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Tooth & Nail Tour 2007

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The Tooth & Nail Tour for 2007 has announced its lineup and tour dates. Headlining the tour will be MxPx with support from Hawk Nelson, Project 86, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan and Run Kid Run all on selected dates. Tour dates can be found below.

05/08/2007 06:00 PM – Marquee Theater
730 North Mill Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85281 – $18-20
MxPx, Hawk Nelson, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

05/09/2007 05:45 PM – Rialto Theater
318 East Congress, Tucson, Arizona 85701 – $15-17
MxPx, Hawk Nelson, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

05/10/2007 06:30 PM – Sunshine Theater
120 Central Ave SW, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102 – $15-18
MxPx, Hawk Nelson, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

05/11/2007 06:30 PM – Cain’s Ballroom
423 N. Main St., Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103 – $18-20
MxPx, Hawk Nelson, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

05/13/2007 06:45 PM – Palladium Ballroom
1135 South Lamar, Dallas, Texas 75215 – $19
MxPx, Hawk Nelson, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

05/14/2007 07:00 PM – Meridian
1503 Chartres, Houston, Texas 77003 – $18-20
MxPx, Hawk Nelson, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

05/17/2007 05:45 PM – Jannus Landing
16 2nd St. North, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701 – $17-20
MxPx, Hawk Nelson, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

05/18/2007 06:00 PM – Murray Hill Theater
932 Edgewood Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida 32205 – $20-23
MxPx, TBA, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

05/19/2007 07:00 PM – The Masquerade
695 North Ave. N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30308 – $18-20
MxPx, TBA, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

05/21/2007 05:45 PM – The Recher Theater
512 York Road, Towson, Maryland 21204 – $15-18
MxPx, TBA, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

05/22/2007 05:45 PM – Axis
13 Landsdowne Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02215 – $17.50
MxPx, Hawk Nelson, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

05/23/2007 05:45 PM – Trocadero
1003 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107 – $17-19
MxPx, Hawk Nelson, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

05/25/2007 06:15 PM – Irving Plaza
17 Irving Place, New York, New York 10003 – $19.50
MxPx, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan, Run Kid Run

05/26/2007 06:15 PM – Mr. Small’s Theater
400 Lincoln Ave., Millvale, Pennsylvania 15209 – $15
MxPx, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan, Run Kid Run

05/27/2007 05:45 PM – House of Blues
308 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 – $14-17
MxPx, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan, Run Kid Run

05/28/2007 05:45 PM – Newport Music Hall
308 Euclid Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43201 – $14-17
MxPx, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan, Run Kid Run

05/29/2007 05:45 PM – Headliner’s Music Hall
1386 Lexington Rd., Louisville, Kentucky 40206 – $15
MxPx, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan, Run Kid Run

05/30/2007 06:45 PM – Rocketown
401 6th Ave. South, Nashville, Tennessee 37203 – $18-20
MxPx, Hawk Nelson, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

05/31/2007 06:45 PM – The Irving Theater
5505 E. Washington St., Indianapolis, Indiana 46219 – $15-18
MxPx, Hawk Nelson, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

06/01/2007 05:30 PM – St. Andrew’s Hall
431 E. Congress, Detroit, Michigan 48226 – $18
MxPx, Hawk Nelson, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

06/02/2007 06:00 PM – The Underground
1140 Smiley Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45240 – $15-18
MxPx, TBA, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

06/03/2007 05:45 PM – The Pageant
6161 Delmar Blvd, St. Louis, Missouri 63112 – $17-19
MxPx, TBA, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

06/05/2007 05:45 PM – House of Blues
329 N. Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60610 – $16-18
MxPx, Project 86, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

06/06/2007 05:00 PM – People’s
216 Court Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50309 – $16-18
MxPx, Project 86, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

06/07/2007 05:30 PM – Club 3 Degrees
113 Fifth Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55403 – $15-18
MxPx, Project 86, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

06/08/2007 06:00 PM – Sokol Auditorium
2234 S. 13th St., Omaha, Nebraska 68108 – $20
MxPx, Project 86, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

06/09/2007 06:00 PM – Granada
1020 Massachusetts, Lawrence, Kansas 66044 – $17-18
MxPx, Hawk Nelson, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

06/10/2007 05:30 PM – Gothic Theater
3263 S. Broadway, Englewood, Colorado 80113 – $13.75
MxPx, Project 86, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

06/11/2007 05:00 PM – In the Venue
579 W. 200 South, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 – $17-20
MxPx, Project 86, The Classic Crime, The Fold, Sullivan

Ivory Leaves Showbread

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Ivory “Tae” Mobley, Showbread vocalist, has decided to leave the band. You can read his message below.

We were in Miami Florida, facing the conclusion to a six-week tour with Pillar and Tyler Read when Ivory told me he was leaving. About an hour before we would go on that night, I was sitting in the van by myself, what I was doing I can’t recall, and it all ended much like the way it began.

A little while after ivory told me he would be going, he explained that there have only been two other times when God had spoken to him so clearly. When he was younger, he told me, he had clearly heard Jesus tell him “Come and know me”, and he did so obediently. As a junior in high school, he knew that Jesus was telling him “Go and serve me with Showbread.” And he was obedient once again. And now, ten years later, the voice of his beloved God called to him again. This time the words were bittersweet as Jesus told him “Your work with Showbread is finished”.

