Sleeping With Sirens add dates to UK Tour

Sleeping With Sirens have added extra dates to the UK Tour that they are planning on doing this year, starting in September.

September

30 Southampton, Guildhall

October

1 Nottingham, Rock City
2 Dublin, Academy
3 Belfast, Mandela Hall
5 Glasgow, Barrowland
6 Edinburgh Picture House - New date
7 Manchester, Academy 1
8 Newcastle 02 Academy 1 - New date
10 London, Brixton O2 Academy
11 Birmingham, O2 Academy 1

Andy Biersack Verbal Beat Down on Warped Tour

Andy Biersack, Black Veil Brides frontman, called out an audience member who was being disrespectful during the band´s Warped Tour set in San Antonio, Texas.

During a performance of ‘Let You Down,’ Andy Biersack called out a man in the San Antonio crowd who was making offensive remarks towards the band. Biersack even challenged the man to come up on stage while the crowd cheered and stood up for BVB.

After a 90 seconds speech, Black Veil Brides frontman decided to continue with the set.

“Here’s the thing,” Biersack begins. “So when I used to come to Warped Tour when I was a kid, I used to see bands and I respect the shitt out of those bands on stage and sometimes little, tiny motherfuckers like you come to a show and you stand there. Then fucking come up here and show me how fucking big you are. Come the fuckup here. Come on. Part the way. Come on. You know what’s fucking tiny about you? It might not be your body, but you’ve got a small fucking mind, so go the fuck somewhere else. I get it, I get it: we’re not heavy enough for you, we wear makeup, we’re faggy, and we’re a shitty band. What you can do about that is walk the fuck over there and not fucking listen to us. When I was a kid and I used to come here, it wasn’t about your shitty, macho attitude; it was weird kids like me who got to have fun. So what you do is you fucking ruin all this shit ’cause you think you’re way too fucking cool. I don’t give a fuck about being cool, I care about being on this fucking stage. Here’s the difference: a little fag like me tried real hard and I’ve got a fucking band. You can fucking stand there with your fucking muscles and jerk off all fucking day while I play on this fucking stage. We here don’t give a fuck what you have to say, so I’m done with you. Unless you wanna come here and show me how fucking tough you are, I don’t give a fuck about you.”

This is not the first time that Biersack has to defend his band, a similar incident happened with the Revolver Golden Gods Awards of this year when Black Veil Brides received the “Song of the Year” award, given by Sebastian Bach, while raising a mainly negative reaction from the crowd. The band went on stage, already with a defensive attitude since they were already expecting this reaction, and responded to the haters saying “You motherfuckers should have voted for somebody because Black veil Brides won 3 years in a row” and with vocalist Andy Biersack affirming “I know you all hate us but I´m holding a heavy as shit award…”. Before even receiving this award, Biersack was interviewed by Fuse's TV Jack Osbourne where he gave his view on the haters – “We evoke a lot of emotion in people, so much that they pee in a bottle and throw it at me”.

Despite the hate at the Golden Gods, the band has received a lot of support from their fan base.

Monster Energy´s Aftershock Festival 2013

Monster Energy´s Aftershock Festival is going to be held on September at Discovery Park in Sacramento, California.

This is a two day festival (September 14^th and 15^th) that will feature performances by Asking Alexandria, Falling In Reverse, Korn, Miss May I, A Day To Remember, Megadeth, Avenged Sevenfold, Halestorm and a lot more.

Saturday, September 14

Korn, Megadeth, Shinedown, Papa Roach, Skillet, Buckcherry, Testament, In This Moment, Steel Panther, P.O.D., Otherwise, Love And Death, We As Human, Heaven’s Basement, Butcher Babies, Eye Empire, Girl On Fire, Nothing More

Sunday, September 15

Avenged Sevenfold, Five Finger Death Punch, Volbeat, A Day To Remember, Asking Alexandria, Halestorm, HIM, Falling In Reverse, All That Remains, Filter, Pop Evil, Device, SOiL, Thousand Foot Krutch, Miss May I, Airbourne, Gemini Syndrome, [Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands Winner TBA]

Unsigned bands who wish to compete for the Ernie Ball stage slot on the second date should complete a band profile at battleofthebands.com.

30 Seconds To Mars Controversy

30 Seconds To Mars have caused controversy by asking their fans to tattoo the lyrics of “Do Or Die” on their bodies to appear in the band´s next music video.

 

Fans are able to participate in the “Do Or Die” music video by sending close-up images of themselves tattooing the song´s lyrics on their bodies.

It is requested before, after and during images of the process and it is also necessary that the fans say “I Am The Echelon” to the camera and explain why they decided to do the tattoo.

The idea is provoking an Internet reaction, with many people criticizing the gesture of 30 Seconds To Mars.Also according to the NME, this year, Rou Reynolds of Enter Shikari disapproved the fact that, allegedly, the band was prepared to charge about 660 Euros to the fans, for those who wanted to spend some time with the musicians before and after the concerts of their upcoming U.S. tour.

30 Seconds To Mars will perform in Portugal again this year on 29^th October at Meo Arena (former Pavilhão Atlântico).

Juliet Simms on Warped Tour

Juliet Simms was added as a performer to the rest of the Warped Tour dates.

Check her statement:

Patrick Stump performs with Taylor Swift

Fall Out Boy frontman appeared at a Taylor Swift concert as a surprise guest in New Jersy.

On Friday, July 13, Patrick Stump and Taylor Swift performed together at her concert at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, in New Jersey, one of Fall Out Boy new singles “My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark (Light Em Up)."

 

Falling In Reverse to play today in LA

Falling In Reverse will perform a special live show today, June 18, at the Roxy in Hollywood.

This special show is due to the new album – Fashionably Late - release which is also today. Fans can watch the entire show live on the band´s website: http://www.fallinginreverse.com/.

More details here:

As I Lay Dying decide to drop off their upcoming tour with Killswitch Engage

Due to recent events regarding frontman Tim Lambesis, As I Lay Dying has decided to drop off their upcoming tour with Killswitch Engage.

Check out the band’s statement below.

"To our fans,
In light of recent events, As I Lay Dying will unfortunately not be taking part in the upcoming tour with Killswitch Engage. Given the circumstances, we feel that it is best for the band to be off the road while the current situation gets sorted. We’d like to thank all of our fans for their ongoing support at this difficult time.”

-Jordan, Nick, Phil, and Josh