Rise Against today announced dates and cities for their fall headlining tour which coincides with the release of their new album, Appeal To Reason, to be released on October 7th.
The tour will kick off on October 2nd in Cleveland, OH at the Time Warner Cable Amphitheater with supporting acts Alkaline Trio, Thrice and The Gaslight Anthem. Tickets for the Rise Against tour go on sale nationally beginning Friday, August 8th
Rise Against Dates:
8/6/2008 Tour Calgary, AB, CAN Race City Speedway 11550 68 St. SE T2Z 3E8 Vans Warped Tour 2008
8/8/2008 Tour Nampa, ID Idaho Center Amphitheatre 16200 Can-Ada Road 83687 Vans Warped Tour 2008
8/9/2008 Tour Gorge, WA Gorge Amphitheatre 754 Silica Road NW 98848
8/10/2008 Tour St. Helens, OR Columbia Meadows 63701 Columbia River Hwy 97051
8/13/2008 Tour Fresno, CA Save Mart Center 93710
8/14/2008 Tour Chula Vista, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre (formerly Coors Amphitheatre) 2050 Entertainment Cr. 91911 Vans Warped Tour
8/15/2008 Tour Mountain View, CA Shoreline Ampitheatre One Amphitheatre Parkway 94043
8/16/2008 Tour Marysville, CA Sleep Train Amphitheater 2677 Forty Mile Rd. 95901
8/17/2008 Tour Carson, CA Home Depot Center 18400 Avalon Blvd. 90746 Vans Warped Tour
9/27/2008 Tour Queen Creek, AZ Schnepf Farms 85242 KEDJ EDGEFEST
10/2/2008 Tour Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Amphitheater at Tower City 351 Canal Rd. 44022 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
10/3/2008 Tour Toronto, CAN Sound Academy (formerly The Docks) 11 Polson Street M5A 1A4 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
10/6/2008 Tour Worcester (Boston), MA Palladium 261 Main St. 01608 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
10/8/2008 Tour Wallingford, CT Chevrolet Theatre (formerly Oakdale Theatre) 95 South Turnpike Road 06492 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
10/9/2008 Tour Albany, NY Washington Avenue Armory 195 Washington Avenue 12210 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
10/11/2008 Tour Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom 169 Ocean Blvd 03842 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
10/12/2008 Tour Baltimore, MD Ram's Head Live 20 Market Place 21202 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
10/13/2008 Tour New York, NY Roseland Ballroom 239 West 52nd Street 10036 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
10/16/2008 Tour Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory 421 N. 7th St. 19123 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
10/19/2008 Tour North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues - Myrtle Beach 4640 Highway 17 South 29582 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
10/20/2008 Tour Atlanta, GA Tabernacle 152 Luckie St NW 30303 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
10/21/2008
Tour Saint Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing 16 2nd St North 33701 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
10/22/2008 Tour West Palm Beach, FL Pompano Beach Amphitheatre 2000 S. Dixie Hwy. 33401-7714 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
10/23/2008 Tour Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues - Orlando 1490 E. Buena Vista Dr. 32830 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
10/26/2008 Tour Austin, TX Austin City Music Hall 208 Nueces 78701 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
10/27/2008 Tour Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theater 520 Texas Ave. 77002 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
11/4/2008 Tour Las Vegas, NV House of Blues - Las Vegas Mandalay Bay Resort 3950 Las Vegas Blvd. S. 89119 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
11/8/2008 Tour Portland, OR Roseland Theatre 8 NW Sixth Ave. 97209-3607 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
11/9/2008 Tour Vancouver, CAN Thunderbird Arena 6066 Thunderbird Blvd. V6T 1Z3 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
11/11/2008 Tour Magna, UT Salt Air Theatre One Saltair Drive 80444 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
11/12/2008 Tour Denver, CO The Fillmore Auditorium 1510 Clarkson St. 80218 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
11/13/2008 Tour Denver, CO The Fillmore Auditorium 1510 Clarkson St. 80218 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
11/14/2008 Tour Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater 3700 Broadway Suite 210 64111 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
11/16/2008 Tour St. Louis, MO The Pageant 6161 Delmar 63112 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
11/17/2008 Tour Milwaukee, WI The Rave 2401 West Wisconsin 53233 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
11/18/2008 Tour Minneapolis, MN Myth 3090 Southlawn Dr 55109 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
11/20/2008 Tour Chicago, IL Congress Theater 2135 N. Milwaukee Ave. 60647 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
11/22/2008 Tour Grand Rapids, MI Orbit Room 2525 Lake Eastbrook Blvd. 49546 w/Alkaline Trio, Thrice & The Gaslight Anthem
11/23/2008 Tour Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit
The crazy guys from Hinder are taking it to the limit on their upcoming albumÂ…Literally! The band's sophomore album, Take It To The Limit, is coming 11/4 and they've just released their first single, "Use Me"! BUY "Use Me" on iTunes / Amazon Check them out on tour this summer with fellow multi-platinum rock act, 3 Doors Down!