When we were in elementary school, ivory and I spent most of our time with our friend Paul Carrington, playing “American Gladiator” and laughing at farts. I remember vividly when he was sitting next to me in our ninth grade P.E. class asking me if he could be a part of Showbread. Then, all this time later, it was just he and I again when he told me his time was up.

We don’t yet know the reason why God has called Ivory away from the band. He tells me that one morning during that tour he was up early, spending time with the God he has loved so much as to follow his voice, and to his dismay, that very voice called him to give up what is most dear to him.
When that tour started, I was reading a book by Andrew Murray called Absolute Surrender. One morning in North Carolina I led a bible study in which I asked my band mates if they were prepared to give up anything and everything for the God we serve. I asked myself if I would brave enough to give up what is most dear to me if God asked this of me, not knowing if I could.

Weeks later, God asked this very thing of Ivory.

With tears in his eyes he told me that he did not understand why his time was ending, but he had to follow where his good Sheppard led him, and my heart broke. I had always believed that in the end, I would take the final bow with Showbread with my brothers who were there when it all began.
So the seven of us sat in the van that night eventually, wondering what we would do and what our life as Showbread would be like without someone who had been so important to it since the very beginning. But more so, we were all inspired beyond words at Ivory’s example of loving obedience to his God, whom he willingly follows away from the only life he has known for a decade.

And so, after every incarnation, lineup and change Showbread has ever known, every wonderful day and horrible trial, all the friends we’ve made and places we’ve been, every second of laughter and joy and every incredible aspect of this adventure we have made our lives, Ivory Mobley will perform for the last time with Showbread in May at this year’s Cornerstone Florida. Though he moves on into the unfamiliar and terrifying territory known as “The Real World”, he remains just as much a part of the heart and soul of Showbread as he did when it all began in 1997. And with pain and joy, we press on with a missing member, but with a fire in our hearts to serve our Jesus.

Tae, you are an inspiration to us and we love you with all our hearts.

Josh Dies and Showbread
April 2nd, 2007

Thursday Cancels Tour Dates

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Thursday has canceled their upcoming tour dates to focus their time on the future of the band. You can read a message from the band below.

Friends

Due to circumstances beyond our control, we will be canceling all of the current tour plans for 2007.Ԛ  This includes Give It a Name in Europe, our slot on the My Chemical Romance tour in Canada and our shows in Mexico.Ԛ  We sincerely regret any inconvenience this may cause and we’re disappointed that we won’t be seeing the people and places that we were looking forward to. We will be playing one of the shows we had planned, May 7 in California, PA.

We would like everyone to know that we will be devoting all of our time and energy this year to the future of our band.Ԛ  We recently got a second chance to start this band over fresh and we don’t plan on wasting that chance.Ԛ  New music. New Records. New Labels. New Energy. This is what we’ve been dreaming about.

We’ve been so lucky to be a band that people BELIEVE in.Ԛ  We will be working hard to be worthy of that belief.

Thank You,

Geoff, Tom, Steve, Andrew, Tim and Tucker– Thursday

The Graduate – Anhedonia

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The Graduate Anhedonia

Artist: The Graduate
Album: Anhedonia
Label: ICON MES
Purchase: Smart Punk
Release Date: April 10th, 2007

Overall: 8.0
Music: 7.8.
Lyrics: 8.0
Production: 8.0

The Graduate, who seem to have come out of the shadows almost overnight, are creating a huge buzz for their debut full length “Anhedonia.” What are you looking for in a good record? Amazing vocals, fast driving drums, or hooks all over the place? Well take you pick because The Graduate serve up all of the above.

Anhedonia opens up with â┚¬Ã…”Sit and Sinkâ┚¬? which lets the listener know exactly what they’re in for with the solid vocals and hooks that fill the song. â┚¬Ã…”I Survivedâ┚¬? could be this records anthem, if it were to have one. The song starts off vocally and then the drums take over and drive the song the rest of the way. The song sells the point of being glad to make it through something and be able to move on.

â┚¬Ã…”Anhedoniaâ┚¬?, the slightly darker title track is one of the weaker tracks the record has with the chorus peaking interest yet not really feeling like it fulfills on it. However, The Graduate tend to throw down a Cartel like rock style with a tad less pop. Not only their music style sings of Cartel, but the vocals have that Cartel feel to them as well, which is not a bad thing. The vocals are definitely something that will get this band noticed.

The record rounds out with â┚¬Ã…”Surround Yourselfâ┚¬? which carries such a groove that itâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s hard to resist bobbing your head and wanting to just sing out “we donâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢t get down in front, we never get what we want.”

Besides a track or two that fall a little short, The Graduate has succeeded in putting out a debut full length that will be hard to top. The record, which could be categorized a perfect blend of acceptance and cartel, will be sure to be one of the sleeper hits of the year. Be sure to check out this much deserved band before they blow up and everyone else on to the next big thing before you.

Tracklisting
1. Sit and Sink
2. I Survived
3. Bet It All
4. Anhedonia
5. The City That Read
6. Better Company
7. Surround Yourself
8. Interlude
9. Doppleganger
10. Stay The Same
11. Justified
12. Sing

Paramore Posting New Song Tonight

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Paramore are posting their first new song from their upcoming album, Riot!, tonight around midnight on FBRPLUS.com. Riot! will be in stores June 12th on Fueled By Ramen.

Paramore Live In Anaheim is also available now for your viewing pleasure exclusively at FBRPLUS.com. It features nine high-quality videos from Paramore’s last show at House Of Blues in Anaheim, California.

Update: The song is now up and it sounds really good. What are your thoughts on it?