Double Vision is released on September 27th and is taken from their current top 20 album Streets of Gold. The single is the fourth to be taken from the album following the incredible chart success of My First Kiss (feat Ke$ha), Starstrukk (feat Katy Perry) and Don’t Trust Me.

Party animals will be looking forward to the duo performing at Reading/Leeds, they have previously whipped up a storm at both T in The Park and Oxegen Festival’s earlier this year.

3OH!3 – Double Vision

3OH!3 will be touring the UK in September, full dates below;

SEPTEMBER
Sat 25           BRISTOL              Anson Rooms
Sun 26          BIRMINGHAM  Academy 2
Mon 27        GLASGOW           Garage
Tues 28        MANCHESTER  Academy 3
Wed 29         LONDON             Koko

3OH3! - photo - pamela littky

Everyone’s favourite party starters Sean Foreman and Nathaniel  Motte, better known as 3OH!3, have announced a new five date tour of the UK for September.

The five night whistle stop tour will see 3OH!3 performing in Bristol, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester and London, in that order starting on September 25th. Full details at the bottom of this post.

Having whipped up the masses at both T in the Park and Oxegen festivals, the duo are set to do the same at the upcoming festivals in Leeds and Reading on August 27th and 28th respectively.

3OH!3 will also be releasing their fourth single from the top twenty album Streets of Gold on September 27th, the new single Double Vision will follow previous hit singles from the album, StarStrukk and Don’t Trust Me as well of course as their current track My First Kiss which is now in its third week in the top ten.

Here is a clip of 3OH!3 performing Double Vision live in Salt lake City earlier this year.

3OH!3 Full UK tour dates:

AUGUST
Fri 27                LEEDS FESTIVAL
Sat 28               READING FESTIVAL

SEPTEMBER
Sat 25              BRISTOL                      Anson Rooms
Sun 26             BIRMINGHAM               Academy 2
Mon 27             GLASGOW                   Garage
Tues 28            MANCHESTER              Academy 3
Wed 29            LONDON                      Koko

photo: Dustin Rabin

Since the release of their self titled debut album in 2003, Billy Talent have emerged as  one of Canada’s biggest rock bands, the second album released in 2006 and called simply Billy Talent II, sold over 60,000 copies in the UK earning silver disc status, while the album debuted at number one in Canada and Germany.

Predictably the bands third album is called Billy Talent III and is their best effort to date, produced by Brendan O’Brien (Rage Against the Machine, AC/DC, Mastodon) the album has received rave reviews. Rock Sound magazine made it their album of the month, calling it ‘A mind blowing example of a band at the top of their game‘ and The Fly referred to it as a ‘compelling listen.’

Devil On My Shoulder is the latest track to be taken  from the new album and will be released via Atlantic Records on September 14.

Billy Talent are renowned for their live shows and have taken the festival circuit by storm in recent weeks, this is set to continue from this weekend when the band appear at the Reading/Leeds Festivals where they will headline the Lock-Up stage. This will be followed by a UK tour starting in October.

Billy Talent UK Tour Dates:

AUGUST
Fri 28           READING FESTIVAL Lock Up Stage

Sun 30          LEEDS FESTIVAL Lock Up Stage

OCTOBER
Mon 19        LEEDS Academy

Tues 20     NOTTINGHAM Rock City

Wed 21        SHEFFIELD Academy

Fri 23            GLASGOW Barrowland

Sun 25           DUBLIN Olympia

Mon 26         MANCHESTER Academy

Tues 27        BIRMINGHAM Academy

Thurs 29       SOUTHAMPTON Guildhall

Fri 30            NORWICH UEA

NOVEMBER
Sun 1              LONDON Brixton Academy

In a music industry first, Arctic Monkeys announced that they would distribute the latest single Crying Lightning through the UKs network of 700 Oxfam charity shops, from Monday 17th August, with proceeds going to the help Oxfam’s many life saving projects around the world.

If you are not lucky enough to win the ‘golden tickets’, there is another bonus from the band as forty singles, signed by the band are also being distributed around the Oxfam shops, with a further fifteen being sent out to randomly to those who order the single online from the Oxfam website.

Fans intending to purchase the single from Oxfam shops are being urged by Arctic Monkeys and their record label Domino Records to take any unwanted records and CD’s along to donate to the charity.

Crying Lightning is released as a 7″ limited edition single available only through the Oxfam network for £2.99. The single, the first from the yet to be released album Humbug, features a cover version of the Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds classic Red Right Hand. Each single purchase will come with a download code to allow fans to get an MP3 version of the track for free.

The release through Oxfam represents the first time the charity has sold a new release single for 25 years. David McCullough, Oxfam’s director of trading, said:

“We were thrilled when we heard about the idea for the new Arctic Monkeys single and are delighted to be partnering with Domino on something that will be great for music fans, and help us raise money to fight poverty at the same time. Oxfam shops have always been one of the best places on the high street to pick up a musical bargain or find a rare treasure, and this is a fantastic reason to pay your local shop a visit. ”

Arctic Monkeys photo: Guy Aroch

The as-yet-untitled album features 10 brand new Arctic Monkeys’ songs and was produced by Josh Homme in the Mojave Desert and Los Angeles and James Ford in Brooklyn.

The Arctic Monkeys third album will be available on CD (WIGCD220), vinyl (WIGLP220) and via digital download (WIG220D) on Monday the 24th August 2009.

Arctic Monkeys third album tracklisting:

1. My Propeller
2. Crying Lightning
3. Dangerous Animals
4. Secret Door
5. Potion Approaching
6. Fire And The Thud
7. Cornerstone
8. Dance Little Liar
9. Pretty Visitors
10. The Jeweller’s Hands

The Arctic Monkeys will be headlining the Reading and Leeds Festival in August and playing the following shows over the summer:

Thursday 2nd July
Opener Festival, Gydnia, Poland

Saturday 4th July
Rock For People, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

Sunday 5th July
Vienna Arena, Austria

Tuesday 7th July
Prokurative, Split, Croatia

Thursday 9th July
Exit Festival, Serbia

Saturday 1st August
All Points West, New Jersey, USA

Sunday 2nd August
Osheaga Festival, Montreal, Canada

Friday – Sunday  7th- 9th August (date TBC)
Lollapalooza, Chicago, USA

Thursday 13th August
Oya Festival, Oslo, Norway

Friday  14th August
Way Out West, Gothenburg, Sweden

Saturday 15th August
Beat Day Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark

Friday 21st August
Highfield Festival, Erfurt, Germany

Saturday 22nd August
Pukkelpop Festival, Hasselt, Belgium

Sunday 23rd August
Lowlands Festival, Holland

Friday 28th August
Leeds Festival

Saturday 29th August
Reading Festival

Friday 6th  November
Zenith, Paris, France