ‘Number of the Beast’ here.
Read a review of Iron Maiden’s ‘Powerslave’ here.
Read a review of Iron Maiden’s ‘Somewhere In Time’ here.
Watch Bruce talk about aeroplanes here.

On Saturday, August 27th, Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor underwent eye surgery to correct his vision.
He said yesterday, via his twitter feed, the procedure had been successful and he now has 20/20 vision.

It’s a busy time for Taylor.  Slipknot has just announced they are to play more live shows, despite an uncertain future for the band following the passing of bassist Paul Grey.  The band are confirmed to play the Rock In Rio festival on the 2nd October.  Other shows may follow, but nothing has been confirmed.

In April 2010, Joey Jordison said there was to be a new Slipknot disc in 2012, but following the death of bassist Paul Grey just a few weeks later, this looked uncertain.  Reports still suggest that the proposed Slipknot album is to be recorded and released.

Also in 2012, Corey Taylor plans to release an EP of cover songs with his “other” band, Stone Sour.  While it has been said that each band member will get to choose a cover song each, no songs have been officially chosen as yet.