Filed under: A Day To Remember, Hardcore, Music News, Pop Punk, Video | Tags: A Day To Remember, Fancore, Hardcore, I'm Made Of Wax Larry What Are You Made Of?, Music Video, Pop Punk, Rock
On the back of their incredible UK tour, pop punk/hardcore mob A Day To Remember have released the video for upcoming single, ‘I’m Made Of Wax Larry, What Are You Made Of?‘
Aside from being one of the best songs off 2009’s epic ‘Homesick‘ the video features cheerleaders, kick ball, synchronised headbanging and even a child being subjected to a chokeslam, the latter possibly being the definition of ‘Awesome’.
So no excuses, the video is above for you to feast your hungry eyes upon. For those who didn’t catch ADTR along with Architects and Your Demise, we won’t rub it in too much but make sure you don’t miss the band on their next visit.
Filed under: Green Day, MTV, Music, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, Rock and/or Roll | Tags: Green Day, MTV, Music, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, Rock, Rock Band
After the success of Beatles: Rock Band it seems that the people at Harmonix/MTV are set to unleash a new band-centric title in teh hugely successful rhythm game franchise in the form of a full Green Day: Rock Band game scheduled for 2010.
The following statement has been released by MTV:
“This game will feel like a natural extension of Green Day and their music that will deepen the fans’ connection to the band and their history,” said Alex Rigopulos, CEO and co-founder of Harmonix Music Systems. “Fans will be able to enjoy some of the greatest songs from the Green Day catalogue in this standalone game or via Rock Band due to full export capability. We are thrilled to work with Green Day to revisit key moments from their career, including their likenesses, content and imagery, through our innovative form of musical interaction.”
Besides confirming a global release in 2010 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Nintendo Wii, the the track list will be fully exportable, allowing you to play the songs or Rock Band 1 or 2. This exportable option is only for PS3 and Xbox 360, not Wii, however. ”
With the recent Green Day global takeover, it isn’t a surprise that one of the most successful and mainstream acts of the decade are to follow the Fab Four’s footsteps. Will you be buying the game or do you think that bands like Led Zeppelin should be first in line above the pop punks?
The just released teaser trailer for the game can be viewed above.
Filed under: Album News, Bowling For Soup | Tags: Album Review, Bowling For Soup, Jaret Reddick, Music News, Pop Punk, Rock, Sorry For Partyin'
Bowling For Soup- Sorry For Partyin’
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With seven albums already under their belt, many questioned whether Bowling For Soup would serve us anything we hadn’t heard before. Whilst it’s obvious from first listen that Sorry For Partyin’ doesn’t mark a new direction for the band, it’s certainly anything but recycled material from their fourteen year career. What it does manage to do is consolidate exactly what fans adore about Bowling For Soup into a neat one-hour package, showing glimpses of maturity for a band that prides itself on being immature.
Not doing much to relinquish the lazy tag of “That Joke Band”, there are plenty of laugh-a-minute tracks, explaining just why Bowling For Soup are synonymous with having a good time. Opener ‘A Really Cool Dance Song’ acts as a scathing parody on the current music scene, resulting in an effort better than the majority of the bands they’re mocking. Catchy enough to be embraced by the drunken masses and for anyone else who doesn’t get the joke. Up next is ‘No Hablos Ingles’, a hilarious slice of sing-along sunshine pop punk, showcasing exactly how good a ‘novelty song’ can be. Typical BFS ground is lovingly trodden, with odes being sung to Beer and Penis alike, with ‘Hooray For Beer’ and joyously mirthful single ‘My Wena’ both satisfying the three-year gap from the band’s last effort.
It comes as no surprise that a band extolled for their witticisms and harbingers of bromance, hijinks and having fun are deft-handed at writing a comical three-minute ditty. The surprise comes from the ease in which the band navigates the deeper subject matter and the fact that there are clever and knowing lyrics hidden behind the jovial exterior. The soulful pseudo-ballad ‘Me With No You’ might just be the best song this band have ever written, emitting just enough emotion to smack you into the chest without treading into the dangerous slush-schmaltz territory that so many bands fall into. Beneath the expected song fare are some unexpected surprises, the Sugar Ray-esque ‘I Gotchoo’ is an eulogy to 90’s pop-rock, sunnier than a trip to the Equator and laced with a Motley Crue-inspired metal breakdown; it is perhaps the most bizarre song of the year and an undeniably guilty-pleasure. Equally as unexpected is the politically-charged ‘America (Wake Up Amy)’, showing that you don’t have to create an American Idiot-sized epic to give a subtle middle finger to the current state of affairs.
The only blotch on an otherwise flawless slate is that someone felt the need to shove two perfectly good and album-worthy songs into the dark depths of the bonus track list. Surely if Bowling For Soup can transcend what it means to be a light-hearted pop punk band, then they can manage a 17-track album without fear of reprimand? Despite the minor gripe, Sorry For Partyin’ showcases just how much depth, creativity and passion a so-called novelty band can have, so much so that if you still pin any band that dares to have a sense of humour as a joke then it will firmly be on you.
Filed under: Album News, Emo, Fall Out Boy, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk | Tags: Alpha Dog, Andy Hurley, Believers Never Die, Emo, Fall Out Boy, FOB, Joe Trohman, Music News, Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Pop Punk, Punk, Rock
Fall Out Boy are planning to release a Greatest Hits bundle, which will include the band’s first new material since 2008’s Folie A Deux.
