Toronto rocker DANKO JONES is featured in a new interview with Norway-based Metal Express Radio. Kristian Nergård caught up with Danko to discuss the new album Rock And Roll Is Black And Blue, why the band has had six drummers since they first started playing, what drove him to start a band back in 1996, their upcoming biography Too Much Trouble: A Very Oral History of Danko Jones, their new DVD Bring On The Mountain and the upcoming European tour. Check it out below:

Danko Jones

Danko Jones' 2012 tour schedule is as follows, with dates in Oslo (Norway), Dortmund and Frankfurt (Germany) officially sold out.

October

16 - The Circus - Helsinki, Finland
17 - Debaser Medis - Stockholm, Sweden
18 - Pustervik - Göteborg, Sweden
19 - John Dee - Oslo, Norway - SOLD OUT -
20 - KB - Malmö, Sweden
21 - Docks - Hamburg, Germany
23 - Schlachthof - Bremen, Germany
24 - Melkweg - Amsterdam, Netherlands
25 - Ancienne Belgique - Brussels, Belgium
26 - Le Trabendo - Paris, France
27 - Komplex - Zürich, Switzerland
29 - Arena - Vienna, Austria
30 - Longhorn LKA - Stuttgart, Germany
31 - Theaterfabrik - Munich, Germany

November

1 - Postbahnhof - Berlin, Germany
2 - FZW - Dortmund, Germany - SOLD OUT -
3 - Batschkapp - Frankfurt, Germany - SOLD OUT -
13 - Mavericks - Ottawa, Ontario
14 - The Casbah - Hamilton, Ontario
15 - Call The Office - London, Ontario
16 - The Mod Club - Toronto, Ontario
17 - The Oak - Winnipeg, Manitoba
18 - New City Legion - Edmonton, Alberta
20 - The Gateway Bar - Calgary, Alberta
21 - Commodore Ballroom - Vancouver, British Columbia

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The band recently issued the following update:

"Anyone buying the limited edition digipak version of the new album Rock And Roll Is Black And Blue has the chance of winning a LIFETIME of FREE ENTRY to any and all regular Danko Jones headlining shows* across the world. All copies of the limited edition digipak feature a bonus track, two stickers and a black guitar pick from Dunlop, but in 10 of these we have included a gold-printed guitar pick. Those lucky enough to find one of these will be granted free entry to any Danko Jones headline show across the world and will also receive a special gift package as a bonus. The picks were spread out through the packing process at the pressing plant so the digipaks including the golden picks may appear in any store across the world.

* Covers free entrance to the show. No festivals. Venue age restrictions may apply. No travels or accomodation is included."

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A trailer for Rock And Roll Is Black And Blue can be viewed below: