Our favorite Irish-punkers Dropkick Murphys are back in the states for their annual St. Patrick’s Day tour. Frank Turner will be hitting the stage as well, fresh off a supporting slot with our buddies in Social D. Kilts, pints, and a hearty dose of punk rock. That’s what St. Paddy’s Day is really about, right? Right.
Hit up dropkickmurphys.com for dates and locations. Tour starts tomorrow!
East coast! Don’t miss out on Bad Brains this April. Their Brooklyn show is already sold out! H2O and GZA/Genius will also be playing select shows.
Our friends YACHT moved to LA recently, and their new video for the single “Shangri-La” is a love story all about their newly adopted home town. The video is a perfect day in LA with every stereotype that people love to hate about us. Look out for the camping, making weird smoothies, doing yoga, buying..um…stuff, Elysian Park, Scoops ice cream shop, skating, surfing, the LA river, a bonfire on the beach, Los Doyers and driving around in the sun. I mean, damb. The there’s a pair of white Vans in the opening shot. Yes, our lives are like this. What is all this ‘winter’ I keep hearing people talk about on twitter? Whatever. You should probably come over. YACHT is on tour right now in the US & Canada.
Tickets are on sale NOW for this year’s Vans Warped Tour Kick-Off Party, happening March 29th! The party’s back in LA this year at Club Nokia with performances from Falling in Reverse, Dead Sara, Matt Toka, Forever Came Calling, and a couple of surprise guests to be revealed the night of the show. Everyone in attendance will also catch a special screening of the Warped documentary No Room For Rockstars before the concert.
Tickets are cheap, so nab ‘em before they’re gone!
The Devil Wears Prada In-Store Signing on Flickr.
The Devil Wears Prada hit up some Vans stores in the UK to meet some fans while out on their 2012 Dead Throne Tour. Check out some shots from their London in-store signing on Flickr.
Here’s a shot of Anthony Green signing shoes for Vans contest winners last week. Enter to win free shoes by having the best photo of the week on our Facebook tab.
Musicians Cisco Adler, Kenan Bell, and The Hold Steady jumped on board as Vans Custom Culture ambassadors for this year’s contest. Here is a look at the shoes they each made to promote awareness of the event. If you are a US High School student you can join in and customize your own with your school for a chance to win $50,000 and other awesome prizes. Full rules & registration at vans.com/customculture
Anonymous asked: Do you like oranges?
Oranges got nothin’ on these beauts.
This week’s Vans Warped Tour announcement welcomes Born of Osiris, Chunk! No, Captain Chunk!, Divided By Friday, Motionless In White, Transit (video above) and Wax to the 2012 summer lineup.
We’re digging these acoustic covers from Transit. Hit play above to check out their rendition of Semisonic’s “Closing Time”.
More band announcements on their way in the next couple of weeks, but you can keep up to date on all of the tour stops and confirmed bands at vanswarpedtour.com. Pre-sale tickets will be available March 30th.
Our buddies in Mastodon and The Dillinger Escape Plan killed it with a sold out show at Brixton Academy in London last night. Seriously. Our ear drums were splattered all over the place by the end of the night (not that we’re complaining one bit).
