SSS TO TOUR WITH CANCER BATS; REMEMBER HILLSBOROUGH DISASTER

Liverpool's crossover thrashers SSS are currently gearing up for a UK tour
in a couple of weeks with Canadian punks CANCER BATS.

SSS bassist MARK MAGILL reports on what the band have been up to since the
release of their critically acclaimed second album, THE DIVIDING LINE, last
year:

"It's been a while since we've been out and about, so we can't wait to hit
the road this month. Dave had a baby, I insulated my loft, Foxy has been
making brownies and Pete has been researching the dynamics of paper
airplanes. We've also written 14 new songs for our next record and they're
getting so short, fast and heavy it's ridiculous. Come down and say hello!"

Catch SSS live at the following shows:

SSS
25 Apr 2009 - Wakefield, UK - Full Thrash Assault, The Snooty Fox

SSS w/ CANCER BATS, THE PLIGHT
26 Apr 2009 - Colchester, UK - Arts Centre
27 Apr 2009 - Oxford, UK - Academy
28 Apr 2009 - Cardiff, UK - Barfly
30 Apr 2009 - Leeds, UK - The Cockpit
01 May 2009 - Stoke, UK - The Sugarmill
02 May 2009 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City
03 May 2009 - Manchester, UK - Academy 3
04 May 2009 - Birmingham, UK - Academy 2
05 May 2009 - Bristol, UK - Academy 2
06 May 2009 - Portsmouth, UK - Wedgewood Rooms
07 May 2009 - London, UK - The Underworld

SSS
20 May 2009 - Liverpool, UK - Liverpool Music Week, Barfly
23 May 2009 - London, UK - Slaughterday, The Purple Turtle

Additionally, self-confessed football fans SSS remember the Hillsborough
tragedy that occurred 20 years ago. On the anniversary of the terrible
events, the band share their thoughts:

"On 15th April 1989, 96 people went to a football match at Hillsborough
Stadium in Sheffield and never returned home. For the past 20 years their
families have been campaigning for the justice they have never received, and
also to change public perception of what happened at that day. We wrote a
song called '3:06' on the second SSS album 'The Dividing Line' and it makes
our feelings on the subject known, but check out this information and make
your own mind up."

Read about the events surrounding the Hillsborough disaster along with the
Hillsborough Justice Campaign at http://www.contrast.org/hillsborough

SSS' second full-length album, THE DIVIDING LINE, is out now worldwide. THE
DIVIDING LINE contains 20 tracks of ferocious, classic thrash with a raw,
punky attitude and includes a bonus DVD featuring behind-the-scenes footage
of the recording process and touring action.

Get your hands on THE DIVIDING LINE in Europe at
http://earache.com/webstore/index.php/cPath/667_673_97 or in the USA at
http://earache.com/uswebstore/index.php/cPath/667_673_97

For more SSS news and info, head to http://www.myspace.com/shortsharpshockuk

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