Epitaph acts join forces for tour

Epitaph artists The Matches , Escape the Fate , I Am Ghost and The Higher are hitting the highway for the punk label's 2007 tour, which kicks off Feb. 2 in Pomona, CA.

Tickets go on sale Saturday (12/2) for the seven-week run, which ends March 18 in Las Vegas at a venue yet to be announced.

In September, The Matches released "Decomposer," which was co-produced by (+44)'s Mark Hoppus, Rancid's Tim Armstrong, Goldfinger's John Feldman, 311's Nick Hexum and Epitaph founder Brett Gurewitz.

Las Vegas-based hard-rock/screamo outfit Escape the Fate is touring behind this September's "Dying is Your Latest Fashion."

Long Beach, CA-based dark-rock sextet I Am Ghost was named one of Alternative Press magazine's "100 bands you need to know." The band is supporting its debut full-length album, "Lovers' Requiem," issued in October.

Also from Las Vegas, quintet The Higher fuses elements of pop, emo and R&B. Gurewitz personally offered the group a deal with Epitaph based on the strength of 2005's Fiddler Records release "Histrionics" and a performance at the Roxy on West Hollywood, CA's Sunset Strip earlier this year, , according to the group's publicist.

TOUR DATES
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February 2007
2 - Pomona, CA - Glasshouse
3 - San Diego, CA - SOMA
4 - Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
6 - Dallas, TX - The Door
7 - Austin, TX - Emo's
8 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
10 - Orlando, FL - The Social
11 - St. Petersburg, FL - Orpheum
12 - Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits
13 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
14 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
17 - Towson, MD - The Recher Theatre
18 - Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar
19 - South Hackensack, NJ - School of Rock
20 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
22 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theatre
23 - Providence, RI - The Living Room
25 - Toronto, Ontario - El Mocombo
26 - London, Ontario - Call the Office
27 - Buffalo, NY - The Icon
28 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre

March 2007
1 - Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop
2 - Detroit, MI - The Shelter
3 - Chicago, IL - The Metro
5 - Minneapolis, MN - The Loft at The Barfly
7 - Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck
8 - Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre
9 - Salt Lake City, UT - Avalon Theatre
10 - Boise, ID - The Venue
12 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
13 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
16 - San Francisco, CA - Slims
17 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre
18 - Las Vegas, NV - to be announced

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