NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Hot Topic) - Take Action! Volume 7 continues Hopeless/Sub City's belief in offering fans the best value for the lowest price possible and this year's release does not disappoint. The annual charity compilation is bigger and better than ever featuring 20 tracks and 20 music videos on DVD. Consisting of the best bands in alternative, punk, indie, hardcore, and metal music, the compilation will sell for a staggeringly low suggested retail price of $6.98.
Artists on this year's compilation include tour headliners Every Time I Die, as well as Silverstein, Chiodos, From First to Last, Emery, Motion City Soundtrack, All Time Low, Cute Is What We Aim For, Valencia, Meg and Dia, Thrice, The Bled, and many more. Music videos on the DVD include Plain White T's, All American Rejects, and Hellogoodbye among several others.
Released in conjunction with the start of the 2008 Take Action! Tour Presented by Hot Topic, a yearly jaunt featuring the best new rock artists, this year's edition features Every Time I Die, From First To Last, The Bled, August Burns Red, and The Human Abstract. The six-week tour launches February 14 inDetroit and wraps up March 23 in New York City. Tickets for the entire tour are on-sale now.
The Take Action! Tour and CD will benefit non-profit organization Do Something, a group that gives young people the opportunity to personally help change the world, by donating 10% of all ticket sales and 5% of the suggested retail price for each Take Action! Volume 7 compilation sold. Putting their money where their mouth is, Do Something distributes weekly $500 grants to young people with an idea about how to make a difference in their community. In 2007 alone, the site issued over $240,000 to young people who are making changes in communities around the globe. Last year Do Something reached over 10 million young people, age 25 and under, and helped them take action themselves.
Hot Topic, the music lifestyle mall retailer (hottopic.com), is once again the title sponsor of the tour. Hot Topic is a natural fit, as they demonstrate a passion for music in everything they do. Since the inception of Take Action! in 1999 Hot Topic has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Take Action! cause, helping to educate millions of people to make a difference. Additional generous sponsors and partners of the 2008 tour are: tour producer Live Nation, MySpace, Purevolume, Alternative Press, Absolutepunk.net, and Fanscape.
2008 Take Action! Tour Presented by Hot Topic Full Itinerary:
[Featuring Every Time I Die, From First To Last, The Bled, August Burns Red, and The Human Abstract]
2/14/08 Detroit, MI - St. Andrews Hall
2/15/08 Milwaukee, WI - The Eagles Club (The Rave)
2/16/08 St. Paul, MN - Station 4
2/17/08 Chicago, IL - House of Blues
2/19/08 Kansas City, MO - The Beaumont Club
2/20/08 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theater
2/21/08 Magna, UT The Great Salt Air
2/22/08 Boise, ID The Big Easy Concert House
2/23/08 Spokane, WA The Big Easy Concert House
2/24/08 Seattle, WA El Corazon
2/25/08 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
2/27/08 Los Angeles, CA House of Blues
2/28/08 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
2/29/08 San Diego, CA House of Blues
3/01/08 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
3/02/08 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
3/03/08 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theatre
3/05/08 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
3/06/08 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
3/07/08 McAllen, TX Cine El Rey Theatre
3/08/08 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
3/11/08 Port St. Lucie, FL - Mojo Room
3/12/08 St. Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing
3/13/08 Atlanta, GA Masquerade * New Date
3/14/08 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
3/15/08 Norfolk, VA Norva
3/16/08 Baltimore, MD Ram's Head Live!
3/19/08 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
3/20/08 Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
3/21/08 Worcester, MA - The Palladium
3/22/08 Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore at the TLA
3/23/08 New York, NY The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
