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The 20 Years Of Tears tour, a once-in-a-lifetime 56-date, U.S. trek featuring varying line-ups surrounding core co-headliners Hawthorne Heights, Thursday, Saosin and Anberlin, kicks off this June before wrapping up in mid-September.

JT Woodruff, Hawthorne Heights vocalist and the architect behind the tour, as well as the co-founder of the ongoing Is For Lovers Festival, explains the inspiration for this not-to-be-missed touring event, which sees his band playing their debut album, The Silence in Black and White, in its entirety: “20 Years of Tears is a celebration of the genre that raised an entire generation, with basement-born bands to stadium headliners. Emo comes in all shapes and sizes and has touched the hearts and minds of people from all walks of life. With some of the biggest names of the MySpace Generation, this lineup is designed to give you the energy you had while feeling so misunderstood, as a ‘misguided’ youth.  This is not just a summer concert, it is a must-see event that can reignite the fire inside all of us as we sing and scream together like it's 2004.”

The tour incorporates the recently announced Is For Lovers Festival dates, with The 20 Years of Tears artists playing multiple Is For Lovers’ dates as well.

TOUR DATES:


June 22 Stateline, NV Lake Tahoe Is For Lovers *

June 23 Salt Lake City, UT Granary Live

June 24 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre

June 27 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Summerfest

June 28 Chicago, IL The Salt Shed

June 29 Grand Rapids, MI Intersection Outdoors

June 30 Cleveland Heights, OH Cain Park

July 1 Detroit, MI The Fillmore

July 3 Charleston, SC The Refinery

July 6 Clearwater, FL The BayCare Sound

July 7 Pompano Beach, FL Pompano Beach Amphitheater

July 9 Atlanta, GA The Eastern

July 10 Greenville, SC The Foundry

July 11 Asheville, NC Salvage Station

July 13 Charleston, WV West Virginia Is For Lovers *

July 14 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE

July 16 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore

July 17 Wallingford, CT The Dome at Oakdale

July 20 Manteo, NC OBX Is For Lovers *

July 21 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore

July 23 Knoxville, TN The Back Alley at Creekside

July 24 Nashville, TN Skydeck

July 25 Fort Wayne, IN The Clyde Theatre

July 27 Sauget, IL Pop’s Is For Lovers *

July 28 Rogers, AR The Walmart Amphitheater

August 3 Hot Springs, AR Magic Springs Theme Park

August 8 St. Augustine, FL The St. Augustine Amphitheatre

August 9 Orlando, FL House of Blues

August 10 Pensacola, FL The Handlebar Outdoors

August 12 New Orleans, LA The Fillmore

August 13 Katy, TX Home Run Dugout

August 14 Austin, TX Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater

August 16 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater

August 17 Eau Claire, WI Reverb Music Festival

August 18 Superior, WI Earth Rider Fest Grounds

August 19 Fargo, ND Outdoors at Fargo Brewing

August 21 Green Bay, WI Epic Event Center

August 22 Cedar Rapids, IA McGrath Amphitheatre

August 24 Council Bluffs, IA Iowa Is For Lovers *

August 26 Dallas, TX Toyota Music Factory

August 27 San Antonio, TX Sunken Garden Theater

August 28 Lubbock, TX Lonestar Events Center

August 31 Los Angeles, CA California Is For Lovers *

September 1 Phoenix, AZ The Van Buren

September 2 Albuquerque, NM Revel

September 5 Memphis, TN Minglewood Hall

September 7 Cincinnati, OH Ohio Is For Lovers *

September 8 Pickering, OH Pickering Casino Resort

September 10 Bangor, ME Cross Insurance Center

September 11 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom

September 12 New York, NY Palladium Times Square

September 13 Harrisburg, PA XL Live Southside Stage

September 14 Wayland, NY FOrX Summer Stage

September 15 Worcester, MA The Palladium


*-Is For Lovers Festival


The 20 Years of Tears line-ups by date:



June 23 to July 10

Hawthorne Heights/I See Stars/Anberlin

Armor For Sleep

Emery/This Wild Life


July 11

Hawthorne Heights/Anberlin

Armor For Sleep

Stick To Your Guns/This Wild Life


July 14, 17-28

Hawthorne Heights/Thursday/Anberlin

Armor For Sleep

Stick To Your Guns/This Wild Life


July 16

Hawthorne Heights/Anberlin

Armor For Sleep

Stick To Your Guns/This Wild Life


August 9-22

Hawthorne Heights/Thursday/Anberlin

Armor For Sleep

Emery/This Wild Life


August 26-28

Hawthorne Heights/Thursday/Anberlin

Cartel

Emery/This Wild Life


September 1-5

Hawthorne Heights/Saosin/Anberlin

Cartel

Stick To Your Guns/This Wild Life


September 10-15

Hawthorne Heights/Anberlin/Cartel

Stick To Your Guns

Emery/This Wild Life

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No Devotion made up of ex-members of Thursday's Geoff Rickly and Lostprophets have parted ways with drummer Luke Johnson.

