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Sherwood Announce Breakup

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SherwoodAfter ten years Sherwood have announced their breakup in a message on their Facebook page.

Sherwood has been a staple on Driven Far Off in the past and it was personally a great pleasure meeting and seeing the band several times. View our archive of Sherwood posts and travel through the bands history.

If you are reading this then at some-point Sherwood has impacted your life. Even if it was only a concert you attended or a song you connected with, we are forever grateful. We’ve had fans communicate with us some of the kindest words a group of guys could ever hear. When we started this band we had no idea the results that would come from it. Even though we never played a late night show or received any music awards, we truly felt like the biggest band in the world at times. You gave us an opportunity to travel to many countries to play our music. And we even made permanent relationships, our wives, because of touring and travelling. Sherwood has forever changed us and made us better men because of it and will continue to bless our lives for many years until we say goodbye to this life. It was only possible because people like you loved what we did and so we will always be in debt to you. [Read more…]

Hit The Lights Post “Gravity” Video Teaser

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Hit The LightsHit The Lights are streaming a teaser for their upcoming video for “Gravity”. The song comes from the bands new album, [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/music-video/earthquake/id496350093?uo=4″ title=”Hit the Lights-Invicta” text=”Invicta”], in stores now. Check out the teaser after the jump and look for the full video on February 29th. [Read more…]

I Call Fives Release Studio Update

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I Call FivesI Call Fives have released a video from their recent time in the studio recording their upcoming EP, Someone That’s Not You. The EP is due out March 20th on Pure Noise Records. Check out the video below as well as a video for the title track “Someone That’s Not You”.

The band will also be holding a release show for the upcoming EP with With The Punches and Ampersand, at The Barbary in Philadelphia, PA on March 31st. Show details can be found here. [Read more…]

A Day To Remember Post “2nd Sucks” Video

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A Day To RememberA Day To Remember‘s new video for “2nd Sucks” is now available for streaming and can be seen below. The song is from the band’s latest album, [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/2nd-sucks/id466988825?uo=4″ title=”A Day to Remember-What Separates Me From You” text=”What Separates Me From You”], in stores now. The band is currently on tour in Australia and will be on tour with Rise Against this spring. Check out their upcoming tour dates below. [Read more…]

Thrice Announce Farewell Tour Dates

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ThriceThrice have released the dates for their upcoming farewell tour. An announcement from the band and the tour dates can be seen below.

Hey folks,

By now you’ve probably heard that we announced the dates for our “Farewell Tour” this May/June with Animals As Leaders (and another very special guest). If you missed those dates, you can find them here. If you’d like to buy tickets, you can do that here. Ticket pre-sales began yesterday and tickets will be made available to the general public on Thursday March 1. We’d be honored and thankful if you’d join us for one (or more) of the shows on this last tour for the foreseeable future. Please don’t delay, because these tickets will go quickly.

It’s never been easy for us to decide what to play on tour. And now, with eight LPs and a handful of B-sides and covers under our collective belts, and given the circumstances of this tour, it’s as daunting a task as it’s ever been.

So we’re asking you to help us out.

Click the following link: http://vagrant.com/thrice/tourpoll/

Pick as many songs as you’d like, and we’ll use the info we gather from the poll to put together the best setlists we possibly can. Keep in mind that we’ll be recording several of these shows for a live album that we hope to put out later this year, so choose wisely.

We’re really looking forward to this tour and want to thank you all for your support, whether you’ve been onboard since “˜98 or just heard us for the first time yesterday. We couldn’t have done this without you guys.

See you in a couple of months.

-Riley & Thrice

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The All-American Rejects Annouce Spring Tour

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All-American RejectsThe All-American Rejects will be hitting the road this spring in support of their new album, Kids In The Street, which is due out March 27th. The Kids In The Street Tour, with the support of A Rocket To The Moon, visits major cities in the U.S. and Canada before wrapping on May 13th in Cincinnati.

