Korn

“The setting and the mood took us into a totally new direction musically. We took the opportunity to stretch out and experiment with the performance. I don’t think we’ll ever be the same,” said frontman Jonathan Davis. “I felt like we were on some new frontier musically for Korn”, said guitarist James “Munky” Shaffer. “This is definitely going to add a new dimension to our live shows.”

Over the last month, Korn web watchers were exposed to mysterious footage shot from a wheat field near the band’s native Bakersfield, CA. The viral series led many to wonder what was going on and what exactly Korn had in store for their loyal fans and the time has now come to find out what is really going on with these “signs.” The band will perform several songs from ‘Korn III – Remember Who You Are’, their new album which is due out on Monday 12th July. Korn will also dip into their extensive catalogue and play numerous classics and fan favourites. ‘Korn III – Remember Who You Are’ is currently riding high on the pre-release charts at Play, Amazon and HMV. First single, ‘Oildale (Leave Me Alone)’ is available now.

“We spent a lot of time fooling around in the wheatfields and cornfields surrounding Bako when we were kids, and it gets pretty spooky out there at night. That’s where we got the inspiration for the whole thing, so we decided to have some fun with the viral videos,” Davis also said.

Korn start their co-headline run on the Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem tour this weekend and bring their incendiary show to the UK later this summer, as special guests at Ozzfest at the O2 Arena in Docklands. They also play a handful of headline shows in October as follows. Tickets are on sale now from box offices and online at www.seetickets.com.

Sat 18th September – LONDON O2 Arena

Fri 8th October – SOUTHAMPTON Guildhall

Sat 9th October – WOLVERHAMPTON Civic Hall

Sun 10th October – MANCHESTER Apollo

Your Demise

Inspired by their Californian surroundings and the fresh fuel at their core, the band  took to writing as a collective for the first time, drawing on a wider pool of influence and unafraid to look beyond their genre’s genepool.
The result is new album ‘The Kids We Used To Be…’, an explosion of energy and ideas that sees Your Demise ascending to a higher state.

The confirmed tracklisting is as follows:

1. MMX
2. On And On
3. Scared Of The Light
4. Life Of Luxury
5. Teenage Lust
6. The Kids We Used To Be…
7. G.T.F.O.O.L.R
8. Like A Broken Record
9. Shine On
10. Give Up, Get Dropped, Lose Out
11. xo

The video for ‘American Slang’ is the first to emerge from the band’s new full-length and can be seen below!

The Phoenix, AZ-based four-piece will play the following dates. Tickets are on sale now from box offices, all usual agents and online at the links below.

Sat 31st Jul – KNEBWORTH Sonisphere Festival

Sun 1st Aug – DUBLIN Academy (www.ticketmaster.ie)

Mon 2nd Aug – BELFAST Spring & Airbrake (www.ticketmaster.co.uk)

Tue 3rd Aug – CARDIFF Millenium Music Hall (www.ents24.com)

Wed 4th Aug – STOKE Sugarmill (www.sugarmill.co.uk)

SOULFLY will return for further UK touring later this year.

Fueled By Ramen recording group Paramore are also set to release Careful, the fourth single taken from their Number One album ‘brand new eyes’, in the UK on July 12.

Hayley (Williams, vocals) says of the song: ‘So psyched to release Careful as a single. It’s one of my favourite songs to play at shows… Heavy, fast, and just a really intense song. Hope people get into it!’

The video for Careful is comprised of live footage from across the globe. Shot throughout the band’s 2009 world tour, it allows fans a glimpse into the band’s life on the road. You can watch the video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5howHv3F54

Currently on a headline tour of the US, and due to play Reading & Leeds festival in August, Paramore will be back in the UK for a run of headline arena dates in November. The forthcoming UK tour follows their sold out arena tour at the end of 2009, and full dates are as follows:

November
Mon 8 Nottingham Trent FM Arena NEW DATE

Wed 10 Liverpool Echo Arena 0844 8000 400

Thu 11 Sheffield Arena 0114 265 5656

Sat 13 London O2 Arena 0844 856 0202 SOLD OUT

Mon 15 London O2 Arena 0844 856 0202

Tue 16 Birmingham LG Arena 0844 338 8000

Thu 18 Newcastle Metro Radio Arena 0844 493 6666

Fri 19 Manchester MEN Arena NEW DATE

Sat 20 Aberdeen AECC 0844 4999 990 SOLD OUT

Tickets cost £22.50 at all venues, except London, which is £24.50. You can buy them online at www.gigsandtours.com or at the 24 hour credit card hotline: 0871 2200 260

The band’s 2010 live onslaught in support of critically-acclaimed current album Witness has already taken them to Australia and New Zealand, and continues with a summer on Cool Tour across the U.S. with As I Lay Dying, Underoath and Between The Buried And Me. The band heads to South America with August Burns Red in August, before their European tour in September / October.

The band has just shot a video for “To Hell And Back” – stay tuned for more details!

UK tour dates are as below:

w/ August Burns Red and Of Mice & Men

9/10 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 3
10/10 – London, UK @ 02 Academy Islington

Their second album ‘DIRT’ is out now, and has so far spawned three Radio 1 A-List singles: Matters At All, Youngblood (Let It Out), and current single Undercover Lover, which the band recently performed at Radio One’s Big Weekend with Frankie Sandford from The Saturdays.

Prior to their forthcoming headline tour, Kids in Glass Houses will also be performing at this year’s T4 On the Beach, T in the Park, the Oxegen Festival and Reading & Leeds Festivals.

Tickets for the November tour go on general sale on Friday 25 June at 9am from all usual box offices/agents including the numbers below, as well as a 24hr Hotline on 0871 2200 260 or online at www.gigsandtours.com.

A limited amount of tickets will go on sale from the band’s own website at 9AM on Wednesday 23 June at www.kidsinglasshouses.com/tickets. Anyone purchasing their tickets from the site will be given a link to watch an exclusive behind the scenes video of the band on their last tour.

The opening band on these dates will be chosen from the eight bands currently on the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Festival Tour. Kids In Glass Houses have joined up with the online platform for emerging artists to give one of these up and coming bands the opportunity to join the November tour! The chosen band will be confirmed in September.

The full UK dates are as follows:

July

Sun 4 Weston Super Mare T4 On The Beach
Fri 9 Balado, Scotland T in the Park
Sun 11 Punchestown, Ireland Oxegen Festival

August

Fri 27 Leeds Leeds Festival
Sat 28 Reading Reading Festival

November

Thu 11 Norwich UEA £13.00 / 01603 508 050
Fri 12 Southampton Guildhall £13.00 / 023 80632601
Sun 14 Cardiff University Great Hall £13.00 / 029 20781458
Mon 15 Bristol Academy £13.00 / 0844 477 2000
Wed 17 Glasgow ABC Barrowlands £13.00 / 0844 477 2000
Thu 18 Birmingham Academy £13.00 / 0844 477 2000
Fri 19 Manchester Academy £13.00 / 0161 832 1111
Sun 21 Newcastle Academy £13.00 / 0844 444 2000
Mon 23 Sheffield Academy £13.00 / 0114 222 8777
Wed 24 London Shepherds Bush Empire £14.00 /

Fans can get an exclusive first listen to “Epiphany”, the first track to be taken from The Word Alive’s new album Deceiver, set for release in Europe on 30th August, 2010, by clicking here. New Fearless signing Amely has also posted new track “Sing To You” from debut EP Hello World, set for release this autumn – check it out here!