Rap-friendly metal band Linkin Park is preparing to release its third full-length album, Minutes to Midnight, and has already announced an itinerary for its summer-long Projekt Revolution. Amidst a horde of emo bands is Styles of Beyond. “We’re the only rap group on this sucka, so feel free to break out the Running Man, Roger Rabbit, or the Chicken Noodle Soup while we’re rockin’!!” wrote the band in a May 10 MySpace post.
That’s all fine and good, you might say, but what’s up with the f***in album? According to an April 10 post on SOB’s MySpace page, the group has finished their forthcoming album on Linkin Park rapper/producer Mike Shinoda’s Warner Bros.-distributed imprint, Machine Shop Recordings.
“We are just about done with the album and we’ve finally picked a title (drum roll please…) ROCKET SURGERY. Cause hip-hop ain’t brain science,” writes Ryoji Shinozaki, who manages SOB member DJ Cheapshot’s boutique label Spy Tech Records. He goes on to write that Rocket Surgery will come out in June/July, but an official release date is still pending.
But enough about Rocket Surgery. Here are the initial tour dates, with more to be announced shortly.
- 7/27: Sleep Train Amphitheater, Marysville, CA
- 7/28: Hyundai Pavilion, San Bernardino, CA
- 7/29: Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA
- 8/01: Cricket Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ
- 8/03: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Selma, TX
- 8/04: Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Woodlands, TX
- 8/05: Smirnoff Music Center, Dallas, TX
- 8/07: HiFi Buys Amphitheater, Atlanta, GA
- 8/08: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Charlotte, NC
- 8/10: Sound Advice Amphitheater, West Palm Beach, FL
- 8/11: Ford Amphitheater, Tampa, FL
- 8/13: Walnut Creek Amphitheater, Raleigh, NC
- 8/14: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VA
- 8/15: Nikon at Jones Beach, Wantagh, NY
- 8/17: Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls, OH
- 8/18: Darien Lakes Performing Arts Center, Darien Center, NY
- 8/19: Nissan Pavillion, Bristow, VA
- 8/21: Molson Amphitheater, Toronto, ON
- 8/22: DTE Energy Music Center, Clarkston, MI
- 8/24: Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts, Mansfield, MA
- 8/25: Tweeter Center at the Waterfront, Camden, NJ
- 8/26: New England Dodge Music Center, Hartford, CT
- 8/28: NY State Fair, Syracuse, NY
- 8/29: PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
- 8/31: Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Noblesville, IN
- 9/01: First Midwest Bank Amphitheater, Tinley Park, IL
- 9/03: Coors Amphitheater, Englewood, CO
7/27-9/03: w/Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, HIM, Placebo, Julien-K, Mindless Self Indulgence, Saosin, The Bled, Madina Lake
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