Platinum-selling Rock band Saving Abel will headline the inaugural “CLASS OF 2009” TOUR, with Grammy Nominated Red, Pop Evil and Taddy Porter along for the ride. The excursion will get underway on October 27th in San Antonio, TX and continue until the end of the year. The concept behind this new annual tour is to bring together rock artists who have achieved substantial TOP TEN hits at radio in the current calendar year. The concept behind this new annual tour is to bring together rock artists who have achieved substantial TOP TEN hits at radio in the …read more

Staind, Shinedown, Chevelle And Halestorm are teaming up this summer to bring you the “Stimulate This” Tour. Halestorm just released their self titled, debut record on Atlantic records. Halestorm will also be out with Trapt, Red and Inept Except as well as a few other bands, before the Stimulate This tour. Below are the tour dates for both the Stimulate This Tour and other Halestorm Tour Dates.
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With Trapt, Red and Inept:

28 Traverse City, MI The Terminal
29 Chesterfield, MI New York New York

Red’s new album, Innocence & Instinct will be released on February 10th. If you want to get a sneak peak at it before it comes out you can listen to the entire album streaming below until the release date. After that you’ll have to buy the album. I had a chance to sample it a few weeks ago and I was diggin’ it. Hard to find modern rock acts that aren’t just “acts”. iMeem player embedded after the fold.

Holy Guy-liner, Batman! The band Red doesn’t get much attention but I have to say that it’s not bad for a modern rock act. Most know that I have harsh feelings for most of the bands in the modern rock age. There are a handful that I don’t mind and this one is kind of growing on me. The reason I think that Red doesn’t get much attention is because they are a Christian band and most Christian bands don’t get the attention they deserve. The last “Christian” band that really got any attention was Creed, and we all saw …read more

Austinsoundcheck.com has posted tour dates for Seether, who will touring in support of their newest release Finding Beauty In Negative Places. I bought this CD the other day, but soon after leaving Wal-mart, I realized it was edited before I opened it. Needless to say I returned it and have yet to give it a listen.
Here is the first batch of tour dates, click on the link to Austin Soundcheck to see if Seether is coming to your area in August.