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Taking Back Sunday Drummer Leaves Tour

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Taking Back Sunday deeply regret that drummer Mark O’Connell is leaving the band’s current tour after suffering a herniated disc.

After undergoing an MRI, O’Connell has been advised to return home for treatment until further notice.

Taking Back Sunday are currently on the Projekt Revolution Tour with Warner Bros. Records label-mates Linkin Park and HIM and Reprise Records’ My Chemical Romance. The band’s friend, Aaron Stern — formerly of Matchbook Romance and current drummer for God or Julie who has toured with Taking Back Sunday in the past — will fill in for O’Connell beginning today in San Antonio, TX.

“I’m really sorry. I feel like I’m letting people down,” O’Connell says. “I’m hoping to feel better and be back as soon as possible.”

Well wishes for O’Connell can be posted on Taking Back Sunday’s MySpace page: www.myspace/takingbacksunday.

The Projekt Revolution tour runs through September 3rd. Please visit www.takingbacksunday.com for details.

Victory Releasing Limited-Edition Colored Vinyl’s

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Victory Records will be releasing five more titles on limited-edition colored vinyl on Tuesday, August 14th, 2007. The label will be pressing Silverstein‘s newest release, Arrivals & Departures, and Darkest Hour‘s newest release, Deliver Us, on colored wax. The other three releases include a reissue of the 2002 breakthrough debut from Taking Back Sunday, Tell All Your Friends, as well as a new pressing of Blood For Blood‘s classic, Revenge On Society. The fifth title is a special, combined 12 of Earth Crisis‘ first Victory EPs, Firestorm and All Out War.

Once again, two different colors of vinyl will be available for each title at your local record shop, but a limited run of 200 copies of a special color will only be available from the Victory Records webstore. Pre-orders will begin during the first week of August.

Victory Records To Release Taking Back Sunday Album

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Victory Records will be releasing a Taking Back Sunday album on October 30, 2007. Additional releases on this day include a CD/DVD from New Jersey’s Thursday along with new albums from Canada’s Arise and Ruin and Florida’s The Autumn Offering.

A morein depth press release regarding the Taking Back Sunday album will be issued in August.

Saosin Joins Projekt Revolution Tour

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Saosin just confirmed that they will be joining the Projekt Revolution Tour this summer. The Projekt Revolution will kick off on July 25th and the last stop will be on September 3 in Denver at the Coors Amphitheatre. Fans can expect to see Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, HIM, Placebo and Julien-K on the Main Stage and Mindless Self Indulgence, Saosin, The Bled, Styles of Beyond and Madina Lake on the Revolution Stage.

Tour Dates

Wed Jul 25 TBA To be announced May 22
Fri Jul 27 Marysville, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
Sat Jul 28 San Bernardino, CA Hyundai Pavilion
Sun Jul 29 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre at Mountain View
Tue Jul 31 TBA To be announced May 21
Wed Aug 01 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
Fri Aug 03 Selma, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Sat Aug 04 Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Centre
Sun Aug 05 Woodlands, TX The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Tue Aug 07 Atlanta, GA HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
Wed Aug 08 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre Charlotte
Fri Aug 10 West Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre
Sat Aug 11 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
Mon Aug 13 Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
Tue Aug 14 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Wed Aug 15 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
Fri Aug 17 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
Sat Aug 18 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
Sun Aug 19 Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion
Tue Aug 21 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheatre
Wed Aug 22 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Fri Aug 24 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
Sat Aug 25 Camden, NJ Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
Sun Aug 26 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center
Tue Aug 28 Syracuse, NY NY State Fair
Wed Aug 29 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Fri Aug 31 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
Sat Sep 01 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
Mon Sep 03 Englewood, CO Coors Amphitheatre

Underoath & Taking Back Sunday Announce Tour Dates

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Underoath will be heading out on the road with Taking Back Sunday and Armor For Sleep this coming February. For more information on the shows and pre-sales dates go here.

Feb 22, 2007 State College (Penn State), Pennsylvania Bryce Jordan Center
Feb 23, 2007 TBA, TBA TBA
Feb 25, 2007 Birmingham, Alabama Boutwell Auditorium
Feb 27, 2007 San Antonio, Texas Sunset Station
Feb 28, 2007 TBA, TBA TBA
Mar 01, 2007 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Lloyd Noble Center
Mar 02, 2007 St. Lous, Missouri The Pageant
Mar 03, 2007 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Eagles Ballroom
Mar 04, 2007 St. Paul, Minnesota Myth
Mar 06, 2007 Des Moines, Iowa Val Air Ballroom
Mar 07, 2007 Kansas City, Missouri Uptown Theatre
Mar 08, 2007 Denver, Colorado The Fillmore Auditorium
Mar 09, 2007 Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Air
Mar 10, 2007 Las Vegas, Nevada House Of Blues
Mar 11, 2007 San Bernadino, California Orange Pavilion
Mar 13, 2007 Irvine, California UCI Bren Events Center
Mar 14, 2007 San Francisco, California The Concourse
Mar 15, 2007 San Luis Obispo, California SLO University Rec Center
Mar 16, 2007 Reno, Nevada Grand Sierra (Hilton)
Mar 17, 2007 Boise, Idaho Taco Bell Arena
Mar 18, 2007 TBA, TBA TBA
Mar 20, 2007 Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Northlands Agricom Arena
Mar 21, 2007 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Stampede Corral
Mar 22, 2007 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Prairieland Park
Mar 23, 2007 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Burton Cummings Theater
Mar 24, 2007 TBA, TBA TBA
Mar 25, 2007 Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada Community Auditorium
Mar 27, 2007 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Congress Centre
Mar 28, 2007 London, Ontario, Canada Centennial Hall
Mar 29, 2007 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Arrow Hall
Mar 30, 2007 Montreal, Quebec, Canada Theatre Olympia
Mar 31, 2007 TBA, TBA TBA
Apr 01, 2007 Albany, New York Armory
Apr 03, 2007 TBA, TBA TBA
Apr 04, 2007 TBA, TBA TBA
Apr 05, 2007 TBA, TBA TBA
Apr 06, 2007 TBA, TBA TBA
Apr 07, 2007 TBA, TBA TBA

Taking Back Sunday DVD

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Taking Back Sunday will be releasing their first ever DVD entitled, Lounder Now: Partone, on December 12. It will contain ninety minutes of up close and personal stories from all five band members, behind-the-scenes footage in the studio, on the tour bus, both backstage and on stage of the Long Beach Arena show, in band members’ hotel rooms, and even home with some of the guys. It will also include music videos for “MakeDamnSure” and “Liar (It Takes One To Know One).”