Breaking News: New Fiction Family Tour Dates and Pre-Order!!

from their Myspace

Jan 13 2009 The Ark Ann Arbor, Michigan
Jan 14 2009 Ladies Literary Club - Calvin College GRAND RAPIDS
Jan 15 2009 Abbey Pub Chicago, Illinois
Jan 16 2009 The Union - North Central College Naperville, Illinois
Jan 17 2009 Ransburg Auditorium - University of Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana
Jan 18 2009 Creative Arts Center at WVU Morgantown, West Virginia
Jan 20 2009 Bowery Ballroom New York, New York
Jan 21 2009 Paradise Rock Club Boston, Massachusetts
Jan 22 2009 World Cafe Live Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jan 23 2009 Crawford Auditorium Grove City, Pennsylvania
Jan 24 2009 Jammin’ Java Vienna, Virginia
Jan 25 2009 Brubaker Auditorium - Messiah College Grantham, Pennsylvania
Jan 27 2009 Gravity Lounge Charlottesville, Virginia
Jan 29 2009 Variety Playhouse Atlanta, Georgia
Jan 30 2009 Belcourt Theater Nashville, Tennessee
Jan 31 2009 Malone College Cantone, Ohio
Feb 3 2009 Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room Seattle, Washington
Feb 4 2009 Aladdin Theater Portland, Oregon
Feb 5 2009 The Independent San Francisco, California
Feb 6 2009 Anthology Restaurant Live San Diego, California
Feb 7 2009 Largo at Coronet Theater West Hollywood, California

For tickets info, go check out the Myspace.

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The Fiction Family store is also open! There's three packages available:


Deluxe Edition Includes:

* Vinyl album
* CD album
* DVD including
o Music Video for "When She’s Near"
o Behind the Scenes of the “When She’s Near” music video
o An interview with Fiction Family – Sean vs Jon
o Photo Gallery
* CD of 3 B side tracks including
o a cover of The Cure’s "Friday I’m In Love"
o "Resurrect Me" by Jon Foreman
o "No Other Needs" by Sean Watkins
* Limited edition Fictional Family print.
* Printable Holiday Card (So you have something in time for Holiday gift giving)


Vinyl Edition Includes:

* Vinyl album
* CD album
* Printable Holiday Card (So you have something in time for Holiday gift giving)


CD Edition Includes:

* CD album
* Printable Holiday Card (So you have something in time for Holiday gift giving)

Go here to pre-order your package now! (Thanks dontcloseyoureyez!)

Music Builds Tour Official Press Release and Tour Poster

NOTE: To see what Switchfoot drummer Chad Butler announced a few days ago, see here



http://www.musicbuildstour.com/

A brand new, hot off the presses news release with tour dates!


Third Day, Switchfoot, Jars of Clay and Robert Randolf and the Family Band Launch Music Builds Tour


(Los Angeles, CA) April 18, 2008 – GRAMMY® award-winning band Third Day and multi-Platinum rockers Switchfoot will team up with the acclaimed Robert Randolph & the Family Band and GRAMMY award winners Jars of Clay for the “Music Builds” tour, which will kick off on August 21st in Detroit, MI and conclude in Denver, CO on October 12th. Exclusive content and promotions for the tour will be available via MySpace’s Impact Channel (http://impact.myspace.com), the site’s platform for social and civic engagement.

Pre-sale tickets for the tour, which is being produced by Live Nation and Transparent Productions, will be available beginning on May 9th through the bands’ fan clubs at:

http://www.thirddaywired.com
http://switchfoot.musictoday.com
http://robertrandolphtickets.musictoday.com
http://www.jarsofclay.tickets.musictoday.com

The internet pre-sale begins May 14th and tickets go on sale to the general public May 16th. Tickets are available at www.LiveNation.com. Habitat for Humanity affiliates located in tour cities will be the beneficiaries of a portion of the funds raised during the tour, through a multi-platform program run by Hollywood for Habitat for Humanity and Live Nation, in conjunction with the artists.

To kick off the tour, Third Day, Switchfoot and Robert Randolph & The Family Band will perform at a special kick-off party on April 21st at The Wildhorse Saloon in Nashville, TN. For information on this show, visit http://www.wildhorsesaloon.com.

All four headliners will preview material from their upcoming studio albums on the “Music Builds” tour, which will hit amphitheatres and select arenas in 23 major U.S. markets. (See below for a full itinerary.) Additional performers will soon be announced for the side stage, which will feature many of today’s most promising up-and-coming artists.

“We couldn’t be more excited for this opportunity to play on the same bill with bands we respect, and to help an organization whose work we respect,” says Third Day bassist Tai Anderson. “The only message we have for our fans is this: Get ready.” Adds Jon Foreman, lead vocalist for Switchfoot: “We have all worked with Habitat for Humanity before, and when approached about touring together, to benefit such a great cause, it was easy to say yes. We all want to be a part of something that makes a difference. Through Habitat this tour will help build houses for many deserving families - that's something we can all rally around."

The tour will benefit Habitat for Humanity’s home building in many ways. For starters, artists on the tour will collectively donate $1 to Habitat for Humanity for each ticket sold during the tour. In addition, funds raised from ticket auctions, special merchandise items and event packages will be designated to fund Habitat for Humanity in each tour city. The bands plan to pick up hammers and lend a hand at various Habitat for Humanity build sites along the tour and to invite some current and future homeowners to attend the show as their guests.


“MUSIC BUILDS” TOUR Fall 2008
Third Day Live with Switchfoot, Robert Randolph & the Family Band and Jars of Clay
*Dates, markets and venues subject to change without notice.

AUGUST

Thu 8/21 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
Fri 8/22 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center Indianapolis
Sat 8/23 Chicago, IL Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island

SEPTEMBER

Sun 9/7 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
Thu 9/11 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center
Fri 9/12 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater
Sat 9/13 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Sun 9/14 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
Thu 9/18 Birmingham, AL Verizon Wireless Music Center Birmingham
Fri 9/19 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek
Sat 9/20 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre
Sun 9/21 Nashville, TN Sommet Center
Thu 9/25 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
Fri 9/26 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless
Sat 9/27 San Diego, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre
Sun 9/28 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre

OCTOBER

Thu 10/2 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center
Fri 10/3 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Sat 10/4 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
Sun 10/5 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center
Fri 10/10 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
Sat 10/11 Kansas City, KS Sprint Center
Sun 10/12 Denver, CO Pepsi Center

About Third Day:
Over the past decade, Atlanta-based Third Day has racked up 24 No.1 radio singles and sold more than six million albums, with RIAA certifications including one Platinum record, one Platinum DVD, and six Gold records. The band has garnered 23 career Dove Awards, three GRAMMY Awards (from eight previous nominations), two consecutive American Music Award nods, multiple ASCAP honors, and has developed a historic partnership with Chevrolet. Third Day – comprised of Mac Powell (lead vocals), Mark Lee (guitar), Tai Anderson (bass) and David Carr (drums)– has maintained a touring record second-to-none by playing for audiences reaching into the millions. In addition to these many accolades, the band is most proud of its humanitarian efforts that include raising nearly $300,000 for the victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita and charities such as the Blood:Water Mission. The band is responsible for encouraging over 15,000 fans to sponsor children across the globe through the work of World Vision.

Revelation, Third Day’s eleventh studio album, was produced by Howard Benson (All American Rejects, Flyleaf, Daughtry) and is already receiving acclaim at radio for its first single, “Call My Name.” In addition, it’s garnering very positive early feedback from media. The single released digitally through Amazonmp3.com the same day it was released to radio (April 4) and rocketed to the No. 1 spot that day. The album drops July 29. For more information on Third Day, please visit: www.ThirdDay.com.

About Switchfoot:
With over five million records sold, three albums in the Billboard Top 20, two top-five singles at both pop and alternative radio, Switchfoot is recognized as one of the hardest touring bands in rock. The San Diego-based band has sold nearly three million concert tickets worldwide since the 2003 release of its double-Platinum breakthrough album The Beautiful Letdown. Oh! Gravity, Switchfoot’s latest studio album, debuted at No. 1 on the iTunes Top Albums chart and received stellar reviews, with Billboard magazine calling it “the best of the San Diego group’s nearly 10-year recording career.” Spin exclaimed this album is “their liveliest record, full of dive-bombing guitar fuzz, juicy arena-alt choruses.” “This is an outstanding record in every sense,” raved Associated Press. MTV’s “Life of Ryan” tapped the album’s title track for its theme song as the album showcases a harder rock direction for Switchfoot. “This Is Home,” a song written by the band for Prince Caspian, the new Narnia movie, will be featured in the end credits of the film and is the lead single and video for the accompanying soundtrack. It impacts radio on April 25th. Switchfoot’s next album is due out this fall.

