First Frontline Assembly, and now Einstürzende Neubauten have cancelled their upcoming tour:

It is with great regret that Einstürzende Neubauten announce the cancellation of their planned thirtieth anniversary appearances in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Toronto and New York. While the US Department of Homeland Security did issue approvals for the band's visas, it was not done in time to secure the appointments at the overseas embassies and consulates that represent the necessary final step in the process.

The band members are tremendously disappointed by this turn of events and wish to thank all those fans who purchased tickets for these performances for their support. The band would have loved to do the tour and meet their overseas fans. Because this tour was a time-sensitive production, it will not be rescheduled. Ticketholders can obtain refunds from their point of purchase.

Damn.

"Metropolis recording artists FRONT LINE ASSEMBLY (FLA) are gearing up for a national tour, their first since 2007, to promote their critically-hailed new album IMPROVISED. ELECTRONIC. DEVICE. "We always look forward to a US tour," says keyboardist Jeremy Inkel. "We consider North America our homeland, so to us, it's very important to represent ourselves as best as we can. In consideration, all our musical aspiration's were born over here, this is where we got our start." Kicking off in Seattle, WA on October 31st, FLA will be circling around the continent with ANGELSPIT, Raggedy Angry and Unter Null supporting. "We're quite excited [to tour]," adds keyboardist/vocalist Bill Leeb. "We feel we have grown as a band over the last four years. We really feel this new album will sound great live and can't wait to get out there and be creative with it!" [PR]

The NYC show on that tour is happening on November 20th, but the venue is listed as "TBA". All dates below.

Meanwhile, tickets are on sale (at noon) for the 30th anniversary Einstürzende Neubauten shows happening at Bowery Ballroom and Webster Hall. All dates HERE.

Conjure One (Rhys Fulber from Front Line Assembly) is playing with Alan Wilder at Highline Ballroom in November.

All Front Line Assembly dates below...

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by BBG

Happy birthday to German industrial juggernauts Einstürzende Neubauten, who'll celebrate their third decade on this earth with a set of special performances.

Einstürzende Neubauten's 30th anniversary will be celebrated with a tour through Europe and the United States.

Concerts will be held in selected cities, but also at locations that are significant to the band.

And it'll be more than just a single concert event during the anniversary tour. The band is planning to make a guest performance on an additional day, presenting the audience with a mixed program of the Einstürzende Neubauten, films, solo shows, guests and friends.

More specifically, the band will play a great concert on the first night, while the second night will be divided into 3-part program.

It'll begin with films and installations. Afterwards the band will play a further, but much shorter concert in which the Neubauten will present material that has never been played live, hasn't been played live for a long time, or never in this form.
The evening will be rounded off with shows and performances by the individual Einstürzende Neubauten members, recomposed from city to city

More details are forthcoming, but the band has chosen five North American cities for their 30th Anniversary Celebration, with NYC getting the look at Webster Hall on 12/14 and Bowery Ballroom on 12/15. Tickets go on sale at noon on 9/24.

Meanwhile, Blixa Bargeld of EN will team up with Alva Noto to release a new LP as ANBB via Raster-Noton on 10/4. Mimikry will feature new tracks along with selections from the previous released Ret Marut Handshake on CD and double-LP format. Tracklisting is below with all dates and some videos...

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by Black Bubblegum

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Neurot Recordings have announced details for THREE Neurosis-related releases in the next two months! First up, a new solo album from the mighty Scott Kelly, who will release The Wake on May 5th, his first release in the seven years since his debut Spirit Bound Flesh. Two weeks later, the world's most intense elementary school teacher Steve Von Till drops A Grave is a Grim Horse, his first non-Harvestman release in six years (Harvestman recently collabo'd with Fear Falls Burning). More details on A Grave Is A Grim Horse can be found here. The third we knew about, but has now gone official: A Storm Of Light's debut And We Wept the Black Ocean Within will be released on June 2nd. Read our recent interview with Josh Graham here.

Tickets for the previously mentioned second At The Gates show go on sale Thursday April 3rd at 10 AM here. Tomas Lindberg's other band, the mighty Disfear, have announced a few more dates, including another show in Brooklyn at Europa on May 22nd with Trap Them and Bloodhorse! Ticket info for Disfear at Europa isn't available, but there are still tickets for their show at the Knitting Factory. New tour dates are down below.

MUCH MORE..............

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