Hinder - Lips of An Angel (Artist Commentary) Free Videos at Roxwel
Touring in support of its full-length debut Luna, National Product (www.myspace.com/nationalproduct) will co-headline "The Endless Summer Tour" sponsored by ABSOLUTEPUNK.NET with Victory Records recoriding act 1997. The six-week trek kicks off Thursday, August 14 in Bakersfield, Calif., running through September 27.
See National Product's brand new "Medicated" video on Singingfool
Catch "The Endless Summer Tour"
August 14 - Bakersfield, CA @ The Dome
August 17 - Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
August 19 - Spokane, WA @ The Blvd
August 20 - Boise, ID @ The Venue
August 21 - Ogden, UT @ Club Boom
August 22 - Grand Junction, CO @ VFW Hall
August 23 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
August 24 - Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
August 27 - Kansas City, MO @ Mainstreet Café
August 29 - Chicago, IL @ Reggie's Rock Club
August 30 - Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar
September 2 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Platinum Lounge
September 3 - Rockville Centre, NY @ Vibe Lounge
September 5 - Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock Café
September 7 - Virginia Beach, VA @ Steppin' Out
September 11 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
September 12 - Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
September 19 - Dallas, TX @ The Door-Prophet Bar
September 20 - Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory
September 22 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
September 24 - Las Vegas, NV @ Jillian's
September 26 - Hollywood, CA @ The Knitting Factory
September 27 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
Pro surfer/singer-songwriter Timmy Curan's hilarious new video for "Blue Eyes" is on ROXWEL!
Curran's CD Word Of Mouth hits stores tomorrow on Adeline Records (Jesse Malin, Broadway Calls, The Living End). He will be playing a special free show at Lou's Records in Encinitas, CA tomorrow at 6pm (434 N Coast Highway, www.lousrecords.com). How Timmy Curran went from surfing star to budding rock star:
Some musicians have the opportunity to discover musical success at an astoundingly young age. Timmy Curran wasn't one of them. In fact, it wasn't until he was in late twenties did he fully realize the gifts of songwriting and vocal talent that had been tucked away, deep inside him. Unlike his professional surfing endeavors, this talent took several years to fully cultivate. "I tried for many years and I couldn't get it," Curran says. "When I was about 14, my dad bought me an acoustic guitar. And once I started playing, I got addicted to playing. I played for quite a few years." Coupled with the fact that one of his favorite high school subject was English, Curran slowly began to enjoy the time he spent writing potential songs. "From 16 to 27, I wrote all these songs and tried to sing them, but it was horrible."
The years as a struggling songwriter and performer finally paid off with one fateful trip across the Pacific a few years ago. Curran was in Japan and wrote a song called "If I Only Had A Way." He was in his hotel room and had recorded it on his MiniDisc recorder. "I listened to it and didn't bother me too much," he recalls. "I showed my wife and my brothers and they enjoyed it. I feel it was for me, a surprise and a blessing to overnight sing a song that didn't turn people away." Armed with this fresh sense of accomplishment, Curran began to ramp up his writing process, in hopes that others would be as agreeable with his musical prowess. Shortly after his Japan jaunt, Curran was in Brazil for a surfing competition. However, he was sidelined with a ten-day waiting period, due to inclement weather. To pass the time, he began writing, and ended up penning two songs, "Horses on the Range" and "Joan." He returned home and found his friends and family taking a strong liking to these latest compositions. For Curran, something had definitely clicked.
