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Motion City Soundtrack will be playing some shows in Europe this spring. Dates are below.
4/21 Melkweg Amsterdam – Powerfest
4/22 Berlin Germany – Give It A Name
4/24 Paris Elysee Montmarte – Give It A Name
4/27 Meerhout Belgium – Groezrock Festival
4/28 Earls Court London – Give It A Name
4/29 Birmingham NIA – Give It A Name
Get your tickets for the first couple dates of the Hellogoodbye and Boys Like Girls here
April 5th – bakersfield ca @ the dome
April 6th – los angeles ca @ the wiltern
April 7th – san francisco ca @ the warfeild
April 8th – reno nv @ new oasis
Over It will be making an in studio appearance on DJ Rossstar’s Punk Rock Show tonight, Thursday, March 1st 2007 from 7-8pm PST. Asteria will be calling in for a live phone interview as well. You can listen to the show at www.idobiradio.com and can send questions during the interview to the screen name: Staridobi
Our current contests will be ending tonight. If you haven’t signed up yet head to the contests page now for your chance to win.
Pre-order the new Waking Ashland album The Well here and get a signed booklet as well.
Below is message from Paramore about pre-sale tickets to their upcoming tour and fanclub they plan on launching.
Hey Paramore Fans,
There will be a special pre-sale starting today at 3pm local time for our upcoming spring tour.As a special bonus, we are offering the opportunity to pre-order a membership in our new official fan club. If you pre-order the membership with a presale ticket you will get a welcome kit with an exclusive t-shirt, a VIP meet-and-greet pass for the ticketed show and of course membership in our new fan club which we plan on launching in May.
To get pre-sale tickets and to pre-order your fan club membership go to paramore.net/tickets.
And don’t forget that today is the last day to enter The Last Song You’ll Ever Sing Contest to win a trip to New Jersey to sing background vocals on a new Paramore song and possibly appear on the new album!
Ernie Halter
CD Release Show – February 12th, 2006
Knitting Factory – Los Angeles, CA
Let me start by expressing my excitement when I figured out where exactly the Knitting Factory is. Right in the heart of Hollywood, and being from out of state, I had probably the most fun I’ve ever had before a concert exploring the area. Beyond that, the intimate setting the venue provided was perfect for the crowd, a diverse group as far as age.
Ernier Halter has come quite a ways since beginning to perform on a consistent basis. He’s played with John Mayer, Jason Mraz, Tony Lucca, Tyrone Wells and many other famous names, but he still has the work ethic to play small coffee houses and college campus shows as much as he possibly can. When I was invited to check out his CD Release show, I made every effort to make it happen.
Ernie’s crowd neared or met the capacity of the venue, and consisted of many popular LA area performers and industry reps. The average size stage was consumed with an incredible six piece band to accompany, and the group pushed their way into the set.
Halter came out and performed flawlessly about 12 songs, including hits from older releases, and new uptempo groove tracks from the new release, Congress Hotel. His band never missed a beat and his voice never missed a note. Upon the introduction to ‘Whisper’, Ernie thanked and recognize the co-writer of the song, who happened to be standing directly in front of me. Ever appreciative of Ernie’s talents, one can further infer that he truly is one of the most genuine people in music.
More impressive than nearly ever solo act I’ve ever seen, take one of the many chances nation-wide to see one of Ernie’s performances. His new album released on Rockridge Records is now available nation wide, and nearly every show is broadcast live on Ernie’s myspace. A big thank-you to Ernie and Krista Mettler at Skye Media!
Takeover Records is having a sale where you can get CD’s for only $5.
List of CDs on sale:
River City High – Not Enough Saturday Nights
HeyMike! – HeyMike!
NearMiss – Testing The Ends Of What They’ll Put Up With
Strike Fire Fall – Still Life
Bracket – Requiem
Oh No Not Stereo
Yellowcard-Where We Stand
Inspection 12-Get Rad
Paramore just released some tour dates in support of their yet to be titled album coming out on June 12th.
APRIL
20 Fort Lauderdale, FL Revolution
21 St. Petersburg, FL State Theatre
23 Orlando, FL The Social
24 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
26 Norfolk, VA The Norva
27 Towson, MD The Recher Theatre
28 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
30 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of the Living Arts
MAY
1 Boston, MA Avalon Ballroom
3 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
4 Toronto, ONT Phoenix
5 East Rutherford, NJ Meadowlands – The Bamboozle 2007
7 Cleveland, OH Agora Ballroom
8 Chicago, IL House of Blues
9 Detroit, MI St. Andrew’s Hall
11 Dallas, TX The Door
12 Houston, TX Meridian
14 Phoenix, AZ Marquee
15 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
17 Los Angeles, CA Avalon
18 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
19 San Francisco, CA Slim’s
Head on over to liquidgeneration.com to check out Lovedrug performing “Castling” from their upcoming release Everything Starts Where It Ends.
You can also pre-order the new CD at the TMG webstore for only $7.50!
