This week on Rock The Walls, your host Patrick Walford is joined by Brian Burkheiser, one of the vocalists of I Prevail. Listen in as Walford and Burkheiser discuss I Prevail’s debut album Lifelines, out on Fearless Records later this year. They also get into the writing and recording experience, which placed the band in Los Angles and back home in Michigan, touring with Amaranthe, Hollywood Undead, and Crown The Empire and playing a slew of big rock festivals. Also, what it’s like being nominated for Breakthrough Band of the Year at the APMAs. Keep up with I Prevail and catch them… Read more »
This week’s Vans Warped Tour announcement adds ChrisB, Jule Vera, Seaway, The Amity Affliction, and This Wild Life to the 2015 lineup. The tour returns for its twenty-first year on June 19th, and will spend the summer rocking cities across the country.
Fall Out Boy will be touring in Europe and Asia before their US fall tour with Panic! at the Disco. Check out the dates by clicking “Read More.”
Seattle rock act Sunny Day Real Estate is planning to record its first album in 15 years with its original lineup.
Ever since it started in 2006, the Bamboozle Left festival has generally been reserved for bands of the “tight pants and swooping bangs” variety. But this year, it looks like they’re doing things a little differently. That’s because none other than 50 Cent – the reigning king of bling, biceps and beef – has been confirmed to headline the second night of the fest, which will take place Apr. 4-5 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Irvine, California. Other artists on the bill include Fall Out Boy, Thrice, Cobra Starship and The Used. While 50 Cent doesn’t usually run with… Read more »
Hasidic reggae rapper Matisyahu and rock act Chiodos will join the 2008 Vans Warped Tour lineup for limited dates this July, Billboard.com has learned. Matisyahu, who joins the Vans Warped Tour for the first time, will appear in the traveling rock festival July 9-11 and on July 13 at St. John’s Country Fairgrounds in Jacksonville, Florida. Vans Warped Tour veteran Chiodos joins the trek on July 18 at Comerica Park in Detroit. Matisyahu has a handful of other summer concert appearances lined up, including sets at Milwaukee’s Summerfest (June 30) and the inaugural Pemberton Festival in British Columbia (July 27).… Read more »
SOMERSET, Pa. — Members of rock band Relient K had a rude awakening on the Pennsylvania Turnpike at about 3:20 a.m. Thursday. Asleep on their tour bus, en route to a show in Illinois, they were roused by the bus driver yelling for them to exit the bus immediately. It was on fire. While the band — which includes Stark County natives Matt Thiessen and Matt Hoopes — and crew members escaped uninjured, the damage was extensive. Fire Chief Terry Shaffer of the Shanksville Volunteer Fire Department said the fire started in the engine compartment located just below the rear… Read more »
And then there was one. With the recent departure of drummer Rocky Gray and guitarist John LeCompt, Amy Lee is now the only member of Evanescence left who has been in the band since the release of its smash 2003 breakout album, Fallen. LeCompt was either fired by the band or decided to move on – depending which account you believe – while Gray left of his own accord recently, making them the latest members of the group to fall by the wayside. Original guitarist/ co-founder Ben Moody left in 2003 , and bassist William Boyd quit last June after… Read more »
There’s another eclectic bill, courtesy of Perry Farrell, for this year’s Lollapalooza Festival, set this year for August 3-5 in Chicago’s Grant Park. Although only re-establishing itself in recent years, the rock festival has planted itself as a big date on the U.S. festival calendar, re-jigging itself last year with a bigger capacity and more stages. Top of the bill this year are Modest Mouse, Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, Kanye West and Pearl Jam, it was confirmed yesterday, along with Modest Mouse, CSS, Kings Of Leon, TV On The Radio, MIA, LCD Soundsystem, The View, Hot Chip, Amy Winehouse, LCD Soundsystem,… Read more »
Get Loaded in the Park will return for another year this August, with this year’s event headlined by Mike Skinner’s The Streets. The urban poet has announced plans for his only confirmed shows of 2007 at the urban-themed rock festival, which takes place in both Clapham Common in London (August 26) and Cardiff’s Bute Park, on August 25th. More acts are expected to be announced soon, with tickets going on sale this Friday, March 30th at 9am.
