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Butch Walker and Brendon Urie create American Psycho spoof

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 2/17/10 @ 1:17 PM - altpress.com

Butch Walker and Panic! At The Disco frontman Brendon Urie teamed up with video director Shane Valdes to create a parody of the Christian Bale film, American Psycho. In the video, Urie plays a super-fan who purchased a $25,000 pre-order of Walker's upcoming album, I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart, and as part of the deal, Urie gets to spend the day with Walker. But if you've seen American Psycho, you know things won't go all that well.

The album drops Feb. 23 and you can check out the video here.

Nine hospitalized after Alexisonfire performance at the Olympics

Alternative Press - Nichole Fazekas on 2/17/10 @ 10:48 AM - altpress.com

A free concert last night featuring Alexisonfire at Yaletown LiveCity surrounding the Olympics in Vancouver was stopped almost immediately when surging crowds knocked over a barricade near the stage. About 20 fans were treated for injuries and nine were moved to an area hospital. Only one person suffered serious injuries--a compound leg fracture. The Canadian band had only played for about 10 seconds when the crowd pushed forward and the fence failed. The concert was immediately canceled.

As the crowd continued to wait, the members of Alexisonfire took the stage to explain the situation. "We were all so excited that you completely decimated the whole barrier," said guitarist/vocalist Wade MacNeil. "The reality of the situation is that it's completely destroyed and it's really dangerous and there's an incredible amount of sharp objects up here and a lot of people got hurt when that happened."

As vocalist George Pettit announced that the show was canceled and repeatedly apologized to the crowd, he was greeted with boos. The band promised to "make it up" to fans in the future.

Check out video of the incident below.



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Circa Survive post new song, reveal album details

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 2/16/10 @ 6:00 PM - altpress.com

Circa Survive have revealed the details of their upcoming major label debut. Blue Sky Noise will be released April 20--two days before the band kick off their tour with Coheed And Cambria in Charlotte, NC. Blue Sky Noise was produced by David Bottrill (Muse, Tool) and mixed by Rich Costey (the Mars Volta, Rage Against The Machine). Circa have posted "Get Out," the first new song from the album, on their homepage and you can stream it below--where you can also see the album art by Esao Andrews. Fans who pre-order the album will receive an immediate download of the song and a digital copy of the full-length a week before its scheduled street date. Check out the band's touring plans below:

*Headlining
**Supporting Coheed & Cambria

3/11 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle*
3/12 Nashville, TN Exit/In*
3/13 Birmingham, AL WorkPlay Theatre*
3/14 Little Rock, AR The Village*
3/16 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit*
3/17-20 Austin, TX South By Southwest (venues TBD)
3/20 Austin, TX Emo’s (AP 100 Bands showcase)
3/22 St. Louis, MO The Firebird*
3/23 Indianapolis, IN The Emerson Theater*
3/24 Cleveland Heights, OH Grog Shop*
3/26 Anaheim, CA The Hoodwink (Grove Of Anaheim)*
3/27 Anaheim, CA The Bamboozle West (The Festival Grounds at Angel Stadium)
4/22 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore Charlotte**
4/23 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle**
4/24 Lake Buena Vista, FL House Of Blues **
4/25 Fort Lauderdale, FL Revolution**
4/27 Houston, TX Warehouse Live**
4/28 Austin, TX Stubb’s**
4/29 Dallas,TX Palladium Ballroom**
4/30 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom**
5/1 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom**
5/3 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre**
5/4 Pomona, CA Fox Theatre**
5/5 San Francisco, CA The Warfield Theatre**
5/7 Portland, OR Roseland Theater**
5/8 Seattle, WA Showbox SoDo**
5/10 Salt Lake City, UT Murray Theater**
5/11 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre**
5/13 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue**
5/14 Chicago, IL Congress Theater**
5/15 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre**
5/17 Boston, MA House Of Blues**
5/18 Montreal, Quebec Metropolis**
5/19 Toronto, Ontario Sound Academy**
5/22 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory**
5/26 New York, NY Rumsey Playfield**
5/27 Washington, DC 9:30 Club**


Circa Survive - Get Out by circasurvive

Set Your Goals/Comeback Kid/Title Fight tour announced

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 2/16/10 @ 11:48 AM - altpress.com

In keeping with today's non-stop tour news, Set Your Goals have announced the routing for their "Kimbo Wants A Pepsi" tour, their first headlining run since the release of This Will Be The Death Of Us last summer. Joining them for the whole tour will be Comeback Kid. A number of bands will be rotating the opening spots, including Title Fight, the Wonder Years, This Time Next Year, Smartbomb, Make Do And Mend, Murdock and the Story So Far. Not all bands have announced which dates they're playing yet, but we've been able to piece together the following breakdown:

