Tom Oakes, guitarist for The Higher, has announced his departure from the band. You can check out an update from the band below.

The Higher regrets to inform everyone that due to personal and creative issues, Tom Oakes has decided to take leave from the band. We wish him the best in his future projects. The Higher will continue on and will perform at all dates posted. The Higher wishes to thank all their fans for their understanding, support and love during this time and hopes to see you on tour.

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

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..

Sherwood has announced their first headlining tour with The Matches, Houston Calls, The Higher and We Shot The Moon. Check out the dates below.

The Higher’s new video for “Dare” can be seen below.

Motion City Soundtrack has announced several more tour dates for their upcoming summer tour with special guests: Sherwood, The Higher, and The Forecast.

July 15 - Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck
July 16 - Little Rock, AR - Juanita’s Cantina
July 17 - Nashville, TN - Rocketown
July 19 - Saint Petersburg, FL - State Theater

Check out a killer MTV News segment on Sherwood starting tonight. The piece begins airing this evening (Wednesday May 16) on MTVu and then will hit MTV, MTV2 and MTVNews.com starting tomorrow (Thursday, May 17). Airtimes listed below!

Also be sure to catch Sherwood on tour as direct support for Motion City Soundtrack this summer. A string of headline dates have also just been announced starting June 14th.

Sherwood on:

MTV
Thurs 5/17- 4:50am, 5:50am, 6:50am, 7:50am, 8:50am, 9:50am, 12:50pm

MTV2
Thurs 5/17: 4:30am, 5:30am, 6:30am, 7:30am, 8:30am

MTVu
Wed 5/16: 7:45pm, 8:45pm, 9:45pm

Motion City Soundtrack has announced a summer tour with support from Sherwood, The Higher, and The Forecast. Tickets for the all of the band’s headlining dates will go on sale Saturday, May 12. There will be a special pre-sale starting on Saturday, May 5 in coordination with Myspace.

MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK SUMMER TOUR 2007
with special guests: Sherwood, The Higher, and The Forecast

Self Against City will be heading out for a west coast tour with Over It, The Higher (on selected dates), and Everybody Else starting at the end of April. You can preview the tour with this YouTube video and get more show information on the bands MySpace page.

TOUR DATES:

The Higher will be opening for both of Name Taken’s “refresher courses” at Chain Reaction. The first night is completely sold out and the second night is on the verge of selling out, so get your tickets now!