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Forbes
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Sleeping With Sirens Hit The Road This Fall On Headlining U.S. Tour
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JUNE 29: (L-R) Kellin Quinn, Nick Martin and Justin Hills of Sleeping With Sirens perform during a stop of Pierce the Veil's I Can't Hear You tour at PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on June 29, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by) Getty Images Orlando-born rock band Sleeping with Sirens has announced a headlining tour for the fall. The quartet — lead vocalist Kellin Quinn, rhythm guitarist Nick Martin, bassist Justin Hills and drummer Matty Best — will be hitting the road on the 'Don't Let The Party Die' tour, stopping at select cities across the U.S. and Mexico surrounding their two-day appearance at Las Vegas' famed When We Were Young festival. The tour features support from Stand Atlantic and Heart to Gold. Kicking off in Birmingham, AL. at the 1,300-capacity Iron City music venue on October 8th, the tour includes visits to major cities such as Grand Rapids, Milwaukee, Louisville, La Vista, Boulder, Las Vegas, Tucson and San Antonio and will conclude with a set at the We Missed Ourselves festival in Mexico City on October 25th. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased via Big Picture Media Forming in 2009, the band quickly rose to the top in their genre thanks to their unique sound. Since first coming onto the scene, Sleeping With Sirens has released seven studio albums and have played thousands of shows around the world. In 2024, the rockers celebrated their beloved second studio album, 'Let's Cheers To This' with a namesake album tour across the U.S. that saw the record played in its entirety. The most popular songs include 'If You Can't Hang' and 'Do It Now Remember It Later.' 'I immediately just feel the sense of excitement we had going into the album. We felt free to be whoever we wanted to be as a band,' Quinn told Alternative Press in an interview in July 2024, ahead of the tour. 'We weren't thinking about how the record would do, what it would sell — we were just excited to make music that lit us up,' 'We're excited to play an album for anyone that grew up listening to it! It's going to feel very nostalgic,' he added. 'We're super lucky to be where we are and honored to share this experience with the people that got us to where we are! Forever grateful.' Most recently, Sleeping with Sirens toured with longtime friends and collaborators Pierce the Veil on the U.S. leg of the 'I Can't Hear You' world tour. MORE FROM FORBES Forbes Broadway's Elphaba Is Giving 'Wicked' Fans A Peek Behind The Green Curtain By Emma Kershaw Forbes 'O' By Cirque Du Soleil's Artistry Continues To Mesmerize Las Vegas By Emma Kershaw Forbes Michael Urie And Becki Newton's 'Ugly Betty' Podcast Was Inevitable By Emma Kershaw
Hype Malaysia
23-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Hype Malaysia
(Video) My Chemical Romance To Return To Malaysia? Fans Notice Mysterious Billboard Ads In KL
Ever since My Chemical Romance (MCR) reunited to headline the When We Were Young music festival in Las Vegas last year, Malaysian fans have been manifesting the band's return to Kuala Lumpur. The last time they performed here was back in 2007 at Stadium Merdeka, where over 10,000 fans sang along to their songs at the top of their lungs. Previously, there have been hints that local concert organisers were working to bring the Grammy-nominated band back to our shores, but until now, nothing had been confirmed. That is, until fans recently began noticing something unusual projected onto billboards around the city. Here's what they saw: Over the weekend, a fan posted on both his TikTok and Twitter accounts about something he encountered while out in Bukit Bintang. In the video, he captured a large digital billboard above the McDonald's outlet briefly displaying the words 'Malaysia, are you okay?' alongside an image of a rose, before switching back to the regular advertisements. Another internet user spotted the same mysterious display on a digital billboard at the side of the road in Bangsar. For context, the rose is strongly associated with MCR, having appeared in the band's merchandise and music videos. With this in mind, the cryptic billboard ads have led many to believe that the 'Welcome to the Black Parade' artists could be performing in Malaysia later this year or in 2026. Many MCR fans reacted to the videos with hopeful excitement, saying they've been waiting nearly two decades for the band's return. Others remain sceptical, speculating that it might be a tribute concert rather than the real thing. A few have suggested that the ads may have nothing to do with MCR at all, noting that the rose alone isn't definitive proof. However, some of the biggest hints pointing to a potential concert include the fact that the band will be embarking on their North American tour, raising the possibility of dates being added in other regions. Warner Music Malaysia have also been sharing nostalgic throwbacks to MCR's music on its Instagram account, drawing more interest. Do you think the group will be coming to Malaysia? We can only hope so. Guess we'll have to wait and see if the rumours are true. Here are the viral clips: Sources: TikTok (1)(2)(3), Twitter (1)(2) What's your Reaction? +1 0 +1 0 +1 0 +1 0 +1 0 +1 0
USA Today
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
All-American Rejects singer answers burning questions about those viral pop-up shows
