Check out our new interview with electro-pop-rock artist, The Ready Set! Jordan sat down with us to chat about the new album, what he wants to learn from Prince and his alternate frog catching career.
He’s definitely one down-to-earth guy and he had a lot of cool things to share with his fans. Watch it above!
We The Kings will begin their “Summer Fest” headlining tour in July with support from Breathe Carolina, The Ready Set and T. Mills. That is quite the summer tour! We know from past experience that We The Kings, Breathe Carolina and The Ready Set will not disappoint. Be sure to check out the dates below and grab your tickets here before they’re gone! Continue Reading
The Ready Set & Outasight
Opening Act: 2AM Club, Master Shortie, Goldhouse and Kelsi Luck.
March 8, 2013
The Roxy
West Hollywood, CA
By: Nevra Azerkan
Rating: [The Breakdown]
The Ready Set and Outasight? I knew this was a show I would not want to miss and I was right. I missed most of the opening acts, but I was able to catch 2AM Club and they just got a new fan out of me. They are definitely an up and coming band you want to check out. However, it was The Ready Set that I was dying to see. Continue Reading
Punk Goes Pop
Volume 4
Fearless Records
By: Nevra Azerkan
Rating: Rating:
I’m a big fan of the Punk Goes Pop series. Volumes 1-3 had bands like Yellowcard, Thrice, Artist vs Poet, The Cab, Mayday Parade and A Day to Remember covering songs from Michelle Branch, P!nk, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga and many others. The thing with the Punk Goes Pop compilations is that you can either despise the original and love the cover or love the original and love the cover even more. Any other combination rarely happens. So I was eagerly awaiting Volume 4 to see what awesomness it brought. Continue Reading
Punk Goes Pop Volume 4, the 11th in Fearless Records’ celebrated Punk Goes… compilation series, will be released on November 22nd.
Track listing:
Allstar Weekend – “Yeah 3X” (originally recorded by Chris Brown)
A Skylit Drive – “Love The Way You Lie” (originally recorded by Eminem feat Rihanna)
Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! – “We R Who We R” (originally recorded by Ke$ha)
For All Those Sleeping – “You Belong With Me” (originally recorded by Taylor Swift)
Go Radio – “Rolling In The Deep” (originally recorded by Adele)
I See Stars – “Till The World Ends” (originally recorded by Britney Spears)
Pierce The Veil – “Just The Way You Are” (originally recorded by Bruno Mars)
Silverstein – “Runaway” (originally recorded by Kanye West)
Sleeping With Sirens – “F**k You” (originally recorded by Cee Lo Green)
The Downtown Fiction – “Super Bass” (originally recorded by Nicki Minaj)
The Ready Set – “Roll Up” (originally recorded by Wiz Khalifa)
Tonight Alive – “Little Lion Man” (originally recorded by Mumford and Sons)
Woe, Is Me – “Last Friday Night (TGIF)” (originally recorded by Katy Perry)
For more information head to PunkGoes.com.
Last night the tour’s kick off party and press conference was held at the newly opened House of Vans–a stunning 24,000 sq ft indoor skate park and concert venue in Brooklyn. At midnight, VANS WARPED TOUR 2011 main stage artists 3OH!3, A Day To Remember, Gym Class Heroes , The Devil Wears Prada and Asking Alexandria were revealed. The above acts will join an eclectic mix of hotly-tipped artists in punk, indie, metal and hardcore, to rock, pop, electronic, reggae and hip-hop. Previously announced 2011 tour acts include: Jack’s Mannequin, Less Than Jake, Against Me!, Pepper, Madina Lake, D.R.U.G.S., Continental, Street Dogs, Lucero, Yelawolf, We Came As Romans, Foxy Shazam, Woe Is Me, Black Veil Brides, Big Chocolate, Dance Gavin Dance, MC Lars, Every Avenue, The Ready Set, Winds of Plague, Simple Plan, Eyes Set To Kill, The Wonder Years, The Word Alive, Big B., Relient K., Middle Class Rut, Electric Touch, Permanent Bastards, Go Radio, The Steelwells, The Aggrolites and Unwritten Law plus many more. For the full list of confirmed artists, visit: www.warpedtour.com/bands.
Beginning today, Saturday March 26 (10:00am) festival goers can purchase tickets early via the exclusive, lower-priced pre-sale via www.warpedtour.com. To keep the festival affordable, pre-sale package prices are around $25.00 and include commemorative 3D ticket–which also serves as a jump-the-line early entry pass–a Vans Warped Tour 2011 compilation CD and a 25-cent donation to the Unite the United charity and all service fees. Only a limited number of pre-sale tickets are available per city and once they sell-out, they’re gone. Go to www.warpedtour.com.
