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Acoustic Tour for The Academy Is…

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The Academy Is…will be doing a short acoustic tour starting January 12th.

Below is a message from the band and tour dates.

Hello, my name is… acoustic tour Next week Adam and I are going out on a small tour, on which I will be playing short acoustic sets inside Hot Topic stores. Our friends Ian and Alex from The Cab will be joining us as well. I’m trying to see if we can play some small coffee shops on some of the days off as well”¦ Malls, coffee shops, bowling allies, plus Adam turns 21″¦ This is looking and feeling like the OLD old days. The All-Or-Nothing days. Adam on I on the open road with an acoustic and some friends. I hope to see you there, and I’ll let you know when more dates are added.

1/12 ““ Portland, ME ““ Maine Mall
1/13 ““ Providence, RI ““ Providence Place Mall
1/14 ““ Poughkeepsie, NY ““ Poughkeepsie Galleria
1/15 ““ Wilkes Barre, PA ““ Wyoming Valley Mall
1/16 ““ Wilmington, DE ““ Concord Mall
1/19 ““ Richmond, VA ““ Chesterfield Towne Center
1/21 ““ Charlotte, NC ““ Northlake Mall
1/22 ““ Columbia, SC ““ Columbiana Centre
1/26 ““ Daytona Beach, FL ““ Volusia Mall
1/31 ““ Metarie, LA (New Orleans) ““ Lakeside Mall

what songs do you want to hear? any covers?

Silverstein Talks About Punk Goes Pop 2, Premieres Song

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Silverstein’s cover of “Apologize” by One Republic is now posted to the Punk Goes Pop 2 MySpace! The next song premiere from Punk Goes Pop 2 will be on January 27th. Check out what vocalist Shane Told had to say about being on the compilation:

“We are super excited to be a part of Punk Goes Pop 2.  We had a blast recording “Red Light Pledge” for the Punk Goes Acoustic  2 so we jumped at the chance to record a song for this one.

The interesting thing is that even though we’ve been a band for 9 years, we’ve never really done any covers.  The only one we did was a cover of Lifetime’s “Rodeo Clown” for a tribute album that never came out.  Most bands start out doing some covers before they write their own songs, but we jumped right into originals.

When we had to choose a song, there was a million we talked about doing, but we all agreed that “Apologize” would be rad.  It was a song we all secretly rocked out to, a total guilty pleasure.  It’s super catchy, it’s the kind of song you hear once and it’s instantly stuck in your head.  I also met One Republic one time and they were really nice.  I hope they don’t think we ruined their song :).

I’m super excited to hear what our friends bands have done, especially Bayside and A Day To Remember.  I can’t wait to get this CD in my hands.

We had so much fun recording this that we decided to do some other covers as well.  We’re almost done recording our new album and we’re going to have some B-Side cover songs as well.  Check that out on March 31st!

Peace and Love,

Shane // Silverstein

2009 Alternative Press Tour Dates

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Tour dates for the 2009 Alternative Press Tour have been announced. On the bill will be 3OH!3, The Maine, Family Force 5, Hit The Lights, A Rocket To The Moon. Check out the dates below.

