Great news on the Valencia front. Valencia is now recording a new album which is their follow-up to their debut album “This Could Be a Possibility.” They also will be going on tour shortly with Permanent Me and Self Against City. Here are the dates so far:

Jul 6 Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH
Jul 7 The Nite Owl – Dayton, OH
Jul 8 Lawrenceville Moose – Pittsburgh, PA
Jul 9 Webster Underground – Hartford, CT
Jul 10 ICC Church – Allston, MA
Jul 11 Knitting Factory – New York, NY
Jul 12 Sterling Hotel – Allentown, PA
Jul 13 School of Rock S. – Hackensack, NJ
Jul 14 The Harmony Grange – Wilmington, DE
Jul 15 Fletcher?s – Baltimore, MD
Jul 17 Greene St – Greensboro, NC
Jul 20 Jagger UMC – Altoona, PA

Then Valencia will join the Warped Tour from July 26th to August 10th.

Paramore have announced today that they will be doing a short tour of the UK after their shows on August 25th and 26th at the Reading And Leeds Festivals. They will be performing songs off their new album “RIOT!” during these shows:

Portsmouth Pyramids (September 1)
Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall (2)
Manchester Academy 2 (3)
Cardiff University (5)
London Astoria (6)

*The London Astoria show will be their largest UK performance to date.

Chiodos has announced new tour dates with The Devil Wears Prada, Alesana, Pierce The Veil (9/23-10/2) and Underminded (10/4-10/15); Here are the dates below:

9/23 Grand Rapids, MI ? The Intersection
9/25 Omaha, NE ? Sokol Underground
9/28 Reno, NV ? The New Oasis
9/29 Orangevale, CA ? Boardwalk
9/30 Pomona, CA ? Glass House ? LATE SHOW
10/1 Tucson, AZ ? The Rock
10/2 Albuquerque, NM ? Sunshine Theatre
10/4 Austin, TX ? Emo?s
10/5 McAllen, TX ? South Texas College (Student Activities Center)
10/6 Corpus Christi, TX ? House of Rock
10/8 Nashville, TN ? Rocketown
10/9 Raleigh, NC ? Lincoln Theatre
10/12 Clifton Park, NY ? Northern Lights
10/15 Louisville, KY ? Expo Five

Log on to AOL today, 2nd July, to see the world premiere of The Smashing Pumpkins new video for “Tarantula”.

Every Time I Die is going to be posting a new song entitled “Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Battery” on July 6th online. Here is the track list of their new album, The Big Dirty, which is set to be release on September 4th through Ferret Music:

01) No Son of Mine
02) Pigs Is Pigs
03) Leatherneck
04) We’rewolf
05) Rebel Without Applause
06) Cities and Years
07) Rendez-voodoo
08) A Gentleman’s Sport
09) INRIhab
10) Depressionista
11) Buffalo Gals
12) Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Battery

The Used has announced today that they will not be attending the Warped Tour during the June/July shows due to lead singer Bert McCracken needing surgery for a node on his vocal chords. He is expected to make a full recovery. The band however does plan on returning to the tour in the US in early September when they will be headlining.