Watch/Re-watch The Shining Light celebration webcast show featuring Switchfoot

If you missed yesterday's webcast of the Boy Scouts of America centennial celebration in which Switchfoot played, you can re-watch it here:



It's a long video, so if you'd like to skip to Switchfoot's portion, it's at right around the 4:25:00.

Switchfoot plays show on the ESPN campus; Chart Thursday (Week of August 7, 2010); Switchfoot nominated for several 2010 San Diego Music Awards

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Today, Switchfoot played a surprise show (at least for the rest of us) on the ESPN campus today. Erik Elken, an employee at ESPN, http://twitter.com/Erik_Elken/status/19773711931tweet:

- just found out switchfoot will be playing a show outside on the ESPN quad tomorrow as a thank you for having them at the ESPYs..sounds good!

We hear that clips from the band's performance aired throughout this morning's broadcasts of Sportscenter on ESPN. Here is the band's tweet about the event:

- we will be on sportscenter during this next hour starting now! turn on your tvs! http://twitpic.com/29qxup





Staff and fans seemed either excited or less-than-thrilled or simply confused with the San Diego rock band gracing their campus. I like reading these off. If you're interested, head over to Twitter search.

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Sorry for not getting around to Chart Wednesday yesterday. Fortunately, however, the news is good.

"The Sound" is now sitting at No. 16 on Alternative in it's 12th week, up from No. 19 last week. In their respective 12th weeks, "Mess of Me" was No. 17 and "Meant to Live" was No. 19. We are on one of the best paces ever for a Switchfoot single on the Alternative charts! On the overall Rock Songs chart, "The Sound" leaps from 33-28.

"Your Love Is a Song" is a bit more stagnant on the Christian music front, holding at No. 12 at Christian CHR and up 33-32 on Christian Songs. "The Sound" is back up to No. 2 on Christian Rock.

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Switchfoot is once again up for a few San Diego Music Awards. (full list). Switchfoot is up for Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Song of the Year. Check it out:

Album of the Year
Delta Spirit – History from Below
Dum Dum Girls - I Will Be
Jason Mraz’s Beautiful Mess: Live on Earth
Rafter - Animal Feelings
Steve Poltz – Dreamhouse
Switchfoot – Hello Hurricane
The Soft Pack – s/t
Wavves – King of the Beach


Artist of the Year
Crocodiles
Dum Dum Girls
Jason Mraz
Sara Watkins
Slightly Stoopid
Switchfoot
The Soft Pack
Wavves

Song of the Year
Angels & Airwaves – Hallucinations
Crocodiles - Sleep Forever
Delta Spirit – Bush League Blues
Dum Dum Girls - Jail La La
Sara Watkins – Too Much
Switchfoot – Mess of Me
The Soft Pack – Come On
Waaves - King of the Beach

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Switchfoot is quickly rounding out into top form on this Goo Goo Dolls tour. Here are some great videos from the Mohegan Sun at Uncasville, CT.

This Is Your Life



Your Love Is a Song



The Sound



Meant to Live and Dare You to Move



more clips:

Needle (With Meant to Live intro)
Mess of Me
Free

Even more new Jon Foreman/Switchfoot songs! "All God's Children" and "Come Home"

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Jon Foreman played an aftershow last night in New Jersey. And, thanks to this Youtuber, we have video recordings of them.

"All of God's Children"



"Come Home"



And an older new song:

"She Says (The Black Eyed Blues)"



^New tunes at aftershows means that the creativity is starting to flow again. Hopefully these are signs of even better things to come. Personally, I think these songs are solid but are missing something... whether it's the full-band arrangement, or just a little of that intangible, familiar Switchfoot spark. Perhaps a few more listens will do the trick, or we can chock it up to the stripped down nature of the acoustic aftershow.

Either way, solid solid songs Jon.

EDIT: Giving these songs deeper listens are making me appreciate them more. "Come Home" definitely has potential to have that classic soaring Switchfoot feel. Well done!

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Now, for the rock. Switchfoot played a show earlier that night, and our friend Josh sent us the setlist:

Dare You to Move
Mess of Me
Wont Back Down
This Is Your Life
Your Love Is A Song
The Sound
Meant to Live

He also tells us the hilarious story of Chad Butler heroically saving the day after both his plane and his train got delayed:

Ya funny story. If u saw the guys tweet, chads flight was canceled, then delayed, then his train was delayed...and he wasnt there at showtime so i guess they were gonna open up acoustic then have the goo goo dolls.... sound guy play drums for a few songs. But then Chad showed up out of nowhere on the drums.

^The excellent Chad saves the day. For Switchfoot's tweets about it, follow them on Twitter.

Now, here are some videos from the show:

"Won't Back Down"



"This Is Your Life"



"Your Love Is a Song"



"Meant to Live"