All-American Rejects singer answers burning questions about those viral pop-up shows Show Caption Hide Caption Watch as All-American Rejects perform surprise show Less than 30 hours after the show was announced, hundreds attended the All-American Rejects' surprise show in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was after a 2022 performance in Las Vegas that the All-American Rejects realized it might be time for a comeback. Frontman and bassist Tyson Ritter acknowledges the band responsible for guitar-chiming emo-pop earworms 'Swing Swing,' 'Move Along,' 'Gives You Hell' didn't really take their gig at the When We Were Young festival too seriously. Ritter and bandmates Nick Wheeler (lead guitar), Mike Kennerty (rhythm guitar) and Chris Gaylor (drums) all dressed as Elvis Presley. They were playing opposite topline artists Paramore and Death Cab for Cutie. Yet 30,000 fans crammed in front of their secondary stage singing not just the ingrained hits, but deep album cuts as well. 'I was crying,' Ritter, 41, says. 'We all left with collective goosebumps of, maybe we should do this again.' And they are. For the past week, AAR have stormed barns, bowling alleys and backyards – places suggested by fans on their Instagram – for a series of free pop-up concerts. Notice is short, but response has been overwhelming. Crowds are filled with millennials who appreciated their spiky pop the first time and college kids eager to experience a viral tsunami. The band recently released 'Sandbox,' the first single from their first album in almost 14 years and will tour more conventionally starting Aug. 10 as openers on the Jonas Brothers' stadium tour. A few hours before storming Nashville with a secret location concert, a humble Ritter talked about the 'comet' the band has been on and why he is beside himself 'with gratitude' before ultimately declaring, 'I guess I have a horseshoe up my (rear-end) right now.' More: Kendrick Lamar: Not like anyone else Question: So how did this idea to play in backyards and barns originate? Answer: We did a show in LA that was the kind that you have to do when promoting new music. It left a sour taste in our mouths and in this giant gorilla of an industry we're clawing our way back into, we decided to put on a show the next day. Our manager had the idea to have the local college radio station host us. We gave a five-hour heads up that we were playing a kid's house at University of Southern California and we start playing and there were 40s (alcohol cans) hoisted in the air and people crowd surfing. I looked into some of their eyes and I saw a rite of passage moment was happening. That they're going, 'I saw pictures of my parents doing this, but I never got to.' The only culture most of them had was EDM and that environment is so different from rock. We were lifting that veil for kids. And then you kept on going? My wife (Elina) is due on June 11 and we saw a hole in the calendar this month and said, let's do this again. It was really the brainchild of our manager (Megan Kraemer). She's 29 and has inspired such energy in the band. The first show was in Green Bay and it started this wildfire. Honestly, we're in the Icarus moment. You seem really excited about everything happening. It feels incredible and indescribable right now. It's from this hope to have something to say again as a band and present to an audience we didn't resonate with anywhere but radio and MTV. We never had the culture that a lot of bands of our time did, like Blink-182 with fashion and skate culture. So to be able to put out new music and find our footing as a band with this activation, I'm so beside myself with gratitude. We've always been the 'songs that have that band' and now we can be 'that band that has those songs.' There is a lot of online discussion from the generation that grew up with you that the band returning is a comfort in an exhausting world. Do you feel that way? No, I mean anything you do with intention, especially writing music, you're asking for a failed experience. If we would have planned this any more than the sketch that it was designed in, it would have felt really false. We're just holding onto a comet right now. What are the biggest and smallest crowds you've played for so far? The biggest was 5,000 in Ames, Iowa, and the smallest was probably Chicago. We were in a backyard where the capacity was 120 so I walked over to the neighbor and said, 'I want to buy 45 minutes in your yard, what will it cost?' He was shaking me down (laughs). He wanted $750. I said how about $500 and after haggling we landed on $600 and got about 400 people to fit. It was a suburban area so it was people coming from the backyards around us, sitting on porches. Everything has been so cinematic. You also got a visit from the police during the house party in Columbia, Missouri. (Laughs) Oh yeah, that was great. We had heard that the police there were really firm with the college kids and when five cop cars showed up my manager had this face of doom. I walked offstage and our guitarist did this (gives a thumbs-down with both hands) and everyone booed so loudly that I said to the police, 'If you want everyone to get out of here peacefully, let us finish.' One cop was like, 'We didn't know it was YOU!' I said 'thank you, officer,' and we did 'Gives You Hell' and got out! But it's that kind of positive energy that is following us. More: Bono talks revealing film, new U2 music: 'It's time to face the future and dance' What are the criteria for where you're going to play once you get the requests on Instagram? The bigger the yard, the better. The more removed from town, the better. Roller skating rinks are welcome. I really want to play a roller skating rink. I can picture (the skating move) shooting the duck while doing 'Gives You Hell.' The new video for 'Sandbox' is such campy fun. Where did you get the idea for murderous puppets? We're DIY right now. We're not on a major label so we're boot strapping it all. My manager found (director) Joseph Kahn's info on LinkedIn. He's done videos for everyone (Britney Spears, Imagine Dragons, Backstreet Boys) and he pitched an idea that really resonated with the single. The song is about a war on a playground and … needed to be paired with something that speaks to childhood innocence and he said, 'How about murderous puppets?' When is the full album due? January. Since it's such a DIY thing, every chance to release a song is a microphone. So we'll release a new song every few weeks until the Jonas Brothers tour. So how did that pairing come about? I met them at an activation in New Jersey and was really taken aback by their professionalism and hard work. I think they played eight shows that day for their fans and I knew they were fans of ours, but I went in kind of blind and quickly realized, these guys are top shelf. Playing stadiums will be a big swing from playing house parties. Do you think you'll have to do much physical preparation? Playing a backyard stage is a perfect size. MetLife (Stadium) in August … (laughs). Keeping up with the Jonas Brothers, man, I'm going to have to jump on a treadmill. We'll be traveling with ointments. Which is probably a little different than your tours back in the day. Yeah, back then we were sleeping in vans and our bones were made of rubber.
