The band are now ready to write their second album after “Myths of the Near Future”.

The guys are going to be working with Tony Visconti whohas worked with the likes of David Bowie.

James Ford is the group’s usual producer and a member of Simian Mobile Disco. In the interview Klaxons also told us they were hoping to enlist Dr Dre as a producer:

“It’s looking promising,” James said. “In the US we’re signed to the same label as him Interscope. It’s all family! The head Jimmy Iovine and Snoop Dogg have heard our record and we know they like it.”

Just a short one - Klaxons have won the Mercury Music Prize this year!

The full support slots for the Winter Tour have been announced.

Klaxons will have support in the form of Simian Mobile Disco at all dates, except December 6th at Brixton Academy. Support for this date will come in the form of Ed Banger dance maestros Justice.

Also billed to play with Klaxons are Crystal Castles in Dublin, Manchester, Edinburgh, Newcastle and the second Brixton date.

Fist Fite, from Portland, Oregon, will open the gig at Southampton, Leeds, Cardiff, Birmingham and the first Brixton date.

Simian Mobile Disco have confirmed support for Klaxons’ winter tour. The dates they will be supporting are:

25 Nov 2007: Dublin
26 Nov 2007: Manchester
27 Nov 2007: Edinburgh
28 Nov 2007: Newcastle
30 Nov 2007: Southampton
1 Dec 2007: Leeds
2 Dec 2007: Cardiff
4 Dec 2007: Birmingham
5 Dec 2007: London

Details are vague right now - that is, what country they’ll be supporting, or when - but in a recent interview with Pitchfork Media, Simon Taylor-Davis seemed to confirm this.

Pitchfork: Is the transition between this headline UK tour and opening for Interpol going to be weird?

Simon Taylor-Davis: It is, because we’ve never supported a band on tour before. We played one gig with Arctic Monkeys once at the Forum. They’re really good friends of our because they worked with James. Alex [Turner] used to go out with a girl that lived two doors away from me, so he used to be in New Cross. He used to come to loads of our early gigs– some of the squat parties we played. He was a fan from day one.

I think it’s a lot harder when you’re opening. You really have to win people over. We’ve always been really lucky that we’ve had crowds who have been quite into it. It’s going to be an exciting transition. I think there is always that kind of thing when you’re opening that you just want to blow the headline band away don’t you? I think there’s probably an element of that.

If anyone is in London to see Klaxons at O2 Wireless Festival on Saturday 16th June and is over the age of 18, you can attempt to reach the after party, featuring DJ sets from Klaxons, Simian Mobile Disco and Bang Gang DJs, amongst others.

The event last from 9pm to 4am at Canvas in King’s Cross.

Klaxons are also backing Oxjam, the UK’s biggest music festival. Music fans are encouraged to get involved in the charity and help organise the events. Large scale or small, sponsored events are part of the festival, all around the country. In its second year, bands such as Klaxons, the Kaiser Chiefs, the Kooks, Kasabian and DJ Shadow, who breaks the trend by not beginning with a “k”.

A £1 million target from Oxjam this year would provide safe water for almost 1.4 million people, 20,000 emergency shelters or essential medicines for 10,000 villages. Music fans need to get involved now as the average gig takes 3 months to organise.

Yes! The moment you’ve (possibly) all been waiting for, the new video for forthcoming single It’s Not Over Yet.

The tracklisting for the single is:

CD:
1) It’s Not Over Yet
2) My Love (Justin Timberlake Cover)

7” Vinyl:
1) It’s Not Over Yet
2) The Night

Etched 7” Vinyl:
1) It’s Not Over Yet

iTunes Exclusive:
1) It’s Not Over Yet Blende remix

Klaxons have announced a string of dates in America around their appearance on the third day of the Pitchfork Music Festival.

July 10th - El Rey Theater, Los Angeles, CA

July 11th - The Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA

July 15th - Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago, IL

July 16th - Varsity Theater, Minneapolis, MN

Most tickets are availalbe to buy on Ticketmaster.

Klaxons have apologised officially on behalf of SJM and Ticketline after some fans were unable to get into the May 13th gig at the Manchester Ritz.

The problem came from SEE tickets sending the wrong ticket stock received from Ticketline for 600 matinee show tickets.

The matinee tickets had the information for the evening show printed on them, meaning 600 extra tickets were in circulation for the gig.

Klaxons apologised about the mix-up in an official statement they released. The statements read:

“We would like to apologise to any genuine ticket holders who did not get in. If anyone had a valid ticket for either show but was not let in, we ask that in the first instance they should contact the ticket agent from who they bought tickets with ticket numbers and booking reference. The ticket agent will then be able to check if tickets were sent out and how they slipped through the net.”

Klaxons have announced some live shows in Australia.

Thursday 2nd August - The Forum, Sydney
Sunday 5th August - Splendour In The Grass, Byron Bay
Tuesday 7th August - Billboard, Melbourne
Wednesday 8th August - Capitol, Perth

It all ends in a big show at Splendour In The Grass.

Tickets go on sale on Monday 7th May. It’ll be fun.