The first of the new tracks, Alpha Dog is taken from the band’s Welcome To The New Administration mixtape which was the precursor to their fifth studio album and surprisingly left-off the final track list. If you didn’t catch the previously released snippet you can catch the full song on the video above.
Sure to fuel the rumours that the band are about to call it quits for good, bassist and sometimes-main man Pete Wentz told MTV News that he doesn’t want fans to think he is cashing in. “To me, calling it a greatest hits [means] if you’re not an avid Fall Out Boy fan, it’s an easy way to get all the songs, to take a dip in the water,” he laughed. “But if you are a Fall Out Boy fan, you can just go buy those two [new] songs off iTunes, or you can buy the package, because you will find some stuff in there that you’ll think is cool.”
The album, entitled Believers Never Die will also include DVD commentaries and a bunch of other goodies for all you FOB die-hards and can be yours from November 17th.
Filed under: Music, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, Rock and/or Roll, Tour News | Tags: Billy Talent, Billy Talent III, Music, Music News, Pop Punk, Post-Hardcore, Punk, Rock, Tour
Canadian post-hardcore favourites Billy Talent have announced they will be trekking across the UK later in the year in support their newly released and already warmly recieved latest album, Billy Talent III.
You can catch quartet this October and November at the following shows:
OCTOBER
19 – LEEDS Academy
20 – NOTTINGHAM Rock City
21 – SHEFFIELD Academy
23 – GLASGOW Barrowland
25 – DUBLIN Olympia
26 – MANCHESTER Academy
27 – BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy
29 – SOUTHAMPTON Guildhall
30 – NORWICH UEA
NOVEMBER
01 – LONDON Brixton AcademyTickets go on sale for all venues on the 24th July. And as usual, if you’re a lucky o2 customer, you can get tickets for all o2 shows 48 hours before the rest of the world.
Filed under: Fit Men, Music, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, Tour, Tour News, Uncategorized | Tags: All American Rejects, Fancore, Fanzine, Gig, Gig News, Gives You Hell, Hardcore, Pop, Pop Punk, Punk, Tour News, Tyson Ritter
The All-American Rejects will be returning to the UK this Autumn, playing a trifecta of dates. The US pop-punk stars will be giving you hell at:
October
14 London O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
15 Manchester Academy
17 Nottingham Rock City
Tickets go on sale 10th July at 9am. For ticket availability, check here.
Filed under: Blink 182, Music, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, Tour News | Tags: Big Boi, Blink 182, Doritos, Mark Hoppus, Music, Music News, Outkast, Pop Punk, Punk, Rock, Tom DeLonge, Tour, Travis Barker
As previously reported HERE, pop-punk megastars Blink 182 posted cryptic photos back in April showing the trio performing in front of a green screen.
Yesterday bassist Mark Hoppus revealed that the band were actually recording a free virtual show with Outkast’s Big Boi that will be available online on 6th July. After the words “free” “blink” and “concert” were used in the same sentence, unsurprisingly the first 500 advance tickets sold out within the first hour, possibly being sped along by Hoppus posting this update on his official Twitter: ‘remember that green screen stuff a little bit ago? blink-182. onstage. free. check it out HERE.”
According to the ticketmaster website, tickets can still become available by buying a packet of the special Doritos on the day of the show. Details are still currently a little hazy, but due to the website stating that a webcam is required it seems that the green screen will be filled with the happy faces of the ‘audience’. Unfortunately we believe this is currently just available to those in the US, more as we get it.
What do you think on this particular piece of marketing genius? We bet the people at Doritos are sitting on a pile of cash rubbing their bellies and chowing down on solid gold doritos, or at least we hope they are…
Filed under: Album News, Fall Out Boy, Music News, Pop Punk | Tags: Fall Out Boy, Folie A Deux, Music News, Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Pop Punk, Punk, Rock, Twitter
The most vocal member of Fall Out Boy, bassist mainman Pete Wentz has sent the forums and hearts of fangirls around the world into near breakdown by hinting that the end of FOB may be nigh.
Whilst chatting to fans through his official Twitter, Wentz dropped the bombshell by refusing to comment on when we can expect the new Fall Out Boy album, describing 2008’s Folie A Deux as the band’s “possible Swan Song”.
The Question posed and Wentz’ answer can be viewed below:
“Q: Can we expect a new FOB CD next year?
A: I’m not sure. This may be the swan song. But we might have another in us. We’ll see.”So what do you think? Are you surprised as this revelation? Do you think it’s just a random comment that will lead to nothing, or does this predict the end of the much-loved pop-punk quartet.
UPDATE: In an email to MTV.com Wentz has today (23rd June) assured fans that the future of the band is still solid what sounds awfully like his attempt to backtrack.
When asked if his comments were meant to imply the end of Fall Out Boy he said: “No, we’re not calling it quits, but [we’ve got] no future album plans right now. We can’t quit, we’re waiting to get fired.”
Filed under: Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, Reading and Leeds Festival | Tags: Chad Gilbert, International Superheroes Of Hardcore, Music News, New Found Glory, NFG, Pop Punk, Punk, Reading and Leeds Festival, Rock, Tour
Everyone’s favourite pop-punk heroes have announced a host of shows in the UK to end the summer with.
