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Hellogoodbye Pre-Order; Tour Dates

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Hellogoodbye‘s new album, Would It Kill You, is due out November 9th. Pre-Order bundles exclusively through Smartpunk.com and Hellogoodbye.net are now available. Smartpunk.com is offering an exclusive T-Shirt, Signed CD Booklet, Sticker and a Poster.  Hellogoodbye.net, the Band’s official merch store is offering exclusive bundles of their own, including a limited Handmade Picture Frame, T-Shirt and Wallet!

Eager to get on the road and play songs off the new release, the band has confirmed nationwide tour dates throughout the fall in direct support of 3OH3! The tour kicked off on October 14th in San Antonio, TX,  In addition to these dates, Hellogoodbye will be using some off dates to do a handful of house shows, giving fans the opportunity to see them in much more intimate settings.

Hellogoodbye Tour Dates:

Thurs Oct 14   San Antonio TX  – Sunset Station
Fri Oct 15    Oklahoma City, OK – Diamond Ballroom
Sat Oct 16     Memphis TN – Minglewood Hall
Mon Oct 18    Charlotte, NC – Amos’s Southend
Tue Oct 19    Radford, VA Radford University, The Dedmon
Thu Oct 21    Norfolk, VA – Old Dominion University
Sat Oct 23    Providence, RI – Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
Sun Oct 24   Montreal, Quebec – Metropoolis
Tue Oct 26    Allentown, PA – Crocodile Rock Cafe
Wed Oct 27  Columbus, OH – The LC Pavilion
Sat Oct 30    Cheswick, PA Chesa-Rena
Sun Oct 31    Covington, KY – Madison Theater
Mon Nov 1    Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room
Wed Nov 3   Grand Rapids, MI – Orbit Room
Thur Nov 4   Marquette, MI – Barry Events Center, Northern Michigan Univ.
Fri Nov 5       Madison, WI – Orpheum Theater
Sat Nov 6      Fargo, ND – The Venue at Playmakers
Sun Nov 7     Winnipeg, MB – Burton Cummings Theater
Tues Nov 9    Saskatoon, SK – Odeon Nite Club
Wed Nov 10   Calgary, AB – MacEwan Hall Ballroom
Thurs Nov 11   Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Event Ctr
Sat Nov 13       Spokane, WA  Knitting Factory
Sun Nov 14     Vancouver, BC – Vogue Theater
Tues Nov 16      Boise, ID  – Knitting Factory
Thurs Nov 18    San Francisco CA – Slims
Fri Nov 19          Bakersfield, CA – The Dome
Sat Nov 20          Las Vegas,NV – House Of Blues
Sun Nov 21         Ventura, CA – Majestic Ventura Theater
Tues Nov 23       Tucson AZ – Rialto Theater
Wed Nov 24       Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theater

Hellogoodbye Announce New Album

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Hellogoodbye have announced their new album, Would It Kill You?, which will be released at a later date. A pre-order is available which includes “When We First Met” on 7-inch with their Early Adopters pre-order.

The pre-order (which costs $15) includes the following items:

  • When We First Met 7-inch (on clear coke bottle green, limited to 500)
  • Signed cover art poster (18in x 18in)
  • Mini cover art sticker
  • Early Adopter button & colored buttons set
  • Would It Kill You? on CD and Digital Download on or before its release!

The 2010 Bamboozle Roadshow To Feature All Time Low, Boys Like Girls and More

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The 2010 Bamboozle Roadshow will hit the road for their 3rd nationwide tour this Summer kicking off May 21 in Columbia, MD.  The tour features headliners Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, Third Eye Blind, & LMFAO, along with a stacked billed of support and is set to hit 26 major U.S. cities.

The Bamboozle Roadshow will be an all-day event with 2 stages of talent, a main stage with rotating artists All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, LMFAO, Third Eye Blind, Good Charlotte, Hanson, Forever The Sickest Kids, Hellogoodbye, and Cartel. A second stage will showcase the talents of many up and coming bands.

Pre-sale will begin at 10 a.m. local time on Tuesday, March 2, and run though 10 p.m. on Friday March 5, with Public on-sale beginning Saturday March 6 @ 10 a.m. Local Time. Pre-sale tickets are available here.

