MY RUIN vocalist Tairrie B. Murphy has checked in with the following update:

"It's time to finally spill the beans.....

Mick and I are proud to announce that Luciano Ferrea, formerly of the LA based rock band BEGGARS BALL will be joining us on bass for our upcoming UK tour and beyond! We met Luciano back in 2007 when his band played Mick's birthday show at the now defunct Safari Sams in Hollywood with us. Great bass players are hard to find, and when we began our search for a new rhythm section there was only one who came to both our minds at the same time and strangely enough it was Luciano. We both remembered how he rocked and as fate would have it, everything magically seemed to work out the way we had hoped it would. Luciano is originally from Argentina but these days he resides in the City of Angels and over the past few months we've been getting to know him and what a great guy he is. He's also a killer bass player and we can't wait to introduce him to everyone!

The photo on the right might look familiar to you because many of you already know him. Matt [Frenchie] LeChevalier recorded our 2008 album Throat Full of Heart with us and is the drummer in our 'Ready For Blood' video. Matt also toured the UK with My Ruin twice in 2006 for our Brutal Language & Summer of Hell tours and has played many one off shows with us between 2005 -2008 before he sadly had to leave our band and go back to France due to Visa issues. We've always considered Matt a part of our extended family keeping our fingers crossed he would be back with us some day in the future. When he was away we stayed in touch and stayed friends while he spent some time touring with the French bands ETHS and also HEADCHARGER [who will be supporting us on our next tour]. Now we are happy to say that he will be joining us on stage once again in March and into our next chapter.

We've always had a great chemistry with Matt and together with Luciano we know we've got the perfect guys to help bring our new album to life in 2011!"

My Ruin recently announced a string of dates for the UK. Their schedule is as follows:

March

9 - Thekla - Bristol, UK
10 - Railway Inn - Winchester, UK
11 - The Underworld - London, UK
12 - Millennium Music Hall - Cardiff, UK
13 - Slade Rooms - Wolverhampton, UK
14 - Club Revolution - Peterborough, UK
15 - Classic Grand - Glasgow, Scotland
16 - Cock Pit - Leeds, UK
17 - Rock City - Nottingham, UK
18 - Hammerfest - Prestatyn, North Wales