Vans and Purevolume.com are teaming up to bring you a Spring 2007 tour with some of rockâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s most up-and-coming bands: Love Hate Hero, Vanna, Blinded Black and Morello. The tour will kick off on March 19th in Lewisville, TX and will run until April 28th, ending in Blinded Blackâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s hometown of St.Louis, MO.

Vans is providing full retail and online support for this tour including an impressive contest with prizes from all the bands and record labels along with some Vans merchandise and some other goodies. Purevolume.com has come to the table with full online support as well and will be hosting the tourâ┚¬Ã¢”ž¢s official tour page, which will have free streams of songs from all the bands as well as a contest and most updated tour dates. Absolutepunk.net will be the place to go for tour exclusives ranging from interviews and chats with the bands to news and, of course, a contest.

These four bands come from all over the United States and beyond. Love Hate Hero represents the West Coast (Los Angeles), Blinded Black is from the Mid-West (St.Louis), Vanna call the East Coast home (New England), and Morello come all the way from Ireland. Although not household names yet, these bands have a lot going for them right now along with the backing from some established independent labels: Epitaph Records, Ferret Music, SideCho Records, and I-Scream Records.

Tour Dates:

03/20/07 – Lewisville, TXԚ  @ Fat Daddy’s
03/22/07 – El Paso, TX @ House Of Rock And Roll
03/26/07 – Hollywood, CA @ The Knitting Factory
03/29/07 – Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
03/30/07 – La Grande, OR @ The Gadfly
04/03/07 – Lancaster, CA @ Cedar Center
04/05/07 – Ogden UTԚ  @ The Country Club Theater
04/09/07 – Southgate, MI @ The Modern Exchange
04/10/07 – Roseville, MI – My Space Internet Cafe
04/11/07 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom
04/12/07 – West Seneca, NY @ Chuggers
04/13/07 – Danbury, CT @ Empress Ballroom
04/14/07 – Portland, ME @ The Station
04/15/07 – Dover, NH @ Dover Elks Lodge
04/16/07 – Providence, RI @ The Living Room
04/17/07 – Lowell, MA @ University Of Mass VPAC Room
04/18/07 – Brockston, MA @ Tigers Den
04/20/07 – Amityville, NY @ Village Pub South
04/21/07 – Wilmington, DE @
04/23/07 – Huntington, WV @ HYAMP
04/25/07 – Valparaiso, IN @ Java Jim’s
04/26/07 – Papillon, NE @ The Rock
04/27/07 – Springfield, MO @ Remington’s Downtown
04/28/07 – St. Louis @ Pops