UFO's new studio album "The Visitor" is set to hit stores 06/02/2009 and the band has announce their initial tour dates behind the effort.

Cobra Starship will return to the UK in May for a string of dates.Catch the band at the following venues:May20 Nottingham, Rescue Rooms21 Glasgow, Garage22 Manchester, Academy 223 Birmingham, Academy 226 Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach27 Portsmouth, Wedgewood Rooms28 London, KCLSU29 London, ULUFor tickets, go to www.aloud.com.

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Rhino has revealed a two-CD collection Ry Cooder compilation that covers 38 years and 34 songs. Due out October 28, The UFO Has Landed: The Ry Cooder Anthology was produced by Cooder's son, Joachim, and includes soundtrack work, solo album cuts, and a previously unreleased version of "Let's Work

Muse have revealed that they had a UFO prop built for their headline V Festival show last weekend (August 16 and 17), but it didn't fit with the stage set-up.