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The Wolf-man sleepeth not, it would seem. At some point in between wrapping up a North American tour, gearing up for dates in Australia, Japan, and the UK, planning a lavish tour finale, and talking in tomes to this very website, young Patrick Wolf has found time for a few more extracurriculars.

Given that Wolf has long championed unsung kindred spirits, it makes perfect sense that he's gone and started a label. Bloody Chamber Music, as he's christened it, will first see about reissuing in expanded form Wolf's two pre-Magic Position LPs-- 2004's Lycanthropy and 2005's Wind in the Wires-- before getting to the work of other artistes.

According to a recent MySpace post from Wolf, the first outside release for Bloody Chamber Music will come courtesy of London pop singer Craig Template. The Wolf reissues, meanwhile, will sport "new digital booklets and videoscapes for you to engage and get lost in." Trippy!

While this whole label endeavor is still technically in the planning stages, Wolf and co. hope to fire it up around the end of 2007.

Wolf has also been keeping a Fujifilm-sponsored tour photo diary over on Facebook.com, which is some kind of social networking website or something. In conjunction with this, he'll play a special secret show in London on November 19-- open only to 100 lucky folks who win a contest on Wolf's Fujifilm Facebook page.

If fortune shines upon you and you get into this gig-- or go to any other, for that matter-- Wolf has also humbly requested, via MySpace, that you TURN OFF YOUR GODFORSAKEN FLASH should you wish to take photos. Actually he was much nicer about it than that, but angry capital letters are fun.

Patrick:

11-08 Sydney, Australia - Metro
11-09 Brisbane, Australia - Rosie's
11-10 Brisbane, Australia - Rosie's
11-11 Melbourne, Australia - Corner Hotel
11-14 Tokyo, Japan - Duo
11-19 London, England - "Secret Show"
11-21 Brighton, England - St George's Church
11-22 Exeter, England - Phoenix
11-24 Bristol, England - Trinity Theatre
11-25 Manchester, England - Lowry
11-26 Leicester, England - Y Theatre
11-27 Sheffield, England - Memorial Hall
11-29 Glasgow, Scotland - Oran Mor
11-30 Middlesbrough, England - MIMA
12-20 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire