I’ve been meaning to write the rest of my Stateside trip, but I’ve just been far too busy with everything.

In the meantime, enjoy this video.

“Coincidence. Kizmet. Destiny. And so it was that a casual conversation between the members of Sum 41 and Yellowcard led to the discovery that both bands would be in Australia to launch their respective new albums at the same time. Within minutes plans were hatched to join forces and put on a couple of shows Australian fans are unlikely to forget.”
After a year of musical hibernation, Canadian multi-platinum pop/punks Sum 41 will return with a brand new album, ?Underclass Hero?. When asked about the highly anticipated ?Underclass Hero? album Whibley said, ?I asked myself all these questions and then just pulled up my own answers and started writing songs based on those themes. I wanted to make an album that meant something important from beginning to end. It’s a deeply personal statement that reflects the confusion and frustration in modern society.”
Yellowcard too have produced an album worthy of their reputation for “songwriting excellence” in ?Paper Walls?, hot on the heels of last years ?Lights and Sounds?, and is set to be released July 21, 2007.

Arctic Monkeys are a band that need little introduction. When their first ever tour of Australia was announced in 2006, they caused a frenzy amongst their fans to a level rarely seen before in Australia. Tickets for all shows were snapped up within minutes, and many were left shattered at the prospect of missing this British phenomenon?s history making tour.

In news set to thrill all, the Arctic Monkeys have announced that aside from their appearance at Splendour In The Grass they will also perform their largest Australian shows to date in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne this August.

The Arctic Monkeys? sophomore album Favourite Worst Nightmare (Virgin/EMI) has created hysteria similar to that of their debut offering. The album reached #2 on Australia?s ARIA album chart, and debuted at #1 in the UK where it has already been certified platinum. 2007 is set to be the most successful year that the Arctic Monkeys have experienced thus far.

Of Favourite Worst Nightmare Mojo were thrilled, announcing: ?This is unmistakeably the Arctics, only stronger, harder, sharper, faster…. An extraordinary and fulfilling sequel to their debut.? The NME were in unison, comparing Favourite Worst Nightmare to Brit-pop legends Blur: ? The most doubter-defying second album since ?Modern Life Is Rubbish’.?

For the Arctic Monkeys the live arena is another place where they?re at their best. Following their first Australian tour the Herald Sun declared that: ?The Arctic Monkeys are everything that?s right with modern music.? The Brag concurred, advising that we: ?Believe the hype folks, every fucking word of it.?