MUSIC NEWS - SWITCHFOOT released their autumn tour plans this week, with news that The Almost will join them. The run starts up on October 1st in Lynchberg, VA with pre-sale tickets available through Friends of the Foot beginning Wednesday, September 1st. Tickets go on sale to the general public on Thursday, September 2nd. More @ switchfoot.com.
The band, which just wrapped up a summer outing with Goo Goo Dolls, will also perform at Celebrate
Freedom Atlanta, the largest free one-day concert in Atlanta, on September 4th, and the Austin City Limits Festival on October 10th. (See below for itinerary.)
"The Sound (John M. Perkins' Blues)," the band's current single, is one of eight songs included on the new Switchfoot iTunes Session, available beginning today. The song was inspired by civil rights activist John M. Perkins, who appears in the video. Jon Foreman, lead vocalist/guitarist for SWITCHFOOT, has penned nine articles for The Huffington Post, including one detailing his recent meeting with Perkins:
huffingtonpost.com/jon-foreman .
The Sound follows SWITCHFOOT's hit, "Mess of Me," which the band has performed on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, and Jimmy Kimmel Live. "On their seventh album, Switchfoot set the mood with U2-esque shimmer, fuzzed-out rockers that would make Dave Grohl green with envy, and jangly garage-rock," said Alternative Press in a 3 ½ star review.
SWITCHFOOT is Jon Foreman (vocals/guitar), Tim Foreman (bass), Chad Butler (drums), Jerome Fontamillas (keys/guitar) and Drew Shirley (guitar)
SWITCHFOOT 2010 North American Tour Itinerary-
September
4 Marietta, GA Jim R. Miller Park - Celebrate Freedom Atlanta
5 Lexington, KY Questapalooza
October
1 Lynchburg, VA Liberty University The Almost
2 Cheswick, PA Ches-A-Rena The Almost
3 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory The Almost
5 Richmond, VA The National The Almost
6 Norfolk, VA The Norva The Almost
7 Montgomery, AL Huntington College Top Stage The Almost
8 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre The Almost
10 Austin, TX Austin City Limits Festival
14 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium The Almost
15 St. Charles, MO TBD The Almost
16 Kansas City, KS Memorial Hall The Almost
29 Avila Beach, CA TBD The Almost
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