The Black Crowes announced some big news. First, their new record, Warpaint, will hit stores on March 4, 2008. The record will be the first studio effort of all new material since 2001. The record will also mark the first release on the band's newly formed label "Silver Arrow Records." In addition to starting their own label, the Crowes will unveil a revamped lineup for 2008.

Luther Dickinson has never been a stranger to the Black Crowes: he and the North Mississippi Allstars have shared the bill and the stage with the Southern rock superstars on numerous occasions, the spectacled guitarist makes regular appearances with Crowes' axeman Rich Robinson in his Circle Sound side project and, in the words of Chris Robinson, Dickinson is "all over" Warpaint.

Coinciding with the March 4th release date, Dickinson and new keyboardist Adam MacDougall will make their debut as official Crowes during a series of "One Night Only" shows that will see the band play Warpaint in its entirety. Following that run, the Crowes will kick off their world tour in Australia on March 24th. The dates and locations for the U.S. shows are expected to be announced shortly.

North Mississippi Allstar fans need not worry. The trio will briefly reform The Word, their southern gospel jam project with John Medeski and Robert Randolph, for a series of four December shows and their fifth studio album, Hernando, will be released on January 22.