SUMMER SLAUGHTER 2011 DATES ANNOUNCED FOR NORTH AMERICA

Here are the dates! Winning band for the opening slot is still to be announced due to the insane amount of votes still being counted!! All names of voters will be included in the final release of the news!

7/22-Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues

7/23-Anaheim, CA @ The Grove

7/25-Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre

7/26-Seattle, WA @ King Cat Theatre

7/28-Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades

7/29-San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore

7/30-San Diego, CA @ House of Blues

7/31-Scottsdale, AZ @ Venue of Scottsdale

8/02-Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall

8/04-Louisville, KY @ Expo Five

8/05-Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews

8/06-Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave

8/07-Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues

8/08-Chicago, IL @ House of Blues

8/09-Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy

8/10-Montreal, QC @ Olympia

8/11-New York, NY @ Irving Plaza

8/12-Worcester, MA @ The Palladium

8/13-Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts

8/14-Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom

8/16-Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade

8/17-Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution

8/19-Houston, TX @ House of Blues

8/20-San Antonio, TX @ Backstage Live

8/21-Dallas, TX @ House of Blues

Baroness and Citizens Arrest Added to 2011 Chaos in Tejas Lineup, June 2nd -5th in Austin, TX‏

Chaos in Tejas, the country's greatest gathering of underground punk, hardcore, indie, grind, thrash, and heavy metal heroes old and new from around the world, has just announced the final additions to this year's 2011 event.

In addition to the previously confirmed performances by Killing Joke, Converge, Autopsy, Unbroken, Tragedy, Fucked Up, Youth of Today, Doom, Dillinger Four, F.Y.P, Omar Souleyman, Seein' Red, Orange Goblin, Guitar Wolf and more, Chaos is proud to announce additional headlining performances by newly crowned metal kings Baroness, and legendary East Coast hardcore band Citizens Arrest!

Taking place in downtown Austin, TX, Chaos in Tejas is the punk rock version of SXSW, hosting some of the biggest, most renown, and most historic names in the counter-culture underground. Drawing in fans from all corners of the globe to fill the city's streets and venues, the event aims to bring some of the noisiest and most memorable experiences of their adult and adolescent lives.

Now in its seventh year, Chaos has previously played host to such legendary acts as Los Crudos, Eyehategod, Propagandhi, Roky Erickson, Cro-Mags, Harvey Milk, X, Rorschach, Ted Leo, Amebix, Subhumans, The Thermals and countless more, serving as one of the only, and possibly largest, punk-focused music festivals in the world.

For more information, visit:
www.chaosintejas.com

Judas Priest Farewell Tour To Take Place Without K.K. Downing

Judas Priest announced their farewell Epitaph tour late last year, stating that after they release a studio album next year, they’ll tour the world one last time. Well, today, they announced that the tour will take place without founding guitarist K.K. Downing. The 59 year-old founding member of the band stated that he’s retiring. In a statement released on the band’s website, the band announce that they’ve already found a replacement, Richie Faulkner. The 31 year-old Faulkner, currently the guitarist for Lauren Harris’ band (Steve Harris’ daughter), was born the year British Steel, the band’s sixth studio album, was released. The full statement is as follows:
It is with regret that Judas Priest announce that K.K. Downing has formally retired from the band and will therefore not be joining them on their forthcoming Epitaph tour.

The band respect his decision and naturally all wish him well.

Having thought long and hard about how to proceed, Rob, Glenn, Ian and Scott unanimously agreed that they should to ahead with the tour and not let the fans down all around the world.

Fate also stepped in and delivered the perfect replacement – 31 year old British guitar player Richie Faulkner – he had blended into the and perfectly and is a great talent who is going to help set the stage on fire!

The Epitaph tour will include songs from every Priest studio album and also tracks they have never before performed on stage plus all the old favourites!

With a new album due to be released next year, the Metal Gods are preparing to tour the planet once more – heavy metal at its best complete with lasers, lights, bikes and hellfire!! It’s a show not to be missed!

While it’s unfortunate that one half of the Downing/Tipton juggernaut won’t be taking part in their final tour, it only puts a little bit of a damper on the tour and album. Downing is an architect of the band’s sound, and it’s hard to imagine the band without him, but as long as Faulkner knows his parts, it won’t be all that noticeable, and there’s no way Priest would allow him to play without having confidence in him. This will make bassist Ian Hill the only member of Judas Priest that’s been in the band for its entire existence.

