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Metal Blade Announces The Cool Tour

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2010 witnesses the inaugural year of Cool Tour, in association with Metal Blade Records, Atticus Black by Atticus Clothing, and Musician’s Institute College of Contemporary Music, and features As I Lay Dying, Underoath, Between The Buried And Me, Blessthefall, The Acacia Strain, Architects, Cancer Bats, and War of Ages.  Cool Tour is brought to you by Ibanez, Ding, Alternative Press, altpress.com, Invisible Children, Facedown Records, Mesa Boogie, Ampeg, Live Nation, The Agency Group and Good Fight Entertainment.

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Cool Tour 2010 begins on July 12th in Orlando, FL, and comes to a halt in San Francisco, CA on August 1st.  A ticket pre-sale is available beginning Tuesday, April 27th, and tickets go on sale to the public Friday, April 30th -Sunday, May 2nd.  Check your local listing for on sale dates near you.  Tickets are available through all Ticketmaster locations and online at www.ticketmaster.com, unless otherwise noted.
 
Also, starting April 27th, a VIP “Cooler Package” will be on sale to the public, along with general admission pre sale tickets.  Fans will be able to purchase an Atticus Cool Tour T-shirt, a signed tour poster, and a souvenir tour laminate for only $20 plus the cost of a ticket.  Cooler Packages will be available through Ticketmaster while supplies last.
 
Starting April 26th, you can check out headliner As I Lay Dying’s brand new song “Parallels” streaming live (70% of track is available) on www.thepowerlessrise.com.  Also make sure to visit  www.thepowerlessrise.com to check out their headline tour starting April 29th with Demonhunter, blessthefall, and War Of Ages as support. Their upcoming CD ‘The Powerless Rise’ is out May 11th on Metal Blade Records. 
 
Many of Cool Tour’s notable artists had a few words to say about this exciting new festival! “After taking last summer off to focus on writing new material, we’ll be back out this year in support of our latest album, The Powerless Rise,” states As I Lay Dying guitarist Phil Sgrosso. “We’ve got a killer line up of bands that share the same passion for heavy music and putting on a great show every night for the fans.  You don’t want to miss a tour as good as this.”
 
“We’re looking forward to get out on the Cool Tour this summer,” states Underoath guitarist Tim McTague. “2010 has been a transitional year for Underoath, and we are looking forward to putting our new direction in motion.” McTague also adds, “Cool Tour is the perfect place to come out and show everyone what Underoath of the future will sound like.”
 
Tommy Giles Rogers, vocalist of Between The Buried And Me is beyond thrilled. “Somehow, Between The Buried And Me, the un-coolest band on the planet, is part of a tour called Cool Tour. Even though this will not make us become cool, we are stoked to be a part of the tour. Pumped to get back around the U.S. and melt your fucking faces off.”
 
Booking agent Tim Borror of The Agency Group had some final words to say about Cool Tour. “To say I’m excited about Cool Tour this summer would sound too plain and generic.  I’m more than excited; it’s my honor to work with the people putting this thing together behind the scenes and my honor to work with these bands.  I already have great relationships with a few of these bands and I’m at the beginning of starting great relationships with the rest of them.  Good times with good people making great music. Fuckin’ A, the Cool Tour!”
 
COOL TOUR DATES:
July 12 –  Orlando, FL @ House Of Blues (7 bands only; no
Acacia Strain)
July 13 –  Atlanta, GA @ The Tabernacle
July 14 –  N. Myrtle Beach, SC @ House of Blues SC
July 15 – Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
July 16 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar
July 17 – Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
July 18 – Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre**
July 20 – Boston, MA @ House of Blues Boston
July 21 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
July 22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory
July 23 – Columbus, OH @ The LC Pavilion
July 24 – Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Complex
July 25 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant
July 27 – Houston, TX @ Verizon Wireless Theater
July 28 – Dallas, TX @ The Palladium Ballroom
July 30 – Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Amphitheatre**
July 31 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
Aug 1 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield
** Not Ticketmaster dates
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“He Walks By Night” – Listen to a Brand New John Carpenter Song NOW!

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April 9, 2024

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It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.

Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.

Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.

“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.

“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”

You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…

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