More dates surface for Nintendo Fusion tour
The itinerary for this year's Nintendo Fusion tour--which features headlining act Fall Out Boy --now includes a number of new stops.
Organizers have nailed down October shows in Toronto, Montreal, the Boston area, Philadelphia and Atlanta, as well as a November stop in Seattle. As previously reported, the run kicks off in late September. Details are shown below.
Joining Chicago's Fall Out Boy on the tour's roster are The Starting Line , Motion City Soundtrack , Boys Night Out and Panic! at the Disco.
In addition to music, each tour stop will also feature video-game stations where concertgoers can try out new Nintendo Products, according to the company. More information is posted at the tour's website.
Fall Out Boy is backing its latest album, "From Under the Cork Tree," which hit stores in May. The gold-certified set features the cut "Sugar, We're Going Down," the music video for which hit the No. 1 spot on MTV's "Total Request Live."
The group is currently touring the U.S. as part of this summer's Vans Warped Tour.
Pennsylvanian punk-pop outfit The Starting Line issued its sophomore set, "Based on a True Story," in May. The disc debuted at No. 18 on The Billboard 200 album chart thanks to first-week sales of about 40,000 copies.
Minneapolis-based quintet Motion City Soundtrack is hitting the road behind its second album, "Commit This to Memory," which surfaced in June. Blink-182's Mark Hoppus produced the set.
The latest from Canada's Boys Night Out, "Trainwreck," arrived in stores late last month, while Panic! at the Disco delivers its debut album, "The Fever You Can't Sweat Out," the day before the Nintendo Fusion Tour 's Sept. 28 kick-off.
Nintendo Fusion Tour
September 2005
28 - Detroit, MI - State Theatre
29 - Columbus, OH - PromoWest Pavilion
30 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
October 2005
1 - Cleveland, OH - Tower City Amphitheater
2 - Toronto, Ontario - Docks Concert Hall
4 - Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
5 - Rochester, NY - ESL Center
8 - Lowell, MA - Tsongas Arena
9, 10 - Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
15 - Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
16 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
20 - Saint Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing
22 - Grand Prairie, TX - Nokia Theatre
23 - Austin, TX - Stubb's Barbeque
24 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater
26 - Tempe, AZ - Marquee Theatre
27 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern LG
28 - San Diego, CA - SOMA
29 - Tucson, AZ - Coconuts
31 - Irvine, CA - Bren Events Center
November 2005
1 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
2 - Sacramento, CA - California State University, Sacramento
3 - San Francisco, CA - SF Weekly Warfield
4 - Chico, CA - California State University
6 - Seattle, WA - The Premier
8 - Salt Lake City, UT - Promontory Hall
9 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
10 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theatre
11 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground
12 - Saint Paul, MN - Myth
13 - Saint Louis, MO - The Pageant
15 - West Des Moines, IA - Val Air Ballroom
16 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave/Eagles Club
17 - Grand Rapids, MI - Orbit Room
18 - Indianapolis, IN - Murat Egyptian Room
20 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
22 - Providence, RI - Lupo's at the Strand
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