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Warped Tour 2011 Dates Announced

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Tour dates for the 2011 Vans Warped Tour have been announced. Bands will start to be announced on December 8th. Check out the dates below.

WARPED TOUR 2011

Fri 6/24 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
Sat 6/25 Houston, TX The Showgrounds at Sam Houston
Sun 6/26 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
Wed 6/29 Las Cruces, NM N.M.S.U. Practice Field
Thu 6/30 Las Vegas, NV TBD
Fri 7/1 Pomona, CA Pomona Fairplex
Sat 7/2 Ventura, CA Seaside Park
Sun 7/3 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Wed 7/6 Kansas City, MO (Bonner Springs) Sandstone Amphitheatre
Thu 7/7 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri 7/8 Detroit, MI Comerica Park
Sat 7/9 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Sun 7/10 Minneapolis, MN Canterbury Park
Tue 7/12 Buffalo, NY Darien Lake PAC
Wed 7/13 Boston, MA Comcast Center
Thu 7/14 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
Fri 7/15 Toronto, ON Arrow Hall
Sat 7/16 Montreal, QC Parc Jean Drapeau
Sun 7/17 Hartford, CT The Comcast Theatre
Tue 7/19 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheatre
Wed 7/20 Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre
Thu 7/21 Philadelphia, PA (Camden) Susquehanna Bank Center
Fri 7/22 Pittsburgh, PA First Niagara Pavilion
Sat 7/23 Uniondale, NY Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Sun 7/24 Oceanport, NJ Monmouth Park Racetrack
Tue 7/26 Washington, D.C. Merriweather Post Pavilion
Wed 7/27 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Thu 7/28 Charlotte, NC Charlotte Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri 7/29 Orlando, FL Firestone Amphitheatre
Sat 7/30 Miami, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
Sun 7/31 Tampa, FL (Saint Petersburg) Vinoy Park
Mon 8/1 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre
Tue 8/2 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
Wed 8/3 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri 8/5 Denver, COInvesco Field
Sat 8/6 Salt Lake City, UT Utah State Fairgrounds
Sun 8/7 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
Tue 8/9 San Diego, CA Cricket Amphitheatre
Wed 8/10 Los Angeles, CA TBD
Thu 8/11 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Fri 8/12 Boise, ID Idaho Center Amphitheatre
Sat 8/13 Seattle, Wa Gorge Amphitheatre
Sun 8/14 Portland, OR Washington County Fairgrounds

Via: Altpress

Owl City Releases New Song; Working On New Album

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Owl City has released a new song for the holidays titled “Peppermint Winter.” The song is now available digitally on [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/peppermint-winter/id403892489?uo=4″ title=”Owl City – Peppermint Winter” text=”iTunes”]. Adam Young is currently in the studio working on the next Owl City album and he had the following to say.

Right now, I’m tucked away in my studio putting the finishing touches on the next Owl City record. It’s coming together swimmingly and I can’t wait for you to hear it. You can expect it between Showers and Flowers… You can also expect to see me out on the road again next year with old friends and new friends, and awesome new melodies.

Haste The Day Announce Break Up

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Haste The Day have announced that their final tour will be this coming February. Check out a message from the band below.

STATEMENT FROM THE BAND

This is a very difficult announcement to make, but Haste The Day will be doing its final tour February – March 2011. It has been an incredible 10 years and we want to thank all of our amazing fans who have stuck with us through all of our changes and growth as a band. If it weren’t for all of you, this band would have been nothing. There are many reasons why HTD is ending, however we mainly feel as though we have created the best music we can and believe it is now time for us to move on to the next stage of our lives. I remember when this band started a decade ago, we wanted to be like the Solid State/Tooth and Nail Records bands we grew up idolizing. We wanted to use our passion for heavy music and the love that God put in us to be a light in the underground scene; letting people know they are loved, important, forgiven no matter what, and capable of using their gifts to serve their fellow man. I never imagined that we would be able to put out five full length albums, tour the world, and develop so many meaningful relationships with the people who came to our shows. Without your support, this wouldn’t have been possible.

