Taking Back Sunday @ Marquee Theatre, Tempe
June 2, 2009 by FromTheCrowd
Filed under Pick of the Week
Taking Back Sunday @ Marquee Theatre, Tempe
blink-182 vows to give fans the best value for their dollar
May 22, 2009 by FromTheCrowd
Filed under Upcoming Events
blink-182 Announce Summer Tour
BAND REUNITES FOR FIRST TOUR IN 5 YEARS AND DELIVERS FOR FANS WITH $20 ALL-INCLUSIVE LAWN TICKETS
WEEZER, FALL OUT BOY To Join The Most Dynamic Tour Package All Summer
Additional Support Acts On Different Dates: Panic At The Disco, All American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, Asher Roth and Chester French
LOS ANGELES, May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Setting the alternative nation abuzz with excitement and anticipation, Travis Barker, Tom Delonge and Mark Hoppus, better known as blink-182, one of the world’s greatest punk rock bands, earlier this year officially announced they are back together. Today they are confirming their monster summer tour which features a ton of great bands and is the first-ever national tour to offer lawn tickets at a $20 all-inclusive price for each amphitheater show. The Live Nation produced tour kicks off on July 24th in Las Vegas, NV and culminates October 3rd at The Borgata in Atlantic City. The national tour will be presented by T-Mobile Sidekick LX, State Farm and MySpace. Tickets are available at www.livenation.com beginning May 30.
In addition to the hit-filled headlining blink-182 set, the tour will feature a full package of support acts such as Fall Out Boy, Weezer, Panic At The Disco, All American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, Chester French and Asher Roth. The band chose to feature support acts that were mutual friends, along with some exciting new artists.
With more than 20 million albums sold worldwide, blink-182 is widely considered one of the best punk rock bands of all time. Formed in the San Diego suburbs in 1993, the band found international fame, multi-platinum albums and massive radio airplay success before breaking up in 2004. Although each member went on to their own successful projects, personal events and natural chemistry brought them back together. In what each of the band members describe as nothing short of fate, they have newfound inspiration and creativity together, and are working to create the summer’s best rock show. Known for connecting with their fans, blink-182 is out to prove that after five years apart, they can still deliver a massive show and this will be the highlight of the summer touring season.
This summer, blink-182 is vowing to give fans the best value for their dollar. As the tour primarily stops at Live Nation amphitheaters, the band has taken the extraordinary step of making lawn tickets available at $20 including all fees while supplies last. NO charge for parking, ticketing fees, no tax, No nothing… You got a 20 dollar bill and you’re on the lawn and in the show.
“We can’t wait to get out on tour this summer. After a four year break, we’re ready to get out on the road and play what we hope will be the most amazing tour of the season. The lineup is awesome. We’ve got an ever-changing roster of bands, from the most established and successful names in rock and roll, to the hottest up and coming artists on the scene. For production, we’re putting together the most ambitious stage show of our career. Working with Martin Phillips (stage designer for Daft Punk, Kanye West, Nine Inch Nails, etc), you can expect the most ridiculous display of lights and images we can imagine. And the best part is that we’re bringing all of this together for one of the lowest-priced tours of the summer. We’ve worked very hard with the promoters to make possible something that has never been done by any major touring act. 20 dollar tickets. 20 dollars gets you into the blink-182 tour this summer. No hidden fees, no parking fees, no extras, no processing charge. 20 dollars and you’re at the show. Good Times!” said blink-182 bassist Mark Hoppus.
“blink-182 has made a career out of outrageous behavior,” said Live Nation’s, Jason Garner, “so it’s fitting that they are breaking the rules again creating such a huge show at an incredibly low price. It will be a can’t miss event.”
“Ever since I heard ‘dude ranch’ I knew I wanted to meet blink-182. They basically were saying and doing everything I wanted to, only in smarter and funnier ways. To have the chance to join them on tour has always been a dream for our band. We thought we probably would never have the chance. It’s good for music that blink-182 is making noise again. I’m really happy to be able to see it from such a close point of view,” said Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz.
