In the past few weeks rumors have spread about the breakup of Alexisonfire. Guitarist Wade MacNeil has stepped forward to set the record straight.

“Things I’ve said in other interviews were totally taken out of context. The truth is that we’re actually writing a new record. Don’t fret!” MacNeil revealed to Kerrang!  That record will become the band’s fourth full-length and followup to 2006’s Crisis.

The band has three gigs scheduled which should serve as further proof that Alexisonfire is not dead.

Alesixonfire tour dates:

8.3: Grand Bend, ON @ Cutting Edge (Grand Bend Motoplex)
8.22: Leeds, UK @ Bramham Park (Leeds Festival)
8.24: Reading, UK @ Richfield Avenue (Reading Festival)

Dying to see MacNeil up close and personal? He’ll be touring the U.K. and Canada between August and September with his punk side-project Black Lungs (featuring members of Cancer Bats, Moneen and Alexisonfire singer George Pettit on bass duties). “I’m going to be playing a lot of the clubs that Alexis[onfire] played when we first came over. It’s always a blast to play shows that size!” Black Lungs, of which MacNeil is the singer for, released its debut full-length, Send Flowers, in Canda last month.

Black Lungs tour dates:

8.26: Glasgow, UK @ King Tuts (with The Loyalties)
8.27: Manchester, UK @ Roadhouse (with The Loyalties)
8.28: London, UK @ Water Rats (with The Loyalties)
8.29: Cardiff, UK @ Ifor Bach (with The Loyalties)
8.30: Brighton, UK @ Audio (with The Loyalties)
9.10: London, ON @ Call the Office (with Anti-Flag)
9.11: Ottawa, ON @ Babylon (with Anti-Flag)
9.12: Quebec City, QB @ Imperial Theatre (with Anti-Flag)
9.13: Montreal, QB @ Club Soda (with Anti-Flag)
9.14: Toronto, ON @ Opera House (with Anti-Flag)