Lights has shot a music video for the song "Drive My Soul" with director Sean Michael Turrell.

Dates for Copeland's tour with support from Lovedrug, Lydia, and Lights have been announced.

Dates

10/21 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle (No Lights)
10/22 - Richmond, VA - Canal Club (Downstairs Lounge) (No Lights)
10/23 - Towson, MD - Recher Theatre (No Lights)
10/24 - Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
10/25 - Danbury, CT - Heirlooms Arts Theatre
10/26 - Cambridge, MA - Middle East (Downstairs)
10/27 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10/29 - Ann Arbor, MI - Blind Pig
10/30 - Chicago, IL - The Bottom Lounge
10/31 - St. Paul, MN - Station 4
11/01 - Omaha, NE - Slowdown
11/02 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
11/03 - Salt Lake City, UT - Avalon Theater
11/05...

Lights will release the self-titled EP on September 23rd.

Track Listing
01) Ice
02) Drive My Soul
03) February Air
04) White
05) I Owe You One
06) The Last Thing on Your Mind

Lights has signed to Warner Bros.

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Click here to check out Hit The Lights' appearance on AOL Sessions Under Cover, where they perform their rendition of the Gin Blossoms' "Hey Jealousy," as well as "Bodybag" and the hidden track from their debut full length, This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder.

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Hit The Lights' music video for "Bodybag" won mtvU's "Freshmen Five" last week - click here to check it out if you haven't done so already.

Make sure to catch Hit The Lights on Steven's Untitled Rock Show on Fuse today, November 21st, at 7pm EST. Here's a message from the band regarding their appearance:

Message

That's right suckas! While we were in NY last week we taped a no holds barred interview with Fuse's own Steven of Steven's Untitled Rock show. We guarentee this junk's gonna be bigger than that OJ thing and will have EVERYONE talking at the water cooler the next day. Gather 'round the tee vee on November 21st at 7pm EST on the Fuse Network and watch history happen. Then message us on myspace and tell us how we should've sat up straight and spoke more clearly like our parents are going to... We really need to move...

Hit The Lights' music video for "Bodybag" is now up for voting on mtvU's The Freshmen. Voting ends on Friday. To vote, you can go to mtvU's site or you can also vote via Mobile by texting the word FRESHMAN to 22422 on your mobile phone.

*Standard messaging rates apply

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Head over to Hit the Lights' MySpace page to vote on what song their next video should be for (the choices are "Speakers Blown," "3 Oh 9," and "Save Your Breath").

Hit the Lights' new music video for "Bodybag" can be seen here.

Hit the Lights' new music video for "Bodybag" will premiere on Friday, September 1st at 7PM EST on Steven's Untitled Rock Show. Below is an update from the band:

Update

Yo folks it's time fo an update from Team HTL! What's new? We've just been chugging kool aid and whoop'in butts, which is what we've always done anyway so I guess it's not really new. BAAAAM! We wrapped up Warped Tour this year and would like to personally thank the states of Texas up through California for being hotter than your step mom. We've currently embarked on the Paramore/Cute Is What We Aim For/ This Providence tour which has already been nuttier than squirrell turds! We've had a blast and would like to thank all...

Here is the new Arctic Monkeys video for "Leave Before The Lights Come On."

Watch a live video of Hit The Lights playing in Huntington, WV here.

Below are the dates for the upcoming Rookie of the Year, Blackpool Lights, House of Heroes run:

Tour Dates

Jul 12 2006 6:00P The Buffalo Icon w/ The Working Title (no House of Heroes) Buffalo, NY
Jul 14 2006 8:00P First Unitarian Church w/ New Atlantic (no House of Heroes) Philadelphia, PA
Jul 15 2006 4:00P Webster Underground Hartford, CT
Jul 16 2006 7:00P The Ottobar Baltimore, MD
Jul 17 2006 8:00P North Six Brooklyn, NY
Jul 18 2006 5:00P Peppermint Beach Club Virginia Beach, VA
Jul 19 2006 7:00P Greene Street Greensboro, NC

You can read an interview with Hit The Lights, which discusses AP.net's review that inspired a song, over at Punktastic. Or, if you're lazy, you can just click here to read the full interview.

