So What?! Music Festival Unveil More Artists for 2016

The So What?! Music Festival just keeps getting bigger and better. A little under a month since their last update, the folks behind So What?! have unveiled a large list of artists taking the stage at the weekend-long show in March of 2016. Back in October, it was announced that acts like New Found Glory, Bayside, Being As An Ocean, Emery, Saosin featuring Anthony Green on vocals, and more would be making their way to Grand Prairie for the tenth annual event.

Before that, The Devil Wears Prada, Beartooth, and the recently reunited Underoath had been confirmed for the festival as well. On Tuesday (Dec. 1), festival organizers did not hold back, announcing a lineup that will make any pop-punk fan want to book a hotel and plane ride to Grand Prairie during that weekend in March.

Instead of us listing all the acts that will be playing at So What?! Music Festival, we’ll just tell you to look at the lineup below, because we’re pretty much stoked (even though we probably won’t be making it) for the festival.

And to think, “third announcement more TBA” means more acts will be announced soon.

The So What?! Music Festival is scheduled to take place during the weekend of March 19-20, 2016 at the QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie, TX. Tickets for the weekend festivities are currently on sale, so if you have the time and the cash, now might be a good time to get them.

Cartel to Celebrate ‘Chroma’ Tenth Anniversary with Tour

Cartel’s breakout and debut album, Chroma will be turning ten this year, and the band have now confirmed they will be heading out on a “Chroma Tenth Anniversary” tour this Spring.

Last year, the band confirmed they would be performing the 2005 record in full during South By So What? in Grand Prairie, TX,  making some wonder if this might be the beginning of a tour where they would celebrate the anniversary of the album.

During the weekend, the band helped add gasoline to the speculation fire when they tweeted some “Chroma stuff” would announced this week, specifically on Monday at 3 PM (EST).

The tour will officially begin on April 9 in Minneapolis at Mill City Nights and wrap up on May 16 in Lawrence, KS at the Granada. Heading out on the road with them will be TEAM, Driver Friendly, and Hit the Lights for half of the tour dates.

Check out the full list of tour dates below and take a flashback in time with the music video for the lead single from the album, “Honestly.”

CHROMA TENTH ANNIVERSARY TOUR:

CARTEL ONLY:
3/20 – Dallas, TX @ South By So What

WITH HIT THE LIGHTS, TEAM*, DRIVER FRIENDLY
4/09 – Minneapolis, MN @ Mill City Nights
4/10 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave II
4/11 – St. Louis, MO @ Ready Room
4/12 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
4/14 – Detroit, MI @ The Shelter
4/15 – Columbus, OH @ Skully’s Music Diner
4/16 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater
4/17 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of the Living Arts
4/18 – Boston, MA @ The Middle East Downstairs
4/19 – New York, NY @ Gramercy Theatre
4/21 – Freehold, NJ @ GameChangerWorld
4/22 – Baltimore, MD @ Baltimore Sound Stage
4/24 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
4/25 – Orlando, FL @ Beacham Theater

WITH TEAM*, DRIVER FRIENDLY
5/06 – San Diego, CA @ Porter’s Pub
5/07 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Roxy Theatre
5/08 – Pomona, CA @ Glasshouse
5/09 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
5/11 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
5/12 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
5/14 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Murray Theater
5/15 – Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre
5/16 – Lawrence, KS @ Granada

CARTEL ONLY:
5/22 – London, UK @ O2 Academy

South by So What? Reveal Fifth Installment

The new year is right around the corner and the people behind Texas’ South By So What? are making sure that they close out 2014 with a new reveal before 2015 kicks off.

For months the festival which will be celebrating its eighth year in existence, have been releasing the names of many of the artists who will be making the trek to Grand Prairie in mid-March for the weekend-long festival.

Now, South By So What? have revealed the fifth installment of their line-up which includes artists such as Circa Survive, La Dispute, Ghost Town, Ice Nine Kills among many more.

Funny enough, Ice Nine Kills will be in the middle of a tour with Motionless in White when they are scheduled to appear at the festival while La Dispute and Title Fight will begin their own joint tour the day right after their appearance.

Check out the newly added acts to the line-up below.

SOUTH BY SO WHAT? FIFTH REVEAL:

Adaliah
Balance And Composure
Barrier
Bent Life
Chon
Circa Survive
Close Your Eyes
Emmure
Everyone Like Cathleen
Famous Last Words
Fine Fine Titans
Fire From The Gods
Ghost Town
Gift Giver
Ice Nine Kills
Kublai Khan
La Dispute
Modern Pain
Power Trip
Set It Off
Silent Planet
Stray From The Path
Title Fight
Traitors
Unity
Vulgar Display
Within The Ruins
Wolves At The Gate

South by So What? Unveil Third Wave of Artist

South By So What? will be hitting Texas in March and today, the festival has unveiled the newest wave of acts on the line-up. Joining previously announced acts such as Chiodos, Atreyu, Motionless in White, Mayday Parade, The Maine, We Came as Romans are A Skylit Drive, Memphis May Fire, Vanna and many more.

Like during the second waves of announced performers, South By So What? revealed that Cartel would be performing 2005’s breakout record Chroma in its entirety. With this third wave of artists, the festival have announced Hawthorne Heights will be doing the same with their debut record, The Silence in Black and White.

Check out the newly added artists to 2015’s edition of the festival below.

THIRD WAVE OF ARTISTS:

After the Burial
A Skylit Drive
Beartooth
Betrayal
Born of Osiris
Boymeetsworld
Chelsea Grin
Front Porch Step
Hawthorne Heights (performing The Silence in Black and White)
Memphis May Fire
My Body Sings Electric
Sirens & Sailors
Texas in July
This Legend
Upon a Burning Body
Vanna
Veil of Maya
Youth in Revolt

South By So What? will take place during the weekend of March 20-22 at the QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie, TX.

South By So What? Unleash Second List of Bands

South By So What? have released the second list of artist who will be taking the trip to Texas in late March.

The second unveil of the annual festival which will be turning eight in 2015, recently announced bands such as Atreyu, Chiodos, For Today, Hatebreed, I See Stars, Motionless in White, Superhaven, This Wild Life, and many more.

One of the treats to come from the newly revealed list comes courtesy of Cartel. The Georgia-based band will be performing their debut album, 2005’s Chroma in full during their set. That’s one way to celebrate the tenth anniversary of your break-out record.

Check out the up to date list of artists which includes over 100 bands, and the final list hasn’t even been revealed yet.

New bands announced:

Atreyu
Capsize
Cartel performing Chroma in its entirety
Chiodos
Conquer Divide
Dear You
Driver Friendly
Fallujah
Fear & Wonder
For The Win
For Today
Gideon
Hatebreed
Hotel Books
Invent, Animate
I See Stars
Jesse Lawson
Motionless In White
Mouth Of The South
Oceano
Silent Screams
Superheaven
The Last Ten Seconds Of Life
This Wild Life

First group of bands:

Black Tongue
Boris The Blade
Dayseeker
Enter Shikari
Ghost Atlas
He Is Legend
Lydia
Mayday Parade
Monuments
Outline in Color
Parables
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
The Alchemy Index
The Browning
The Maine
The Ongoing Concept
We Came As Romans
Yesterday As Today

South By So What? will take place during the weekend of March 20-22 at the QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie, TX. Tickets are currently on sale, so maybe it’s time to start buying them.