New Found Glory will hit England in August, ending their run with their main stage festival appearances at Reading and Leeds Festival. Fans will be treated to double the NFG-fun, as the band’s louder alter-ego’s the International Superheroes Of Hardcore will be providing support.
Dates are as follows:
Aug 22 – London Garage
Aug 23 – Manchester Club Academy
Aug 24 – Newcastle Academy
Aug 25 – Glasgow Garage
Aug 27 – Birmingham Academy
Aug 28th- Reading Festival
Aug 29 – Nottingham Rescue rooms
Aug 30th- Leeds Festival
Filed under: Fall Out Boy, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk | Tags: Fall Out Boy, Finders Keepers, From Under The Cork Tree, Music News, Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Pop Punk, Pop Rock, Sugar We're Goin Down, You Me At Six
UK sickly-sweet popstars You Me At Six have attempted to cover Fall Out Boy’s hugely popular single ‘Sugar We’re Goin’ Down’ from 2005’s ‘From Under The Cork Tree’.
You can hear the god-awful b-side on their upcoming single ‘Finders Keepers’, or if you don’t want to waste your hard earned cash you can listen above. To be completely biased, it sounds like a disaster, but coming from someone who thinks the world’s obsession with the ‘band’ is a farce in itself they were never going to win us over. I think it’s his voice to be honest.
If anyone wants to protest and tell us what you see in them then feel free. What do you think of the cover? Good or shite?
Filed under: Blink 182, Fall Out Boy, Music News, Pop Punk, Taking Back Sunday, Tour News | Tags: Adam Lazzara, All American Rejects, Asher Roth, Blink 182, Chester French, Fall Out Boy, Mark Hoppus, Music News, Panic At The Disco, Pete Wentz, Pop Punk, Punk Rock, Summer Tour, Taking Back Sunday, Tom DeLonge, Tour News, Travis Barker, Weezer
As previously reported, Blink 182 have broken their silence and announced that they will be touring across America this summer, with Fall Out Boy, Weezer, Taking Back Sunday, Panic At The Disco, All American Rejects, Asher Roth and Chester French in tow.
Following last week’s announcement, the Blink camp has posted the full list of dates that they will be hitting this Summer, starting in July and ending in October.
Check out the post below:
” If it hadn’t been for drummer Travis Barker’s near-fatal airplane crash last year, Blink-182 might not be touring this summer.
But after a five-year hiatus, Blink-182 members Mark Hoppus, Travis Barker and Tom DeLonge will embark on a nearly 50-date North American arena and amphitheater tour, beginning July 24 at the Joint in Las Vegas, and wrapping Oct. 3 at the Borgata Events Center in Atlantic City, N.J
Tickets for the tour go on sale May 30 at livenation.com. Presenting sponsors of trek include T-Mobile Sidekick LX, State Farm Insurance and MySpace.
Beyond October, Blink-182 has offers to play Australia’s Big Day Out and other European music festivals in 2010, according to Devoe. “That’s what I’m hoping is going to happen,” the manager says. “And in between these tours is when they’re going to be working on an album.”
Blink-182 doesn’t plan to route another North American tour until the band releases a new album, Devoe says. He notes that Blink-182 can’t work as quickly as it used to because the band members have family obligations and some live in different cities.
Here are Blink-182’s upcoming tour dates:
July 24: Las Vegas (the Joint)
July 28: Vancouver (GM Place)
July 30: Calgary, AB (Saddledome)
July 31: Edmonton, AB (Rexall Place)
Aug. 1: Saskatoon, SK (Credit Union Center)
Aug. 2: Winnipeg, MB (MTS Centre)
Aug. 4: Milwaukee (Marcus Amphitheater)
Aug. 6: Boston (Comcast Center)
Aug. 7 Quebec City, QC (Colisee Pepsi)
Aug. 8: Montreal (Bell Centre)
Aug. 9: Wantagh, N.Y. (Nikon Theater at Jones Beach)
Aug. 12: Hershey, Pa. (the Star Pavilion)
Aug. 13: Cincinnati (Riverbend Music Center)
Aug. 14: Pittsburgh (Post Gazette Pavilion)
Aug. 15: Chicago (First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre)
Aug. 16: Omaha, Neb. (Westfair Amphitheater)
Aug. 18: Minneapolis (Xcel Energy Center)
Aug. 20: Indianapolis (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater)
Aug. 21: Buffalo, N.Y. (Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center)
Aug. 22: Detroit (DTE Energy Music Theatre)
Aug. 23: Toronto (Molson Amphitheater)
Aug. 25: Holmdel, N.J. (PNC Bank Arts Center)
Aug. 27: Saratoga, N.Y. (Saratoga Performing Arts Center)
Aug. 28: Camden, Pa. (Susquehanna Bank Center)
Aug. 29: Hartford, Conn. (New England Dodge Music Center)
Aug. 30: Washington, D.C. (TBD)
Aug. 31: Wantagh, N.Y. (Nikon Theater at Jones Beach)
Sept. 2: Cleveland (Blossom Music Center)
Sept. 3: St. Louis (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater)
Sept. 4: Kansas City, Kan. (Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone)
Sept. 6: Denver (Fiddlers Green Amphitheater)
Sept. 7: Salt Lake City (David O. McKay Events Center)
Sept. 10: Seattle (White River Amphitheater)
Sept. 12: Sacramento, Calif. (Sleep Train Amphitheater)
Sept. 13: Mountain View, Calif. (Shoreline Amphitheater)
Sept. 14: Santa Barbara, Calif. (Santa Barbara Bowl)
Sept. 16: San Diego (Cricket Wireless Amphitheater)
Sept. 17: Irvine, Calif. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater)
Sept. 19: Phoenix (Tempe Beach Park)
Sept. 21: Albuquerque, N.M. (Journal Pavilion)
Sept. 23: Dallas (Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion)
Sept. 24: Houston (Superpages.com Center)
Sept. 26: West Palm Beach, Fla. (Cruzan Amphitheater)
Sept. 27: Tampa, Fla. (Ford Amphitheater)
Sept. 29: Atlanta (Lakewood Amphitheater)
Oct. 1: Charlotte, N.C. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater)
Oct. 2: Virginia Beach, Va. (Verizon Wireless Amphitheater)
Oct. 3: Atlantic City, N.J. (Borgata Events Center)”
Filed under: Blink 182, Fall Out Boy, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, Tour News | Tags: Blink 182, Fall Out Boy, Mark Hoppus, Music News, Panic At The Disco, Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Pop Punk, Punk Rock, Taking Back Sunday, Tom DeLonge, Tour News, Travis Barker, Weezer
Recently reformed Pop-punk heroes, Blink 182 have finally answered fan’s prayers and announced their plans for a massive July tour across America.
