Calagary-based KOBRA AND THE LOTUS' new video for the song 'Cynical Wasteland', taken from the debut album Out Of The Pit, is now in rotation on MuchMusic. Go to this location for details and to check it out. The video is also available at the bottom of the page.

In other news, the band has updated their Canadian tour schedule (**). It is now as follows:

May

24 - Toronto, Ontario - Opera House (with PRIMAL FEAR)
26 - Quebec, QC - Scanners Bistro Musique **
27 - Sherbrooke, QC - Bar le Magog
28 - Saint- Hyacinthe, QC - Bar le Trash
29 - Montreal, QC - Bar Piranha
31 - Ottawa, ON - Rainbow Bistro **

June

4 - Hamilton, ON - Club Absinthe
5 - Oshawa, ON - Atria
11 - Burlington, ON - The Legendary Red Rooster
12 - Toronto, ON - Bovine Sex Club
17 - London, ON - Norma Jeans
19 - Newmarket, ON - Good Times Cafe
26 - Peterborough, ON - The Spill
28 - Toronto, ON - The Hard Luck Bar **
30 - Thunder Bay, ON - Kilroy's

July

1/2/3 - Calgary, AB - Sled Island Festival

7 - Saskatoon, SK - Bud's on Broadway **
8 - Saskatoon, SK - Bud's on Broadway **
9 - Hinton, AB - The Valley Zoo
10 - Edson, AB - The Stockyards **
12 - Grand Prairie, AB - Better Than Fred's **
13 - Drayton Valley, AB - DV8 **
17 - Banff, AB - Devil's Gap **
21 - Fernie, BC - The Central Bar **
23 - Kamloops, BC - Pogue Mahones
24 - Vancouver, BC - The Bourbon
28 - Penticton, BC - VooDoo's
30 - Tofino, BC - The Maquinna **
31 - Victoria, BC - venue tba **

August

1 - Naramata, BC - Naramata Pub
14 - Detroit. MI - Sirens Of Metal Festival 2

19/20/21 - Knoxville, TN - Indie Grrl Festival

28 - Chicago, IL - Chicago City Limits

December

3 - Prestatyn Sands, UK - Hard Rock Hell Festival

BW&BK; recently caught up with vocalist Brittany Paige. An excerpt from the story is available below.

Out Of The Pit also features an unexpected guest appearance from former Triumph guitarist Rik Emmett, who shreds his way through a cover of Motörhead’s ‘Ace Of Spades’.

“That actually came about through Greg,” Paige reveals. “Rik Emmett is one of his friends from back in the day and Greg asked him about doing it, and Rik was totally into it. He liked our songs and showed his support by laying a solo down. So that solo in ‘Ace Of Spades’ is all Rik Emmett.”

Which is a huge deal given there are a legion of disgruntled Triumph fans that would sell body parts to hear Emmett shred up a storm for the span of even one album.

“Especially with the kind of music that he’s doing this days, sure. It’s very, very cool that he would do that for us and we’re really appreciative. We don’t really understand why we’ve been given that honour but we’ll take it (laughs).”

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