The Kerrang! XXV line-up is:

Picking up the Best British Newcomer gong at this year's Kerrang! Awards, not to mention scoring the maximum KKKKK accolade for their debut album, The Poison, as well as clocking up their very own Kerrang! cover, 2005 has been, with out a shadow of a doubt, Bullet For My Valentine's year. Signed to Visible Noise Records (home of Lostprophets) last summer, through countless sold-out shows the young Welsh metallers have built up a real reputation for themselves as being one of the UK's most formidable live bands. "Kerrang! has been really good to us over the last 12 months," says Bullet For My Valentine vocalist/guitarist Matt Tuck. "And we're flattered to be asked to headline this Kerrang! tour. We're the only band in the country doing this kind of metal, so we will gladly take on that job as the face of Kerrang! 25 years on!"

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Having shifted a staggering 250,000 copies of their debut album The Silence In Black And White since its release last June, Hawthorne Heights are already a household name in their native US. Last seen on these shores headlining the sold-out Victory Records tour with label mates Silverstein, Spitalfield and Bayside, the post hardcore heroes have once again set their sights on conquering the UK. "We're looking forward to playing to much bigger crowds in the UK on the Kerrang! XXV Tour," says Hawthorne Heights frontman JT Woodruff. "We're a little bit poppier than the other bands on the bill, a little bit happier-sounding I guess, so it should be fun. All the other bands will be wearing make-up except for us. You never know, maybe we’ll put some on!"

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Last seen in the UK six months ago with labelmates Trivium and 3 Inches Of Blood as part of Roadrunner Records' mammoth Roadrage Tour, Still Remains are itching to set foot on British soil once more. And the Michigan metallers, who were nominated for Best International Newcomer at the 2005 Kerrang! Awards, were over the moon when they were invited to join in Kerrang!'s 25th anniversary celebrations, because they all grew up reading the magazine. "We feel totally honoured and privileged to be part of this tour," enthuses keyboard player Zach Roth. "We grew up buying Kerrang! magazine on import from the local record shops back home. We're just a bunch of kids who love music, so, for us, this is like a dream come true."

www.stillremains.com

Described as "quite simply the best thing to come out of Seattle in years" in a recent issue of Kerrang!, up-and-coming goth punks Aiden may be relatively unknown compared to the other bands on the Kerrang! XXV bill, but that doesn't mean that they don’t have high hopes. "We're so excited to get out there with all of these bands," enthuses Aiden singer wiL. "I can't even describe in words how excited I am. We're going to start the party off right every night. It's going to be good!"

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The KERRANG! XXV tour dates are:

JANUARY 2006
15 Cardiff University
16 Bristol Academy
17 Nottingham Rock City
19 Southampton Guildhall
20 Norwich UEA
21 Manchester Academy
23 Newcastle Academy
24 Glasgow Academy
25 Leeds University
27 Birmingham Academy
28 Brixton Academy