Finnish noiserock act Echo Is Your Love will be participating in a theater project entitled "Musikaali" which will be taking place later this week at Teatterikorkeakoulu in Helsinki. Follow the link for more details if you can read Finnish, otherwise hold tight until next spring for a new EIYL record.

Last Days of April, Sahara Hotnights, Maia Hirasawa and Pernilla Andersson will represent their homeland at Sweden Sounds in Tokyo on November 6. Read more: https://www.swedensounds.net/ (in Japanese)

Finnish Eurovision champs Lordi will support Type O Negative on tour in the US this fall: https://www.theendrecords.com/label/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1025&Itemid=1

MIC Norway gives a short preview to this year's by:Larm Festival, the first time the annual industry event will take place in the capital of Oslo: https://www.mic.no/mic.nsf/doc/art2007092516094014439917

Pelle Carlberg has updated his fall tour schedule: https://www.pellecarlberg.se/live.htm

Crashdiet will support Hardcore Superstar on tour this fall:

11/27 - Logo, Hamburg (GER)
11/28 - Underground, Köln (GER)
11/30 - Knaack Club, Berlin (GER)
12/01 - Museumskeller, Erfur (GER)
12/02 - Nachtleben, Frankfurt (GER)
12/03 - Paunchy Cast Club, Lichtenfels (GER)
12/04 - 59 to 1, Munchen (GER)
12/05 - Posthof, Linz (GER)
12/06 - Flex, Vienna (AUS)
12/07 - Sedel, Luzern (SWI)
12/08 - Rock Planet, Pinarella di Cervia (ITA)
12/09 - Lucille, Verona (ITA)
12/11 - Stazione Birra, Rome (ITA)
12/12 - Transilvania Club, Milano (ITA)
12/14 - Sala albeniz, Gijon (ESP)
12/15 - Bilborock, Bilbao (ESP)
12/16 - Apolo 2, Barcelona (ESP)
12/19 - La Maroquinerie, Paris (FRA)
12/21 - Joc de Nartist, Temse (BEL)

NRK reports that Minor Majority will be taking a break after they finish up their current tour: https://www.nrk.no/musikk/1.3553323

Check the sidebar for a new batch of livedates from IAT.MP3 artist The Grand Opening.

Norwegian artist Ida Maria will finally release her debut 7" single "Oh my god" b/w "We're all going to hell" on October 1 via her own Nesna Records. 1000 copies, all hand-decorated by her and her band. Look for her to play the UK again this week along with more dates to follow in NYC for CMJ and then a Swedish tour in late October/early November. More details and samples: https://www.myspace.com/idamaria

Enslaved, Shining (NOR) and Keep of Kalessin will tour Europe together in October:

10/20 - Ubu, Rennes (FRA)
10/21 - Mean Fiddler, London (UK)
10/22 - Junktion7, Nottingham (UK)
10/23 - Breda, Mezz (NL)
10/24 - Vosselaar, Biebob (BEL)
10/25 - Nijmegen, Doornroosje (NL)
10/26 - Backstage, Munich (GER) w/Secrets of the Moon
10/27 - Roxy, Saarbrücken (GER)

Loney, Dear on tour in the UK supporting Athlete:

10/04 - Academy, Birmingham
10/06 - Barrowlands, Glasgow
10/07 - Academy, Newcastle
10/08 - Academy, Bristol
10/10 - Guildhall, Southampton
10/11 - Shepherds Bush, London
10/14 - Academy, Manchester
10/15 - Academy, Liverpool 10/17 - UEA, Norwich
10/18 - Engine Shed, Lincoln

Swedish hardcore act Meleeh kicks off tour tonight with a record release party in Gävle for their new album "Heartland":

09/21 - Spegeln, Gävle (SWE)
09/22 - 1000fryd, Aalborg (DK)
09/23 - Rostock, (GER)
09/24 - Fraktal club, Mikolow (POL)
09/25 - AzConni, Dresden (GER)
09/26 - Elektromadonna Squat, Czesochova (POL)
09/27 - Subway to Peter, Chemnitz (GER)
09/28 - ann and pat, Linz (AUS)
09/29 - Hopa, Bratislava (SLO)
09/30 - Tuewi, Wien (AUS)
10/01 - Kultiplex, Budapest (HUN)
10/02 - CK13, Novi Sad (SER)
10/03 - Capolinea, Faenza (ITA)
10/04 - approdo caronte, Milano (ITA)
10/05 - Tetrisclub, Trieste (ITA)
10/06 - Magnet, Berlin (GER)
10/07 - Cafe Revolt, Malmö (SWE)
10/08 - Råhuset, Copenhagen (DK)
10/09 - Insikten, Jönköping (SWE)
10/10 - Cafe MIC, Vänersborg (SWE)

Also check out the band's brand new website: https://www.meleeh.com/

Magnet will tour the US with Stars to support the US release of his most recent album "The simple life", out now on Filter Recordings. Here's the dates:

10/19 - Joe's Pub Headline, NYC, NY
10/20 - Joe's Pub Headline, NYC, NY
10/23 - World Cafe Live Headline, Philadelphia, PA
10/25 - DC9 Headline, Washington DC
10/26 - Cat's Cradle, Chapel Hill, NC
10/27 - The Variety, Atlanta, GA
10/28 - Club Downunder, Tallahassee, FL
10/30 - Stubb's, Austin, TX
10/31 - House of Blues, Dallas, TX
11/02 - The Vic, Chicago, IL
11/03 - Pantages, Minneapolis, MN
11/04 - Slowdown, Omaha, NE
11/06 - The Gothic, Denver, CO
11/08 - Rialto, Tucson, AZ
11/11 - Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
11/13 - Cafe DuNord, San Francisco, CA
11/14 - The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA

Swedish bitpop act Covox will tour Asia in October alongside Japanese act Aonami. Dates:

10/13 - Beijing, China
10/14 - Shanghai, China
10/20 - Taichung, Taiwan
10/21 - Taipei, Taiwan
10/26 - Kyoto, Japan
10/27 - Tokyo, Japan

Also look for a new EP on Intikrec to be released in conjunction with the Tokyo date. Five tracks + 1 bonus track with a European edition to follow in December featuring an entirely different bonus track.

Denmark's Spleen United will play a few shows around LA next week while they're down there mixing their new record:

09/24 - The Silverlake Lounge
09/26 - The Crash Mansion
09/27 - The Viper Room

Hear samples of the band: https://www.myspace.com/spleenutd