NICKELBACK have announced their return to the UK for a string of arena shows next May. The tour will be in support of their latest album DARK HORSE which hit stores on 17th November and follows their earlier sold out UK tour just a few months ago.

Chad (vox/gtrs), Ryan (gtrs), Mike (bass) and Daniel (drums) will bring their chart-bothering tunes to the following cities, so be sure to get tickets while you still can:

Fri 22nd May MANCHESTER Evening News Arena
Sat 23rd May GLASGOW SECC
Mon 25th May NEWCASTLE Metro Radio Arena
Tue 26th May BIRMINGHAM National Indoor Arena
Thu 28th May LONDON O2 Arena

Tickets available from LIVE NATION and will be on general sale from 9am on Friday 5th December 2008. All tickets are subject to booking fee and are priced at

When in Australia recently, Robb Flynn of MACHINE HEAD fame ran through some of his pet peevs and some of the things that he likes best and in this snippet he fills us in on what it is he loves about Australia. Bizarrely for a dude in a band, things involving booze and the ladies seem to rate quite highly with Mr Flynn…

Machine Head are currently on tour with SLIPKNOT and will return to the UK in February / March 09 with Metallica. Check out the TOUR DATES PAGE for full dates of both tours and buy online links.

For more Machine Head news, head to THEIR NEWS PAGE

Buy current album THE BLACKENING (now available as a 2CD/DVD package) HERE

AIRBOURNE finished their UK tour on Friday (28/11), playing the

TRIVIUM perform with ‘Pull Harder On The Strings Of Your Martyr’ with MACHINE HEAD’S Robb Flynn on vocals in this latest snippet from the forthcoming ROADRUNNER UNITED: THE CONCERT DVD, which sees a release on the 8th DECEMBER.

You can catch this snippet and order your copy of the DVD at THIS LOCATION

One in a series of snippets, you can catch up on the previous ones at the DVD INFO PAGE which also includes details of the full (and rather amazing) tracklisting…

Today AIRBOURNE conclude their UK tour tonight

To continue the series of short interviews on random subjects with MACHINE HEAD’S Robb Flynn, we learn in todays snippet (part 4, no less) ‘WHAT SUCKED THIS WEEK’…

Check out the player below…

You should also check out the TOUR PAGE for details of where you can catch Machine Head live, as they are hitting the UK from MONDAY 1st DECEMBER with Slipknot and then head back for dates with Metallica in FEBRUARY 09. Full deets and buy online links all there in the TOURSSECTION

FOR MIORE NEWS ON MACHINE HEAD HEAD TO THEIR NEWS PAGE.

BUY CURRENT ALBUM ‘THE BLACKENING’ ONLINE HERE

ORGAN are so blown away by the wonder that is Aussie rockers AIRBOURNE that not only have they posted an interview, they have a run down on the bands UK accent to greatness and live reviews. To say they are GUSHING about the rock fury these guys bring down on thier audiences is a bit of an understatement…

They rocked and we want more! If you can’t get pumped-up excited at the front of an Airbourne show then get hell out of here and go play bingo or something! The place was rammed – hair and riffs flying everywhere – no time to mess about – Stand up, for Rock ‘n Roll! OK, so they sound pretty much exactly like primetime raw early AC/DC (with just a hint of Angry Anderson attitude). So damn what!!? What hell do you want? Blood!? You got it. AC/DC haven’t got out of their accountant’s office to make a decent record in years. Music this good is for blistering live nights this, music like this is for the street, for packed back room bars, music like is this is meant to be raw, loud and right there in your face, not for over-produced albums and school uniform wearing old men in giant stadiums. The place is sweating – everyone down the front is beer soaked and smiling great big shit-eating grins at each other – fists punching, lyrics chanted – Too Much Too Young Too Fast… Fat City… Girls In Black – The four of them up there, full on real deal open road Aussie bar-room rock via the teachings of The Easybeats, Rose Tattoo, The Angels and the whole damn lot. Relentless frontman O’Keeffe must have spent years dreaming of this night: he’s beaming as he yells “all the way from Warrnambool to London” as they hit the encore (that’s where they’re from you see, Warrnambool – they told us before the gig what a big deal it had been making it to the big city of Melbourne for a gig). Hey look, it ain’t noodle doodle chin stroking indie-schmindie rocket science – they came, we saw, they rocked, it was loud, it was we want more!

Read the full lowdown, interview and review at THIS LOCATION.

The guys are playing a SOLD OUT London Astoria tonight (27th November). Due to popular demand, there is an addtional show to the tour, with the band playing a 2nd night at the Astoria. There are still tickets available for the show. You can pick up tiockets on the door OR online HERE.

For more news on Airbourne, head to their NEWS PAGE…

The latest ROADRUNNER UNITED CONCERT: THE DVD teaser has been posted on the TOTAL GUITAR website. Head on over to THIS LOCATION to check out the snippet which features Sepultura’s Andreas Kisser and Anthrax’s Scot Ian talking about the evening’s performance of the Sepultura classic ‘Refuse / Resist’.

The DVD will hit stores on the 8th DECEMBER, and full details of the stellar 2DVD set- inlcuding the full tracklisting, who plays on which track and who features in the interviews on the bonus disc can be found HERE. You will also be able to catch up on any snippets you may have missed!

PRE-ORDER THE DVD HERE

So last time we heard from MACHINE HEAD’S Robb Flynn, he was telling us what he thought the wost movie ever was. Now, he lets us in on his fave movie ever in part 3 of our ‘Robb Rants’ series of interviews.

Check it out in the player below…

You can check out Machine Head LIVE on tour with label mates SLIPKNOT from Monday 1st December as they cause metal mayhem up and down the country. Children of Bodom support. For more details on the tour and buy online links for tickets, check out the TOURS PAGE.

Buy Machine Head’s current album THE BLACKENING online HERE as a 2CD/DVD limited tour edition!

For more Machine Head news, head HERE.

We have some new ringtones available for your phone of a cellular nature over at our mobile store!

KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES and NICKELBACK now both have new RealTones from their latest albums up for grabs!! Check out the links below for the band’s mobile stores and full deets on how to order your fave track for your phone!

KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES MOBILE STORE

Order your ringtone by text:
Give Me What I Want text ROAD1109 to ‘82822’
Easy Tiger text ROAD1108 to ‘82822’
Saturday text ROAD1110 to ‘82822’

NICKELBACK ONLINE STORE

Order by text:
Gotta Be Somebody text ROAD1084 to ‘82822’
Burn It To The Ground ROAD1097 to ‘82822’
If Today Was Your Last Day ROAD1099 to ‘82822’
Just To Get High ROAD1100 to ‘82822’
Never Gonna Be Alone ROAD1101 to ‘82822’
Next Go Round ROAD1102 to ‘82822’
S.E.X. ROAD1104 to ‘82822’
Something In Your Mouth ROAD1105 to ‘82822’
This Afternoon ROAD1106 to ‘82822’
Shakin Hands ROAD1111 to ‘82822’
I’d Come For You ROAD1098 to ‘82822’

Realtones are