Tour Dates for the Alternative Press Tour

Tour Features 3OH!3, the Maine, Family Force 5, Hit The Lights and A Rocket To The Moon

• March 20 - House of Blues - Dallas, TX
• March 21 – Emo’s – Austin, TX (South By Southwest – free show)
• March 22 - Warehouse Live - Houston, TX
• March 24 - Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZ
• March 25 - Rialto Theatre - Tuscon, AZ
• March 26 - House of Blues - Las Vegas, NV
• March 27 - The Avalon – Hollywood, CA
• March 28 – The Glass House – Pomona, CA
• March 29 – House of Blues - San Diego, CA
• March 31 – The Dome – Bakersfield, CA
• April 1 – Grand Ballroom - San Francisco, CA
• April 2 – Senator Theatre – Chico, CA
• April 3 – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR
• April 4 – El Corazon – Seattle, WA
• April 5 – Knitting Factory – Boise, ID
• April 7 – In The Venue - Salt Lake City, UT
• April 8 – Fox Theatre – Boulder, CO
• April 9 – Sokol Auditorium – Omaha, NE
• April 10 – Station 4 - St. Paul, MN
• April 11 – House of Blues - Chicago, IL
• April 12 – The Eagles Club - Milwaukee, WI
• April 14 – Beaumont Club - Kansas City, MO
• April 15 – Pop's - St. Louis, MO
• April 16 – Rocketown – Nashville, TN
• April 17 – The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
• April 18 – House of Blues - Orlando, FL
• April 19 – Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• April 20 – State Theatre - St. Petersburg, FL
• April 21 – Freebird Cafe - Jacksonville Beach, FL
• April 23 – Toad's Place - Richmond, VA
• April 24 – 9:30 Club - Washington DC
• April 25 – Theatre of Living Arts - Philadelphia, PA
• April 26 – Crocodile Rock - Allentown, PA
• April 28 – The Fillmore At Irving Plaza - New York, NY
• April 30 – Toad's Place - New Haven, CT
• May 1 – House of Blues - Boston, MA
• May 2 – The Town Ballroom - Buffalo, NY
• May 5 – Phoenix Concert Theatre - Toronto, ON, Canada
• May 6 – The Intersection - Grand Rapids, MI
• May 7 – The Crofoot Ballroom - Pontiac, MI
• May 8 – Newport Music Hall - Columbus, OH
• May 9 – House of Blues - Cleveland, OH

Have I mentioned how much I love 3OH!3

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Warped Tour 2009 - Hit The Lights

After a line up change I was extremely happy to see them back with their album Skip School Start Fights. In my opinion they are the new NFG. Look for them on the 2009 Warped Tour

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Hit The Lights: Best Pop Punk Album Of The Year

Hit The Lights will release their 2nd album "Skip School, Start Fights" next tuesday.

Skip School, Start Fights was produced by Rob Freeman (Hidden In Plain View) at Pilot Studios in New Jersey and mixed by Zach Odom and Kenneth Mount (Mayday Parade, All Time Low, Cartel).

Hit The Lights went through a lineup shuffle before they recorded Skip School, Start Fights. When former lead singer Colin Ross left the band last summer to pursue the quiet life, HTL decided it was time to unleash their secret weapon...it was time for their guitar player, Nick Thompson, to step into the limelight as lead singer. So how do they sound now that Nick's leading the charge? Better than ever. Obviously. Hit The Lights are now a four piece consisting of Nick Thompson (Vocals), Omar Zehery (Guitar), Nate Van Dame (Drums) and Dave Bermusk (Bass).

Head over to Myspace now for the exlusive album premiere of Hit The Lights' Skip School, Start Fights.

http://www.myspace.com/hitthelights

w/All Time Low
7/10/08 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre
7/11/08 Greensboro, NC Greene Street Club
7/12/08 North Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues Myrtle Beach
7/14/08 Nashville, TN Rocketown
7/15/08 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
7/16/08 Detroit, MI St. Andrews Hall

7/18/08 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
7/19/08 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live
7/20/08 Richmond, VA The National
7/21/08 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre

7/22/08 S. Hackensack, NJ School Of Rock (w/ There For Tomorrow, Cash Cash and The Friday Night Boys)

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Hit The Lights have a new singer...finally!

Hit The Lights have announced in a video update on their newly designed www.myspace.com/hitthelights that guitarist Nick Thompson will be taking over lead vocal duties. The bands former lead singer, Colin Ross left the band last summer to peruse a different lifestyle. The band remains tight with Colin and wish him the best in whatever lies next for him. The band have posted a new song with Thompson singing to give fans a taste of what's to come. Hit The Lights are currently in the studio with Rob Freeman at Pilot Studios in NJ recording their sophomore effort to be release on Triple Crown Records this summer.

Guitarist Omar Zehary had this to say about the last few months of searching for a new singer: "It's taken some time to get back on our feet. This has been a hard thing to go through, as well as something that has reinforced our dedication to this band even more. Thank you to everyone who has sent positive comments, had our backs, and never gave up on us...it got us through a lot more than you think. There will be haters, there will be lovers, either way; we're always going to be Hit The Lights"

Hit The Lights have scanned almost 50,000 copies of their debut album This Is A Stickup...Don't Make It A Murder - They've spent the last couple years on the road with bands like New Found Glory, Paramore, Cute Is What We Aim For, Cartel, Hawthorne Heights and The Receiving End Of Sirens.

Hit The Lights will go back on tour in March with The Audition and The Morning Light. Look for dates to be announced in the next couple weeks.

Hit The Lights Webisodes "With or Without You"

Hit The Lights is launching a series of Webisodes called "With or Without You" that will show what the band has been up to over this last summer and answer questions about the search for a new singer. The Webisodes start Monday (Nov 12th) at 9pm EST and will continue weekly every Monday.

Here is a preview