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Take Action! Tour 2009

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Hopeless Records, through their non profit organization Sub City is pleased to once again organize and present the Take Action! Tour. The 2009 lineup will feature headliner Cute Is What We Aim For, along with Meg & Dia, Breathe Carolina, Every Avenue, and Anarbor. The annual nationwide charity tour, now in its eighth year, raises funds and awareness for youth involvement in charitable action, and for the second straight year Take Action has chosen not-for-profit organization DoSomething.org to benefit from the funds raised and to help spread the message of action to young people across the country.

Tour dates for the upcoming tour will be announced shortly.

Four Year Strong Announce Holiday Mini-Tour

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Four Year Strong has announced a holiday mini-tour with Set Your Goals, Every Avenue, Energy, and A Loss For Words (select dates) and Lions Lions (select dates). The tour titled The Setting The Record Straight tour will be hitting the North East after Christmas.

Tour Dates

Dec 26 2008 Scranton, PA @ Tink’s
Dec 27 2008 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium Downstairs
Dec 28 2008 Wilmington, DE @ Harmony Grange
Dec 29 2008 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon

Be In Every Avenue’s New Video

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On July 2 Every Avenue will be filming a video for their song “Where Were You” in San Francisco and they are in need of extras!

If you are interested and you are 18 or older, please send a recent picture of yourself along with your contact information to talent@etypical.tv

And if you tried sending an e-mail last week and it didn’t go through, the problem has been fixed so send over the info again.

The Audition & Hit The Lights Tour

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The Audition will be hitting the road with Hit The Lights, Every Avenue, The Morning Light and Kiros in March and April. Check out the confirmed dates below, more dates will be announced soon.

MAR 18 — Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
MAR 19 — Richmond, VA @ Canal Club
MAR 21 — Augusta, GA @ Sector 7G
MAR 22 — Jacksonville FL @ Jack Rabbits
MAR 24 — Orlando, FL @ The Social
MAR 25 — Montgomery, AL @ Off The Wagon
MAR 26 — New Orleans, LA @ House Of Blues
MAR 27 — Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
MAR 29 — Austin, TX @ Emo’s
MAR 30 — Tulsa, OK @ The Crush Lounge
MAR 31 — Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory
APR 4 — Las Vegas, NV @ Jillian’s
APR 6 — San Francisco, CA @ 12 Galaxies
APR 8 — Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon Theater
APR 9 — Colorado Springs, CO @ The Black Sheep
APR 11 — Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
APR 12 — Des Moines, IA @ House Of Bricks
APR 13 — Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
APR 16 — St. Louis, MO @ 2 Cents Plain
APR 17 — Joplin, MO @ The Foundry Music Theatre

Full 2008 Warped Tour Lineup Announced

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The full lineup for the 2008 Warped Tour has been announced. Check out the bands and the dates they will be playing below.