Mark Hoppus announced that the mammouth tour will take them through the States from July 24th all the way until October, taking some famous friends on the road with them aswell. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Hoppus said: We started talking about bands to tour with and Weezer was actually one of the first ones that came up. They wanted to do the tour, and so did Fall Out Boy. It worked out perfectly.”
Unfortunately those hoping to watch the trio performing on the same stage will be out of luck, as Fall Out Boy have signed on for two-thirds of the dates, with Weezer filling the remaining third.
It’s no secret that Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz is friends with the Blink boys, speaking to RS he said: “When we started our band, we were like, ‘Man, that’d be so awesome to meet Blink-182′. It’s been a great stretch of headlining tours the last few years, but there’s something interesting about opening up for bands when you have to rope the audience in.”
Attempting to cater to a credit-crunch plagued audience, Blink have also announced that tickets will be as low as $20 for the arenas. “We want this to be an experience that brings the show out to the audience.” Hoppus commented, also revealing that Kanye West and Daft Punk‘s set designer will be incorporated into creating the live show.
No word yet on if and when they will tour the rest of the world, but a full list of tour dates have now been posted. Check them out plus details on the full set of all-star supports RIGHT HERE. Would you see the Blink/Fall Out Boy/Weezer show if it pulled into your town?
Filed under: Green Day, Music News, Pop Punk, Rock and/or Roll, Tour News | Tags: 21st, Franz Ferdinand, Green Day, Kaiser Chiefs, Pop Punk, Punk Rock, Rock, Support band, The Bravery, Tour News
Green Day have announced that The Bravery will be their main support on part of the America leg of their world-wide 21st Century Breakdown tour. You can catch the NYC five-piece from July 3rd to July 25th 2009, the full dates are below:
| 07-03 | Seattle, WA | Key Arena w/ The Bravery |
| 07-04 | Vancouver, BC | GM Place w/ The Bravery |
| 07-06 | Edmonton, AB | Rexall Place w/ The Bravery |
| 07-07 | Saskatoon, SAS | Credit Union Centre w/ The Bravery |
| 07-09 | Winnipeg, MAN | MTS Centre w/ The Bravery |
| 07-10 | Fargo, ND | Fargo Dome w/ The Bravery |
| 07-11 | Minneapolis, MN | Target Center w/ The Bravery |
| 07-13 | Chicago, IL | United Center w/ The Bravery |
| 07-14 | Detroit, MI | Palace of Auburn Hills w/ The Bravery |
| 07-16 | Hamilton, ONT | Copps Coliseum w/ The Bravery |
| 07-17 | Ottawa, ONT | Scotiabank w/ The Bravery |
| 07-18 | Montreal, QUE | Bell Centre w/ The Bravery |
| 07-20 | Boston, MA | TD Bank w/ The Bravery |
| 07-21 | Philadelphia, PA | Wachovia Spectrum w/ The Bravery |
| 07-22 | Pittsburgh, PA | Mellon Arena w/ The Bravery |
| 07-24 | Hartford, CT | XL Center w/ The Bravery |
| 07-25 | Albany, NY | Times Union Center w/ The Bravery |
Green Day have also announced Franz Ferdinand and the Kaiser Chiefs for the rest of their tour across the states, no word yet on who Berkerley’s finest will have to support them on their UK and European stint. Who would you like to see as your warm-up?
Filed under: Album News, Green Day, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, Rock and/or Roll | Tags: 21st Century Breakdown, Album, Green Day, Music News, online, Pop Punk, Punk, Rock, The Sun
TheSun.co.uk are giving readers the chance to listen to Green Day’s ’21st Century Breakdown’ in its entireity before its scheduled May 15th release date. By simply going to the website you can be one of the first to listen to one of the most anticipated albums of the year.
Beware, we’re not sure if this is limited to those inside of The UK or if the widget will work for the rest of the world.
The full review of 21st Century Breakdown is coming soon in the first issue of FANCORE. Tell us, on first listen what do you think?
