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Adelaide's loudest announce their comeback single(s) and Splendour sideshows.

The super-collaborator will tour Australia with Taio Cruz, Timomatic, and Havana Brown.

John Butler Trio's song Zebra has been removed from the advertisement.

His 28-date tour will take in regional areas as well as capital cities.

Hard-Ons guitarist Blackie remains in hospital after Thursday's attack.

On June 15th 2012 Thorns will bring their brand of heavy hardcore to the ears of alternative music fans everywhere as they release their debut self-titled EP on Broken Hive Records. Unashamed to carry the mosh tag around their necks, Thorns have exploded onto the Melbourne scene in the last 6 months, pummelling audiences with a standout demo and honest live performance. Channelling the breakdown heavy groove of bands like On Broken Wings and Bury Your Dead, Thorns are setting themselves apart from many bands, playing heavy without the help of sample pads and gimmicks. Thorns EP was produced and mixed by good friend of the band Lloyd Carroll (Carpathian, Warbrain) at Itchy Brother Studios in Melbourne and mastered by Joe Carra (I Killed The Prom Queen, Blood Duster, 50 Lions). The release is 7 tracks of visceral rage, personal lyrics spat over a barrage of heavy guitars. Staying true to their DIY hardcore background, Thorns look to ignite the country one pit at a time, spreading the...

Providence, RI's post-hardcore/noisecore/whatever-core's finest, Soul Control, are back with a five-song EP (with a bonus song available digitally) that will once again push the boundaries of the term "hardcore." Guitarist Jim Connolly commented: "One more quirky cliche phrase on how this is our best material to date. I wouldn't say there's one direct musical influence on the sound of this EP but the fact that we're nothing more than a punk band comprised of people raised in the 90's is becoming more and more evident." He continued, "We tend to write in chunks. This chunk of songs seemed to all fit together nicely as an EP and we're happy that B9 wanted to release more of our chunks."

Crowded House pay tribute to their late drummer Peter Jones.