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Four Year Strong are shooting their new video for their song “Bada Bing! Wit’ A Pipe!” this Sunday in Worcester, MA and they need fans to be in the video.
E-mail fys@maneaterproductions.com if you are interested in being in the video and they will send you the location so make sure to free up your Sunday if you’re in the Massachusetts area!
New Found Glory has announced their headlining tour dates with A Day To Remember, Four Year Strong, International Superheroes of Hardcore and Crime In Stereo. The tour runs across the country starting in California in September and wraps up in October back in Nevada. Check out the dates below.
Sep 11 2008 Bakersfield Dome Bakersfield, California
Sep 12 2008 Catalyst Santa Cruz, California
Sep 13 2008 Phoenix Theater Petaluma, California
Sep 14 2008 New Oasis Sparks, Nevada
Sep 16 2008 Knitting Factory Concert House Boise, Idaho
Sep 17 2008 Black Sheep Colorado Springs, Colorado
Sep 19 2008 Pop’s Sauget, Illinois
Sep 20 2008 Intersection Grand Rapids, Michigan
Sep 21 2008 Headliners Toledo, Ohio
Sep 23 2008 Mr. Small’s Theatre Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sep 24 2008 Crocodile Rock Café Allentown, Pennsylvania
Sep 25 2008 Crazy Donkey Farmingdale, New York
Sep 26 2008 Starland Ballroom Sayreville, New Jersey
Sep 28 2008 Lupo’s Providence, Rhode Island
Sep 30 2008 Recher Theatre Towson, Maryland
Oct 1 2008 Toad’s Place Richmond, Virginia
Oct 2 2008 Greene Street Greensboro, North Carolina
Oct 3 2008 Music Farm Charleston, South Carolina
Oct 4 2008 Fuel Coffeehouse Jacksonville, Florida
Oct 5 2008 Beta Bar Tallahassee, Florida
Oct 7 2008 Matthew’s Bar & Grill Birmingham, Alabama
Oct 8 2008 Rocketown Nashville, Tennessee
Oct 9 2008 The Blue Note Columbia, Missouri
Oct 10 2008 The Otherside Tulsa, Oklahoma
Oct 12 2008 House of Blues Las Vegas, Nevada
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****”
Here are some albums in stores tomorrow. Let us know which ones you’ll be picking up.
Search The City – A Fire So Big The Heavens Can See It
Anti-Flag – The Bright Lights Of America
Hawk Nelson – …Is My Friend
Fall Out Boy – **** Live In Phoenix CD/DVD
Crash Romeo – Gave Me The Clap
No Use For A Name – The Feel Good Record Of The Year
Blacklisted – Heavier Than Heaven Lonlier Than God
Four Year Strong – Rise Or Die Trying 12″
Sing It Loud – EP (iTunes Only)
We Shot The Moon – Fear & Love (iTunes Only)
Check out a video interview I did with Four Year Strong at their recent show in Salt Lake City.
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
Four Year Strong has signed to Decaydance Records. In honor of their signing the band is giving away their debut album, Rise Or Die Trying, for free. Head here and pick up this great album if you haven’t already.
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)
The Take Action! Volume 7 CD/DVD is set for a March 4th release. The annual charity compilation is bigger and better than ever featuring 20 tracks and 20 music videos on DVD. Consisting of the best bands in alternative, punk, indie, hardcore, and metal music, the compilation will sell for a staggeringly low suggested retail price of $6.98. Check out the track-listing below.
The Take Action! Tour and CD will benefit non-profit organization Do Something, a group that gives young people the opportunity to personally help change the world, by donating 10% of all ticket sales and 5% of the suggested retail price for each Take Action! Volume 7 compilation sold. Putting their money where their mouth is, Do Something distributes weekly $500 grants to young people with an idea about how to make a difference in their community. In 2007 alone, the site issued over $240,000 to young people who are making changes in communities around the globe. Last year Do Something reached over 10 million young people, age 25 and under, and helped them take action themselves.
Take Action! Volume 7 CD Track Listing:
1 / Andy Williams from Every Time I Die / PSA
2 / Every Time I Die / We’re Wolf
3 / Silverstein / Still Dreaming
4 / Chiodos / Teeth The Size Of Piano Keys
5 / From First To Last / Two As One
6 / Emery / The Party Song
7 / Motion City Soundtrack / This Is For Real
8 / All Time Low / Dear Maria, Count Me In!
9 / Cute Is What We Aim For / Newport Living
10 / Mayday Parade / When I Get Home, You’re So Dead
11 / Valencia / 3000 Miles
12 / Every Avenue / Where Were You
13 / Meg & Dia / Roses
14 / The Spill Canvas / All Over You
15 / Thrice / Digital Sea
16 / The Matches / Their City
17 / Set Your Goals / Echoes
18 / Drop Dead, Gorgeous / They’ll Never Get Me (Word With You)
19 / The Bled / Shade Tree Mechanics
20 / Haste The Day / Stitches
DVD Listing:
1 / Motion City Soundtrack / This Is For Real
2 / The Receiving End Of Sirens / Smoke and Mirrors
3 / Plain White T’s / Making A Memory
4 / The All American Rejects / I’m Waiting
5 / Hellogoodbye / Bonnie Taylor Shakedown 2K1
6 / All Time Low / Six Feet Under The Stars
7 / This Providence / My Beautiful Rescue
8 / MxPx / Shut It Down
9 / Four Year Strong / Heroes Get Remembered, Legends Never Die
10 / Jet Lag Gemini / Run This City
11 / Aiden / One Love
12 / Alesana / Ambrosia
13 / Every Time I Die / We’re Wolf
14 / The Devil Wears Prada / Hey John, What’s Your Name Again??
15 / A Life Once Lost / Firewater Joyride
16 / The Human Abstract / Vela, Together We Await The Storm
17 / The Red Chord / Dread Prevailed
18 / August Burns Red / Composure
19 / High On Fire / Rumors Of War
20 / Suicide Silence / The Price of Beauty
The Give It A Name Festival in Europe has announced its lineup of bands. The 2 day event will take place in London at Earls Court and in Sheffield at the Sheffield Arena on May 10th and 11th. You can see the list of bands in the image below.
