Channel Zero regret to announce that the band has been forced to cancel the European shows planned in January 2013 due to personal family reasons. The tour will be rescheduled to a later date in 2013. Please contact you local venue for refunds on the tickets.

Team Sonisphere is sad to say that it has now been confirmed that Sonisphere UK will take a year off in 2013.

The three Sonisphere Festivals to date at Knebworth in 2009/2010/2011 set a very high standard and indeed 2011 was voted the best festival line up by The UK Festival Awards.
We think it is really important that the event only runs when it has a line up that sets it apart from the competition whilst also carrying a ticket price that allows us to offer real value for money to the music fans. We were hoping to do that in 2013 but unfortunately it wasn’t possible to fulfil both aims with the principle problem of there being a lack of available headliners of the calibre of previous festivals at Knebworth. We made offers to over a dozen major artists but for various reasons none of these offers lead to securing a strong bill.

The good news is that the Sonispheres in Amneville, France and Milan, Italy are already on sale and UK fans who fancy jumping on a budget airline and seeing the mighty Iron Maiden at Sonisphere festivals in sunnier climates can buy tickets via www.Sonispherefestivals.com in pounds sterling.

Sonisphere France
Snowhill Park Amneville ( Metz ) Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th June
Tickets £90 + booking fee

Sonisphere Italy
Milan, Fiera Milano Live Rho Saturday 8th June 2012
Tickets £38.50 + booking fee

Watch out for more Sonsiphere European news to be announced early 2013

We have already started work on Sonisphere UK 2014 so hope to be able to bring you news about that later next year.

Team Sonisphere

BAD RELIGION ‘TRUE NORTH’
OUT NOW ON EPITAPH RECORDS

Los Angeles punk icons Bad Religion have just released the title song off their upcoming new album True North.  The new single utilizes a wall of bristling guitars and charging punk rock beats to explore issues of alienation and loss informed by vocalist and co-songwriter Greg Graffin’s recent life experiences. The new album arrives January 21^st via Epitaph Records.

Listen to the new Bad Religion single “True North” by going to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKflTc_RT6U

“The song is written from the perspective of a kid who is running away,” Graffin explains. “He says ‘I’m out of here, I’m off to find true north.’ It’s about recognizing that you don’t fit in and trying to find a truth and purpose. Those are all classic punk themes. We still remember exactly what it feels like to be a disaffected kid in this world. And I think we were able to convey that particularly well on this album.”

Produced by the band and Joe Barresi, True North celebrates the power of cogent punk in the face of personal pain and adversity. On the new album, the storied band deliberately revisits and refines the powerful and melodic Southern California sound they helped to define. “We went back to our original mission statement of short concise bursts of melody and message,” co-songwriter and guitarist Brett Gurewitz explains. “The intent was to record stripped down punk songs without sacrificing any conceptual density.”

Bad Religion began in the sprawling suburbs surrounding Los Angeles. As insurgent teenage punks they offered an impassioned musical counterpoint to a dystopian culture of consumerism and anti-intellectualism. Founding members Greg Graffin, Brett Gurewitz and Jay Bentley were eventually joined by guitarists Greg Hetson from The Circle Jerks, Brian Baker of hardcore pioneers Minor Threat and a supremely talented drummer named Brooks Wackerman. In the following years the band was a major force in reinvigorating the modern punk movement, produced beloved international hits such as “Infected,” “21st Century (Digital Boy)” and “Sorrow” and has maintained an impassioned worldwide following of young and old who continue embrace a music that gives voice to, and celebrates, their dissent.

In a world still brimming with rampant anti-intellectualism, inequality and oppression, Bad Religion’s signature brand of sonically charged humanist dissent seems as relevant as ever.

Having sold out their Manchester and Glasgow shows last month, the latest show to hit capacity on ASKING ALEXANDRIA’s biggest UK tour to date is Birmingham O2 Academy.

With support coming from WHILE SHE SLEEPS, MOTIONLESS INWHITE and BETRAYING THE MARTYRS, fans are advised to buy their tickets for the only remaining show in London rather sooner than later to avoid disappointment.

ASKING ALEXANDRIA
WHILE SHE SLEEPS – MOTIONLESS IN WHITE – BETRAYING THE MARTYRS

JANUARY 2013
14 DUBLIN                        ACADEMY
15 DUBLIN                        ACADEMY                          SOLD OUT!
16 BELFAST                     MANDELA HALL
17 GLASGOW                   BARROWLANDS               SOLD OUT!
19 LONDON                      O2 ACADEMY BRIXTON

FEBRUARY 2013
10 BIRMINGHAM              O2 ACADEMY                    SOLD OUT!
11 MANCHESTER            ACADEMY                          SOLD OUT!

Tickets for the remaining London show are available fromwww.ticketmaster.co.uk, www.livenation.co.uk andwww.gigsandtours.com

Brussels’ very own Channel Zero will be returning to the UK next year as part of their 9 date strong European headline tour in January 2013, joining them on stage as direct support will be fellow Graviton artist Inmates.