March 20 – House of Blues – Dallas, TX
March 21 ““ Emo’s ““ Austin, TX (South By Southwest ““ Free Show)
March 22 – Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
March 24 – Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
March 25 – Rialto Theatre – Tuscon, AZ
March 26 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
March 27 – The Avalon ““ Hollywood, CA
March 28 ““ The Glass House ““ Pomona, CA
March 29 ““ House of Blues – San Diego, CA
March 31 ““ The Dome ““ Bakersfield, CA
April 1 ““ Grand Ballroom – San Francisco, CA
April 2 ““ Senator Theatre ““ Chico, CA
April 3 ““ Wonder Ballroom ““ Portland, OR
April 4 ““ El Corazon ““ Seattle, WA
April 5 ““ Knitting Factory ““ Boise, ID
April 7 ““ In The Venue – Salt Lake City, UT
April 8 ““ Fox Theatre ““ Boulder, CO
April 9 ““ Sokol Auditorium ““ Omaha, NE
April 10 ““ Station 4 – St. Paul, MN
April 11 ““ House of Blues – Chicago, IL
April 12 ““ The Eagles Club – Milwaukee, WI
April 14 ““ Beaumont Club – Kansas City, MO
April 15 ““ Pop’s – St. Louis, MO
April 16 ““ Rocketown ““ Nashville, TN
April 17 ““ The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
April 18 ““ House of Blues – Orlando, FL
April 19 ““ Culture Room – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
April 20 ““ State Theatre – St. Petersburg, FL
April 21 ““ Freebird Cafe – Jacksonville Beach, FL
April 23 ““ Toad’s Place – Richmond, VA
April 24 ““ 9:30 Club – Washington DC
April 25 ““ Theatre of Living Arts – Philadelphia, PA
April 26 ““ Crocodile Rock – Allentown, PA
April 28 ““ The Fillmore At Irving Plaza – New York, NY
April 30 ““ Toad’s Place – New Haven, CT
May 1 ““ House of Blues – Boston, MA
May 2 ““ The Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY
May 5 ““ Phoenix Concert Theatre – Toronto, ON, Canada
May 6 ““ The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI
May 7 ““ The Crofoot Ballroom – Pontiac, MI
May 8 ““ Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH
May 9 ““ House of Blues – Cleveland, OH

Broadway Calls Signs To Side One Dummy

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Pop Punker’s Broadway Calls have signed to Side One Dummy. A message from the band can be read below.

Hello everyone! Happy new year. We are STOKED to announce our signing to Side One Dummy Records!!!!

Since we got home from our last tour, we’ve been writing songs that will eventually become our 2nd LP. We are very excited that Side One believes in us and we couldn’t be happier.

To share a home with bands like 7Seconds, Flogging Molly, Gaslight Anthem, Bedouin Soundclash, The Briggs, Fake Problems, and of course Chuck Ragan is pretty incredible. The roster they’ve had over the years has always been consistent, and always influential to us.

So yeah, it’s gonna be another fun year for us, and we’ll see you at the shows.

Record details to come soon!!!

“Almost Have A Bus Tour” Dates and Artists

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Automatic Loveletter, A Cursive Memory, The Friday Night Boys and Tickle Me Pink will be heading out on tour together starting in February.

Dates:

February, 3 2009 – Sokol Underground Omaha, Nebraska
February, 4 2009 – Fubar St Louis, Missouri
February, 5 2009 Reggie’s Rock Club Chicago, Illinois
February, 6 2009 Agora Ballroom Cleveland, Ohio
February, 7 2009 Jaggard Umc Altoona, Pennsylvania
February, 8 2009 The Tralf Buffalo, New York
February, 10 2009 – The Dome Watertown, New York
February, 11 2009 – Harper’s Ferry Allston, Massachusetts
February, 12 2009 – Highline Ballroom New York, New York
February, 13 2009 – Webster Underground Hartford, Connecticut
February, 14 2009 – Crocodile Rock Cafe Allentown, Pennsylvania
February, 15 2009 – Trocadero Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February, 17 2009 – The Casbah Charlotte, North Carolina
February, 18 2009 – The Soapbox Wilmington, North Carolina
February, 19 2009 – The Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia
February, 20 2009 – Backbooth Orlando, Florida
February, 21 2009 – The Orpheum Tampa, Florida
February, 22 2009 – City Limits Delray Beach, Florida – TICKLE ME PINK BEGINS
February, 23 2009 – 1982 Bar Gainesville, Florida
February, 24 2009 – Jack Rabbit’s Jacksonville, Florida
February, 26 2009 – Java Jazz Houston, Texas
February, 27 2009 – Rock Bottom San Antonio, Texas
February, 28 2009 – The Door- Prophet Bar Dallas, Texas
March, 2 2009 – Launchpad Albuquerque, New Mexico
March, 4 2009 – Soma San Diego, California
March, 5 2009 – Chain Reaction Anaheim, California
March, 6 2009 – Knitting Factory Hollywood, California
March, 7 2009 – Bottom Of The Hill San Francisco, California
March, 8 2009 – Satyricon Portland, Oregon
March, 9 2009 – El Corazon Seattle, Washington
March 11, 2009 – Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
March, 12 2009 – The Marquis Theater Denver, Colorado
March, 14 2009 – The Conservatory Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
March, 15 2009 – 516 Soundstage Shreveport, Louisiana