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After weeks of relative inactivity in the world of d:, and me bemoaning the lack of things to update Delirious.org.uk with, this last week has suddenly seen a flurry of activity and updates.

A press release from Furious? revealed the news all d: fans had been waiting for - confirmation of when the new album will be arriving: November. The bad news is that the release is still 6 months away, but at least the countdown has begun. We still know relatively little about the album, but no doubt more details will emerge over the next few months. Keep an eye on the New Album Feature Page on this site, which I keep up to date with all the latest details about the album.

The band headed off to North America at the end of last week for a 10-day tour consisting of 5 concerts in Canada (their first visit there for 2 years) and 3 in the USA. My good friend Brandon kindly sent me a review from last night's concert in Vancouver which is well worth checking out. On the subject of the tour, a special 'hello' to Mr Colin Walker who returns to the crew list for this NA tour as the band's monitor engineer.

Other additions to the site in the last week have included two articles about d:. The first article is from the instore magazine of musical instrument retailer Sound Control. Whilst the glossy colour feature about d: is mainly lifted straight from the band's own press literature, it's still good to see the band mentioned by a secular outlet. The other article is an interview with Delirious? carried out by my friends at cMusicWeb back in March. It's an interesting read, with a few mentions about the new album.

In addition to the interview, cMusicWeb also supplied me with a batch of photos taken at the Manheim (Pennsylvania) concert. Just to reassure people who might be a little scared by the sight of a strange looking hairy man in the photos (see right), it is in fact Jon d: bassist sporting a slightly scary beard. But fear not, these photos are from earlier this year, and the beard has since disappeared.