22 Jan
In what has quickly become titled as the “Hot Chick Singers Tour” amongst internet boards, No Doubt has confirmed rumors of breaking their hiatus since 2004 by announcing a summer tour along with pop giants Paramore. For the amount of shit that we give Video Matt for pretty much reaching stalker levels in his quest to court Haley Williams, I’m actually pretty excited about this tour. No Doubt pretty much made Gwen Stefani (not the other way around), so I’m stoked to see what she can do when she’s back in a creative, group environment. Besides, if you get bored in the middle of the show, you can climb to the high seats and rub one out while watching the jumbo-tron get popcorn.
Mark your calendars: No Doubt will be hitting the road with Paramore this summer, the band announced on its Web site on Wednesday (January 21).
“The whole reason for going on this tour was to have fun, try on all our favorite songs again and to get inspired to make new music,” Gwen Stefani said. “It feels good to be all together again.”
“Get there early,” bassist Tony Kanal added. “This is going to be a great night from the moment the lights go down.”
“What a dream tour! We couldn’t be more excited to kick off 2009 by touring with a band like No Doubt,” Paramore singer Hayley Williams said in the statement on No Doubt’s Web site.
The band also confirmed that a second opening-act slot will be shared by the Sounds, Janelle Monae and Bedouin Soundclash.
Although dates and venues have yet to be announced, according to No Doubt’s Web site, they will kick off the tour in May and will play outdoor amphitheaters and arenas throughout the summer. No Doubt, along with Fall Out Boy, will also play New Jersey’s Bamboozle Festival in May.
“Now that five years have passed, the excitement level for us is extremely high,” drummer Adrian Young said; the last time the band toured was in 2004 along with Blink-182. “We are so fresh and ready! I feel like a kid again when rehearsing these songs.”
Just in case you forgot why No Doubt is so rad, watch this.
2 Jul
Video Matt comes through with not one, not two, not three, but FOUR new Paramore videos on our YouTube channel. And you thought that dude who was selling her childhood drawings on eBay was bad. At least he was her stepdad. We ain’t even kin.
1 Jul
I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but our resident video savant, the aptly named Video Matt has a boner the size of Rhode Island for Paramore. In fact, he has a personal archive of fap videos that he hoards like gold nuggets, locked away in a safe deep inside his family compound in the hills above Gridley. However, we are slowly convincing him to release some of this footage for the greater good of humanity. Check out these two clips of Paramore back before they were the biggest thing since sliced wrists, playing at the legendary Boardwalk in Orangevale, CA.
24 Jun
As if it wasn’t enough that Protest the Hero frontman Rody Walker came to Chico a month or so back and rocked an acoustic jam in Managing Editor Ryan Prado’s apartment, posed some tough questions for Paramore and sat down for his own Q&A sesh with Video Matt, he’s now acting as a roving correspondent for Synthesis.net at this year’s Warped Tour. Check out his interview with From First to Last above, and subscribe to our stupid YouTube channel so we can spam you with our shit ALL DAY!
10 Jun
This is Lauren Bernat of Miami, FL. She likes to Wii Hula Hoop in her underwear, while her dorky bf / roommate films her. And that ass is stacking FAME!!! 2 million views in 2 weeks? Damn!
To watch something with a little more substance, check out and subscribe to our YouTube channel. Just yesterday, we filmed some silly shit where I get squirted by Ranch dressing. On the real though, we have some good video interviews…
Hatebreed, Thrice, Fall of Troy, Getting a Tattoo with Ed Harcourt, Paramore, Paramore, and more Paramore, Eisley, The Used live, As I Lay Dying, The Color Fred, MxPx live, Armor For Sleep, The Cool Kids live at SXSW, The English Beat live, Chiodos live, Tilly & The Wall, Me Drunk as Eff, Pierce The Veil live, The Audition
23 May
Video Matt’s future wife Hayley Williams and the rest of Paramore have a busy summer ahead of them: touring Europe, doing time on this year’s Warped Tour, embarking on their Final RIOT! tour with Phantom Planet and Jack’s Mannequin and stopping by Bonnaroo, Bumbershoot and Dfest. Check out the band’s complete dates below and then check out some ancient footage of the band out of Video Matt’s spank band vault above:
JUNE
2 Dublin, IRE Dublin RDS Simmions Court
4 Portsmouth, UK Portsmouth Guildhall
5 Nottingham, UK Nottingham Rock City
7 Nürburgring, GER Rock Am Ring
8 Nürnberg, GER Rock Im Park
9 Brussels, BEL Brussels AB
11 Copenhagen, DK Pumpehuset
12 Hultsfred, SWE Hultsfred Festival
14 Oslo, NOR Norwegian Wood Festival
15 Seinajoki, FIN Provinssirock
17 Amsterdam, HOL Melkweg
18 Paris, FRA Bataclan
30 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
JULY
1 St. Louis, MO Vans Warped Tour
2 Kansas City, MO Vans Warped Tour
3 Dallas, TX Vans Warped Tour
5 San Antonio, TX Vans Warped Tour
6 Houston, TX Vans Warped Tour
25 Tulsa, OK Dfest
26 Englewood, CO Channel 93.3’s Big Gig - Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre
28 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Theatre* (w/ Jack’s Mannequin and Paper Route)
30 Costa Mesa, CA Pacific Amphitheatre* (OC Fair w/ Jack’s Mannequin)
AUGUST
1 San Diego, CA Concerts On The Green
2 Mesa, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre
5 Little Rock, AR Riverfest Amphitheatre
6 New Orleans, LA The Sugarmill
7 Memphis, TN Mud Island Amphitheatre
10 Baltimore, MD Virgin Festival 2008 - Pimlico Race Course *
12 Chicago, IL Congress Theatre
13 Sterling Hts, MI Freedom Hill
15 Philadelphia, PA Festival Pier @ Penn’s Landing
16 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Park Convention Hall
17 Providence, RI Providence Piers
22 Montreal, QUE Metropolis* (w/ Phantom Planet and Paper Route)
23 Toronto, ONT Kool Haus* (w/ Phantom Planet and Paper Route)
24 Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Ampitheatre* (w/ Phantom Planet and Paper Route)
26 St. Paul, MN Minnesota State Fair
29 Portsmouth, VA NTelos Wireless Pavilion* (w/ Phantom Planet and Paper Route)
30 Wallingford, CT Chevrolet Theatre
SEPTEMBER
1 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot Festival- Seattle Center Memorial Stadium