With an ever-growing fan base, Switchfoot has also been actively involved in a number of humanitarian causes since its inception, including DATA, Bono’s THE ONE Campaign, Invisible Children, Habitat for Humanity and To Write Love on Her Arms. The band further founded the Switchfoot Bro-Am, a surfing and music benefit-event, and the online magazine, lowercase people (www.lowercasepeople.com), a daring new endeavor to revolutionize the way beauty, truth and humanity are viewed.

Switchfoot is: Jon Foreman (vocals, guitar); Tim Foreman (bass, backing vocals); Chad Butler (drums); Jerome Fontamillas (guitar, keys, backing vocals); and Andrew Shirley (guitar). For more information on Switchfoot, go to www.switchfoot.com.


About Robert Randolph & the Family Band:
Since emerging from a House of God church in Orange, New Jersey, Robert Randolph has been named one of the 100 greatest guitar players of all time by Rolling Stone. Following the path of other gospel-rooted pop stars like the amazing Aretha Franklin, he always intended to return to his own gospel roots at different points throughout his career. For 2008, the Grammy-nominated Randolph has teamed with acclaimed producer T-Bone Burnett to record a new album that is part rock and part sacred steel, the Gospel music heritage that serves as the foundation to Randolph's music. Besides key cover songs and the re-envisioning of old gospel classics, Randolph has also invited two of his Sacred Steel mentors, Calvin Cooke and Aubrey Ghent, to participate in this classic recording combining unprecedented guitar explorations, roots music traditions, and gospel spirituality. Robert Randolph & the Family Band (comprised of Randolph on guitars and vocals, Danyel Morgan on bass, Marcus Randolph on drums and Jason Crosby on Hammond organ and piano) will be on the road with Eric Clapton this summer (Bonnaroo and other festivals). For more information on Robert Randolph & the Family Band, go to http://www.robertrandolph.net.

About Jars of Clay:
Multi-Platinum and GRAMMY Award winning band Jars of Clay (Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason, and Matt Odmark) launched its career with the hit song, “Flood” in 1995. Since then, it’s amassed more than five million in career sales (5 Gold, 2 platinum and 1 double platinum certifications), three GRAMMY Awards, an American Music Award nod, 17 No.1 radio hits, and numerous film credits and BMI honors for songwriting and performing.

In June of 2007, the band blazed a new trail with the creation of their own label imprint, “Gray Matters” under the Nettwerk Music Group umbrella. Their first release, “Christmas Songs,” was released in the fall of 2007 and has garnered both critical acclaim and commercial success. The band has just released its "Greatest Hits" record and is currently working on their next studio record, due in the early part of 2009. For more information, please visit: www.jarsofclay.com
http://www.jarsofclay.com

About Hollywood for Habitat for Humanity:
Hollywood for Habitat for Humanity (HFHFH) is an entertainment industry partnership with Habitat for Humanity. HFHFH supports Habitat for Humanity’s goal of ending poverty housing worldwide and making poverty housing a matter of conscience and action. Participants support the mission through donations, volunteer hours and advocacy. HFHFH’s partner affiliate, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles, helps connect entertainment industry volunteers to opportunities locally and around the globe. Actors, screenwriters, agents, directors, producers, musicians and label executives are among the thousands of volunteers who have helped build homes for people in need, in the United States and around the world through their efforts. For more information, visit www.hollywoodforhabitat.com.

About Live Nation:
Live Nation is the future of the music business. With the most live concerts, music venues and festivals in the world and the most comprehensive concert search engine on the web, Live Nation is revolutionizing the music industry: onstage and online. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California, Live Nation is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, trading under the symbol "LYV." Additional information about the company can be found at www.livenation.com under the “About Us” section.

About Transparent Productions:
Transparent Productions has worked closely with Live Nation over the past ten years to bring top Christian artists to amphitheaters, theaters and clubs nationwide including Fishfest in Southern California. Additional information can be found at www.transparentproductions.com

About MySpace:
MySpace, a unit of Fox Interactive Media Inc., is the premier lifestyle portal for connecting with friends, discovering popular culture, and making a positive impact on the world. MySpace has created a connected global community by integrating web profiles, blogs, instant messaging, e-mail, music streaming, music videos, photo galleries, classified listings, events, groups, college communities, and member forums. MySpace's international network includes more than 20 localized community sites in the United States, Brazil, Canada, Latin America, Mexico, Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Australia, India, Japan, and New Zealand. Fox Interactive Media is a division of News Corp. (NYSE:NWS - News, NWS.A - News; ASX:NWS - News, NWSLV - News). For more information, visit http://www.myspace.com.

