State Champs’ Derek DiScanio has a hard time listening to Daughtry

November 20, 2018

Every music lover has that one good song or album that’s ruined by a shitty time or person. For Derek DiScanio, frontman for State Champs, a certain American Idol alumni will eternally be attached to seventh grade heartbreak.

DiScanio also reveals which State Champs song is ruined for Champs bassist, Ryan Scott Graham, as well as which one of their tracks was hilariously ruined by former tour mates Set It Off in this APTV exclusive.

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State Champs are getting ready to bring their Living Proof tour to North America.

The tour, which is in support of the band’s third studio album under the same name, is set to run at the beginning of 2019 with Our Last Night acting as support; with more special acts to be announced.

The band’s upcoming headlining run officially kicks off on March 1 in Chicago, Illinois and it wraps up a couple of weeks later on March 29 in Dallas, Texas.

Dates:

03/01 – Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
03/02 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
03/03 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
03/05 – Indianapolis, IN @ Deluxe
03/06 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
03/08 – New York, NY @ Playstation Theater
03/09 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues
03/12 – Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage
03/13 – Charlotte, NC @ The Underground
03/14 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
03/15 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
03/16 – Louisville, KY @ Mercury Ballroom
03/18 – Denver, CO @ Summit
03/19 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
03/21 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
03/22 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
03/23 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace of Spades
03/24 – Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues
03/26 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
03/28 – Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn
03/29 – Dallas, TX @ Granada Theater