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Hopeless announces 2009 Take Action Tour

Posted by aubin on Monday, December 1, 2008 at 7:00 PM (EST)

Hopeless Records has announced the lineup for the 2009 edition of the annual Take Action Tour. The bill will be headlined by Cute Is What We Aim For and feature Meg and Dia, Breathe Carolina, Every Avenue and Anarbor.

The tour, now in its eighth year, raises funds and awareness for youth involvement in charitable action, and for the second straight year Take Action has chosen not-for-profit organization DoSomething.org to benefit from the funds raised and to help spread the message of action to young people across the country.

The tour has previously featured many future stars including: The Plain White T's, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Paramore, Every Time I Die, Jimmy Eat World, Avenged Sevenfold, Hawthorne Heights, Chiodos, Thrice, Anti-Flag, Silverstein, Dillinger Escape Plan, and many more.

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MattRamone (December 1, 2008)

Baldsteve won the Falcon test press.

Time to storm his castle.

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Dante3000 (rich) (December 1, 2008)

Is that a buttsex joke?
-Dante

MattRamone (December 1, 2008)

Sort of related:

My fiancee is the one pulling in the income now, so I've taken up the mantle of running the household (managing bills, cooking dinner, cleaning, doing the shopping, etc.), until I find a decent job. I was making her breakfast this morning, and she was being fussy, so I toasted her a wheat bagel, slathered it with salmon cream cheese, and then presented it to her with two fingers in the center hole, shrieking "GOATSE! YOU'RE ABOUT TO CHOW DOWN ON FUCKING GOATSE!"

It sat uneaten for a good twenty minutes.

wonton (December 1, 2008)

id eat it.

MattRamone (December 1, 2008)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1329/862993576_07dc18a4e2.jpg?v=0

wonton (December 1, 2008)

that is fucking epic.

like a whole new level of epic.

branden (December 1, 2008)

hahaha, it took me a minute to figure out what was going on there. A+

veganboyjosh (December 1, 2008)

http://joeydevilla.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2004/12/goat se_time.jpg

Holy_Balls (December 1, 2008)

oy, that bagel is moist defintly roined

MattRamone (December 1, 2008)

Paging Dr. Dredel

jacknife737 (December 1, 2008)

I gagged for a minute.

DreeeamWeaver (December 2, 2008)

Like in Hai2u ?

DreeeamWeaver (December 2, 2008)

let it be known that on the grand scale of hilarious/gross/exteme photos, the continuum lies as follows, most disgusting to least:

Goatse. > Tubgirl. > Hai2u. > Lemon-party > Meatspin.

Videos are exempted.

baldsteve (December 2, 2008)

God, I hope so.

baldsteve (December 2, 2008)

That's sweet.

allfornot (December 1, 2008)

Cute Is What We Aim For?
Really?

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MattRamone (December 1, 2008)

Inb4 "buttholes are what they aim for" jokes.

allfornot (December 1, 2008)

Words-express-fuck-band. You know the drill.

Adlai_E_Stevenson (December 1, 2008)

This band was phone?

MattRamone (December 1, 2008)

They phoned Madball for $150 or something.

Holy_Balls (December 1, 2008)

cute is what they aim for, gay is what the achieve. laugh out loud

reinventingkyle (December 1, 2008)

what if instead i said that i said cute is what they aim for, holy balls is what they achieve

sorry
i got in from i hillary duff PSA

teklikethis (December 1, 2008)

yeah, thats retarded. straight up.

SkolarX (December 1, 2008)

i miss the old take action/ plea for peace tours
one year it was alkaline trio, hot water music, cave in and thrice. that might have also been the year the eyeliners were on the tour.

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MattRamone (December 1, 2008)

The Eyeliners are unjustly forgotten.

punknewscommenter (December 1, 2008)

The Eyeliners were definitely on that tour. I remember Skiba singing with them on a song. . Selby Tigers were awesome and so was getting to see Matt Skiba and HWM perform together (as in they would perform "radio" with him). As long as this tour helps out the cause I guess I cant give it too much flak.

bigmondo (December 1, 2008)

the take action and plea for peace tours are two seperate tours are they not. there is no way in hell mike park would have his name associated with a crap fest like this

SkolarX (December 1, 2008)

they combined for about 2 years

Nameless (December 1, 2008)

According to Wikipedia, it was originally known as the Plea For Peace tour.

