It was recently announced that New Order were to play a handful of shows in addition to their confirmed European festival slots. The venue dates have now been bolstered by two additional shows: Usher Hall, Edinburgh on May 6th and a second show at the Academy, Newcastle on May 8th.

New Order’s confirmed dates are now as follows:

O2 Apollo Manchester (April 26, 27)
Birmingham Ballroom (29)
O2 Academy Brixton (May 2, 3)
O2 Academy Glasgow (5)
Edinburgh Usher Hall (6)
O2 Academy Newcastle (8)

The band will also release an EP of unreleased material, ‘Lost Sirens’ on March 19th.

LIVE AT LEEDS

Following on from the initial announcement which featured Example, Los Campesinos!, The Subways, LadyHawke and I Like Trains we can now bring you the latest additions to Live at Leeds 2012 which takes place on 4th May to 7th May.

The Enemy, Dog is Dead, Ghost Poet and Lianne La Havas and many more have now been added to the huge line-up taking the total to over 100 bands.

The line-up for Live At Leeds 2012 now looks like this:

EXAMPLE*//WRETCH 32*//NINA NESBITT*

The Enemy//Marina and the Diamonds//Los Campesinos!//The Subways//Ladyhawke
Chew Lips//Dog Is Dead//Dot Rotten//Friends// Ghostpoet// Howler//I Like Trains//Jakwob//Jamie N Commons//Jess Mills//Lianne La Havas//Niki & the Dove//Ren Harvieu//Reverend and the Makers//Scroobius Pip//Spector//Stooshe*

Adult Jazz//Alt-J//AlunaGeorge//Another’s Blood//Bastille//Bears Killing Bears//Bearfoot Beware//Being There//Binary//Blacklisters//Black Moth//Broken Hands// Cave Birds//Charli XCX//China Rats// CITIZENS!//Dan Mangan//Dead Sons//Deaf Club//Dear Prudence// Devin // Eagulls//Ellen and The Escapades//Escapists//EJ//Eyes On Film//FANZINE//Folks//Fossil Collective//Fran Rodgers//Francesca Pidgeon//Gabriel Bruce//Garnets//Grant K. Fennell
Grass House//Gross Magic//Hannah Trigwell//Hey Sholay//Holy State//Hooded Fang// Housekeeping Society //Hunting Bears// I Call Shotgun
Jake Bugg//Jaymz Dean//Jessie Ware//Joseph & David//Josh Kumra//Just Handshakes//Karima Francis//Karin Park//Kyla La Grange//Liz Reynolds//Lucy Rose//Lunchtime Disco Club
MONEY//Moody Gowns//Novella//Pale Seas//Peace// Post War Glamour Girls//Rae Morris//Random Impulse//Redwire//Richard Parker// RIOTS//Riz MC// Rob Green//Royal Republic// Runners//Rupert Stroud//Ryan Keen//Sam Airey//Seas of Green//Secret Sirens//SCUM//Shields//Simon Pollard Band//Soul Circus//Swiss Lips//Talk To Angels//Team Me//The Artists//The Chevin//The Finnlys//The Heartbreaks
The History of Apple Pie//The Mexanines//This Many Boyfriends//The Marsicans//The Night//TOY//Turbowolf//Two Wounded Birds//Unions
Violet//We Are Augustines//Weird Dreams//White Arrows//WORSHIP//Wot Gorilla

*separate ticketed events

Now in its 6th year the Live at Leeds Festival takes place over the bank holiday on 4th May to 7th May.

Further details on The Unconference on the 4th May will emerge over the coming weeks but so far Drowned in Sound’s Sean Adams and BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson will be on the industry panels.

Saturday features the Live at Leeds Festival (one wristband 100+ bands, 11 stages, 9 Venues) while Saturday will also host the return of the Millennium Square shows.

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Official box office: https://www.lunatickets.co.uk/event_page.php?eventID=1819

Box office number is 0113 2434849.
Website: www.liveatleeds.com

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On Sunday, February 26th, Jerry Gaskill suffered a heart attack. He was rushed to hospital and placed in intensive care, where he is still in an unstable condition.

As a result, King’s X’s upcoming tour dates have been cancelled. The band were due to embark on a three week tour on the US at the end of March, beginning in Austin, Texas. Details of the proposed dates can be found here.

REAL GONE wishes Mr Gaskill a speedy recovery.

Pantera’s “second” album, ‘Vulgar Display of Power’ will be released in a deluxe/expanded edition in May 2012.

The album – a firm favourite among Pantera’s fan base – was the second release by the band for a major label and features two signature tunes: ‘Mouth For War’ and ‘Walk’, the latter used as the theme tune for late night metal video show ‘Noisy Mothers’.

The release marks to 20th anniversary of ‘Vulgar’s original release. The band’s breakthrough record ‘Cowboys From Hell’ was released as a deluxe 3CD edition in 2010, featuring the original album backed by a live disc plus a wealth of previously unheard demo takes.

In addition to a remastered version of the album, the deluxe version of ‘Vulgar Display of Power’ features a bonus track, ‘Piss’, which is previously unreleased. The DVD features unreleased footage of Pantera’s appearance at the Italian 1992 Monsters of Rock Festival, plus three promo clips for the singles.

CD

“Mouth For War”
“A New Level”
“Walk”
“Fucking Hostile”
“This Love”
“Rise”
“No Good (Attack The Radical)”
“Live In A Hole”
“Regular People (Conceit)”
“By Demons Be Driven”
“Hollow”
“Piss” – Previously Unreleased

DVD

“Mouth For War” – Live In Italy
“Domination/Hollow” – Live In Italy
“Rise” – Live In Italy
“This Love” – Live In Italy
“Cowboys From Hell” – Live In Italy
“Mouth For War” – Video
“This Love” – Video
“Walk” – Video

Just a couple of weeks ahead of his 2012 album ‘Damage Control’ AOR/melodic rock vocal legend Jeff Scott Soto has released a video for one of the new tracks.  You can view the video for ‘Look Inside Your Heart Below’.

‘Damage Control’ is released via Frontiers Records on March 23rd in Europe, the 26th in the UK and the 27th in the US.

According to JSS himself, he intends to embark on a extensive tour to promote the new album.  The dates have yet to be confirmed.