Fotocrime releases new single "Blue Smoke," announces European tour with Bleakness

Post-punk artist Fotocrime has released another single from their forthcoming studio album South of Heaven. Today, fans can check out the music video for the new song “Blue Smoke” below. The visual was directed by fashion photographer Katie Lovecraft.

Fotocrime also announced dates for their headlining trek in Europe, which will feature support from Bleakness. This tour follows their North American headlining trek, which kicks off on March 4. You can check out their updated tour routing below.

Physical pre-orders for South of Heaven, which drops on March 13 via Profound Lore Records, can be found here. Digital pre-orders can be made here. This is the follow up to their 2018 debut album Principle Of Pain.

Fotocrime tour dates

February 15 Cincinnati OH | Northside Yacht Club ^

March 4 Queretaro MX | Más Sabe El Diablo

March 5 San Luis Potosí MX | 7 Barrios 

March 6 Morelia MX | Cactux Bar

March 7 Mexico City MX | Centro De Salud

March 8 Tijuana MX | Black Box

March 13 San Diego CA | Whistle Stop

March 14 Los Angeles CA | 5 Star Bar *

March 15 Oakland CA | Elbo Room JL *

March 18 Portland OR | High Water Mark

March 19 Seattle WA | El Corazon

March 27 Louisville KY | Zanzabar +

March 28 Birmingham AL | Firehouse +=

March 29 Atlanta GA | 529 +=

March 30 Raleigh NC | Slim's +

March 31 Richmond VA | Fallout +

April 1 Baltimore MD | Metro Gallery +

April 2 Brooklyn NY | Gold Sounds +

April 3 Manhattan NY | Mercury Lounge +

April 4 Boston MA | O’Brien's +

April 5 Quebec City QC | L’Anti +

April 6 Montreal QC | Casa Del Popolo +

April 7 Ottawa ON | Cafe Deckuf +

April 8 Toronto ON | Bovine Sex Club +

April 10 Ann Arbor MI | Lo-Fi Bar +

April 11 Chicago IL | Subterranean Downstairs +%

May 7 Cluj-Napoca RO | Form Space ~

May 8 Budapest HU | Robot ~

May 9 Bratislava SK | Kulturák ~

May 10 Brno CZ | Kabinet Muz ~

May 11 Warsaw PL | Chmury ~

May 12 Gdanks PL | Drizzly Grizzly ~

May 13 Dresden DE | Scheune ~

May 14 Bochum DE | Die Trompete ~

May 15 Darmstadt DE | Oettinger Villa ~

May 16 Lohr am Main DE | Stadthalle Lohr - Umsonst & Drinnen Festival ~

May 18 Koln DE | Bumann & Sohn ~

May 19 Liege BE | TBA ~

May 20 London UK | The Black Heart ~

May 21 Paris FR | Espace B ~

May 22 Winterthur CH | Gaswerk ~

May 23 Rorschach CH | Treppenhaus ~

May 26 Vienna AT | Venster 99 ~

May 27 Mannheim DE | Forum ~

May 28 Siegen DE | TBA ~

May 29 Berlin DE | Kastanienkeller ~

May 30 Hamburg DE | TBA ~

May 31 Prague CZ | 007 Strahov ~

^ w/ Hide

* w/ Primary

+ w/ Fool’s Ghost

= w/ Null

% w/ Sweet Cobra

~ w/ Bleakness

My Chemical Romance announce performance at England's Stadium MK on June 20

Beloved rock band My Chemical Romance will be busy with a handful of performances around the world this year. Today, they revealed a performance at England’s 30,500 capacity Stadium MK for June 20. The band join a select group of artists to perform at the stadium, including Rammstein and Rod Stewart.

This headlining show follows a string of festival appearances at the Melbourne, Sydney, and Japan installments of Download Festival. The band will also have headlining performances inside New Zealand’s Western Springs Stadium and Japan’s Intex Osaka, which both feature support from Jimmy Eat World.

Last month, the band held their reunion show inside Los Angeles’ Shrine Expo Hall. The band have teased a potential tour across the United States.

My Chemical Romance tour dates

March 20 - Download Festival Melbourne - Melbourne, Australia

March 21 - Download Festival Sydney - Sydney, Australia

March 25 - Western Springs Stadium - Auckland, New Zealand (w/ Jimmy Eat World)

March 28 - Intex Osaka - Osaka, Japan (w/ Jimmy Eat World)

March 29 - Download Festival Japan - Chiba, Japan

June 20 - Stadium MK - Bletchley, England

Dream State release new song "Twenty Letters"

Post-hardcore group Dream State will unveil their highly anticipated debut album Primrose Path on October 18. Following the singles “Open Windows,” “Primrose,” and “Hand In Hand,” the group unveiled a new song titled “Twenty Letters” today.

Primrose Path follows Dream State’s successful EPs Consequences and Recovery. At the 2018 Kerrang! Awards, they won for Best British Breakthrough. Pre-orders for the album can be made here.

Dream State will have a string of headlining shows in the U.K. before embarking on an European trek with Being As An Ocean. Their entire tour routing can be seen below.

