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Valient Thorr reveal their 2008 plans as Earth Dwellers

Volcom Entertainment's thrash-metal unit Valient Thorr have announced that their follow-up to 2006's Legend Of The World will drop sometime in Summer '08. The band will begin the recording process next month with Jack Endino (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, High On Fire). Currently you can catch a glimpse of the Venusian rockers on their U.S. tour with Black Cobra and the Sword.

VT's Valient Himself:

"Man, we're psyched to begin working with Jack on the new album. Not only because of his discography, but after meeting him out on the Volcom Tour, I realized he was just as big of a record obsessive as I was. Check out his meticulously detailed website, we could geek out on it for hours about hard to find badass tunes. The dude knows his sh*t back to front. This record is going to be over the top."

Tour dates are as follows:

12/04 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
12/05 Washington, D.C. - The Black Cat
12/06 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
12/07 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
12/08 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs
12/09 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street Nightclub
12/11 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place
12/12 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop
12/13 Chicago, IL - Reggie's Rock Club
12/14 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave Bar
12/15 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
12/16 Iowa City, IA - The Picador
12/17 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar

theAUDITION to headline PacSun tour

Alternative Press - Rachel Lux on 12/4/07 @ 5:42 PM - altpress.com

Victory Records band theAUDITION are headlining a 25-date PacSun tour starting next month, alongside Long Island upstarts Envy On The Coast, Danger Radio and recent AP&R band Another Day Late.
theAudtion will release their next full-length, Champion, on Jan. 22.

Dates
1/16 Raleigh, NC
1/17 Atlanta, GA
1/18 Jacksonville, FL
1/19 Ft. Lauderdale, FL
1/20 Orlando, FL
1/22 San Antonio, TX
1/23 Dallas, TX
1/25 Tempe, AZ
1/26 Anaheim, CA
1/27 San Diego, CA
1/29 Hollywood, CA
1/30 Orangevale, CA
2/1 Portland, OR
2/2 Seattle, WA
2/4 Salt Lake City, UT
2/6 Denver, CO
2/7 Omaha, NE
2/8 Chicago, IL
2/9 Detroit, MI
2/10 Cleveland, OH
2/12 New York, NY
2/13 Allston, MA
2/14 Poughkeepsie, NY
2/15 Philadelphia, PA
2/16 Baltimore, MD

Planes Mistaken For Stars cancel farewell tour

Alternative Press - Heather Shall on 12/4/07 @ 5:33 PM - altpress.com

If you wanted to say good-bye to Planes Mistaken For Stars and haven't done so yet, you're going to have to mail them a postcard. The band announced today that they have cancelled all January dates of their farewell tour due to a family emergency:

"We are sorry to say but we have some bad news. Due to a family emergency within the PMFS family, we have to cancel the whole January tour and Europe. We tried to figure out a way around this but it has become more serious than expected and as we all know family comes first. Everything will be ok but now this is the time we are there for the person(s) in need.

With this said, we will be playing only ONE more show (our Final show) in February. This will be in Denver and we will keep you updated on the venue and date."

We Ride To Fight! The First Four Years, a 24-track compilation CD including Planes Mistaken For Stars, Knife In The Marathon, Spearheading The Sin Movement, Fucking Fight, four Black Flag covers and more is, out today on No Idea Records. Planes originally announced their break-up back in July.

Regina Spektor postpones already rescheduled dates

Alternative Press - Heather Shall on 12/4/07 @ 4:44 PM - altpress.com

After rescheduling several tour dates last month following a collapse off-stage during a sound check, anti-folk singer/songwriter Regina Spektor has been forced to postpone the dates once more. After spending the night in the hospital on November 14th, Spektor was diagnosed as suffering from a bout of vertigo. The condition is apparently quite severe and, according to her doctors, could last several weeks before the dizzying episodes end. The affected dates are Atlanta (12/5), Nashville (12/6), Norfolk (12/8) and Richmond (12/10) -- this time, however, new dates have not yet been scheduled.

Regina Spektor had been on the road since September in support of her second major label release, Begin To Hope, which came out on Sire in 2006.

Dead To Fall announce tour dates

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 12/4/07 @ 1:01 PM - altpress.com

Victory Records band Dead To Fall have announced plans to tour in early 2008 with Winds Of Plague, Impending Doom and Belay My Last.

Tour dates are as follows:
1/26 - Boise, ID @ The Venue
1/28 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
1/29 - Portland, OR @ Rock N Roll Pizza
1/30 - Reno, NV @ Stoneys
1/31 - San Jose, CA @ The Nova Hall
2/1 - Corona, CA @ Showcase Theatr
2/3 - Victorville, CA @ Karm
2/5 - Los Angeles, CA @ Whisky
2/6 - Mesa, AZ @ Cell Block
2/7 - Albuquerque, NM @ The Compound
2/8 - Oklahoma City, OK @ The Factory
2/9 - San Antonio, TX @ The Crossing
2/10 - Houston, TX @ Java Jazz
2/11 - New Orleans @ The High Ground
2/13 - Nashville, TN @ The Muse
2/14 - Louisville, KY @ Uncle Pleasants
2/15 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Skelletones
2/16 - Detroit, MI @ The Hayloft

This Is Hell reveal tour plans and release date

Long Island hardcore unit This Is Hell plan to tour all winter in support of their upcoming sophomore release, Misfortunes due out Feb. 19, 2008 via Trustkill Records. TIH are kicking off their travels on Dec. 7 with a weeklong run of shows featuring Soldiers and Reign Supreme. The weeklong run will be followed by a tour of the States with Gallows and Cancer Bats.

Guitarist Rick Jimenez:

"We haven't done a U.S. tour since this past summer, and we are looking forward to playing in the States again. We are also really psyched to play new songs, we debuted a few in Europe and they went over well."

Tour dates are as follows:
Dates with Reign Supreme and Soldiers:
12/7 Syracuse, NY - The Wescott Community Center
12/8 Cleveland, OH - Pirate's Cove
12/9 Evansville, IN - Club 1123
12/10 Dixon, IL - Dixon School of Tae Kwon Doe
12/11 Traverse City, MI - Uaw Hall
12/12 Muncie, IN - The Launching Pad
12/14 Wilmington, NC - Lucky's
12/15 Virginia Beach, VA - Peppermint Beach Club
12/16 Lemoyne, PA - Champion Ship

Dates with Gallows and Cancer Bats:
1/9 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
1/10 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbit's
1/11 Orlando, FL - The Social
1/12 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds Coffee House
1/14 Houston, TX - Meridian
1/15 Austin, TX - Emo's
1/16 Dallas, TX - The Door
1/18 Albuquerque, NM - The Launch Pad
1/19 Tempe, AZ - Clubhouse
1/21 Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
1/23 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
1/24 San Francisco, CA - Slim's
1/26 Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
1/27 Vancouver, CAN - Plaza Club
1/28 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
1/30 Salt Lake City, UT - Avalon Theatre
1/31 Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
2/2 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock
2/3 Chicago, IL - Metro-Smart Bar
2/4 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
2/5 Toronto, CAN - The Mod Club
2/7 Worcester, MA - Palladium Upstairs
2/8 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
2/9 New York City, NY - Bowery Ballroom
2/10 Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar