Take Action! tour unveils dates, cities
Organizers of Hopeless Records' Take Action! tour have announced dates and venues for the event's 2009 edition, which will feature headliners Cute Is What We Aim For.
The outing, which also includes Meg & Dia, Breathe Carolina, Every Avenue and Anarbor, gets underway Feb. 11 in Sauget, IL, and continues through early April, with the trek expected to hit 40 cities along the way. Dates are below.
Tickets, which go on public sale Dec. 20, are currently available through an Internet-only presale. Consult the tour's official website for complete ticketing information.
The traveling festival, now in its eighth year, raises funds and public awareness for youth involvement in charitable action, according to a press release, and organizers have chosen non-profit group DoSomething.org for the second year in a row to benefit from the tour's proceeds.
"Music has always moved generations," DoSomething.org CEO Nancy Lublin said in a statement. "We're psyched to partner with Take Action! We believe that there is a lot of creativity and passion in generation Z (kids under age 25). Their idea of getting involved isn't writing a big check or attending a charity dinner--they actually do stuff."
Earlier Take Action lineups have included Every Time I Die, Avenged Sevenfold, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Jimmy Eat World, Thrice, Chiodos, Silverstein, Poison The Well, Sugarcult, Matchbook Romance and The Early November, among many other acts.
Buffalo, NY, natives Cute Is What We Aim For are supporting their second studio release, "Rotation," which dropped into stores in June. The set, which follows the band's 2006 debut, "The Same Old Blood Rush with a New Touch," debuted at No. 21 on The Billboard 200 chart, moving 22,000 copies in its initial sales week, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
February 2009
11 - Sauget, IL - Pop's
12 - Cleveland OH - House of Blues
13 - Cheswick, PA - Gravity Nightclub
14 - Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre
15 - Hartford, CT - Webster Theatre
17 - Boston, MA - House of Blues
18 - New York, NY - The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
20 - Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live
21 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of the Living Arts
22 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
23 - Norfolk, VA - The NorVa
24 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
26 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
27 - North Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
28 - St Petersburg, FL - The State Theater
March 2009
1 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
2 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues
4 - Pensacola, FL - American Legion
5 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
6 - San Antonio, TX - The White Rabbit
7 - Austin, TX - Emo's
8 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
10 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
11 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
13 - West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues
14 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
15 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
16 - Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
18 - Sparks, NV - The New Oasis
19 - San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
21 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theater
22 - Seattle, WA - El Corazon
23 - Spokane, WA - Knitting Factory
24 - Salt Lake City, UT - Murray Theater
25 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
27 - St Paul, MN - Station 4
28 - Milwaukee, WI - The Eagles Club
30 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
31 - Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
April 2009
1 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
Take Action! Tour Helps Do Something [April 2008]
Cute Is What We Aim For to headline Take Action! Tour [December 2008]
Take Action Tour unveils 2008 dates and complete lineup [December 2007]
Every Time I Die, Escape the Fate to headline Take Action tour [November 2007]
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus proud to be aboard Take Action! Tour [December 2006]



































