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Slipknot headlining Sonisphere 2011!

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SLIPKNOT are proud to announce they will return in 2011 to headline the UK’s Sonisphere Festival.  The weekend event at the world famous Knebworth site is set to happen from Friday 8^th – Sunday 10^th July.   

The band’s 2011 summer shows will mark their first without founding member, Paul Gray who tragically passed away earlier this year, so will be an emotional and bittersweet experience for both the band and their fiercely loyal fanbase.   

SLIPKNOT have always considered the UK their ‘home from home’, with Brit crowds embracing their cathartic and ferociously heavy sound from day one.  1999’s debut album, ‘Slipknot’ is today considered a true classic and what followed was a meteoric rise to superstardom, the likes of which the metal scene had never seen; Top 40 singles, sold-out arena tours and a media frenzy that left no one in any doubt that SLIPKNOT’s impact on the musical landscape would be a permanent one.  Since then, the UK fans have ensured every subsequent album racked up a Top 5 chart position – with ‘Iowa’ reaching the No.1 slot – and there is always a rabid response when they occupy our arenas and festival fields.

SLIPKNOT’s album cycle for their fourth studio album, ‘All Hope Is Gone,’ was their most successful to date, seeing the band notch up their first US No.1 album, numerous sold-out arena shows around the globe and a top-selling DVD, ‘(sic)nesses’ which documented their landmark headline slot at the Download festival in 2009; a performance that is now the stuff of legend. 

Expect their Sonisphere show to be equally incendiary, as the iconic Iowan band prepare to honour Paul Gray’s memory and musical career with their Knebworth appearance.    Their statement reads; “We’re looking forward to spending our summer in Europe.  This tour is about us and our fans.  It’s about celebrating the life of our brother, Paul and his legacy.  The door is neither open nor closed.  This tour is about burning down that door.  See you this summer.”

Who knows what the distant future holds for SLIPKNOT, but one thing is for sure; these shows are going to go down in history.  The band hope you will come join them at Sonisphere in 2011 to celebrate and remember their brother, Paul Gray.

Full ticketing and festival info can be found at www.sonispherefestivals.com on Monday 6^th December.

Corey Taylor Christmas Single! Gotta be better than X Factor… right?

The inimitable COREY TAYLOR, frontman of not one, but two multi-million-selling bands in STONE SOUR and SLIPKNOT, and sometime solo artist, is to release his first solo single, titled ‘X-M@$’ through Roadrunner Records on 12th December.
 
So what’s the story with one of the rock genre’s most revered frontmen and a Christmas single?   Corey explains as follows: “I wrote this song in my kitchen one winter, listening to people bitch about the holidays.  Personally, I love the holidays, but they seem to bring on severe stress in most people.  So, I wrote this in honour of crotchety, drunken bastards who don’t know the difference between a yuletide and a toolshed.  Plus, I think it’s funny.  I bet the UK will too.  They’re some of my favourite people in the world.” 
Last month, when a gap arose during the recent Stone Sour UK tour, Corey hot-footed it over to Metropolis Studios in Chiswick, West London, and tracked the tune in a single afternoon.  The lyrics showcase Corey’s sense of humour and irreverence in full force, dispensing a fat dose of jocular stick-poking at those who loathe the holiday season.  However, Taylor’s joviality doesn’t stop with the song words, as he even drops a sneaky ‘Hi Simon!!’ in the single’s fade-out, as a nod to Mr Cowell and his Xmas-hijacking X-Factor squad.

Check out a stream of the track here: http://snd.sc/gQOrv6

You’ll be able to pick up ‘X-M@$’ from all leading digital retailers, including i-Tunes, Amazon.co.uk and Play.com.   Corey has decided to donate proceeds from the Christmas sales to Teenage Cancer Trust.

Meanwhile, Corey’s been steering the good ship STONE SOUR around Europe, following a 10-date sold-out UK run that took in Glasgow’s SECC arena, Birmingham’s NIA and culminated in two nights at London’s famous Hammersmith Apollo.  Whilst in town, Roadrunner Records presented the band with gold discs for last album, ‘Come What(ever) May’, whilst new album, ‘Audio Secrecy’, which debuted on the UK album chart at No.6 on its release in September, continues to motor off the shelves.  The video for current single, ‘Digital (Did You Tell)’ can be seen on all decent music TV channels now.

Murderdolls UK Tour announced!

Hi everyone; quick shameless press release regurgitation while I busy myself with New Vegas and dreams of the WH40K movie!

Following their raucous reception at Ozzfest at the O2 Arena recently, the MURDERDOLLS return to level the UK this coming February on their ‘God Save The Scream’ tour.  It will be their first full UK tour in over six years.   

The band have just wrapped a three-week US amphitheatre tour, opening for Rob Zombie and Alice Cooper’s pyro-laden ‘Halloween Hootenanny’ touring spectacular, picking up plenty of new fans on the way.  MURDERDOLLS also play their own Halloween headline show in Hollywood, CA at The Roxy on 31^st October.

Frontman Wednesday 13 is excited for the trip back over this side of the pond, stating “I can’t wait to bring the MURDERDOLLS back for our first UK tour since 2003.  The Death Valley Superstars are on their way!  You’ve got blood and we’ll take it”.   Meanwhile, guitarist and co-songwriter Joey Jordison adds: “There’s no other place I love to play with the MURDERDOLLS more than the UK.  It’s our home and will ALWAYS be our home.  This is gonna top anything we’ve ever done there.  Can’t wait to see all of you.  Let’s party, motherfuckers!!  I NEED THIS!!”

The band’s first album in eight years, ‘Women And Children Last’ picked up stellar reviews from the UK press on its August release, including 4/5 in Q Magazine,  and 4/5 in The Sun (‘..gloriously trashy, sleazy, punk-metal’) and 8/10 in Metal Hammer (“The Murderdolls are back -they’re pissed off and this time they mean every fucking last word of it.”).  Pick it up online at www.play.com.

The full UK dates line up as follows:

Wed 2^nd Feb – PORTSMOUTH                     Pyramids             (02392 824355)

Thu 3^rd Feb – NORWICH                                Waterfront         (01603 508050)

Fri 4^th Feb – BRISTOL                                       O2 Academy      (0844 477 2000)

Sat 5^th Feb – SHEFFIELD                                 Corporation        (0114 276 0262)

Mon 7^th Feb – WOLVERHAMPTON           Wulfrun Hall       (0870 320 7000)

Tue 8^th Feb – MIDDLESBROUGH                Empire                  (01642 253553)

Thu 10^th Feb – GLASGOW                             O2 ABC                 (0844 477 2000)

Fri 11^th Feb – MANCHESTER                         Academy 2          (0161 832 1111)

Sat 12^th Feb – LONDON                                  HMV Forum       (0844 847 2405)

Sun 13^th Feb – NOTTINGHAM                     Rock City              (0845 413 4444)

Mon 14^th Feb – EXETER                                  Lemon Grove    (01392 263518)

Support comes from Black Veil Brides.   Tickets, priced £15 regionally and £17.50 in London, go on pre-sale from Wednesday 27^th October and on general sale from 9am Friday 29^th October from box offices and all usual outlets.  Alternatively you may purchase via credit card hotline (0844 871 8803) or online at www.kililive.com.