TheSex Pistols, Paul Weller and The Hives are amongst the first acts confirmed to appear at this year's EXIT festival in Serbia held between July 12-16.

The Hives have announce a string of dates in the US and Canada, kicking off February 19 in Los Angeles.

Arctic Monkeys' Matt Helders and Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Nick Zinner are set to remix The Hives' new single.

The Hives kicked off their UK our last night (November 22).

The Hives have launched a full album stream of their brand new album. The record is titled The Black and White Album and is due out November 13, 2007. The album is the long-awaited follow-up to Tyrannosaurus Hives which was released in 2004. You can check out the album on their myspace page.