3OH!3 whole tour
A Day to Remember jun 20 – jul 20
Against Me! whole tour
Aggrolites whole tour
Alesana whole tour
All That Remains jul 22 – aug 17
All Time Low jul 22 – aug 17
Anberlin jun 21 – aug 17
Angels and Airwaves whole tour
As I Lay Dying jun 20 – jul 18
August Burns Red jun 20 – july 6
Automatic Love Letter jul 17 – july 27
Beat Union whole tour
Bedouin Soundclash jul 3 – jul 17
Between the Trees jun 20 – jul 8, aug 4 – 12
Bouncing Souls jul 16 – jul 25
Bring Me the Horizon jul 22 – aug 17
Broadway Calls whole tour
Charlotte Sometimes whole tour
Cinematic Sunrise jul 10 – jul 16
Classic Crime jul 27 – aug 17
Cobra Starship whole tour
Confide jul 22 – aug 17
Danger Radio jul 19 – aug 8 / aug 9 – aug 18
Dr. Manhattan jul 22 – aug 17
Evergreen Terrace whole tour
Every Avenue jul 9 – jul 26
Everytime I Die whole tour
Family Force 5 whole tour except 6/19, 6/20, 6/26, 7/2, 7/12, 8/8
Forever the Sickest Kids jun 20 – jul 6 / jul 7 – aug 17
Four Year Strong jul 19 – aug 17
From First to Last whole tour
GBH aug 6 – aug 17
Greeley Estates whole tour
Gym Class Heroes whole tour
Horrorpops whole tour
Jack’s Mannequin jul 1 – jul 20
Just Surrender jul 9 – jul 26
Katy Perry whole tour
Ludo jul 22 – aug 17
Madina Lake jul 9 – jul 25
Mayday Parade whole tour
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster jun 20 – jul 18
MC Chris whole tour
MURS whole tour
Norma Jean whole tour
Oreska whole tour
Paramore jul 1 – jul 6
Pennywise jul 15 – aug 3, jul 15, jul 17- jul 20, jul 24, jul 27, jul 29- aug 3
Pierce the Veil whole tour
Pinkertones whole tour
Protest the Hero whole tour
Reel Big Fish whole tour
Relient K whole tour
Rise Against aug 6 – aug 17
Say Anything whole tour
Set Your Goals whole tour
Shwayze whole tour
Sick City jul 19 – jul 20, aug 6
Sky Eats Airplane jul 27 – aug 17
Stick to Your Guns jun 20 – jul 6
Story of the Year whole tour
Street Dogs whole tour
The Academy Is… whole tour
The All-American Rejects jun 20 – jun 29
The Audition jun 20 – jun 29 / jun 30 – aug 17
The Briggs whole tour
The Bronx whole tour
The Color Fred whole tour
The Devil Wears Prada whole tour
The Dillinger Escape Plan jul 9 – jul 15
The Fabulous Rudies whole tour
The Higher jun 20 – jul 20
The Human Abstract jul 22 – aug 17
The Lordz whole tour
The Maine jun 20 – jul 18 / aug 9 – aug 17
The Morning Light jul 28 – aug 6
The Pink Spiders jun 20 – jul 20
The Saint Alvia Cartel jul 9 – aug 3, aug 13 on
The Secret Handshake jun 30 – jul 9
The Vandals aug 6 – aug 17
We the Kings whole tour

Albums In Stores Tomorrow 2-19-07

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Here are some albums hitting stores tomorrow. Let us know which ones you’ll be picking up.

Every Avenue – Shh. Just Go With It
Secondhand Serenade – A Twist In My Story CD/DVD
Four Letter Lie – What A Terrible Thing To Say
A Day To Remember – For Those Who Have Heart (Reissue) CD/DVD
Across Five Aprils – Life Underwater
Farewell To Freeway – Definitions
The Used – Shallow Believer
Hellogoodbye – EP/OMG HGB DVD ROTFL CD/DVD
Hellogoodbye – Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! And More! CD/DVD
Secret Lives Of The Freemasons – Weekend Warriors
Small Towns Burn A Little Slower – So Begins The Test Of A Man
Paint It Black – New Lexicon
This Is Hell – Misfortunes
Dead To Fall – Are You Serious?
A Cursive Memory – Changes

SmartPunk Stage on Vans Warped Tour

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Bands have been announced for the SmartPunk stage at this Vans Warped Tour. Check out the lineup below.

6/20 – 8/17

Alesana
Set Your Goals

6/20 – 7/20

A Day To Remember
The Maine
The Higher

7/22 – 8/17

The Human Abstract
Confide
Bring Me The Horizon

6/20 – 7/6

Stick to your Guns
August Burns Red
Forever the Sickest Kid

7/9 -7/26

Just Surrender
Madina Lake
Every Aveunue

7/27 – 8/18

Sky Eats Airplane
Four Year Strong
Classic Crime

Also Appearing..

Secret Handshake (July 1-July9)
Automatic Love Letter (July 17-27)
The Morning Light (July 29-August 6)
Danger Radio (Aug 8-17)