Almost a year to the day since the Lo Fidelity Allstars released their debut album, "How to Operate With A Blown Mind," the five man British group will be returning to record stores with a new "mix" album.

• 11/24 - Garden City, NY @ The Vanderbilt (WROX radio show with Moby)
• 11/25 - Towson, MD @ The Recher Theater (with Moby)
• 11/26 - Norfolk, VA @ The Boathose (96X radio show with Moby)
• 11/28 - Providence, RI @ Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel (with Moby)
• 12/1 - Boston, MA @ Karma Lounge (WBCN radio show with Run-DMC, Liquid Todd)
• 12/3 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Laga
• 12/5 - St. Louis, MO @ Mississippi Nights (KPNT radio show with Moby)
• 12/6 - Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
• 12/7 - Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues
• 12/8 - Minneapolis, MN @ Quest (with DJ Rap)
• 12/10 - Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre (KTCL radio show with Marcy Playground, G. Love, Ben Harper)
• 12/12 - Dallas, TX @ Reunion Arena (KDGE radio show with Bush, Blink-182)
• 12/14 - Atlanta, GA @ Roxy Theatre
• 12/15 - Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
• 12/16 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
• 12/17 - New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom (Phil Ward opening for Fatboy Slim)
• 12/18 - New York, NY @ Hammerstein Ballroom (Phil Ward opening for Fatboy Slim)

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Metallica, Limp Bizkit, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are among the acts announced on the lineup for the 7th Annual KROQ Weenie Roast and Luau, which will take place on June 19 at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre.

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• Freestylers
• Limp Bizkit
• Lit
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The Crystal Method, Orbital, and the Lo Fidelity Allstars will head out on the road together this summer for the inaugural edition of the Community Service Tour, beginning July 4 in Chicago.

• 7/4 - Chicago, IL
• 7/6 - Detroit, MI
• 7/7 - Cleveland, OH
• 7/8 - Pittsburgh, PA
• 7/9 - New York, NY
• 7/10 - Boston, MA
• 7/11 - Philadelphia, PA
• 7/13 - Jacksonville, FL
• 7/14 - Atlanta, GA
• 7/15 - New Orleans, LA
• 7/16 - Austin, TX
• 7/17 - Dallas, TX
• 7/18 - Tulsa, OK
• 7/20 - Phoenix, AZ
• 7/21 - San Diego, CA
• 7/22 - Las Vegas, NV
• 7/23 - San Francisco, CA
• 7/24 - Los Angeles, CA

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The Lo Fidelity Allstars, one of the purveyors of England¹s big beat sound, released their album "How To Operate With A Blown Mind" in the States in January, but the group's first U.S. hit is a surprising remix of "Battleflag," an 18-month old song by Pigeonhed, which is a side project of the Seattle-based band Brad.

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With the Lo Fidelity Allstars hypnotic new single, "Battleflag," starting to make commercial in-roads here in the states, the British big beat outfit is about to launch its first extended road outing of the U.S. -- although the group has undergone a series of personnel changes since it made its American debut at last fall's CMJ Music Festival in New York City.

Last December, vocalist Wrekked Train left the group prior to a series of British tour dates, having decided that he wanted his normal life back after a year of relentless touring in the Lo-Fi's homeland. He was temporarily replaced by Albino Priest, who appears on the "Battle Flag," although its believed the band will employ the use of sampled vocals for its U.S. tour.

Around the same time, keyboardist Sherif Jon Stone opted out of the band as well, although he had sat a series of Lo Fi concerts since early September, according to the group's U.S. representative. For the upcoming tour, the Lo-Fidelity Allstars have tapped a friend, Sanj from Indian Ropeman, to provide the necessary keyboard accompaniment.

The dates for the Lo Fidelity Allstars upcoming tour:

• 3/2 - Chicago, IL @ Double Door
• 3/4 - Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace
• 3/5 - Montreal, QC @ Sona
• 3/6 - Boston, MA @ Axis
• 3/8 - New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
• 3/10 - Washington, DC @ Black Cat
• 3/12 - Atlanta, GA @ Cotton Club
• 3/13 - Orlando, FL @ Sapphire Supper Club
• 3/14 - Miami, FL @ Cameo
• 3/17 - Dallas, TX @ Deep Ellum Live
• 3/18 - Austin, TX @ La Zona Rosa
• 3/20 - Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater
• 3/23 - Seattle, WA @ Aro space
• 3/24 - Portland, OR @ La Luna
• 3/26 - San Francisco, CA @ Bimbos
• 3/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Athletic Club

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In an age of sonic experimentation, it's not easy to sound fresh.

However, in the current been-there-done-that pop music climate, the Lo-Fidelity Allstars's meld of rock and DJ culture is rising above the fray... perhaps not for being first, but at least for being better.

The English group's debut album, "How To Operate With A Blown Mind," has earned raves from critics, who hail it as a "raucous pastiche of hip hop beats, funk bass lines, disco hedonism, and postpunk attitude" and the place "where rock and turntablism truly meet."

Europe has already gotten with the program, and now the group has set it sights on the States, where their single with Pigeonhead, "Battle Flag," is starting to pick up steam.

The Lo-Fi Allstars will try to take it to the next level with a Stateside tour next month, and took some time to chat with MTV News about playing to the States. They also talked about their penchant for setting turntables on fire, the troubles they faced when sampling Prince, and the art of the remix. You can check out those topics, and much more, here in our MTV News Online feature, where they also talk about fusing rock and dance elements and their upcoming mix album.

Enjoy...

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ANAHEIM, California — Creed vocalist Scott Stapp and guitarist Mark Tremonti will start working nights this week as they resume writing the follow-up to 1999's smash Human Clay. Refreshed from taking the holidays off, the songwriting duo plans to buckle down four nights a week and pen an album that intensifies the larger-than-life feel of its predecessor.

"It's gonna be more extreme on all extremities — the harder stuff a little harder, the epic stuff a little more epic," Tremonti said Saturday.

Creed plan to spend the next few months writing before heading into the studio in July and hopefully releasing the disc in October or November. Tremonti said the band, which worked with longtime friend and producer John Kurzweg on both My Own Prison (1997) and Human Clay, has not picked a producer for the album.

The spiritual Florida rockers parted ways with bass player and founding member Brian Marshall in August and hired Brett Hestla as their touring bassist. Hestla will be working on an album with his group Virgos while Creed are recording their LP as a trio, but the bands are considering a joint fall tour after both albums hit stores. Hestla said he would play both sets.

Tremonti, Hestla and Creed drummer Scott Phillips attended last weekend's National Association of Music Merchants trade show in Anaheim, where Paul Reed Smith Guitars unveiled Tremonti's new signature model.

Tremonti said he had been working with PRS to design the guitar for about a year. "It's the baddest guitar on the planet. It's a technically perfect, thick, massive-sounding guitar. I think it's the best in the world today." Creed, who cleaned up at several recent award ceremonies, are up for two Grammys next month. "With Arms Wide Open" is nominated for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Rock Song, the latter of which would go to its songwriters, Tremonti and Stapp.

"A Grammy would be great — I'm just not gonna count on it," Tremonti said. "We've won a lot of awards this year, and I'm happy about 'em. If we don't win a Grammy, we don't win a Grammy. We've got a lot more albums ahead. But we're up for two of them, so we'll keep our fingers crossed." For much more on Creed, don't forget to check out the MTV News Online feature Creed: Higher Learning"

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