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There’s no denying the Maine have accomplished a lot in their 12-year existence. They started out making their own records before signing to Fearless Records. They made it through the major-label machine unscathed, until they decided to go back to releasing their own music and having complete control over their careers. A...

Anyone else get some serious FOMO from clicking through Wikipedia pages and tour posters and seeing page after page of dope tours? (Why did everything good in the world happen in 2006?) But what’s awesome and unique about our music scene is that it brings so many people of different age groups, interests and backgrounds together! It’s ...

Previously on APTV, we saw what a monster seemingly sweet As It Is frontman Patty Walters had become. From threatening violence on his bandmates to merciless verbal abuse, Patty had to be stopped.  As the AP Tour came to an end, the rest of As It Is decided they could take no more and went all the way to The Top to end the saga of pain.  I ...

Real Friends check in from the AP tour, telling us how it felt to start off the tour in big cities, which video games they brought along and what was different about their show this time around.  The AP Tour concludes tonight in in Florida. Thank yo ...

In 2010, APTV went on an adventure to get into the World Series with JB Brubaker from August Burns Red while he was on the AP Tour. When he made it in, he showed us exactly "why August Burns Red don't sing" with a...uh, lovely rendition of "God Bless America."  ...

The last days of the AP Tour with As It Is, This Wild Life, Real Friends and Mayday Parade are approaching quickly, so APTV checked in with This Wild Life to talk about their experience on tour, bad jokes and the changes they’ve made to their setlist. “We’ve b ...

With these year’s AP Tour well underway, come with us on a journey through AP Tours past. Five years ago, Never Shout Never headlined the tour with the Cab, Hey Monday and the Summer Set. This all-access video will take you through karaoke-filled nights, pre-show warm-ups and Christofer Drew’s first time playing the main stage at Bamboozle. “It’s the ...

With the release of their latest album, Black Lines, Mayday Parade set out as the headliners of the AP Tour with plans to showcase the most impressive stage production of their career this far. But along the way, they’ve run into some interesting antics while touring. “We ...

A decade into their career, MAYDAY PARADE remain some of the most consistently great songwriters in the pop-rock scene, even as they sonically reinvent themselves along the way. It’s hard to go wrong with any of the band’s albums, and whittling down their catalog to 10 tracks isn’t for the faint of heart. Don’t think of t ...

It seems like only yesterday that A Lesson In Romantics was making us feel all the feels, so it’s a bit of a shock realizing that Mayday Parade are celebrating a decade as a band. With a new album out last week and a headlining spot on the AP Tour, we caught up with frontman Derek Sanders to see how he’s handling the transition from upstart young punk to leader of a scene institution. Black Lin...

Photographer: Keeyahtay Lewis Mayday Parade headlining the AP Tour at Starland Ballroom in New Jersey. All photos captured by Keeyahtay Lewis.

It’s been a breakthrough year for Chicago-area pop-punks Real Friends, but as fall begins, the band aren’t showing any sign of slowing down. As they prepare to head out on the AP Tour with Mayday Parade, we caught up with frontman Dan Lambton to chat about his guest spot on Mayday’s new album and to get the scoop on what Real Friends have in store for their next album, due in 2016. You’re in the m

On October 14, fans gathered at the House Of Blues for the very first night of this year’s AP Tour. Performers this year ran the gamut, from the acoustic swellers of This Wild Life to pop-punk vigilantes Real Friends, opened by As It Is and headlined by Mayday Parade. Hop ...

Photo Credit: Ashley Osborn It’s only been a year since As It Is signed with Fearless Records, but the U.K.-based pop-punks haven’t wasted a second of that time. On the verge of this year’s AP Tour, we tracked down guitarist Benjamin Biss in Australia — where the band are promoting debut full length Never Happy, Ever After — to see how the lads are holding it together after an impossibly busy 12 m

The AP Tour bands sat down for a Google Hangout this past Friday to talk the upcoming tour, new albums and to answer fan questions. If you didn’t catch the live chat, here are some of the antics that you missed. This Wild Life’s, Kevin Jordan, jokingly called out As It Is front man, Patty Walters, for not taking the tour seriously because the band hasn’t left the UK yet. Mayday Parade p ... Read

Photo Credit: Adam Elmakias As the only act on this fall’s AP Tour without a drummer—or electric guitars—This Wild Life are sure to stand out on a bill otherwise loaded with hooky pop-punk and pop-rock. But singer/guitarist Kevin Jordan and guitarist Anthony Del Grosso are fine being the odd men out: In the past year, the acoustic duo have supported everyone from New Found Glory to Sleeping With S

Last spring, Real Friends stopped by the AP offices for a live acoustic session during which they performed their 2015 APMA-nominated song "I Don't Love You Anymore" and participated in a livestreamed Q&A.  Over the next few weeks, we will be releasing more footage from this session with the Maine and Knuckle Puck, so stay tuned! And be sure to g... Read More ...

VIP tickets for the AP Tour are on sale now. Included in the package is a general admission ticket, a VIP meet and greet, a physical copy of Mayday Parade's new album, Black Lines (due out October 9), a tour poster, t-shirt and one-year subscription to Alternative Press magazine. Make sure to ...

Mayday Parade, Real Friends, This Wild Life and As It Is have all been announced for the AP Tour (presented by Hot Topic). Mayday Parade-exclusive VIP tickets/bundles go on sale on Friday, July 24 at 12:00 p.m. EST, while public tickets go on sale Friday, July 31 at 10:00 a.m. local ...

AltPress are excited to announce that we will soon be launching a Japanese AP website at AltPress.jp in early May. In conjunction with the launch, we are producing the first ever AP Tour Japan featuring headliners The Used with Silverstein and 100 Bands You Need To Know artist and Japan natives Crossfaith.  Date ...