Metro Station headlines US trek
Emerging electronic-rock outfit Metro Station has mapped out plans for its first North American headlining jaunt: the "Disco Balls & Blow Up Dolls" tour.
The band is currently wrapping the "Soundtrack of Your Summer" outing with Boys Like Girls and Good Charlotte, and will segue into a support slot on Simple Plan's Canadian run.
Metro Station will launch its "Disco Balls" trek Oct. 15 in Nashville and play 35 clubs and theaters across the US through late November. Support acts include alt-hip-hop duo Shwayze, pop rapper Tyga and New Jersey popsters Cash Cash. Metro Station's full itinerary is listed below.
The Hollywood, CA-based quartet is backing its self-titled debut, which surfaced last September and climbed into the Top 40 on The Billboard 200 earlier this month. The bandmates performed the album's first pop/dance hit, "Shake It," during their national television debut on ABC's "Good Morning America" last week, and they'll return to the small screen for a Sept. 4 appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!"
"Shake It" has been used in television spots for the "What Happens In Vegas ..." advertising campaign and was chosen as the official theme song for the 2008 Teen Choice Awards. Metro Station's new single, "Seventeen Forever," is featured on the soundtrack for the film "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2," which is currently in theaters. Both songs are streaming at the band's MySpace page.
The group of teens--vocalist/guitarist Trace Cyrus (stepson of Billy Ray Cyrus and half-brother of Miley Cyrus), vocalist/guitarist Mason Musso, keyboardist Blake Healy and percussionist Anthony Improgo--started scoring national press before they signed their record deal with Red Ink in late 2006. They built a dedicated legion of fans through MySpace and shot up the social-networking site's unsigned bands chart with "Seventeen Forever."
"The fans did everything," Musso recalled in Metro Station's bio. "We never went out looking to play shows or gain publicity, but we did because of our amazing fan base in L.A. These kids would help us book shows and then make the flyers themselves for us to post up. It was kind of insane, actually. It just steamrolled."
August 2008
20 - Philadelphia, PA - Pier @ Penn's Landing
21 - Jackson, NJ - Northern Star Arena
22 - Providence, RI - Lupo's
25 - Chicoutimi, Quebec - Centre George Vezina
26 - Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre
28 - Ottawa, Ontario - ScotiaBank Place
29 - Toronto, Ontario - Molson Amphitheatre
30 - London, Ontario - John Labatt Centre
31 - Allentown, PA - The Great Allentown Fair
September 2008
3 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Pacific Coliseum
5 - Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place
6 - Calgary, Alberta - Pengrowth Saddledome
8 - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - Credit Union Centre
9 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre
October 2008
15 - Nashville, TN - Rocketown
16 - Cincinnati, OH - WKRQ Radio Show
17 - Sauget, IL - Pops
18 - Las Vegas, NV - KMXB Bite of Vegas
19 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Club
20 - Minneapolis, MN - Epic
22 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
24 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
25 - Pontiac, MI - Clutch Cargo's
28 - Foxboro, MA - Showcase Live
29 - New York, NY - Nokia Theatre
30 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
31 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
November 2008
2 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
4 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
5 - Jacksonville, FL - Plush
6 - St. Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing
7 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
8 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues
9 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
11 - Houston, TX - House of Blues
12 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
13 - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
14 - Tulsa, OK - Cains Ballroom
15 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground
16 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theater
18 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
20 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
21 - Portland, OR - Roseland
22 - San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
23 - Chico, CA - Senator Theatre
25 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
26 - San Diego, CA - Soma
28 - Los Angeles, CA - Club Nokia L.A. Live
29 - Anaheim, CA - The Grove
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