USA Today
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
All American Rejects singer answers burning questions about those viral pop-up shows
All American Rejects singer answers burning questions about those viral pop-up shows Show Caption Hide Caption Watch as All-American Rejects perform surprise show Less than 30 hours after the show was announced, hundreds attended the All-American Rejects' surprise show in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was after a 2022 performance in Las Vegas that the All-American Rejects realized it might be time for a comeback. Frontman and bassist Tyson Ritter acknowledges the band responsible for guitar-chiming emo-pop earworms 'Swing Swing,' 'Move Along,' 'Gives You Hell' didn't really take their gig at the When We Were Young festival too seriously. Ritter and bandmates Nick Wheeler (lead guitar), Mike Kennerty (rhythm guitar) and Chris Gaylor (drums) all dressed as Elvis Presley. They were playing opposite topline artists Paramore and Death Cab for Cutie. Yet 30,000 fans crammed in front of their secondary stage singing not just the ingrained hits, but deep album cuts as well. 'I was crying,' Ritter, 41, says. 'We all left with collective goosebumps of, maybe we should do this again.' And they are. For the past week, AAR have stormed barns, bowling alleys and backyards – places suggested by fans on their Instagram – for a series of pop-up concerts. Notice is short, but response has been overwhelming. Crowds are filled with millennials who appreciated their spiky pop the first time and college kids eager to experience a viral tsunami. The band recently released 'Sandbox,' the first single from their first album in almost 14 years and will tour more conventionally starting Aug. 10 as openers on the Jonas Brothers' stadium tour. A few hours before storming Nashville with a secret location concert, a humble Ritter talked about the 'comet' the band has been on and why he is beside himself 'with gratitude' before ultimately declaring, 'I guess I have a horseshoe up my (rear-end) right now.' More: Kendrick Lamar: Not like anyone else Question: So how did this idea to play in backyards and barns originate? Answer: We did a show in LA that was the kind that you have to do when promoting new music. It left a sour taste in our mouths and in this giant gorilla of an industry we're clawing our way back into, we decided to put on a show the next day. Our manager had the idea to have the local college radio station host us. We gave a five-hour heads up that we were playing a kid's house at University of Southern California and we start playing and there were 40s (alcohol cans) hoisted in the air and people crowd surfing. I looked into some of their eyes and I saw a rite of passage moment was happening. That they're going, 'I saw pictures of my parents doing this, but I never got to.' The only culture most of them had was EDM and that environment is so different from rock. We were lifting that veil for kids. And then you kept on going? My wife is due on June 11 and we saw a hole in the calendar this month and I said, let's do this again. It was really her brainchild. She's 29 and has inspired such energy in the band. The first show was in Green Bay and it started this wildfire. Honestly, we're in the Icarus moment. You seem really excited about everything happening. It feels incredible and indescribable right now. It's from this hope to have something to say again as a band and present to an audience we didn't resonate with anywhere but radio and MTV. We never had the culture that a lot of bands of our time did, like Blink-182 with fashion and skate culture. So to be able to put out new music and find our footing as a band with this activation, I'm so beside myself with gratitude. We've always been the 'songs that have that band' and now we can be 'that band that has those songs.' There is a lot of online discussion from the generation that grew up with you that the band returning is a comfort in an exhausting world. Do you feel that way? No, I mean anything you do with intention, especially writing music, you're asking for a failed experience. If we would have planned this any more than the sketch that it was designed in, it would have felt really false. We're just holding onto a comet right now. What are the biggest and smallest crowds you've played for so far? The biggest was 5,000 in Ames, Iowa, and the smallest was probably Chicago. We were in a backyard where the capacity was 120 so I walked over to the neighbor and said, 'I want to buy 45 minutes in your yard, what will it cost?' He was shaking me down (laughs). He wanted $750. I said how about $500 and after haggling we landed on $600 and got about 400 people to fit. It was a suburban area so it was people coming from the backyards around us, sitting on porches. Everything has been so cinematic. You also got a visit from the police during the house party in Columbia, Missouri. (Laughs) Oh yeah, that was great. We had heard that the police there were really firm