It has been announced that Lamb Of God’s upcoming tour with Adult Swim band Dethklok and French metallers Gojira has been “officially cancelled”. [Dates affected can be found here]

The reason for cancellation is due to Randy Blythe’s ongoing imprisonment in the Czech Republic. The Lamb Of God frontman is still being detained following a much publicized manslaughter case.

Lamb Of God’s PR company have issued the following statement:

“Due to the continued incarceration of Lamb Of God singer Randy Blythe in the Czech Republic, the band’s co-headline tour with Dethklok scheduled to begin August 1 in Seattle has been canceled. Lamb Of God regrets the decision but the uncertainty of Randy’s release makes it impossible to carry on with the tour. Upon Randy’s release, it is the band’s intention to rebook a tour in the fall and at this time the band fully intends to participate in the Mayhem Cruise in December.

“LAMB OF GOD wishes to thank Dethklok, Adult Swim and Gojira for their support and patience as well as all of the promoters who had dates on the tour. Last but certainly not least, the band thanks all of the fans who bought tickets for the tour and who have been supportive of Randy and the band over the last month that Randy has been held in Prague. Without the fans, there is no Lamb Of God.”

Recently Blythe’s bail was doubled from $200,000 to an astronomical $400,000 – a figure still being contested by Blythe’s prosecutors.

The case goes on.

To celebrate its thirty-fifth birthday the Sex Pistols album ‘Never Mind The Bollocks is to be reissued as a multi-disc special edition in September.

In addition to the remastered album, the package includes various unreleased demos and live tracks and a feature length DVD containing unseen footage.

Also included are a harback book containing 1977 diary entries and more and a 7″ single.

In fact, the package appears fairly comprehensive, but is missing one vital item: the once-controversial tea-time interview with Bill Grundy on the ‘Today’ programme is, sadly, nowhere to be seen.

‘NEVER MIND THE BOLLOCKS: 35th ANNIVERSARY SUPER-DELUXE EDITION’ confirmed tracklist:

CD1 – Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols*
Holidays In The Sun
Bodies
No Feelings
Liar
God Save The Queen
Problems
Seventeen
Anarchy In The UK
Submission
Pretty Vacant
New York
EMI

CD2 – 1977 Studio Rarities & B-Sides
The single b-sides remastered.
No Feeling
Did You No Wrong
No Fun
Satellite
Dave Goodman Jan 1977 demos recorded at Gooseberry Studios **
5. New York
6. EMI
7. Liar
8. Pretty Vacant
9. Problems
10. GSTQ
Chris Thomas Demo’s & Outtakes***
11. Did You Know Wrong (March 3rd 1977)
12. 17 (April 21st 1977)
13. Satellite (April 22nd 1977)
14. Submission (April 22nd 1977)
15. Holidays In The Sun (April 22nd 1977)
16. EMI (April 22nd 1977)
17. 17 (May 16th 1977)
18. Holidays In The Sun (June 11th 1977)
19. Bodies (June 11th 1977)
20. Submission (August 12th 1977)
21. Belsen Was A Gas (original demo) (19 September 1977)****

CD3 – 1977 Live
Ssamfundet Club, Trondheim, Norway – 21st July
Anarchy In The U.K.
I Wanna Be Me
17
New York
EMI
No Fun
No Feelings
Problems
God Save The Queen

Happy House, Stockholm, Sweden – 28th July***
10. Anarchy In The UK
11. I Wanna Be Me
12. 17
13. New York
14. EMI
15. Submission
16. No Feelings
17. Problems
18. God Save The Queen
19. Pretty Vacant
20. No Fun

DVD – 1977
Riverboat Party, The River Thames, London – 7th July
Pretty Vacant
Anarchy In The UK
Problems
Happy House, Stockholm, Sweden – 28th July***
Anarchy In The UK
I Wanna Be Me
Seventeen
New York
Problems
No Fun
S.P.O.T.S. Tour – Winter Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall – 1st September***
Problems
No Fun
Anarchy In The UK

