My boys KVLR are now confirmed for the Kaktusfestivalen in Arboga, Sweden on July 23. Other bands playing include Charta 77, Coca Carola, Amino, Ticking Bombs, Odd Perspective, Praetorian Platoon, Bring Me The Fucking Riot... Man, Voice of a Generation, Logh, Nine, Dozer and Square. Full details: http://www.kaktusfestivalen.com/

Nine is heading to Finland in June for two Indie Iltamat Festival dates:

06/11 - Turku
06/12 - Helsinki

Sadly, Burst has been forced to cancel all of their upcoming UK and BeNeLux tour plans. There were just too many complications with schedules and money issues that they couldn't make it happen. Shows still happening:

04/25 - Goudvishal Festival, Musis Sacrum, Arnhem (NL) w/Madball, Heaven Shall Burn, E Town Concrete, more
04/27 - Debaser, Stockholm (SWE) w/Keelhaul
06/25-27 - Furyfest, Le Mans (FRA) w/Slipknot, Dillinger Escape Plan, Deicide, Discharge, more
07/15-17 - Arvika Festival, Arvika (SWE)
08/06-07 - Augustibuller, Lindesberg (SWE) w/Nine, C.Armeé, more

Look for more Swedish and a full fall tour lineup to come soon.

Nine vocalist Johan Lindqvist just became a father of a baby boy. Congrats!

Nine will supporting US hardcore act Converge on tour in the UK from January 18-24. They'll also be doing some other European gigs around the same time on their own and I'll hopefully get the details soon.

And speaking of that Close-Up tour, Raised Fist has been forced to cancel due to sickness in the band. Nine will take their place and C.Aarmé will tag along for the ride.

Nine will support the US metalcore act Poison the Well at the Meanfiddler in London on December 17. I don't think I mentioned it here before, but PTW's most recent album was recorded in Umeå, Sweden at Tonteknik Studios.

Combat Rock Industries will release the vinyl version of Nine's lastest album "Killing Angels" on December 5.

Other CRI-related news:

Endstand will be touring Japan in January. Dates:

01/15 - East, Kyoto
01/16 - ZD, Niihama
01/17 - Jitterbug, Tokushima
01/18 - Megahertz, Kitakyushu
01/19 - day off
01/20 - Battlebox, Kumamoto
01/21 - Kieth Flack, Fukuoka
01/22 - Pepperland, Okayama
01/23 - Huck Finn, Nagoya
01/24 - Red Cloth, Tokyo
01/25 - Faith, Mitsukaido

Check out pics from their recently completed European tour here: http://www.fireinsidemusic.com/touri/

Manifesto Jukebox will be recording a split 7" with Japan's Minority Blues Band for Snuffy Smile Records and will tour over there in mid-April.

Finnish hardcore band Hero Dishonest has a new bassplayer named Leisure Suit Larry who apparently only knows two ways of playing: loud and wrong. They'll be coming over to the US in August and will also be doing a split with Brazil's Mukeka Di Rato for release sometime next year.

Nine has announced they will be doing five dates in Finland in December:

12/09 - Tavastia, Helsinki
12/10 - Klubi, Turku
12/11 - Klubi, Tampere
12/12 - Lutakko, Jyväskylä
12/13 - Club 25, Vassa

Entombed has updated their tour diary with some funny tales from their current outing with Nine and Disfear.

Turbonegro will be joining the "Close-Up Made Us Do It" Emtombed/Raised Fist/Disfear for a special gig in Stockholm on December 20, which of course, is being sponsored by Close-Up magazine. Not to be confused with the upcoming Entombed/Disfear/Nine tour across Europe in October, here's the rest of the dates for the Swedish tour:

12/03 - Pipeline, Sundsvall
12/04 - Grand, Uppsala
12/06 - Downtown, Örebro
12/08 - Kåren, Göteborg
12/09 - Voxhall, Århus
12/10 - Pumpehuset, Köpenhamn
12/11 - KB, Malmö
12/12 - Diezel / Metal Massacre 2003, Halmstad
12/13 - Klubb Kaliber, Mariestad
12/16 - Café Mic, Värnersborg
12/17 - Club Adrian, Uddevalla
12/18 - Nöjesfabriken/Garaget, Karlstad
12/19 - Skylten, Linköping
12/20 - Arenam, Stockholm

Nine's vocalist Johan is getting married on September 20. Congrats!

Entombed, Nine and Disfear are all hitting the road in Europe together. Confirmed dates:

09/28 - New Backstage, München (GER)
09/29 - Matrix Bochum (GER)
09/30 - Effenaar, Eindhoven (HOL)
10/01 - Melkweg, Amsterdam (HOL)
10/02 - Woughton Centre, Milton Keynes (UK)
10/03 - Underworld, London (UK)
10/04 - Lintfabriek, Kontich (BEL)
10/05 - Locomotive club, Paris (FR)
10/06 - Rockstore, Montpellier (FR)
10/07 - KGB, Barcelona (ES)
10/08 - Caracol, Madrid (ES)
10/09 - Crock More, Perpignan (FR)
10/10 - New Age, Treviso (IT)
10/11 - Arena, Wien (AUS)
10/12 - PTR-Usine, Geneva (SWI)
10/13 - Logo, Hamburg (GER)
10/14 - Knaack Club, Berlin (GER)

Nine is hitting the road in Europe with The Hope Conspiracy for four weeks starting on October 22. Dates so far:

09/23 - Club Mondo, Stockholm w/Entombed, more (SWE)
09/27 - Silo club: Funtime festival, Leuven (BEL)
10/23 - JC Horizont, Antwerpen (BEL) w/THC
10/24 - Winston, Amsterdam (HOL) w/THC
10/25 - Clubhaus, Saalfeld (BEL) w/THC, Terror
10/26 - Schlachthof-Magazinkeller, Bremen (GER) w/THC
10/27 - Meeths, Gothenburg (SWE) w/THC
10/28 - Skylten, Linköping (SWE) w/THC
10/29 - Café 44, Stockholm (SWE) w/THC
10/30 - Stengade 30, Copenhagen (DK) w/THC
10/31 - Musik-O-Droom, Hasselt (BEL) w/THC, Terror
11/01 - U club, Wuppertal (GER) w/THC, Darkest Hour, more
11/05 - Villa, Darmstadt (GER) w/THC
11/06 - Tonne, Wangen (GER) w/THC, Paint the Town Red
11/07 - Leoncavallo, Milano (ITL) w/THC, A18
11/08 - Rock Planet, Pinarella (ITL) w/THC
11/09 - Trafo, Gödöllö (HUN) w/THC, Walls Of Jericho and Undying
11/11 - Shelter, Wien (GER) w/THC
11/12 - Backstage, München (GER) w/THC, Paint the Town Red
11/13 - Magnet, Berlin (GER) w/THC, Terror
11/14 - Conne Island, Leipzig (GER) w/THC, more
11/15 - Goudvishal, Arnhem (HOL) w/THC, A18

Nine will also be doing a co-record release show at Café 44 in Stockholm on September 13 to celebrate "Killing Angels" along with Switchblade who have a new record out, too.

Nine's upcoming tour plans with Converge have been cancelled. No other info is available at this time.