World’s Biggest Punk Rock Party The 13th Annual Punk Rock Bowling Tournament and Music Festival Just Got Even Bigger

STRING OF LATE NIGHT SHOWS ANNOUNCED!!
TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY APRIL 15 AT WWW.PUNKROCKBOWLING.COM
Event To Take Place Memorial Day Weekend May 27-30 In Downtown Las Vegas;
Fishbone, Ill Repute, The Muffs, Stephen Egerton of the Descendents, Joe Sib’s One Man Show / California Calling, Guttermouth, Buck O Nine, Drag The River, Swingin’ Utters, Old Man Markley, Manic Hispanic, Skatalites Cadillac Tramps and Many More
Join This Year’s Headliners
Dropkick Murphys, Descendents, Cock Sparrer, Me First and The Gimme Gimmes, Killing Joke, Bouncing Souls, Dwarves, Manic Hispanic, The Undertones
The 13th Annual Punk Rock Bowling Tournament and Music Festival taking place over Memorial Day Weekend (May 27-30) in downtown Las Vegas just got even bigger!!!
Organizers have announced plans for a string of late night shows that will take place at 4 venues throughout Downtown Las Vegas, Friday-Sunday night over Memorial Day Weekend. Bands such as Fishbone, The Muffs, Ill Repute, Guttermouth, Buck O Nine, Swingin’ Utters, Stephen Egerton of the Descendents, Old Man Markley, Manic Hispanic, Cadillac Tramps, Skatalites + Joe Sib’s one man show, California Calling and many others will help extend the partying well into the wee hours, making this year’s Punk Rock Bowling Tournament & Music Festival the best one yet!

JANE'S ADDICTION OFFER FREE GIVEAWAY OF THEIR NEW TRACK 'END TO THE LIES'

JANE'S ADDICTION yesterday (April 7) gave their fans the chance to be the first to hear music from THE GREAT ESCAPE ARTIST, their first new studio album in eight years.


The band’s singer Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro and drummer Stephen Perkins are giving away a free download of the final mix of ''End To The Lies'' exclusively at their website: www.janesaddiction.com. THE GREAT ESCAPE ARTIST will be released this August on Capitol Records (exact date TBA).

An early, unfinished version of "End To The Lies" leaked last Wednesday (March 30) in Chile when Farrell made an appearance on the "La Ley D Rock" program on the Chilean radio station Radio Futuro, after which the song became an instant viral sensation. JANE'S ADDICTION were in Chile as one of the headliners of the inaugural Lollapalooza Chile, which took place last weekend (April 2-3) in Santiago's O'Higgins Park. See this New York Times story.

For THE GREAT ESCAPE ARTIST, JANE'S ADDICTION are working with producer Rich Costey (Muse, Franz Ferdinand, Interpol), with TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek on the team. Sitek, best known for his production work on TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Foals, is writing, programming, and playing bass on the album. The band, with Chris Cheney on bass, will be touring throughout 2011 (see preliminary dates below).

Forming in 1985 in L.A., JANE'S ADDICTION has been firmly embedded in the collective pop culture consciousness for 25 years now. Perry Farrell stands out as one of music's most forward-thinking and enigmatic frontmen. Dave Navarro remains a veritable guitar god. Drummer Stephen Perkins' tribal stomp has also influenced a generation of percussionists. The hugely influential Los Angeles-based band has sold in excess of seven million records in the U.S. alone. When lead singer Perry Farrell created the traveling Lollapalooza festival, it galvanized the alternative rock movement and brought it to a whole new level.

JANE'S ADDICTION have written the rule book for alternative music and culture through a combination of genre-defying classic songs and a cinematic live experience. Great bands break rules, but legends write their own.

SLAYER With CANNIBAL CORPSE Guitarist PAT O'BRIEN: First Video Footage Posted Online

CANNIBAL CORPSE guitarist Pat O'Brien is filling in for EXODUS' Gary Holt while Holt a few days away from the SLAYER European tour to play with his own band EXODUS at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile on April 10. Holt had been filling in for SLAYER guitarist Jeff Hanneman since the tour kicked off February 26 in Australia.

Holt's last show with SLAYER was April 4 in Padova, Italy; O'Brien joined the band for the April 6 show in Croatia, and will finish the European dates with SLAYER that wrap up on April 14 in Holland.

Fan-filmed video footage of SLAYER's April 7, 2011 concert at Gasometer in Vienna, Austria — featuring Pat O'Brien on guitar — can be viewed below (courtesy of FotherMucker00).

Hanneman has amazed his doctors with his speedy recovery from an infection thought to have been caused by a spider bite. Following surgery on his right arm, he continues his physical therapy and has already been practicing with his guitar.

"Temptation" "The Antichrist" "Snuff"

Listen to Willie El Muerte of Capital Chaos on RPM Radio

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