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Taste Of Chaos Announces Dates For Canada

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A few Canada dates have been added to this years Taste Of Chaos Tour. Check out the information below.

Four Canadian dates have been announced in April. The new dates are: Vancouver, BC (April 17 at PNE Forum), Calgary, AB (April 19 at Stampede Corral) Regina, SK (April 21 at Brandt Center) and Edmonton, AB (April 22 at Northlands Agricom). The multi-artist package in Canada will feature Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu, Bullet For My Valentine plus very special guests.

Dates:

Thu 04/17/08 Vancouver, BC PNE Forum
Sat 04/19/08 Calgary, AB Stampede Corral
Mon 04/21/08 Regina, SK Brandt Center
Tue 04/22/08 Edmonton, AB Northlands Agricom

The Used & Strylight Run On “Get A Life” Tour

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The Used, Straylight Run, Army Of Me and the Street Drum Corps will join forces for the inaugural Rockstar Energy Drink Get a Life Tour, which will visit 25 U.S. college campuses, beginning April 2 at the NMSU Recreation Center in Las Cruces, N.M.

A full itinerary of colleges and venues will be announced shortly, but general admission tickets for the tour will cost between $20 and $25, with discounts available to students in certain markets. Ticket on-sale dates have not yet been announced.

Samsung Mobile is the presenting sponsor for the trek, which wraps May 10 at the Rialto Theatre in Tucson, Ariz. The mobile company is currently holding an online battle of the bands contest, where unsigned artists can compete for a slot on the jaunt. Voters are automatically entered into a contest to win $5,000, along with a trip to a show in the tour city of their choice.

The Rockstar Energy Drink Get A Life Tour is produced by Warped founder Kevin Lyman, his partner on the Rockstar Taste Of Chaos tour John Reese and CAA’s Darryl Eaton.

Underoath To Enter Studio

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Underoath has posted an update about entering the studio next month. Check it out below.

So we’re less than a month away from going into the studio! It feels just like it was yesterday when we recorded Define the Great Line. I’m having a lot of fun writing this record. It’s one of our heaviest things we’ve ever done, and at the same time really experimental. A few months ago I felt like this record would be the least we’ve changed in a while. It seemed that for the first time we were going into a record we hadn’t been dissatisfied with our previous effort, and therein had no predisposition toward alienating ourselves from it. I look back at Define the Great Line and wouldn’t change a thing artistically, and although I feel a sense of achievement to have finally made a piece of art that I wouldn’t have changed years later, it also opens up new pressures of matching or exceeding what has already been done. I think our new record is going to be less of a attempt to disassociate the 24 year old men we are now from the 22 year old men we once were, but rather embracing what creativity we have and expanding on it with new influences and new experiences. I’m super pumped to see Matt’s new studio, and to work with Adam and Matt again. It will be a really fun experience.

A Cursive Memory Post “Everything” Video

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A Cursive Memory‘s new video for “Everything” can be seen below. The band shot their own video on the streets of Hollywood by becoming “Bandarazzi”, catching the Hollywood Actors and Actresses throughout the town. The video includes celebrities such as: Britney Spears, Paris and Perez Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Toby Maguire, and a bunch more.

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Punk Goes Crunk Pre-Order

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A pre-order for the upcoming Punk Goes Crunk comp can be picked up at Interpunk, Smart Punk, or Merch Now. Read what New Found Glory, Set Your Goals, My American Heart, Forever the Sickest Kids, Lorene Drive have to say about their “crunk” covers.

New Found Glory – “Tennessee” by Arrested Development
“We chose “Tennessee” by Arrested Development because some of us grew listening to this record. He sang about important issues dealing with racism, poverty and many other political topics. Instead of just recording a guilty pleasure rap/pop song we decided to do something we were more passionate about.”

Set Your Goals -“Put Yo Hood Up (California)” by Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz
“We chose to cover Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz “Put Yo Hood Up (California)” for Punk Goes Crunk. It all started when we checked out the PYHU video on youtube and were immediately sold on the track. We knew however, if we were to pull off the song right, we would need some serious outside help. We would need someone who not only had an ear for punk music, but an ear for “club-driven hip-hop rhythms” too. That person was Cyrus Bolooki, drummer from New Found Glory. Trying to collaborate with conflicting touring schedules made this difficult. This track was recorded and mixed in various cities including Walnut Creek(CA), Miami (FL), , and Sydney and Adelaide, Australia. We are very happy with how the song turned out. It has proven to be our most “crunk” song yet!”

My American Heart – “California Love” by 2Pac
“We chose “California Love” because being that our band is from Cali, it only seemed appropriate to recreate the biggest “west coast” anthem anyone has ever heard. Recording the track was very experimental for us. We tried a lot of different instruments, samples, voices, etc.”

Forever the Sickest Kids -“Men in Black” Will Smith
“We were left with no option but to chose the most crunk song and rapper ever which is why we recorded “Men in Black.” It’s also is the best movie ever that stars Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith.”

Lorene Drive – “Hey Ya” Outkast
“Yo Yo when first had heard bout dis Punk Goes Crunk compilation right off the bat we wanted to cover “California Love”. Then we caught wind dat My American Heart already claimed territory on it. We was like damnn we betta smoke these foo’s. Then big D said “ayy homie lets do “Hey Ya” by dat crazy ass foo Outkast.” Next thing you know we was all up in the LD studio pumpin up dat bass and cuttin tracks makin it so fresh and so clean clean… So pump up your system till that trunk starts rattlin!! Yall best recognize some real O.G. gangsters comin correct.

Jimmy Kimmel Is F*king Ben Affleck

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Jimmy Kimmel’s video response to Sara Silverman’s video, “I’m F*cking Matt Damon,” is filled with various music and movie stars.  Check out the list of stars that appear in the video below and then watch it to see if you can catch them all.

Joan Jett, Robin Williams, Cameron Diaz, Don Cheadle, Rebecca Romijn, Pete Wentz, Macy Gray, Joel and Benji Madden, Lance Bass, Huey Lewis, Meat Loaf, Christina Applegate, Dominic Monaghan, Brad Pitt, Harrison Ford, Josh Groban, Jimmy Kimmel and Ben Affleck.