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May 24th, 2006 NEW ADDITIONS ANNOUNCED TO SELECT SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND DATES! MACHINE HEAD, CONVERGE, VISION OF DISORDER, HORSE THE BAND, E.TOWN CONCRETE, THIS IS HELL AND OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS JOIN AS I LAY DYING, IN FLAMES, TRIVIUM, CANNIBAL CORPSE, GWAR, TERROR, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, BEHEMOUTH, THE CHARIOT,THROUGHT THE EYES OF THE DEAD, EVERGREEN TERRACE FOR THE SUMMER'S HOTTEST INDIE METAL TOUR, THE SECOND ANNUAL SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND! Bands representing all points along the hardcore and metal spectrums have been added to this year's SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND tour. The tour, which represents some of the best independent-minded music available today, begins appropriately over the Independence Day holiday week, on July 8 in Cleveland and runs through August 12 winding up in Universal City, California. Joining the tour on... July 8 - July 23 = Horse the Band, one of the most visceral bands to blend screamo and noise, will be on the tour from its launch until July 23 in Selma, TX (with the exception of July 12 in Montreal). July 9 - July 17 = Converge, one of the leading voices in hardcore, will play seven shows starting July 9 in Tinley Park, Illinois and running through July 17 in Columbia, Maryland. (not on the Montreal show) July 26, 28 & 29 = Job for a Cowboy will take the SOTU stage July 26 in Mesa, Arizona July 28 in San Diego, ending July 29 in Mountainview, California. July 26 & July 28 = Shadows Fall, modern metalcore band, It Dies Today and metal upstarts, Still Remains (7/26 Mesa, AZ. & 7/28 San Diego, CA.) July 29 - August 5 = Bay area metal titans Machine Head, will storm the stages from Mountain View, CA on July 29 through St. Paul, MN on August 5. Several other bands will play one show each: 7/15 in Sayreville, NJ - New Jersey legends E.Town Concrete and Long Island's finest This Is Hell 7/14 in Mansfield, MA - New American Metal pioneers Killswitch Engage 7/16 in Camden, NJ - Vision Of Disorder (VOD) 7/17 in Columbia, MD - Municipal Waste and Dog Fashion Disco 8/10 in Vancouver, Canada - 3 Inches of Blood Check local listings for various one offs with up and coming local bands too. May 19th, 2006 SOTU LINEUP ANNOUCEMENTS Assemble a core lineup some of the most cutting edge acts in hard music, add some legendary special guests then throw in some local heroes to spice things up and you have a recipe for what sets SOTU apart from the pack. We're proud to announce the addition of CONVERGE! Come see one of the most important bands in hardcore history at the following dates: July 09th Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre July 11th Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheatre July 13th Poughkeepsie, NY - Mid-Hudson Civic Center July 14th Mansfield, MA - Tweeter Center July 15th Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom July 16th Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center At The Waterfront July 17th Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Also added - self proclaimed "Nintendo-core" heroes - HORSE THE BAND from 7/8 - 7/23 (except Montreal). Local additions include: RINGWORM, ABOVE THIS FIRE - 7/8 MUNICIPAL WASTE, DOG FASHION DISCO 7/17 JOB FOR A COWBOY - 7/26, 7/28, 7/29. 