New Jon Foreman Show dates!

Jon Foreman posted new shows on his myspace.

Mar 12 2008 1:00A
Victorian Room at The Driskill Austin, Texas

Mar 14 2008 3:15P
(MILITIA GROUP PARTY) Maggie Mae¹s Austin, Texas

Mar 14 2008 10:00P
(BILLBOARD MAGAZINE PARTY) Pangaea Austin, Texas

These are part of the SXSW Film/music/interactive festival/conference. For more information, check out http://www.sxsw.com/

They also posted a feature on Jon.

As Switchfoot’s tour bus begins to rollout after the band’s show at Hammerstein Ballroom in NYC this past November, the tour manager realizes that not everyone is on the bus. He quickly realizes that lead singer Jon Foreman is the one missing. But, no one is concerned. In fact, everyone knows where he is. The tour manager steps off the bus, and looks up the street. There on the sidewalk is Jon, playing his acoustic guitar for over 60 kids who have waited over 3 hrs after the show to see him play.

Read the rest here! It's one of the best features for Jon I've read yet.

Up In Arms Tour Updates, Mainstream Summer Festivals, and a Happy Birthday to Biola!

Switchfoot updated their touring frame on the official website with the news of additional opening bands at select locations!

* The Myriad http://www.myspace.com/themyriad
* Emery http://www.myspace.com/emery
* Sparkys Flaw http://www.myspace.com/sparkysflaw
* Anthony Raneri from Bayside http://www.myspace.com/anthonyraneri

Go here to see where and when each band will be playing.

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In other touring news, Switchfoot has been announced on the bill for a rock festival in Wisconsin this Summer!

ROCK FEST 08

General Admission Tickets and Camping go on sale Saturday, March 1st at 8:00 AM.

The dates are JULY 17th - 20th

The following bands will be playing:

Stone Temple Pilots
Boston
The Wallflowers
Jackyl
Three Days Grace
Poison
Ligion
Tesla
Live
Switchfoot
Plain White T's
Vic Ferrari

Great to see Switchfoot playing a mainstream rock festival again!

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I know this was almost a week ago, but because of my computer woes, I'm just now getting around to posting about it.

Switchfoot played at Biola Unniversity in La Mirada, CA last Sunday, February 24, 2008 to help usher in the unniversity's 100th birthday.

Here is a recap of the event. Looked like a lot of fun.

SWITCHFOOT BRINGS TO WRITE LOVE ON HER ARMS, UK PLATINUM ROCKERS ATHLETE ON SPRING TOUR (Press Release)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


Click the images to enlarge.

(Source)

Switchfoot.com
Switchfoot Myspace
Athlete Myspace
To Write Love on Her Arms

Jon Foreman on Sirius Satellite Radio and a New Tour!

Last Friday night, or Saturday morning, depending on where you live, Jon was a guest dj on Spirit music channel. Gabby from the official boards was awesome enough to record every single moment of it, including the interview and his live performances.

Here they are, in their full glory:

Part One, 1 of 2 -
Part One, 2 of 2 -
Part Two, 1 of 1 -

(Right click, and open in new window/tab.)

Enjoy those!

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Switchfoot has announced the "Up In Arms Tour" partnering with To Write Love on Her Arms, (great organization) for their Spring outing through the U.S. with a band called Athlete. Here are the tour dates below:

3/27/08 San Antonio, TX Laurie Auditorium
3/30/08 New Orleans, LA House of Blues -SUNDAY-
4/3/08 North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues - On sale Sat. Feb. 9
4/7/08 Waukesha, WI Shattuck Auditorium
4/8/08 Indianapolis, IN University of Indy - Ransburg TUESDAY
4/17/08 Poplar Bluff, MO Black River Coliseum
4/18/08 Troy, AL Trojan Arena FRIDAY
4/19/08 Hattiesburg, MS Reed Green Coliseum SATURDAY
4/20/08 Huntsville, AL Spraggins Hall SUNDAY
4/25/08 Estero, FL Germain Arena
4/26/08 West Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Ampitheater
5/1/08 Ocean City , NJ Ocean City Music Pier
5/2/08 Stamford, CT Palace Theater
5/3/08 Piscataway, NJ Rutgers Athletic Center
5/4/08 Rochester, NY Roberts Wesleyan College – On sale Tues, Feb. 12

(switchfoot.com)
Check out Athlete here

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And lastly, Land of Broken Hearts found this amazing, "ALIVE" photo of Jono. Enjoy that, and let it illuminate your day! hah

Chad Butler Interview on Life FM in New Zealand, College Tours, and the American Dream

Mr. Chad Butler, drumsman extraordinaire, hopped into a New Zealand radio station and did an interview Tuesday. Thanks to Lisa for recording it, and Land Of Broken Hearts for the heads-up!

