(Monolith) Dillinger Escape Plan guitarist Ben Weinman announced via a blog entry entitled "Dear Santa, if you give me a Dillinger Escape Plan shirt I will give you the Antidote to the poison I put in your milk.", that the band will be releasing a limited edition 'Gold Teeth On A Bum' shirt online, just in time for the holidays.The limited time offer, which will be made available for 24 hours only, will launch via the bands website www.dillingerescapeplan.org beginning at 12PM EST/9AM PST today, Thursday, December 22nd with a quarter of the proceeds going to a charity chosen by those who make a purchase.
In related news, Dillinger Escape Plan, who have begun writing new material for what will be the bands fifth studio album and follow-up to 2010's Option Paralysis (Party Smasher Inc./Season of Mist), will take a break from the process in order to rejoin their beloved tour mates- Mastodon and Red Fang on a string of UK dates in February, followed by a stop down under for Australia's annual Soundwave Festival, where the band will join a lineup of talent featuring the likes of Meshuggah, System of a Down, Slipknot, Marilyn Manson and Cro-Mags, among many others.
"Billy [Rymer] and I have been locked up in the Dillinger compound and things are starting to boil," says Weinman. He adds, "There is nothing like that feeling when you realize... Yep, just when I thought I was drained the juices are back in full force! The neighbors are definitely getting pissed, but we couldn't be more excited."
Here are the list of dates:
February 5 Bristol O2 Academy w/ Mastodon, Red Fang
February 6 Manchester Academy w/ Mastodon, Red Fang
February 7 Glasgow Barrowlands w/ Mastodon, Red Fang
February 9 Norwich UEA w/ Mastodon, Red Fang
February 10 Birmingham HMV Institute w/ Mastodon, Red Fang
February 11 London O2 Academy Brixton w/ Mastodon, Red Fang
February 25 Brisbane, Australia - Soundwave Festival
February 26 Sydney, Australia - Soundwave Festival
March 2 Melbourne, Australia - Soundwave Festival
March 3 Adelaide, Australia - Soundwave Festival
March 5 Perth, Australia - Soundwave Festival