To promote the album, Rise Against embarked on the Appeal To Reason Tour , which began with United States–based tour with Thrice , Alkaline Trio , and The Gaslight Anthem . Rise Against then co-headlined a 2009 tour with Rancid throughout the summer months, which was followed by a short…
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In early 2009, the band toured Canada, after which, in April, Thacker joined up with Sum 41 for their Japanese and US tour. It was also confirmed that Thacker was officially a member of Sum 41. He stayed with the band even after the return of Dave “Browsound” Baksh in…
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On May 3, 2009, Punchline premiered their new music video for “Ghostie” On August 30, 2009, Punchline offered the new song “Heart of Gold” for free download, but those who paid $3 or more received 5 bonus songs, including rare Punchline tracks.
In 2009, an EP of B-sides from The Black Parade was released, titled The Black Parade: The B-Sides .
Sorry for Partyin ‘ was released on October 12, 2009. “My Wena” was the first promotional single from the album. The single was first previewed on May 5, 2009, on the Lex and Terry show . A music video for the song was filmed and the video was released on…
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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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Their song “The Permanent Rain” was used in a trailer for the 2009 movie Love Happens , starring Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart .
Short Stack was awarded runner-up of the Oz Artist of the Year 2009, losing the award to Kisschasy .
During the Spike TV Video Game Awards 2009 , it was announced that Green Day was set to have its own Rock Band video game titled Green Day: Rock Band (2010), as a follow-up to the last band-specific game, The Beatles: Rock Band (2009). The game features the full albums…
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In 2009, Ballew began recording and performing as children’s artist Caspar Babypants and has since released numerous albums under that moniker.