something dark from the brush

watch the stunning new video from Anthony And The Johnsons featuring the ever amazing Williem Dafoe, the music is beautiful and the video looks stunning and to say its gets a bit dark would be an understatement

Blink-182 cancel tour

Blink-182 have cancelled a number of North American tour dates after drummer Travis Barker had to undergo an emergency operation. The pop-punks are rescheduling a small number of the dates, but have pulled the vast majority as Barker needs an urgent tonsillectomy. According to a statement on the band's official website, his recovery period "is expected to extend beyond the scheduled tour dates". The statement said: "The band apologises for any inconvenience as a result of these cancelations and thanks their fans for their ongoing support." There is currently no word on whether Barker's condition will affect the trio's UK and Ireland tour, which is due to kick off at Birmingham's NIA in less than a month (June 7). The jaunt also includes dates in Dublin, Belfast, Manchester, Sheffield, Newcastle and Glasgow, along with two nights at London's O2 Arena. The tour has already been rescheduled once before after originally being pencilled in for last July. The dates were pushed back in order to allow the band to finish their latest album, 2011's 'Neighborhoods'. Earlier this year, the band revealed they're already working on the follow-up to the album, with frontman Mark Hoppus stating he'd been writing new songs while out on the road with his side-project Angels and Airwaves.

ARCTIC MONKEYS EXCLUSIVE TRACK

Arctic Monkeys have debuted their new track 'Electricity' online, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click to hear it now. The track will be released as the B-Side to the band's new single 'R U Mine?' on special purple vinyl for this Saturday's (April 21) Record Store Day. The band have spoken recently about the follow-up to their fourth studio album 'Suck It And See' and drummer Matt Helders has said that the Sheffield rockers are keen to continue writing material in the vein of 'R U Mine?' and recent B-Side 'Evil Twin' for their next LP. He said of this: "The way 'R U Mine?' has gone we are more into doing songs like that for now. We are kind of into the idea of doing a record that is like 'Evil Twin' and 'R U Mine?'." The band are in the midst of a lengthy stint across the USA and Canada as support to The Black Keys on their US arena tour and will make their second appearance at Coachella festival this weekend.

SOUNDGARDEN TO HEADLINE FESTIVAL

Soundgarden will headline this summer's Hard Rock Calling festival in London.

The reunited grunge band, who will also perform at this summer's Download Festival, join Bruce Springsteen and Paul Simon in headlining the event.

Hard Rock Calling will run from July 13 – 15, with Soundgarden headlining the opening night (July 13), Bruce Springsteen the second night (July 14) and Paul Simon closing the show on July 15 by performing his classic album 'Graceland' in its entirety.

The festival's supporting bill, which included the likes of The Kills, Kaiser Chiefs, Adam Ant, Frankie And The Heartstrings, Stevie Nicks and Ray Davies in 2011, will be confirmed in the coming weeks.

See Hardrockcalling.co.uk for more information about the festival.