For the first time in its history, the tour is thrilled to partner with Vans and offer a series of intimate in-store events at select local Vans shops around the U.S. Fans can get up close and personal with four of the 2011 tour’s main stage artists including: 3OH!3, The Word Alive, A Day To Remember and The Devil Wears Prada–who debut their new Vans shoe the Devil Wears Prada Old Skools in June–(see dates, locations and artists below). The in-stores are free and open to the public on a first-come-first served basis. For more information and to RSVP, go to: vans.com.
Vans Warped Tour In-Store Events at Vans shops:
DATE CITY ARTIST
Thu 3/31 New York, NY 3OH!3
Fri 4/15 Portland, OR The Word Alive
Mon 4/18 Tampa, FL A Day To Remember
Thu 6/23 Dallas, TX The Devil Wears Prada
Also a first, from May 15 through June 15th 43 Vans shops will be selling VANS WARPED TOUR tickets in select markets. The tickets will be $26.00 (1$ service fee), all tickets will be handed out in custom Vans envelopes which can be turned in to the Vans booth at the Vans Warped Tour show for a free item onsite. In addition, a select number of Vans retail shops across the U.S. are offering a coupon of 20% off a single item and free gifts for two weeks following the Vans Warped Tour show.
The full list of tour dates is below (subject to change):
Vans Warped Tour 2011
| DATE | CITY | VENUE | |
| Fri | 6/24 | Dallas, TX | Gexa Energy Pavillion |
| Sat | 6/25 | Houston, TX | The Showgrounds at Sam Houston |
| Sun | 6/26 | San Antonio, TX | AT&T Center |
| Wed | 6/29 | Las Cruces, NM | N.M.S.U. Practice Field |
| Thu | 6/30 | Las Vegas, NV | Plaza Hotel – Parking Lot |
| Fri | 7/1 | Pomona, CA | Pomona Fairplex |
| Sat | 7/2 | Mountain View, CA | Shoreline Amphitheatre |
| Sun | 7/3 | Ventura, CA | Seaside Park |
| Wed | 7/6 | Bonner Springs, KS | Sandstone Amphitheatre |
| Thu | 7/7 | Noblesville, IN (Indianapolis) | Verizon Wireless Music Center |
| Fri | 7/8 | Detroit, MI | Comerica Park |
| Sat | 7/9 | Tinley Park, IL (Chicago) | First Midwest Bank Ampitheatre |
| Sun | 7/10 | Shakopee, MN (Minneapolis) | Canterbury Park |
| Tue | 7/12 | Darien Center, NY (Buffalo) | Darien Lake Fields |
| Wed | 7/13 | Mansfield, MA (Boston) | Comcast Center |
| Thu | 7/14 | Scranton, PA | Toyota Pavilion |
| Fri | 7/15 | Mississauga, ON (Toronto) | The Flats at Arrow Hall |
| Sat | 7/16 | Montreal, QC | Parc Jean-Drapeau |
| Sun | 7/17 | Hartford, CT | The Comcast Theatre |
| Tue | 7/19 | Milwaukee, WI | Marcus Ampitheatre |
| Wed | 7/20 | Cleveland, OH | Blossom Music Center |
| Thu | 7/21 | Camden, PA (Philadelphia) | Susquehanna Bank Center |
| Fri | 7/22 | Burgettstown, PA (Pittsburgh) | First Niagara Pavilion |
| Sat | 7/23 | Uniondale, NY | Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum |
| Sun | 7/24 | Oceanport, NJ | Monmouth Park Racetrack |
| Tue | 7/26 | Columbia, MD (D.C) | Merriweather Post Pavilion |
| Wed | 7/27 | Virginia Beach, VA | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre |
| Thu | 7/28 | Charlotte, NC | Charlotte Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre |
| Fri | 7/29 | Orlando, FL | Central Florida Fairgrounds |
| Sat | 7/30 | West Palm Beach, FL (Miami) | Cruzan Ampitheatre |
| Sun | 7/31 | St. Petersburg, FL (Tampa) | Vinoy Park |
| Mon | 8/1 | Atlanta, GA | Aaron’s Amphietheater at Lakewood |
| Tue | 8/2 | Cincinnati, OH | Riverbend Music Center |
| Wed | 8/3 | St. Louis, MO | Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre |
| Thu | 8/4 | Council Bluffs, IA | Westfair Fairgrounds |
| Fri | 8/5 | Denver, CO | Invesco Field at Mile High |
| Sat | 8/6 | Salt Lake City, UT | Utah State Fairgrounds |
| Sun | 8/7 | Phoenix, AZ | Desert Sky Pavilion |
| Tue | 8/9 | San Diego, CA | Cricket Ampitheatre |
| Wed | 8/10 | Carson, CA (Los Angeles) | Cal State Dominguez Hills |
| Thu | 8/11 | Marysville, CA (Sacramento) | Sleep Train Ampitheatre |
| Fri | 8/12 | Nampa, ID (Boise) | Idaho Center Ampitheatre |
| Sat | 8/13 | George, WA (Seattle) | The Gorge Ampitheatre |
| Sun | 8/14 | Hillsboro, OR (Portland) | Washington County Fairground |
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