ALL DATES WITH COMEBACK KID

w/The Wonder Years, This Time Next Year
04/16 | Palmdale, CA | The Crossing
04/17 | Modesto, CA | Modesto Virtual
04/18 | Portland, OR | Hawthorne
04/19 | Seattle, WA | Chop Suey
04/20 | Boise, ID | The Venue
04/21 | Salt Lake City, UT | Kilby Count
04/23 | Denver, CO | Marquis
04/24 | Omaha, NE | Sokol
04/25 | Des Moines, IA | Vaudeville Mews
04/26 | Elgin, IL | Mad Maggie's

w/Title Fight, Make Do And Mend
04/28 | Grand Rapids, MI | Mixtape
04/29 | Erie, PA | Forward Hall
04/30 | Syracuse, NY | Lost Horizons
05/01 | Providence, RI | Club Hell
05/02 | Holyoke, MA | Waterfront

w/Title Fight, Smartbomb
05/03 | Albany, NY | Northern Lights
05/04 | Long Island, NY | Crazy Donkey
05/05 | Lemoyne, PA | Championship
05/06 | Pittsburgh, PA | Mr Smalls
05/07 | Louisville, KY | Uncle Peasants

w/Title Fight, Murdock
05/08 | Nashville, TN | Rocketown
05/09 | Little Rock, AR | The Village
05/11 | Albuquerque, NM | Launch Pad
05/12 | Las Vegas, NV | Area 702
05/13 | Tempe, AZ | 23 West
05/14 | Anaheim, CA | Chain Reaction

w/Title Fight, The Story So Far
05/15 | Anaheim, CA | Chain Reaction
05/16 | San Francisco, CA | Slim's

Angels & Airwaves plan North American tour with Say Anything

Alternative Press - Nichole Fazekas on 2/16/10 @ 11:11 AM - altpress.com

Angels & Airwaves -- who just released their third album, Love, for free download on Valentine's Day -- have scheduled a comprehensive North American tour for this April and May. Opening the coast-to-coast trek will be Say Anything, who are supporting last year's self-titled effort.

"It's our great pleasure to be invited to play live with Angels & Airwaves," says Say Anything frontman Max Bemis. "We're longtime fans the band and Sir Tom in general, and this collaboration is something that we've been looking forward to for a long time."

Dates are below; after you mark your calendar, check out our exclusive interview with Tom DeLonge about AvA, Blink-182 and more.

4/5 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theater
4/7 Seattle, WA The Showbox SODO
4/8 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
4/9 Vancouver, BC Vogue Theater
4/11 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Event Center
4/12 Calgary, AB MacEwan Hall Ballroom
4/14 Fargo, ND The Venue
4/15 Des Moines, IA Val Air Ballroom
4/16 Kansas City, MO Uptown Theater
4/17 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Club
4/18 Minneapolis, MN Epic Nightclub
4/19 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
4/22 Columbus, OH PromoWest Pavillion
4/23 Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Amphitheater
4/24 Chicago, IL Aragon Theater
4/25 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
4/27 Detroit, MI The Fillmore Detroit
4/28 Toronto, ON Sound Academy
4/29 Rochester, NY Main Street Armory
4/30 East Rutherford, NJ Hoodwink Festival
5/1 Potsdam, NY SUNY Potsdam
5/2 East Rutherford, NJ The Bamboozle Festival
5/3 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
5/4 Boston, MA House of Blues
5/6 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
5/7 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
5/8 Wallingford, CT The Dome
5/10 Norfolk, VA The NorVa
5/11 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore Charlotte
5/13 Tampa, FL The Ritz
5/14 Pompano Beach, FL Pompano Beach Amphitheater
5/15 Orlando, FL Hard Rock Live
5/16 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
5/18 Houston, TX House of Blues
5/19 San Antonio, TX Sunset Station
5/20 Dallas, TX The Palladium Ballroom
5/22 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
5/24 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
5/25 Tempe, AZ The Marquee
5/27 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium
5/28 Las Vegas, NV The Joint/Hard Rock Hotel & Casino


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Straylight Run go on indefinite hiatus

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 2/16/10 @ 10:45 AM - altpress.com

Straylight Run have announced that they are going on "indefinite hiatus." The band formed after vocalist/guitarist John Nolan and bassist Shaun Cooper left Taking Back Sunday in 2003, going on to add drummer Will Noon and Nolan's sister Michelle DaRosa on vocals and keyboards. DaRosa left Straylight in 2008 and later formed Destry, leaving Nolan, Cooper and Nolan as a trio. Straylight released two full-lengths and three EPs including 2009's About Time.

In a blog on the band's MySpace and Tumblr pages, Straylight posted a statement saying that the members will be open to working together again in the future, and they still have plans to release their planned live album.

The statement reads:

"We are very sad to announce to you that we will be going on an indefinite hiatus. We call it a hiatus and not a break up because the band still enjoys working together and is open to the idea of doing so in the future. If it was up to us we would continue making music throughout this year and the years to come, but the unfortunate reality is that being in a band is a business and when business isn't good you can only keep going for so long.

We are still making plans to release the live album that we recorded at the end of our last tour. As of now there is no release date though, so stay tuned for more information on that.

We would like to thank everyone one of you who ever came to a show, bought one of our records, took us on tour or supported us in any way at all over the nearly seven years that we've been a band. We'd also like to thank everyone that has worked for us, especially Dave Stein, Andrew Buck, Dayna Ghiraldi, Shannon Kimball and everyone at Padell. We have had an amazing time and feel so incredibly grateful to you all for everything we've experienced throughout our years as a band. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts."