HELLYEAH/ex-PANTERA drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott is featured in a new interview with MTV.com's Headbangers Ball host/producer Jose Mangin, conducted at NAMM 2012 back in January at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. Check it out below:

Hellyeah will be teaming up with Maryland rockers CLUTCH for a North American co-headlining tour this spring. Both bands will play full headlining sets. The tour kicks off April 13th in Providence, RI and runs through May 11th in Joliet, IL. Throughout the tour there will also be dates that feature Clutch only and Hellyeah only as well as radio festivals and shows. A list of complete dates can be found below.

The band is touring in support of Band Of Brothers which is scheduled for a June 5th release in North America. The album, the band's first effort for their new label home, Eleven Seven Music, was recorded in Dallas at drummer Vinnie Paul's home studio, VP's Upstairs Studio, and was produced by the band and Jeremy Parker (GODSMACK, EVANESCENCE), who also served as engineer. More information regarding Hellyeah's new album can be found here.

Clutch and Hellyeah dates:

April

10 - Norfolk, VA - The Norva (Clutch only)
11 - Lancaster, PA - Chameleon Club (Clutch only)
12 - Albany, NY - Northern Lights Ground (Clutch only)
13 - Providence, RI - Lupos
14 - Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
15 - Long Island, NY - Paramount Theater
17 - Stroudsburg, PA - Sherman Theater
18 - Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall
20 - Traverse City, MI - Ground Zero
21 - Ft. Wayne, IN - Pierre's
22 - Toledo, OH - Headliner's
23 - Dayton, OH - McGuffy's House of Rock (Clutch only)
24 - Madison, WI - Orpheum Theater
25 - Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom
28 - Lincoln, NE - Box Awesome's Bourbon Lounge
29 - Boulder, CO - Boulder Theater

May

1 - Springfield, MO - Gillioz Theater
2 - Wichita, KS - Cotillion
3 - Oklahoma City, OK - Diamond Ballroom (Clutch only)
4 - Sauget, IL - Pops
5 - Chattanooga, TN - Track 29
6 - Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theater (Clutch only)
6 - Atlanta, GA - WLKS Project Cinco Party (Hellyeah only)
8 - Libertyville, IL - Austins
10 - Rock Island, IL - Rock Island Brewery (Clutch only)
11 - Joilet, IL - Mojoes
12 - Detroit, MI - St Andrews Hall (Clutch only)
13 - Flint, MI - Machine Shop (Clutch only)
19 - Hartford, CT - WCCC Big Gig (Hellyeah only)
27 - Pryor, OK - Rocklahoma (Hellyeah only)

More dates to be announced soon.