Skunk Anansie: European winter tour dates announced

This winter, Skunk Anansie fans across mainland Europe will be given the opportunity to catch up with the band during a run of shows.

The European tour begins in Portugal on 6th November and finishes at London’s Brixton Academy almost a month later on December 1st.

The confirmed dates are as follows:

6th Nov Coliseum Lisbon Portugal
7th Nov Coliseum Porto Portugal
8th Nov Riviera Madrid Spain
9th Nov Razzmatazz Barcelona Spain
11th Nov Les Docks Lausanne Switzerland
12th Nov X-tra Zurich Switzerland
13th Nov Tonhalle Munich Germany
15th Nov Palladium Cologne Germany
16th Nov Columbiahalle Berlin Germany
17th Nov Theaterhaus Stuttgart Germany
23rd Nov Lotto Arena Antwerp Belgium
24th Nov Zenith Paris France
25th Nov Ziggo Dome Amsterdam Netherlands
27th Nov Sentrum Scene Oslo Norway
28th Nov Falkoner Copenhagen Denmark
29th Nov Hugenottenhalle Frankfurt Germany

1st Dec Brixton Academy London UK 

Read a review of ‘Wonderlustre’ here.

Dates announced for System of a Down + Deftones double headline tour

The dates have been confirmed for the upcoming SOAD/Deftones double headline tour. Fans in the US can catch the tour at the following venues and cities this summer:

Aug. 02 – Philadelphia, PA – Susquehanna Bank Center
Aug. 04 – Holmdel Township, NJ – PNC Center
Aug. 05 – Wantagh, NY – Nikon At Jones Beach
Aug. 07 – Washington, DC – Verizon Center
Aug. 09 – Boston, MA – Comcast Center
Aug. 11 – Montreal, QC – Heavy MTL
Aug. 12 – Toronto, ON – Heavy T.O.
Aug. 14 – Detroit, MI – DTE Energy Amphitheater
Aug. 15 – Chicago, IL – Allstate Arena

Deftones are currently in the studio working on new material, expected to have a release sometime in late 2012. There are no plans for the reformed System of a Down to record new material as a band at present. Frontman Serj Tankian will release his third solo album ‘Harikari’ prior to the System/Deftones tour.

Puscifer: Dates confirmed for third US tour

In support of their second full album ‘Conditions of My Parole’, Puscifer have announced a string of US live dates. It will be the third time Tool man Maynard Keenan has toured the US with his side project.

Those confirmed dates in full:
June 09 – Manchester, TN – Bonnaroo Festival
June 11 – Tampa, FL – Ferguson Hall – Tampa Performing Arts Center
June 12 – Miami, FL – Olympia Theatre – Gusman Performing Arts Center
June 13 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
June 15 – Baltimore, MD – Lyric Opera House
June 16 – Asbury Park, NJ – Paramount Theatre
June 17 – Reading, PA – Soverign Performing Arts Center
June 18 – Richmond, VA – The National
June 20 – Buffalo, NY – Riviera Theatre
June 21 – Columbus, OH – LC Indoor Pavilion
June 24 – St. Paul, MN – River’s Edge Festival
June 27 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center
June 28 – San Antonio, TX – Lila Cockrell Theatre
June 30 – Prescott, AZ – Yavapai College Performance Arts Center

As before, Keenan has no current plans to take Puscifer on the road outside the US.

New video interview with Trixter posted online

As part of a recent edition of WHDA’s ‘Box of Rock’ Terrie Carr caught up with Trixter guitarist Steve Brown and drummer Gus Scott of Trixter. You can watch the resulting chat (as posted on YouTube) below.

The reformed band recently released their comeback album, ‘New Audio Machine’ via Frontiers Records. It marks the band’s first studio record since the mid 1990s.