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Green Day announce U.K. tour dates

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 4/27/09 @ 10:51 AM - altpress.com

Punk legends Green Day have revealed dates for a brief tour of the U.K. and Ireland this fall. The tour will follow the band's summer tour of North America. The band will be in support of their upcoming full-length, 21st Century Breakdown.

Dates are as follows:
10/19 Glasgow, Scotland SECC
10/20 Belfast, Ireland Oddessy Arena
10/21 Dublin, Ireland O2 Arena
10/23 London, England O2 Arena
10/24 London, England O2 Arena
10/26 Sheffield, England Sheffield Arena
10/27 Birmingham, England LG Arena
10/28 Birmingham, England LG Arena
10/30 Manchester, England MEN Arena
10/31 Manchester, England MEN Arena
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The Dear Hunter announce LP2

Alternative Press - Brian Shultz on 4/27/09 @ 10:10 AM - altpress.com

The Dear Hunter has unveiled a little information on his sophomore full-length, Act III: Life And Death. It'll be the final installment in Casey Crescenzo's "epic rock opera."

The album is due out June 23rd on Triple Crown.

They'll support the album on an upcoming tour with mewithoutYou.
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Torche, Zero Boys, Coliseum playing Dude Fest

Alternative Press - Brian Shultz on 4/27/09 @ 9:00 AM - altpress.com

Torche, Zero Boys, Coliseum, Buried Inside and Capitalist Casualties are among the bigger names that will be playing this year's installment of Dude Fest 2009. The 3-day event will take place in Indianapolis, IN July 17th-19th.

Here's the lineup for the three days thus far:

American Cheeseburger
Black Ships
Buried Inside
Canadian Rifle
Capitalist Casualties
Catheter
Coke Bust
Coliseum
Comadre
Critical Response Team
Gaza
Get Rad
Harm's Way
Harvey Milk
Hatred Surge
Hewhocorrupts
Ice Nine
In Defence
Iron Lung
Magrudergrind
Mammoth Grinder
Mehkago NT
Mind Eraser
Phoenix Bodies
Portraits Of Past
Punch
Religious As Fuck
Shitstorm
Tombs
Torche
Weekend Nachos
Young Widows
Zero Boys
+ a few more TBA very soon
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Forever the Sickest Kids and We The Kings involved in beating by Philly police

Alternative Press - Julie Nguyen on 4/27/09 @ 12:06 AM - altpress.com

According to recent Twitter updates from Caleb Turman, guitarist for Forever the Sickest Kids, Travis Clark, vocals for We The Kings and several others, members of these bands have been physically involved with the Philadelphia Police Department. The event happened after a show at the Theatre of the Living Arts Sunday, 4/26. It is (yet) unknown what officially led to the beating.

Clark said, "Philadelphia cops just beat us up for nothing!" He then describes that their merch guy, Chris, is "bleeding from the head." According to Twitter updates from Mercy Mercedes' crew, Chris is currently hospitalized and three others from the tour are in jail.

Story still developing. Stay tuned to AP News for updates.

FTSK and WTK are both on tour with The Cab, Never Shout Never and Mercy Mercedes on the Bamboozle Road Tour.
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Taking Back Sunday post "New Again"

Alternative Press - Brian Shultz on 4/26/09 @ 4:29 PM - altpress.com

Taking Back Sunday have officially posted "New Again" on their MySpace page for streaming.

The song comes from their upcoming album of the same name, due out June 2nd on Warner Bros.
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Craig Owens to perform acoustic on JamNow

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 4/25/09 @ 6:41 PM - altpress.com

Craig Owens, frontman of Chiodos, Cinematic Sunrise, Isles And Glaciers and likely 32 more bands we aren't even aware of, will perform an acoustic set and be interviewed on the website JamNow at 7 p.m. EST on April 29.
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