Following a storming performance at this weekend’s Download Festival, Chicago rockers KILL HANNAH are excited to announce Autumn headline dates. The acclaimed alternative band will be playing 18 UK shows – starting with nine shows Sep 23 – Oct 2, then returning for nine more from Oct 24 – Nov 1. In between, the band will tour in Europe, with headline dates TBC.

The full list of confirmed dates are:

Tue 23 Sep – EDINBURGH Cabaret Voltaire
Wed 24 Sep – NEWCASTLE Academy
Thu 25 Sep – NORWICH Waterfront
Fri 26 Sep – SHEFFIELD Academy 2
Sat 27 Sep – LEEDS Cockpit
Sun 28 Sep – BRISTOL Academy
Mon 29 Sep – EXETER The Phoenix
Tue 30 Sep– BRIGHTON Concorde 2
Thu 2 Oct – NOTTINGHAM Rock City

And then:

Fri 24 Oct – STOKE-ON-TRENT Sugarmill
Sat 25 Oct – DUBLIN Whelans
Sun 26 Oct – BELFAST Limelight
Mon 27 Oct – GLASGOW Garage
Tue 28 Oct – NORTHAMPTON Roadmender
Wed 29 Oct – LONDON LA2
Thu 30 Oct – PORTSMOUTH Wedgewood Rooms
Fri 31 Oct – MANCHESTER Academy 2
Sat 1 Nov – BIRMINGHAM Academy 2

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday 20 June, priced between

If you caught MADINA LAKE or KILL HANNAH at Download this weekend and you have been left wanting for more, then how about you check out their new videos!

Kill Hannah present a brand new performance video for the track BOYS AND GIRLS which is taken from the UK release of current album UNTIL THERE’S NOTHING LEFT OF US.

Madina Lake return with PANDORA, which shows lots of live and backstage footage shot over the numerous tours the guys have undertaken since the release of their debut album, FROM THE, THROUGH US, TO YOU.

Check them out below! AND you can pick up both albums online at the ROADRUNNER STORE

Ever wondered what those cheeky scamps MADINA LAKE get up to when they are on the road? Well wonder no more! MYSPACE UK have gone behind the scenes with the guys and are showing their exclusive footage on MySpace TV!

Head TO THIS LOCATION to check it out!!

The guys are currently back in Chicago following their Download appearance to contine to write material for the follow up to their debut ‘From Them, Through Us, To You’ (in stores NOW and you can pick it up online from the ROADRUNNER UK STORE) before heading off on the US warped tour and then heading into the studio.

This past weekend saw the Download Fest at Castle Donington and there, as ever, were sponsors KERRANG! were there with their signing tent and their podcast cameras bringing you the gossip! If you missed any of the updates over the weekend, check out the links below to see podcasts with the following RR bands:

WITHIN TEMPTATION
AIRBOURNE
KILL HANNAH
and
MADINA LAKE

If you head to NME.COM you will find that they were a lil busy over the Download weekend interviewing quite a few Roadrunner bands who were playing the fest!

Head TO THIS LOCATION, to see video interviews with the following RR artists:

AIRBOURNE
WITHIN TEMPTATION
MADINA LAKE
KILL HANNAH
and
KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES

Enjoy!!

Last night the staff of the Roadrunner UK office popped across London to the O2 areana to hit the Indigo for the METAL HAMMER GODLEN GODS, and they had a few folks you may know with them to join the festivities- Max Cavalera (CAVALERA CONSPIRACY), Sharon Den Adel and Ruud Jolie (WITHIN TEMPTATION), Phil Demmel (MACHINE HEAD), Joel and Ryan O’Keeffe (AIRBOURNE), Vadim Pruzhanov (DRAGONFORCE)– all attended the awards.

The Roadrunner posse had plenty to celebrate by the end of the evening, picking up FIVE awards in total:

Best Metal Label: Roadrunner Records
Best Live Band: Machine Head
Spirit Of Hammer: Max and Igor Cavalera
Best Debut: Airbourne ‘Runnin’ Wild’
Riff Lord: Dave Mustaine (Megadeth)

There may be a few fuzzy heads today…

Roadrunner would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who voted for them as a label and for their bands / band members. You frickin’ rock and we all know we would be nowhere without you. Thanks a million!!

Last night saw the infamous Metal Hammer Golden Gods and AIRBOURNE won the award for ‘Best Debut’ for their current album RUNNIN’ WILD (in stores now). They also have the title track from that album out now as a digital single in all the usual places. Go pick it up!

And if you were wondering where the 3rd and final instalment of the Q&A with frontman Joel O’Keeffe was, well it’s here!!

Is there anything you guys do to get ready for a show? – David
Gday David. Yeah have a few drinks and sometimes punch each other to rev each other up.

Does your voice hurt after a set? There seems to be a lot of strain on your voice as you let it rip. How do you keep that up over the course of a tour? – Brendan Keeley
Gday Brendan. Yeah it’s always in pain but that’s the nature of the game I guess. If I’m crook or struggling I’ve found that tighter jeans often helps to get the high notes.

How do you spend your time outside of the music industry? – Kelly
Gday Kelly. There’s not allot of time outside of touring really but if we get a night off hitting the town is always good.

Living in Victoria all of your life must have been a lot different in contrast to Melbourne. Do you think moving to the States will make things a lot easier to get your music to the people through recording and touring? – Michael Bailey
Gday Michael. Yeah it gets ya closer to more countries so you can get out and tour them harder, whilst also still allowing us to get back and tour Australia.

