The QUEERS are coming to your city! Get ready for an aural invasion from the LEGENDARY pop punk veterans ...

In addition to a new DVD, The QUEERS will have a new album entitled "Munki Brain" out in February...

Jan 9 2007 6:00P - Downtown Records - Lafayette, Indiana
Jan 10 2007 8:00P - Night Owl - Dayton, Ohio
Jan 11 2007 8:00P - Bernie's Distillery - Columbus, Ohio
Jan 12 2007 7:00P - Skelletones - Grand Rapids, Michigan
Jan 13 2007 8:00P - Call The Office - London, Ontario
Jan 14 2007 8:00P - Reverb - Toronto, Ontario
Jan 15 2007 7:00P - Mavericks - Ottawa, Ontario
Jan 16 2007 7:00P - Bar Le Trash - St-Hyacinthe, Quebec
Jan 17 2007 9:00P - Les Foufounes Electrique - Montreal, Quebec
Jan 18 2007 8:00P - Underground - Hamilton, Ontario
Jan 19 2007 7:00P - Buffalo Icon - Buffalo, New York
Jan 20 2007 7:00P - Championship Records - Lemoyne, Pennsylvania
Jan 21 2007 7:00P - Rock N Roll Hotel - Washington DC
Jan 22 2007 7:00P - Jewish Mother - Virginia Beach, Virginia
Jan 23 2007 6:30P - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, North Carolina
Jan 24 2007 8:00P - The Milestone - Charlotte, North Carolina
Jan 25 2007 8:00P - Jackrabbits - Jacksonville, Florida
Jan 26 2007 8:00P - Back Booth - Orlando, Florida
Jan 27 2007 8:30P - Churchills - Miami, Florida
Jan 28 2007 7:00P - Orpheum - Tampa, Florida
Jan 29 2007 7:00P - Coasters Ft. - Walton Beach, Florida
Jan 31 2007 8:00P - Meridien - Houston, Texas
Feb 1 2007 8:30P - Darkside - Dallas, Texas
Feb 2 2007 7:00P - The Conservatory - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Feb 3 2007 5:00P - Record Bar - Kansas City, Missouri
Feb 3 2007 9:30P - Record Bar - Kansas City, Missouri
Feb 5 2007 8:00P - Triple Rock Social Club - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Feb 6 2007 9:00P - The Note - Chicago, Illinois
Feb 7 2007 7:00P - Creepy Crawl - St. Louis, Missouri
Feb 8 2007 8:00P - The Hideaway - Johnson City, Tennessee
Feb 9 2007 7:00P - The Venue - Dalton, Georgia
Feb 10 2007 9:00P - Star Bar - Atlanta, Georgia

Source AntiMusic

The Doves have finally kick started their new album after relocating to the Peak District for a few months.

The band had been struggling to get the follow-up to last year's ‘Some Cities' going since Summer, but have now happily announced they will return to the studio in February after a successful writing trip.

They write on their website, “For anyone under the impression that we've been sitting back holidaying/taking it easy, they'd be mistaken, we've been grafting hard for the last few months, writing lots & lots of songs/music, last month we relocated temporarily to a cottage in the Peak District, Derbyshire for a change from our regular M56 studio & it's done us a lot of good, creatively that is.

“This record has required a little more writing & work to find a direction, something that feels new to us, that's just the way it us sometimes, but thank f**k we're getting there now.

“We're hoping to get in the studio proper Feb '07 to record these songs fast (that's the plan anyway) & we're aiming, all being well, for summer/autumn 2007 release.”

Source Gigwise

U2 frontman Bono has been awarded an honorary knighthood from the Queen.

The Irish singer will receive the establishment gong “honour for "his services to the music industry and for his humanitarian work” from the British ambassador to Dublin in a ceremony of New Year's Day.

A spokeserson for the British Embassy - slipping in a nice little Bill and Ted impression - says, "Her Majesty The Queen has appointed Bono to be an honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in recognition of his services to the music industry and for his humanitarian work."

Bono, real name Paul Hewson, has in recent years focussed as much on his campaigning to combat poverty and debt in Africa - culminating in the Live 8 events - as his bombastic rock music.

The singer's fellow Live 8 organisor Bob Geldof received the same award twenty years ago.

Source Gigwise

The Godfather of Soul, legendary singer James Brown has died at the age of 73.

The Sex Machine's agent Frank Copsidas  announced the sad news this morning soon after his death. The singer had been admitted to Emory Crawford Long Hospital, Atlanta, with pneumonia and died around 1.45 local time (6.45 GMT).

His life long friend Charles Bobbit was at his side as he passed away. The star was famous for hits such as Papa's Got a Brand New Bag, (Get Up I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine, I Got You (I Feel Good), Say It Out Loud – I'm Black and I'm Proud and Living In America. He has also been regularly sampled by Hip Hop, most notably by the Fat Boys, Ice-T and Public Enemy.

"He is such an influence, I learned so much from him," Mr Copsidas told the BBC World Service.

"On Friday he had his toy giveaway, which is his annual toy giveaway in Augusta, Georgia.

"On Saturday, he went to his dentist up in Atlanta, and his dentist told him something was wrong, and he sent him to a doctor immediately."

Super Bad Brown leaves behind his fourth wife Tommie Raye Hynie, with whom he had a child, as well as five other children.

Source Gigwise