System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian is confirmed to play his debut UK solo dates this November. He will tour as guest to the Foo Fighters on their upcoming arena tour, the dates of which are listed as below:

November

3rd - Manchester, MEN Arena
5th - Newcastle, Arena
6th - Birmingham, NEC Arena
7th - Nottingham, Arena
9th - Glasgow, SECC
10th - Aberdeen, Exhibition Centre
12th - Sheffield, Arena
13th - Cardiff, CIA
14th - Nottingham, Arena
17th - London, O2 Arena

“The Alchemy Index: Vols. I & II Fire & Water” is due out October 15th on Vagrant Records… It’s going to be interesting to see how their new direction has progressed…

OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM VISIBLE NOISE - 3rd September 07

A charge of Common Assault against Bring Me The Horizon front man Oli Sykes has been dropped by the Crown Prosecution Service on grounds of not enough evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction.

The 20 year old singer was charged with Common Assault on the 8th of April this year after a 26 year old woman he met at Rock City, Nottingham, accused him of splashing urine on her dress whilst she was present on their tour bus.

The band are currently in the USA, tearing up venues, 3 weeks into a 10 week tour. They are back in the UK for their headline tour beginning 22nd November. 2008 follows up with a European headline tour in January and a six week USA headline in February and March.

ALEXISONFIRE are touring the UK through November, Check them out at these dates:

Nov 11th Bristol Academy
Nov 12th Southampton Guildhall
Nov 13th London Brixton Academy
Nov 14th Manchester Academy
Nov 16th Birmingham Academy
Nov 17th Nottingham Rock City
Nov 18th Middlesbrough Town Hall
Nov 19th Leeds Met
Nov 21st Inverness Iron Works
Nov 22nd Aberdeen Moshulu
Nov 23rd Glasgow ABC

The final tour of zombiecore heavy weights SEND MORE PARAMEDICS are as follows:

6 Sep - The Cockpit, Leeds
7 Sep - The Underground, Stoke
8 Sep - The Charlotte, Leicester
9 Sep - Trillians, Newcastle
10 Sep - The Barfly, Liverpool
11 Sep - The Waterfront, Norwich
12 Sep - The Joiners, Southampton
13 Sep - The Croft, Bristol
14 Sep - The Bar Academy, London

ATHLETE are set to perform at HMV’s Oxford Street store in London tomorrow. The live performance starts at 6pm and will be followed by a signing session by the band.

They’ll also be touring the UK in October if you can’t make tomorrow.

After nine years of silence 999 are set to return with new a new 15-track album titled ‘Death in Soho’.

The band will be supporting the release by touring the UK and Europe over the next three months. The dates are:

Sat Aug18 - The Railway Club, Bournemouth

Fri Aug 31 - Batlava, Czech Republic

Sat Sep 1 - Prague, Czech Republic

Fri Sep 28 - The Engine Room, Brighton

Sat Sep 29 - Hobbitts, Weston-Super-Mare

Thur Oct 4 - Trillians, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Fri Oct 5 - North Bar, Blackburn

Sat Oct 6 - Barfly, Glasgow

Wed Oct 10 - Waterfront, Norwich

Fri Oct 12 - The Attic, Rushden (Northants)

Sat Oct 13 - The Shed, Leicester

Sat Oct 27 - The Brief, Croydon

An interesting film for all the actors involved…

The dates for the bands tour are as follows:

12 Sep Princess Pavillion Falmouth
13 Sep Ski Lodge Yeovil
14 Sep TJs Newport
15 Sep Sugarmill Stoke
17 Sep Ironworks Inverness
18 Sep Fat Sams Dundee
19 Sep Town Hall Crypt Middlesborough
21 Sep Charlotte Leicester
22 Sep Soundhaus Northampton
23 Sep Junction Cambridge
25 Sep Zodiac Oxford
26 Sep Electric Ballroom London

Support comes from Poison The Well, Lethal Bizzle and Blackhole.

Northern State Tour Dates 2007 w/ Tegan And Sara

Canadian Tour Dates:

Sep. 21, 2007 Victoria, BC @ The McPherson Playhouse
w/ Tegan and Sara
Sep. 22, 2007 Vancouver, BC @ The Commodore Ballroom
w/ Tegan and Sara (2 shows this night)
Sep. 25, 2007 Edmonton, AB @ Francis Winspear Centre
w/ Tegan and Sara
Sep. 28, 2007 Red Deer, AB @ The Memorial Centre
w/ Tegan and Sara
Sep. 29, 2007 Calgary, AB @ The Jubilee Auditorium
w/ Tegan and Sara
Sep. 30, 2007 Saskatoon, SK @ The Lakeview Auditorium
w/ Tegan and Sara
Oct. 1, 2007 Regina, SK @ Dorris Knight Hall
w/ Tegan and Sara
Oct. 3, 2007 Winnipeg, MB @ The Burton Cummings Theatre
w/ Tegan and Sara
Oct. 6, 2007 London, ON @ Centennial Hall
w/ Tegan and Sara
Oct. 10, 2007 Ottawa, ON @ The Bronson Centre
w/ Tegan and Sara
Oct. 11, 2007 Kingston, ON @ Sydenham Street United Church
w/ Tegan and Sara
Oct. 12, 2007 Montreal, QC @ Le National
w/ Tegan and Sara
Oct. 13, 2007 Montreal, QC @ Le National
w/ Tegan and Sara
Oct. 15, 2007 Quebec City, QC @ Theatre Petit Champlain
w/ Tegan and Sara
Oct. 16, 2007 Halifax, NS @ St. Matthews Church
w/ Tegan and Sara