Keep an eye out for details about how to experience a special Blink 182 concert coming soon through an unprecedented technology that will bring the band to fans like nothing ever before. Curious about the venue? Craving a ticket? Stay tuned for more to come on how to get in on this first-of-its-kind Blink performance, taking place before the nationwide tour kicks-off.
The tour is presented by the new T-Mobile Sidekick LX. This summer, T-Mobile will support blink-182 and the tour with a national promotion and also implement programming in top U.S. markets that the band is scheduled to hit. Additional details on the tour and promotion will be available later this summer at www.sidekick.com.
State Farm is also excited to be a Presenting Sponsor of the Blink 182 tour. This sponsorship will allow State Farm to connect and engage blink-182 fans on site and online through exciting consumer promotions and give-aways.
blink-182 TOUR SCHEDULE
** Check local listings for on-sale dates and additional details
DATE CITY VENUE
FRI 7/24 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
TUES 7/28 Vancouver, BC GM Place
THU 7/30 Calgary, AB Saddledome
FRI 7/31 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
SAT 8/1 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Center
SUN 8/2 Winnipeg, MB MTS Centre
TUES 8/4 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater
THU 8/6 Boston, MA Comcast Center
FRI 8/7 Quebec City, QC Colisee Pepsi
SAT 8/8 Montreal, QC Bell Centre
SUN 8/9 Wantagh, NY Nikon Theater at Jones Beach
WED 8/12 Hershey, PA The Star Pavilion
THU 8/13 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
FRI 8/14 Pittsburgh, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
SAT 8/15 Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
SUN 8/16 Omaha, NE Westfair Amphitheater
TUE 8/18 Minneapolis, MN Xcel Energy Center
THU 8/20 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
FRI 8/21 Buffalo, NY Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center
SAT 8/22 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
SUN 8/23 Toronto, ON Molson Amphitheater
TUE 8/25 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
THU 8/27 Saratoga, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
FRI 8/28 Camden, PA Susquehanna Bank Center
SAT 8/29 Hartford, CT New England Dodge Music Center
SUN 8/30 Washington DC TBD
MON 8/31 Wantagh, NY Nikon Theater at Jones Beach
WED 9/2 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
THU 9/3 St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
FRI 9/4 Kansas City, KS Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone
SUN 9/6 Denver, CO Fiddlers Green Amphitheater
MON 9/7 Salt Lake City, UT David O. McKay Events Center
THU 9/10 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheater
SAT 9/12 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheater
SUN 9/13 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheater
MON 9/14 Santa Barbara, CA Santa Barbara Bowl
WED 9/16 San Diego, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheater
THU 9/17 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
SAT 9/19 Phoenix, AZ Tempe Beach Park
MON 9/21 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
WED 9/23 Dallas, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
THU 9/24 Houston, TX Superpages.com Center
SAT 9/26 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheater
SUN 9/27 Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheater
TUE 9/29 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheater
THU 10/1 Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
FRI 10/2 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
SAT 10/3 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Events Center
Taking Back Sunday at the Marquee 06.09.2009
May 7, 2009 by FromTheCrowd
Filed under Upcoming Events
Taking Back Sunday
w/ Anberlin, Envy On The Coast
When: 6/9/2009 6:00 PM
Where: Marquee Theatre
Ticket price: $25.00*
Price day of: $25.00*
Ages: All Ages
* Prices subject to service fees
Buy Tickets from the Marquee for the Tempe Show
TAKING BACK SUNDAY started with Eddie Reyes, punk rock for life who was calling Long Island home in 1999. A fertile area for some of today’s most (insert synonym for promising here) advantageous, bright, favorable, felicitous, fortunate, golden, halcyon, happy, hopeful, lucky, opportune, propitious, prosperous, rosy, timely, well-timed young artists, Eddie quickly found three friends nearby with a shared musical vision and recruited one from a little further away (current vocalist) Adam Lazzara originally moved to NYC from High Point, North Carolina) to play bass. After their initial demo circulated, (insert line-up change here) Victory Records quickly signed the band and put them in the studio with Sal Villanueva of Thursday fame running drills.
TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS, their debut album was released in March 2002 and the band continued to tour, winning fans over by their (insert synonym for exciting here) agitative, animating, appealing, arousing, arresting, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, commoving, dangerous, dramatic, electrifying, exhilarant, eye-popping, far out, fine, flashy, groovy, hair-raising, heady, hectic, impelling, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rip-roaring, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, titillating, wild, zestful live shows. By the summer of that same year, only a few short months later, shows were selling out in advance and word of mouth continued to spread. Sharing the stage with Boxcar Racer, The Used, Jimmy Eat World, New Found Glory quickly followed and the band saw less and less of home and more and more fans dedicated to the catchy yet meaningful songwriting layered over a unique blend of rock’s best attributes. Lyrics such as “Why can’t I feel anything from anyone other than you” taken from Cute Without the ‘E’ (Cut From The Team) and “You could slit my throat, and with my one last gasping breath I’d apologize, for bleeding on your shirt” taken from their upcoming single You’re So Last Summer became anthemic sing alongs with audiences quickly overpowering stage wattage output at tour stops from coast to coast. Believe it or not the entire band writes as well. All of them play guitar and write melodies. No fact checking necessary, even drummer Mark O’Connell is very involved in the writing process.
Fast forward to spring of 2003: TAKING BACK SUNDAY embarked on the Takeover Tour, their first national headlining tour. Playing to (insert synonym for sold out here) awash, brimful, brimming, busy, chock-full, clean, close, compact, crammed, cramped, crushed, dense, full, full house, full up, huddled, jam-packed, jammed, loaded, lousy with, massed, mob scene, mobbed, overflowing, packed, populous, sardined, stiff with, stuffed, swarming, teeming, thick, thickset, thronged, tight, topped off, wall-to-wall crowds in most of the US and Canada (2,200 fans in Toronto when the band had never stepped foot over the eastern border) helped the press take notice and features in Rolling Stone, Spin, Alternative Press (cover) and Revolver quickly followed.
By now TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS had surpassed 200,000 records sold. The band had plans to travel to Europe and then return to the US to spend the summer as one of the main stage acts on the 2003 Vans Warped Tour. (insert line-up change here) Instead they welcomed Fred Mascherino and Matt Rubano to the mix. Mascherino comes to Taking Back Sunday from one of their favorite bands, Breaking Pangaea, best known for significant college radio airplay and critical raves. Fred’s strong backing vocals, guitar virtuosity and insightful lyrics bring an added dimension to the Taking Back Sunday sound. New Bassist Matt Rubano is a native of Baldwin New York and a life long friend of Mark’s, so the chemistry between the two is unmistakable. Matt has recorded and toured with a variety of artists from all genres of music, but is best known for his work on Lauryn Hill’s grammy winning debut, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”.
Debuting the new line-up at the last three Warped shows in Philly, NY and NJ respectively allowed the band to dispel the rumors of a (insert synonym for break-up here) adjourn, disassemble, disband, dismantle, disperse, disrupt, dissolve, divide, divorce, end, halt, part, scatter, separate, sever, split, stop, sunder, suspend, take apart, terminate and allowed TAKING BACK SUNDAY to blast through songs from the record and introduce some new ones which received a more than favorable review from fans and press alike. Their third video for You’re So Last Summer will feature a guest appearance by Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav. Why you ask? “Why not,” would be their reply, there are no rules.
In late summer the band will play some scattered festivals and radio shows, play a benefit with Blink-182 for cancer striken pro-surfer Jason Bogle in a 1,500 capacity club in San Diego, make their network television debut on Jimmy Kimmel live (September 9) then head back out across the nation with Saves the Day in the Fall. The fans have waiting patiently. They will not be (insert synonym for disappointed here) aghast, balked, beaten, blue funk, cast down, chapfallen, complaining, defeated, depressed, despondent, disconcerted, discontented, discouraged, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, dissatisfied, distressed, down, downhearted, foiled, frustrated, hopeless, let down, objecting, shot down, taken down, thwarted, unhappy, unsatisfied, upset, vanquished, worsted.
