DANZIG will be bringing his Blackest of the Black Tour back for 2010. Confirmed bands and tour dates are below.

BLACKEST OF THE BLACK 2010

DANZIG

POSSESSED
MARDUK
TOXIC HOLOCAUST
WITHERED

Blackest of the Black Tour Dates

October 25 – Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre
October 27 – Little Rock, AK – The Village
October 29 – San Antonio, TX – San Antonio Live
October 30 – Houston, TX – Warehouse
October 31 – Dallas, TX – Palladium
November 2 – Knoxville, TN – Valarium
November 3 – Louisville, KY – Expo Five
November 4 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
November 5 – Columbus, OH – Alrosa Villa (no DANZIG)
November 6 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theater
November 7 – Chicago, IL – Congress Theater
November 9 – Minneapolis, MN – The Cabooze
November 10 – Fargo, ND – The Venue
November 12 – Denver, CO – Gothic Theater
November 14 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory Concert House
November 15 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SODO
November 16 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater

For the sake of history, Blackest of the Black in 2008 featured DIMMU BORGIR, MOONSPELL, WINDS OF PLAGUE, and SKELETONWITCH.

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TORCHE are reporting the shocking news that the majority of their gear and personal items were stolen after their performance in Chicago on May 14. If you can help, go out and support the band, and if you’re feeling extra generous, you can make a donation here.

After our Chicago show at the Congress Theater on May 14 between 1:30AM and 4:00AM our van was broken into while parked in front of Goethe Elementary and a bunch of equipment was stolen. Items taken include music equipment, personal items/luggage, band/personal checkbook, cameras, laptop, and passports.

The following items were taken:

* Custom Electrical Guitar Company bass w/hardcase #220
* First Act custom bass w/hardcase serial number # JN-0901002
* Black Gibson Custom Les Paul w/SKB hardcase
(has chip on the top L side of headstock, visible neck repair on top side of the neck,
may have missing paint opposite vol and tone knobs if sticker was removed).
* Custom woodfinish guitar w/hardcase
* Acoustic 370 Bass Head
* 2 x SKB PS25 pedal boards
* 2 x Boss tuning pedals
* MXR Phase 90
* Boss DD5 pedal
* Boss guitar EQ pedal
* Custom 3 way amp selector (metallic blue)
* Fulltone OCD pedal
* Aguilar Tone Hammer pedal
* Boss Bass EQ pedal
* Shure Beta 57
* Misc Mogami, Monster, and George L’s cable
* Suitcase style 7 space guitar stand
* Black iPod Touch
* Black Compaq Presario laptop
* Nikon Blue Coolpix camera
* Sony CyberShot camera
* Garmin 205W GPS
* Black Luggage containing: tubes, guitar strings, instrument cables, speaker cables, tuning pegs, surge protectors.

If you know anyone in the Chicago area we’d appreciate any help in spreading the word.

Thanks, Torche

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BILLY IDOL will be releasing In Super Overdrive Live, a DVD featuring many of his hits on November 16th.  The show was filmed at the Congress Theater, Chicago for the US TV series Soundstage and originally broadcast in America in July 2009. The show sees Billy Idol, with trademark sneer and peroxide hair very much to the fore, reunited with guitarist Steve Stevens, who played on (& sometimes co-wrote) all his eighties hits. The tracklist runs from early Generation X favourites, through his classic solo singles and up to tracks from his most recent album The Devil’s Playground.

Tracklisting:

1) Super Overdrive   2) Dancing With Myself   3) Flesh For Fantasy   4) Touch My Love   5) White Wedding   6) Scream   7) Eyes Without A Face   Cry   9) Blue Highway 10) Ready Steady Go   11) Rebel Yell   12) Kiss Me Deadly

The Line-Up for this show was: Billy Idol (vocals); Steve Stevens — guitars; Brian Tichy (Slash’s Snakepit) — drums; Stephen McGrath (bass); Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater) — keyboards.

“Rebel Yell” taken from the new DVD:

THE MARS VOLTA has announced a full US tour. The tour will kick off August 29 at the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco followed by a two-night headline stand at the Hollywood Palladium following on August 30 and September 1. More dates are TBA.

Confirmed tour dates:

August 29 – San Francisco CA @ Outside Lands Festival
August 30 – Los Angeles CA @ Palladium
September 1 – Los Angeles CA @ Palladium
September 2 – Santa Barbara CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
September 4 – San Diego CA @ Soma
September 5 – Phoenix AZ @ Dodge Theater
September 8 – St. Louis MO @ The Pageant
September 10 – Minneapolis MN @ First Avenue
September 11 – Chicago IL @ Congress Theater
September 13 – Denver CO – Monolith Festival
September 16 – Dallas TX @ Palladium
September 17 – Houston TX @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
September 19 – San Antonio TX @ Municipal Theater

England’s THE PRODIGY kicked off their US tour this evening in Washington DC. It is their first set of shows in the US since their three exclusive gigs they had scheduled for March.

Footage of THE PRODIGY performing “Warriors Dance” live at Radio 1’s Big Weekend can be found below:

Confirmed US tour dates include:

May 18 – Washington, DC @  9:30 Club
May 19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric City
May 20 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
May 22 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
May 23 – Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater
May 26 – Anaheim, CA @ The Grove
May 27 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
May 28 – San Francisco, CA @ Warfield
May 30 – Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theatre

England’s THE PROGIDY will return to the US for an extended club run. It follows on from the three exclusive gigs they have/had scheduled for March.

Confirmed US tour dates include:

May 18 – Washington, DC @  9:30 Club
May 19 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric City
May 20 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
May 22 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
May 23 – Chicago, IL @ Congress Theater
May 26 – Anaheim, CA @ The Grove
May 27 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
May 28 – San Francisco, CA @ Warfield
May 30 – Seattle, WA @ WAMU Theatre