Coheed and Cambria return with “Shoulders”

If you’re a Coheed and Cambria fan…well, we have some good news for you! The group is back.

On Wednesday (July 21), the New York founded act released a brand new song titled “Shoulders.”

The three-and-a-half-minute song marks the band’s first “proper studio recording” in nearly three years.

According to the accompanying press release, “Shoulders” touches on the highs and lows of the band’s multi-decade career in the music world and “how at times it can be frustrating to be an outsider to trendy circles, but in the end, doing it your own way has the biggest rewards.”

Coheed and Cambria vocalist/guitarist Claudio Sanchez adds: “In art, in your career, in relationships… No matter how much you give of yourself or try, you have to accept that not everything in life can be a perfect fit.”

Check out the new song above.

“Shoulders” comes three years after Coheed and Cambria released their ninth studio album, Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures, in 2018. No word on whether “Shoulders” will be a standalone single or part of an upcoming record.

Next month, Coheed and Cambria will hit the touring circuit alongside The Used for their co-headlining amphitheater tour. The 18-city trek kicks off on Aug. 27 at the FivePoint Amphitheater in Los Angeles. It concludes a month later, on Sept. 24, at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida. Meet Me @ the Altar, and carolesdaughter will perform on select dates.

COHEED AND CAMBRIA / THE USED SUMMER 2021 CO-HEADLINING TOUR

Aug. 27 – Los Angeles, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre* 

Aug. 28 – Phoenix, AZ – Mesa Amphitheatre* 

Aug. 30 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex – Outdoors* 

Aug. 31 – Denver, CO – Levitt Pavilion Denver* 

Sept. 2 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory* 

Sept. 4 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater* 

Sept. 5 – Houston, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion* 

Sept. 7 – Wichita, KS – WAVE – Outdoors*

Sept. 8 – St. Louis, MO – Saint Louis Music Park* 

Sept. 11 – Columbus, OH – Express Live! – Outdoors*

Sept. 12 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica* 

Sept. 14 – Cincinnati, OH – The ICON Festival Stage at Smale Park* 

Sept. 15 – Indianapolis, IN – TCU Amphitheater at White River State Park* 

Sept. 18 – Worcester, MA – The Palladium – Outdoors*

Sept. 19 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center* 

Sept. 21 – Baltimore, MD – MECU Pavilion^ 

Sept. 22 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater^ 

Sept. 24 – Jacksonville, FL – Daily’s Place^ 

* with special guest Meet Me @ The Altar

^ with special guest carolesdaughter

Coheed and Cambria announce North American trek for early 2019

Coheed and Cambria are ready to take their new album on the road next year! On Tuesday (Nov. 13), the New York-founded band announced plans to hit the touring circuit in early 2019. The headlining, United States-centric excursion will take place during the month of February with stops in Columbia, Charleston, Tallahassee, Houston, Knoxville, and more.

The trek will begin on Feb. 5 at the NorVa in Norfolk, Virginia and conclude a couple of weeks later on Feb. 28 at the Upstate Concert Hall in Clifton Park, New York. Joining the band on the forthcoming tour will be Foxing and Maps & Atlases. Foxing will play the role of supporting act for Coheed from Feb. 5 to Feb. 20 while Maps & Atlases will replace them from Feb. 22 to Feb. 28.

VIP and pre-sale tickets are currently available while general ticket sales begin this Friday, Nov. 16, at 10 a.m. local time.

In addition to the newly announced tour dates, the four-piece also released the live music video for their song, “The Dark Sentencer.” Watch the clip above.

“The Dark Sentencer” is featured on Coheed’s recently released record, Vaxis – Act I: The Unheavenly Creatures. The album, the group’s ninth studio effort, was released in October, peaking at the number 14 spot on the Billboard 200 chart.

The tour announcement comes a week after frontman Claudio Sanchez had fans in a frenzy thanks to a photo he uploaded online. Sanchez, who is well-known for his mound of crazy hair, posted an image on social media sans his iconic ‘fro. Fans were confused, taken aback, and a little freaked out, but it turned out to be a joke. Sanchez took to social media the following day to post another imagine showing that his iconic hair was still intact.

