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Against Me! Hit the Road with Ted Leo and the Pharmacists This Fall.


Band to Be Featured on Upcoming Fuel TV Special

BURBANK, Calif. -- Fresh off a headlining slot on this summer's Vans Warped Tour Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. The tour is held in venues (generally parking lots or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected). , Against Me! have announced that they will hit the road with Ted Leo Leo, in astronomy
Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac.
 and the Pharmacists on September 30th, 2008. The tour, which also features Future of the Left, will criss-cross the U.S. through the end of October.

Against Me! has been touring non-stop in support of their current album, the Butch Vig-produced New Wave, which was released by Sire Records Sire Records Company is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed through Warner Bros. Records Label history
Beginnings
The label was founded in 1966 as Sire Productions by Seymour Stein and Richard Gottehrer.
 in July 2007. Called "the most invigorating in·vig·or·ate  
tr.v. in·vig·or·at·ed, in·vig·or·at·ing, in·vig·or·ates
To impart vigor, strength, or vitality to; animate: "A few whiffs of the raw, strong scent of phlox invigorated her" 
, zeitgeist-capturing rock album in years" by Spin magazine, New Wave was named the magazine's "Album of the Year," and also appeared in the Top 10 on Rolling Stone rolling stone
Noun

a restless or wandering person
, Blender, and MTV MTV
 in full Music Television

U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business.
.com's year-end "Best Album" lists. New Wave has spawned two singles, "White People for Peace" and "Thrash thrash - To move wildly or violently, without accomplishing anything useful. Paging or swapping systems that are overloaded waste most of their time moving data into and out of core (rather than performing useful computation) and are therefore said to thrash.  Unreal," which became the band's first single to chart in the U.S. when it climbed to No. 11 on the Modern Rock chart.

The band, which includes frontman front·man  
n.
1. also front man A man who serves as a nominal leader but who lacks real authority.

2. Music A leading singer with a group.
 Tom Gabel, guitarist James Bowman For the Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons see James Langstaff Bowman

James Thomas Bowman (b. November 6, 1941) is a famous countertenor born in Oxford, England. His career spans Opera, Oratorio, Contemporary music and solo recitals.
, bassist Andrew Seward, and drummer Warren Oakes, recently shot a video for the track "Borne on the FM Waves Of The Heart." The clip features a guest appearance by Tegan Quin from Canadian songwriting duo Tegan and Sara Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Kiersten Quin (born September 19 1980, identical twins[1]) are Canadian singer-songwriters, performing as Tegan and Sara. Biography and musical career
Tegan and Sara were born in Calgary, Alberta.
, who also duets on the album track with Gabel.

In other news, Against Me! will be featured in an upcoming 30-minute special on FOX's Fuel TV called Check 1, 2, which will air early 2009. The episode will include unique performance footage filmed exclusively for Fuel TV, as well as behind-the-scenes footage and interviews from the band's final day of their headlining Warped Tour run.

Against Me! will begin work on the follow-up to New Wave early next year.

Against Me! dates with Ted Leo and the Pharmacists:
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Orlando, FL, House of Blues
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Boston, MA, Wilbur Theater
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Seattle, WA, Showbox at the Market
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Portland, OR, Roseland Theatre
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For further information please contact Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Records Inc. is an American record label that operates as a wholly owned subsidiary of Warner Music Group. It is internationally known as WEA International Inc.  Publicity:

Brian Bumbery brian.bumbery@wbr.com 818-953-3203

Renee Harrison renee.harrison@wbr.com 818-953-3311

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  • His favourite player is Jorg Albertz
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