Channel Zero have been busy promoting their latest release“Feed’Em With A Brick” for the past 2 years, as well as playing at all  top Belgian festivals, sharing stages with metal legends such asMetallica, Soulfly, Judas Priest to name a few. They also took on European A-festivals (Wacken, Graspop, Hellfest) and even a goddamn metal cruise ship with 70.000 Tons Of Metal in the Caribbean.

Guitarist Mikey Doling is looking forward to returning to the British Isles, he comments: “When I was In SOULFLY with Max Cavalera we rocked ENGLAND all the time, the British know the spirit of ROCK like no other!! It’s good to be back with CHANNEL ZERO!!!! See you at the show!”

Catch Channel Zero live on the dates below:
11th January 2013, LONDON (UK), Underworld
12th January 2013, UDEN (HOLLAND), De Pul
13th January 2013, LILLE (FRANCE), Le Splendid
14th January 2013, PARIS (FRANCE), Divan Du Monde
15th January 2013, STRASSBOURG (FRANCE), La Laiterie
16th January 2013, MÜNCHEN (GERMANY), Feierwerk
17th January 2013, LJUBILJANA (SLOVENIA), Channel Zero
19th January 2013, BERLIN (GERMANY), Crystal Club
20th January 2013, COLOGNE (GERMANY), Underground

Tickets for the London show are available now at: http://www.theunderworldcamden.co.uk/gigs/eventdetails/11-jan-13-channel-zero-underworld

For more information, please visit:
http://www.channel0.org

Los Angels-based fusion rock act Viza have just announced 2 UK shows for 2013 – the band will be playing a headline show atLondon’s Borderline on March 14, followed by a set at Hammerfeston March 15.

“We are really excited about Viza’s next tour in Europe and the UK,” said Viza’s oud man Andrew Kzirian. “Hammerfest and a headline show in London at Borderlne will give our dedicated UK fans a chance to see Viza in full effect just a few months after our recent tour with Serj (Tankian)”, he added.

Catch Viza live:
March 14 @ Borderline, London
March 15 @ Hammerfest (Hafany Mor/Holiday Park)

Borderline tickets are on sale now at –
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/event/viza-tickets/28703

Hammerfest tickets are on sale now at –
https://www.hammerfest.co.uk/tickets/index.php

Viza’s latest album ‘Carnavalia’ is out now.

For further information, please go to:
http://www.ExperienceViza.com | https://www.facebook.com/vizamusic

THE MAINE – ‘ANTHEM FOR A DYING BREED’ DVD RELEASED WORLDWIDE & COVER REVEALED TODAY

The first-ever DVD documentary from Arizona rockers The Maine, ‘Anthem For A Dying Breed’, was released today physically and digitally via rude records worldwide. The cover, unvelieved yesterday night on the band’s social media, is pictured above.

The documentary chronicles the making of Pioneer, the band’s struggles to release the album in the USA and their subsequent fight to make sure it wouldn’t go unheard that led to the European release of PIONEER and THE GOOD LOVE. In addition, the DVD features a full-length performance of the band’s last headlining show in Sao Paulo, bootleg footage and on the road shots filmed and edited by the band.
‘Anthem For A Dying Breed’ is available from today in both the Physical (AMAZON – PLAY) and the digital ( ITunes) version.

Check out the trailer here!

Kings Lynn Rap Punks UNDER THE INFLUENCE have just announced that they are to head out on a UK tour with hybrid, punk quintet SONIC BOOM SIX.

Frontman Jack Murphy shares his enthusiasm for the tour;
“We are very excited to finally be on tour with Sonic Boom Six a band who we have respected and looked up to for a long time, we feel that we can offer a great package with them and as we both draw away from the standard ‘go to’ genres. All the fans at these shows are going to be in for a real treat!”

The band take to the road in February and the dates are as follows.

February
8th Swindon – The Furnace
9th Guildford – The Boileroom
10th Brighton – Audio
11th Sheerness – The Ivy
12th Southend – Chinnerys
13th Milton Keynes – The Crauford Arms
15th Rugby – The Vault
16th Sheffield – Corporation
17th Preston – 53 Degress
19th Carlisle – The Brickyard
20th Aberdeen – Tunnels
25th York – The Duchess
26th Scunthorpe – The Baths Hall
27th Stoke-On-Trent – The Sugarmill

UNDER THE INFLUENCE will also be appearing in London for a one off show this coming Monday 10th December at Surya in Kings Cross.
Tickets are £5 and available here

http://www.seetickets.com/Event/UNDER-THE-INFLUENCE-TEMPLETON-BLACK-DOGS/Surya/679533

Their Mini album ‘Kings & Cretins’ is OUT NOW and forthcoming single ‘Vs The World’ will be released on 27th January 2013.

Watch the video for ‘Vs The World’ here

http://www.facebook.com/Undertheinfluenceofficial