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Bouncing Souls announce Halloween party, more

Tim Karan on 10/26/09 @ 3:49 PM

The Bouncing Souls have unveiled plans for a few special shows to take place this week. On Thursday, the band will play a "Happy Hour" show at Hensley's Flying Elephant in Carlsbad, California. The following two days, the Souls will perform a two-night stand at the El Rey in Hollywood. The Halloween show on the 31st will feature a costume contest with prizes for winners in the following categories:
Scariest
Best Homemade
Best Couple
Best Group/Family
Most Original
Best Under 14

Prizes include a one-year subscription to AP, gift certificates for Souls merch, free shoes from Vans, vinyl and more. Sign up for the contest before the show at the merch table.

New Fall Out Boy song available a day early

Tim Karan on 10/26/09 @ 3:30 PM

Fall Out Boy's new single, "Alpha Dog," is now available on iTunes. It was originally scheduled to debut tomorrow. The song comes from the band's upcoming greatest hits comp, Believers Never Die: Greatest Hits, which is set for release Nov. 17. Listen to the song and buy it here.

Watch 3OH!3's video for "Starstrukk" featuring Katy Perry

Tim Karan on 10/26/09 @ 2:34 PM

The video for 3OH!3's "Starstrukk" featuring Katy Perry debuted today on MTV. We brought you exclusive photos from the clip last week, and now you can check out the full video below. The song is currently featured in the trailer for the movie When In Rome starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel, and will be featured on the soundtrack to the film which is slated for release in January.

The Rocket Summer EP available today

Tim Karan on 10/26/09 @ 2:25 PM

The Rocket Summer's new EP, You Gotta Believe, is now available for purchase on iTunes. The EP was originally slated to be released tomorrow.

Tracklisting:
1. You Gotta Believe
2. Hills And Valleys
3. Light
4. The Fight (Bonus Track)

Win free tickets to every show in your town from LiveNation!

Tim Karan on 10/26/09 @ 11:02 AM

This Wednesday, everyone who buys a ticket to a LiveNation club show during the company's "No Service Fees Wednesday" promotion will be entered to win an "Ultimate Access Pass" to the venue for which they buy their ticket. The pass is good for admission to every show at the venue in 2010, and each LiveNation venue will have a winner. The names of the winners will be posted at 12 p.m. EST on Oct. 29 here.

To celebrate, LiveNation is also hosting meet and greets at venues on Wednesday with the Used, Taking Back Sunday, Hellogoodbye and more. Check out where the bands will be below.

Meet and Greets:
Anvil - Hard Rock Café, Toronto 5 - 7 PM
Between The Buried And Me - The Fillmore Charlotte 5:30 - 6:30 PM
Dethklok & Mastodon - House of Blues Boston 6:30 - 7 PM
Five Finger Death Punch - The Fillmore Denver 6 - 7 PM
Hellogoodbye - Atlanta Tabernacle 5 - 6 PM
Hollywood Undead w/ Atreyu and Escape The Fate - The Gramercy Theater, New York 4 - 6 PM
LMFAO w/ Shwayze - The Hollywood Palladium 6 - 8 PM
Taking Back Sunday - House of Blues Chicago 5 - 5:30 PM
Tesla - Murat Egyptian Room, Indianapolis 5 - 7 PM
The Used - TLA Philadelphia 5 - 6 PM

For more on No Service Fees Wednesday and the Ultimate Access Pass, go to LiveNation.com.

City And Colour announce U.S. headlining tour

Tim Karan on 10/26/09 @ 10:40 AM

City And Colour, the solo project of Alexisonfire guitarist/vocalist Dallas Green, will play a headlining tour of the U.S. in January. There will be a members only pre-sale starting Oct. 27 here which will offer meet and greets with Green to the first 30 buyers in each city. City And Colour will be in support of the 2008 full-length, Bring Me Your Love.

Dates are as follows:
Thu. Jan 07 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Fri. Jan 08 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Sun. Jan 10 - Somerville, MA @ Somerville Theatre
Mon. Jan 11 - Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Theatre
Fri. Jan 15 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
Sat. Jan 16 - Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
Thu. Jan 21 - Austin, TX @ Central Church
Fri. Jan 22 - San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
Sat. Jan 23 - Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda