The 2012 Vans Warped Tour announced six more additions today to get you over the mid-week hump. Tonight Alive (pictured above), I Am The Avalanche, For Today, The Constellations, Bangups and Ballyhoo! were the lucky six announced today, bringing the roster to a healthy 44 bands. Enjoy RAGGED faves Tonight Alive‘s announcement video below and let us know what you think of the lineup thus far!

2012 Vans Warped Tour Lineup (Thus Far, in Alphabetical Order)
A Loss For Words
After The Burial
Ballyhoo!
Bangups
Bayside
blessthefall
Chelsea Grin
The Constellations
Dead Sara
Echo Movement
Every Time I Die
For Today
Funeral Party
The Ghost Inside
The Green
Hyro Da Hero
I Am The Avalanche
I Fight Dragons
Impending Doom
It Boys!
Living With Lions
Lost In Society
Machine Gun Kelly
Make Do and Mend
Man Overboard
Mayday Parade
Memphis May Fire
Mighty Mongo
Polar Bear Club
Rise To Remain
Senses Fail
Sick of Sarah
Sleeping With Sirens
Stepdad
The Silver Comet
Skip The Foreplay
Super Water Sympathy
T. Mills
Title Fight
Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds
Tonight Alive
Twin Atlantic
Vampires Everywhere!
Vanna

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Going from hit singles to platinum albums and from playing friends’ garages to headlining international tours, The All-American Rejects have lived the all-American dream. What began as a collaboration between two friends (lead vocalist and bassist Tyson Ritter and lead guitarist Nick Wheeler) has since led to countless nights on the road, numerous awards and three incredibly successful LPs. And to think that the fairy tale all started when an employee at Doghouse Records found their demo in the trash—talk about rags to riches.

With their third and most anticipated album behind them and having wrapped up a tour at the end of last year, the Rejects—Ritter and Wheeler along with Mike Kennerty (rhythm guitar) and Chris Gaylor (drums)—have been busy working with the likes of Rihanna and Weezer, contributing to the Alice in Wonderland soundtrack, and writing another album. Even though the guys have had their musical plates full, they found time to move halfway across North America: After having publicly talked about relocating to Los Angeles for years, Ritter and his Oklahoma-based band mates have finally made the move to the West Coast.

“When I was 21, I thought, ‘Well, I can probably move to L.A. now but I would probably end up getting eaten alive,’” Ritter says. “Now I’m 25 and I’ve put it off long enough.”

But relocating is not the only change the guys are making. For their fourth album, The All-American Rejects are paving a different path. “It’s a huge departure for us—I think we might be burning some bridges and building some new ones on this one,” Ritter says. “I figured instead of doing the Tango; why not try the Pasodoble? I feel like in order to continue on as a band we need to change the music. If you liked where we were going on the last three trips—they were just baby steps. This next one is going to be our daddy-pants step. They’re going to be strides instead of steps from now on.”

Ritter is not quick to reveal just how far these strides are going to take the group’s sound; however, he does drop a few ambiguous hints. “If I could describe our music in terms of fashion it would have to be red Chucks, black suits and spray-on glitter—there’s going to be glitter all over this next record.”

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The 2012 Vans Warped Tour lineup is shaping up quite nicely, if we do say so ourselves! RAGGED faves Mayday Parade and Issue #13 alum Sick of Sarah were among the acts announced today to be joining the roster, now clocking in at 38 bands. Also added today include Make Do and Mend, Skip The Foreplay, The Green, Twin Atlantic and Vanna. As always, check out the full updated listing of confirmed bands below and stay tuned here for the next round of bands to be announced.

2012 Vans Warped Tour Lineup (Thus Far, in Alphabetical Order)
A Loss For Words
After The Burial
Bayside
blessthefall
Chelsea Grin
Dead Sara
Echo Movement
Every Time I Die
Funeral Party
The Ghost Inside
The Green
Hyro Da Hero
I Fight Dragons
Impending Doom
It Boys!
Living With Lions
Lost In Society
Machine Gun Kelly
Make Do and Mend
Man Overboard
Mayday Parade
Memphis May Fire
Mighty Mongo
Polar Bear Club
Rise To Remain
Senses Fail
Sick of Sarah
Sleeping With Sirens
Stepdad
The Silver Comet
Skip The Foreplay
Super Water Sympathy
T. Mills
Title Fight
Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds
Twin Atlantic
Vampires Everywhere!
Vanna

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“A friend was in Travis’s car, sitting shotgun. One of us went back into the trunk getting some bags and, for some reason, he made the assumption that we were going through his CDs,” Hellogoodbye frontman Forrest Kline laughs as he recounts a summer trip with pals to a family-owned cabin in Big Bear. “And because of that, he started banging at the windshield yelling at us, and he cracked the windshield open! That may be one of my best memories of summer.”

The Long Beach, California-based band (which also includes keyboardist Joseph Marro, drummer Michael Nielsen, guitarist Andrew Richards and the aforementioned bassist Travis Head) are no strangers to fun in the sun. Their infectious, ennui-laced indie pop feels custom-made to soundtrack a lifetime worth of summers. This June, the band are set to help fans create more memories as they take to the road with Warped Tour—which Hellogoodbye haven’t been a part of since 2006.

To name just a few of the artists added, we’re stoked to see our friends The All-American Rejects (who graced the cover of Issue #9), Jimmy Eat World, Motion City Soundtrack, NeverShoutNever, Boys Like Girls, The Maine, A$AP Rocky, and so many more. Check out the up-to-date flier below, including all of the announced artists and their performance day, and set your calendar reminder to purchase three-day passes when they go on sale THIS SATURDAY, January 21 at 10am at www.thebamboozle.com.

So, what say you, friends? Are you excited to join us at Bamboozle?

Today marks the release of Attack Attack!‘s new record, This Means War, and to commemorate the day, we thought we’d dig through our archives to give you a peek back at our first interview with the band, featured in Issue #13 last summer (full issue download here!). We talked with the band about their jump to headlining Vans Warped Tour and even the progress on the now-released new album! Pick up This Means War in stores now and enjoy our look down memory lane below!

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Normally, inclusion on Warped Tour signifies that a band is on the cusp. But ascending to mid-afternoon performer on the main stage? Now that’s progress. And Ohio- based Attack Attack! has done exactly that in just a few years’ time. After paying its dues on the festival’s smaller stages, this year the band sees its hard work come to fruition.

“We’ve gone out the past few years and have had a great time and did really well,” drummer Andrew Wetzel remarks. “So [Warped] asked us to come back again this year and be on the main stage with some of the biggest bands on
the tour.”

This summer, Attack Attack! will join acts on the main stage like 3OH!3, Against Me! and Gym Class Heroes. In the past, bands such as My Chemical Romance, Anberlin, Motion City Soundtrack and Avenged Sevenfold have achieved widespread success after playing the Warped main stage, a fact that isn’t lost on Wetzel.

“It’s very exciting, and we’ve got a lot of stuff lined up and we’re not going to be wasting this great opportunity. We want to make it, like so many of the bands that have before. It’s always great to play on the Warped Tour, but to be on the main stage—-that’s something else.”

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Keeping with Wednesday’s new tradition, Vans Warped Tour has announced seven more additions to the 2012 tour lineup, namely Funeral Party (pictured above), Hyro Da Hero, Lost In Society, Title Fight, T. Mills, Living With Lions and Rise To Remain. As always, check out the full updated listing of confirmed bands below and stay tuned here for the next round of bands to be announced. What do you think of the 24 confirmed acts thus far?

2012 Vans Warped Tour Line-Up (Thus Far, in Alphabetical Order)
A Loss For Words
Bayside
blessthefall
Chelsea Grin
Every Time I Die
Funeral Party
Hyro Da Hero
I Fight Dragons
Impending Doom
Living With Lions
Lost In Society
Machine Gun Kelly
Man Overboard
Memphis May Fire
Polar Bear Club
Rise To Remain
Sleeping With Sirens
Stepdad
The Silver Comet
Super Water Sympathy
T. Mills
Title Fight
Tomorrow’s Bad Seeds
Vampires Everywhere!

Well, well, well. Look who’s making the most of 2012 already! Our friends and featured alumni, Breathe Carolina, have the honor of performing live at the LA Kings game (that would be hockey for those not-so sports savvy) this Thursday, January 12. The band will be performing during each intermission as part of the LA Kings Live Music Nights Series, presented by Roccos Old School Tattoo Balm. If this sounds like a special event, you’re right. It is.

LA locals interested in catching the show, of course including the hockey game, can pick up tickets at a special 35% discount for Breathe Carolina fans at www.LAKings.com/breathecarolina. If you make the show, we’d love to see your photos, so Tweet ‘em to us @raggedmag.

P.S. Don’t miss our full feature with the band in Issue #14, available for free download here!