On the heels of the release of their new album, Crash Love, perennial rockers AFI have announced a new string of tour dates, taking them throughout the West in January. Fans who have checked out the band’s East Coast dates have been treated night after night with a mix of old and new songs spanning AFI’s massive eight album catalog. Included as a staple each night is Crash Love and live-set opener “Torch Song,” which AFI recently released an exclusive demo of via Google’s La La music platform.
Also new from AFI will be a release of a 5 song pack on Rock Band which will be available 11/17. The downloadable addition to the game will include “Love Like Winter,” “The Leaving Song Pt. II,” and Crash Love favorites “Beautiful Thieves,” “End Transmission” and “Medicate.”
Tour Dates:
November 03 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
November 04 St Louis, MO The Pageant
November 06 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
November 07 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
November 09 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
November 10 Toronto, ONT, Canada Sound Academy
November 12 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
November 13 New York City, NY Roseland Ballroom
November 15 North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
November 16 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
November 18 West Palm Beach, FL Pompano Beach Amphitheatre
November 19 Lake Bueuna Vista, FL House of Blues
November 21 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater
November 22 Austin, TX Stubbs
December 4 Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre
December 6 Denver, CO Magness Arena
December 8 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
December 11 Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
December 13 San Diego, CA Viejas Arena
December 15 Winnepeg, MB Canada Winnipeg Convention Center
December 16 Saskatoon, SK, Canada Prairieland Park
December 18 Edmonton, AB, Canada Shaw Conference Center
December 19 Calgary, AB Canada Big Four Building
December 21 Victoria, BC, Canada Save On Foods Centre
January 16 Reno, NV Knitting Factory
January 18 Boise, ID The Big Easy
January 19 Missoula, MT Wilma Theater
January 21 Spokane, WA The Big Easy
January 22 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo
January 24 Vancouver, BC The Commodore
January 25 Portland, OR Roseland
January 27 Fresno, CA Rainbow Ballroom
January 30 Tempe, AZ The Marque
January 31 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
For the latest information and tour dates from AFI visit www.AFireInside.net or www.MySpace.com/AFI.
Nirvana headlined the 1992 Reading Festival and by all accounts this was the band at the top of their game and one of the most memorable and pivotal performances in the last 20 years. Based on the trailer alone I might have to agree, this looks badass:
Relentless energy filmed the punk rock band Gallows on Warped Tour for a 3 part film they’ve put together called ‘Lives Of The Artists’. The video features live performances, interviews with the band and behind the scenes footage from one of the year’s most talked about rising stars. Check out the trailer below and prepare for the full length version to be released this October. In the meantime, head over to the bands MySpace for the latest Gallows news and non-stop tour schedule.
Gallows Tour Dates:
USA and Canada:
2 Oct 2009 Epic w/ AFI Minneapolis, MN
3 Oct 2009 Reggie’s Rock Club (Headline) Chicago, IL
4 Oct 2009 Newport Music Hall w/ AFI Columbus, OH
5 Oct 2009 Bogart’s w/ AFI Cincinnati, OH
7 Oct 2009 Town Ballroom w/ AFI Buffalo, NY
8 Oct 2009 Northern Lights w/ AFI Clifton Park, NY
9 Oct 2009 The Crazy Donkey (Headline) Farmingdale, NY
10 Oct 2009 Starland Ballroom w/ AFI Sayreville, NJ
11 Oct 2009 Club Zoo w/ AFI Pittsburgh, PA
13 Oct 2009 Webster Theater w/ AFI Hartford, CT
14 Oct 2009 Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel w/ AFI Providence, RI
16 Oct 2009 Water Street Music Hall w/ AFI Rochester, NY
17 Oct 2009 Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom w/ AFI Hampton Beach, NH
