This is all from the Punkbands.com newsletter- *James Brogan, guitarist from SAMIAM left the band after more than ten years. Read a statement (in the pop up window) on their official site http://www.gosamgo.com *ANN BERETTA's new album is titled "New Union…Old Glory" and is slated to hit stores on April 24th according to the Lookout Records website. *There is an online chat with THE DONNAS on Wednesday night at 8 EST/ 5 PST. The Donnas will surely be talking about their new album "Turn 21" and their upcoming tour along with their first single and video off the album entitled "40 Guys In 40 Nights". More info at http://chat.yahoo.com (from Punkrocks.net). *ALKALINE TRIO fans, your worst nightmare has come true. According to our contacts at Vagrant Records, The Trio will be on tour nationwide with MTV favourites, Blink-182. The tour will cover the east and west coast, and midwest covering major cities and hitting "small" venues. *Apparently the emo kid's favourite band, THE PROMISE RING have signed with every thirteen year old kid with a chain-wallet's favourite label, Epitaph Records. It seems as if their tour in October with Bad Religion went exceptionally well. Look for Epitaph to formally announce this piece of news on their official site soon at http://www.epitaph.com Wow, Alkaline Trio with Blink 182. Alkaline Trio is really a great band, but I wont go see them with Blink. When I saw them with Bad Religion the mass idiocy was too disturbing. Epitaph is really trying to expand artistic demographics by signing The Promise Ring. How is a band like that going to fit on a Punkorama CD? All those 14 year old kids pressing the skip button on their cd players could cause some power problems.