Filed under: Album News, Bowling For Soup, Music News | Tags: Album News, Bowling For Soup, Music News, My Weena, New song, Pop Punk, Punk, radio, Rock, sorry for the partyin'
Pop-punk favourites Bowling For Soup have premiered a brand new song on The Lex and Terry Show
The exclusive song, “My Weena” is one of the first listens of what upcoming album ‘Sorry For The Partyin’” will sound like, scheduled to be released either August or September 2009.
How can we not be impressed, a ballad about ‘weena’s’ is always welcomed with open arms. What do you think?
Filed under: Album News, Green Day, Music News | Tags: 21 Guns, 21st Century Breakdown, Album News, American Eulogy, American Idiot, Before The Lobotomy, Billie Joe Armstrong, East Jesus Nowhere, Green Day, KROQ, Mike Dirnt, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, Restless Heart Syndrome, Rock, Tre Cool
Green Day premiered previously unheard songs from 21st Century Breakdown on LA’s KROQ Radio Station today. The pop-punk trio are now streaming the 6 new songs from the show on their official website GreenDay.com.
The tracks, which are commentated by frontman Billie Joe, come from all 3 acts of 21st Century Breakdown, which is broken into ‘Heroes and Cons’, ‘Charlatans and Saints’ and ‘Horseshoes and Handgrenades’. The full list of songs that you can hear in the stream are listed below:
21st Century Breakdown
Before The Lobotomy
East Jesus Nowhere
Restless Heart Syndrome
21 Guns
American Eulogy
On first listen it’s making American Idiot sound like the warm up to the 21st Century Breakdown show. Are you impressed?
Filed under: Album News, Green Day, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk | Tags: 21st Century Breakdown, Album News, B-side, Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day, Hearts Collide, Mike Dirnt, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, Rock, Tre Cool
A new b-side from punk superstars’ Green Day has been posted online. The song, entitled “Hearts Collide” will be one of many extras on upcoming album ‘21st Century Breakdown’, hitting stores on May 15th.
GreenDayAuthority.com have a preview of the track if you want to catch a sneak-peek. On first listen it sounds like a very impressive slice of 60’s-influenced pop-punk. No complaints from our end. What do you think of it?
Filed under: Album News, Green Day, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, Rock and/or Roll | Tags: 21st Century Breakdown, Album News, Billie Joe Armstrong, Bob Dylan, Elvis, Green Day, John Lennon, Mike Dirnt, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, Punk Rock, Rock, Social Distortion, The Who, Tre Cool
Green Day have just announced that four exclusive bonus tracks will become available to fans downloading the new album online.
The digital package can be yours by pre-ordering the new album through the Itunes store before its May 15th Worldwide release. The bonus tracks will feature the Berkerly pop-punk legends covering some of music’s all time greats, including Elvis’ “That’s Alright Mama”, Bob Dylan’s “Like A Rolling Stone”, The Who’s “A Quick One While He’s Away” and Social Distortion’s “Another State Of Mind”.
Green Day have already proved their worth at covering music royalty when they took on John Lennon’s iconic “Working Class Hero” in 2007 to raise money for Amnesty International’s plight to save Darfur.
It’s definitely going to be a big incentive to download the new album, we can’t wait to hear the trio’s take on the classics, what do you think? Will you be downloading it?
Filed under: Green Day, Pop Punk, Punk, Rock and/or Roll, Tour, Tour News | Tags: 21st Century Breakdown, American Idiot, Billie Joe, Billie Joe Armstong, Green Day, Mike Dirnt, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, Punk Rock, Tour News, Tre Cool, UK Tour
Pop-punk icons Green Day have announced a host of UK dates for later this year. Billie Joe and the boys will be hitting our shores in support of their upcoming “21st Century Breakdown” opus, due out in May.
The punk ‘n roll circus hits:
October
19 GLASGOW SECC
20 BELFAST ODDESSY ARENA
21 DUBLIN THE 02
23 LONDON THE 02
24 LONDON THE 02
26 SHEFFIELD ARENA
27 BIRMINGHAM LG ARENA
28 BIRMINGHAM LG ARENA
30 MANCHESTER MEN ARENA
31 MANCHESTER MEN ARENA
Yes you read that right, London, Manchester and Brum are getting two dates each! Amazing! See you down the front.
Filed under: Album News, Blink 182, Music, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk | Tags: Album News, Blink 182, Blog, Mark Hoppus, movie shoot, MTV, Music News, Music Video Shoot, New video, Photo, Pop Punk, Punk Rock, Tom DeLonge, Travis Barker, Twitter
One third of the recently reformed heroes of pop-punk, Blink 182’s Mark Hoppus has spoken to MTV news about the band’s new video shoot. The update comes after the bassist/vocalist posted images that showed the trio performing in front of a green screen.
On his official blog Himynameismark.com, the rock-star turned producer posted this image, under the header “This is how I spent my Thursday”:
Under the photo were the words:
“I can’t say anything about this yet, but keep your eyes open.”
Suffice to say the images literally sent internet forums into overload, with fingers manically typing on keyboards around the world. Due to the mysterious nature of the post, Hoppus dropped MTV an email to clear a few things up:
“It’s definitely not what it seems to be. It’s not really a music video shoot, and it’s not really a movie shoot, it’s something that no other band has done, and the technology behind it is ridiculous. I don’t even know how to explain it.”
