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Chuck Ragan, Ben Nichols, Frank Turner, Tim Barry on Aussie Revival Tour

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 1/13/10 @ 12:14 PM - altpress.com

Members of the annual Chuck Ragan-curated Revival Tour will be getting their passports stamped this April as they head to Australia for a week's worth of dates. The lineup for these shows will be Ragan (Hot Water Music), Frank Turner, Tim Barry (Avail) and Ben Nichols (Lucero), with backing musicians Jon Gaunt and Todd Beene. Tickets go on sale Friday, Jan. 22 at 9 a.m. local time. Dates:

Thu April 22 The Zoo, Brisbane
Fri April 23 Annandale Hotel, Sydney
Sun April 25 Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
Wed April 28 Rosemount, Perth
Thu April 29 Enigma, Adelaide
Fri April 30 Corner, Melbourne
Sat May 1 Brisbane Hotel, Hobart

Dropkick Murphys to release new live album this March

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 1/13/10 @ 11:45 AM - altpress.com

Boston punks Dropkick Murphys have announced the impending release of Live On Lansdowne, Boston MA, their new live album scheduled to drop March 16 on the band's own Born & Bred label. This will be the group's second live effort, following up 2002's Live On St. Patrick's Day, and will feature 20 tracks which were recorded over seven Boston shows last March. The release will be available as a CD, CD/DVD and double LP (with CD insert); tracklisting below:

Famous For Nothing
The State Of Massachusetts
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya
Time To Go
Sunshine Highway
Flannigan's Ball
Bastards On Parade
God Willing
Caught In A Jar
Captain Kelly's Kitchen
Citizen C.I.A.
Fields Of Athenry
Your Spirit's Alive
The Warrior's Code
The Dirty Glass
Tessie
Forever 2009
Worker's Song
Kiss Me, I'm Shitfaced
I'm Shipping Up To Boston (featuring The Mighty Mighty Bosstones)

Hawthorne Heights, ex-Spitalfield vocalists plan solo tour

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 1/13/10 @ 10:33 AM - altpress.com

Hawthorne Heights frontman JT Woodruff and ex-Spitalfield vocalist Mark Rose have revealed dates for a tour called "Never Say Decaf." The pair will play solo, acoustic sets with support from the Story Changes. Dates are as follows:

Tue 2-09-2010 / DeKalb, IL @ The House
Wed 2-10-2010 / Grand Rapids, MI @ Mixtape Cafe
Thu 2-11-2010 / Rochester, MI @ The Factory (only 100 tix avail!)
Fri 2-12-2010 / Toledo, OH @ Frankies Inner City
Sat 2-13-2010 / Akron, OH @ Musica
Sun 2-14-2010 / Scranton, PA @ Eleanor Rigby's
Mon 2-15-2010 / Rockville Centre, NY @ Vibe Lounge
Tue 2-16-2010 / Audubon, NJ @ The Auction House Loft (only 100 tix avail!)
Wed 2-17-2010 / State College, PA @ Sozo
Thu 2-18-2010 / Charleston, WV @ The Brickhouse
Fri 2-19-2010 / Bloomington, IN @ Rhino's
Sat 2-20-2010 / Dayton, OH @ Blind Bob's (EARLY SHOW - ALL AGES)
Sat 2-20-2010 / Dayton, OH @ Blind Bob's (LATE SHOW - 21+)

Living Sacrifice unveil fourth new track off The Infinite Order

Alternative Press - Ben Sailer on 1/12/10 @ 5:44 PM - altpress.com

Living Sacrifice has premiered a fourth new song from their upcoming record, The Infinite Order, online.

Hit up the band's MySpace page to hear "They Were One."

The Infinite Order is due out on Jan. 26 via Solid State.

Anti-Flag put out new video for "The Economy Is Suffering" online

Alternative Press - Ben Sailer on 1/12/10 @ 5:33 PM - altpress.com

Long-running Pittsburgh political punks Anti-Flag's latest video, this one for "The Economy Is Suffering," has made its online debut.

The song is taken off their 2009 SideOneDummy full-length The People Or The Gun, and the video is streaming below.


Anti-Flag - The Economy Is Suffering -

Anti-Flag | MySpace Music Videos

3OH!3, All Time Low, Owl City, more on Alice In Wonderland soundtrack

Alternative Press - Nichole Fazekas on 1/12/10 @ 1:06 PM - altpress.com

We already knew that Mark Hoppus and Pete Wentz were collaborating on a new song for the upcoming Alice In Wonderland soundtrack, but now, thanks to MySpace Music, we've nailed down the whole tracklisting. The compilation, called Almost Alice, will be released March 2, and features a whole host of AP-friendly acts (plus, uh, Shinedown) delivering their takes on the Alice In Wonderland saga. Tracklisting below:

1. "Alice (Underground)" performed by Avril Lavigne
2. "The Poison" performed by The All-American Rejects
3. "The Technicolor Phase" performed by Owl City
4. "Her Name Is Alice" performed by Shinedown
5. "Painting Flowers" performed by All Time Low
6. "Where's My Angel" performed by Metro Station
7. "Strange" performed by Tokio Hotel and Kerli
8. "Follow Me Down" performed by 3OH!3 featuring Neon Hitch
9. "Very Good Advice" performed by Robert Smith
10. "In Transit" performed by Mark Hoppus with Pete Wentz
11. "Welcome to Mystery" performed by Plain White T's
12. "Tea Party" performed by Kerli
13. "The Lobster Quadrille" performed by Franz Ferdinand
14. "Running Out of Time" performed by Motion City Soundtrack
15. "Fell Down a Hole" performed by Wolfmother
16. "White Rabbit" performed by Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

Alice In Wonderland hits theaters March 5.


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