I See Stars announce headlining tour and other news you might have missed today

January 26, 2017

I See Stars are heading out on a long tour of the U.S., Neck Deep's amazing charity T-shirt went on sale today and Anthrax now have a beer. Here's a recap of the news you might have missed today.

Neck Deep released a charity tee in support of an amazing cause.

And it sold out in an hour.

As Neck Deep explains in their social post, on Oct. 12, 2016, frontman Ben Barlow's father, Terry Barlow, passed away. Many fans were familar with Terry since the “Fuck Neck Deep, mate, Ben's dad owns a record label” meme went viral.

In memory of him, Neck Deep created this T-shirt, inscribed with Terry Barlow Records. 100 percent of the profits will be donated to the Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) along with the Pediatric Diabetes Team at Wrexham Maelor Hospital. This particular cause was chosen in honor of Ben's young nephew, Finlay, who was recently diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes.

Here's the band's statement:

“On the 12th October 2016 Ben's dad, Terry Barlow, sadly passed away.
Terry was always a huge Neck Deep supporter and took great pride in what Ben and the band had achieved. He was incredibly stoked that the “Fuck Neck Deep, mate, Ben's dad owns a record label” meme grew to be as popular as it was and would always find your tweets and show them to us.
So in his memory, we are offering this charity t-shirt in which 100% of the profits will be donated to JDRF (https://jdrf.org.uk/) Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and also the Paediatric Diabetes Team at Wrexham Maelor Hospital. We chose these particular foundations due to Ben's young nephew, Finlay, being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in 2016.
We hope to see you repping your TB shirt at a show sometime soon!
Terry Barlow Records Forever.”

When it sold out, Ben said:

“Truly lost for words. All of the charity TB Records shirts sold out in an hour. My dad would be losing his mind at how many people around the world are going to be walking about in a shirt with his name on!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Ben x”

I See Stars have announced a headlining, nationwide tour.

Echos will support the Treehouse tour, which is in support of I See Stars' new album of the same name.

The band says:

“This spring is the first time ever that we’ve done a tour revolving an album. We cannot wait to bring these songs to life! We will be playing 34 cities making sure that wherever in the states you are you’ll have an opportunity to come experience the show! We are doing acoustic performances for VIP and we are inviting some awesome DJ’s to help throw after parties in select cities! The production for this tour will be unlike anything we’ve done before. I want to see our IMob out strong for this one! See you soon! – Devin”

Nominee—who just teamed up with Hope For The Day for an awesome video recently—are streaming their new EP early.

Drag Me Out officially releases on Jan. 26, but you can listen to it early below. The record deals with frontman and former I Call Fives member Chris McLelland’s struggle with Bipolar Disorder.

Listen:

And watch their video partnering with Hope For The Day:

Included in our “10 songs we bet you didn't catch last week” post, Florida hardcore outfit—signed to Blood & Ink Records—released their full three-song promo.

Have a listen below. What do you think?

Bonfires—included in a past issue as one of the “12 Bands You Need To Know”— released a new music video for their track “Sympathy.”

It's the third track off their most recent EP, A Reason To Get Home.

“Wardance” is the next band beer—this time from Anthrax.

Anthrax's Scott Ian says, “I've wanted to do our own beer for a long time, it was just finding the right guy to make that a reality. I am a fan of Butternuts, especially their Porkslap Pale Ale, and when I found out that Chuck was interested in doing a beer with us I immediately said yes.”

The beer will be sold in stores, bars and restaurants in New York beginning March 27.

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