COHEED AND CAMBRIA WINTER 2019 TOUR DATES:

Feb. 05 – Norfolk, VA – Norva +
Feb. 06 – Richmond, VA – The National +
Feb. 08 – Columbia, SC – The Senate +
Feb. 09 – Charleston, SC – Music Farm +
Feb. 10 – Tallahassee, FL – The Moon – +
Feb. 12 – Destin, FL – Club LA – +
Feb. 13 – Memphis, TN – New Daisy Theatre +
Feb. 15 – Houston, TX – House of Blues +
Feb. 16 – Fort Smith, AR – TempleLive +
Feb. 18 – New Orleans, LA – The Fillmore +
Feb. 19 – Mobile, AL – Soul Kitchen +
Feb. 20 – Knoxville, TN – The Mill & Mine +
Feb. 22 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel *
Feb. 23 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogart’s *
Feb. 24 – Indianapolis, IN – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre *
Feb. 26 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theatre *
Feb. 27 – Niagara Falls, NY – Rapids Theatre *
Feb. 28 – Clifton Park, NY – Upstate Concert Hall *

+ = with Foxing
* = with Maps & Atlases

Live Nation’s National Concert Week offers $20 all-in tickets for hundreds of shows

Summer 2018 seems to be the summer that every single musician has decided to hit the road on some kind of tour. Of course, for those of us who are not financial secure, the slew of shows make it hard to decide which to buy tickets for and which we will need to pass on until the next time. On Tuesday (April 24), Live Nation announced their $20 All-In Tickets in honor of National Concert Week. For a week, the event tickets giant will be offering $20 tickets for a slew of popular tours that will hit North America during the summer months.

The $20 tickets deal will begin on Monday, April 30, at 8 a.m. local time and conclude the following Tuesday, May 8, at 11:59 p.m. local time. The deal does not include ticket delivery and print-at-home fees.

While lists like this typically include tours that are not selling very well, Live Nation has made sure to include some of their biggest tour to hit the road during the summer. Fans will be able to choose from over 2,000 Live Nation shows from all genres of music including rock, pop, hip-hop, rap, Latin, and even speaking tours (looking at you Joe Biden). The massive list includes some of our favorite acts like Paramore (Tour Five), 5 Seconds of Summer (Meet You There tour), the final Vans Warped tour, Thirty Seconds to Mars (“Monolith” tour), Weezer and the Pixies (their co-headlining tour), Taking Back Sunday and Coheed and Cambria (their joint tour), Charlie Puth (Voicenotes tour), Kesha and Macklemore (their co-headlining tour), and many more.

The complete list of participating tours can be seen below. For more information about Live Nation’s National Concert Week $20 All-In tickets, head on over to their website here.

LIVE NATION’S NATIONAL CONCERT WEEK SHOWS:

311 / The Offspring
3 Doors Down / Collective Soul
5 Seconds of Summer
Alan Jackson
Arcade Fire
Avenged Sevenfold / Prophets of Rage
Backstreet Boys
Beck
Bon Jovi
Brad Paisley
Breaking Benjamin / Five Finger Death Punch
Bush / Stone Temple Pilots / The Cult
Charlie Puth
Chicago / REO Speedwagon
Chris Brown
Coheed and Cambria / Taking Back Sunday
Counting Crows / LIVE
David Blaine
Dead & Company
Def Leppard / Journey
Dierks Bentley
Dwight Yoakam / Lucinda Williams / Steve Earle
Enanitos Verdes / Hombres G
Erasure
Foreigner / Whitesnake / Jason Bonham’s Led Zeppelin Evening
Game of Thrones Live Experience
G-Eazy
Godsmack / Shinedown
Gov’t Mule / The Avett Brothers
Hall & Oates / Train
Halsey
Imagine Dragons
Janet Jackson
Jason Aldean
Jeff Beck / Paul Rodgers
Joe Biden
Juanes / Mon Laferte
Keith Urban
Kesha / Macklemore
Kevin Hart
Kid Rock
KIDZ BOP LIVE 2018
Kygo
Lady Antebellum / Darius Rucker
Lindsey Stirling / Evanescence
Logic
Luis Miguel
Luke Bryan
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Maroon 5
Miranda Lambert / Little Big Town
Ms. Lauryn Hill
NEEDTOBREATHE / JOHNNYSWIM
Niall Horan
ODESZA
Ozzy Osbourne
Paramore
Pentatonix
Poison / Cheap Trick
Post Malone
Rascal Flatts
Ray LaMontagne
Rise Against / AFI
Rob Zombie / Marilyn Manson
Rod Stewart / Cyndi Lauper
Shakira
Shania Twain
Steely Dan / The Doobie Brothers
Styx / Joan Jett and the Heartbreakers
The Smashing Pumpkins
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Vans Warped Tour
Weezer / Pixies
Zac Brown Band

Coheed and Cambria sign with Roadrunner Records, tease new album

Back in February, Coheed and Cambria announced they would be hitting the road alongside friend band Taking Back Sunday for a summertime excursion. Typically, when a band decides to hit the road during the hottest months of the year, it means that something big should be expected from them in the near future. On Wednesday (April 4), Coheed and Cambria officially announced that they had joined the Roadrunner Records family.

