More bands have been added to complete the line-up for this year’s T On The Fringe in Edinburgh.Acts joining the bill include Kasabian, Keane, Belle & Sebastian, Plan B, Dandy Warhols, Matisyahu, Spank Rock, The Subways, Captain and Regina Spektor. The full line-up now looks like this: AUGUSTMeadowbank Stadium24 Muse, My Chemical Romance25 Snow Patrol, […]

Saxon have already confirmed the following UK/irish shows for next year: Glasgow Garage February 28, Belfast Spring & Airbrake March 2, Dublin Temple Bar Music Centre 3, Manchester Academy II 4, Wolverhampton Civic Hall 6, Nottingham Rock City 7, Cardiff Coal Exchange 8, London Astoria 9.

Zao are currently streaming the whole of new album ‘The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here’ via a ‘Fearplayer’. The album itself is released on June 12.

The re-united Vision Of Disorder are now planning to extend their touring plans. They’ll be on the road at least until August, with one date being filmed for a DVD.

Richard Ashcroft is to release a new single to coincide with his summer festival appearances.‘Words Just Get In The Way’ is out on July 10. It’s the third track to be lifted from the star’s third solo album, ‘Keys To The World’.

Veteran German thrashers Destruction are to headline the Irish Day Of Darkness Festival, which happens in Ballylinan, Co. Laois on July 7/8. The full list of bands is:JULY 7 – Moonsorrow, Geasa, Sorrowfall, Ground Of Ruin, Minds Astray.JULY 8– Destruction, Primordial, Morphosis, Hexxed, Mass Extinction, Aftermath, Primed, For Ruin, A Distant Sun, Nothing is Sacred.

311, Jurassic 5, the Wailers are the first artists set for the second U.S. edition of U.K.’s Download Festival. The event will encompass two concerts: Aug. 20 with the aforementioned bands at the Tweeter Center outside Boston and Sept. 30 at Shoreline Amphitheatre near San Francisco, with a lineup to be announced.

Leeds band Tangaroa are to release an EP through Anticulture on August 14. It’s called ‘Day‘.

Rx Bandits are to release their new album in October. Called ‘…And The Battle Begun’, it will be on singer Matt Embree‘s label, MDB Records.

Downloadpunk.com have made available a bonus CD of 19 tracks, to go with the new VANS Warped Tour album. This bonus disc includes songs from Halid#fax, The Hope Conspiracy, Atreyu, Scars Of Tomorrow and The Fall Of Troy.