How do you go about getting inspiration to write music and lyrics? – Andrew
Gday Andrew. Inspiration comes from heaps of places but mainly in the hotel or in the van or at soundcheck. Most of the songs are stories from the road.

What are your musical influences? – Hannes
Gday Hannes. Rose Tattoo, AC/DC Motorhead, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Creedence, Van Morrison, Little Richard, The Angels, Robert Johnson, Otis Redding, Gunner’s, ZZ Top, The Who, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, Jimmy Barnes, The Poor and Johnny Cash are just a few.

What AC/DC Albums do you own? And what are your favorites? – Matt
Gday Matt. Well mate I own all of them, from High Voltage to Stiff Upper Lip and they’re all my favorites. However If I had to pick one for this week I’d say Let Be Rock.

Pick up the debut album online now at THIS location.

BLACK STONE CHERRY are set to release their follow up to their self titled debut on August 18th. Titled FOLKLORE AND SUPERSTITION, it’s set to blow you all away, and to prove it we are offering you a track FREE to download. Head to the ROADRUNNER UK HOMPEAGE to grab yourself the track.

Them there fellas from Kentucky are currently winging their way over to the UK to play at the Isle of White festival on 14th June and the Download Festival on 15th June. They then head out with Witesnake and Def Leppard as support on a full UK tour. Dates as follows:

Tue 17th Jun – Glasgow SECC
Wed 18th Jun – Birmingham NEC
Fri 20th Jun – Manchester MEN Arena
Sat 21st Jun – Belfast Odyssey Arena
Mon 23rd Jun – Sheffield Arena
Tue 24th Jun – Newcastle Arena
Wed 25th Jun – Fibbers (BSC headline show)
Thu 26th Jun – London Wembley Arena

You can pick up debut album ‘Black Stone Cherry’ is in stores NOW and you can pick this up online HERE

Here we continue the Q&A (with questions lovingly supplied by yourselves) with Joel O’Keeffe of AIRBOURNE we started yesterday…

Any chance of your 2004 album that was independently released in Australia being reissued? Or the songs being re-recorded and released in some other way? – Charles Cannon
Gday Charles. Yeah hopefully one day we’ll either re-record it or actually release the old one. When we recorded it we used our saved up money from gigs and used to sell it at shows, it was never actually officially released on a label. But if ya know someone who’s got a copy of it, get them to burn one for ya.

What is your favourite song on your new album and why? – Jimmy Strong
Gday Jimmy. Well I love playing them all live but this week it’s Hellfire, coz it’s about touring and playing live and we’ve just started the first UK/USA tour for 2008.

How does it feel being compared to AC/DC all the time and were they an influence? – Owen
Gday Owen. We’re honoured to be compared to AC/DC, they’re the best Rock’n’Roll band in the world. The first time I seen them live was in melbourne when I was a kid and they absolutley blew me away with their power of Rock’n’Roll. Yeah AC/DC, Rose Tattoo, The Angels, The Poor, Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs are our main Aussie Pub Rock’n’Roll influences.

How has the success from the UK and America affected the band? – Lozza
Gday Lozza. We are still the same as always, we’ll never change we’re country boys from Warrnambool and we’ve even still got the same jeans and chesty bonds we bought whilst working at the pub 6 years ago.

Have you ever had any outrageous incidents of fans coming up on stage in the past? – Lauren
Gday Lauren. Every time someone jumps up on stage it’s great, we love rockin out with them and fightin’ off the security guards.

How important is rock n roll to you and the band? – AJay
Gday Ajay. Rock’n’Roll to us is like sex to a nymphomaniac, we need it every second of every day.

If you could choose any big band or famous singer as your support act, who would you like to choose? – Aki
Gday Aki. Well we’d like to have been on the bill at one of the legendary Sunbury festivals.

Did you boys meet in high school? Did you always know you wanted to play professionally? – Gemma-Kate
Gday Gemma. I met my brother Ryan when he was born and then met Dave when we worked at the pub and Ryan met Justin at a drinking session in the Thunder Point sand dunes. But yeah we’ve always loved Rock’n’Roll and always knew it was gonna be our path.

Airbourne have recently confirmed a full UK tour for November. Tickets are on sale NOW and you can catch them at the following venues:

Sat 1st Nov – Cardiff University
Sun 2nd Nov – Bristol Academy
Wed 5th Nov – Birmingham Academy
Thu 6th Nov – Sheffield Octagon
Fri 7th Nov – Liverpool Academy
Sat 8th Nov – Manchester Academy
Mon 10th Nov – Dublin Vicar Street
Tue 11th Nov – Belfast Limelight
Thu 13th Nov – Inverness Ironworks
Fri 14th Nov – Dundee Fat Sams
Sat 15th Nov – Glasgow Barrowlands
Mon 17th Nov – Newcastle Academy
Tue 18th Nov – Leeds Metropolitan University
Wed 19th Nov – Stoke Victoria Hall
Thu 20th Nov – Nottingham Rock City
Sat 22nd Nov – Oxford Academy
Sun 23rd Nov – Norwich UEA
Mon 24th Nov – Cambridge Junction
Wed 26th Nov – Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
Thu 27th Nov – London Astoria

Due to the construction of the brand spanking new York venue The Duchess falling a lil behind schedule and will not be open in time, the BLACK STONE CHERRY headline show that was to take place on the 25th June has moved to YORK FIBBERS.