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Thrice Announce Headlining Summer Tour

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Thrice will hit the road this summer for a long-awaited headlining tour of the US and Canada.  Kicking off in San Francisco on June 3, the tour hits many cities the band is missing on their spring co-headlining tour with Manchester Orchestra.  Kevin Devine, Bad Veins, and The Dig will provide support on various dates this summer, and more dates will be announced in the weeks to come.  A limited number of tickets have been held for Thrice fans and will be available through a special Dukat King presale that begins Monday, April 12, at 1 PM local time here.

THRICE Spring Co-Headlining Tour with Manchester Orchestra:

Apr 14 ““ Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
Apr 15 ““ Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
Apr 16 ““ New Orleans, LA @ The Howlin Wolf
Apr 17 ““ Oxford, MS @ The Lyric Oxford
Apr 18 ““ Birmingham, AL @ WorkPlay Theatre
Apr 20 ““ Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
Apr 21 ““ Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
Apr 22 ““ Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
Apr 23 ““ St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
Apr 24 ““ Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
Apr 25 ““ Des Moines, IA @ People’s Court
Apr 27 ““ Vermillion, SD @ Eagle’s Club Room
Apr 29 ““ Billings, MT @ The Railyard
Apr 30 ““ Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory Concert House
May 1 ““ Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theater
May 3 ““ Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory
May 4 ““ Santa Cruz, CA @ The Catalyst
May 6 ““ Ventura, CA @ Majestic Ventura Theatre
May 7 ““ Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
May 8 ““ Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
May 9 ““ Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theatre
– All dates supported by O’Brother

THRICE Summer Headlining Tour:

Jun 3 ““ San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom *
Jun 4 ““ Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater *
Jun 5 ““ Seattle, WA @ King Cat Theater *
Jun 7 ““ Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room *
Jun 8 ““ Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall Ballroom *
Jun 9 ““ Saskatoon, SAS @ Louis’ Pub
Jun 11 ““ St. Paul, MN @ Station 4 ^ #
Jun 12 ““ Chicago, IL @ House of Blues * ^ #
Jun 13 ““ Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall * ^
Jun 15 ““ Toronto, ONT @ Phoenix Concert Theatre * ^ #
Jun 16 ““ Montreal, QC @ Le National* ^ #
Jun 17 ““ Boston, MA @ House of Blues* ^ #
Jun 18 ““ New Haven, CT @ Toad’s Place * ^ #
Jun 19 ““ Clifton Park, NY @ Northern Lights* ^ #
Jun 21 ““ Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon* ^ #
Jun 22 ““ Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock Café * ^ #
Jun 23 ““ Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero * ^ #
Jun 24 ““ New York, NY @ The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza * ^ #
Jun 25 ““ Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom* ^ #
Jun 26 ““ Towson, MD @ The Recher Theatre * ^ #
* Supported by Kevin Devine
^ Supported by Bad Veins
# Supported by The Dig

Come On, Come On Set To Release New Album

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Come On, Come On is set to release their self-produced EP, Pop Fiction, this May on Authentik Artists. The band features Kelvin Cruz and Justin Powell, both formerly of rock/screamo group A Thorn For Every Heart. The band have posted a rough mix of a new song called “Life’s Been More Than Fair” and another song titled “So Much Love.”

The 6 song EP features a diverse range of electronic influenced pop/rock and will easily please fans of 3OH!3, Cobra Starship and I See Stars. Guest vocals on Pop Fiction include the popular So-Cal rapper Yultron! and Brittany Flickinger (Paris Hilton’s My New BFF).

Pop Fiction Track Listing

1.) Dear Sara
2.) Girls Night Out (Feat. Brittany Flickinger)
3.) Just Say Yes
4.) Life’s Been More Than Fair
5.) Pop Fiction
6.). So Much To Say (Feat. Yultron!)

Something Corporate Announce Greatest Hits Album; Playing Bamboozle NJ, Chicago

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Something Corporate ,who just played the Bamboozle Festival in California, have announced they will be playing the Bamboozle Festival in New Jersey and Chicago.

The band has also announced that they will be releasing a 2 CD Greatest Hits album titled Played In Space on April 27th. The first disc contains alt-rock favorites “I Woke Up In A Car,” “If You C Jordan,” “Punk Rock Princess,” and “Space.” The bonus CD includes a new recording, “Wait,” an exclusive remix of “Forget December,” the fan-favorite rarity “Konstantine,” the previously unreleased in the U.S. “Watch The Sky,” and a new remix of “I Woke Up In A Car” by Owl City’s Adam Young. A version exclusive to iTunes also includes a new recording “Letters To Noelle.”

Just having played Bamboozle Left, the performance at Angel Stadium in Anaheim on March 28th was a homecoming for singer-pianist Andrew McMahon, lead guitarist Josh Partington, bassist Kevin “Clutch” Page, and drummer Brian Ireland. They will also play Bamboozle Chicago on May 15th and Bamboozle East on May 1st. To coincide with the announcement of these shows, the Something Corporate online merch store is also relaunching. The new store features new t-shirt designs along with a few classics, and special pre-order packages that include the new album, a digital download, autographed merchandise items, and more!

Since going their separate ways in 2004, McMahon founded Jack’s Mannequin, released two critically acclaimed albums, and defeated leukemia, while Partington formed the band Firescape. Only a brief appearance at Bamboozle Left in 2006 had brought them together until January 2010 when they re-entered a studio to “revisit a couple of demos (“˜Letters To Noelle’ and “˜Wait’) that,” said McMahon to the Orange County Weekly, “we still loved and that we always wanted to get to.”

Played in Space: The Best of Something Corporate

Disc ONE:

1. Space
2. I Woke Up In A Car
3. She Paints Me Blue
4. Hurricane
5. Me And The Moon
6. Fall
7. Ruthless
8. I Want To Save You
9. Cavanaugh Park
10. If You C Jordan
11. Down
12. Punk Rock Princess
13. Walking By
14. The Astronaut

Disc TWO:

1. Konstantine (previously unreleased)
2. Watch The Sky (previously unreleased)
3. Forget December (new exclusive mix)
4. I Woke Up In A Car (Adam Young mix)
5. Wait (new recording)