NEW YORK (Interscope) - RIAA platinum Interscope recording group The
All-American Rejects is preparing to hit the road on their first major North American arena tour of 2006, as they head out with
Fall Out Boy on the "Black Clouds And
Underdogs Tour." The 2-month, 45-city tour, which kicks off March 15th at the Pepsi
Arena in Albany, will also star
Hawthorne Heights and From First To Last. (The Hush Sound will open the first half of the tour through April 19th; October Fall will join on the 20th and stay through the end of the tour.) Nearly half the markets have already announced sold-out shows.
One of only a small handful of long-running (6 months-plus) rock albums on the Billboard 200 albums chart, MOVE ALONG, The All-American Rejects' second album (which debuted at No 6 in July 2005), is just weeks away from platinum certification as it moves into its 8th month on the chart this week. The album features the back-to-back hit singles "Dirty Little Secret" (No 6 on the Top 40 Mainstream radio chart after 20 weeks) and the brand new follow-up "Move Along," whose video recently spent five consecutive days at No 1 on MTV's "TRL" countdown.
"Dirty Little Secret," nailed last year as a "classic summer song" by Associated Press, maintains at No 14 on the Hot 100 in its 30th week out. The controversial video, directed by Marcos Siega (whose credits include Blink 182's "All the Small Things," Papa Roach's "Last Resort," and P.O.D.'s "Rock the Party"), exposed anonymous postcard secrets from Frank Warren's PostSecret Project (https://www.postsecret.com). The clip spent months in rotation on FUSE, VH1, and MTV - where The All-American Rejects performed on the MTV New Year's Eve Show - and reached No 6 on AOL's Top 40 Videos. The song spent five days at No 1 on the iTunes Top 100 Digital Song chart (with over 765,000 sales to date) and has logged over 211,000 Ringtone sales to date.
"Move Along," released last month, goes to Top 40 radio this week but has already logged over 16,500 Ringtone sales to date. The video enjoyed its MTV premiere on January 18th and went on to spend five consecutive days at No 1 on MTV's "TRL" count down; it was previewed January 20th on FUSE and stayed in the Top 10 for three weeks. The clip was directed by Marc Webb (whose credits include Weezer's "Perfect Situation," Ashlee Simpson's "Boyfriend," and My Chemical Romance's "The Ghost of You" and "Helena").
The All-American Rejects - lead singer and bassist Tyson Ritter, co-songwriter and guitarist Nick Wheeler, guitarist Mike Kennerty, and drummer Chris Gaylor - have their roots in Oklahoma, which Ritter and Wheeler left as teenagers in 1999, to follow their muse to New York City. The AARs' self-titled indie debut album of late-2002 (on Ohio's Doghouse Records), produced by Tim O'Heir, spun off the top 10 Modern Rock Track "Swing Swing."
The debut album was subsequently acquired by Dreamworks. It took nearly three years of intense songwriting (and a move to Interscope) for the band to complete its long-awaited second album. MOVE ALONG was produced by Howard Benson, known for his work with Hoobastank, My Chemical Romance, and P.O.D. Since the album's release in July 2005 (which was supported by their main stage booking for the annual Van Warped Tour), The All-American Rejects have made TV appearances on The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmell Live, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and the 33rd annual American Music Awards. Upcoming appearances include The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, and a return to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
"BLACK CLOUDS AND UNDERDOGS TOUR" with All-American Rejects, Fall Out Boy, Hawthorne Heights, and From First To Last
March
15 Albany, NY Pepsi Arena
16 Portland, ME Cumberland County Civic Center
17 Boston, MA Worcester Centrum
18-19 Philadelphia, PA Tweeter at the Waterfront
21 Grand Rapids, MI Delta Plex
22 St. Charles, MO Family Arena
23 Oklahoma City, OK Lloyd Noble Center
24 Grand Prairie, TX Nokia Live
25 Houston, TX Reliant Center
26 Austin, TX The Backyard
28 Las Cruces, NM Aggie Memorial Stadium
29 Glendale, AZ Glendale Arena
30 Las Vegas, NV Joint
31 Fresno, CA Selland Arena
April
1 San Diego, CA Bayside Concerts
4 Los Angeles, CA L.A. Memorial Sports Arena
5 San Jose, CA Event Center Arena
7 Salem, OR Pavilion at the State Fairgrounds
8 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome
9 Vancouver, B.C. Pacific Coliseum
11 Orem, UT David O. McKay Events Center
12 Denver, CO Magness Arena
13 Kansas City, MO City Market
14 Minneapolis, MN XCEL Energy Center
15 Council Bluffs, IA Mid-America Center
18 Milwaukee, WI US Cellular Center
19 Chicago, IL UIC Pavilion
20 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
21 Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena
22 Pittsburgh, PA Chevrolet Amph. @ Station Square
23 Dayton, OH Hara Arena
25 Jacksonville, FL Veteran's Memorial Arena
26 Coral Gables, FL U. of M. Convocation Center
27 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
30 Duluth, GA Gwinnett Arena
May
2 Charlotte, NC Cricket Arena
3 Norfolk, VA Constant Convocation Center
4 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
5 Bridgeport, CT Harbor Yard Arena
6 E. Rutherford, NJ Meadowlands Sports Complex
7 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music Center
9 Columbus, OH Promowest Pavilion
10 Hershey, PA Giant Center
12 Montreal, Que. Stade Uniprix
13 Toronto, Ont. Ricoh Coliseum
15 Chicago, IL UIC Arena