19 Oct 2009 The National w/AFI Richmond, VA
21 Oct 2009 Sound Academy w/ Flogging Molly Toronto, ON
23 Oct 2009 The Outpost/Lakehead University w/ Flogging Molly Thunder Bay, ON
24 Oct 2009 Burton Cummings Theatre w/ Flogging Molly Winnipeg, MB
25 Oct 2009 Odeon Events Centre w/ Flogging Molly Saskatoon, SK
26 Oct 2009 Edmonton Events Centre w/ Flogging Molly Edmonton, AB, Canada
27 Oct 2009 Macewan Hall (Univ. of Calgary) w/ Flogging Molly CALGARY, AB
29 Oct 2009 Commodore Ballroom w/ Flogging Molly Vancouver, BC
30 Oct 2009 Commodore Ballroom w/ Flogging Molly Vancouver, BC
3 Nov 2009 Cain’s Ballroom (w/ AFI) Tulsa, Oklahoma
4 Nov 2009 The Pageant (w/ AFI) St. Louis, Missouri
6 Nov 2009 Uptown Theatre (w/ AFI) Kansas City, Missouri
7 Nov 2009 Riviera Theatre (w/ AFI) Chicago, Illinois
8 Nov 2009 Grog Shop (Headline) Cleveland, Ohio
9 Nov 2009 Fillmore (w/ AFI) Detroit, Michigan
10 Nov 2009 The Sound Academy (w/ AFI) Toronto, Ontario, CA
12 Nov 2009 Electric Factory (w/ AFI) Philadelphia, Pennysylvania
13 Nov 2009 Roseland Ballroom (w/ AFI) New York, New York
14 Nov 2009 DC9 (Headline) Washington, DC
15 Nov 2009 House Of Blues (w/ AFI) Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
16 Nov 2009 Tabernacle (w/ AFI) Atlanta, Georgia
18 Nov 2009 Pompano Beach Amphitheatre (w/ AFI) Pompano Beach, Florida
19 Nov 2009 House Of Blues (w/ AFI) Lake Buena Vista, Florida
21 Nov 2009 Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre (w/ AFI) Houston, Texas
22 Nov 2009 Stubbs (w/ AFI) Austin, Texas
UK:
26 Nov 2009 Roadmender Northampton, UK
27 Nov 2009 Kasbah Coventry, UK
28 Nov 2009 Academy 2 Liverpool, UK
29 Nov 2009 Moshulu Aberdeen, UK
30 Nov 2009 Fat Sams Dundee, UK
1 Dec 2009 The Canteen Barrow-in-Furness, UK
2 Dec 2009 Empire Middlesbrough, UK
3 Dec 2009 Duchess York, UK
4 Dec 2009 Sugarmill Stoke, UK
5 Dec 2009 Rockhouse Derby, UK
6 Dec 2009 The Foundry Sheffield, UK
7 Dec 2009 TJ’s Newport, UK
8 Dec 2009 Lemon Grove Exeter, UK
9 Dec 2009 Pavilions Falmouth, UK
10 Dec 2009 Old Fire Station Bournemouth, UK
11 Dec 2009 The Crypt Hastings, UK
12 Dec 2009 The Peel - SOLD OUT Kingston, UK
13 Dec 2009 Arts Centre Colchester, UK
14 Dec 2009 The Junction Cambridge, UK
15 Dec 2009 The Furnace Swindon, UK
17 Dec 2009 Watford Colosseum Charity Show Watford
Soundwave:
20 Feb 2010 Soundwave Festival Brisbane
21 Feb 2010 Soundwave Festival Sydney
26 Feb 2010 Soundwave Festival Melbourne
27 Feb 2010 Soundwave Festival Adelaide
1 Mar 2010 Soundwave Festival Perth
Gallows MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/Gallows
“We spent countless hours listening to as many different songs as possible, always searching for just the right song for just the right moment” -Drew Barrymore
“Whip It” premeires in theatres October 2, representing Drew Barrymore’s directoral debut. Her all-star female cast includes “Juno” star Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig and many more. The comedy about an all girl roller derby has a rebellious tone with a killer soundtrack to match.The soundtrack’s 19 songs bring out the wild individuality of the characters with music that embodies female empowerment and the punk rock spirit.
The soundtrack will be available September 29. Win the CD today!
Reel Big Fish, voted Southern California’s best-looking and most radical band of cool dudes in a recent nationwide poll (OK we made that up…) releases a new full length DVD this summer, titled, appropriately enough, Reel Big Fish Live! In Concert! Reel Big Fish Live! In Concert! is available today, July 21 on Rock Ridge Music for a very fan-friendly price.
The live concert DVD was filmed before a sold-out, hometown crowd at the Grove of Anaheim this past January and features 20 classic Reel Big Fish songs, as well as all of the hilarious in-between-song-banter-and-shenanigans that fans have come to expect.
Reel Big Fish has also lined up another killer summer tour for ‘09. The veteran ska-rock outfit is currently hitting cities across America with 2-Tone legends The English Beat and Orlando, FL-based reggae/ska punks The Supervillains.