Dream State tour dates

October 27 - Glasgow, UK - Cathouse

October 28 - Manchester, UK - Club Academy

October 29 - Birmingham, UK - Asylum

October 30 - Bournemouth, UK - Old Fire Station

November 1 - Swansea, UK - Sin City

November 2 - London, UK - ULU

November 10 - Koln, DE - Kantine

November 11 - Winterthur, CH - Salzhaus

November 12 - Munich, DE - Backstage

November 13 - Nurnberg, DE - Z-Bau

November 14 - Wien, AT - Grelle Forelle

November 16 - Budapest, HU - Instant

November 17 - Berlin, DE - Lido

November 18 - Leipzig, DE - Conne Island

November 19 - Hamburg, DE - Knust

November 20 - Gothenburg, SE - Fangelset

November 21 - Stockholm, SE - Spinnrocken Sodertalje

November 22 - Copenhagen, DK - Beta

November 24 - Munster, DE - Sputnikhalle

November 26 - Karlsruhe, DE - Substage

November 28 - Barcelona, ES - Sala La Nau

November 29 - Bilboa, ES - Sala Fever

November 30 - Lisbon, PT - Time Out Studio

December 1 - Madrid, ES - Sala Independence

October 27 - November 2 = headlining shows

November 10 - December 1 = supporting Being As An Ocean

Hundredth announce 2020 European tour

Shoegaze/indie rock group Hundredth will head overseas for their first European tour in nearly three years.

Announced today, the trek kicks off on February 7 in Ireland before making its way to the United Kingdom, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Italy, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Belgium.

Tickets for this trek go on sale to the general public this Friday (October 11). The entire tour routing can be seen below.

Hundredth spent 2020 releasing a handful of singles, including last month’s "Iridescent."

Hundredth tour dates

February 7 Dublin, IRL - Fibber Magee’s

February 8 Belfast, UK - The Palm House

February 9 Manchester, UK - Deaf Institute

February 10 Glasgow, UK - Broadcast

February 11 Edinburgh, UK - Sneaky Pete’s

February 12 Leeds, UK - Brudenell Social Club

February 13 Liverpool, UK - Phase One

February 14 Nottingham, UK - Bodega

February 15 Stafford, UK - Redrum

February 16 Bristol, UK - The Exchange

February 17 London, UK - New Cross Inn

February 19 Cologne, GER - Artheater

February 20 Berlin, GER - Musik & Frieden

February 21 Hamburg, GER - Bahnhof Pauli

February 22 Jena, GER - Rosenkeller

February 23 Warsaw, PL - Poglos

February 24 Bratislava, SK - Kulturak Klub

February 25 Munich, GER - Feierwerk

February 26 Milan, IT - Bloom

February 27 Baden, CH - Werk Kulturlokal

February 28 Eindhoven, NL - Dynamo

February 29 Antwerp, BEL - JC Bouckenborgh

Memphis May Fire announce European tour

Metalcore band Memphis May Fire will head overseas for a tour in December.

Revealed yesterday, the band will kick off their European tour on December 1 inside Thekla in Bristol. The tour will make its way through the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.

Tour dates can be seen below. Tickets will go on sale tomorrow (October 2). Supporting acts will be announced soon.

On October 18, Memphis May Fire will perform at Germany’s CVJM Loud and Proud Festival,, which also includes performances from War of Ages, The Protest, and Red. Tickets for that festival are on sale right now.

Memphis May Fire are touring in support of their recent studio album Broken, which includes the singles "The Old Me" and "Heavy Is the Weight."

Memphis May Fire tour dates

October 18 -Betzdorf, GER - CVJM Loud and Proud Festival

December 1 - Bristol, UK - Thekla

December 2 - Brighton, UK - Chalk

December 3 - Birmingham, UK - O2 Academy 2

December 4 - London, UK - Underworld

December 5 - Leeds, UK - Key Club

December 7 - Stoke, UK - Sugarmill

December 8 - Glasgow, UK - G2

December 9 - Manchester, UK - Rebellion

December 10 - Nottingham, UK - Rescue Rooms

December 11 - Haarlem, NET - Patronaat

December 13 - Cologne, GER - Luxor

December 14 - Hamburg, GER - Headcrash

December 15 - Berlin, GER - Musik & Frieden

December 16 - Munich, GER - Strom

December 17 - Zurich, SWI - Dynamo

December 18 - Vienna, AUT - Szene Wien

Patent Pending announce U.K. tour with Eternal Boy and Neverthere

Before performing at the Reading & Leeds Festivals, Long Island pop punk group Patent Pending are playing a few club shows in the area.

Revealed today, the band will kick off their headlining tour on August 17, and it will last until August 22. Joining them as support for these dates are Pittsburgh pop punk group Eternal Boy and indie rock band Neverthere, which features Patent Pending guitarist Robert Ragosta. Tickets for this trek will go on sale this Friday (July 5).

Patent Pending will be releasing some new music in the near future. Their last studio album was 2017’s Other People's Greatest Hits.

Patent Pending tour dates

July 19 - Patchogue, NY - Great South Bay Music Festival

August 17 - Norwich, UK - The Waterfront

August 18 - Birmingham, UK - O2 Academy 3

August 19 - Glasgow, UK - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut

August 20 - Newcastle, UK - Think Tank

August 21 - Manchester, UK - Deaf Institute

August 22 - Bristol, UK - The Fleece

August 23 - Reading, UK - Reading Festival

August 24 - Leeds, UK - Reading Festival