But, it is Wikipedia... so, it's fuck all if I know for sure.

bigmondo (December 2, 2008)

yeah. thats wrong. i talked to mike park earlier this year. last time plea for peace did any type of tour was that bike tour across the west coast a few years back

SkolarX (December 2, 2008)

no there was several asainman tours that were under the heading plea for peace a while back. it was maybe 99. around the same time the take action tours started (first line up i remember was 15, scared of chaka and the weakerthans)

a_cobb (December 2, 2008)

Indeed! Plea for Peace Tour #1 was an incredible lineup. PFP/TA #2 (that's PFP #2 TA #1?) was serviceable, if only for bringing Common Rider east of the Rockies. After that I lost track because I guess I grew up but man I'm still so stupid. Man oh man what happened?

a_cobb (December 2, 2008)

Also it could be that Take Action Tour was ongoing long before I started listening to shitty punkrock

Misanthropee (December 2, 2008)

The only year I went to this tour (its first year I think?) it consisted of someone I can't remember, AAA, Fifteen, Scared of Chaka and Jon Cougar Concentration Camp. Of course, luck mandated that the latter two dropped off just before it came to town -- huge bummer. Still, what a difference from the last, say, 6 years of Plea for Peace.

Wasn't the charity this supported one year some sort of suicide hotline? Worthy in theory, but in my opinion there are WAY too many better causes out there to base a tour around preventing middle-class white kids from killing themselves.

SkolarX (December 2, 2008)

i wish we had had jccc on the show here on that tour. we had the weakerthans in the middle slot. don't think we had aaa either. actually wish i could remember who else was on it though, i know there were 5 bands

Holy_Balls (December 1, 2008)

i would do either meg or dia. one of them is hot, the other is not. i would do the hot one.

TrueBeliever (December 1, 2008)

So I have a 5 dollar "gift card" thing sent to me from amazon that I can use to buy mp3's off their music store. Any recommondations for like a 5 song ep or something?

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MattRamone (December 1, 2008)

Dead to Me?

TrueBeliever (December 1, 2008)

Have it, lol. This is gonna be hard because I like having entire releases instead of songs from here and there. If I can't find something I guess I'll just get an album and pay the remainder of the fee, which means that through free promotions that got me for like 5-7 dollars I wouldn't ordinarly spend, those bastards.

TrueBeliever (December 1, 2008)

they got me*

bigmondo (December 2, 2008)

by the throat..?

BarleyPat (December 1, 2008)

I don't know what their music selection is like, but some of the more common EPs (ignoring obscure stuff) I would suggest if you don't have are:

NOFX - The Longest Line
AFI - All Hallows
Against Me - Acoustic, Crime, any assorted B-sides
Good Riddance - Phenomenon of Craving
Lagwagon - I Think My Older Brother Used to Listen to Lagwagon

I like getting whole releases myself, instead of individual tracks, but you could always get non-album B-sides.

MattRamone (December 1, 2008)

That Good Riddance EP is so fucking amazing.

BarleyPat (December 1, 2008)

Agreed. One for the Braves is one of their best songs.

sugarfull (December 1, 2008)

Starkweather-Into the Wire

Ikari (December 2, 2008)

I'll back this one.

wonton (December 1, 2008)

More like fake action, amirite?

Adlai_E_Stevenson (December 1, 2008)

Hey, guys, what's on your best of '08 shortlists? Here's mine:

The Hold Steady- Stay Positive
Calexico- Carried to Dust
The Gaslight Anthem- The '59 Sound
Deerhoof- Offend Maggie
Drive-By Truckers- Brighter Than Creation's Dark
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists- Rapid Response EP
Fucked Up- The Chemistry of Common Life
King Khan & The Shrines- The Supreme Genius Of... (I know it's technically a best-of, but it's the first thing I've heard by these guys, and it's fantastic)
The Dirtbombs- We Have You Surrounded
Dillinger Four- C I V I L W A R

...And some other ones, but that's off the top of my head. I'm kind of disappointed in myself for not paying close enough attention to find any great rap/hip-hop this year.