U.S. Dates:

Oct. 29, 2007 Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theater
w/ Tegan and Sara
Oct. 30, 2007 San Diego, CA @ Spreckles Theater
w/ Tegan and Sara
Oct. 31, 2007 Santa Barbara, CA @ Lobrero Theater
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 1, 2007 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theater
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 3, 2007 Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 5, 2007 Lawrence, KA @ The Granada Theater
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 7, 2007 Austin, TX @ Stubbs
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 9, 2007 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 10, 2007 New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 12, 2007 Orlando, FL @ Plaza Theater
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 13, 2007 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ The Culture Room
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 14, 2007 St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Landing
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 16, 2007 Atlanta, GA @ Roxy Theater
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 17, 2007 Carrboro, NC @ Cats Cradle
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 19, 2007 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 20, 2007 Northamptom, MA @ Calvin Theater
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 21, 2007 Boston, MA @ Berklee Performance Center
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 23, 2007 Philadelphia, PA @ Commerce Bank Arts Center
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 24, 2007 Washington DC @ Lisner Auditorium
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 25, 2007 Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 26, 2007 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 28, 2007 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 29, 2007 Chicago, IL @ Portage Theater
w/ Tegan and Sara
Nov. 30, 2007 Minneapolis, MN @ Pantages Theater
w/ Tegan and Sara
Dec. 3, 2007 Seattle, WA @ Showbox
w/ Tegan and Sara
Dec. 4, 2007 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
w/ Tegan and Sara
Dec. 5, 2007 Chico, CA @ The Senator
w/ Tegan and Sara

EA and Crytek, developers of Far Cry, today announced that Crysis, will be hitting retail stores in North America and Europe on November 16, 2007 exclusively for the PC. Crysis is recognised as one of the most anticipated PC games and first person shooters of 2007, recently winning Best PC game from the Game Critics Awards: Best of E3 2007.

Mondo Generator has announced the dates for the upcoming “What Is Rock” tour with Turbonegro. The tour will kick off in September and go through the middle of October.

The dates are:

09/19 - Metro, Chicago, IL
09/20 - Smalls, Detroit, MI
09/21 - The Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
09/22 - Phoenix Concert Theater, Toronto
09/24 - Paradise, Boston, MA
09/25 - Nokia Theater Times Square, NYC
09/26 - Black Cat, Washington, DC
09/28 - Ziggy’s, Winston-Salem, NC
09/29 - Center Stage, Atlanta, GA
09/30 - One Eyed Jack’s, New Orleans, LA
10/01 - Granada Theater, Dallas, TX
10/02 - Emo’s, Austin, TX
10/04 - The Brickhouse, Phoenix, Az
10/05 - HOB, San Diego, CA
10/06 - Downtown LA, Los Angeles, CA
10/07 - Henry Ford Theater, Los Angeles
10/08 - Slims, San Francisco, CA
10/10 - Showbox, Seattle, WA
10/11 - Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver
10/12 - Roseland Ballroom, Portland, OR

At last, Kudos 7 is in the pipeline and should be hitting your screens sometime next week. As some of you may know, Kudos has been going through quite a few changes as of recent months and as a result this issue was pushed back to give the new team time to deal with all the changes.

We have a great line-up coming in this issue, packed full of interviews and reviews as well as a mind-blowing free digital sampler for you… Be patient, it’s nearly ready!

The Kudos Team

HED PE will be touring the UK on a headline tour during September:

Wed 12.09.07 Woughton Centre, Milton Keynes.
Thu 13.09.07 The Park, Peterborough.
Fri 14.09.07 Agincourt, Camberley.
Sat 15.09.07 Concorde2, Brighton.
Sun 16.09.07 Terrys, Trowbridge.
Mon 17.09.07 Corporation, Sheffield.
Tue 18.09.07 Barfly, Glasgow.
Wed 19.09.07 Legends, Newcastle.

Thu 20.09.07 Rios, Leeds.
Fri 21.09.07 Academy4, Manchester.
Sat 22.09.07 Rescue Rooms, Nottingham.
Sun 23.09.07 Barfly, Birmingham.
Mon 24.09.07 The Twist, Colchester.
Tue 25.09.07 The Underworld, London.

Our very own MC LARS is heading out on tour around the UK in November, here are the dates:

1st November - Leicester Charlotte
2nd November - Northampton Soundhaus
3rd November - Tunbridge Wells Forum
4th November - Southampton Joiners
5th November - Wolverhampton Little Civic
6th November - Glasgow King Tut’s
7th November - York Fibbers
8th November - Oxford Carling Academy
9th November - Peterborough Met Lounge