It’s Mudhoney in Japan during the first month of 2009 as the band adds shows in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka. Specifics show the band playing Shibuya Club Quattro in Tokyo on January 14, Club Quattro in Nagoya on January 15, Club Quattro in Osaka on January 16 and then it’s back to Tokyo for a gig at The Next on January 18. The band also adds a November 15 date in San Diego at the Casbah, December 12 in San Francisco at the Independent and December 13 in Santa Cruz at the Rio Theatre.

Metal Church rocks across Europe in February and early March. New listings Include Uden, Netherlands, on February 21 at De Pul, Aschaffenburg, Germany, on February 23 at Colos-Saal, Barcelona, Spain, on February 27 at Bikini and Milan, Italy, on March 4 at Rolling Stone.

Judas Priest adds a couple of February 2009 dates – February 10 in Dublin at The O2, and February 11 in Belfast at Odyssey Arena.

And we have a couple of new ones for the Jonas Brothers – November 15 in San Diego at San Diego Sports Arena, and November 29 in Vegs at MGM Grand Garden Arena.

During the past couple of hours we also updated the schedules for Army Of Freshmen, Chaka Khan, CSS, Eric Hutchinson, Eths, Ryan James, Stars Down, Uli Jon Roth, Steven Wright and Zen Tricksters.

But we still have two more hours of concert data research before we head on down to the Roadie Bar & Grill where every drink is duct-taped to the table. That means we’ll have more to tell you in The Closing Bell, coming up around 5 pm (PDT) on Pollstar.com!