The band made the announcement the only way they know how to; with a mini theatrical video. The one-minute clip, which could easily fit in to the world of Friday the 13th, begins with grainy footage of a pair of hands working on something. Since the video is all about being mysterious, the viewer is not privy to the identity of the item. About 20 seconds into the clip, a gravelly voiced narrator begins to speak and the viewer is finally able to get a full look at what the creepy pair of hands were working on; a hockey mask.

Towards the end of the clip, the camera zooms out and the viewer gets a full look at the hockey mask which has the words “call your mother” scribbled on it. The screen goes black only to return with “Roadrunner Records” and the year 2018 appearing on the screen in white. Watch the “Call Your Mother” clip above.

The inclusion of 2018 in the video only adds speculation that the band will release new music sometime this year. Coheed and Cambria’s last studio album was 2015’s The Color Before the Sun. The still-unconfirmed album will be the group’s ninth studio album and first to be officially released through Roadrunner; their fifth studio record, Year of the Black Rainbow, was released through Roadrunner in Europe.

Taking Back Sunday, Coheed and Cambria announce joint summer tour

Just when you thought the list of summertime tours couldn’t get any longer, Taking Back Sunday and Coheed and Cambria have decided to change that. On Tuesday (Feb. 20), the bands announced plans to hit the touring circuit during the months of July and August for a co-headlining excursion. The summer tour, which does not have an official name, will kick off on July 6 at Bayfront Park in Miami and wrap up a little over a month later on Aug. 12 at the Comerica Theatre in Phoenix.

Hitting the road alongside Taking Back Sunday and Coheed and Cambria for the full tour will be California five-piece The Story So Far.

“It’s funny, we’ve been friends all of this time but we’ve never done a full tour together,” said Taking Back Sunday drummer Mark O’Connell about hitting the road with Coheed and Cambria. “We ran into each other at some festivals last year and got to talking about it, and here we are.”

While all three bands took to social media to confirm the upcoming tour, Coheed and Cambria all but confirmed plans to make their show unforgettable since most will take place at outdoor venues. “The shows will mostly be outdoors and we’ll make them special,” read the band’s Twitter post.

Pre-sales will begin this Wednesday, Feb. 21, at 10 a.m. local time using the password TIDALWAVE. General ticket sales will begin on Friday, Feb. 23, at 10 a.m. local time.

While there has been no talk about new music from any of the bands on the roster, Taking Back Sunday did release their most recent album, Tidal Wave, back in 2016 while Coheed and Cambria’s last studio album, The Color Before the Sun, was released in 2015. Unlike Taking Back Sunday and Coheed, The Story So Far reportedly entered the studio last year to begin recording their fourth studio album.

For now the complete list of upcoming tour dates can be seen below.

TAKING BACK SUNDAY / COHEED AND CAMBRIA SUMMER TOUR:

July 06 – Miami, FL – Bayfront Park Amphitheater
July 07 – Tampa, FL – MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 08 – Jacksonville, FL – Daily’s Place
July 10 – Atlanta, GA – Chastain Park Amphitheater
July 11 – Nashville, TN – Ascend Amphitheater
July 13 – Raleigh, NC – Red Hat Amphitheater
July 14 – Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre
July 15 – Baltimore, MD – Pier Six Pavilion
July 17 – Boston, MA – Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
July 18 – Philadelphia, PA – Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing
July 19 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
July 21 – Brooklyn, NY – Ford Amphitheater at Coney Island Boardwalk
July 22 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE – Outdoors
July 23 – Columbus, OH – Express Live! Outdoor Amphitheatre
July 25 – Minneapolis, MN – Armory
July 26 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
July 27 – Sterling Heights, MI – Michigan Lottery Amphitheatre at Freedom Hill
July 29 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica
July 31 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
Aug. 02 – Sugar Land, TX – Smart Financial Centre
Aug. 03 – Austin, TX – Austin360 Amphitheater
Aug. 04 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Aug. 06 – Denver, CO – Sculpture Park
Aug. 07 – Salt Lake City – Union Event Center
Aug. 09 – Berkeley, CA – The Greek Theatre
Aug. 10 – Las Vegas, NV – The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas
Aug. 11 – Irvine, CA – FivePoint Amphitheatre
Aug. 12 – Phoenix, AZ – Comerica Theatre

Blink-182, Coheed and Cambria, Jack White to headline Bunbury Music Festival 2018

Blink-182, Coheed and Cambria, and Jack White are just some of the bands who make their way to Ohio in early June for this year’s Bunbury Music Festival. On Friday (Jan. 26), the Cincinnati-based music festival unveiled its lengthy and rock band-centric lineup for the 2018 incarnation of the annual event.

