Frontwoman, Alison Goldfrapp tweeted in coincidence with the news saying ”New album, new tour, new beginnings #TalesOfUs”.

‘Tales Of Us’ will be available on CD, vinyl, digital and a special limited edition boxset that will contain an exclusive disc of bonus material and a hardback book compiled by Goldfrapp.

In the run-up to the release, Goldfrapp will be making special performances at the Manchester International Festival on July 17 and 18, playing ‘Tales of Us’ for the first time and accompanied by the Royal Northern College of Music string orchestra. Headlining shows at Somerset House on July 20 and a headline at Lovebox on July 21 complete their scheduled summer appearances.

A number of European dates in Autumn will follow ending with a show at London’s Hammersmith Apollo:

OCTOBER

21 – Amsterdam – Paradiso

22 – Brussels – Ancienne Belgique

23 – Berlin – Heimathafen Neukölln

25 – Paris – Le Trianon Hall

26 – Zurich – Kaufleuten

NOVEMBER

1 – London – Hammersmith Apollo

His home studio in East London is set up with four cameras, to follow every detail of the ups, downs, dramas and laughs of recording an album – and as with his renowned live performances, this will truly be a one-man-band, with no producer or engineer, just Newton, a bunch of guitars, plus a few special surprise guests.

Newton said: “I am as excited as I am terrified by the prospect of having a house full of cameras film me while trying to record an album. The entire recording process will be streamed live and nothing has been recorded in advance – apart from some particularly good hand claps recorded in Paris.  The album will be made before your very eyes, no tricks, no producer and no engineer, just me, a guitar and a few surprise guests.”

‘Studio Zoo’ will be released on August 26.

‘Bigger God’ is taken from the band’s third album ‘Band Of Brothers’ (Eleven Seven Music), which was released in July 2012 in the US, UK and Europe.

‘Band Of Brothers’ sees Hellyeah taking a slightly different musical direction. Drawing on their former bands’ collective metal roots for inspiration, the influences and style of Mudvayne, Pantera, Damageplan and Nothingface are immediately recognisable throughout the album.

The band recently toured the US with co-headliners All That Remains and support from Nonpoint. Following those shows, Hellyeah will embark on a European run of shows with bands including Korn, P.O.D and others.

UK dates from the European tour are below:

JUNE

16 – Download Festival, Donnington

17 – Electric Ballroom, London (with P.O.D)

Alarm Bells formed in Spring 2012 from lead members of the “fight-pop” band Dananananaykroyd . Their first single is ‘Speeding Ticket’ and here’s the video!

It’s the second track from the ex-Dananananaykroyd band’s first release ‘Part One’, a limited 12″ available from their Bandcamp page and some independent record shops. It’s being released in celebration of the band’s first UK tour, taking in five dates around the UK in March.

MARCH

15 – JT Soar’s – Nottingham (BYOB, All Ages)

16 – Old Blue Last – London (Free Entry)

17 – Cluny 2 – Newcastle

21 – Stereo – Glasgow (Break Out Scotland Show)

22 – Fresh Air Festival – Edinburgh

‘C’mon Kid’ will be backed by the never before released song ‘Play It By Ear’ as well as a piano version of the title track and will be released on Record Store Day, April 20 through Xtra Mile Recordings.

Coinciding with the single Dave will be touring throughout Europe and the UK playing festivals and headline shows with support from friend and Social Distortion guitarist Jonny ‘Two Bags’ Wickersham.

Full UK tour dates are:

MAY

3 – Bristol, UK – The Croft

4 – Wolverhampton, UK – Slade Rooms

5 – Portsmouth, UK – Wedgewood Rooms

6 – London, UK – The Barfly

View the video for ‘C’mon Kid’ below

As Calvin from the band says, ”We can’t wait for people to hear our new record ‘Victory!’. It’s by far our best work so far, and we know that people are going to love it. Can’t wait to get on the road.” Vocalist Ben Mills is equally excited – “Finally getting ‘Victory!’ released is a dream come true, it’s been a long time coming but it’ll be worth it to get it into people’s ears!

The album was produced by Justin Hill (Enter Shikari, Young Guns).

The band’s dates are as follows:

MARCH

Their latest album ‘Oceania’ marked their first full album since 2007’s ‘Zeitgeist’ and was recorded at singer and guitarist Billy Corgan’s private studio in Chicago with his bandmates: guitarist Jeff Schroeder, drummer Mike Byrne and bassist and vocalist Nicole Fiorentino.

The album was produced by Corgan and Bjorn Thorsrud and mixed by David Bottrill. Marking The Smashing Pumpkins’ seventh studio record, it is “an album within an album,” part of their 44-song work-in-progress, ‘Teargarden By Kaleidyscope’. ‘Oceania’ was created by the band as a true album experience for listeners.

Last year, The Pumpkins performed ‘Oceania’ in full at their solo shows worldwide, backed by visuals prepared by Sean Evans, whose most recent work was assisting Roger Waters on the newest staging of ‘The Wall’. For their 2013 dates The Pumpkins will be using new technology in video mapping to create something new and previously unseen. For the second half of the show, The Pumpkins will perform classics from their body of work.

The Smashing Pumpkins will be coming to the following venues this summer:

JULY 2013

1 – Manchester Academy

2 – Glasgow O2 Academy

22 – Wembley Arena

Tickets go on sale Friday 1st February at 9am –www.gigsandtours.com / 0844 811 0551 and www.gigsinscotland.com.

The album will be released April, 29 through RCA.

Their UK tour dates are as follows:

APRIL

29 – Academy 2 – Manchester
30 – Newcastle University – Newcastle

MAY

01 – Ironworks – Inverness
02 – ABC – Glasgow
04 – Pyramids Centre – Portsmouth
05 – Solus – Cardiff
06 – Wulfrun – Wolverhampton
07 – KoKo – London

Hulk, who is the General Manager of TNA IMPACT WRESTLING, said: “I am so excited. I had an awesome experience when I came to Britain last year with TNA. Manchester and London get ready… we’re going to tear it down!”

The Manchester Arena show will take place January, 25 and the London Wembley Arena show will take place January, 26.

The recording will go out on the Challenge TV channel.

Click here to buy tickets.

‘Forever, Instead’ will be available to order through Dropout Dan’s Bandcamp page from February 14^th. Various limited edition t-shirt and EP bundles will also available, starting from £7.

His UK tour dates are as follows:

FEBUARY

16 – The Black Swan – York
17 – The Maze – Nottingham
18 – Key Theatre – Peterborough
19 – Brixton Windmill – London
22 – The Brighthouse – Birmingham
24 – The White Rabbit – Brighton
25 – The Cookie Jar – Leicester
27 – The Tiger Lounge – Manchester
28 – Gwdihŵ Cafe Bar – Cardiff

MARCH

1 – Kingsdown Wine Vaults – Bristol
3 – O’Neils – Brentwood