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I always look forward to the last few weeks of December, as it's when a whole slew of spring tours start to get announced and my MySpace calendar starts to fill up. Here's my picks for what you need to spend your hard-earned ducats on (and what you should avoid like the plague).
THE BIG WINNER: Taste Of Chaos
LINEUP: Thursday/Bring Me The Horizon/Four Year Strong/Pierce The Veil/Cancer Bats
FROM: 2/14-4/9 (dates)
Finally, Taste Of Chaos gets it right -- make the venues smaller, lower the ticket prices slightly and get one hell of a solid lineup to ensure the absolute minimum in audience smoke breaks. I've seen all of these bands live before with the exception of BMTH (but I've heard great things about their live show), and I can tell you that they each totally bring it every single night. Also, as one of the lucky few who have gotten to hear the new Thursday record already (hey, membership has its perks, what can I say?), I am already sufficiently stoked to hear some new jams in a live setting.
RUNNERS-UP
Murder By Death/Fake Problems (dates) -- MBD's spring tour features the band playing both Who Will Survive, And What Will Be Left Of Them? and Red Of Tooth & Claw back-to-back, plus original keyboardist Vincent is returning for this tour. (Of course, there's no Cleveland show. Goddamnit.)
Where's The Band? Tour (dates) -- The frontmen of the Get Up Kids, Thrice, Saves The Day and Bayside all doing solo acoustic sets together? This is like the Revival Tour for the emo set. Sign me the fuck up.
THE BIG LOSER: Saints & Sinners Tour
LINEUP: Senses Fail/Hollywood Undead/Haste The Day/Brokencyde
FROM: 2/27-4/2 (dates)
The mind boggles at how awful this lineup is. Senses Fail is tolerable-to-good on occasion, but wow, talk about a shit supporting lineup. I won't even harp on Haste The Day, because whatever, they're a by-the-books Christian metalcore band, no big whoop. But Brokencyde and Hollywood Undead? If you want to pinpoint exactly where the scene's ass started to bleed, check whenever those two bands made their MySpace pages. I wouldn't be caught dead at this show.
RUNNERS-UP
Avenged Sevenfold/Buckcherry/Papa Roach (dates) -- I truly hope we can stop writing about A7X in 2009. Consider it my New Years resoution.
Escape The Fate/William Control (dates) -- Hey, Escape The Fate: Do you plan on still keeping your second guitarist hidden behind a scrim onstage, or will you actually let the audience see him this tour? Whoops, I think I let the cat out of the bag...
Okay, your turn: What's the spring tour you're looking forward to the most? Outside of the AP Tour, of course...
THE BIG WINNER: Taste Of Chaos
LINEUP: Thursday/Bring Me The Horizon/Four Year Strong/Pierce The Veil/Cancer Bats
FROM: 2/14-4/9 (dates)
Finally, Taste Of Chaos gets it right -- make the venues smaller, lower the ticket prices slightly and get one hell of a solid lineup to ensure the absolute minimum in audience smoke breaks. I've seen all of these bands live before with the exception of BMTH (but I've heard great things about their live show), and I can tell you that they each totally bring it every single night. Also, as one of the lucky few who have gotten to hear the new Thursday record already (hey, membership has its perks, what can I say?), I am already sufficiently stoked to hear some new jams in a live setting.
RUNNERS-UP
THE BIG LOSER: Saints & Sinners Tour
LINEUP: Senses Fail/Hollywood Undead/Haste The Day/Brokencyde
FROM: 2/27-4/2 (dates)
The mind boggles at how awful this lineup is. Senses Fail is tolerable-to-good on occasion, but wow, talk about a shit supporting lineup. I won't even harp on Haste The Day, because whatever, they're a by-the-books Christian metalcore band, no big whoop. But Brokencyde and Hollywood Undead? If you want to pinpoint exactly where the scene's ass started to bleed, check whenever those two bands made their MySpace pages. I wouldn't be caught dead at this show.
RUNNERS-UP
Okay, your turn: What's the spring tour you're looking forward to the most? Outside of the AP Tour, of course...
posted by Scott Heisel at
12:18 PM
8 Comments:
im looking pretty damn forward to whatever gaslight's headlining tour turns out to be, the craig owens/ace enders/color fred/versa emerge tour (very surprising/awesome lineup on that one) and taste of chaos hopefully, the JIMMY EAT WORLD CLARITY tour, and the weekend of awesome that will be bamboozle left.
if the king blues came to america, that would be the tour to go to.
Honestly, my mind is completely stoked for the AP Tour and nothing else right now. I am ready to DANCE!
fall out boy! though they haven't announced anything for the states yet, i feel it coming. just saw them at the troubadour last week. incredible.
Best New Year's resolution ever! Here's to hoping it's adhered to. Unless you are reporting their breakup. Yes, that would be optimal.
Anyway, I wish the Where's the Band? tour was coming closer to here. The only thing that could have made the Revival tour better would've been Dustin Kensrue. Oh well. Other than that, I just really hope to see Thorns of Life. I'll even go to NYC provided the show is announced sooner than the day of. Also, the Loved Ones are super fun live, and hinted they might be hitting the road next year. I hope so.
Dude, I love Haste the Day. Of course, I AM a Christian. And I pretty much love metalcore more than any sane person should. So maybe there's extenuating circumstances involved. In any case, I never go to any shows, because I live about seven hours from the closest place that bands actually come to, aka Boston, MA. So I have a hard time mustering any enthusiasm for any tours.
Flogging Molly on yet another Green 17 tour! This year Chicago will graced with the coveted St Paddy's day date! Cannot wait!!!
Taste of chaos is definitely gonna be awesome. As far as the sINNERS AND sAINTS TOUR, i love senses fail..... but seriously, brokencyde? those guys are possibly the shittiest band ever made. how many times can you scream "get crunk" over a shitty synthetic beat? the tour i am most looking forward to would be the one featuring the devil wears prada/ a day to remember/ sky eats airplane/ emarosa. Solid bands. solid lineup.
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