Paramore, along with Paper Route and The Swellers , toured in support of Brand New Eyes in the fall of 2009.
A new song, “City Hall”, appeared in a setlist, and the band entered the studio in January 2009. On his online diary, Woomble noted that he had: “been trying to work on lyrics for the new Idlewild record. At the moment it has the possibility of being about anything, so…
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In 2009, Tonight Alive’s original drummer Mitchell Stanger departed the group. Matty Best, a high school friend of Taahi, joined on after learning from Taahi’s mother that they needed a drummer. Best, who comes from Ulladulla , travelled three to four hours to band practice.
Following the departure from Geffen, the band has continued to tour. During the summer of 2009, they launched the ambitious Saturday Night Rebel Rockers Traveling Circus and Medicine Show tour with longtime Bay Area friend Michael Franti , his band Spearhead, and the band Augustana . Instead of the traditional…
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Also that year, they played a short run of full-band acoustic shows where they showcased songs from their forthcoming album.
Boys Like Girls supported Fall Out Boy on their UK tour in October, along with You Me at Six . A month later the band’s debut DVD, Read Between the Lines , was released on November 4, 2008. The DVD peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Music Videos chart.…
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Quietdrive released their EP “Close Your Eyes” independently on October 13, 2009. Their first single was “Jessica”. Robby Starbuck produced the music video, which premiered on buzznet.com on December 15, 2009. Shortly after the release of Close Your Eyes , Matt Kirby decided to leave the band. In the summer…
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In 2009, the band were asked to reform for the All Tomorrows Parties festival (ATP), curated by My Bloody Valentine and then they played ATP at the request of Shellac . This successful show was followed by a gig in Istanbul, and a sold out 2010 gig in London.
played at the Download Festival 2009
The musical American Idiot opened in the Berkeley Repertory Theatre at the end of 2009.