It's a new year now, and new year means new tours! The thing I'm most excited about for 2013 is a whole new 365 days for bands to put on shows.
So far, I already have tickets for three concerts, which is surprisingly fortunate, since we're only two weeks into the year.
The first is the
Wake Up and Be Awesome Tour. Cool name, right? It's The Summer Set's first headlining tour, supported by We are the In Crowd, Go Radio, For the Foxes, and some yet-to-be-announced special guest. I'm really excited for this show. All of the bands are relatively unpopular in the pop-punk "scene," so it'll probably be a smaller, more intimate setting. I've loved The Summer Set for a while now, and I'm so happy to be able to see them in their first headliner. We are the In Crowd I saw at Warped Tour last year, so I know they're good. I don't know much about Go Radio except that their lead singer was once a member of Mayday Parade. I bought they're most recent album, and it's pretty good. The last band, For the Foxes, is pretty unknown, I think. But they're one of my favorite bands of all time. They've only released one EP that I can find and a couple of singles so far, since they only formed in 2008. They don't really do a lot of touring because they're still starting out and trying to write their first album, so I'm so excited that they're going on a tour that I really want to see. The show's on St. Patrick's Day.
The second show is right here in Lowell, which makes it that much more amazing. Honestly, it's one of the best tours I've ever heard of, called the
Spring Fever Tour. All Time Low is co-headlining with Pierce the Veil, with special guests Mayday Parade and You Me at Six. Each of these bands is more than popular enough to headline their own tour, and yet they've all decided to play together. I've already described how much I love All Time Low and Pierce the Veil, and I really, really love Mayday Parade and You Me at Six as well. Mayday Parade was one of the first "punk" bands I'd ever listened to. I've seen them twice in concert before, and they're fantastic, if a bit more serious than other bands I've seen. You Me at Six I don't know as well, but I know they're great. They're a punk-rock band from England, and sold out Wembley Stadium a few months ago, which apparently is a big deal. I have their second album, and I'm buying their third tonight. The show's on April 26th at the Tsongas, so all I'll have to do is walk across the street!
The last show I've got planned (so far) this year is the
Vans Warped Tour. My friend bought us tickets a couple weeks ago, so we're already set to go. They're announcing new bands every week, but there's already enough we like for it to be worth us going. Tonight Alive is set to be on it, and I've already mentioned my absolute adoration for them. For the Foxes, The Summer Set, and Go Radio will all be on it, so I'll get to see them again. And, one of my favorite bands that hasn't really been active in the past year will be there: Anarbor. Obviously, the festival is six months away, so there's plenty of time for more bands to be announced, but I'm already extremely happy with who I'll be able to see.
These are the things I'm most excited for in 2013.
Let us know how you enjoy the show on St Patrick's Day.
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