After Muse, the British alt-rockers, finish up with their round of radio station sponsored West Coast holiday concerts, they will be heading out on their new world tour to back “The Resistance.” Next year’s trek will include a couple US arena shows along with Silversun Pickups.

Beginning in Oakland, CA on December 11 and ending in Seattle on December 15, Muse will be headlining a small set of holiday concerts. Then the band will be heading out on the Asian as well as Australian legs of their tour before they return to the US to do a round of shows starting in Atlanta on February 27. Their six dates with Silversun in the U.S. include stopping in New York City on March 3, in Boston on March 6, and Detroit on March 13 before they wrap up in Salt Lake City on April 5.

In September Muse released “The Resistance,” the band’s fifth studio album. The set of 11 tracks has been on top of the album charts of 13 different countries. These include Australia and the UK. In the US the album hit the Billboard 200’s third spot.

“The Resistance” is a follow up to “Black Holes and Revelations” from 2007 and “Absolution” from 2003, the US breakthrough album for the band. In 2008 Muse released “HAARP,” a live DVD/CD set.

The prog-pop trio earlier this year won two awards at the London awards ceremony for Shockwaves NME. Muse received an award for “HAARP” for Best Album Artwork and won their third award as Best Live Band. Matt Bellamy, the frontman for Muse, also was named Sexiest Male, while Hayley Williams of Paramore was named Sexiest Female.

Muse, Lilly Allen and Kasabian won the Q Awards prizes, however the bickering, mouthy Oasis spirit lingered still over the awards show held today in central London.

For a long time the Gallagher brothers had a loving relationship with Q magazine and the awards. Past bash attendees fondly recall the time that Liam stood up on a chair to call Chris Martin pot plant.

However this summer Oasis split up. They lost out today to Muse, who was named as the world’s best band.

Best album award went to Kasabian’s “West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum,” the band’s third album. It has been widely praised for its exploratory sound. Tom Meighan, the band’s singer, confused the award for being best live act, and dedicated the award to his gran.

The obligatory controversy was provided by Lily Allen. Her tune “the Fear” won best song. Previously the singer had posed in a Q cover with two roaring panthers while in her stockings. Last week the cover earned an industry award. Allen claimed her award while drinking from a pint matching her sequined dress. When she sat down she lit up a cigarette. The ballroom was a no-smoking one, but nobody was brave enough to ask her to put the cigarette out.

Along with the acts that the Q editors and readers view as British music’s future, Amy Winehouse made an appearance that was characteristically skittish. There were also the awards genuinely deserved being doled out to all of the grandees of rock. Edwyn Collins was recognized as legend of the year, while Marianne Faithfull was named the icon. Specials won the inspiration award while Cat Stevens was recognized as the classic songwriter.

The with the most acclaim at the end, Robert Plant was recognized for his outstanding contributions to music. Led Zeppelin’s front man made a lyrical and moving speech looking back at this career. He thanked everyone, ranging from Clarksdale, Mississippi songs and daughters to Steve Bull, former Wolves striker.

“The Unforgettable Fire,” U2’s album, was awarded classic album award. The classic song was “Relax” by Frankie Goes to Hollywood, with its unofficial ban on Radio 1.

Muse has announced that the release date for “The Resistance,” their latest studio album, will be September 14.

The announcement was made by Matt Bellamy and company on Muse.mu, their official website.

“The Resistance” is the band’s fifth studio album. It follows their 2006 album “Black Holes And Revelations.” The recording was done in Italy and the release will precede the upcoming arena tour for the band.

Muse will be playing seven Irish and UK arena dates. These include two November dates at O2 Arena in London.

Muse, MGMT and Oasis were some of the big winners in Tuesday, February 25th’s Shockwaves NME Awards night, held in the O2 Academy Brixton in London.

According to NME.com, Oasis was awarded as Best British Band, while Noel Gallagher, guitarist, was awarded as Best Band Blog.

Muse’s “HAARP” was awarded with Best Album Artwork as well as Best Live Band. Matt Bellamy, the frontman for Muse was named as the Sexiest Male. Hayley Williams of Paramore was named Sexiest Female.

The band MGMT also won two awards. They were named as Best New Band and for “Time To Pretend” won Best Track award.

The Killers were named Best International Band and Pete Doherty won the honors for Best Solo Artist.

Other Shockwaves NME winners included Elbow for Outstanding Contribution to British Music, Kings of Leon for Best Album and Best Video went to Last Shadow Puppets. “Live At The Apollo” by Arctic Monkeys won Best DVD award.

Best Venue went to London Astoria and Best Live Event was Glastonbury 2008.

Tim Burton presented The Cure with the award for Godlike Genius. According to a report from Billboard, Burton said that the only thing saving him while he was working unhappily as a Disney animator was the band’s music.

The NME’s were closed out by a live hit filled set by The Cure, including “Killing An Arab,” “Boys Don’t Cry,” “In Between Days,” “Friday I’m In Love,” and “Lullaby.”

Organizers for the Street Scene Festival in San Diego have announced this fall’s lineup. It will feature Muse, Arctic Monkeys, and The Killers among many other performers.

The outdoor event will beheld September 22-23 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. The roster will also include Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Spoon, Ozomatli, Air, Social Distortion, and Panic! at the Disco, among other artists. The complete performers lineup is listed on the MySpace event page at myspace.com/streetscene.

The festival, which was first established in 1984, also will feature vaudeville acts and a comedy stage, according to the event’s organizers who are promising “interactive festival processions” as well.

The event last year featured a total of six different performance stages. The lineup of over 50 acts included Queens of the Stone Age, My Chemical Romance, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kanye West and Tool.

The Del Mar Fairgrounds, which also includes the adjacent facility of Del Mark Racetrack, is a new location for the festival. Earlier Street Scene versions were held in Gaslamp Quarter in downtown San Diego before they moved over to Qualcomm Stadium in 2005, the home of the NFL football team San Diego Chargers.

This July Muse, rockers from the UK, will be crossing the Atlantic for a three week trek to support “Black Holes and Revelations,” the band’s fourth studio album that was recently released.

The band will be kicking off their tour of 14 cities in San Francisco on July 18. The tour will be visiting selected U.S. major cities as well as two forays into Canada. On July 30th Muse will be in Toronto and in Montreal on July 31.

On July 11 “Black Holes and Revelations” was released to stores. The album is a follow up to their 2003 album “Absolution,” which gave the band their significant breakthrough in the U.S. In their homeland Muse is considered to be a major act. They are compared often to bands like Radiohead. In the UK “Blackholes” has hit the No. 1 spot on the album charts already.

In their press release vocalist/guitarist Matthew Bellamy stated that they went from Europe where they played in massive arenas to the US where they were playing in pokey holes with 200 people in them. That’s the price you pay for getting too comfortable with the large stage. But it was great being treated like we were a new band and having the feeling of being re-discovered over there.

Links on the MySpace page for Muse at myspace.com/muse has previews of the album.

The new album for the band will ship in the US in the format of a dual DVD/CD. There is an extra disc included that contains highlights from the 18th month “Absolution” tour.