Owls & Aliens Announces New Live Dates

Independent rock band Owls & Aliens announced a new slate of live dates this week.

The band announced it will launch a new two-leg tour starting June 3 in Grants Pass, OR. The first leg, which runs two weeks through June 17 in Klamath Falls, OR, will see the band performing largely at venues across Oregon. The second leg of the band’s tour is scheduled to launch July 17th (again in Klamath Falls, OR) and to run through July 29 in Portland, OR. One date in California is scheduled for July 15 in San Francisco.

The tour’s schedule is noted below.

Owls & Aliens Tour Dates

June 3rd – Grants Pass, OR @ The Alibi

June 4th – Medford, OR @ Johnny B’s

June 10th – Corvallis, OR @ Bombs Away Cafe

June 11th – Portland, OR @ Dante’s

June 17th – Klamath Falls, OR @ Gino’s Sports Bar & Grill

July 10th – Klamath Falls, OR @ The Nest (Private House Show)

July 15th – San Francisco, CA @ Brick & Mortar

July 29th – Portland, OR @ Mano Oculta

September 23rd – Grants Pass, OR @ The Sound Lounge

Courtesy: Cowgirlzen Entertainment

The announcement this week, of Owls & Aliens’ new tour dates came less than a month after the band premiered its latest single, ‘These Vices‘. The song’s premiere came last month, more than two months after the premiere of the band’s then latest single, ‘Tsunami‘ and its video.

In other news, Owls & Aliens is involved in a contest on Twitch known as The Battle for the Big Stage. Put on by the Space Zebra Show, the contest gives one band the chance to play the Main Stage at this year’s Welcome To Rockville in Daytona Beach, FL. The festival is scheduled to take place May 19-22.

Additionally, the contest’s winners get to go on tour with Escape The Fate and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. Go here to create a Twitch account and vote.

More information on Owls & Aliens’ new single and the band’s participation in The Battle for the Big Stage is available along with all of the band’s latest news at:

Website: https://owlsandaliens.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/owlsandaliensband

Twitter: https://twitter.com/owls_aliens

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Band Schedule, Pre-Party Announced For Welcome To Rockville Festival

Courtesy: Ashton-Magnuson Media

The organizers of the annual Welcome to Rockville festival have announced the complete schedule for this year’s festival, including performance times for each act on the bill.

Courtesy: Ashton-Magnuson Media

Digital Summer and World Gone kick off this year’s festival. Digital Summer and World Gone are schedule to open the festival at 11:15am on the Monster Energy Fire Museum Stage and Jagermeister Stage respectively. Cathercist, winner of the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands, is up next at 11:45am ET on the Ernie Ball Stage. Within Reason and Ghost of War will open the festival’s second day at noon on the Monster Energy Fire Museum Stage and Jagermeister Stage respectively. The complete performance schedule for the weekend’s events is included below.

Performance times for Monster Energy’s Welcome To Rockville are as follows (subject to change):

Saturday, April 26

Monster Energy Fire Museum Stage

11:15 AM         Digital Summer

12:30 PM         Rev Theory

2:00 PM           Adelitas Way

3:30 PM           Hellyeah

5:15 PM           Chevelle

7:15 PM           A Day To Remember

9:40 PM           Avenged Sevenfold

Monster Energy Metropolitan Park Stage

11:45 PM         Gemini Syndrome

1:15 PM           Middle Class Rut

2:45 PM           Chiodos

4:15 PM           Alter Bridge

6:15 PM           Volbeat

8:20 PM           The Cult

Jägermeister Stage

11:15 AM         World Gone

12:30 PM         Silvertung (Jägermeister Band)

2:00 PM           Evergreen Terrace

3:30 PM           Smile Empty Soul

5:15 PM           Memphis May Fire

7:15 PM           We Came As Romans

Ernie Ball Stage

11:45 AM         Cathercist (Ernie Ball Battle Of The Bands Winner)

1:15 PM           Monster Truck

2:45 PM           We As Human

4:15 PM           Devour The Day

6:15 PM           Fozzy

Sunday, April 27

Monster Energy Fire Museum Stage

Noon                Within Reason

1:15 PM           Sick Puppies

2:35 PM           Black Label Society

4:15 PM           Seether

6:25 PM           Five Finger Death Punch

8:50 PM           Korn

Monster Energy Metropolitan Park Stage

12:35 PM         The Pretty Reckless

1:55 PM           Black Stone Cherry

3:25 PM           Theory of a Deadman

5:15 PM           Staind

7:35 PM           Rob Zombie

Jägermeister Stage

Noon                Ghost Of War (Jägermeister Band)

