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OFF WITH THEIR HEADS U.S. SUMMER TOUR WITH DEAD TO ME & RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS
April 19, 2011 – Los Angeles, CA – Having already toured most of the U.S. this year, seasoned punk road warriors Off With Their Heads have just announced a nationwide summer tour with Dead To Me and Riverboat Gamblers. Including punk rock pit stops at the Punk Rock Bowling Tournament in Las Vegas with Dropkick Murphy’s on May 28^th and Chaos in Tejas Fest June 4th, Epitaph label head and Bad Religion founder Brett Gurewitz proclaims, “Off With Their Heads might just be the best punk band going right now.”

Recently coming off of a full Dropkick Murphy’s tour and a two month stint with Bad Religion, the band will be playing songs from the heralded new album In Desolation which the band admits was recorded while drinking cheap beer and watching nightmarish episodes of Jersey Shore. Alternative Press described OWTH by saying “If Against Me! and The Ramones had a bastard love child and taught the kid to brush his teeth with cement mix, you’d get Off With Their Heads.”

Off With Their Heads video for “Clear The Air” –  http://tinyurl.com/3tbj758

May 28 – Las Vegas, NV – Punk Rock Bowling * with Dropkick Murphys
May 29 – Las Vegas, NV – The Bunkhouse
Jun. 01 – Tucson, AZ – The Hut * w. The Krum Bums
Jun. 02 – Las Cruces, NM – Train Yard * w. The Krum Bums
Jun. 03 – Midland, TX – The Pine Box Collective * w. The Krum Bums
Jun. 04 – Austin, TX – Red Seven *Chaos In Tejas
Jul. 06 – San Diego, CA *– Casbah w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 07 – West Hollywood, CA – Troubadour * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 08 – San Francisco, CA – Thee Parkside * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 09 – San Luis Obispo, CA – Downtown Brew *w.Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 10 – Sacramento, CA– Fire Escape Bar & Grill * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 12 – Portland, OR – Branx * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 13 – Seattle, WA – El Corazon * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 14 – Boise, ID – The Read Room * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 15 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby  * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 16 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 17 – Colorado Springs, CO – The Black Sheep * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul.  19 – Kansas City, MO  – Record Bar * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 20 – Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 21 – Chicago, IL – Subterranean * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 22 – Madison, WI – The Frequency  * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 23 – Chicago, IL – Wicker Park Festival * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 24 – Saint Louis, MO – Firebird * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 26 – Newport, KY – The Southgate House * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 27 – Fort Wayne, IN – The Brass Rail * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 28 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 29 – Pittsburgh, PA – Rex Theater * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 30 – Cleveland, OH –Now That’s Class * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Jul. 31 – Rochester, NY – Bug Jar * w. Dead To Me & The Holy Mess
Aug. 01 – Albany, NY – Valentines * w. Dead To Me & The Holy Mess
Aug. 02 – Dover, NH – Dover Brick House *w. Dead To Me & The Holy Mess
Aug. 03 – Allston, MA – Great Scott *w. Dead To Me & The Holy Mess
Aug. 04 – Brooklyn, NY – Knitting Factory  * w. Dead To Me & The Holy Mess
Aug. 05 – Asbury Park, NJ – Asbury Lanes * w. Dead To Me & The Holy Mess
Aug. 06 – Philadelphia, PA  – The Barbary * w. Dead To Me & The Holy Mess
Aug. 07 – Baltimore, MD  – Otto Bar * w. Dead To Me & The Holy Mess
Aug. 08 – Durham, NC – Motorco Music Hall  * w. Dead To Me & The Holy Mess
Aug. 11 – Tampa, FL – Orpheum *w. Dead To Me & The Riot Before
Aug. 12  – Miami, FL  – Churchill’s *w. Dead To Me & The Riot Before
Aug. 13 – Orlando, FL – Back Booth  *w. Dead To Me & The Riot Before
Aug. 14 – Gainesville, FL – The Atlantic Night Spot  *w. Dead To Me & The Riot Before
Aug. 19 – Richmond, VA – Best Friends Day *w. Dead To Me
Aug. 25 – New Orleans, LA – Siberia *w. Dead To Me
Aug. 26 – Houston, TX – Walter’s  * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Aug. 27 – Austin, TX – Red Seven * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Aug. 28 – Denton, TX – Rubber Gloves  * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Aug. 29 – Oklahoma City, OK – The Conservatory * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Aug. 31 – Albuquerque, NM  – Launchpad * w. Dead To Me & Riverboat Gamblers
Sep. 01 – Scottsdale, AZ – Chaser’s

For More Information:
www.myspace.com/offwiththeirheads
www.epitaph.com

PUNK ROCKER BILLY BROWN ANNOUNCES 2011 TOUR AND RELEASE OF SOLO ACOUSTIC RECORD

 

Billy Brown (Ashers, Deadly Sins, Crash and Burn) Announces Forthcoming Solo Album “Best Of Tragedies” and 2011 Tour

 

BOSTON, Mass.  April 13, 2011 – Massachusetts singer/songwriter and musician, Billy Brown, announced today that he will kick off his first solo tour hitting the east coast with some dates in the south with a show at The Middle East in Cambridge, MA on Wednesday, April 13th. Available on on this tour will be a limited number of EP’s as a preview of Billy’s first solo album. The album, “Best Of Tragedies,” is set for release in September of this year,  The self-titled EP will feature four songs from the upcoming album and will only be available on this tour.  Brown will be touring with War of Words as a solo acoustic act.  War of Words just released their LP, “Dimworld Act 3,” which Brown produced.

 

 

Billy’s first solo record “Best Of Tragedies” was co-produced by Shawn Harris (The Matches, Maniac) and features lots of people in more successful bands playing various instruments. This is not a punk record, but more of a melancholy, acoustically driven record. The songs cover such lighthearted topics as death, addiction, self-destruction, and self-loathing. It’s great music to wallow in self-pity with, in the dark, by yourself.

 

The illustrations for both the EP and the upcoming LP were created by award-winning illustrator Emily Flake, best known for her comic strip “Lulu Eightball,” as well as her illustrations for The New Yorker and other major publications.

 

Billy Brown has been a staple of the Boston punk rock scene for years. Some of the bands Billy has played in are Crash and Burn, Deadly Sins, Ashers, and Shoot The Hostages. He has also filled in on guitar for The Unseen and The Pinkerton Thugs. Over the years he has toured extensively in North America and Europe with a lot of well-known bands that are probably in your record collection, providing that you have good records.

 

As 2011 unfolds, Billy Brown will be announcing more shows and events in support of the upcoming release of “Best Of Tragedies.”

 

See Tour Dates Below

 

 

Find out more, download press photos and sample the new album at:

 

http://www.reverbnation.com/billybrownmusic or http://www.facebook.com/billybrownmusic

 

Download Billy’s press kit here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/xf0gkv

 

For more information on Billy Brown contact: Colleen Murray at: billybrownmusicpromo@gmail.com

 

 

 

Billy Brown Spring 2011 Tour Dates

 

 

DATE VENUE CITY/STATE

 

April 13           The Middle East Upstairs                         Cambridge, MA

w/Capital Radio, Heartbreak Blvd.

 

April 14           The Box w/Jenn Kitten, Buffalo Gals                 Providence, RI

 

April 15           Legion Bar w/Oscar Albis Rodriguez                 Brooklyn, NY

 

April 17           Sewercide Mansion                                          Charlotte, NC

w/Andy the Doorbum and TBA

 

April 18           Motorco Music Hall                                                  Durham, NC

w/Mixtapes, and local headliner

 

April 19           The Get Down                 Asheville, NC

 

April 20           529 club                         Atlanta, GA

 

April 21           1982                  Gainesville, FL

 

April 22           Shantytown Pub                 Jacksonville, FL

 

April 23           T.W. Boons w/The Weathers Greenwood, SC

 

April 26          Reggie’s 42nd Street Tavern  Wilmington, NC

 

April 27           The Black Cat Lounge                 Fayetteville, NC

 

April 28           Empire                                                          Richmond, VA

w/Joe McMahon (Smoke or Fire)

 

May 1 Home Sweet Home                 Manhattan, NY

 

 

More dates to come

 

 

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