The Offspring will embark on a Japanese tour in August. The dates are as follows:
08/11 - Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic Festival
08/12 - Tokyo, Japan - Summer Sonic Festival
08/14 - Tokyo, Japan - Studio Coast
As previously reported, The Offspring is now getting close to finishing their long-awaited follow-up to 2003's "Splinter". Produced by Bob Rock (Mötley Crüe, Metallica, Bon Jovi, Skid Row), the band has been working on it since last November and frontman Dexter Holland has mentioned that the band has so far recorded 13 songs, including "Takes Me Nowhere" (read story on UG), for the new album, although they had 10 more songs. The band is uncertain about which songs will make the final cut, or if they will properly record any of the other demos.
The still-untitled new album is scheduled for a summer/fall 2007 release via Columbia Records. It will mark the very first proper studio album recorded with drummer
Atom Willard, who is the replacement of former member Ron Welty. As the album almost never happened, he was involved in playing drums with
Angels And Airwaves, formed by Tom De Longe after Blink-182's first breakup, who released their debut album, "We Don't Need To Whisper", last May.
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