DVD EXTRA’S
God Save The Queen video
Pretty Vacant video
Holidays In The Sun video
The HeyDay Interviews. Interviews by Judy and Fred Vermorel recorded in August 1977 with:
Steve Jones
Paul Cook
John Lydon
Sid Vicious
Glen Matlock
BBC, Radio 1, Rock On, December 12th 1977 – John Tobler interview with John and Sid (previously unheard full uncensored version)

OTHER CONTENT

1977 (The Bollocks Diaries)
100 page full-colour hardback diary detailing every significant band event in this explosive year. Written by former Mojo editor Pat Gilbert, the book includes multiple quotes from key figures, previously unseen photos, recording details, memorabilia and much more.

+ replica A&M GSTQ/No Feeling 7″ single.

+ 3FT by 4.5FT Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols replica promo poster.

+ copy of original handwritten lyrics to God Save The Queen.

+ Replica Never Mind The Bollocks Here’s The Sex Pistols promo stickers.

The box set is released in the UK on September 24th.

And now, for those who still love it, is the complete version of the Bill Grundy interview, pieced together from various sources. Bits have surfaced regularly on slip shows, but the whole thing is rarely seen. NB: it looks like the cutaway to the video clip has been extended rather than being a brief insert as originally seen in 1976, but most importantly, every amusing facial gesture and every sneering remark is as seen and heard by the unsuspecting TV viewers.

Gwar have announced a lengthy run of US/Canadian tour dates for this coming October and beyond.

With absolutely stellar support from DevilDriver, Cancer Bats and Legacy of Disorder at all shows, the intergalactic mutant overlords plan to bring mayhem and destruction to the following cities:

Oct. 12 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
Oct. 14 – Clifton Park, NY – Northern Lights
Oct. 15 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
Oct. 16 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
Oct. 18 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
Oct. 19 – Ybor City, FL – The Ritz Ybor
Oct. 20 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
Oct. 22 – Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend
Oct. 24 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
Oct. 25 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
Oct. 26 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
Oct. 27 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
Oct. 31 – Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall
Nov. 01 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater
Nov. 02 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee
Nov. 03 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
Nov. 04 – West Hollywood, CA – House of Blues
Nov. 05 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst
Nov. 06 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
Nov. 08 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
Nov. 09 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
Nov. 10 – Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market
Nov. 11 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
Nov. 12 – Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theater
Nov. 14 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Events Centre
Nov. 15 – Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall Ballroom
Nov. 16 – Saskatoon, SK – Odeon Events Centre
Nov. 17 – Winnipeg, MB – The Garrick Center
Nov. 18 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
Nov. 20 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Intersection
Nov. 21 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
Nov. 23 – Detroit, MI – Harpo’s
Nov. 24 – Toronto, ON – Sound Academy
Nov. 26 – Millvale, PA – Mr. Smalls Theater

World renowned guitarist Marty Friedman recently gave a 47 minute interview with Riff-Mag, where he discussed living in Japan and far more.

The lengthy interview with the one-time Cacophony/Megadeth guitarist can be heard in its entirety below.

This year, three titles from Friedman’s extensive back catalogue have been reissued. 2006’s ‘Loudspeaker’, 2008’s ‘Future Addict’ and 2010’s ‘Bad DNA’ are now available from Prosthetic Records. It marks the first time ‘Future Addict’ and ‘Band DNA’ have been available in the US.

New York indie rockers The Demos have confirmed four appearances with Jukebox The Ghost for this coming September.

The dates are as follows:

9/12/12 – Northampton, MA – Iron Horse Music Hall
9/13/12 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground *
9/14/12 – Ithaca, NY – The Haunt
9/16/12 – Rochester, NY – Water Street Music Hall (Club Stage)

Jukebox The Ghost will play at all shows.
Maps & Legends at all shows except *
* The Demos, Jukebox The Ghost and Savoir Adore

Read a review of The Demos’ 2011 release ‘Lovely’ here.