Blink-182 spent most of last year on the road touring behind 2016’s release, California, as well as dropping music videos for as many of the record’s tracks as possible. Much like blink, Coheed and Cambria hit the road in the spring of 2017 where they performed their third studio album, Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness, in its entirety at every show.

As for Jack White, Bunbury is another music festival that the musician will perform at during the summer months. Earlier this month, the former White Stripes frontman confirmed not only the release of his third studio album (Boarding House Reach), but also a lengthy tour which includes all his previously announced music festival appearances.

Joining blink-182, Coheed and Cambria, and White on the bill for the music festival’s seventh year will be Incubus, Royal Blood, Foster the People, Third Eye Blind, Dropkick Murphys, Young the Giant, The Front Bottoms, Peter Bjorn and John, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Fitz and the Tantrums, Misterwives, LANY, and many more.

“We are very excited about the lineup we’ve put together for 2018,” says PromoWest Productions’ Scott Stienecker in a press release. “The caliber, strength and depth of this year’s festival is attributed, in large part, to the city of Cincinnati and its continued support to make this one of the premier boutique musical festivals in the country.”

Tickets for the three-day music festival are currently available with three different ticket options to pick from. For more information, head on over to Bunbury’s website here.

Bunbury Music Festival 2018 is set to take place during the weekend of June 1-3 at the music festival’s usual location along the Ohio River in downtown Cincinnati. As with previous years, the festival will encompass the entire area throughout Sawyer Point and Yeatman’s Cove.

For now, the complete lineup for the 2018 incarnation of Bunbury Music Festival can be seen below.

Coheed and Cambria announces ‘NEVERENDER GAIBSIV’ tour

Coheed and Cambria has returned with some good news for their fans; they’ll be hitting the road this spring! On Tuesday (Jan. 24), the New York-founded band announced plans to hit the road this spring for the “NEVERENDER GAIBSIV” tour. During the trek, the band will perform their third studio album Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness in its entirety at every show with the exception of their festival appearances (Welcome to Rockville, Carolina Rebellion, and Rock on the Range). The Dear Hunter, who previously hit the road with Coheed, will once again open for them during this excursion.

The tour announcement comes a day after the band posted a mysterious video online. Fans were quick to solve the cryptic message which mention a date “1/27/17” and “pw: tenspeed.” The cryptic and eerie two-minute clip can be seen above.

Good Apollo, I’m Burning Star IV: From Fear Through The Eyes of Madness was released in September of 2005 and  is arguably one of Coheed’s most successful record, producing hit singles such as “The Suffering” and “Welcome Home.”

Coheed fan club members will be given the opportunity to purchase tickets ahead of time with their pre-sales beginning Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 10 a.m. local time. General tickets sales will then begin on Friday, Jan. 27, at 10 a.m. local time. For more information, head on over to Coheed and Cambria’s website here while the complete tour itinerary can be seen below.

NEVERENDER GAIBSIV 2017 TOUR DATES:

04/11 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox
04/13 – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
04/14 – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
04/15 – Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
04/18 – San Diego, CA – Observatory North Park
04/19 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee
04/22 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
04/22 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium
04/25 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater
04/26 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues
04/27 – Houston, TX – House of Blues
04/29 – Jacksonville, FL – Welcome to Rockville*
04/30 – Saint Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live
05/02 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
05/03 – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
05/05 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
05/06 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore Silver Spring
05/07 – Concord, NC – Carolina Rebellion*
05/09 – Boston, MA – Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
05/10 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
05/11 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
05/13 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
05/15 – Saint Louis, MO – The Pageant
05/16 – Kansas City, MO – Arvest Bank Theatre at The Midland
05/18 – Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE – Indoor
05/19 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
05/20 – Columbus, OH – Rock on the Range Festival*

*The Dear Hunter will not perform/GAIBSIV will not be performed in full.