One of Curran's friends, Rob Machado, submitted a song for compilation assembled by a Japanese record label and encouraged Curran to submit his MiniDisc recording. Two weeks later, Curran received the news that he would be included on the compilation. "I was so excited! I couldn't believe someone's going to use one of my songs," he says. A month later, Curran was offered to have "Horses on the Range" placed in documentary on legendary surfboard shaper Al Merrick. Curran subsequently performed at the premiere in front of 1,700 people at the Arlington Theatre. "I was so honored that one of my songs was going to be used in such an anticipated documentary. And I couldn't believe this was happening," Curran recalls. "Once it started going, it started going fast," he continues. "Next thing you know I'm opening for Switchfoot and Eisley." And then the Foo Fighters came calling, which had Curran - and his quickly-formed backing band - opening 11dates for the band's acoustic tour, including three nights at the famed Sydney Opera House. "I was so petrified playing in front of all their fans. I called my buddies Ryan Gleason and Andy Smith who were in another band and told them, 'I AM NOT going to play for the Foo Fighters fans by myself! We practiced for one month, about six to eight times before we went out with the Foo Fighters."
Curran's musical success was due to his sheer diligence and desire to perform. There was no pre-destined path for him to follow - everything was shaped in near serendipitous fashion. And to further his newly embraced momentum, he decided to commit his songs to record. Teaming up with producer Ian Nickus, Curran self-financed his debut album, tracking at studios in Malibu and at Nickus' quaint residence in the Hollywood Hills. The independent effort was reflected in this homespun decision: the drums were tracked in a garage, vocals in the bedroom, and everything else cut in the living room. It was a low-pressure situation that worked within Curran's budget.
The resulting release is the 11-track full-length Word of Mouth, which was initially released as a free download and promoted within the surfing community. According to Curran, songs on Word of Mouth generally revolve around "the ups and downs of life and the roller coaster we're all on, the good times, and the bad. I also feel like a lot of it is fighting for survival in this world, and the fight for what you believe. I believe in God, and that is a huge part of who I am, and no matter what, that's going to be in there - the struggles of life and believing in right and wrong."
With Word of Mouth finally getting its overdue exposure through the re-release via Adeline Records, the 30-year-old Curran's sensing similar feelings to his earlier rise to fame in the surfing community. "It actually feels exactly the same," Curran says. "The summer I turned 16, it was the second pro contest I entered, and next thing you know I'm against my heroes. You hop on this roller coaster and it's totally the same with music. The last two years have gone by in the blink of an eye. I'm so thankful that this had happened at the age I'm at now - if I was 17 or 19 and just trying to make the tour, it would've killed me. I'm older and I feel I have a better understanding. I am so thankful," he reiterates. "I don't know why I get to do THIS. I'm just pumped and I'm along for the ride. So, whatever happens, I'm just GRATEFUL for the opportunity."
Former Limp Bizkit guitarist Wes Borland and his band BLACK LIGHT BURNS is preparing for the release of Cover Your Heart andThe Anvil Pants Odyssey, a combination CD and DVD package on August 5, 2008 on I Am: Wolfpack/YMA Music Group. Packed with reinterpreted songs of bands including Duran Duran ("Hungry Like the Wolf"), The Jesus Lizard ("The Art of Self Defense"), Sisters of Mercy ("Lucretia My Reflection") and PJ Harvey ("Rid of Me"), Cover Your Heart is a deconstruction and reconstruction of music that the band has loved and appreciated. "This is a short list of just some of our favorite songs," Wes explains. "It was really a culmination of years of ideas for cover songs and never getting around to doing it. But as soon as the thought of a covers album came about, it was like pulling a cork out of a dam. We had to stick it back in as fast as possible because we were soaked in like four seconds."
A fascinating spread of different textures and sounds, from the rhythmic percussive/guitar aggression of Love and Rockets' "So Alive" to the dark and twisted retelling of Fiona Apple's "On the Bound" to the punk spittle and squelch of Iggy & the Stooges' "Search and Destroy", Cover Your Heart is a content-oriented piece that serves as an ultimate bridge between their 2007 debut Cruel Melody and the new album due in early 2009. "A couple of songs don't stray too far off the path of the originals, but most are tremendously skewed," he says. "It's so much fun to take a song from one of your heroes and mix your own filth into it... you know, really create a Frankenstein's monster of a song. It's the most fun I've ever had making an album." The covers are coupled with, as Wes describes, "seven instrumentals cut from Cruel Melody," adding yet another dimension to the album. The Anvil Pants Odyssey, the DVD component of the package, contains a 100-minute tour documentary "filled with behind-the-scenes footage from BLB touring, Behind The Lie: Making the 'Lie' Music Video, plus three music videos from theirdebut album ("Lie," "Mesopotamia" and "4 Walls").