Listen to it Here.

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Looks like the next big Switchfoot tour in the states will be focused on the college circuit, their agency, William Morris, reported.

Switchfoot will head out on a college tour from the end of March through the beginning of May. Production will be provided and they will also take along a few opening acts (names tba). The group is currently out on their successful "Appetite for Construction" tour with Relient K (featuring new artist Ruth). The tour has benefited Habitat for Humanity with $1 from each ticket sold going to the organization. After their spring tour in 2008, Switchfoot will play festivals and fairs throughout the summer.

source

This will probably be soon after or during their time in the studio with the new record. I'm thinking a fall headlining tour will be in order to support the new record. Exciting times everyone!

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One dude on a college online publication quoted "American Dream" when asked about a pressing issue:

“It is not your fault, dear. You are a nice young man. But since you are from the United States, I have to ask you a question: What is the American dream? What brings people to bomb the living in support of the living?”

I didn’t know how to respond; I didn’t know how to express the utter absurdity of the materialist “American Dream,” so I quoted a lyric from a band called Switchfoot: “I want out of this machine / It doesn’t feel like freedom / Maybe we’ve been caught singing / Red White Blue and Green / But that ain’t my America / That ain’t my American dream.”

She smiled when I said this, and we went on to talk of the 80,000 civilians dead in Iraq, and the ideal community of all men, whether they come from America, Britain, or Iraq.

To read the rest in context,
go here. It's quite an interesting read.

Pacific Rim/Parachute Festival Tour dates up!

Dates

Have fun "across-the-pond" friends!

Apettite For Construction Tour Dates

Appetite for Construction Tour: Switchfoot & Relient K, with special guests Ruth
--Benefitting Habitat For Humanity--



10/16 Charleston, WV / Charleston Municipal Auditorium
10/17 Columbus, OH / Veterans Memorial Auditorium
10/18 Grand Rapids, MI / Deltaplex
10/19 Cedar Falls, IA / University of N Iowa
10/20 Saint Paul, MN / Concordia University
10/21 Fargo, ND / Fargo Civic Center
10/23 Merrillville, IN / Star Plaza Theatre
10/24 Evansville, IN / The Centre
10/25 Jonesboro, AR / ASU Convocation Center
10/26 Dallas, TX / Nokia Theater at Grand Prairie
10/27 Houston, TX / Berry Center
10/28 Mobile, AL / Mobile Civic Center
10/29 Baton Rouge, LA / Baton Rouge River Center
11/1 Columbia, SC / Township Auditorium
11/2 Winston Salem, NC / Joel Coliseum Theatre
11/3 Greenville, SC / Bi-Lo Center
11/4 Atlanta, GA / Atlanta Civic Center
11/8 Knoxville, TN / Knoxville Coliseum
11/9 Springfield, IL / Prairie Capitol Convention Center
11/10 Green Bay, WI / UW-Green Bay - Campus Grounds
11/11 Moline, IL / The Mark of the Quad Cities
11/13 Ypsilanti, MI / EMU Convocation Hall
11/14 Cincinnati, OH / Cincinnati Gardens
11/15 University Park, PA / Penn State Bryce Jordan Center
11/16 Bethlehem, PA / Lehigh Univ-Stabler Arena
11/17 New York, NY / Hammerstein Ballroom
11/18 Baltimore, MD / 1st Mariner Arena
11/27 Irvine, CA / UCI Bren Events Center
11/28 San Luis Obispo, CA / Cal Poly Recreation Center
11/29 San Jose, CA / San Jose Civic Auditorium
11/30 Davis, CA / UC Davis Pavillion
12/1 Medford, OR / Jackson County Expo
12/2 Salem, OR / Oregon State Fair
12/3 Everett, WA / Everett Events Center

Switchfoot Tour for the Troops (Switchfoot only)
12/9 -12/18 IRAQ/KUWAIT


Tickets can be purchased at switchfoot.com