A number of readers wrote in with the news that Bad Religion's long awaited live DVD, Live at the Palladium finally has an official release date. Early reports had the DVD released in January 2006, but the date from Epitaph's official page for the DVD now has the date set for February 20th, 2006 in Europe and February 21st in North America.

The label, owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz, also revealed some more information about the disc. Besides the promised live footage shot over two nights at the Hollywood Palladium, the disc will include rare content such as an acoustic piano version of "Cease," in-depth interviews with all current band members discussing the band¹s formation, evolution and career.

Also featured is never-before-seen live footage from the New Wave Theatre from the 1981-1983 lineup of the influential punk pioneers. The disc is expected to include a 5.1 Dolby Digital Mix as well. The video is the second from the band, with the last, Along The Way having been issued on VHS in 1992 and documenting the band's 1989 Suffer tour.

The band is on tour now in support of their recent full length, The Empire Strikes First.