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Motion City Soundtrack Announce New Dates For The UK

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Motion City Soundtrack has announced new tour dates for the UK. The band will be going overseas for September and October. You can get the full update and dates below.

Dear UK Fans,

Thank you for your patience these past couple of days. We have sorted out the new dates for September and October. We are happy to announce that we are now able to add new shows to the tour to include Sheffield, Exeter, Norwich, Portsmouth, Leeds, and for the first time ever, Dublin. Hopefully we can see some of you that were not able to make it to the originally scheduled shows.

Tickets go on sale tomorrow morning, Friday June 15 for all shows. You can purchase tickets via 24hr CC hotline — 0871 2200 260, or buy online at www.gigsandtours.com. All tickets purchased for the June dates in Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, and London will be honored for the new dates in September/October. If you need a refund you can do so at point of purchase.

DATE CITY VENUE

TUE 25 SEP MANCHESTER MDH
WED 26 SEP SHEFFIELD LEADMILL
THU 27 SEP BIRMINGHAM ACADEMY
SAT 29 SEP GLASGOW GARAGE
SUN 30 SEP DUBLIN, IRE TEMPLE MUSIC BAR CENTRE
TUE 02 OCT EXETER LEMON GROVE
THU 04 OCT NORWICH WATERFRONT
FRI 05 OCT LONDON ASTORIA
SAT 06 OCT PORTSMOUTH PYRAMIDS
SUN 07 OCT LEEDS MET. UNIVERSITY

Set Your Goals Needs Your Help; Save The Music

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Set Your Goals are looking to raise money so they can film a music video for their song Echoes. The group has teamed up with VH1 Save the Music Foundation and together they are offering exclusive merchandise currently available here. Proceeds will go to both the video project and the non-for-profit organization. Cool merch, a good band, and a great cause, is all I can say.

Cue The Doves Post Fourth Studio Video

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Cue The Doves (Jon Berndtson, ex-The Beautiful Mistake) have posted their fourth studio update which you can find below. Previous episodes can be seen here. The band is currently recording their sophomore effort, Stabilizing Vitals, which has a yet-to-be-determined release date. The album will also feature guest vocals and instrumentation from Kaddisfly’s Chris Ruff.

Tonight On DJ Rossstar

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The Dollyrots (Blackheart Records) will be studio guests tonight, Wednesday June 13th 2007 on DJ Rossstar’s Punk Rock Show. Kill Hannah (Atlantic Records) will be calling in for a live phone interview. The show airs live from 7-8pm PST/ 10-11pm EST. You can listen to the show on Idobi Radio. If you have questions for the guests, send them to the screen name: staridobi

Damiera Return With New Lineup

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After a brief two-month hiatus, Damiera have returned to writing and performing music with a brand new lineup.

Back in April, three fourths of Damiera left the band to pursue other goals. The departing members were “seeking satisfaction elsewhere,” says continuing member and vocalist Dave Raymond, “they wanted to take another road for now… without having to be committed to a group setting.”

The new members consist of guitarist Steve Downs and drummer Josh Sparks, formerly of the Iowa-based band Spirit of the Stairway, and Jayson Dezuzio, a long time professional producer whose resume includes work with Coheed and Cambria, My Chemical Romance, and more. Dezuzio also produced the latest Damiera album, M(US)IC, which was released in January.

“I love music, and I will continue to let go of every excess (money, home, health, etc) in order to find my end in it,” states Raymond, “I have been extremely fortunate this far, but I’d rather end with nothing and satisfied than end with everything and not use it.”

Damiera will pick up where they left off, fire up the van, and begin touring with the new lineup in August.