Road Warriors 45
San Francisco’s Noise Pop Festival is set for February 26 through March 2, and more artists have been confirmed for the event. New performers just announced are British Sea Power, Panther, Holy Fuck, Jeffery Lewis & The Jitters, Darker My Love, and Minipop. Other acts already confirmed include Magnetic Fields, The Mountain Goats, The Gutter Twins, Cursive, Blitzen, Trapper, Fu Manchu, Kelly Stoltz, and Saviours. For more information, please visit www.noisepop.com
London based four-piece rock band Switches are coming to the US for a tour after the New Year with NYC based synth rockers Bravery. Switches will be touring in advance of their album, Lay Down The Law, due out March 18 on Interscope. Here are the confirmed dates:
January
16 Boulder, CO - Fox Theatre
17 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre
18 Aspen, CO - Belly Up
19 Salt Lake City, UT - Club Sound (formerly Bricks)
22 Boise, ID - The Big Easy
23 Spokane, WA - The Big Easy Concert House
24 Vancouver, BC - Richard’s on Richards
25 Seattle, WA - Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room
26 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
28 Sacramento, CA - The Boardwalk
29 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
30 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
31 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
February
01 Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
02 Tucson, AZ - The Rock
05 Austin, TX - Emo’s
06 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre
07 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
08 Baton Rouge, LA - Varsity Theatre
09 Atlanta, GA - Roxy
12 Toronto, ONT - Opera House
13 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
14 Cincinnati, OH - 20th Century Theatre
15 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
16 Cleveland, OH - Agora Ballroom
18 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
19 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
22 Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore at TLA
Hellyeah, one of the most successful new rock bands, have just announced the second leg of their national headlining tour which they are calling Balls, Volume, Strength Tour. Machine Head, Nonpoint and Ankla will be supporting. Hellyeah’s self-titled album entered Billboard’s Top 200 at #9 earlier this year and has sold over 250,000 units. Here are the upcoming tour dates with more to be announced soon:
Date City Venue
Fri 1/25 Clinfton Park, NY Northern Lights
Sat 1/26 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Sun 1/27 Richmond, VA Toad’s Place
Tue 1/29 Charleston, SC The Music Farm
Wed 1/30 Charlotte, NC Amos Southend
Fri 2/1 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
Sat 2/2 Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues
Tue 2/5 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Wed 2/6 Providence, RI Lupo’s
Fri 2/8 Mokena, IL The Pearl Room
Sat 2/9 Traverse City, MI Streeters (no Machine Head)
Sun 2/10 Flint, MI The Machine Shop (no Machine Head)
Fri 2/15 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Club
Alt rockers Jimmy Eat World have announced a few tour dates with Foo Fighters. In all, the bands will team up for seven shows before Jimmy Eat World heads to Europe for a headlining tour. Here are the dates:
1/16 - Sunrise, FL - BankAtlantic Center
1/17 - Orlando, FL - Amway Arena
1/19 - Birmingham, AL - BJCC Arena
1/20 - Pensacola, FL - Pensacola Civic Center
1/22 - Houston, TX - Toyota Center
1/23 - Dallas, TX - American Airlines Center
1/25 - Memphis, TN - FedEx Forum
UK band Bullet My Valentine has just been added to the 2008 Taste of Chaos tour, joining Avenged Sevenfold and Atreyu on the main stage. It will be the first North American tour for Bullet My Valentine since early 2007 when they sold out their first headlining tour over here. Here are the confirmed dates:
FEBRUARY
29 Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO
MARCH
1 Memorial Hall, Kansas City, MO
2 Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
4 Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN
5 Family Arena, St. Louis, MO
7 Hara Arena, Dayton, OH
8 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI
10 The Armory, Rochester, NY
11 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL
13 Constant Convocation Center, Norfolk, VA
14 Tweeter Center, Philadelphia, PA
15 Convention Center, Asbury Park, NJ
17 Patriot Center, Washington, DC
18 Cumberland County Civic Center, Portland, ME
20 Nassau Coliseum, Nassau, NY
21 Tsongas Arena, Boston, MA
22 The Armory, Albany, NY
24 Gwinnett Center, Atlanta, GA
25 USF Sundome, Tampa, FL
26 Bayfront Park, Miami, FL
28 USC Arena, Orlando, FL
29 Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS
30 The Woodlands/Verizon, Houston, TX
APRIL
1 Nokia Theatre, Dallas, TX
3 Fairgrounds Arena, Oklahoma City, OK
4 Concrete Street Amphitheatre, Corpus Christi, TX
5 Freeman Coliseum, San Antonio, TX
6 County Coliseum, El Paso, TX
9 Jobing.com Arena, Phoenix, AZ
10 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA
12 Event Center, San Jose, CA
13 ARCO Arena, Sacramento, CA
15 WaMu Center, Seattle, WA
