These dates are spread around on off dates from their egregious tour with Maroon 5. Apparently, they actually wanted to play for some people who appreciate real music, and booked some headline dates. Select cities only, unfortunately....

There's a lot going on in the land of The Hives, and you better pay close attention, because dates vary based upon where you live. Let's sort this all out now. By the way, dig the new album cover?

Coming soon. Yeah!

Remember when you were crime, and they were law? Well, now things have changed, and the band is in a situation where they are "prisoners to our own creativity."

The scary thing is they said it, not me. I just love listening to this band speak -- no matter what they say, they sound angry. They're smiling in the sun, but they sound furious. Check it out....

As reported yesterday, Maroon 5 and The Hives will be teaming up for a North American tour beginning in late September.

If you find this combination a little strange, you're not alone.

The Madden video game series has become a legitimate avenue for breaking new bands. The past couple years, the game has been rap-heavy, but this year's soundtrack will feature mostly rock songs.

I'm starting to worry... Jacknife Lee is okay, he's done some good production work. But Pharrell Williams? I was kind of hoping the rock-rap collaboration would have died out after the abomination that was Fall Out Boy and Kanye West....

The band slipped the following information into a MySpace blog: "Although I would love to, I can't let you hear any of the new songs just yet, unless you show up at Proud Larrys in Oxford Mississippi on Saturday the 26th of May..."

The wrestling-themed, comic book-inspired video for Timbaland's recent collaboration with The Hives, "Throw It on Me," made its debut on WWE's "Raw" last night. How appropriate.