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Vocalist Leaves Amber Pacific

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Matt Young, vocalist for Amber Pacific, has decided to leave the band and pursue other ventures. You can read a message about him leaving the band here. The band has also posted a response which you can read below.

Hello, we would like to say that we fully support Matt’s decision to pursue other opportunities that this life has to offer and wish him the best with whatever road he decides to take. However, we also would like everyone to know that we have every intention of continuing on as Amber Pacific and have been writing and working on new material during this time off. We are excited about what the future may bring with new songs and obviously a new singer. We hope that this news does not push you away from our music in any way and hope that with a new voice we will be able to reach new fans and possibly even old fans who have grown tired of us coming to your city every other month because we certainly did our fair share of that. We will be releasing more information regarding the process of finding a new singer in the coming days and look forward to seeing you all again. Thank you for your love and support, we appreciate it more than you know.

-Amber Pacific
PS — Matt will be with us on all upcoming shows we have booked and we will be posting these shows soon, please come out to show your support for him, thanks! Â 

Mayday Parade Headline Tour

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Explosions in Your Pants Tour will be heading up the East Cost this spring with Mayday Parade, My American Heart and The Graduate.
 
The Explosions in Your Pants Tour presented by Glamour Kills will be hitting the East Coast this April with headliners Mayday Parade (Fearless Records) and supporting artists My American Heart (Warcon Records) and The Graduate (IconMes).  This tour will begin in Florida, Mayday Parade’s home state, and continue up the coast ending at The Bamboozle Festival in New Jersey.
 
Pre Sale tickets are now available through Ground (CTRL) and can be purchased here. http://tickets.groundctrl.com/collections/mayday.

Explosions In Your Pants Tour Dates
4.10.08 – Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds
4.11.08 – Tallahassee, FL @ The Beta Bar
4.12.08 – Augusta, GA @ Club Hollywood
4.15.08 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues Parish
4.16.08 – Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live
4.17.08 – Lewisville, TX @ Fat Daddy’s Sound Shack
4.18.08 – Lubbock, TX @ Texas Tech University/Student Union Plaza
4.19.08 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Bricktown Ballroom
4.20.08 – Tulsa, OK @ Crush Lounge
4.22.08 – Des Moines, IA @ The House Of Bricks
4.24. 08 – La Crosse, WI @ Warehouse Nightclub
4.25.08 – Rockford, IL @ Forest Hills Lodge
4.27.08 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
4.28.08 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement
4.29.08 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Diesel
4.30.08 – Lancaster, PA @ The Chameleon
5.1.08 – Troy, NY @ Revolution Hall
5.2.08 – Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance Complex (Pre-Bamboozle Bash) – Mainstage
5.3.08 – Utica, NY @ Moosestock at Utica College (Quad)
5.4.08 – East Rutherford, NJ @ Bamboozle — Meadowlands Sports Complex