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Minus The Bear announce SXSW shows, spring tour

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 3/9/10 @ 11:06 AM - altpress.com

With their new album, OMNI, scheduled to drop May 4 on Dangerbird, Minus The Bear have revealed their spring tour plans. First, MTB will play five shows in three days at this year's South By Southwest music festival in Austin Texas (details below). Then, the Seattle quintet will hit the road starting April 19 in Spokane, Washington, for a six-week U.S. tour. All dates below.

March 18th Filter Showcase @ Cedar St Courtyard (3:30pm) Austin, TX
March 19th Relix Magazine Party @ Antones (3:20pm) Austin, TX
March 19th Musebox @ Rusty Spur (1am) Austin, TX
March 20th Stubbs (9pm) Austin, TX
March 20th Dangerbird Records @ Mellow Johnny's (11:20pm) Austin, TX

April 19 Knitting Factory Concert House Spokane, WA
April 20 The Railyard Billings, MT
April 22 Slowdown Omaha, NE
April 23 Sandstone Amphitheatre Bonner Springs, KS
April 25 St. Andrew's Hall Detroit, MI
April 26 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH
April 28 Madison Theater Covington, KY
April 29 Town Ballroom Buffalo, NY
April 30 Webster Theatre Hartford, CT
May 2 Bamboozle Festival E. Rutherford, NJ
May 5 Wilbur Theatre Boston, MA
May 6 Trocadero Philadelphia, PA
May 7 9:30 Club Washington, DC
May 8 The National Richmond, VA
May 9 The Fillmore Charlotte Charlotte, NC
May 10 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, GA
May 11 Revolution Ft. Lauderdale, FL
May 12 The Ritz Tampa, FL
May 14 House Of Blues Houston, TX
May 15 Granada Dallas, TX
May 16 La Zona Rosa Austin, TX
May 18 Sunshine Theatre Albuquerque, NM
May 19 House Of Blues Las Vegas, NV
May 20 Mayan Theatre Los Angeles, CA
May 21 Glass House Pomona, CA
May 22 SOMA San Diego, CA
May 23 Marquee Theater Tempe, AZ
May 26 Regency Ballroom San Francisco, CA
May 27 Knitting Factory Reno, NV
May 28 Roseland Theatre Portland, OR
May 29 Sasquatch Music Festival George, WA

DragonForce part ways with frontman

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 3/9/10 @ 10:33 AM - altpress.com

British power metal band DragonForce have announced that they have split with lead singer ZP Theart. The band released the following statement :"It is with great regret that DragonForce announce a parting of the ways with singer ZP Theart. This is due to insurmountable differences of musical opinion but the rest of the band sincerely wishes ZP great success with his future projects."

The band are in the midst of writing their fifth album and are now in search of a new vocalist. Guitarist Herman Li said, "We are looking for a powerful, melodic singer to write a new chapter of DragonForce with us."

Wanna audition? Check out details here.

Chad Gilbert releases two new solo songs

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 3/9/10 @ 9:25 AM - altpress.com

New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert has posted two more songs under the What's Eating Gilbert name. "Devil In Me" and "I Wanna Hold You" are the fourth and fifth official solo songs Gilbert has posted for downloading. He also announced that he's holding a contest for fans to submit cover art for the songs. Submissions will be posted in two weeks and fans will be able to vote on the ones they most like. Check out the details and listen to the new songs here.

The Used schedule mini-tour with Chiodos this April

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 3/8/10 @ 3:15 PM - altpress.com

Remember when we posted those Bullet For My Valentine/Chiodos tour dates and said this would be Chiodos' first tour with new frontman Brandon Bolmer? Yeah, well, we fibbed: It turns out the Michigan sextet's true first tour back will be supporting three-time AP cover stars the Used for a series of gigs this April. Opening each show will be New Medicine. All currently confirmed dates are below; if more are added (and we're assuming there's at least a few we don't know about yet), we'll let you know:

4/13 The Blue Note Columbia, MO
4/17 Orbit Room Grand Rapids, MI
4/18 Club Zoo Pittsburgh, PA
4/20 Chameleon Club Lancaster, PA
4/21 Northern Lights Clifton Park, NY

Bullet For My Valentine set up U.S. tour with Chiodos

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 3/8/10 @ 2:39 PM - altpress.com

Welsh metal outfit Bullet For my Valentine have a new album, Fever, dropping April 27 on Jive, so what better time to book a headlining tour? Accompanying them on the trek will be Chiodos -- it's worth noting that this will be that band's first tour with new frontman Brandon Bolmer. Opening all shows will be Airbourne. Dates:



April 30 Worcester, MA Palladium
May 1 East Rutherford, NJ Bamboozle
May 2 Baltimore, MD Ram’s Head
May 4 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
May 5 Nashville, TN Rocketown
May 7 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
May 8 TBA
May 9 Tulsa, OK Diamond
May 11 Phoenix, AZ Marquee
May 12 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
May 14 Anaheim, CA The Grove *Main Support TBA
May 15 San Diego, CA SOMA *Airbourne not on this date
May 16 San Francisco, CA Regency Center Ballroom
May 18 Salt Lake City, UT Great Salt Air
May 19 Denver, CO Gothic Theater
May 21 St Louis, MO The Pageant
May 22 Chicago, IL Rivera
May 23 Columbus, OH Rock On The Range
May 25 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
May 26 Minneapolis, MN 1st Avenue
May 28 Grand Rapids, MI The Orbit Room
May 29 TBA
May 30 Detroit, MI The Fillmore

Travie McCoy announces release date for solo album

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 3/8/10 @ 1:46 PM - altpress.com

Gym Class Heroes frontman Travis (or "Travie," as he now goes by) McCoy has unveiled details for his upcoming solo album. Lazarus will drop June 8 via Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen. Pre-order details, tracklisting and more information will be announced shortly.

Contributors on the album include T-Pain, Bruno Mars, the Smeezingtons, Detail, the Stereotypes, Evan "Kidd" Bogart, Josh Abraham and Oligee. The first single from the album, "Billionaire" (featururing Bruno Mars) premieres today on MTV.com with a companion video to follow. You can hear the new song here.