Hmm, how mysterious! Any ideas on what you think it could be? Our eyes are now officially open, wide open in fact. There are very few details on what Blink 182 have planned, from various Twitter posts it looks like the band have been rehearsing a number of songs from their back catalogue, aswell as working on new songs from an as of yet unknown new album, vaguely penciled in for Summer 2009.
And now to add to the fanfare is a new something or other that will show Blink 182 performing together, news on what it is and when you can lay your eyes on it will be provided as soon as we know.
Filed under: Album News, Green Day, MTV, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk | Tags: 21st Century Breakdown, Album News, American Idiot, Billie Joe Armstrong, exclusive, Green Day, Green Day Video, Know Your Enemy, Mike Dirnt, MTV, Music, Music News, New video, Pop Punk, Power-pop, Punk Rock, Rock, Single, Tre Cool
Green Day have posted the official video for new single “Know Your Enemy” online for your viewing appraisal. Taking a step back from the over-blown epics that were the American Idiot single videos, this pop-punk/power-pop nugget is simply 3 minutes of Green Day playing on some sort of heavily guarded roof-top.
The single comes from heavily anticipated new album, 21st Century Breakdown which will be released worldwide on 15th May, with the current single being available from Itunes as we speak.
The good people at MTV.co.uk have the world exclusive of the new vid if you want to head on down and have a look for yourselves. We’re thinking that “Know Your Enemy” is one of those things in life that grows on you over-time like a good wine or mould. Whatever our first opinion you can be sure that the chorus will be successfully lodged in our heads for the next few days. We think the Green Day team should consider it a success, seeing as the world is going absolutely GD nuts at the moment. Give it a few days before the video is on every music channel/website/face of a small child all around the world.
So what do you think? Are you impressed with the single and the new sound of Green Day?
Filed under: Green Day, Music, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, Tour News | Tags: 21st Century Breakdown, American Idiot, Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day, Know Your Enemy, Mike Dirnt, Music News, New Album, Pop Punk, Power-pop, Punk Rock, Rock, Tour dates, Tour News, Tre Cool, U.S Tour
Pop-Punk royalty Green Day have announced details for their first official tour in over three years. The trio will hit the United States and Canada on a tour that will keep them busy from July to August. There are a few gaps in the schedule, which suggests the possibilty of more dates to come and hopefully preceeds what we hope will be a vast European tour.
Green Day recently released their newest single, Know Your Enemy to the digital world- the first single off their long-awaited new effort, 21st Century Breakdown. And the lucky people at The Guardian have had a listen to it and reviewed it and everything, head on over to Guardian.co.uk to read one of the first reviews.
The U.S and Canada Tour dates are as follows:
July
3rd Seattle, WA
4th Vancouver, BC
6th Edmonton, AB
7th Saskatoon, SAS
9th Winnipeg, MAN
10th Fargo, ND
11th Minneapolis, MN
13th Chicago, IL
14th Detroit, MI
16th Hamilton, ONT
17th Ottawa, ONT
18th Montreal, QUE
20th Boston, MA
21st Philadelphia, PA
22nd Pittsburgh, PA
24th Hartford, CT
25th Albany, NY
27th New York, NY
29th Washington, DC
31st Nashville, TN
August
1st Atlanta, GA
3rd Tampa, FL
4th Miami, FL
5th Orlando, FL
7th New Orleans, LA
8th Houston, TX
9th San Antonio, TX
11th St. Louis, MO
12th Kansas City, MO
13th Omaha, NE
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18th San Jose, CA
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Filed under: Album News, Green Day, Music, Music News, Pop Punk | Tags: 21st Century Breakdown, Album News, Green Day, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk
Berkeley Pop-Punkers Green Day have released the first full song off their new album “21st Century Breakdown” Listen to “Know Your Enemy” right now at Green Day Authority
A classic slice of what we’re accustomed to from the Punk legends, this addictive ditty bodes well for the album, out in May.
Filed under: Album News, NOFX, Pop Punk, Punk | Tags: Album, Album News, Coaster, Creeping Out Sara, Fat Mike, Music News, New Single, NOFX, Pop Punk, Punk, Punk News, Punk Rock, Rock, Tegan and Sara
Punk superstars NOFX have just released their new single “Creeping Out Sara“, the first look at what upcoming album ‘Coaster‘ will sound like.
And honestly? We’re very very very impressed. The song details Fat Mike’s meeting with Canadian singing lesbian sisters Tegan and Sara at a German Festival and how he couldn’t figure out who he was talking to before proceeding to ask if “her and her sister had ever had a threesome”.
Check out the song above and tell us what you think.
Amazon UK are also being kind enough to preview all 12 glorious tracks of ‘Coaster’ online. So you can keep yourself busy by listening to 30 seconds of each song until 28th April rolls around. Have a listen RIGHT HERE.
Filed under: Pop Punk, Punk, Rock and/or Roll, Tour, TV | Tags: America, Dropkick Murphys, Folk, Frank Turner, Pennywise, Pop Punk, Punk Rock, Rock, Sum 41, Support, The Offspring, Tour, Tour News, UK
In a new blog post, Frank Turner has announced that he will be opening for punk giants The Offspring on their upcoming tour across America this Summer.
In the post he details how the dates will clash with his pre-existing gig commitments, in the forms of the T In The Park and 2000 Trees UK Festivals: “I’ve decided to go with the Offspring shows – it’s simply too good an opportunity to pass up. However, I’m painfully aware of how this is going to piss people off. I was super-excited to be playing T this year, and 2000 Trees is, as many know, a festival very close to my heart. I haven’t missed a year yet, and it’s going to suck not being there. So, to start off with, I’ll openly apologize to anyone planning on seeing me at either festival.”