The 12 Days of Christmas will be in cities that we will not hit on our final tour so please come out to say goodbye this December. For our final tour, which will also be amazing, we are bringing our friends in My Children My Bride, The Chariot, and A Plea for Purging along for our Farewell Tour all across the US and Canada. We will be playing a great selection of songs from all of our records, including all of the fan favorites, rarely played songs, and a few songs that you guys keep begging us to play live. I have no doubt that this will be the best tour we’ve ever done and we cannot wait to see all of you and give you a hug goodbye.

We love you all, thank you for everything you’ve been to us, and we can’t wait to see you for the last time in 2011! We encourage you to keep your inner flame burning and show it off to the rest of the world!

Much Love to you all,

Mike & Haste the Day

Runner Runner Announce Second Single; New Release Date

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Runner Runner‘s new single “Hay Alli” is set for release this January while their new album is now set for release on February 15th. Fans who pre-order a copy of Runner Runner on the band’s webstore will receive a free acoustic EP at the time of their order.  There are multiple fan bundle merchandise packages available with the album and Runner Runner merchandise including a 7″ vinyl, an exclusive t-shirt and hoodie. All pre-order packages are available at www.runnerrunnermusic.com. The additional merchandise will be shipped to buyers on Dec. 7th ahead of the album’s release date.

In addition all fans that pre-order the album will automatically be entered into a random drawing to have a personalized version of “Hey Alli” given to them as an Mp3 and video clip. All merchandise items from the fan-bundles will begin being shipped on Dec 7th ahead of release date. In addition,  all fans that pre-order the album will automatically be entered into a random drawing sweepstakes to  win a personalized version of “Hey Alli” as an Mp3 and video clip.

“We’re excited to release “Hey Alli” as our second single and really looking forward to the album release,” said frontman Ryan Ogren.  “We’re just finishing up the final touches on the album now and believe that our fans will think its worth the wait.”

Anberlin Announce Circa Survie Tour Dates

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Anberlin has announced the dates to their upcoming short tour in January with Circa Survive. Tickets are available now on limited pre-sale (with SUPER low service fees) with a general on-sale  Wednesday the 24th.

Anberlin and Circa Survive
w/ special guests Foxy Shazam

1/14 | Richmond, VA | The National
1/15 | Charlotte, NC | Amos Southend
1/16 | Asheville, NC | The Orange Peel
1/18 | Sauget, IL | Pop’s
1/19 | Omaha, NE | Slowdown
1/20 | Des Moines, IA | Peoples Court
1/21 | Grand Rapids, MI | Orbit Room
1/22 | Columbus, OH | Newport Music Hall
1/24 | Cincinnati, OH | Bogart’s
1/26 | Baltimore, MD | Rams Head Live
1/27 | Rochester, NY | Water Street Music Hall
1/29 | Albany, NY | Northern Lights
1/30 | Allentown, PA | Crocodile Rock

Blink 182 Announce Summer UK Dates, Finish Recording In May

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Blink-182 have announced a few UK tour dates for next summer. More dates will be announced later. The band hopes to finish up recording by May and release their album shortly after that. Mark Hoppus talked more in his latest studio update.

In rough terms, I’d say we’re working with the better part of ten or so songs at this point.  There’s still a long to way to go before the album is done, but already it seems like the songs are both taking a step even further than we took on the last album, while also going back to the sound of some of the earlier albums.  And the ideas keep coming.

Blink-182 Tour Dates

July 8 – Manchester – Men Arena
July 12 – Newcastle – Newcastle Arena
July 13 – Nottingham – Nottingham Arena
July 15 – Birmingham – LG Arena
July 18 – London – O2 Arena

30 Seconds To Mars Post “Hurricane” Video Teaser

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30 Seconds To Mars, recently named Best Rock Band at this year’s MTV EMA’s, has just released a short clip of scenes with lead singer Jared Leto from the band’s upcoming short film for “Hurricane,” a track from the band’s latest album release, This Is War. The film, like “This Is War” and “Kings and Queens,” was directed by Bartholomew Cubbins. Check out the video clip below. [Read more…]