3 INCHES OF BLOOD - 8/12 More special guest announcements can come at any time...STAY TUNED! April 11th, 2006 SOTU 2006 TICKETS ON SALE! SOTU 06 is approaching - you can NOW (as of 3pm today) take advantage of the special ticket PRESALE via our friends at Artist Arena. Click here to get your tickets now - http://tix.artistarena.com/soundsoftheunderground/ You have to take a few seconds to register and then you're good to go and you'll be getting your tickets cheaper than anyone else! The following shows will be available for presale : 7/8 Cleveland, OH 7/9 Tinley Park, IL 7/11 Toronto, ON 7/12 Montreal, QC 7/13 Poughkeepsie, NY 7/14 Mansfield, MA 7/15 Sayreville, NJ 7/16 Camden, NJ 7/17 Columbia, MD 7/19 Orlando, FL 7/21 Houston, TX 7/22 Corpus Christi, TX 7/23 Selma, TX 7/26 Mesa, AZ 7/27 Las Vegas, NV 7/29 Mountain View, CA 7/31 Denver, CO 8/2 Sauget, IL 8/4 Milwaukee, WI 8/5 St. Paul,MN 8/6 Winnipeg, MB 8/7 Saskatoon, SK 8/8 Edmonton, AB 8/12 Universal City, CA April 4th, 2006 SOTU 2006 DATES ARE UP! The dates for this years tour are now up on our TOUR DATES page - check them out and find the date closest to you! Pre-sale tickets for this years SOTU will go onsale via www.artistarena.com April 11th. Those of you who took advantage of this last year know it's a great way to avoid the 'convenience charge' from regular ticket vendors. Tickets go on sale for the entire tour April 15th! We've also added more bands to this years run - FL's Evergreen Terrace will join the better part of the entire tour this year. Shadows Fall, It Dies Today and Still Remains have been added to the Phoenix and San Diego dates. Killswitch Engage will be playing the Boston date of SOTU! More guests on select dates of this years run will be announced soon! March 8th, 2006 SOTU IS COMING TO EUROPE AND THE UK Following their highly successful American debut in 2005, the organizers of Sounds Of The Underground; Paul Conroy and Carl Severson of Ferret Music, Tim Borror, Larry Mazer of Entertainment Services, with promoter/partner House of Blues along with partners Metal Blade, Trustkill and Prosthetic Records, The Syndicate, and print sponsors Metal Hammer are pleased to announce SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND EUROPE. This promises to be one of the highlights of this summers festival season, a melting pot of the hottest bands in the US metal and hardcore scenes. The most important celebration of underground music to hit Europe this year. Confirmed bands: CHIMAIRA - MADBALL - UNEARTH - TERROR - ALL THAT REMAINS - MANNTIS Sounds of the Underground Co-Founder and Ferret Music director Paul Conroy explains "We're very pleased to bring Sounds of the Underground across the Atlantic with some of the artists that played a such a huge part in launching this tour in North America last summer. Band's like Madball, Chimaira and Unearth represent the diversity and growth within the underground heavy music scene, which reflects the spirit of our tour. We're proud to have these bands as well as our friends in Terror, All that Remains and Manntis representing our 1st international tour venture" Mark Chimaira "Hey everyone! So we are coming back to invade your countries once again. That's right, we are proud to announce that we are going to be a part of the first European 'Sounds Of The Underground' tour. Last summer we did this tour in the States and it was a fucking blast. Killer diverse bands bringing intense metal and hardcore to the masses. The biggest complaint I heard was that it didn't come to Europe and the UK. Well, complain no more and get in line now, 'cause you know these shows are going to sell the fuck out!" Freddy Cricien of Madball "We were part of the first S.O.T.U tour in the USA and it was a great experience! Now we've been invited to co headline the European leg of it. What can I say..I'm honored and I'm looking forward to making history in Europe. Do yourself a favor, don't miss this!! The dates are as follow; 10 UK Manchester ACADEMY 11 UK Glasgow QMU 12 UK London FORMUM 13 Holland Tilburg 013 14 Belgium Brussles AB CLUB 15 Germany Herford @ CLUB X 16 Germany Hamburg @ MARKTHALLE 18 Germany Stuttgart @ LONGHORN 19 Germany Wiesbaden @ SCHLACHTHOF 20 Germany Munich @ NEW BACKSTAGE 21 Austria Vienna ARENA 22 Italy Milan ROLLING STONE 23 Switzerland Zurich ROSHOFLAGER 24 Switzerland Fri Borg FRI SON |
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