Vans Warped Tour launches at sea edition

What’s more fun than getting all your friends together to spend 12 hours in the heat as you watch some of your favorite bands perform 30 minute sets? How about doing the same exact thing, except on a boat in the middle of the ocean during the week of Halloween? On Wednesday (Dec. 7), Vans Warped Tour head-honcho Kevin Lyman announced the inaugural Warped Rewind at Sea cruise.

As the name implies, Warped Rewind at Sea takes all the things Warped Tour attendees love about the “punk-rock summer camp” and places them on a cruise ship. The event will be a “special experience for 2,300 Warped fans” which will include personal interactions with some of their favorite musicians.

The cruise, which will take place during the week of Oct. 28, 2017-Nov. 1, 2017 will include a four-night round-trip cruise from New Orleans to Cozumel, Mexico. During the four nights, the passengers will be treated to multiple performances by 3OH!3, Bowling for Soup, Cartel, Good Charlotte, Less Than Jake, Reel Big Fish, Simple Plan, the Starting Line, and more to be announced at a later date.

The excursion will also feature DJs and comedians, much like Warped Tour on land, as well as a Q&A session with Lyman, activities and autograph sessions with the artists, “Emo Nite” parties, and more.

“Packing as much fun into a ship as we do into a parking lot seemed like a great challenge, and Sixthman has given us that opportunity,” said Lyman in a press release. “We are excited to finally bring Warped Tour to the sea and we hope you can join us.”

Tickets for Warped Rewind at Sea are currently available on the event’s website here. Watch the official announcement video below as you start planning how to shove all your black clothes and eyeliner into one huge luggage (spoiler: it’s hard).

3OH!3 announce new album, stream new single

After much teasing on social media, 3OH!3 has officially announced that they will be releasing a new album this spring. On Thursday (March 3), the duo took to Facebook to do a livestream where the title of their upcoming record was revealed. The new album, which marks their fifth studio record, will be titled Night Sports and is set to be released on May 13 through Fueled by Ramen.

Night Sports marks the band’s first record to be released through Fueled by Ramen which they signed to at the beginning of 2016. Since their self-titled debut album, the duo have released their music exclusively through Photo Finish/Atlantic Records.

In addition to the title and release date, the band also released the music video for their new single, “Mad at You.” Back in December of 2015, the band released the track “My Dick” which was believed to be the lead single from the at-the-time-still-untitled-record. Soon after, it was confirmed that it would be the lead single for the unofficially announced album. Watch the music video for “Mad at You” below.

Night Sports marks the band’s first new set of songs since 2011’s Omens. Pre-orders for Night Sports are currently available on the band’s website as well as iTunes.

3OH!3 Releases New Song Featuring Tourmates

3OH!3 are about to start their trek around North America as part of the Journeys Noise Tour and in honor of that, the duo have released a new song titled, “Turn the Night On.” Also making appearances on the new track are fellow Journeys Noise tourmates, The Summer Set, Wallpaper and New Beat Fund.

The Journeys Noise Tour is slated to start tonight in Clifton Park, NY at the Upstate Concert Hall and will go all the way through to November 26, where it will end in Los Angeles at The House of Blues.

For now, check out the collaborative song below as well as the full list of tour stops.

3OH!3 just finished putting out their new album, Omens, back in June while the Summer Set got the chance to participate at the iHeartRadio Music fest this past summer after fans voted for them to win the iHeartRadio Rising Star Competition.

3oh!3 Stream New Album

The court jesters of the music world are back with a brand new album and just for fans, they are currently streaming it, in full, a week ahead of time.

Beginning in 2011, the band had been releasing tracks with no information on whether they would be included in a new album. In 2012, they announced that their new track, “Do or Die” would be featured on their new album which was later revealed to be named, Omens.

For now, you can check out the full album below: 

Omens will be released next Tuesday on June 18 and don’t forget to check out the duo on selected Vans Warped Tour dates this Summer.

‘Iron Man 3’ Soundtrack Sampler Hits the Web

An 18-minute sampler of the upcoming Iron Man 3 soundtrack has made its way online today. The soundtrack titled, Heroes Fall features new music from Neon Trees, 3OH!3, Imagine Dragons, Passion Pit and AWOLNATION.

Officially, the album will be released by Marvel Music/Hollywood Records on Tuesday, April 30th or can currently be pre-order through iTunes and Amazon.

The full sampler can be heard below:

Iron Man 3 hits theaters on May 3rd.

3OH!3 Bring Colorado to Miami

The day may have started off  as nothing short of a monsoon, but as the day turned into night, the bubblegum colored sky would show no trace of the disaster that took place earlier in the day and all fear that a show would not happen that evening soon diminished as the purple and yellow stage lights went on.

The sound of the drums and guitars soon filled the air as the sky turned into a pitch black color. At first, it was assumed that local Miami-based band, Rezolution would be taking the stage, but the second that a guy in a gray wolf shirt with way too much energy and a microphone hit the stage, everyone knew that all doubts were gone and that the show was about to take place.

Taking the stage were none other than the court jesters of the music world, 3OH!3. With lyrics including “do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips” and “I’m gonna have a house party in my house,” you can rest assure that their show was going to be comical and full of innuendos, everything that just screams “frat boys!”

For those not familiar with the “electro-pop group” as Wikipedia labels them, they are known for their college freshman mentality and just the journey of having a good time. Their show was no different especially with the majority of the audience being college students also on a journey to have a good time.