In response to the music industry's constantly changing business model, Black Light Burns has decided to take on a different approach to distributing their music. Instead of offering simple physical CDs and digital downloads, they are offering multiple music offerings that include the following tiers:
$5 DOWNLOAD Entire Cover Your Heart album with booklet FREE DOWNLOAD Instrumentals (seven tracks) with booklet $25 PHYSICAL Entire Cover Your Heart album with booklet Entire The Anvil Pants Odyssey DVD T-shirt and Sticker $100 PHYSICAL DELUXE EDITION Entire Cover Your Heart album with booklet Entire The Anvil Pants Odyssey DVD Entire Cruel Melody CD Limited edition and number hard cover autographed book containing 30 Wes Borland art prints (est. size: 10.5" x 13.75")
Spending a bulk of the Summer and Fall in Europe supporting Cruel Melody, the band will also be finishing up the follow-up album that is geared for 2009. "We're in the studio half done with record number two of original songs," he explains. "Maybe that's technically considered record three now. Yikes! The next album is really coming along a lot faster than I thought it would. Everything's written for the most part and it's lush and aggressive and harsh and funny and spacey and sullen and dark and cocky and has a swagger to it that Cruel Melody did not. I'm so happy with it. It sounds like a witch with spurs and a six shooter on a broom in Iraq at night with a fever."
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The Ting Tings have added more shows to their upcoming tour of the UK - because of such heavy demand for tickets.
The Ting Tings are also preparing for the release of next single Shut Up And Let Me Go next week, which was used recently in a TV advertising campaign for iTunes and iPod.
September Tour Dates:
Liverpool Carling Academy - 20 Glasgow Barrowlands - 21 Newcastle Carling Academy - 23 Nottingham Rock City - 24 Southampton Guildhall - 25 Sheffield Carling Academy - 26 Norwich UEA - 28 Lincoln Engine Shed - 29 Leicester University - 30
October Tour Dates:
Manchester Academy - 2/3 Birmingham Carling Academy - 4 Cardiff University Great Hall - 5 Bristol Carling Academy - 7 London Shepherds Bush Empire - 8 London Forum - 9/10
Coheed and Cambria - UnCutVideo Codes at Roxwel
Coheed and Cambria are excited to announce "Neverender." Neverender is an event created by the band in which this progressive rock juggernaut will, for the first time ever, perform live over four nights all four of their concept records in their entirety.
The albums will be played in order from beginning to end. Each night's production will be specifically catered to the record being performed. Tickets for the shows go on sale on Friday July 18 at 1pm EST through Ticketmaster.
A special, limited VIP package will be offered via the band's ticket site. The package includes tickets for all four nights, early entry to the shows, a VIP laminate, an intimate acoustic performance, an exclusive poster and a meet and greet with the band. These tickets go on sale Tuesday, July 15 at 1pm EST. The full Neverender itinerary is below.
"Neverender came about because the band wanted to celebrate the end of the Coheed and Cambria saga in a special way," says Coheed frontman Claudio Sanchez. "We wanted to come up with an idea that paid proper respect to this phase of our career, while at the same time gave our fans something truly unique and different. Many of these songs have never been played in front of an audience before so I think we're going to be freaking out at the same time our fans are. It's going to be a major challenge. We're psyched our fans have been so loyal and amazing. We figured they deserved this."
Neverender is the culmination of 10 months of touring the world (including a month of US arena dates opening for Linkin Park this past winter) in support of the band's latest record, No World for Tomorrow. The record represents the final chapter of The Amory Wars, the brutally tragic sci-fi tale of Coheed and Cambria Kilgannon and their family, a story that wraps all of the band's concept albums into one. "We're really looking forward to going deep and revisiting not only the songs, but also the story," Sanchez offers. "Interestingly enough, us going over all the old material seems to be influencing our writing of the next record, which we're sort of doing simultaneously. And to me, that seems appropro since the next story is the prequel to The Amory Wars."
The Neverender dates are as follows:
New York - Terminal 5
Oct 22 The Second Stage Turbine Blade
Oct 23 In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Oct 24 Good Apollo...
Oct 25 No World For Tomorrow Los Angeles - The Avalon
Nov 5 The Second Stage Turbine Blade
Nov 6 In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
Nov 7 Good Apollo...
Nov 8 No World For Tomorrow
[via Columbia Records]
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