Paramore test drives new tunes on No Doubt tour
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Tennessee emo-rockers Paramore , led by fiery frontwoman Hayley Williams, are debuting new material from their forthcoming fall release while on tour this summer opening for No Doubt.
Lead guitarist Josh Farro explained the band is performing two songs--"Ignorance" and "Where the Lines Overlap"--from Paramore's as-of-yet untitled third album.
"You can definitely hear some growth in them, I think," Farro said via telephone. "They don't stray too far from [the 2007 album] 'Riot!' We had to make sure we stayed in the same vein, as far as the genre goes. This just definitely sounds more mature. I think this time around in the studio we knew exactly what we wanted. We were really passionate about every single song. I think it definitely shows. Live, obviously people are just listening because they've never heard them before. It's a little awkward, but I think the response has been good."
For the album, Paramore, who nearly split in early 2008, developed 11 songs, leaving a handful of tunes unfinished.
"We decided we just wanted to focus on the ones we felt really strongly about," Farro said. "We were kind of in a time crunch. We didn't want to write 20 OK songs. We wanted to write 11 really great songs."
The set was produced by Rob Cavallo (Goo Goo Dolls, Green Day), whom Farro dubbed "amazing."
"He was perfect for our third record," Farro explained. "He was really relaxed, and really let us be ourselves on the record. He didn't try to force things down our throat. He was really cool. If he felt like we were going down the wrong path, he got us back to the right one."
w/ No Doubt
June 2009
8 - Raleigh, NC - Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion
10 - Virginia Beach, VA - Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
11 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center
13 - Burgettstown, PA - Post-Gazette Pavilion
14 - Bristow, VA - Nissan Pavilion at Stone Ridge
16 - Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre
17 - Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre
19 - Darien Center, NY - Darien Lake Performing Arts Center
20 - Mansfield, MA - Comcast Center
22 - Verona, NY - Turning Stone Casino Event Center
24 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena
26 - Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
27 - Wantagh, NY - Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
29 - Cuyahoga Falls, OH - Blossom Music Center
30 - London, Ontario - The John Labatt Centre
July 2009
2 - Milwaukee, WI - Marcus Amphitheater (Paramore only; Summerfest)
3 - Auburn Hills, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills
5 - St. Paul, MN - Xcel Energy Center
6 - Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre
8 - Maryland Heights, MO - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre St. Louis
10 - Noblesville, IN - Verizon Wireless Music Center
11 - Tinley Park, IL - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
13 - Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre
15 - Calgary, Alberta - Pengrowth Saddledome
16 - Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place
18 - Vancouver, British Columbia - General Motors Place
19 - Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheatre
21 - Concord, CA - Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord
22, 27, 28 - Universal City, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre at Universal CityWalk
24 - Wheatland, CA - Sleep Train Amphitheatre
25 - Mountain View, CA - Shoreline Amphitheatre
31 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
August 2009
1, 2 - Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
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