Reel Big Fish front man Aaron Barrett says the band is amped to be touring with one of its musical idols. Barrett explains, “We are so excited to be playing with one of our favorite bands of all time and one of the biggest influences on our music! We LOVE the English Beat. This tour is a dream come true for us!”
The English Beat front man Dave Wakeling responds, “I was thrilled many years ago to be invited to play at Reel Big Fish’s first album release party, and we are thrilled again to be touring with them now that they are bona fide Skadfathers!”
The trek kicked off July 3rd in Royal Oak, MI. More dates are being confirmed daily and will be posted on www.myspace.com/reelbigfish
Formed in the suburban garages of Orange County, CA in the early 90’s, Reel Big Fish has gone on to release 6 full-length studio releases, headline countless tours in North America (as well as Europe, Asia and Latin America) and amass combined sales of over a million albums. In other words: these guys are sort of a big deal.
Reel Big Fish’s latest album, a compilation of cover songs entitled, Fame, Fortune, and Fornication is out now on Rock Ridge Music.
Here’s a sneak preview of their hit “Sell Out” from the DVD!
Sister site WatchMojo.com (fresh off a redesign) had the chance to interview New Jersey band The Gaslight Anthem. Check it out:
Hailing from New Brunswick, New Jersey, the Gaslight Anthem has been described as Bruce Springsteen singing for a Cure cover band, with a tinge more aggression. But let’s face it: they’re a flat-out rockin’ band. Embracing their Jersey Shore influences, Gaslight’s driving punk sound is infused with lyrics for the working man. In this video, WatchMojo.com chats with Alex R. and Benny from the band. For more information, click Here.
Green Day has just premiered the video for their new single, “21 Guns,” exclusively on MySpace Music. The video was helmed by noted director Marc Webb, who has lensed clips for such artists as My Chemical Romance, Weezer, and All-American Rejects, and is making his feature film directorial debut in July with (500) Days of Summer.
“21 Guns” is the second single from the band’s latest album 21st Century Breakdown, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, as well as on the Rock, Active Rock, and Alternative charts, fueled by the Alternative radio No. 1 single “Know Your Enemy.” 21st Century Breakdown, which Rolling Stone has called “a rock opera in which the rock always comes first,” also topped the charts in 24 countries including the UK, Canada, and Japan.
Over the past month, Green Day has continued to work with MySpace Music for the promotion of 21st Century Breakdown. During the week of the album’s release, they played an exclusive concert in New York City which was filmed for the site’s premiere online concert program, The List. The performance can now be seen on The List’s official MySpace profile.
In other Green Day news, the band has been nominated for three 2009 Teen Choice Awards, which are voted on by teens aged 13 to 19 and honor the year’s biggest achievements in music, movies, television, and fashion. Green Day has been nominated in the following categories — Choice Music: Rock Group, Choice Music: Album, for 21st Century Breakdown, and Choice Music: Rock Track for “Know Your Enemy.”
This year’s show will take place at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, August 9th, and air the next day, Monday, August 10th, on FOX at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Fans can vote for Green Day at http://www.teenchoiceawards.com/.
Green Day, which is singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool, are preparing to launch their first proper tour of the United States and Canada in more than three years. The tour runs from July 3rd through August 25th. Please visit http://www.greenday.com/ for more details.
The All American Rejects have just released a four track EP with remixes of their hit single “The Wind Blows.” The EP includes remixes by Steve Aoki, Thomas Gold, Felix Cartal and Ocelot and can be heard in its entirety on the band’s imeem page.
The Wind Blows: The Remixes EP is now available for purchase in the iTunes store. For more information on The All-American Rejects, including summer tour dates, visits www.AllAmericanRejects.com
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Platinum rock band 311 is set to return with its 9th studio album Uplifter and if you want to get a leg up on everyone you can pre-order the album from their website and get a chance to win some cool shit. Click here or see below for more info…
Pre-order the Standard, Deluxe, Vinyl or Super-Deluxe and be automatically entered into a special contest for amazing prizes available only at 311.com!
30 lucky winners will be selected at random.
Prizes include:
Guitar autographed by the band!
Watch a show from the side of the stage!
Meet the band backstage!
Watch a soundcheck!
Photo pass to shoot pictures from the front row photo pit!
Lyrics from the 311 song of your choice handwritten by Nick and SA!
Autographed prize pack including custom guitar picks and drumsticks!
Contest winners announced June 9 at 311.com
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