Sleeping With Sirens And The Amity Affliction Announce Co-Headlining Tour

Post-hardcore band Sleeping With Sirens and Australian metalcore giants The Amity Affliction are hitting the United States together in the spring.

The bands announced earlier today that they’re co-headlining across the country with help from Stray From The Path and UnityTX. Some of the dates will overlap with SWS and TAA’s appearances at several music festivals. Check out the dates below.

4/15 – Reno, Nev. @ Cargo^
4/17 – Spokane, Wash. @ Knitting Factory^
4/18 – Portland, Ore. @ Roseland Theater^
4/19 – Seattle, Wash. @ The Showbox^
4/20 – Vancouver, B.C. @ Vogue Theatre^
4/24 – San Diego, Calif. @ House of Blues^
4/25 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Belasco Theater^
4/26 – Phoenix, Ariz. @ Nile Theater^
4/29 – San Antonio, Texas @ The Aztec Theatre^
4/30 – Oklahoma City, Okla. @ Diamond Ballroom^
5/1 – St Louis, Mo. @ Pop’s^
5/3 – Concord, N.C. @ Epicenter Festival*
5/5 – New Orleans, La. @ House of Blues^
5/6 – Knoxville, Tenn. @ The Mill & Mine^
5/8 – Pensacola, Fla. @ Vinyl Music Hall^
5/10 – Daytona Beach, Fla. @ Welcome To Rockville%
5/13 – Norfolk, Va. @ The NorVa^
5/15 – Columbus, Ohio @ Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival%
5/16 – Huntington, N.Y. @ The Paramount^
5/18 – Portland, Maine  @ State Theatre^
5/20 – Pittsburgh, Pa. @ Stage AE^
5/21 – Indianapolis, Ind. @ Egyptian Room^
5/22 – Belvidere, Ill. @ The Apollo Theatre^
5/23 – Milwaukee, Wis. @ The Rave^

^ = with The Amity Affliction, Stray From The Path, and UnityTX

* = no UnityTX

% = only Sleeping With Sirens

Tickets go on sale this Friday at 10 a.m. local time on SWS’s website.

SWS are currently on the road with Set It Off, Point North, and Belmont. Check out the rest of their tour dates below.

1/14 – Denver, Colo. @ Summit Music Hall
1/15 – Salt Lake City, Utah @ The Depot
1/17 – Las Vegas, Nev. @ House of Blues
1/18 – San Francisco, Calif. @ Regency
1/20 – Tucson, Ariz. @ Encore
1/22 – Dallas, Texas @ House of Blues
1/23 – Houston, Texas @ White Oak Music Hall
1/25 – Atlanta, Ga. @ The Masquerade
1/26 – Nashville, Tenn. @ The Cowan
1/28 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Union Transfer
1/30 – Sayreville, N.J. @ Starland Ballroom
1/31 – Baltimore, Md. @ Soundstage
2/1 – Worcester, Mass. @ Palladium
2/4 – Albany, N.Y. @ Upstate Concert Hall
2/5 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
2/7 – Detroit, Mich. @ The Crofoot
2/8 – Grand Rapids, Mich. @ The Intersection

Speaking of Point North and SWS, Point North have dropped a new song with SWS frontman Kellin Quinn called “Into The Dark.” Listen to the track here.

Sleeping With Sirens released their new album How It Feels To Be Lost last year on Sumerian Records (From First To Last, Juliet Simms, Poppy.) The Amity Affliction are dropping their Pure Noise Records (Chamber, Moon Tooth, Spanish Love Songs) debut Everyone Loves You… Once You Leave Them on February 21. Stray From The Path released Internal Atomics last November on UNFD (Frank Iero And The Future Violents, Like Moths To Flames, Silverstein.) UnityTX  unleashed MADBOY in late September on Pure Noise Records.

My Chemical Romance’s Drummer Announced For Reunion Shows

No, it’s not Bob Bryar.

When My Chemical Romance announced their reunion back on Halloween, several questions were brought up, one of them being who would be drumming for the rock group?

Now, we have an answer according to Billboard. The magazine confirmed from an editor’s note that former touring drummer Jarrod Alexander will be behind the kit for the band’s reunion show next month in Los Angeles, as well as their other gigs in 2020.

Alexander is no stranger to MCR fans. He worked with the group on their Honda Civic tour with Blink-182 in 2011 and stayed as their touring drummer until their final show at The Bamboozle music festival in 2012 in early May. He posted a photo of the “return” image on his Instagram account a week ago, further cementing the fact that he’s back as their drummer. Fans also started to say he would be a part of the reunion.

Prior to working for MCR, Alexander was the drummer for several bands including A Static Lullaby, Only Crime, The Vandals, JamisonParker, and was the original drummer for Death By Stereo. He also went on to work for the solo projects of MCR members Gerard Way, Frank Iero, and Ray Toro.

My Chemical Romance Are Reuniting, Announce Intimate Show

It’s fucking happening! This is not a prank!

The moment we’ve all been waiting for is finally happening.

My Chemical Romance are back. We’ve missed you, boys.

Teasers about a reunion first started yesterday when guitarist Frank Iero, who also fronts Frank Iero And The Future Violents, posted a photo with a bizarre caption on his Instagram. “it’s reported that it’s going to rain in new jersey tomorrow, washing out all Halloween festivities…” he wrote. “Guess we’re gonna have to find something else to do.”

Then, the band started posting on their official Instagram account again, as well as updating their Facebook profile picture. But it all hit the fan when they announced their “RETURN” with an intimate show in Los Angeles on Friday, December 20, at the Shrine Expo Hall. Tickets go on sale tomorrow at 3 p.m. est at axs.com.

This show marks the band’s first gig since disbanding in 2013. MCR’s last show was their headlining show at The Bamboozle music festival in 2012 on May 19 along with Foo Fighters, Jimmy Eat World, and The All-American Rejects.

MCR formed in 2001 in Newark, N.J., and released four albums, their last one being 2010’s Danger Days: The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys. After breaking up, they released a greatest hits record called May Death Never Stopped You, featuring tracks from all of their albums.

Rumors of an MCR reunion kicked off in 2016 when the band started teasing something, only for it to be a 10-year anniversary edition of their beloved album The Black Parade titled The Black Parade/Living With Ghosts. Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers claimed that MCR was reuniting this year. And Kevin Lyman, founder of the Vans Warped Tour, tried to bring the band back together to perform at Warped Tour’s 25th anniversary shows earlier this summer to no avail.

Let’s hope this is a permanent reunion. The world needs more MCR.

Riot Fest Announce Daily Lineup For 2019 Festival

Did you want to know when Blink-182 are playing? What about The B-52’s? Lucero? The Starting Line? What about Slayer?

Well today we finally know when these bands and others are playing at Riot Fest this year.

The Chicago based music festival unveiled their daily lineup for 2019. Check it out below.

Riot Fest takes place at Douglas Park in Chicago, Ill. from Friday, September 13 to Sunday, September 15. Tickets are on sale now.