Sean Forman, one-half of the group, was the first on stage, getting the crowd ready for a show that could make even the storm clouds from earlier disappear. Decked out in a dark hoodie and dark pants, Nathaniel Motte, the other half of the band, snuck in, barely getting a glimpse from the fans as he camouflaged with the background, but he didn’t stay that way for long. Stripping down to a Hawaii shirt that looked similar to the one that Rocko from Rocko’s Modern Life would wear, he eventually undressed to just a plain dark tank top considering the after storm humidity and heat.

The band kicked off their hour-long show with what at first sounded like a new track, but ending up being the song “Starstrukk” from their debut album, Want. The crowd could feel their powerful and excited energy as they performed other songs from Want which included “Rich Man” “Colorado Sunrise” and a medley that included, “PunkBitch” “Choke Chain” and “I’m Not Your Boyfriend, Baby.” Songs from the second album, Streets of Gold  also made the set list such as “My First Kiss” “Touching on My” and “Streets of Gold” while also incorporating  songs from their upcoming album, Omens including current single, “Back to Life” and “You’re Gonna Love This.”

Getting in touch with their inner college selves, they asked the crowd what they had planned for after the show. No definite answer was given since the crowd tried to answer at the same time, but it could be seen that they were hinting at wanting to go to a house party which segued to their song titled, “House Party.” As if that wasn’t enough, both men even went into the crowd at different times which got a lot of attention from the ladies.

As if the sea of red, green and blue glow sticks weren’t in full volume throughout the show, when they got to the last song of the evening, “Don’t Trust Me,” the level of enthusiasm went into an all time high with glowstick-stuffed beach ball being tossed in the area and the sight of foam glowsticks got even more pronounced. As the lights went out on stage, the only thing that could be seen from far was the united front of glowsticks glowing in a dark field.

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3oh!3 Announce New Album Release Date

It’s been a little under three years since Colorado’s 3oh!3 have released their last album, but now the band has announced that their new album, OMENS, will be hitting stores on June 18. For their hardcore fans, the boys announced that they could start putting in their pre-orders on 3oh!3 day, aka Sunday, March 3. As part of their special day, the band also said that they would be releasing the first single from the album, “Back to Life.”

As a way to keep it real with their fans, the band and their record label will be holding a fun 303 inspired activity list for fans. On Sunday, the band will post a list of activities and the fans will have to either photograph or film themselves doing these activities and post it on their website. Some include getting a dog to dance to a 3OH!3 song, have a pillow fight, have a staring contest or just tell your computer that you love it

In a recent interview with a radio station, Nathaniel Motte, told them that this will be the first album that it will just be them performing the songs. In the past, they’ve had guests like Katy Perry and Ke$ha on their tracks, but this time, they’re saying that it’s simply them on every track.

New Batch of Bands Added to Warped Tour 2013

UPDATE (2/15/13): On the last episode of Warped Roadies, the final list of performers for the 2013 Vans Warped Tour were announced. These bands will be performing as part of the Acoustic Basement:

Feb. 15- Craig Owens of Chiodos, I Can Make A Mess Like Nobody’s Business, William Beckett of The Academy Is…, Vinnie Caruana of The Movielife/I Am the Avalanche, Alcoa , Matt Embree of RX Bandits, The American Scene, Allison Weiss, Kevin Seconds, Monte Pittman of Madonna, Austin Lucas, Brian Marquis, Charlie Simpson, Owen Plant, The Tower and The Fool and Billy the Kid.

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For the past nine weeks, Fuse and the Vans Warped Tour have teamed up to show the fans what it takes to be a roadie for the traveling music festival during its 2012 tour. Warped Roadies follow those lucky road crew members that have to deal with the never-ending heat, technical problems and everything else that happens when you travel on a bus for a little over three months.

As a treat to the fans, the show unveils, weekly, who would be joining the line-up for the upcoming 2013 Warped Tour. This week marked the ninth set of bands that have been confirmed to be performing on one of the many stages. NeverShoutNever, Bowling for Soup, August Burns Red, Black Veil Brides, 3OH!3, Bring me the Horizon and Crizzly will all be making appearances at the festival.

If you missed an episode or announcement from the previous weeks, you can check out all the other bands that will be joining the traveling carnival:

• Dec. 7 – Woe Is Me, I See Stars, Go Radio, The Story So Far, Like Moths To Flames, Big Chocolate
• Dec. 14 –  Stick To Your Guns, Hands Like Houses, Anarbor, Hawthorne Heights, Letlive, The Black Dahlia Murder, Wallpaper
• Dec. 21 –  VersaEmerge, The Early November, Upon A Burning Body, Architects (UK), Forever the Sickest Kids, Shy KidX, Tonight Alive, Action Item, Oh, Sleeper
• Jan. 4 – Middle Finger Salute, While She Sleeps, Man Overboard, Allstar Weekend, RDGLDGRN, Attila, Mac Lethal, The Amity Affliction, MC Lars, The Chariot
• Jan. 11 – Goldfinger, For the Foxes, Defeater, New Years Day, The Summer Set, Outasight, Stephan Jacobs
• Jan. 18 – Big D And The Kids Table, Goldhouse, Five Knives, Motion City Soundtrack, Blessthefall, Itch, Echosmith
• Jan. 25 – Alvarez Kings, Chiodos, Young London, We Came As Romans, Reel Big Fish, Beebs And Her Money Maker
• Feb. 1 – The Wonder Years, Sleeping With Sirens, Kairo Kingdom, Memphis May Fire, Handguns, Forever Came Calling, & Mad Child