Watch Coheed and Cambria’s live footage video for ‘Colors’

With holidays already in full-effect, Coheed and Cambria is giving their fan base an early gift in the form of a brand new music video. On Wednesday (Dec. 14), the New York-founded band unveiled the music video for one of their newer tracks, “Colors.” The almost-five-minute clip, which premiered exclusively on Billboard, gives the viewer the chance to see what goes on behind the scenes. We get to witness the guys rehearsing, warming up for a gig, goofing around backstage, and then hitting the stage for  the type of Coheed and Cambria show fans have grown to expect. All in a days work.

“‘Colors’ brings us to the end of our album cycle, a tribute to all the fans that made it a successful one,” frontman Claudio Sanchez said in a statement. Watch the music video for “Colors” below.

“Colors” is featured on the deluxe edition of Coheed and Cambria’s eighth studio album, The Color Before The Sun: Deconstructed. The record was re-released this past August and gave them an excuse to hit the road with Saves the Day. The original record, The Color Before The Sun, was released back in 2015 and was the band’s first album that was not a concept record. Instead, the album was told from Sanchez’s point-of-view on live events such as fatherhood, feelings of losing a home, and more.

Coheed and Cambria Unveil New Album Track List, Cover Art

A month after releasing “You Got Spirit, Kid,” the lead single from their upcoming new album, Coheed and Cambria are back with the official track list and cover art for The Color Before the Sun.

The new record will include ten new tracks including “You Got Spirit, Kid” and marks the first record that is not part of their fictional Armory Wars concept. ever record from them since their debut was all part of the concept.

The Color Before the Sun is set to be released on Oct. 9 through 300 Entertainment. and it’s available for pre-order now on the band’s website.

According to a press release, this album will be told from frontman Claudio Sanchez’s perspective about life. Things like fatherhood, feelings of losing a home, and such will be told in his own way.

“Claudio Sanchez is exposing his raw feelings, narrated from his own perspective — the anxiety of fatherhood, the disorienting feeling of losing a home, the reflections had during early-morning walks. His own story is told through big, bright, driving, colorful songs that beam like power-pop, crunch like vintage ‘90s emocore and float with the expansive feel of space-rock.”

Check out the track list for the new record below as well as some tour dates which includes appearances at Riot Fest and Fun Fun Fun Fest.

THE COLOR BEFORE THE SUN TRACK LIST:

1. “Island”
2. “Eraser”
3. “Colors”
4. “Here To Mars”
5. “Ghost”
6. “Atlas”
7. “Young Love”
8. “You Got Spirit, Kid”
9. “The Audience”
10. “Peace To The Mountain”

COHEED AND CAMBRIA TOUR DATES:

Aug 8 – Nashville, TN – Ink N Iron Fest
Aug 9 – Atlanta, GA – Wrecking Ball
Aug 14 – Kent, UK – Hevy Fest 2015
Aug 15 – Amsterdam, NE – Neverender IKSSE:3
Aug 16 – Schloβ Holte-Stukenbrock, DE – Serengeti Festival
Aug 18 – Frankfurt, DE – Neverender IKSSE:3
Aug 19 – Cologne, DE – Neverender IKSSE:3
Aug 20 – Gampel-Bratsch, CH – Open Air Gampel
Aug 21 – Hasselt, BE – Pukkelpop
Aug 28 – Denver, CO – Riot Fest
Sep 11 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest
Sep 12 – Buffalo, NY – Edge Fest
Sep 13 – Sterling Heights, MI – Chill On The Hill
Sep 19 – Toronto, ON – Riot Fest
Oct 25 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Festival
Oct 31 – Tempe, AZ – Monster Mash Music Festival
Nov 6 – Austin, TX – Fun Fun Fun Fest

Inaugural Wrecking Ball Fest Revise Line-Up Time Slots

Ever wish you had the power to change a music festival’s schedule just because certain artists that you would like to see play at the same exact time?

This seems to be one of the biggest issues with music festivals that have line-up that feature great artists, but a crazy scheduling process.

As much as you complain about the time slots conflicting, festivals and their organizers really don’t care and in a way tell you to take it or leave it.

Well, as it turns out, there is a music festival out there that has taken the attendees complaints to heart and decided to change their daily schedule.

Wrecking Ball revealed today an updated daily schedule after listening to fans complain about the time slots conflicting.

Why would you have both main stage performance times start and end at the same time? Same for the other two stages.

It looks like the Atlanta festival decided it would be wise to change the times on the schedule so concert goers can at least see 15 minutes of the main bands later in the evening.

Check out the newly revised daily schedule below.

The Wrecking Ball Festival will hit Atlanta during the weekend of Aug. 8-9. The festival is in honor of Atlanta concert venue, The Masquerade, celebrating its 25th anniversary.