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Boys Like Girls Headlining Tour

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Boys Like Girls have announced some of the first half of dates for their upcoming headline tour. The band will be hitting the road with All Time Low, The Audition, We The Kings (first half), and Valencia (second half). Tickets for the first half of the shows go onsale 8/18 but if you want tickets right now you can sign up for Heroes/Heroines. Check out the tour dates below.

First half Tour Dates

Sep 30 2007 7:00P
Toads Place New Haven, Connecticut
Oct 1 2007 7:00P
Lupos Heartbreak Hotel Providence, Rhode Island
Oct 2 2007 7:00P
Ram’s Head Live Baltimore,, Maryland
Oct 3 2007 7:00P
The Norva Norfolk, Virginia
Oct 4 2007 7:30P
House of Blues Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Oct 5 2007 8:00P
Amos Southend Charlotte, North Carolina
Oct 6 2007 7:00P
Freebird Live Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Oct 7 2007 8:00P
Revolution Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Oct 9 2007 7:00P
House of Blues Orlando, Florida
Oct 10 2007 7:00P
Jannus Landing St. Petersburg, Florida
Oct 11 2007 7:00P
Roxy Theatre Atlanta, Georgia
Oct 12 2007 6:00P
House of Blues New Orleans, Louisiana
Oct 13 2007 7:30P
Meridian Houston, Texas
Oct 14 2007 7:00P
La Zona Rosa Austin, Texas
Oct 16 2007 7:00P
The White Rabbit San Antonio, Texas
Oct 17 2007 7:00P
House of Blues Dallas, Texas
Oct 19 2007 7:30P
The Marquee Tempe, Arizona
Oct 20 2007 6:00P
House of Blues Anaheim, California

Staff Recommendations August 12, 2007

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Bryce Jacobson
Be sure to give Mae‘s new album a listen on their MySpace page. Also check out Every Avenue who’s new EP, AH!, will be in stores this Tuesday.

Adam Weidman
Check out Broadway Calls, they’re a great up and coming gritty pop-punk band. As well as Envy on the Coast, whose new record Lucy Gray hit stores last week.

Sam Anacker
Both Simian and You Say Party! We Say Die! have been hogging my play time. YSP! WSD! has their new release, Lose All Time dropping in the U.S. on August 18.  And, if you’d like to see the charred remains of Simian, check out .

Switchfoot Go Independent

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Switchfoot have decided to part ways with Columbia Records. You can read a message from Jon Foreman below.

greetings everybody!

I’ve got some exciting news: after several years of trying to make things work over at Columbia we have officially severed our ties with sony to pursue making music independently. We are thankful for the incredible success that our partnership has produced over the years, yet within this ever changing business there can arise differences in vision and goals. These differences have now come to a point where we feel like parting ways would be best for us, and best for sony.

As a hands-on band, we feel so grateful for our newfound freedom. We are continually dreaming up ways to bridge the gap between the audience and the stage; this feels like an incredible step in that direction. A huge thank you to bob, amy, nicole and tim over at
columbia who were there from the beginning. We would also like to thank our musical family here in the states and abroad for sticking with us through these columbia years. We couldn’t have done it without you!

We’ll have more information for you as things shape up. In the meantime, here are several projects already in the works for the next year:

-four jon foreman solo ep’s
(tentatively titled fall, winter, spring, and summer)
-the real sean jon
(a collaboration between jon foreman and sean watkins of nickel creek fame)
-a new switchfoot record in ’08
(the first tracks 13 tracks were cut this week!)

The Starting line Hit the Top 30; Announce Fall Tour

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The Starting Line debut on Billboard at number #30 with their new album, Direction. The band has announced some tour dates following their run on this summers Warped Tour. Also look for another tour announcement from the band soon.

The Starting Line headlining tour, Fall 2007

Sept 13 New Haven, CT Toad’s Place
Sept 16 Burlington, VT Higher Ground Ballroom
Sept 17 Lancaster, PA Chameleon Club
Sept 18 Richmond, VA Toad’s Place Richmond
Sept 21 Isle of Palms, SC Wind Jammer
Sept 22 Columbia, SC Headliners Live
Sept 23 Hilton Head, SC Monkey Business
Sept 24 Tallahassee, FL Floyds Music Store
Sept 26 Birmingham, AL Workplay Theatre
Sept 27 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre
Sept 28 Cordova, TN Skate Park of Memphis
Sept 29 Louisville, KY Great Lawn @ Waterfront Park
Sept 30 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon Wireless Amp./UMB Bank
Oct 2 Toledo, OH Gatorz Bar & Grill
Oct 4 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock