Set Your Goals want help picking bands for their April tour. Help them out.

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Morrissey has resumed his tour in London and seems to be in good spirits concerning the ordeal.

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An article detailing how high gas prices are impacting touring bands (both big and small) can be read here.

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"We are a business driven just 100 percent on discretionary income," Makarounis explains. So with a tighter economy squeezing music consumers, raising door prices might not be an option. Raising a band's guarantee "does throw a little...[read more]

Deerhoof have announced their touring plans for early next year to coincide with the release of their new album, Friend Opportunity, out on Kill Rock Stars on January 23rd, 2007.

Dates

1/17 - Umeda, Osaka JAPAN @ Umeda Shangri-la
1/19 - Nagoya, JAPAN @ Nagoya Quattro
1/20 - Shinjuku, Tokyo JAPAN @...[read more]

San Francisco "arcade rockers" Karate High School, who just got off a successful tour with Four Letter Lie, On The Last Day and Secret Lives of the Freemasons, will begin touring again in January with Mayday Parade. The rest of their tour dates for the year are below.

Dates

November 10 @ 6:00 A Dough Re Mi ...[read more]

Roses Are Red will be touring the UK in January. Details will be surfacing shortly.

xBishopx recently said that they would be touring in January/February and will also be recording a new full length around mid 2007.

The RX Bandits are looking for a tenor sax or trombone player for upcoming touring. Further information can be found in the replies.

Say Anything will be bringing Days Away out on a tour of the east coast in October.

The Forecast will be touring with Koufax, The Finals, and ActionReaction (on some dates) in August and September. Dates will be coming soon.

Casket Salesmen is in need of a touring bassist; below is a message from the band:

Message

Casket Salesmen are in need of a touring bass player for the next few months. The band requires that you have toured in a band before. The more you have toured and played, the better chance you have of being considered. Please do not contact the band unless you are a serious musician. Eighteen year old kids who have...[read more]

Damone will be hitting the road for a month with The All-American Rejects. Dates below.

Dates

Jun 30 Amphitheater at Celebration Park Indianapolis, IN
Jul 1 Summer Fest Milwaukee, WI
Jul 2 Stars & Guitars ...[read more]

Unearth posted a trailer for their upcoming video track "Giles". The band's new album, III: In the Eyes of Fire, will be released on August 8, 2006 via Metal Blade Records. In touring news, Unearth will be hitting the road with Bleeding Through, Terror and read more]

Motion City Sountrack just wrapped up three months of touring with their sets at Bamboozle and Flipside. The band would like to thank everyone for making their headlining tour and MTVu Campus Invasion run amazing. More live footage from the "Campus Invasion" Tour has been posted at MTVu. The band is now headed to Japan, Australia, and Hawaii before making it back to the states for Warped Tour.

Race The Sun will be recording a new 4 or 5 song demo next month with David Bendeth (Killswitch Engage, Hawthorne Heights, As I Lay Dying) pre-producing it in New Jersey. Shortly after recording the demo, the band will embark on a full U.S. tour with So They Say and Sullivan. Expect more details soon.

The Fall Of Troy will still be playing Bamboozle and will still be a part of the "Black Unicorn" tour with He Is Legend, Showbread and Classic Case.

Murder By Death has announced new tour dates in support of their new album, In Boca Al Lupo, out May 23rd.

Dates

5/22 – Cambridge, MA - Middle East downstairs
5/23 – New York, NY - The Knitting Factory
5/24 – Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
5/25 – Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop
5/26 – Lansing, MI - Temple Club
5/27 – Chicago,...[read more]

Below are all of Bayside's upcoming touring plans. Rumor has it that they may be doing a full US 7 week headlining tour beginning in May with Halifax as main support.

Bayside Tour Dates

-Bayside, Paramore, The Sleeping, A Late Design-
April 5 - Boston, MA @ Axis
April 6 - Kingston, PA @ Backstage Enterprises
April 7 -...[read more]

Anberlin is now back on tour with Hawthorne Heights and will be playing in Atlantic City as well as the other scheduled tour dates. Anberlin may be back in the future to make up the dates that they missed a couple weeks ago due to having to go back home with the family.

FenixTX will be hitting UK/Europe in late April to mid-May. However, no dates or support have been confirmed 100%; as soon as the official dates are posted, we'll let you know. For those of you in US, check out the band's west coast dates with Unwritten Law and As Fast As.

Tour...[read more]

The Static Age will be touring Europe in April/May; dates and venues coming soon.

Rocksound.net is reporting Fall Out Boy and The Academy Is will be touring the UK together this May.

Gods will hit the road in April. Other band's performing and more dates to surface soon.

Sat Apr 1st, 2006 Summerville, SC
Thu Apr 6th, 2006 Montclair, NJ
Fri Apr 7th, 2006 Endicott, NY
Sun Apr 9th, 2006 Queensbury, NY
Mon Apr 10th, 2006 New York City, NY
Wed Apr 12th, 2006 Kingston, PA
Fri Apr 14th, 2006 Crown Point, IN
Sun Apr 16th, 2006 ...[read more]

We Are Scientists have announced a new UK tour in April.

UK Dates

4/5 - Portsmouth Pyramids Centre
4/6 - Bristol Anson Rooms
4/7 - Manchester Academy
4/8 - Glasgow QMU
4/9 - Leeds Met University
4/10 - Birmingham Irish Centre
4/11 - Cambridge Junction
4/12 - London Astoria

The Strokes will be performing on Saturday Night Live this Saturday night, with host Peter Sarsgaarde (Kinsey, Garden State, Jarhead). Also, the band will be announcing a US tour soon which will run from March to the middle of May.

The Fall Of Troy are hoping to tour Europe in May.

October Fall will be touring with The Veronicas and The Jonas Bros starting later this month and all through February:

Tour Dates

Jan 28 2006 7:00P Underground Cafe Sacramento, CA
Jan 30 2006 7:00P Crocodile Seattle, WA
Jan 31 2006 7:00P Roseland Grill Portland, OR
Feb 2 2006 7:00P The Starlight Fort Collins, COread more]

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has announced its spring US tour with Elefant.

BRMC Dates

2/5 - Englewood Gothic Theater
2/7 - Minneapolis Fine Line Music Café
2/8 - Chicago Metro
2/9 - Cincinnati Bogarts
2/10 - Columbus Newport Music Hall
2/11 - Slippery Rock, PA Slippery Rock University
2/13 -...[read more]

The Sound Of Animals Fighting's have posted the following blog on their Myspace.com page: "2006 might just be a good year to catch a tsoaf show however...we shall see....but not until then."