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Tumbledown Premiere “Great Big World” Video

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TumbledownTumbledown‘s new video for “Great Big World” is now available for streaming. The song comes from the bands sophomore album, [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/empty-bottle/id390280369?uo=4″ title=”Tumbledown – Empty Bottle” text=”Empty Bottle”], which is in stores now. Check out the video after the jump.

Tumbledown’s frontman and guitarist, Mike Herrera (MxPx) describes the second single as, “A song that came from our animated live set and a tribute to the good times at the places we’ve been lucky to travel to.”

The band is wrapping up their current West Coast tour. For a list of remaining tour dates, please visit www.tumbledownhq.com. [Read more…]

Bamboozle Adds More Bands

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BamboozleBrand New along with 25 other bands including Volbeat have been added to The Bamboozle‘s 10th Anniversary festival scheduled for May 18, 19 and 20.

The Bamboozle, presented by Live Nation, will return to the beach at Asbury Park for the first time since 2003 following extensive renovations to the area and feature over 100 acts performing on nine stages. Brand New joins previously announced headliners Bon Jovi, recent Grammy Awards winners Foo Fighters and Skrillex along with blink-182, and Incubus.

Additionally, Volbeat, Less Than Jake, Buckcherry, Datsik, T. Mills, and Dramarama, among others have been added to the festival lineup joining recently announced performers including Jimmy Eat World, Mac Miller, DJ Pauly D, Andrew Dice Clay, All American Rejects, Boys Like Girls, ASAP Rocky, Bayside, Bouncing Souls, The Promise Ring, Motion City Soundtrack, Alesana, Never Shout Never, Emmure, and more.

Additional performers will be announced for The Bamboozle including Linc’s very special guest. Single day and three-day passes are currently available for purchase. For more information about passes, after parties, and a complete list of current scheduled performers and the daily festival lineup, please visit: www.thebamboozle.com.

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Blink 182 Add North American Tour Dates

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Blink 182Blink 182 will be playing a few extra shows around their show at this years Bamboozle. The band is celebrating 20 years of being a band. Check out the dates below.

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May 15 Blue Cross Arena Rochester, NY
May 17 Verizon Wireless Arena Manchester, NH
May 18 Mohegan Sun Uncasville, CT
May 19 North Beach Asbury Park Asbury Park, NJ
May 20 Sands Bethlehem Event Center Bethlehem, PA
May 22 Colisee Pepsi Arena Quebec City, Canada

Anberlin To Begin Recording New Album

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AnberlinAnberlin will be heading into the studio later this month to begin recording their new album with Aaron Sprinkle. The band has 40+ song ideas and will be updating us soon on their progress. Check out the full update from the band below.

Hey guys – we are very stoked to be able to share a few things we are proud of and have been busy working on. Basically, this is an update on all things Anberlin related. First and foremost, we could not be more pumped to announce that we will be returning to a close friend and someone who has played a pivotal role in our story as a band. Aaron Sprinkle will be producing our new album. He produced our first 3 albums, and we could not be more thrilled to join forces again. We have 40+ song ideas, and this one is shaping up to be something special. We will begin work on the new album later this month. Stay close on many special ideas we have in store.

And yes, Stephen has also been working on a new Anchor & Braille album as well. We’ve heard some of those songs, and you’ll be missing out on some goodness if you don’t pay attention to that! That album will be out later in the year.

Joey completed his solo project as well. It’s called Sins, and its killer. We’ll be talking more about this one soon…

And in case you hadn’t heard about it yet, Nate has been working on his sexy side project called Carrollhood (along with his brother-in-law Tim from Underoath). Which brings us to this exciting announcement: Nate Young has recently signed with FORD Models!! Over the holiday break, he spent time in New York meeting with the fine people of FORD, and at the start of the year officially became a part of the roster. You’ll start seeing his ugly face around from time to time in places you wouldn’t normally. In fact, look out for February’s issue of V Man Magazine out this week! As always, Anberlin is 100% the main focus of all the members of Anberlin and nothing will ever change that. The stuff on the side only gives us more creative inspiration and passion for Anberlin and our future.

The Audition Self Release New EP, Announce Tour

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The AuditionThe Audition, who ran a kickstarter campaign to raise money for recording, have self-released their new EP titled [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/back-and-forth/id500159049?uo=4″ title=”The Audition-Chapter II” text=”Chapter II”]. The band departed from Victory Records in July of 2010 and are heading in a fresh direction and honing their signature sound on Chapter II.

The Audition is also set to hit the road with Every Avenue and We Are the In Crowd starting February 14th and running through the end of March (tour dates below). This marks the band’s first tour of the US since 2010, ending a hiatus that left their fans longing for a return to the road. The members of The Audition are equally excited to road-test the material from their new EP after two long years off from touring. [Read more…]

This World is Ours Tour Tickets On Sale

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This World Is OursTickets are on sale now for the This World is Ours Tour, co-headlined by Escape The Fate and Attack Attack! and featuring support from The Word Alive, Secrets and Mest. The tour launches April 5th in Buffalo, NY and winds down on May 16th in Vancouver, BC.

A commercial for the tour can be seen below along with the tour dates. [Read more…]