Switchfoot rocks the U.S. Open of Surfing

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Switchfoot played a strong set yesterday at the U.S. Open of Surfing to a crowd of several thousand. We have some screen caps from the online webcast, as well as setlists and other notes.










The setlist featured a few surprises but was a relatively standard Switchfoot set.

Main
Oh! Gravity.
Stars
Mess of Me
Chem 6a/Gone
Dare You to Move
Sabotage
Hello Hurricane
This Is Your Life
Free
The Sound
Meant to Live

Encore
Needle and Haystack Life

Notes:
*Jon Foreman climbs several trusses.
*As the band began to launch into "The Sound," KROQ plays the song almost simultaneously. Talk about good timing.
*Jon calls the event an "afternoon I will never forget."
*The crowd's chants for "one more song" are answered, with Jon calling it a true encore before the band plays "Needle and Haystack Life" to conclude the afternoon.

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Anyone have XM radio? If so, you're going to want to tune into The Pulse in just a little under an hour and a half.

Taking The Pulse of Switchfoot

Today 7:00 am ET
Drew and Jerome of Switchfoot are coming by to hang with Kim Ashley and talk about everything and anything including their latest album, Hello Hurricane. (1 hr)

Rebroadcast: Tonight 6:00 pm ET; Tomorrow 3:00 pm ET

BREAKING: Watch Switchfoot's set at the U.S. Open of Surfing today at 5:30 PM PST!

Watch Switchfoot and other bands performing down in Huntington Beach, CA during the U.S. Open of Surfing. LINK here.

Chart Wednesday (Week of August 14, 2010); New Song: "Thrive"; DC101 show; other tour-related videos

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It's that time of week again where we update you on al there is to know about Switchfoot charts! This week, "The Sound" holds serve at No. 16 on Alternative, despite a strong challenge by Anberlin's new single, "Impossible."

"The Sound" fell on Christian Rock from 2-3.

"Your Love Is a Song" fell 12-13 on Christian CHR, but experienced a HUGE jump from 32 all the way to 23 on the national Christian Songs chart, with a giant 338+ spin increase.



Look for "The Sound" to revive on Alternative this coming week with KROQ spinning the track, and several other stations sure to follow. Keep requesting at your local rock stations!

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Jon Foreman unveiled yet another new song called "Thrive" at yesterday's aftershow in Baltimore.



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Here's a video from DC101 of Jon and Drew Shirley's in-studio performance the day before.

Switchfoot Studio Performance from DC101 on Vimeo.

and another 94.5 PST performance video: "Your Love Is a Song"



And some leftover Mixfest footage:

Your Love Is a Song



Meant to Live