As if the summer wasn’t hot enough, Mayday Parade and more of your favorites are turning up the heat as they kick off Sad Summer Fest today, July 11. The fifth annual festival will be touring nearly 20 cities across America in July and August. Mayday Parade and The Maine are set to headline, joined by The Wonder Years, We The Kings, Real Friends, Knuckle Puck, and more.
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With the tour comes Mayday Parade’s new single “Pretty Good To Feel Something.” A feel-good song with that instantly identifiable sense of bittersweet nostalgia Mayday Parade does so well. The accompanying lyric video features the band in a colorful tunnel, jamming to their music. The song feels straightforward in a way that songs haven’t in at least a couple of decades. It’s not deeply subtextual or trying to impress you. It’s simply calling out the joy in being alive and able to feel something, anything, because it means you’re alive. Check out the “Pretty Good To Feel Something” lyric video below.
Now, if you’re looking to feel something more, you can get tickets to see Mayday Parade at Sad Summer Festival by clicking here. Mayday Parade is also slated to appear at back-to-back dates for When We Were Young Fest later this year, where the emo mainstays will perform their 2007 breakout album, A Lesson In Romantics, in full. Check out their tour dates below.
Tour Dates:
- July 11—Sacramento, CA @ The Backyard
- July 13—Santa Ana, CA @ Observatory Festival Grounds
- July 14—Flagstaff, AZ @ Pup Punk Summer Camp
- July 16—Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom
- July 19—Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Ballroom
- July 20—Chicago, IL @ Eagles Ballroom
- July 21—Pontiac, MI @ Crofoot Festival Grounds
- July 23—Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE Outdoor
- July 24—Colombus, OH @ KEMBA Live! Outdoor
- July 26—Atlanta, GA @ Coca-Cola Roxy
- July 27—Clearwater, FL @ The Sound at Coachman Park
- July 29—Cleveland, OH @ Jacob’s Pavillion
- Aug. 1—New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17
- Aug. 3—Worcester, MA @ Palladium Outdoors
- Aug. 4—Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Summer Stage
- Aug. 6—Buffalo, NY @ Terminal B at the Outer Harbor
- Aug. 8—Philadelphia, PA @ Highmark Skyline Stage
- Aug. 9—Columbia, MD @ Chrysalis at Merriweather Park
- Aug. 23—Oro Station, ON @ All Your Friends Fest
- Oct. 19—Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young Fest
- Oct. 20—Las Vegas, NV @ When We Were Young Fest
