The Hives have pulled out of four of their five Canadian dates with the (International) Noise Conspiracy. The Vancouver and US dates are still on. Check www.hives.nu for more details, here's a snip: "Finally after years of wait we have been given the opportunity to go to Canada and the US. In some perverted and disgusting unfortunate way though this part is coinciding with some British business that we have also been wanting to do as well as playing these first four Canadian shows… So my fair sprucecutting cousins in Canada our love for you is as strong as before in our hearts even though our bodies may be on a tiny island somewhere on the other side of the Atlantic. We are also already at work looking for a good solution and a happy end to this. We will come to your Canadian town and we will play it to pieces. We just hope that you can be patient this once and give it some time."