After teasing a forthcoming tour, The Academy Is… is officially hitting several stops across the United States this November and December. Believe it or not, their iconic debut LP, Almost Here, is 20 years old, so of course, it calls for a major celebration. Beginning on November 13 in Columbus at The Bluestone, you can catch William Beckett and the gang singing the hits such as “Slow Down,” “The Phrase That Pays,” and beyond. Plus, if you have tickets to Riot Fest, TAI will also be doing an album playthrough on Sunday, September 21, on the Rebel Stage. Plus, the… Read more »
If you’ve missed the musical stylings of The Academy Is…, it seems like you’re about to be in for a real treat. On July 31, the official The Academy Is… Instagram account as well as vocalist William Beckett dropped a video in the style of AOL that reads, “I WISH I COULD SEE THE ACADEMY IS…on TOUR IN 2025…” The caption reads, “So Listen Up…” and also features the hashtag #almosthere20. Yep, believe it or not, TAI’s debut album Almost Here came out two decades ago on February 8, 2005, via Fueled By Ramen. So, if you blasted “Almost Here”… Read more »
Warped Tour made its triumphant return this weekend in Washington, DC, kicking off their 30 year celebration. With a stacked lineup, artist activations, and nonstop energy, the iconic festival proved it still knows how to throw down. And the best part? Warped Tour has announced it’ll return to DC in 2026. They’ll hit the asphalt once again on June 13 and 14, 2026. Presale for Warped Tour DC 2026 will kick off this Friday, June 20, at 9 AM PT/12 PM ET. With two more Warped weekends on the books this year, we’ll keep you updated along the way! Don’t… Read more »
Riot Fest will be celebrating its 20 year anniversary in no time—it’ll be sunny September in Chicago before we know it! With headliners blink-182, Weezer, and Green Day stretched across the three-day weekend, the festival has announced the breakdown of its single-day lineups. The festival this year is slated to celebrate its 20th anniversary, but will also feature a number of album playthroughs celebrating their own anniversaries, including Knuckle Puck’s Copacetic, The Academy Is… performing Almost Here, Alkaline Trio’s Maybe I’ll Catch Fire, and more. Check out the single-day lineup breakdowns below and purchase tickets to Riot Fest, taking over… Read more »
Riot Fest will celebrate its 20th anniversary this summer with a stacked return to Douglass Park in Chicago, running September 19–21. The milestone weekend will be headlined by blink-182, Weezer, and Green Day, each anchoring a different day. blink-182 kicks things off Friday, Weezer takes the stage Saturday for a full-album performance of The Blue Album, and Green Day will bring the celebration to a close on Sunday. Ahead of the 2005 Riot Fest launch, twenty years ago, festival founder Michael Petryshyn had shared, “I just wanted to put a show together with all of my favorite bands.” And the… Read more »
We have finally made it to the end of the 30 days of Warped Tour! And with that, we have almost all of our artist announcements for the three-weekend stops. With the final rollouts happening throughout the day, the Washington D.C. is all but finalized with two open slots, with fans excited over the addition of MGK, Knuckle Puck, The Wonder Years, and more. The Long Beach date, however, still features a whopping 15 blurred slots to be announced! With the tour admat revealed, KennyHoopla, JXDN, Body Count, and more have been added to the weekend’s performances. And finally, the… Read more »
On their second day of headlining When We Were Young Fest, Fall Out Boy performed a variety of fan-favorite tracks spanning their entire discography. On day one, October 19, the band invited up special guest Wiz Khalifa for a special performance of “See You Again.” Then, on day two, October 20, the band invited up Travie McCoy to sing “Cupid’s Chokehold.” The Gym Class Heroes song originally featured Patrick Stump‘s vocals on the chorus. Throughout the weekend, Stump hit multiple stages to feature on live tracks. This included him performing “Kiss My Sass” with Cobra Starship and “Everything Is Alright”… Read more »
As Fall Out Boy are gearing up to celebrate the 15 year anniversary of their fourth studio album, Folie à Deux, the group has shared an extra special treat for fans to commemorate the December 10, 2008 release. Across their social media accounts, the band shares, “Introducing Folie à Bleu, the 15th anniversary vinyl edition. The label changed the color of the album cover to blue without asking us & we didn’t want it all to go to waste. Only 2,500 of these were pressed. once they’re gone, they’re gone!” Read more: Say Anything Announce ‘…Is A Real Boy’ 20th… Read more »
The line between alternative music and pop music has blurred even more. Bring Me The Horizon and Spiritbox are carrying the torch Linkin Park lit almost twenty years ago, but who’s next?
Someone call Seth Cohen because Chrismukkah has certainly taken over the holiday season! Midtown, the beloved New Jersey pop-punkers the scene fell in love with upon their inception in 1998, has announced their first annual Chrismukkah Spectacular show on December 21 at The Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ. After an extended hiatus, the group reunited in 2022 for their Ressurection Tour as well as to support My Chemical Romance on several dates of the My Chemical Romance North American Reunion Tour in the fall of 2022. Midtown’s Chrismukkah Spectacular will see the band in their hometown tearing it up with… Read more »