with the college kids and when five cop cars showed up my manager had this face of doom. I walked offstage and our guitarist did this (gives a thumbs-down with both hands) and everyone booed so loudly that I said to the police, 'If you want everyone to get out of here peacefully, let us finish.' One cop was like, 'We didn't know it was YOU!' I said 'thank you, officer,' and we did 'Gives You Hell' and got out! But it's that kind of positive energy that is following us. More: Bono talks revealing film, new U2 music: 'It's time to face the future and dance' What are the criteria for where you're going to play once you get the requests on Instagram? The bigger the yard, the better. The more removed from town, the better. Roller skating rinks are welcome. I really want to play a roller skating rink. I can picture (the skating move) shooting the duck while doing 'Gives You Hell.' The new video for 'Sandbox' is such campy fun. Where did you get the idea for murderous puppets? We're DIY right now. We're not on a major label so we're boot strapping it all. My manager found (director) Joseph Kahn's info on LinkedIn. He's done videos for everyone (Britney Spears, Imagine Dragons, Backstreet Boys) and he pitched an idea that really resonated with the single. The song is about a war on a playground and … needed to be paired with something that speaks to childhood innocence and he said, 'How about murderous puppets?' When is the full album due? January. Since it's such a DIY thing, every chance to release a song is a microphone. So we'll release a new song every few weeks until the Jonas Brothers tour. So how did that pairing come about? I met them at an activation in New Jersey and was really taken aback by their professionalism and hard work. I think they played eight shows that day for their fans and I knew they were fans of ours, but I went in kind of blind and quickly realized, these guys are top shelf. Playing stadiums will be a big swing from playing house parties. Do you think you'll have to do much physical preparation? Playing a backyard stage is a perfect size. MetLife (Stadium) in August … (laughs). Keeping up with the Jonas Brothers, man, I'm going to have to jump on a treadmill. We'll be traveling with ointments. Which is probably a little different than your tours back in the day. Yeah, back then we were sleeping in vans and our bones were made of rubber.
Yahoo
10-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Weezer's Scott Shriner to Perform at Coachella Amid Wife's Attempted Murder Arrest
Weezer bassist Scott Shriner is still set to perform with the band at Coachella despite an incident earlier this week where his wife was shot by police and arrested on attempted murder charges, a source close to the band tells Rolling Stone. According to the news release from the Los Angeles Police Department, the incident occurred Tuesday afternoon, April 8, after California Highway Patrol requested backup in locating three misdemeanor hit-and-run suspects who fled into a residential neighborhood of Eagle Rock in Los Angeles. LAPD officers approached the back of a home where one of the suspects was seen running, and Jillian Lauren Shriner reportedly appeared in the yard of a nearby residence, armed with a handgun. More from Rolling Stone Wife of Weezer's Bassist Shot in Officer-Involved Shooting, Booked for Attempted Murder: Police Weezer and Ed Sheeran Join Coachella 2025 Lineup The Killers and Hozier Lead 2025 Soundside Music Festival Lineup After officers ordered Shriner to drop the firearm, she refused numerous times and pointed the handgun toward the officers, per the news release, and a shootout took place, during which Shriner was struck by gunfire and retreated back into her residence. 'At that point, there were some commands given, multiple commands to drop the gun, drop the weapon, unfortunately, it did result in an officer-involved shooting,' Detective Meghan Aguilar said at a press conference Wednesday. Shriner and a babysitter eventually left the residence and surrendered to the police; Shriner was taken to a nearby hospital and treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. A 9 mm handgun was recovered from her residence. Jillian Lauren Shriner, an author with two New York Times bestsellers, was later booked on attempted murder charges — police allege she fired her weapon at them before she was shot — and after arraignment, was released on $1 million bail. Despite the incident, as the saying goes, the show must go on, and Weezer — who themselves were a late addition to the Coachella lineup as a replacement for FKA Twigs — proceeded with their festival obligation. Neither Weezer nor Shriner have publicly commented on the incident. Weezer are still set for a number of other festivals, including Kilby Block Party next month, Soundside in September, and When We Were Young in October. Over the summer, they're scheduled for a slew of festival dates in Europe, including U.K.'s Glastonbury festival. Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
