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10 album anniversary tours that need to happen in 2017

As we head into 2017, the anniversary and reunion tours are still going pretty strong, with this fall producing both Cute Is What We Aim For and Mayday Parade pop-punk goodness in full-album form. But what can we hope for next year? We’ve already found out that August Burns Red and Circa Survive will be celebrating iconic releases. The year 2007 was pretty good to the bands on this list, most of which are still going strong today. Would any of them press “pause” to pay homage to the good old days? Here’s a list of albums from 2007 that deserve a toast in 2017.

A Skylit DriveShe Watched The Sky

The band’s first EP would be hard to recreate now that most of the founding members have departed. Just Kyle Simmons and Nick Miller remain from the original lineup. Though current vocalist Michael Jagmin has been with the band for the majority of their career, She Watched The Sky preceded him (though he could definitely nail the high notes, rivaling Jordan Blake’s cords on follow-up albums Wires…And The Concept Of Breathing and Adelphia, before delving into a more standard rock sound). Former bandmates Cory La Quay and Joey Wilson have recently formed Avant Garde, so the idea that anyone would come together to play these eight songs back-to-back is far fetched, no matter how good it would feel to scream the lyrics to “Hey Nightmare, Where’d You Get Them Teeth?”

 Mayday Parade – A Lesson In Romantics

The follow up to Tales Told By Dead Friends, the EP that Mayday Parade are currently on tour celebrating, Romantics brought us “Black Cat” and “Jersey,” not to mention one of the best collections of songs that could all attain anthem status, depending on how many now-26-year-olds you got to stand, look up at the sky and yell how they’re all “gone beyond repair.” But because of the current tour, it’s unlikely that they’ll do another for their sophomore release—not that anyone would object. We can only hope they’ll fill up this fall’s set with some of the other greats.

Pierce The VeilA Flair For The Dramatic

That’s right: Vic Fuentes first complicated our breathing 10 years ago.  Pierce The Veil are still going strong with their spring release Misadventures, which reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200. However, they made it clear they’re open to playing an album from start to finish, having done so on a few select dates for their latest album.

BaysideThe Walking Wounded

On August 19, Bayside boasted their most ambitious album to date, Vacancy, but to forget that these seeds were planted 10 years ago would be a sin. After releasing their sophomore self-titled record, Bayside followed up with The Walking Wounded. Tracks like “Duality” and “They’re Not Horses, They’re Unicorns” have been staples at Bayside live shows, but getting to see “A Rite of Passage” and “Head On A Plate” alongside them would certainly be awesome.

The UsedLies For The Liars

This past spring, the Used marked the anniversary of In Love And Death, and did it right with two-night performances for each city’s stop (one for their new release, Imaginary Enemy and one for the anniversary).

Fall Out BoyInfinity On High

Okay, if Fall Out Boy didn’t celebrate the anniversary of Take This To Your Grave or From Under The Cork Tree with full-album tours, they’re probably not going to go on the road for Infinity On High. However, it’s not like these songs are neglected, despite the band’s ongoing success. Most tours pull at least “This Ain’t A Scene, It’s An Arms Race” and “Thnks Fr Th Mmrs” — and “Thriller,” if you’re lucky.

A Day To RememberFor Those Who Have Heart

The album that brought one of the most memorable guitar openings ever (“The Plot To Bomb The Panhandle”) deserves recognition. Throw in one of the best pop covers to come out of the scene  the deluxe edition (Could you imagine the severe wave of nostalgia for “Since U Been Gone”?) and there would be a party. ADTR just released Bad Vibrations, however, and are coming off a monumental tour with Blink-182: Remembering their 2007 release isn’t likely high on the list of priorities.

Four Year StrongRise Or Die Trying

With Four Year Strong’s debut full-length, the band set the melodic hardcore standard for a decade’s worth of music to come. The band released a self-titled album in 2015 and played the entirety of Vans Warped Tour, and while the newest release was well received, nothing quite beats screaming “Catastrophe” from the middle of a circle pit.

ParamoreRiot!

Judging from what Hayley Williams has said about the lyrics in “Misery Business,” and how the public basically has access to the good and bad parts of her 17-year-old self’s diary, it doesn’t look like an anniversary tour is on the table. But for the rest of us, songs like “For A Pessimist I’m Pretty Optimistic,” “Crushcrushcrush” and “That’s What You Get” remind us of a simpler time when we were still emboldened by passion instead of apathetic toward it. Emotional masochism and one-upping the other girl might not be the best route to take in real life, but it sure feels good to sing about at a show.

All Time LowSo Wrong, It’s Right

For those of us who got to the table late and still haven’t experienced “Remembering Sunday” live, this seems like a pretty good excuse to remedy that, right? This album catapulted everyone’s favorite pop-punk princes with “Dear Maria, Count Me In,” has since gone platinum, and is still the closer to most of their shows. ATL always seem to tour with bands that complement each other extremely well, even making a list or two of tours that need to happen again—like 2013’s House Party Tour, which also featured list-mates A Day To Remember and Pierce The Veil. A tour of one band playing an album in its entirety is one thing. A tour with all three of these bands celebrating their respective albums is quite another, and possibly the best thing that could ever happen. Hey, we can dream, right?