Update: GLASSJAW, HORSE THE BAND, KIGH ROLO TOMASSI, FFAF, MESHUGGAH, WEEZER... 2:14am, 17 Jun 2008

Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the great British Summ... Oh well, it was nice while it lasted. Outdoors is overrated anyway, so if you're not huddled in the rain for this weekend's Download fest, here's what's going on with Rock Midgets. com...

HORSE THE BAND run from arms dealers... Fourth time lucky for GLASSJAW in the UK... FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND show us their waterfront... THROATS and MATHS punch their way into consciousness... FATA and REUBEN decide to call it quits... WEEZER eat breakfast... MESHUGGAH bleed... LIGHTS. ACTION! ride tigers. Or not... HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS leave the courtroom... KIGH meet the music industry... Blood Brothers and These Arms Are Snakes move in RUSSIAN CIRCLES... SLAYER form an Unholy Alliance... and we get THE TRUTH ABOUT COMETS...

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…posted by Ruth Midget

Cobra Starship Lands In September 3:10pm, 6 Jul 2008

Cobra Starship are set to return to UK shores this autumn for a headline tour.

Forever The Sickest Kids lend their support on all dates, which read:

Sept 17 Birmingham, Birmingham Barfly
Sept 18 Glasgow, ABC 2
Sept 19 Manchester, Club Academy
Sept 20 Leeds, Cockpit
Sept 21 Nottingham, Rock City
Sept 22 London, Kings College

…posted by Dan Jones

My Awesome Tour Next Week 3:09pm, 6 Jul 2008

Leicester quartet My Awesome Compilation tour their well received Frontiers album with the following shows across the country:

10 Jul Leicester The Charlotte
13 Jul Mansfield Town Mill
16 Jul Leeds Rios
18 Jul Manchester Music Box
19 Jul London The Purple Turtle

…posted by Dan Jones

Funeral For A Friend Tour 8:34pm, 3 Jul 2008

Funeral For A Friend have announced an extensive UK tour that will take place throughout October, November and December.

The tour will be in support of their upcoming fourth album, Memory And Humanity, which is due out on October 13 through the band's own label Join Us Records.

Dates are:

14 Oct Dublin Academy
15 Oct Belfast Spring & Airbrake
16 Oct Inverness Ironworks
18 Oct Glasgow ABC
19 Oct Leeds Metropolitan University
20 Oct Hull University
22 Oct Preston 53 Degrees
23 Oct Whitehaven Civic Hall
24 Oct Manchester Academy 2
26 Oct Birmingham Academy
27 Oct Coventry Kasbah
28 Oct Nottingham Rock City
30 Oct Exeter Lemon Grove
31 Oct Portsmouth Pyramid
01 Nov Oxford Academy
03 Nov Norwich Waterfront
04 Nov London Forum
09 Dec Tenby De Vlance Pavilion
10 Dec Swansea Sin City
12 Dec Cardiff University
13 Dec Wrexham Central Station
14 Dec Aberyswyth Arts Centre

Support will come from Cancer Bats, In Case Of Fire and Attack Attack.

…posted by Dan Jones

Frank Turner Headline Dates 8:34pm, 3 Jul 2008

Rockmidgets favourite Frank Turner has announced another tour of the UK and Ireland in October and November.

Labelmate Chris T-T will provide support on all dates, which read:

OCTOBER
21 The Cockpit, Leeds
22 The Duchess, York
23 Oran Moor, Glasgow
24 Academy 3, Manchester
25 The Barfly, Birmingham
26 The Phoenix Arts Centre, Exeter
27 Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth
28 The Ansom Rooms, Bristol
29 The Scala, London 7.30pm
30 Tower Arts Centre, Winchester
31 The Rescue Rooms, Nottingham

NOVEMBER
02 The Barfly, Liverpool
03 Roisin Dubh, Galway
04 Cypress Avenue, Cork
05 Stiff Kitten, Belfast
06 Crawdaddy, Dublin

…posted by Dan Jones

Mindless Self Indulge Themselves 8:32pm, 3 Jul 2008

Mindless Self Indulgence have posted the '8-Bit Suicide Mix' of their song 'On It' at www.myspace.com/mindlessselfindulgence

…posted by Dan Jones