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Holy_Balls (December 1, 2008)

britnee speers - cirkus

MattRamone (December 1, 2008)

Still working on mine, but it looks something like this.

MattRamone (December 1, 2008)

Ok, here's what it looks like so far:

Andrew Jackson Jihad - Only God Can Judge Me EP
Arms Aloft - Comfort at Any Cost EP
Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons, Paint That Shit Gold
Banner Pilot - Resignation Day
Ben Nichols - The Last Pale Light in the West
Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves - Self Titled
Chuck Ragan and Austin Lucas - Sun or Snow
Copyrights/Methadones - split
Dillinger Four - Penguins Abound
Frank Turner - Love, Ire, and Song
Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life
Futureheads - This is Not the World
Flashlight Batman - Org Drool in a Brandy Snifter
Ghost Town Trio - Have You Heard? EP
Grabass Charlestons - Lead Us Down EP
Hold Steady - Stay Positive
Immortal Technique - 3rd World
In the Red - Vol. 1
Jay Reatard - Matador Singles 08
Lemuria

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Adlai_E_Stevenson (December 2, 2008)

Oh, man, I forgot about that Lemuria album.

McFlynnTHM (john) (December 1, 2008)

I dunno the whole thing, but off the top of my head:

Gaslight Anthem - The '59 Sound
Dillinger Four - C I V I L W A R
The Shortcuts - self-titled
Less Than Jake - GNV FLA
Teenage Bottlerocket - Warning Device
Lemuria - Get Better
The Copyrights - Learn the hard Way
Amanda Palmer - Who Killed Amanda Palmer
The Phenomenauts - For All Mankind
Sparks - Exotic Creatures of the Deep
Chuck Ragan & Austin Lucas - Bristle Ridge

And some others I'm too lazy to think about.

IanIsSuperRad (December 1, 2008)

If you're looking for a good potential hip-hop inclusion from 2008 I suggest you check out Doomtree - s/t. They're an awesome Minneapolis hip-hop collective featuring POS.

shrapnel (December 1, 2008)

hell yeah, and Mike Mictlan's "Hand Over Fist"

shrapnel (December 1, 2008)

I like your inclusion of "Brighter Than Creation's Dark", the Drive-By Truckers are amazing

TEF (December 1, 2008)

Hold Steady, Gaslight Anthem, Banner Pilot, Fucked Up, Bronx, Dillinger Four, Class War Kids, Constantines, Elzhi, Saint Alvia.

That's all I could rattle off for now.

shrapnel (December 1, 2008)

if you're looking for the best hip-hop album of the year its Atmosphere's "When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold" without a doubt

MattRamone (December 1, 2008)

That album was fucking amazing.

jacknife737 (December 1, 2008)

Real McKenzies
LTJ
D4
Gaslight Anthem
Loved Ones
Off With Their Heads
Sloan
The Offspring
No Use For A Name
Alkaline Trio
Tom Gabel's EP
Dead to Me
Pennywise
La Grecia

DarthNader (December 1, 2008)

bronx was dissapointing

Nameless (December 1, 2008)

Shorebirds - It's Gonna Get Ugly
Gaslight Anthem - the '59 Sound
Mountain Goats - Heretic Pride
Dead to Me - Little Brother EP
('Cause I'm predictable) Ted Leo and the Pharmacists - Rapid Response EP
Look Mexico - Gasp Asp EP
Cobra Skulls - Never Be a Machine EP
Pinhead Gunpowder - Westside Highway EP
Hold Steady - Stay Positive

There's probably a couple of others, but these are the first ones that came to mind. Those are the ones off the top of my head.

MattRamone (December 1, 2008)

If Ted Leo is predictable I hate humanity.

Nameless (December 1, 2008)

Agreed.

But, I seriously listen to him a lot. So, me putting him on a best-of year end list, is, well, not much of a surprise.