In a statement made upon the drummer Luke Johnson's website which reads “No Devotion has been an integral part of my daily life for the last two years. It comes with great sadness to announce that after the NYC show on October 28th 2014 I parted ways with No Devotion.

“This was a very difficult decision to make; we have been through a lot together. Love ‘em like brothers!

“I’d like to say a big thank you to all the people that continue to support me, especially the Fans! Much love and Respect!”

The band themselves have added on saying that “To clarify this morning’s news: A few months back, Luke approached us with the concern that he would be unable to fulfill commitments to No Devotion moving forward. It was sad to hear, because we've obviously been on quite the journey together over the past five years. We didn't say anything publicly, because deep down we hoped he’d change his mind.

“Matt Tong (formerly of Bloc Party) stepped in to fill in on drums for the remainder of recording, and Phil Jenkins from Kids in Glass Houses will be joining us for our upcoming shows.

“We wish Luke all the best, and are looking forward to seeing everyone in this new year.”
11:09 AM
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Brooklyn-based label Collect Records is pleased to announce the debut single from its first signing No Devotion, the new indie-rock endeavor fronted by former Thursday and United Nations vocalist Geoff Rickly that also includes the remaining members of the former UK multi-platinum-selling band Lostprophets. Debuting its new song on Billboard.com, "Stay," No Devotion's proper introduction as a band, is being released today via iTunes as a single with another No Devotion track titled "Eyeshadow." Check out the premiere of "Stay" over at Billboard.com HERE.

This is a story that starts with an ending. An atypical story for modern music, this is a tragedy that isn't mythologized, a drama that couldn't have been manufactured. In this story, a popular band does not rediscover friendship to deliver the best album of their careers. The story of No Devotion truly has no precedent.

By now, most people-or at least most anyone reading this-know what happened to Lostprophets, the Welsh sextet whose multi-platinum, fifteen-year career died instantly with the horrific actions of its former lead singer. What most people haven't seemed to consider, however, is how the lives of the band's remaining members - Lee Gaze, Luke Johnson, Mike Lewis, Jamie Oliver, and Stuart Richardson - were profoundly impacted. Harshly uprooted from their settled lives and careers, their own notions of trust and betrayal tested beyond measure, there was never going to be an ending in which everything could simply go back to where it was before.

"We didn't know if we would ever make music again," Richardson recalls, "if people would look us in the face. Everything felt like it was over."

There was a long period of reflection, a sort of self-preservation for themselves and their families. And then, the music did come, albeit not like before.

By the time they approached former Thursday vocalist Geoff Rickly with a batch of instrumental tracks, an updated creative template had been forged and the singer's famously eclectic musical interests - which he spent the last few years exploring as both a solo artist and as a member of United Nations - somehow perfectly aligned with this new direction.

"To be honest, I never really listened to Lostprophets," Rickly admits. "But with this music, we speak a common language. You don't really grow out of punk, you grow with it. To my mind, post-punk was about taking a more sophisticated approach to that sound, and I think we all have a shared respect for that era of modern music."

After much consideration, Rickly agreed to front the new project. In light of the recent controversy, no one believed that this was an easy request.

"I had always liked these guys in passing: they're funny and self-aware. I didn't think it was fair, what was happening to them. And, well, the music was too good to pass up," he says, simply.

Which is to say that this story is not so much about alienation as it is about connection, and it's not about redemption as much as personal reclamation. No Devotion provided a vehicle for its members to become themselves again, and the two songs that comprise this, their debut 12-inch for Collect Records, were the fuel.

"We didn't know what else to do," Richardson explains. "We just wrote music. I didn't know if anyone would ever want to hear it, I didn't know if anyone ever would hear it. I just needed to occupy my brain." He pauses, then adds, "We just needed this."
1:39 PM
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Thursday has called it quits read all about it HERE. Be sure to catch the band while their still on the road.

TOUR DATES:

Nov. 23 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
Nov. 25 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
Nov. 26 – Pittsburgh, PA – Altar Bar
Nov. 27 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
Nov. 28 – Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop
Nov. 30 – Atlanta, GA – The Loft
Dec. 01 – Cincinnati, OH – 20TH Century Theatre
Dec. 02 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
Dec. 03 – Pontiac, MI – The Eagle Theater
Dec. 04 – Rochester, NY – Montage Music Hall
Dec. 26 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
Dec. 27 – Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club
Dec. 28 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
Dec. 29 – Boston, MA – Royale Boston
Dec. 30 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre Of Living Arts
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New Jersey's powerful cutting edge rock band Thursday will be hitting the road for a series of absolutely riveting North American live performance. The revered and influential band will be touring in support of their latest release, the critically heralded Epitaph release No Devolución. They will be joined on the first leg of the tour by Southern metalcore outfit Maylene & The Sons of Disaster and on the second leg with Philadelphia art rockers MewithoutYou and the New Jersey trio Screaming Females.