The dates where Frank Turner will be supporting are as follows:
The Offspring, who are embarking on their first full-length American tour in four years have also announced a range of illustrious bands to support them on their upcoming stint, including Pennywise, Sum 41 Alkaline Trio and Dropkick Murphys.
For tickets and full details on the tour check The Offspring\’s Official Website, and for Frank’s full blog look no further.
Filed under: Blink 182, Music, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, Tour, Tour News | Tags: 2009, Blink 182, Buzznet, Dude Ranch, Mark Hoppus, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk Rock, Summer Tour, The Blue Album, Tom DeLonge, Tour, Tour News, Travis Barker, Weezer
Buzznet News is confirming that recently reformed punk-pop legends Blink 182 are planning to take Weezer on tour as their main support when they hit the road this Summer.
Despite no confirmation from either band camps yet, Buzznet has revealed that the pairing is definitely going to happen and should be announced shortly; “according to our source it’s now a done deal.”
There’s a good chance that this could work, especially since Weezer are currently in the studio, with their seventh album said to be out later in the year. We’re really really hoping that this turns out to be true and Blink fans will get a support band that are truly worthy of playing the same stage- and not some flash-in-the-pan act that was still in pre-school when ‘The Blue Album’ or ‘Dude Ranch’ came out.
We’ll keep you posted when and if this gets confirmed. Can you think of a better support act for the pop-punk titans?
Filed under: Fall Out Boy, Music, Music News, Other Crap, Pop Punk, Video | Tags: Fall Out Boy, Film News, Film Trailer, FOB, Moustachette, Moustachette Trailer, Music News, Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Pop Punk, Punk
Fall Out Boy frontman Patrick Stump has treated FOB fangirls/boys everywhere by posting the first trailer of his upcoming film, “Moustachette” online.
The film, also starring fellow bandmate and limelight-stealer Pete Wentz, is Patrick’s first foray into filmmaking and as well as starring the singer, was also written and directed by Stump himself.Although the trailer doesn’t give too much away, it seems that Patrick Stump plays the movie’s protagonist Eugene Arlington– a tuba player in an Oklahoma pop-trio, whilst Pete Wentz plays Travis Pullman who seems to be an ice-cream fanatic of dreams of opening his own chain…interesting.
“Moustachette” is yet have an official release date, but if every Fall Out Boy fan paid a dollar to get in i’m sure it’ll make it to the box office someday.
The film’s official website Moustachette.com, describes the plot as: “A tale of love, art, and wading through all of life’s bullshit.”
Intrigued? So are we… Check the official website for cast bios and an insightful little blog.
Filed under: Album News, Green Day, Music, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk | Tags: 21st Century Breakdown, Album News, Alternative, American Idiot, Foxboro Hottubs, Green Day, Green Day new album, Know Your Enemy, Music, Music News, New song, Pop Punk, Preview, Punk, Rock, Rock and Roll
A sneak preview of one of the most anticipated come-backs of the year is online for your viewing pleasure. Green Day have previewed a few seconds of upcoming single “Know Your Enemy” from their May-released new album, 21st Century Breakdown, on their Official Website GreenDay.com.
Despite only teasing us with a hint of the song, overall we’re thinking it’s a good sign of things to come. The clip is a little more Foxboro Hottubs-sounding (the trio’s 2008 garage-rock side project) than classic Green Day and certainly doesn’t pack a punch like the first glimpses of American Idiot did- but who are we to judge a preview anyway? We’re just glad the boys are making music that doesn’t sound like Kids In Glass Houses and can’t wait to hear more. Expect the full single May 15th.
What are your thoughts?
EDIT: A full 90 second teaser video of Know Your Enemy can be found RIGHT HERE.
The band have also released a new 21st Century Breakdown widget, which can be downloaded to Facebook, Myspace or any blog and will automatically update you with lovely new things like song and video previews, lyrics and tour dates.
Download this little piece of magic from here.
The full-length video for the new single is now available online, for the video head on over to the Full Post Here.
Filed under: Album News, Green Day, Tour News | Tags: 21st Century Breakdown, Album, Album News, American Idiot, Billie Joe Armstong, Green Day, Michael Mayer, Mike Dirnt, Music, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, Punk Rock, Slayer, Theatre, Tour News, Tre Cool
A Californian Theatre has announced that a musical version of Green Day‘s 2004 opus “American Idiot” will be making its stage debut this September.
The stage-production is a result of a collaboration between punk rock heroes Green Day and the Tony Award-winning director Michael Mayer.
Berkeley Repertory Theater who are showing the musical through September and October have also announced that the show will include several new tracks from Green Day’s upcoming album 21st Century Breakdown.
Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong had this to say: “We’d been thinking of bringing American Idiot to the stage, but knew we needed to find the right partners. After meeting Michael [Mayer] we knew we’d found the perfect collaborator. The end result will be terrific, and we’re really proud.”
Both parties have said that the production will be in keeping with the vision of the Grammy Award-winning album, which Director Michael Mayer described as “an articulation of their frustration, anger, longing for a better world—a journey from apathy to action.”