And I forgot the Copyrights on my list. Dang.

DarthNader (December 2, 2008)

somebody likes EPs

Nameless (December 2, 2008)

Yup.

And I only get 10 eMusic credits a month. So, EP's it is!

BluthCo (December 2, 2008)

Smoking Popes-Stay Down
Less Than Jake-GNV FLA
The Loved Ones-Build and Burn
Weezer-Red
The Gaslight Anthem-The '59 Sound
Teenage Bottlerocket-Warning Device
Metallica-Death Magnetic

I think the only other full-lengths from this year I've listened to were the ones by Millencolin, The Offspring, and Goldfinger.

Codu (December 2, 2008)

Great rap/hip-hop?

Immortal Technique - 3rd World.

LinoleumMagazine (December 2, 2008)

Why are all you fucknecks forgeting to mention Drag The River "You Can't Live This Way"? Defininetly top 5. This is why bands don't like releasing records in January.

Also...
The Playing Favorites, My Morning Jacket, Ben Nichols, D4, Gaslight Anthem,
Tim Barry, The Bronx, Chris Wollard, that's it for now...

MattRamone (December 2, 2008)

You are absolutely fucking correct. That album was awesome and I am indeed a fuckneck.

LinoleumMagazine (December 2, 2008)

lol! Yeah I thought I remembered you praising that record. Glad you agree it's awesome. You are no longer a fuckneck. As for the rest of ya...

skottybloodbank (December 1, 2008)

remember when the plea for peace tour was anti-flag / bouncing souls, international noise conspiracy, lawrence arms, and common rider? ...

salad days!!!!

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edgelife (December 1, 2008)

When I first wore this suit...

TheOneTrueBill (December 1, 2008)

I went that year.

I'm listening to the new (I)NC record right now to review it and it's so clean sounding and not urgent at all. It's not bad, but it is kind of sad.

niveK82 (December 1, 2008)

insert obligatory 'I'd rather kill myself that go to this tour' comment

thepinballwizard (December 1, 2008)

Ew. I think I just puked a little.

DarthNader (December 1, 2008)

hell fuckin' yeah!
about time some good music gets news around this shithole

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wonton (December 1, 2008)

gay sex with jamie hyneman from mythbusters while kari points and laughs at you > Bring me the horizon > this

Holy_Balls (December 1, 2008)

i want to point at kari with my pants finger and make her laugh when i tickle her insides with my tongue.

Cheesetits (December 1, 2008)

Pants finger? Brilliant.

Holy_Balls (December 1, 2008)

my pants finger is always pointing at the ladies.

DarthNader (December 1, 2008)

sarcasm just doesnt work over the internet.
i gotta write that down somewhere.

branden (December 1, 2008)

m-m-m-mousetrap mousetrap
cheese was the bait
wont somebody help me before its too late?
the hawk is upon me
and the cats comin too
im caught in a mousetrap now what will i do?

^greatest song ever written.

4x4Grimreaper (December 1, 2008)

Epitaph Jr.

shot_in_the_dark (December 1, 2008)

What's "the message" again?

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eazyd2 (December 1, 2008)

could be wrong, pretty sure its anti terrorism

SmellTheGlove (December 1, 2008)

Broken glass everywhere, people pissing on the street you know they just don't care.

Banal242 (December 1, 2008)

It was Christmas Eve babe,
In the drunk tank . . .

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eazyd2 (December 1, 2008)

at your moms house
that old ho said to me
give it to me big eazy

MattRamone (December 1, 2008)

I love listening to covers because I want to see who chickens out on the "you cheap lousy faggot" part.

reinventingkyle (December 1, 2008)

thats weird, i just listened to the pogues for the first time in months yesterday

noeffinidea (December 1, 2008)

This is a far cry from the days of the older Plea For Peace/Take Action tours...

Remember the 1st or 2nd year of it the lineup was like:

Alkaline Trio
Hot Water Music
Lawrence Arms
Mike Park
Selby Tigers

sooo amazing back then

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LookingForCorpses (December 1, 2008)

Wasn't the year Trio did it the same year Cave In were on it?

edgelife (December 1, 2008)

How did Ray Cappo go from being a not so good vocalist (YOT) to being decent?(Shelter)

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MattRamone (December 1, 2008)

Dude, we need to introduce you to Radio Birdman.

