Just a few days ago, the final lineup for the 2018 Vans Warped Tour presented by Journeys was revealed in a video from the festival, which can be found below. The final cross-country run will feature acts who have frequently played Warped Tour over the last 24 years as well as up-and-coming acts. Set to play are bands including Simple Plan, 3OH!3, Mayday Parade, The Maine, We The Kings, Reel Big Fish, Underoath, Grayscale, Tonight Alive, and Real Friends, among others.
Kicking off on June 21st in Pomona, CA and wrapping on August 5th in West Palm Beach, FL, the tour will feature newly named stages such as Mutant Red Dawn and Mutant White Lightningwhich will showcase the best in heavy and hardcore music. Attendees will also be introduced to the FEND Movement (Full Energy, No Drugs), launched in partnership with the Preventum Initiative, which aims to empower young people to make a stand against opiods. Other non-profits and educational workshops at the festival will include A Voice For The Innocent, American Red Cross, Hope For The Day, and To Write Love on Her Arms, to name a few.
“With more non-profits coming out there will be more options for our audience to hopefully get involved before, during, and after the tour. I am hoping that this last year encourages non-profits to partner with bands and for bands to partner with non-profits on their own events and tours once this summer is over.” – Sierra Lyman.
General admission tickets will be on sale March 8th. Early bird tickets and super fan bundles are on sale now. The first 500 tickets sold for each show will be the lowest price and include a digital download of the Official Vans Warped Tour 50-song compilation.
“I have to walk the path in front of me because I’m not one for following.”
Though it isn’t a lead single, or even the first great track on Underworld, Tonight Alive’s upcoming fourth studio album, “The Other” encapsulates everything the Australian [now-] four-piece attempts and achieves with their latest endeavor – confidence in times of doubt, light through the dark, a personality standing out from the crowd and finding strength when you’re feeling stranded.
“Book of Love” kicks things off, and it sure does kick. Where most would choose to focus on Jenna MacDougall’s powerhouse vocals (and don’t worry, we have plenty of time for that), the instrumentation on the opener is a highlight – Hardy’s guitar work is quick and staggered, while Matt Best’s pulsing drumming builds and builds in the background before crashing into the forefront for the first chorus.
To jump back to the aforementioned first great track, “Temple” is Underworld’s second track, and Tonight Alive’s first real statement song on the album. The track carries a holier-and-heavier-than-thou attitude, with McDougall’s final pleading of the chorus “If my body is a temple, tell me why it hurts like hell?” hitting the hardest.
The heavier sound on Underworld doesn’t mean there is less heart or that there isn’t a softer side to the album; “For You” plays like a callback to Yellowcard’s “Only One,” while “Looking for Heaven” is a gorgeous piano ballad that lets McDougall fly.
With all that being said, Tonight Alive still manage to flex their purely pop muscles quite nicely here. “Last Light” is soft, soaring ‘90s powerpop. “Just For You” features what could be my favorite moment on the album – a simple “la, la, la-la-la” bridge that is perfectly tongue-in-cheek, and it has extra room to be as such because it’s so playfully bubblegum that it could rot your teeth.
Of the two features on the album, which both jump out on paper for different reasons – “a duet with Lynn Gunn? Oh, word!” “A duet with Corey Taylor? Oh, word?” – neither quite lives up to the expectations headed in. “Disappear,” which pairs two of the most prominent, powerful female vocalists in the scene, had the potential to blow the casing off of your speakers. While it’s still a good track, it doesn’t quite reach up to great.
On the other hand, the latter, finale “My Underworld,” gives each performer an equal chance to shine, coupling McDougall’s grace with Taylor’s grit. A surprise, certainly, but a pleasant one to bring the album to its close.
When asked about the record, McDougall considered Underworld a “reflection of the ugly parts of her,” the pieces she said she “wasn’t ready to see until now.” We all have our demons and our faults and our doubts, and if it takes these “ugly” pieces to build something beautiful, then taking a look is worth it.
Release Date: January 12, 2018
Rating: 4/5
Run Time: ~48 minutes
Check Out: “Just For Now,” “The Other,” “”Waiting for the End”
Track Listing:
1. Book Of Love
2. Temple
3. Disappear (Feat. Lynn Gunn)
4. The Other
5. In My Dreams
6. For You
7. Crack My Heart
8. Just For Now
9. Burning On
10. Waiting For The End
11. Last Light
12. Looking For Heaven
13. My Underworld (Feat. Corey Taylor)
Who: Tonight Alive, Crown The Empire, With Confidence, Every Time I Die When & Where: 6/26/16, NRG Park Main St Yellow Lot; Houston, TX By: Caitlyn Willard
We haven’t even wrapped up 2015 yet and tours for this following Spring are being announced. Who’s excited because we are! To kick off the announcements is Tonight Alive and Set It Off’s co-headliner titled The Fight For Something Tour.
Featuring supporting acts The Ready Set and SayWeCanFly, the tour will kick off on March 1st in Chicago and will wrap on March 27th in Denver. The full list of tour dates can be found below!
3.1 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge 3.2 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave 3.3 – Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot 3.4 – Buffalo, NY @ Waiting Room 3.5 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza 3.6 – Boston, MA @ The Sinclair 3.8 – Baltimore, MD @ Soundstage 3.9 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer 3.10 – Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street 3.11 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade 3.12 – Orlando, FL @ Beacham Theatre 3.14 – Houston, TX @ Walters 3.15 – Dallas, TX @ Trees 3.17 – Phoenix, AZ @ Nile Theater 3.18 – San Diego, CA @ Soma 3.19 – San Bernadino, CA @ Self Help Fest 3.20 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s 3.21 – Sacramento, CA @ Ace Of Spades 3.23 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre 3.24 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos 3.26 – Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue 3.27 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
PVRIS
Major League
Tonight Alive
Mayday Parade
Mayday Parade
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Who: PVRIS, Major League, Tonight Alive, Mayday Parade What: The Honeymoon Tour When & Where: 10/15/14, 9:30 Club; Washington, DC By: Caitlyn Willard
Mayday Parade will be hitting the road this October on the Honeymoon Tour with Tonight Alive, Major League and PVRIS!
Check out the tour dates below! You can purchase tickets by clicking here.
10.14 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar 10.15 – Washington, DC @ 930 Club 10.16 – Patchogue, NY @ The Emporium 10.17 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom 10.18 – Buffalo, NY @ The Waiting Room 10.19 – Clifton Park, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall 10.21 – Montreal, QC @ Club Soda 10.22 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre 10.24 – Palatine, IL @ Durty Nellies 10.25 – Iowa City, IA @ Blue Moose Tap House 10.26 – Lincoln, NE @ Bourbon Theatre 10.28 – Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick Centre 10.29 – Saskatoon, SK @ Louis’ 10.30 – Edmonton, AB @ The Starlite Room 11.1 – Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall 11.3 – Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre 11.4 – Seattle, WA El Corazon 11.6 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory 11.7 – Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue 11.8 – Denver, CO @ Summit Music Hall 11.10 – St. Louis, MO @ The Ready Room 11.11 – Birmingham, AL @ Zydeco 11.12 – Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom 11.13 – Tallahassee, FL @ Sidebar Theatre 11.14 – Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
Tonight Alive | Taking Back Sunday & The Used Co-Headliner; Atlanta, GA
Who: Taking Back Sunday, The Used, Tonight Alive What: Taking Back Sunday & The Used Co-Headlining Tour When & Where: 4/24/14, The Tabernacle; Atlanta, GA By:Caitlyn Willard
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