The Used will be streaming their new single “Blood On My Hands” exclusively on their site for one day only on June 30th.
The Used Launch New Interactive Website
With their upcoming album Artwork on the way in September, The Used are thrilled to announce the launch of their new website. www.TheUsed.net is a unique experience for fans that will allow them to create their own site design, upload photos and video, artwork, instrument tabs and more. www.TheUsed.net will also feature, in July, new handwritten guitar tabs for the entire record leading up to the release, a tourography and a content upload bank where users can upload photos and videos from past shows.
The Used Set Release Date
The Used have set August 10th as the release date for their new album, Artwork. The first single “Blood on my Hands” will hit radio no June 30th.
The Used & Strylight Run On “Get A Life” Tour
The Used, Straylight Run, Army Of Me and the Street Drum Corps will join forces for the inaugural Rockstar Energy Drink Get a Life Tour, which will visit 25 U.S. college campuses, beginning April 2 at the NMSU Recreation Center in Las Cruces, N.M.
A full itinerary of colleges and venues will be announced shortly, but general admission tickets for the tour will cost between $20 and $25, with discounts available to students in certain markets. Ticket on-sale dates have not yet been announced.
Samsung Mobile is the presenting sponsor for the trek, which wraps May 10 at the Rialto Theatre in Tucson, Ariz. The mobile company is currently holding an online battle of the bands contest, where unsigned artists can compete for a slot on the jaunt. Voters are automatically entered into a contest to win $5,000, along with a trip to a show in the tour city of their choice.
The Rockstar Energy Drink Get A Life Tour is produced by Warped founder Kevin Lyman, his partner on the Rockstar Taste Of Chaos tour John Reese and CAA’s Darryl Eaton.
The Used Releases New EP
On February 19th, The Used will release “Shallow Believer” an extended EP on all digital music stores. The artwork can be seen here. It is called an extended EP because it contains 10 tracks. Â
The Used To Release Digital EP
The Used are set to release an extended EP on all digital music stores on February 19th. The EP, Shallow Believer, will feature 10 tracks and you can check out the album art and track listing below.
Track Listing
1. Dark Days
2. Slit Your Own Throat
3. Devil Beside You
4. Into My Web
5. My Pesticide
6. Choke Me
7. Sun Comes Up
8. Sick Hearts
9. Back of Your Mouth
10. Tunnel
Samsung Mobile Launches Virtual “Unsigned Battle of the Bands”
Samsung Mobile has launched a virtual battle of the bands where bands will compete for a spot on the Rockstar Get a Life Tour with headliners The Used and Straylight Run on College Campuses Nationwide. Details for the contest can be read below.
WHO:
The Samsung Mobile Unsigned Battle of the Bands gives unsigned musicians everywhere a chance to win a spot on the bill for the upcoming Rockstar Get a Life Tour, hitting college campuses in Spring 2008, featuring The Used and Straylight Run, $7,500 in cash and more.  Competitors in this virtual battle will create band profiles on the Unsigned Battle of the Bands web gallery by uploading MP3s, band, bios and photos. Then legions of fans and fans-to-be will vote for their favorite artists and decide which one of them will land this potentially career-making opportunity. Voters also have a chance to win a grand prize of $5,000 cash and a trip to catch the Get a Life Tour in the city of their choice as well as instant win prizes.
WHAT:
Participating bands are required to submit an MP3 and may also upload bios, background information and band stories to be displayed on the gallery of bands. True to the spirit of seeing artists succeed, all bands who add their music and bios to the band Gallery at the contest page will be given access to a promotional toolkit including a poster template, a fan email template and a CD label template that will help them launch their careers. Following the competition, the winning band will post video, pictures and blogs from the road.
WHEN:
The Samsung Mobile Unsigned Battle of the Bands will be open for band registration from January 10th through March 2nd, 2008. Voting will begin on January 25th.
WHERE:
Bands can enter for this rare opportunity to tour and share their music with new fans everywhere at the Samsung Mobile Unsigned Battle of the Bands home page: www.samsungunsigned.com
The Used “Pretty Handsome Awkward” Video
Army of Me On Yahoo’s Who’s Next
Army of Me just confirmed a Fall 2007 tour with The Used, and will be touring with Dave Matthews Band throughout August. See below for full list of tour dates.
Another huge step for the band is that they have just been accepted into Yahoo Music’s “Who’s Next” program. This prestigious online competition has Army of Me facing off against their nemesis in name Tiger Army, as well as Tokyo Police Club, and A Fine Frenzy.
Tour Dates
w/ Dave Matthews Band
8/1/07 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
8/2/07 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts
w/ local support
8/4/07 Hartford, CT Sweet Janes
8/7/07 Philadelphia, PA The Kyber
w/ Dave Matthews Band
8/10/07 Burgettstown, PA Post Gazette Pavilion at Starlake
8/15/07 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amp.
8/17/07 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
8/18/07 Noblesville, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center
8/20/07 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
w/ The Used and The Bled
9/4/07 Pompano Beach, FL Cinema Club
9/5/07 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues
9/7/07 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
9/8/07 Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center
9/10/07 New York, NY Roseland Ballroom
9/11/07 Atlantic City, NJ House of Blues
9/12/07 Sayerville, NJ Starland Ballroom
9/13/07 Worcester, MA The Palladium
9/15/07 Detroit, MI State Theatre
9/16/07 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
9/17/07 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
9/19/07 Denver, CO Fillmore
9/24/07 San Francisco, CA Warfield
10/7/07 Las Vegas, NV Pearl
10/8/07 Anaheim, CA Grove of Anaheim
The Used Vocalist Bert McCracken Undergoing Surgery
Bert McCracken has just been advised to undergo surgery due to the fact that he has developed a node on one of his vocal chords. Consequently, the band has been forced to cancel their shows on all upcoming dates during June and July, including the Van’s Warped Tour. Doctors have recommended treatment as well as rest without singing and are expecting a full recovery. He will be able to sing again in about five weeks.
The band is incredibly disappointed but promised to return to touring in the USA in early September with headlining dates. “Kevin Lyman and the Van’s Warped tour have been amazing supporters of our band and we are truly saddened that we won’t be able to perform on this year’s tour,” states Quinn Allman, The Used’s guitarist. We hope to have new tour details ready for release shortly.