DrewXFishy (December 2, 2008)

cos hes better than a thousand

manincognito (December 1, 2008)

i like what this tour is all about..i just wish they had better bands on the tour.

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LookingForCorpses (December 2, 2008)

I think the purpose is to get a lot of people out, to make money for the charities in question.

Ollywood (December 1, 2008)

how do i install my netgear rp614 wifi router?

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MattRamone (December 1, 2008)

http://futureupdate.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/condom.jpg

Tr y this instead.

Misanthropee (December 2, 2008)

Download a Linux distro; burn to CD and boot. Remove Windows. Plug router in. Use without a hitch.

Ravnos (December 2, 2008)

Rtfm.

reinventingkyle (December 1, 2008)

sponsored by the new straight-edge clothing line?

i guess we can only hope

dev (December 1, 2008)

Less than 22 hours... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170282356354

yahay (December 1, 2008)

does anybody else find that headline to be strangely confusing? belittling maybe?

DreeeamWeaver (December 1, 2008)

dan deacon sucks balls.

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GlamBalam (December 2, 2008)

yes he does

SloaneDaley (December 2, 2008)

moar like Take "all the prepubescent" Action Tour, aminotcorrect?

Dudley_Shale (December 2, 2008)

People in Arizona;

I need money quick. What I'm proposing is this: I've got an original pressing of Gaslight Anthem's 'Sink or Swim' the splatter version, autographed by all the guys in the band. It's in great condition. I also have one of the 500 red White People for Peace AM! singles signed by Tom and Andrew. Both are for sale, and both have to be sold before Wednesday (meaning the money has to be in my pocket pretty much tomorrow.)

If you have a serious offer, and the cash email me at: armageddonhale@gmail.com and we can work something out. Thanks.

DaveWilliams (December 2, 2008)

It's official!

This will be the worst tour of 2009!

Congratulations Hopeless Records!

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punk_sk (December 2, 2008)

too soon

Nameless (December 2, 2008)

Well, we haven't seen Warped yet.

Though, Bad Religion's supposedly is going to do it...

DarthNader (December 2, 2008)

who the fuck cares anymore

GlamBalam (December 2, 2008)

Breathe Carolina is pretty awesome, Every Avenue is not bad eighter.. But I doubt anyone on this site likes this bands..

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DarthNader (December 2, 2008)

your right. leave.

tmuda (December 2, 2008)

Hopeless used to have some awesome bands, they really went downhill. Although I think they still have Against All Authority, so at least they kept one good band(if AAA is still together??). But anyways this tour will be absolutely terrible.

Jake358 (December 2, 2008)

i need more news to get me through my morning/history of the universe class

DMZ (December 2, 2008)

i'd go see Meg and Dia
and would of watched Anarbor but Jess Myers left :(
not tooo stoked

JimmyVee (December 2, 2008)

Hopeless Records should re-think the bands.

They should get Mustard Plug and Against All Authority from their roster instead of the lame bands they picked.

silverzone (December 2, 2008)

1. Metallica - Death Magnetic
2. Gaslight Anthem - 59 sound
3. Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds
4. Guns N Roses - Chinese Democracy
5. AC/DC - Black Ice
6. Dillinger Four - C I V I L W A R
7. Billy Bragg - Mr. Love And Justice
8. Weezer - Red Album
9. Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone
10. Dragonforce - Ultra Beatdown

Not too much to choose from.

Not too sure about

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JimmyVee (December 2, 2008)

don't forget about rise against

Jake358 (December 2, 2008)

lol?

DarthNader (December 2, 2008)

its actually kind of a sleeper. not "best of" material. but not completely cringeworthy.

rere11 (December 10, 2008)

i think tht all of these bands are very talented!!!
alought PARMORE IS MY FAV OF ALL!!
all of them rock and i listen to each and every one.
i have my own band tht will one day be noticed. :D
(I HOPE)

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