Tour Dates

May 21 ““ Columbia, MD ““ Merriweather Post Pavilion
May 22 ““ Charlotte, NC ““ Uptown Amphitheatre @ The Music Factory
May 23 ““ Atlanta, GA ““ Six Flags Over Georgia
May 25 ““ West Palm Beach, FL ““ Cruzan Amphitheatre
May 26 ““ Tampa, FL ““ Ford Amphitheatre
May 28 ““ Houston, TX ““ Verizon Wireless Theatre (No 2nd Stage)
May 29 ““ San Antonio, TX ““ Six Flags Fiesta Texas
May 30 ““ Arlington, TX ““ Six Flags Over Texas
June 2 ““ Phoenix, AZ ““ Cricket Amphitheatre
June 5 ““ Concord, CA – Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord
June 6 ““ Chula Vista, CA ““ Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre ““ Parking Lot
June 10 ““ Minneapolis, MN – Cabooze Plaza
June 11 ““ Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
June 12 ““ Chicago, IL- Soldier Field – Parking Lot
June 13 ““ Eureka, MO ““ Six Flags St. Louis
June 15 ““ Clarkston, MI ““ DTE Energy Music Theatre
June 18 ““ Cleveland, OH ““ Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre @ Tower City
June 19 ““ Cincinnati, OH – PNC Pavilion @ Riverbend Music Center
June 20 ““ Philadelphia, PA ““ Festival Pier @ Penn’s Landing
June 23 ““ Pittsburgh, PA ““ Amphitheatre @ Station Square
June 24 ““ Jackson, NJ ““ Six Flags Great Adventure
June 25 ““ Hershey, PA ““ Hershey Park Pavilion & Stadium
June 26 ““ Nassau, NY ““ Nassau Coliseum – Parking Lot
June 27 ““ Boston, MA – Comcast Center

(All dates may not feature all artists, please check local listings)

More dates will be added, so stay tuned!!

Hellogoodbye Post New Video; Release Free EP

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Hellogoodbye are streaming a video for their new song “When We First Met.” The song comes from the bands new EP that will include the song “When We First Met”, the video for the song as well as a b-side “Not Ever Coming Home.” The EP will be sent out to subscribers of the bands newsletter on Tuesday, September 29th. Want to receive the EP and not on the bands list? Sign up on the bands website before Tuesday to receive the free EP.

[myspace]http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=63495018[/myspace]

NeverShoutNever! Hitting The Road With Hellogoodbye

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Independent artist and MySpace phenom NeverShoutNever! (a.k.a. Christofer Drew), is hitting the road with electro-rock-pop outfit Hellogoodbye and Ace Enders, on a tour that will have him performing for hundreds of new fans nightly, commencing October 23 in Pomona, California and concluding on November 26 at L.A.’s Knitting Factory.

NeverShoutNever! has attracted a legion of dedicated fans in a relatively short  time; garnering over 110,000 MySpace Friends, over 7 million MySpace plays,  a spot on MTV’s Total Request Live, and an add into rotation at Springfield, MO’s Power 96.5.  The attention hasn’t gone unnoticed by music fans and industry heavyweights alike.

With Hellogoodbye and Ace Enders…

10/23/08: Glasshouse, Pomona CA
10/24/08: Epicenter, San Diego CA
10/25/08: Club Congress, Tucson AZ
10/27/08: The Door, Dallas TX
10/28/08: Emo’s, Austin TX
10/31/08: Fuel Coffeehouse, Jacksonville FL
11/1/08: Culture Room, Ft. Lauderdale FL
11/2/08: Social, Orlando FL
11/4/08: Greene Street, Greensboro NC
11/6/08: Blender Theatre, New York NY
11/7/08: Sonar, Baltimore MD
11/8/08: The Crazy Donkey, Farmington NY
11/9/08: The Stone Pony, Asbury Park NJ
11/11/08: The Middle East, Cambridge MA
11/12/08: The First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia PA
11/14/08: Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights OH
11/15/08: The Magic Stick, Detroit MI
11/16/08: Metro, Chicago IL
11/18/08: The Marquis Theatre, Denver CO
11/19/08: Club Sound, Salt Lake City UT
11/21/08: El Corazon, Seattle WA
11/23/08: Hawthorn Theatre, Portland  OR
11/25/08: Slims, San Francisco CA
11/26/08: Knitting Factory Hollywood CA

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

Hellogoodbye Single Goes Platinum, New Album in 2008

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Hellogoodbye‘s single “Here (In Your Arms)” from the album Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! is now certified platinum. “Here (In Your Arms)” is the first platinum selling record for Drive-Thru Records and is a crowning achievement for the 10-year young label, not only as an indie but in today’s difficult business climate. Next year, the quartet will begin writing a follow-up full-length album for release in 2008.