Hit The Lights has just finished shooting the video for the first single, "Bodybag" with Todd Strauss-Schulson (Early November, Amen, Waking Ashland) in the desert outside the Palm Springs, CA area. Look for the video dropping this summer. In other news, HTL is teaming up w/ ELLEgirl.com and offering one lucky fan the opportunity to win tickets and backstage passes to the Pomona, CA Warped Tour stop on July 7th. The lucky fan will also be doing a live on camera interview with the band that will be posted on ELLEgirl.com - People can enter the contest here.

Below is an update from Nick Thompson of Hit the Lights:

Message

Yo yo yo it's update time and it's a 'biggin'! What have we been up to since the last update? Well it's really none of your business but since I'm hopped up on diet coke and laffy taffy, I'm inclined to let you cool cats in. First things first, HUGE shout outs to all the east coast kids for all the love they showed us on the DON'T KNOCK THE HUSTLE tour. We couldn't miss the boys on that tour anymore than we do right now. Good dudes, good tunes, good fu manchus! We would like to apologize for all the kids that came to see us the last four dates, as our singer Colin got strep throat and had to be in quarantine so none of us...

Blackpool Lights are featured as Spin.com's Band of the Day today. The album, This Town's Disaster, releases tomorrow on Curb Appeal Records and Tony's review can be read here.

Here is my review of This Town's Disaster, the excellent debut album from Blackpool Lights. On their AP.net profile (click the band name), we have the lead single "Blue Skies" available for download. Leave your comments!

We've got a new featured download up and running. It's the lead single from Blackpool Lights' upcoming album, This Town's Disaster. The song is "Blue Skies" and it's good, old-fashioned pop-rock. Download it from their AP.net profile and let us know what you think! This Town's Disaster comes out June 20th on Curb Appeal Records.
Note: Expect a review of the album very soon.

Hit the Lights will be shooting their video for “Bodybag” this weekend! This is their first video off This is a Stickup...Don't Make it a Murder. The video will be directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson (The Early November, Waking Ashland). You can catch the boys on tour all summer long with Hawthorne Heights (6/19-6/29), Warped Tour (6/30-7/15), and in August/September with Paramore, Cute Is What We Aim For and This Providence.

Blackpool Lights' new album, This Town's Disaster, is now available for pre-order from Tower Records. The first 100 people that order the record get an exclusive polaroid taken by the band while on tour with Anberlin. The disc will hit shelves on June 20th.

The hi-res album art for Blackpool Lights' fantastic debut, This Town's Disaster, has been added to our multimedia gallery. The CD releases June 20th through Curb Appeal Records. (Remind Me)

Blackpool Lights has a new e-card.

Some blurbs about the Cartel / Hit The Lights tour:
-Last night, Cartel played their first acoustic set because Kevin, the drummer, had to head home for the night to attend his brother's graduation. The band played all of Chroma (give or take) with the exception of "Q" and "A".
-Hit The Lights' singer, Colin, has strep throat so the band may need to drop off of a few shows. Expect details on that soon.

Here are the dates for the upcoming Hawthorne Heights, Anberlin, Halifax, Hit the Lights tour:

Tour Dates

6/19/06 Fort Wayne, IN Piere's Entertainment Center
6/20/06 Grand Rapids, MI Orbit Room
6/22/06 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
6/24/06 Baltimore, MD Sonar
6/25/06 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
6/27/06 Johnson City, NY Magic City Music Hall
6/28/06 New Haven, CT Toad's Place

Blackpool Lights (members of The Get Up Kids, TheStart) will release their debut, This Town's Disaster, on June 20th. Below are the band's upcoming dates with The Pink Spiders.

Tour Dates

05/10/2006 - Webster Underground, Hartford, CT
05/11/2006 - Mark's Showplace, Bedford, NH
05/15/2006 - North Star, Philadelphia, PA
05/16/2006 - Showcase Lounge at Higher Ground, Burlington, VT
05/17/2006 - Great Scott , Allston, MA
05/18/2006 - School of Rock,Hackensack, NJ
05/19/2006 - Rex Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA

Hit the Lights has announced the following tour dates supporting Bayside and Halifax. The band's new album, This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder, is in stores now.

Tour Dates

5/29/06 Houston, TX Walters on Washington
5/30/06 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
5/31/06 Carlsbad, NM Skabrones
6/1/06 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse
6/2/06 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
6/3/06 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
6/4/06 San Diego, CA SOMA
6/5/06 Las Vegas, NV Jillian's
6/6/06 Victorville, CA Trilogy Theatre

Hit The Lights will be having their CD release show in Lima, OH on April 21st at Shawnee United Methodist Church. Time & Distance, Every Bridge Burned, Kiss The Gunner and The Drama Summer will be playing as well. Doors are at 6:00PM; tickets cost $8.00.

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DrivenFarOff.com has posted 4 live videos of Hit The Lights performing "309", "Bodybag", "Hey Jealousy", and "These Backs Are Made For Stabbing." You can download them in iPod Video / Quicktime format.

Wanna know if Colin wears boxers or briefs? Or how long it takes Omar to blow dry his hair? You can ask them yourself! Hit the Lights will be doing an interactive chat session tomorrow in honor of their new album's release. Think up your best questions, log on, and ask away! The chat goes down tomorrow, April 11th at 5:30 PM EST. The chat session will be taking place here - make sure to bookmark it for tomorrow.

Hit the Lights has posted "Three Oh Nine" from their new album, This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder, on pureVOLUME.com. The album hits stores tomorrow through Triple Crown Records.

Hit the Lights and Hot Topic are currently running a contest for you and a friend to win two round-trip airfare tickets to this year's Bamboozle, hotel accommodations, transportation to and from the airport, and of course, two tickets to Bamboozle itself. Click here to enter. Hit the Lights will be playing Bamboozle on Saturday, May 6th.

Click here to check out the e-card for Hit the Lights' This is a Stick Up... Don't Make it a Murder.

Don't forget - the first four tracks from Hit the Lights' new record are now streaming on the band's AP.net profile. If you like what you hear, make sure to pre-order the album, and feel free to tell all your friends about it too. Tracks 5-8 will be up late Friday night/early Saturday morning.

Hit the Lights' new album, This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder, is now available for pre-order. Pre-orders come with a free shirt (while supplies last). This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder hits streets on April 11th through Triple Crown Records.

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So, the track listing we had a little while back for Hit the Lights' new album, This Is a Stick Up... Don't Make It a Murder, wasn't 100% correct; the real track listing is below. The album hits stores on April 11th, and we'll begin our stream of it on March 18th.

Track List

1. The Call Out (You Are the Dishes)
2. These Backs Are Made For Stabbing
3. 309
4. Body Bag
5. Talk Us Down
6. Save Your Breath
7. Sincerely Yours
8. 100 Times
9. It's All The Rage
10. Speakers Blown
11. Until We Get Caught
12. Make A Run For It

I will be interviewing Jim Suptic (ex-The Get Up Kids) about his new band, Blackpool Lights tomorrow evening. Post your questions here!

Hit the Lights has posted a new song titled "Bodybag" on their pureVOLUME.com page. The band's new album, This is a Stick Up... Don't Make it a Murder, is due out on April 11th through Triple Crown Records.

The Rocket Summer has posted their headlining dates with Blackpool Lights(Jim Suptic of The Get Up Kids).

Tour Dates

7-Mar Orlando, FL@ The Social
8-Mar Ft. Lauderdale, FL@ The Culture Room
9-Mar Tampa, FL@ The Infinity Room at the Masquerade
10-Mar Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
11-Mar Columbia, SC@ New Brookland Tavern
13-Mar Raleigh, NC@ The Brewery
14-Mar Nashville, TN@ Rocketown

Look for the debut full length from Hit The Lights, This Is A Stick Up...Don't Make It A Murder, in stores on April 11th. Hit The Lights started the East West "Didn't Get What You Wanted" tour last night then will head out on the road with A Thorn For Every Heart. The band will also be part of The Take Action Tour and Bamboozle.

Action Action have a new website. Their new album, An Army of Shapes Between Wars, is in stores now.

You can watch Hit The Light's video for "Until We Get Caught" here.

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Yellowcard's new album Lights and Sounds is currently streaming in its entirety on the band's MySpace page. The album hits stores on Tuesday.

Click here to stream four songs from Yellowcards new album, Lights and Sounds. Below are various pre-order specials for the album, which hits stores on Tuesday:

Lights And Sounds Pre-Order Specials

Pre-order from iTunes and receive an exclusive track titled "Three Flights Down" and the video for "Lights and Sounds".

Get your copy of Lights and Sounds from Music Country and receive an autographed cover.

Order from Smartpunk and get a free poster while supplies last supplies last

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