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Flogging Molly announce New Year's Eve dates

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 12/1/09 @ 5:46 PM - altpress.com

Flogging Molly have added three shows to ring in 2010. The band will play their hometown of Los Angeles on New Year's Eve with shows in Anaheim, California, and Las Vegas to follow. Tickets for these three shows go on sale Dec. 4 here.

Added show dates:
12/31/09 - Los Angeles, CA - Wiltern
1/1/2010 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
1/2/2010 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues

mewithoutYou members form "Sleezer," all-Weezer cover band

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 12/1/09 @ 4:24 PM - altpress.com

Recently, mewithoutYou guitarist Michael Weiss, bassist Greg Jehanian and drummer Rickie Mazzotta formed an all-Weezer cover band, dubbed Sleezer. Additional members include Squad Five-O guitarist Kris Klein and The group (with Jehanian on vocals and Klein on bass) made their debut at a Philadelphia house party last week; video of the 10-song set is below.

mwY themselves currently have two hometown shows on the docket, taking place later this month. Details below:

Dec 26 2009 8:00P HOLIDAY SHOW @ Johnny Brenda's (21+) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dec 29 2009 7:00P HOLIDAY SHOW @ First Unitarian Church (All Ages) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Henry Rollins reveals North American tour dates

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 12/1/09 @ 2:17 PM - altpress.com

Henry Rollins has unveiled info for the first leg of North American dates of his upcoming "Frequent Flyer" world tour. Rollins will perform 45 shows in the U.S. and Canada bginning in February before traveling to Australia and South Africa and picking up the second North American leg in May. Pre-sale tickets are available now with general on-sale to begin Dec. 4.

Dates are as follows:
Wed., Feb. 17 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up Tavern
Thu., Feb. 18 Phoenix, AZ Marquee
Fri., Feb. 19 Albuquerque, NM Kimo Theater
Sat., Feb. 20 El Paso, TX TBC
Sun., Feb. 21 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
Tue., Feb. 23 Houston, TX House of Blues
Wed., Feb. 24 Dallas, TX Lakewood Theater
Thu., Feb. 25 Little Rock, AR Juanita's
Fri., Feb. 26 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
Sat., Feb. 27 Birmingham, AL Workplay Theater
Sun., Feb. 28 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse
Tue., Mar. 2 Clearwater, FL Capitol
Wed., Mar. 3 Fort Lauderdale, FL Revolution
Thu., Mar. 4 Orlando, FL House of Blues
Fri., Mar. 5 Charleston, SC Music Farm
Sat., Mar. 6 Asheville, NC Orange Peel
Sun., Mar. 7 Richmond, VA The National
Tue., Mar. 9 Washington, DC Birchmere
Wed., Mar. 10 Washington, DC Birchmere
Thu., Mar. 11 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
Fri., Mar. 12 New York, NY Irving Plaza
Sat., Mar. 13 New York, NY Irving Plaza
Tue., Mar. 16 Bayshore, NY Boulton Center
Wed., Mar. 17 Somerville, MA Somerville Theater
Thu., Mar. 18 Portland, ME Space 538
Fri. Mar. 19 Halifax, NS Rebecca Cohn Auditorium
Sat., Mar. 20 Moncton, NB Capitol Theatre
Mon., Mar. 22 Montreal, QC Le National
Tue., Mar. 23 Ottawa, ON Bronson Centre
Wed., Mar. 24 Kingston, ON Sydenham St. United Church
Thu., Mar. 25 Kitchener, ON Conrad Centre
Fri., Mar. 26 Toronto, ON Queen Elizabeth Theatre
Sat., Mar. 27 Syracuse, NY Westcott Theater
Sun., Mar. 28 Ithaca, NY Castaways
Tue., Mar. 30 State College, PA State Theater
Wed. Mar. 31 Pittsburgh, PA Hazlett Theater
Thu., Apr. 1 Kent, OH Kent Stage
Fri., Apr. 2 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
Sat., Apr. 3 Newport, KY Historic Southgate House
Sun., Apr. 4 Lexington, KY Buster's
Mon., Apr. 5 Bloomington, IN Buskirk-Chumley Theater
Wed., Apr. 7 Chicago, IL Vic Theater
Thu., Apr. 8 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
Fri., Apr. 9 Madison, WI Barrymore Theater

San Diego stop of current Thrice tour canceled

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 12/1/09 @ 12:23 PM - altpress.com

Thrice have announced that their final show of the year, slated for this Friday, Dec. 4, at Soma in San Diego, California, has been canceled. The band's statement reads as follows:

"Due to circumstances out of our control, the show scheduled for December 4th at SOMA in San Diego has been cancelled. If you've already purchased a ticket, you will be refunded. We're hoping to be back down in San Diego in early 2010 to make it up to you."

This isn't the only problem Thrice have encountered on this tour; guitarist Teppei Taranishi was forced to leave the tour due to a family emergency.

Scary Kids Scaring Kids officially announce breakup

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 12/1/09 @ 11:32 AM - altpress.com

After months of speculation and hints from band members, keyboardist Pouyan Afkary has officially announced the end of Scary Kids Scaring Kids. The band will embark on their final tour in January. In a blog titled, "We Are Breaking Up," Afkary says:

"The reason we are ending the band is very simple. We created this band together as juniors in high school and though we've been able to grow together for many years, inevitably we have also grown apart. We've had some very serious difficulties over the years as a lot of you can probably relate to as well. Life throws us all something different and we've decided that the best thing for us personally is to end the band on a positive note and start new chapters in our individual lives. We don't want this thing that we've created to become the source of ultimate negativity and we'd rather remember the great times we've had together and move forward knowing we tried our best and had more good times than bad."

Afkary goes on to say that "a few of us will continue following our passion for creating music," but no future plans have been revealed.

Paramore, Weezer to headline the 2010 Bamboozle

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 12/1/09 @ 9:46 AM - altpress.com

First, we got some strange clues, but now, we know at least two bands who are officially playing the Bamboozle 2010: Paramore and Weezer. Each band will headline a different night of the festival, scheduled to take place May 1-2, 2010, at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Pre-sale tickets go on sale this Friday at TheBamboozle.com.