Cancer Bats are joining forces with our friends at Banquet Records for a very special in-store performance and signing.  All details below and on BanquetRecords.com.

Alkaline Trio will be back in the UK in May / June to tour in support of their amazing new album 'This Addiction'.  See below for all dates.

Fri 21 May BIRMINGHAM  02 ACADEMY
Sun 23 May MANCHESTER ACADEMY
Mon 24 May GLASGOW  02 ABC
Tue 25 May NEWCASTLE 02 ACADEMY
Wed 26 May BRISTOL  02 ACADEMY
Fri 28 May PORTSMOUTH PYRAMIDS CENTRE
Tue 1 June LONDON ROUNDHOUSE
Wed 2 June NOTTINGHAM ROCK CITY

Tickets for all shows available from www.kililive.com (except Glasgow - www.triplegmusic.com, Portsmouth - www.seetickets.com, Nottingham - www.alt-tickets.co.uk) 

It's a new signing frenzy this week!  We're ecstatic to say we've signed the masked Japanese emo metallers FACT.

You can pre-order their new album 'In The Blink Of An Eye' now from the Hassle Records store, along with an exclusive t-shirt (see below).  

Check the stunning video for lead track 'Slip Of The Lip' below.  All store pre-orders will get the track free to download upon purchase.

The band return to UK shores in May / June to play some shows supporting Breathe Carolina.  Check below for dates.

MAY
24th – London O2 Academy 2 Islington (headline show - tickets www.kililive.com)
27th – Glasgow Cathouse (w/ Breathe Carolina)
28th – Nottingham Rockcity (w/ Breathe Carolina)

JUNE
01st – Southampton Joiners (w/ Breathe Carolina)
02nd - Brighton Engine Rooms (w/ Breathe Carolina)
03rd - Reading Face Bar (w/ Breathe Carolina)
04th – Colchester Arts Centre (w/ Breathe Carolina)

Tickets for the Breathe Carolina shows are available from www.seetickets.com, www.alt-tickets.co.uk (Nottingham) and www.wegottickets.com (Reading / Colchester)

We Are The Ocean are running two online competitions to win tickets to dates on both of their upcoming tours, supporting Underoath and Madina Lake respectively.  See below for details...

Bebo – A free competition whereby all you need to do to enter is join the new official WATO Bebo page over at www.bebo.com/wato-official

Prizes include:
1st – Two tickets to the any of the WATO dates on the Madina Lake UK tour, a signed copy of ‘Cutting Our Teeth’, a WATO t-shirt, a Hassle Records t-shirt and WATO goodie bag
2nd – Copy of ‘Cutting Our Teeth’, a WATO t-shirt and WATO goodie bag
3rd – A WATO goodie bag

Winners will be announced on the WATO Bebo page on 17th March.

Twitter – Simply put, the band will be giving away a guest list spot for each date of the Underoath tour, announced each day on Twitter via a ‘whoever answers first’ question.  Follow the band at @wearetheocean

Rolo Tomassi have just been announced as support to the mighty Biffy Clyro in April / May.  Check below for all dates:

April
Thurs 29 Perth Concert Hall
Fri 30 Sheffield Academy

May
Sat 1 Blackpool Empress Ballroom
Mon 3 Leicester De Montford Hall
Tues 4 Portsmouth Guildhall
Wed 5 Bristol Colston Hall
Thurs 6 Hammersmith Apollo

In other Rolo Tomassi news, the band's second album 'Cosmology' has had its release date put back to 24/05/10.

Great news in the Hassle Records camp, as we can proudly announce the signing of the enigmatic and always enthralling 65daysofstatic.

April 26th will see the release of 'We Were Exploding Anyway', the band's first album since 2007, on CD and download.  Stay tuned to the Hassle Records website for forthcoming pre-order info.

65daysofstatic will be out on the road in support of the album in May 2010.  Dates as follows:

May 2010
1st - Stylus, Leeds
2nd - Brickyard, Carlisle
3rd - Oran Mor, Glasgow
4th - Academy 2, Newcastle
5th - Academy 2, Birmingham
6th - Octagon, Sheffield
7th - Rescue Rooms, Nottingham
8th - Trinity, Bristol
9th - Junction 1, Cambridge
10th - Wedgwood Rooms, Portsmouth
11th - White Rabbit, Plymouth
12th - Koko, London
14th - Mandela Hall, Belfast
15th - Crawdaddy, Dublin
16th - Cyprus Avenue, Cork

For more 65days info, head to www.65daysofstatic.com

August Burns Red will be stopping off to do a couple of instore signings whilst on tour in Sweden this month.  All details below...

6th March
Burmans Musik @ 15:00
Kungsgatan 56 901 07
Umeå

11th March
Rockhouse @ 16:00
Kungsgatan 38-40
Gothenburg

We're overjoyed to announce that we will be releasing the new 10" EP from The Get Up Kids, entitled 'Simple Science'.  Marking the band's first new material in six years, it will be released on 17/04/10 and is available for pre-order now from the Hassle Records online store.  A CD version will be available in Summer 2010, when the band will also be touring Europe.  Tickets for their one off show at The Underworld, Camden on 23/06/10 go on sale 9am Friday 26th February from ArtistsTickets.com.

The pre-order for the new Cancer Bats album 'Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones' is now live over at www.cancerbats.com/preorder.

Featuring the forthcoming 'Sabotage' single and also available with an exclusive Cancer Bats t-shirt (see below), 'Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones' is released on 12/04/10.

Check out this interview with the lovable Rolo Tomassi from their recent headline show at The Fighting Cocks in Kingston, courtesy of the lovely people from Beatcast.tv.