To kick off the tour, Thursday is premiering the newly remixed track “No Answers” from this year’s No Devolución by Big Black Delta (http://www.bigblackdelta.com, bbdlp1 Out Now), the solo project of Mellowdrone vocalist / bassist Jonathan Bates. Bates has recently remixed songs for M83 and Daft Punk; and you can listen to the song HERE.

On their sixth studio record, the influential band entered the studio with producer Dave Fridmann (Flaming Lips, MGMT) to create an enthralling and explosive sound merging elements of post-rock, indie rock, art rock and experimental music with Thursday’s post-hardcore roots to create a beautifully cathartic sound unlike anything before. Live the band’s set has only grown more enthralling.

“New Jersey hardcore act Thursday upstaged the headliner. Their latest Epitaph Records album No Devolución, is their best to date and finds the musicians re-teaming with producer Dave Fridmann. Its well-executed 45-minute set featured thought-provoking projections on a screen (black-and-white instructional medical and atomic bomb films, Soviet cartoons from the ’50s) and an ample sampling of the new songs, which all came off mesmerizing.” – Live Review, Orange County Register

Thursday Tour Dates:

Nov. 23 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
Nov. 25 – Toronto, ON – Opera House
Nov. 26 – Pittsburgh, PA – Altar Bar
Nov. 27 – Milwaukee, WI – Turner Hall
Nov. 28 – Cleveland Heights, OH – Grog Shop
Nov. 30 – Atlanta, GA – The Loft
Dec. 01 – Cincinnati, OH – 20TH Century Theatre
Dec. 02 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
Dec. 03 – Pontiac, MI – The Eagle Theater
Dec. 04 – Rochester, NY – Montage Music Hall
Dec. 26 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
Dec. 27 – Washington, D.C. – 9:30 Club
Dec. 28 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
Dec. 29 – Boston, MA – Royale Boston
Dec. 30 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre Of Living Arts
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Thursday, Maylene & The Sons of Disaster, Zechs Marquise, and Native will head out on a short winter tour.

TOUR DATES:

Nov 23 - New York, NY @ Irving PlazaNov 25 - Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
Nov 26 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar
Nov 27 - Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater
Nov 28 - Cleveland Heights, OH @ Grog Shop
Nov 30 - Columbus, GA @ Loft
Dec 01 - Cincinatti, OH @ 20th Century Theater
Dec 02 - Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
Dec 03 - Detroit, MI @ The Eagle
Dec 04 - Rochester, NY @ Montage Music Hall
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Taking Back Sunday will be hitting the road this summer with Thursday and Colour Revolt. Find out when and where below.

TOUR DATES:

06/14/2011 The Summit Music Hall Denver, CO
06/15/2011 In The Venue Salt Lake City, UT
06/17/2011 Roseland Theater Portland, OR
06/18/2011 The Showbox at Market Seattle, WA
06/19/2011 Knitting Factory Spokane , WA
06/21/2011 Knitting Factory Reno, NV
06/22/2011 The Fillmore San Francisco, CA
06/24/2011 House Of Blues San Diego, CA
06/25/2011 House of Blues Las Vegas, NV
06/28/2011 House Of Blues Anaheim, CA
07/01/2011 House of Blues Los Angeles, CA
07/02/2011 Marquee Theater Tempe, AZ
07/04/2011 House Of Blues Houston, TX
07/05/2011 House Of Blues Dallas, TX
07/08/2011 House Of Blues Orlando, FL
07/09/2011 Revolution Ft. Lauderdale, FL
07/10/2011 The Ritz Tampa, FL
07/12/2011 House Of Blues North Myrtle Beach, SC
07/13/2011 Center Stage Atlanta, GA
07/14/2011 The Fillmore Charlotte, NC
07/15/2011 Tower Theater Philadelphia, PA
07/16/2011 Rams Head Live Baltimore, MD
07/17/2011 Best Buy Theater New York, NY
07/19/2011 Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom Hampton Beach, NH
07/20/2011 House Of Blues Boston, MA
07/21/2011 The Dome Wallingford, CT
07/22/2011 Kool Haus Toronto, ON
07/23/2011 House Of Blues Cleveland, OH
07/24/2011 Bogart's Cincinnati, OH
07/26/2011 St. Andrews Hall Detroit, MI
07/28/2011 Orbit Room Grand Rapids, MI
07/29/2011 Egyptian Room Indianapolis, IN
07/31/2011 House Of Blues Chicago, IL
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