Tour

Are you as pumped as we are for Iron Maiden‘s 2012 North American tour? If you’re not quite jumping out of your skin yet, we’ve got some footage of Maiden’s kickoff tour date in Charlotte, N.C., as well as the full setlist from last night’s show.

After announcing plans to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most shows played in 24 hours, the Flaming Lips have outlined their master schedule for the big day. The band will perform eight different shows in eight different cities with various support acts.

The Southern California punk rockers of Social Distortion have revealed dates for a fall tour in North America to promote their latest record ‘Hard Times and Nursery Rhymes.’

It’s been a slow roll out for Franz Ferdinand, but the Scottish rockers will be making their U.S. return in August. The band recently announced their participation in Lollapalooza, and now they’ll be staying the States for a little while longer after the high profile festival.

Hellyeah, who just announced their third album ‘Band of Brothers’ will drop on June 5, have another big announcement. That’s two in one week. Clearly, the Hellyeah gears are grinding and the band is raring to get back into the swing of things.

Slash will hit the road this spring for a headlining U.S. tour to support his upcoming sophomore solo effort.

Primus have announced a headlining tour for this summer, which will kick off on May 19th at the Murat Theater in Indianapolis, IN and wrapping up at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, TN.

Rise Against are hitting the road with special guests Bad Religion and Four Year Strong for a North American tour. The tour kicks off on April 5th in Las Vegas, NV and will hit major markets across the United States throughout the spring, including two nights at New York City's Terminal 5 in early May.

(bravewords) OZZY OSBOURNE issued the following update via his official Twitter account on January 31st:

Clutch have announced that they will be touring North America with Motorhead and special guest Valient Thor.The tour kicks off January 29th in Las Vegas, NV at the House of Blues and runs through March 11th ending in Los Angeles, CA at Club Nokia LA Live.In addition to the shows with Motorhead, Clutch has announced a string of headlining shows. Dates below:

According to ThePRP, the Deftones and The Dillinger Escape Plan will head out together on tour in the spring. No full set of dates as of yet but a few have revealed. Stay tuned as it develops. We'll Keep you updated on any dates that come close to us, but as of now, here's what they have: 04/29 Milwaukee, WI – The Rave 05/06 Providence, RI – Lupo’s 05/07 Hartford, CT – The Webster

. New Medicine have mapped out new tour dates supporting Avenged Sevenfold, Stone Sour, and Hollywood Undead in 2011. The tour marks New Medicine's second outing with Avenged Sevenfold and Stone Sour; the bands first shared the road this summer on the Uproar Festival...