1:15 PM           Kyng

2:35 PM           Lacuna Coil

4:15 PM           Emmure

6:25 PM           Motionless In White

Ernie Ball Stage

12:35 PM         Twelve Foot Ninja

1:55 PM           Nothing More

3:25 PM           Butcher Babies

5:15 PM           Trivium

Courtesy: Ashton-Magnuson Media

Before the bands take to their respective stages, audiences will be treated to Monster Energy’s Welcome to Rockville Official Pre-Party Friday, April 25^th. The Pre-Party is presented by X102.9 and Bud Light and will feature performances by Rev Theory and more. It will be held at 1904 Music Hall (19 N. Ocean Street in downtown Jacksonville, FL). It is free to ticketholders that are 21 and older. Ticketholders that want to attend the Pre-Party must show their festival tickets at 1904 Music Hall to get a Pre-Party wristband in advance. Wristbands are in limited quality. So they will be first come first serve beginning at 12pm ET on Friday, April 25^th. Doors open at 8pm. The show will start at 9pm.

More information on the fourth annual Welcome to Rockville Festival is available online at http://www.WelcomeToRockvilleFestival.com, http://www.facebook.com/welcometorockville, and via Twitter at @RockvilleFest. To keep up with the latest sports and entertainment news and reviews, go online to http://www.facebook.com/philspicks and “Like” it. Fans can always keep up with the latest sports and entertainment news and reviews in the Phil’s Picks blog at https://philspicks.wordpress.com.

Lacuna Coil Debuts Lyric Video For New Single

Courtesy: Century Media Records

Lacuna Coil has officially debuted the lyric video for its new single ‘Die & Rise.’

The video, which is available for viewing via the Century Media Records YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFttR7bvogo, is centered in a cemetery.  The song’s lyrics are superimposed over a backdrop of various blank headstones and dark sky throughout the video.  This latest video comes only a couple weeks before the April 1^st release date for the band’s new album Broken Crown Halo.

The band is currently touring in support of Broken Crown Halo on the “Revolver Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock Tour.”  The tour hits Spokane, Washington tonight and Seattle, Washington tomorrow before closing out the weekend in Portland, Oregon.  The “Revolver Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock Tour” winds down next Thursday and Friday with a pair of dates in California.  Once it winds down, Lacuna Coil will hit the road on its own headlining tour and play a handful of festival dates.  All of those dates are listed below.

REVOLVER TOUR:

3/14/14 @ The Knitting Factory – Spokane, WA

3/15/14 @ Studio Seven – Seattle, WA

3/16/14 @ Roseland Theatre – Portland, OR

3/19/14 @ House Of Blues – West Hollywood, CA

3/20/14 @ House Of Blues – Anaheim , CA

w/KYNG, EVE TO ADAM and NOTHING MORE:

3/21/14 @ Slims – San Francisco, CA

3/23/14 @ Ace Of Spades – Sacramento, CA

3/24/14 @ Knitting Factory – Reno, NV

3/25/14 @ Knitting Factory Concert House – Boise, ID

3/27/14 @ Sunshine Theater – Albuquerque, NM

3/28/14 @ The Black Sheep – Colorado Springs, CO

3/29/14 @ Top Deck – Farmington, NM

3/30/14 @ Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ

4/02/14 @ Rialto Theatre – Tucson, AZ

4/4/14 @ The Lucky Mule – Abilene, TX

4/5/14 @ Malls Of America – San Antonio, TX

4/6/14 @ Brewster Street Ice House – Corpus Christi, TX

4/8/14 @ Juanitas Cantina Ballroom – Little Rock, AR

4/9/14 @ Strange Brew – Shreveport, LA

4/11/14 @ Vinyl Music Hall – Pensacola, FL

EARTHDAY BIRTHDAY:

4/12/14 @ Central Florida Fairgrounds – Orlando,FL

w/KYNG, EVE TO ADAM and NOTHING MORE:

