Boys Like Girls, Good Charlotte share the stage
Pop-rockers Boys Like Girls and pop-punk outfit Good Charlotte are teaming to co-headline the "Soundtrack of Your Summer" tour in North America.
The outing, which will also include up-and-coming bands Metro Station and The Main, is set to kick off July 8 in Chicago and visit 30 cities across the US, as well as a couple of Canadian provinces, through late August. Venues include a mix of clubs, theaters and sheds. Details are listed below.
The hard-working Boys Like Girls have toured Japan and the UK this year, and just finished a stint opening for Avril Lavigne in the US. The Boston-based quartet will complete another UK run before launching the "Soundtrack of Your Summer" tour.
Boys Like Girls continue to support their 2006 eponymous debut, which reached No. 55 on The Billboard 200 and spent more than 40 weeks on the magazine's Heatseekers chart, including three weeks at No. 1. The album has spawned pop hits "The Great Escape" and "Hero/Heroine," and the third single, "Thunder," is currently impacting Top 40 radio.
Good Charlotte , which recently returned from an international jaunt, is backing its fourth full-length effort, "Good Morning Revival," which surfaced last spring and snagged the No. 7 spot on The Billboard 200. That album has spawned Top 40 pop hits "The River" and "I Don't Want To Be In Love (Dance Floor Anthem)." The third single, "Where Would You Be Now," is scheduled to hit radio stations May 20 and is streaming at Good Charlotte's MySpace page.
July 2008
8 - Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre
9 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
10 - Des Moines IA - Val-Air Ballroom
11 - Denver, CO - The Fillmore Auditorium
12 - Salt Lake City, UT - SaltAir Theater
14 - Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo
15 - Portland, OR - Roseland Ballroom
17 - Berkeley CA - Berkeley Community Theatre
18 - Anaheim, CA - The Grove
19 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
20 - Alpine, CA - Concerts in the Park
21 - Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheater
24 - Houston, TX - Verizon Theater
26 - Baton Rouge, LA - Dixie Landin' Theme Park
29 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
30 - Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues Orlando
31 - Boca Raton, FL - Mizner Park Amphitheatre
August 2008
1 - St. Augustine, FL - St. Augustine Amphitheatre
2 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
3 - Richmond VA - 18th Street/Shockoe Bottom
6 - Indianapolis, IN - The Lawn at White River
7 - Detroit, MI - The Fillmore at State Theater
8 - Cleveland, OH - Time Warner Cable Amphitheater
9 - Cincinnati, OH - National City Pavilion
10 - Charlotte, NC - Amos' Southend
13 - Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus
14 - Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
15 - Lowell, MA - Tsongas Arena
16 - Uniondale, NY - Nassau Coliseum Parking Lot
17 - Poughkeepsie, NY - Mid Hudson Civic Center
20 - Philadelphia, PA - Festival Pier @ Penn's Landing
21 - Jackson, NJ - North Star Arena @ Six Flags NJ
Benji Madden: Good Charlotte's sound still growing [July 2008]
Avril Lavigne expands 'Best Damn Thing' trek [January 2008]
Avril Lavigne set to embark on 2008 tour [November 2007]
SoCal shows canceled in the wake of fires [October 2007]
Boys Like Girls map massive fall tour [August 2007]
Madonna's "Confessions on a Dance Floor" tour
The Duke Spirit on stage and in the studio
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers with Stevie Nicks
Metallica at the KROQ Weenie Roast in Irvine, CA
R.E.M. at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, CA
Herbie Hancock at the Sonoma Jazz Festival
Brad Paisley, Jack Ingram and Kellie Pickler
Dengue Fever at The Independent, San Francisco, CA