Berkeley Repertory Theatre have said that the play will: “follow working-class characters from the suburbs to the city to the Middle East, as they seek redemption in a world filled with frustration.” It’s an exhilarating journey borne along by Green Day’s electrifying songs.”
Tickets and further show details can be bought from the theatre’s Official Website.
We think more albums should make their way to the stage, as long as the poetic nature of the songs can be captured…we’re thinking Slayer‘s ‘Reign In Blood” is definitely a contender. Suggestions?
Filed under: Fall Out Boy, Fit Men, MTV, Music, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, TV | Tags: Brandon Flowers, Crap Indie, Fall Out Boy, Hayley Williams, Kaiser Chiefs, Kings of Leon, MTV, Music, Music News, Paramore, Patrick Stump, Pete Wentz, Pop Punk, Punk Rock, Rant, The Killers, VMAs
Fall Out Boy mainman Pete Wentz has continued his bid to take over the world last night with an earth-shattering performance of “Ice Ice Baby” with 90s rap failure Vanilla Ice. The mash-up took place at the Australian VMAs, where Wentz and the hired help Fall Out Boy picked up the Best Rock Video award.
If you check out the field of entries, it’s not hard to see why they took home the Moon Man award with competition in the field being sickeningly indie-tastic with the bland Kings Of Leon, the irritating 80s wannabes The Killers, the generic overlords Kaiser Chiefs and the Cannibal Corpse-heavy Paramore. Okay so the last one was a stretch, but compared to the NME-esque other contestants they certainly pack more of a crunch.
To think that AC/DC didn’t even get a nom over this scenester barbeque in their home country shows that MTV thinks rock is more about fashion than fretboards. At least the right band won.
Note: If anyone has footage of the Ice/Wentz performance, hit us up and you’ll get full Fancore credit!
Filed under: Blink 182, Music, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, Tour News, You Me At Six | Tags: Anger, Blink 182, Pop Punk, Punk, Punk Rock, Rant, Tour News, You Me At Six
Pop-punk godfathers Blink 182 have given fans something to salivate over while they prepare to tour, with the rather nifty little video posted above.
Fancore think’s it’s about time they came back to show us all pop-punk can be fun, thought-provoking and most of all not You Me At Six.
Welcome back lads, knock ’em dead!
Filed under: Music, Music News, Pop Punk, Punk, The Offspring, Tour News | Tags: Alkaline Trio, Dropkick Murphys, Leeds Festival, Music, Music News, Pennywise, Pop Punk, Punk, Punk Rock, Reading Festival, Shiny Toy Guns, Street Dogs, Sum 41, The Offspring, Tour, Tour News
Punk giants The Offspring have just announced their plans for a three month tour around the U.S.
Support for the various legs of the tour includes Sum 41, Dropkick Murphys, Pennywise, Alkaline Trio, Shiny Toy Guns and Street Dogs, which kicks off in May.
This is the band’s first U.S tour since the release of 2008’s masterpiece Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace. Hopefully this is paving the way for a colossal European tour, including a plethora of UK dates. It would be a travesty if we didn’t get a RAFRAG tour.
The Offspring are also just one of many bands rumoured to be playing this year’s Reading and Leeds Festivals in August. With the U.S tour finishing in July it looks pretty likely that ‘Spring will make their way here.
For the tour dates and other interesting things go to www.offspring.com.
Filed under: Album News, Music, Music News, Pop Punk | Tags: Album, Album News, Green Day, Music, Music News, Pop Punk
Pop-Punk legends Green Day, whet our appetites for the new album by streaming a new song on their website and posting a few seconds of new footage on a new video. The retrospective video showcases some live footage, along with clips of songs from their extensive back-catalogue. Click Here For New Video
Check the last few seconds to hear a painfully-short teaser of a song from new album, 21st Century Breakdown, which should be out by May. Click the video above.
The band have also streamed a sneak peak of a new song from the album on their official website, www.greenday.com.
We reckon the world will probably stop turning when the actual thing is realeased.
Filed under: Album News, Music, Music News, Pop Punk | Tags: Album News, Music, Music News, Pop Punk, Sum 41
As of tomorrow you can get your grubby little hands on a collection Sum 41’s greatest hits. ‘All The Good Shit: 14 Solid Gold Hits’ contains singles from all 4 of the band’s studio albums and is the perfect example of pop-punk 101. Spanning eight years, it’s a perfect showcase of just how good Sum 41 are at cranking out pop-punk summer singles.
Admittedly, the album will do nothing for anyone owning more than 2 of the band’s albums as it’s pretty much just a collection of singles. But still, we can think of nothing better for a summer soundtrack than reliving our youth through ‘Fat Lip’, ‘In Too Deep’ and ‘Motivation’. WHY DOESN’T POP PUNK STILL SOUND LIKE THIS? Thankfully, if you’re as up-to-date with your Twitter stalking as Fancore is you’ll know that Deryck Whibley has announced that a new album will be with us by the end of 2009.
Tracklisting is as follows:
- Still Waiting
- Hell Song, The
- Fat Lip
- We`re All To Blame
- Walking Disaster
- In Too Deep
- Pieces
- Underclass Hero
- Motivation
- Makes No Difference [Alternate Version]
- With Me
- Handle This
- Over My Head (Better Off Dead)
- Pain For Pleasure
- Hell Song, The – (live)You can also get some funky itunes bonus shit, if you’re that dedicated.
-Team Fancore
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