Less Than Jake were recently the target of a protest by the Westboro Baptist Church at their recent Pensacola, FL show.

Last night at their show in Orlando, FL, Minus The Bear had their first religious protest ever. They handled the situation by surrounding the religious group with drums and other percussion instruments to drown them out. Head to the replies for the videos.

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Unhappy with the treatment being given to Lupe Fiasco's completed album Lasers, fans have planned to protest in front of Atlantic Records headquarters in New York City. This comes on the heels of a recent online petition demanding Atlantic Records finally announce a release date. Fiasco himself may be in attendance.

Progress between the WGA and the AMPTP was halted when the latter group walked away from the negotiating table. The outlook looks grim for our favorite television shows, and their immediate production seems less likely as the scripted season is coming to a close.

Writers Strike Casualties

"What this means for television is that the current season of TV is almost certainly over. No new shows will be produced as it looks increasingly unlikely that any scripted programs will be back in production before February at the earliest. What this means for each show is hard to say – but most of the news for the TV viewer will likely come in varying degrees of bad. From 'No 24 until 2009' to 'Say...

Workers from MTV Networks walked off the job a few days ago to protest recent changes in health and dental benefits.

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Check out the replies to find out the current production status on your favorite television series in light of the Writers Guild of America strike.

Bullet For My Valentine and Protest The Hero have lined up a slew of overseas dates together. Here's the schedule.

Tour Dates

11.07.06 Munich, Germany George-Elser-Halle
11.08.06 Weisbaden, Germany Schlachthof
11.09.06 Stuttgart, Germany Longhorn LKA
11.11.06 Amsterdam, Netherlands Melkweg
11.13.06 Leeds, UK University
11.14.06 Liverpool, UK University
11.16.06 Norwich, UK UEA
11.17.06 Cambridge, UK Corn Exchange
11.19.06 Glasgow, UK Barrowlands
11.20.06 Edinburgh, UK Corn Exchange
11.21.06 Newcastle, UK Academy
11.22.06 Manchester, UK Apollo
11.24.06 Cardiff, UK University
11.25.06 Brighton, UK Dome
11.27.06 Birmingham, UK Academy
11.28.06 London, UK Hammersmith Apollo

The new Protest The Hero video for the track 'Heretics And Killers' has been posted online (Quicktime) and can be checked out here.

Click here to watch Protest the Hero's new video for "Heretics & Killers."

If you head over to PunkRockVids.com you can check out a new live video from Protest The Hero. The track is entitled "Heretics And Killers." PunkRockVids.com has also made Protest The Hero's music video for "Blindfolds Aside" available for download.

Vagrant Records will be releasing Protest The Hero's new album, Kezia, tomorrow. Check out the band's new video for "Blindfolds Aside" right here.

Underminded, Protest the Hero, and Heavy Heavy Low Low will be playing the following California dates together:

Tour Dates

April 10 - Troubador - Los Angeles, CA
April 11 - Chain Reaction - Anaheim, CA
April 12 - Unity Skate & Music - Livermore, CA

Protest The Hero will be guest hosts on Muchmusic's "Much On Demand" tomorrow at 5PM EST.

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The tracklist for Protest The Hero's Vagrant debut, Kezia, is below. The album will be released on April 4th.

Tracklisting

1. No Stars Over Bethlehem
2. Heretics & Killers
3. Divinity Within
4. Bury The Hatchet
5. Nautical
6. Blindfolds Aside
7. She Who Mars The Skin Of Gods
8. Turn Soonest To The Sea
9. The Divine Suicide Of K.
10. A Plateful Of Our Dead

The press release announcing Protest the Hero's signing to Vagrant can be found below:

Press Release

Debut US Release, Kezia, To Be Released April 4, 2006

Debut US Tour Announced

(Santa Monica, CA) * Vagrant Records announces that Protest The Hero, a radical 5-piece band from Whitby, Ontario, has just signed to the label. The band¹s debut US release, Kezia (keh-zai-yah), will be released on April 4th and the band will begin touring the US on February 7th with The Fall of Troy, followed by a 6-week tour of the US with The Bled starting February 24th in Seattle, WA.

Protest The Hero is Rody Walker (lead vocals), Tim Millar (guitar, vocals), Luke Hoskin (lead guitars, vocals, piano),...

Boys Night Out, Protest The Hero and The Fullblast will be hitting Canada together.

Boys Night Out / Protest The Hero / The FullBlast Canadian Stint

12/09 Burlington, ONT
12/10 Ottowa, ONT
12/11 Saint Catherines, ONT
12/12 London, ONT
12/13 Barrie, ONT
12/14 Waterloo, ONT
12/15 Toronto, ONT
12/15 Toronto, ONT
12/16 Edmonton, AB W/Comeback Kid and Rise Against