“If you want to see this band at their best, and probably the best they’ll ever be and hear all the songs you want to hear and all the songs you haven’t heard yet then you should make it a point to come out.  It will be the show you tell your children you saw.  It will be a great evening and a lot of fun with your four favorite Okies,” – Tyson Ritter

The All-American Rejects first single, “[itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/beekeepers-daughter/id496232479?uo=4″ title=”The All-American Rejects-Beekeeper’s Daughter” text=”Beekeeper’s Daughter”]” along with the rest of the tracks on Kids In The Street, was produced by Grammy-nominated producer Greg Wells, who is known for his work with Adele, Katy Perry, and OneRepublic, among many others. The video for “Beekeeper’s Daughter” by Isaac Rentz (Blink-182, Cage the Elephant) is now available for streaming.

The All-American Rejects are scheduled to perform on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday, March 27th.  After their spring tour, The All-American Rejects join Blink-182 on the road and make a return visit to Bamboozle on Saturday, May 19.

THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS “KIDS IN THE STREET” SPRING TOUR:

March 31                     Flagstaff, AZ                           Northern Arizona University
April 2                         Albuquerque, NM                    Sunshine Theater
April 4                         Kansas City, MO                     Beaumont Club
April 5                         Kearney, NE                            University of Nebraska-Kearney
April 6                         Oklahoma City, OK                 Diamond Ballroom
April 7                         St. Louis, MO                          The Pageant
April 9                         Chicago, IL                              Metro
April 10                       Cleveland, OH                         House of Blues
April 11                       Detroit, MI                               Motor City Casino
April 13                       Atlantic City, NJ                      Borgata
April 14                       Glassboro, NJ                          Rowan University
April 15                       Washington, DC                      9:30 Club
April 17                       Toronto, ON                            Phoenix Concert Theatre
April 18                       Montreal, QC                           Le National
April 20                       Potsdam, NY                           Clarkson University
April 21                       Clifton Park, NY                      Northern Lights
April 22                       N. Hampton, MA                     Pearl Street
April 24                       Lancaster, PA                          Chameleon Club
April 25                       Pittsburgh, PA                          Stage AE
April 27                       Cambridge, MA                       MIT
April 28                       Boston, MA                             Royale
April 29                       Baltimore, MD                         Rams Head Live
May 1                          Richmond, VA                        The National
May 2                          Norfolk, VA                            Norva
May 4                          Orlando, FL                             Beacham Theatre
May 5                          West Palm Beach, FL               Sunfest
May 6                          St. Petersburg, FL                     Vinoy Park
May 9                          Ashville, NC                            The Orange Peel
May 11                        Charlotte, NC                           The Fillmore
May 12                        Louisville, KY                         Expo Live
May 13                        Cincinnati, OH                         Bogart’s
May 15                        Rochester, NY                         Blue Cross Arena Blink-182 Tour
May 17                        Manchester, NH                       Verizon Wireless Arena Blink-182 Tour
May 18                        Uncasville, CT                         Mohegan Sun Blink-182 Tour
May 19                        Asbury Park, NJ                      Bamboozle
May 20                        Bethlehem, PA                         Sands Bethlehem Event Center Blink-182 Tour
May 22                        Quebec City, QUE                   Colisee Pepsi Arena Blink-182 Tour

Tumbledown Premiere “Great Big World” Video

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TumbledownTumbledown‘s new video for “Great Big World” is now available for streaming. The song comes from the bands sophomore album, [itunes link=”http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/empty-bottle/id390280369?uo=4″ title=”Tumbledown – Empty Bottle” text=”Empty Bottle”], which is in stores now. Check out the video after the jump.

Tumbledown’s frontman and guitarist, Mike Herrera (MxPx) describes the second single as, “A song that came from our animated live set and a tribute to the good times at the places we’ve been lucky to travel to.”

The band is wrapping up their current West Coast tour. For a list of remaining tour dates, please visit www.tumbledownhq.com. [Read more…]