Swedish singer/songwriter Anna Ternheim starts a new UK tour tonight as support for Joseph Arthur:
11/16 - Academy 2, Liverpool
11/17 - Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh
11/18 - Fibbers, York
11/19 - Academy 2, Birmingham
11/20 - Ulu, London
11/21 - 12 Bar, Swindon
11/22 - The Cube, Southampton
Swedish acts confirmed for EuroSonic: I'm from Barcelona (official opening act for EuroSonic 2008), Detektivbyrån, Those Dancing Days, Promise and the Monster, Lykke Li, Cult of Luna, Miss Li, Little Dragon, Moonbabies, Taxi Taxi, Friska Viljor, Burst and Andi Almqvist. The festival, one of Europe's preeminent platforms for new music, will feature a special focus on Sweden and takes place in Groningen, the Netherlands, on January 10-12. More info: https://www.noorderslag.nl/
Meshuggah will support Ministry on tour in the US next March: https://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=9752
Once again, here are the latest updated West Coast tourdates for Powersolo:
11/06 - Pappy and Harriet's
11/07 - Rhythm Room, Phoenix, AZ
11/08 - Club Congress/Plush, Tucson, AZ
11/09 - The Casbah, San Diego, CA
11/10 - The Echo, Los Angeles, CA
11/11 - SOhO Music Club, Santa Barbara, CA
11/13 - Moe's Alley, Santa Cruz, CA
11/14 - Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA
11/16 - Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR
11/17 - Crocodile Cafe, Seattle, WA
11/18 - Lamplighter, Vancouver, BC
MIC Norway profiles Håkon Kornstad and Håvard Wiik as they will be touring Japan in December: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007111316130257221332
Quit Your Dayjob will play support to The Hives for a batch of dates before setting off on a string of their own headlining shows:
11/19 - Docks, Hamburg (GER) w/The Hives
11/20 - Columbia halle, Berlin (GER) w/The Hives
11/22 - ABC, Glasgow (UK) w/The Hives
11/23 - Hammersmith, London (UK) w/The Hives
11/24 - Apolo, Mannchester (UK) w/The Hives
11/25 - Academy, Birmingham (UK) w/The Hives
11/27 - Le Bataclan, Paris (FRA) w/The Hives
11/28 - Palladium, Cologne (GER) w/The Hives
11/29 - Paradiso, Amsterdam (NL) w/The Hives
11/30 - Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER) w/The Hives
12/02 - AB, Brussels (BEL) w/The Hives
12/11 - Steinbruch, Duisburg (GER)
12/12 - Mains D'Oeuvres, Paris (FRA)
12/13 - Belle Vue Café, Brussels (BEL)
12/14 - State X Festival, The Hague (NL)
12/15 - Patronaat, Haarlem (NL)
12/22 - Henriksberg, Göteborg (SWE)
01/25 - Transformateur, Fribourg (CH)
01/26 - Sedel, Luzern (CH)
Lassus has uploaded a whole bunch of new tracks on myspace: https://www.myspace.com/lassustheband
Also check their blog for a long list of dates they'll be doing as part of Boy Omega's orchestra.
European tourdates for Swallow the Sun:
11/13 - Musikzentrum, Hannover (GER)
11/14 - Zeche Carl, Essen (GER)
11/15 - Columbia Club, Berlin (GER)
11/16 - Alte Spinnerei, Glauchau (GER)
11/17 - Club Vaudeville, Lindau (GER)
11/18 - Z7, Pratteln, Switzerland
11/20 - Roxy, Saarbrücken (GER)
11/21 - Metropolis, Munich (GER)
11/22 - Colos-Saal, Aschaffenburg (GER)
11/23 - Helling, Utrecht (NL)
11/24 - Bibelot, Dordrecht (NL)
11/25 - Biebob, Vosselaar (BEL)
11/27 - Sticky Fingers, Gothenburg (SWE)
11/28 - Rockefeller, Oslo (NOR)
11/29 - Klubben, Stockholm (SWE)
12/01 - Nosturi, Helsinki (FIN)
12/19 - Pakkahuone, Tampere (FIN)
12/29 - Helldone Festival, Tavastia, Helsinki (FIN)
08/16 - Bloodstock Open Air, Catton Hall, Derby (UK)
The Finnish MIC has posted some details regarding the upcoming "Etoiles Polares Finland" festival for Finnish music happening in Ghent, Belgium on December 12-15: https://www.fimic.fi/fimic/fimic.nsf/mainframe?readform&5BF5340AF384CC7DC225738E003F3954
Acts confirmed include Kimmo Pohjonen, Cleaning Women, Circle, Kuusumun Profeetta, Magyar Posse, Aavikko, Shogun Kunitoki, Jimi Tenor and Pan Sonic.
Norwegian noise/thrash act Killl on tour in Europe:
12/06 - Qujochoe, Linz (AUS)
12/07 - Bad Bonn, Düdingen (CH)
12/08 - Balthes, Ravensburg (GER)
12/11 - Kampnagel, Hamburg (GER)
12/12 - Lido, Berlin, Berlin (GER)
12/13 - Reclycart, Brussels (BEL)
12/14 - State x, Den Haag (NL)
12/15 - Blitz, Oslo (NOR)
Swedish indie artist Bobby Baby, now living in Berlin, is collaborating with Frank Schültge Blumm (F.S. Blumm) on a new project called Bobby & Blumm. Look for an album early next year, but in the meantime, preview three tracks at myspace: https://www.myspace.com/bobbyandblumm
Upcoming live dates around Germany for Bobby Baby in her various incarnations:
11/06 - NBI, Berlin (Bobby & Blumm)
11/08 - Schokoladen, Berlin (It's a Musical)
11/11 - Plastikk Club, Bremen (Bobby & Blumm)
11/12 - Asta Wohnzimmer, Lüneburg (Bobby & Blumm)
11/13 - Mint Music, Hannover (Bobby & Blumm)
11/14 - Haus 73, Hamburg (Bobby & Blumm)
11/22 - Noch Besser Leben, Leipzig (Bobby & Blumm)
11/29 - Bang Bang Club, Berlin w/Boy Omega (Bobby Baby)
12/02 - Bang Bang Club, Berlin (It's a Musical)
12/06 - Belleville, Berlin (Bobby & Blumm)
12/08 - Ladyfest Winterfest @ Garage Pankow, Berlin (Bobby Baby)
12/09 - Club im Park, Fürstenwalde (Bobby Baby)
12/10 - Frau Hedi, Hamburg (Bobby Baby)
12/11 - E-werk, Erlangen (Bobby Baby)
12/12 - Südstadt, München (Bobby Baby)
12/13 - Kulturhaus Abraxas, Augsburg (Bobby Baby)
12/14 - Café Central, Magdeburg(Bobby Baby)
Björn Dixgård (Mando Diao), Miss Li, Norma Bates and The Gain are the acts confirmed to play this year's Swedish Rock Days in Spain this coming December. More details: https://www.myspace.com/swedishrockdays
NRK lists 40 Norwegian bands confirmed for by:Larm, most of them unsigned: https://www.nrk.no/musikk/1.3961244
Opeth will be supporting Dream Theater on the upcoming "Progressive Nation" tour. Read the press release at Lambgoat: https://www.lambgoat.com/news/view.aspx?id=9695