4/14/14 @ Exit/In – Nashville,TN

4/16/14 @ The Machine Shop – Flint, MI

4/17/14 @ Austin’s – Libertyville, IL

4/18/14 @ POV’s – Spring Lake Park, MN

98 ROCKFEST 2014:

4/25/14 @ Tampa Bay Times Forum – Tampa, FL

FORT ROCK:

4/26/14 @ Jet Blue Park – Ft.Meyers,FL

WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE:

4/27/14 @ Metropolitan – Jacksonville, FL

 

More information on Lacuna Coil’s new video, album and tour is available online now at http://www.facebook.com/lacunacoil, http://lacunacoil.it, and twitter.com/lacuna_coil.  To keep up with the latest sports and entertainment news and reviews, go online to http://www.facebook.com/philspicks and “Like” it.  Fans can always keep up with the latest sports and entertainment news and reviews in the Phil’s Picks blog at https://philspicks.wordpress.com.

Lacuna Coil Debuts First Single From Its New Album

Lacuna Coil has debuted the first single from its new album Broken Crown Halo.  The band debuted ‘Nothing Stands In Our Way’ on SoundCloud today.  Fans can check out the song now at https://soundcloud.com/#centurymedia/lacuna-coil-nothing-stands/s-ecjkO.  The band explains the inspiration behind the song, saying that its lyrics stem from all the obstacles and difficulties people face each day.  “Through everyday battles, against all odds, we stand united and don’t look back. We go on against crashing economies, heartbreaks and lifelong obstacles. We learn from our mistakes and nothing can stop us. We fear nothing and we are determined as musicians and as human beings,” the band explained.

Lacuna Coil is set to release Broken Crown Halo March 31^st in Europe, New Zealand, and Australia and Tuesday, April 1^st in North America through Century Media Records.  Broken Crown Halo is the band’s seventh full length studio release.  It comes a little over two years since the release of the band’s most recent album, Dark Adrenaline, which was released in January 2012.  The album’s complete track listing is available below.

Courtesy: Century Media Records

‘BROKEN CROWN HALO’ Track Listing:

1. Nothing Stands In Our Way
2. Zombies
3. Hostage To The Light
4. Victims
5. Die & Rise
6. I Forgive (But I Won’t Forget Your Name)
7. Cybersleep
8. Infection
9. I Burn In You
10. In The End I Feel Alive
11. On Cold Day

 

The band will tour in support of its upcoming album beginning February 20^th.  It will tour as part of this year’s Revolver “Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock” Tour.  It will join the likes of Sick Puppies, Cilver, and CM label mates, EyesSetToKill on the tour.  The tour kicks off in Wilmington, NC and winds down March 20^th in Anaheim, California.  The band is also scheduled to perform at this year’s annual “Welcome to Rockville” Festival on April 27^th.  The complete tour schedule is listed below.

Courtesy: Century Media Records/Revolver MAgazine

REVOLVER HOTTEST CHICKS IN ROCK TOUR

LACUNA COIL with SICK PUPPIES, EYES SET TO KILL & CILVER

FEBRUARY:

20: Wilmington, NC – Ziggy’s By The Sea

21: Atlanta, GA – Masquerade

22: Lexington, KY – Buster’s

23: Springfield, VA – Empire

24: New York, NY – Irving Plaza

26: Worcester, MA – Palladium

27: Lancaster, PA – Chameleon Club

28: Columbus, OH – Alrosa Villa

MARCH

01: Joliet, IL – Mojoe’s

02: South Bend, IN – Club Fever

05: Broussard, LA – The Station Live

06: Houston, TX – Scout Bar

07: Austin, TX – Infest

08: Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey

10: Denver, CO – Summit Music Hall

12: Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex

14: Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory

15: Seattle, WA – Studio Seven

19: Los Angeles, CA – House Of Blues

20: Anaheim, CA – House Of Blues

WELCOME TO ROCKVILLE

(with Korn, Rob Zombie, Five Finger Death Punch and more)

APRIL

27: Jacksonville, FL – Metropolitan Park

Ticket information for the Revolver “Hottest Chicks in Hard Rock” Tour and the “Welcome To Rockville” Festival is available online at http://www.hottestchickstour and http://www.welcometorockvillefestival.com.  To keep up with the latest sports and entertainment news and reviews, go online to http://www.facebook.com/philspicks and “Like” it.  Fans can always keep up with the latest sports and entertainment news and reviews in the Phil’s Picks blog at https://philspicks.wordpress.com.