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Against Me! To Premiere New Album; Tour With Silversun Pickups

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Against Me!, will premiere their new album tomorrow, June 5th via an exclusive listening party on MySpace. The album will be released by Sire Records on June 8th.

Against Me! will make several appearances the week the album is released, including taping upcoming segments for Fuel TV’s Daily Habit. They will also perform the album’s first single, “I Was A Teenage Anarchist,” on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on June 11th.

Against Me!, which also includes guitarist James Bowman, bassist Andrew Seward, and new drummer George Rebelo (formerly of Hot Water Music), are currently on the road. They will appear at KROQ’s annual Weenie Roast at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine on June 5th, at Live 105’s BFD 2010 at the Shoreline Amphitheater in Mountain View, CA, on June 6th. They will also perform at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, TN, on June 13th and at Summerfest in Milwaukee on July 4th. Please see below for all upcoming U.S. tour dates:

6/5       Irvine, CA                               KROQ Weenie Roast @ Verizon Wireless
Amphitheater
6/6      Mountain View, CA                 Live 105’s BFD 2010 @ Shoreline Amphitheatre
6/13    Manchester, TN                       Bonnaroo
6/15    Orlando, FL                             Hard Rock **
6/16    Boca Raton, FL                       Sunset Cove Amphitheater **
6/18    Tampa, FL                               Ritz Ybor **
6/19    Atlanta, GA                             The Tabernacle **
6/20    Raleigh, NC                            The Disco Rodeo **
6/21    Richmond, VA                         The National **
6/23    Washington, DC                      Dar Constitution Hall **
6/24    Montclair, NJ                          Wellmont Theater **
6/25     Brooklyn, NY                         Williamsburg Waterfront **
6/27     Boston, MA                            WFNX Clam Bake
6/28     Philadelphia, PA                     Great Plaza at Penn’s Landing **
6/29     Toronto, ON                            Sound Academy **
7/02      Detroit, MI                             The Fillmore **
7/03      Chicago, IL                             Aragon Ballroom **
7/04      Milwaukee, WI                       Summerfest
7/11      Louisville, KY                        Forcastle Festival **
7/16      Las Vegas, NV                        The Joint **
7/17      Tempe, AZ                              Marquee Theatre **
7/18      Austin, TX                               Stubb’s Waller Creek
7/20      Houston, TX                           Warehouse Live **
7/21     Dallas, TX                               Palladium Ballroom **
7/24     St. Louis, MO                          St. Louis Riverfront **
7/26     Denver, CO                             Fillmore Auditorium **
7/27     Salt Lake City, UT                  The Rail **
7/29     Portland, OR                           Crystal Ballroom **
7/31     Seattle, WA                             Paramount Theatre **

**Supporting Silversun Pickups

Live Bonnaroo Sets From Against Me and More

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Fuse TV has announced that it will be broadcasting live Bonnaroo sets from Against Me, Mastodon, My Morning Jacket + more this coming weekend. Mastodon and My Morning Jacket‘s sets air This Sunday, June 15th at 9pm, while Against Me‘s will follow directly afterwards at 10pm. More information about Fuse’s Live Bonnaroo coverage can be found here.

Warped Tour 2008 Compilation

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Details on the 2008 Warped Tour complication have been released. The complication will feature songs from Four Year Strong, Story of The Year, Against Me!, Motion City Soundtrack, All Time Low, Angels & Airwaves and more. Check out the track listing below.

Disc 1

1. Against Me! – “New Wave”
2. Story of The Year – “The Antidote”
3. Flogging Molly – “Lightning Storm”
4. Relient K – “The Truth”
5. Norma Jean – “Blueprints For Future Homes”
6. Say Anything – “Shiksa (Girlfriend)”
7. Motion City Soundtrack – “Fell In Love Without You”
8. Beat Union – “Pressure Zone”
9. Bedouin Soundclash – “St. Andrews”
10. Mayday Parade – “Jamie All Over”
11. Maylene and the Sons of Disaster – “Plenty Strong and Plenty Wrong”
12. The Briggs – “Charge Into The Sun”
13. HorrorPops – “Themla & Louise”
14. The Matches – “Wake The Sun”
15. Our Last Night – “Recovery”
16. Allison – “Algo Que Decir”
17. Greeley Estates – “Let The Evil Go East”
18. The Color Fred – “Get Out”
19. Zox – “The Same (Doesn’t Feel The Same)”
20. ORESKABAND – “YEAH! Ska Dance”
21. Pierce The Veil – “Currents Convulsive”
22. The Lordz – “Back Up”
23. Farewell – “Stay Pretty”
24. Alesana – “Seduction”
25. The Fabulous Rudies – “Profit”

Disc 2

1. Angels and Airwaves – “Rite of Spring”
2. As I Lay Dying – “Within Destruction”
3. All Time Low – “Dear Maria, Count Me In”
4. The Academy Is”¦ – “Same Blood”
5. Cobra Starship – “Prostitution is the World’s Oldest Profession”
6. Aiden – “Moment”
7. The Gaslight Anthem – “Wooderson”
8. Gym Class Heroes – “2nd Period: Shoot Down The Stars”
9. There For Tomorrow – “Pages”
10. Every Avenue – “Where Were You?”
11. Black President – “Suspect”
12. The Devil Wears Prada – “Reptar, King Of The Ozone”
13. Street Dogs – “Mean Fist”
14. The Aggrolites – “Faster Bullet”
15. The Classic Crime – “Gravedigging”
16. Four Year Strong – “Bada Bing! Wit’ A Pipe”
17. Confide – “If We Were A Sinking Ship”
18. The Maine – “The Way We Talk”
19. Charlotte Sometimes – “How I Could Just Kill A Man”
20. Authority Zero – “Carpe Diem”
21. August Burns Red – “Back Burner”
22. Joe Coffee – “Baby’s Comin’ Home Today”
23. The Randies – “Luxury”
24. Evergreen Terrace – “High Tide Or No Tide”
25. 3Oh!3 – “Punk B****”

Against Me! Post More Tour Date

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Against Me! have posted some more tour dates. Check them out below.

Nov 3 Asbury Park Convention Hall – Asbury Park, NJ
Nov 4 Waterloo Park – Austin, TX
Nov 5 Canal Club – Richmond, VA
Nov 6 Center Stage – Atlanta, GA
Nov 8 Revolution – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Nov 9 House of Blues – Orlando, FL
Nov 10 Metropolitan Park – Jacksonville, FL
Nov 12 Norva Theater – Norfolk, VA
Nov 13 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
Nov 15 Lupo’s – Providence, RI
Nov 16 Electric Factory – Philadelphia, PA
Nov 17 Terminal 5 – New York, NY
Nov 19 House of Blues – Cleveland, OH
Nov 20 Clutch Cargos – Pontiac, MI
Nov 21 House of Blues – Chicago, IL
Nov 22 Metro – Chicago, IL
Nov 23 First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN