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Nick Fradiani Releases New Single “Get You Home”

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American Idol winner Nick Fradiani just released his new single “Get You Home” from his upcoming debut album of the same name.  The single is a departure from what we’ve heard from Nick in the past.  “Get You Home” is a huge poppy dance single that will get you moving to the Timberlake-esque groove and sharp falsetto. Listen to the track on Spotify below!

Nick will be taking the “American Idol” stage once more tonight at 8/7 C  to perform his new single on television for the first time and to help celebrate the storied history of the show, currently in its final season.

Check out the album art below and pick up your copy of “Get You Home” on iTunes or Amazon now!

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Music, On Tour

Emo Is Back Tour Ft. Best Kept Secret, An Honest Year & This Is All Now

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Emo is officially back, with bands like Best Kept Secret, An Honest Year, and This is All Now making a splash in the music scene.  The bands just announced a special tour appropriately titled the “Emo Is Back Tour” for the Spring.  The bill also features some of the most promising new emo bands rotating as opening acts.

The bands’ classic pop punk sound is right on time with the Good Charlotte reunion and the resurgence of early 2000’s everything. We love it.   This tour sounds like a blast!  Check out the tour flyer below and make sure you get your tickets before they sell out!

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Emo Is Back Tour 2016
April 23rd – The Garage – Burnsville, MN – Buy Tickets
April 24th – The Wire – Berwyn, IL – BuyTickets
April 27th – Rumba Cafe – Columbus, OH – Buy Tickets
April 28th – House Of Blues – Cleveland, OH – Buy Tickets
April 29th – Milkboy –  Philadelphia, PA – Buy Tickets
April 30th – World Cafe Live – Wilmington, DE – Buy Tickets
May 1st – Smiling Moose – Pittsburgh, PA – Buy Tickets
May 2nd – Studio at Webster Hall – New York, NY – Buy Tickets
May 3rd – Fete Music Hall – Providence, RI – Buy Tickets
May 4th – Dingbatz – Clifton, NJ – Buy Tickets
May 6th – Backbooth – Orlando, FL – Buy Tickets
May 7th – Jack Rabbit’s – Jacksonville, FL – Buy Tickets
May 8th – The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA – Buy Tickets
May 9th – The Firebird – St. Louis,  MO – Buy Tickets
May 11th – Prophet Bar – Dallas, TX – Buy Tickets
May 13th – Nile Underground – Phoenix, AZ – Buy Tickets

Watch An Honest Year’s video for “Chin Up, Kid” below.

Be sure to follow Emo Is Back Tour & Secret Fangirls on Twitter for the latest news!

Music, On Tour

Rooney Announces The “Welcome Home” Tour

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The Rooney announcements just keep rolling in!  Last week, the band released their new single, “My Heart Beats 4 U” and announced their new album “Washed Away” will be out on May 6th.  Rooney is also going on tour in May in support of the new album!  The “Welcome Home” Tour kicks off in CA May 3rd and hits cities on the West and East coasts.  Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 11th.  Check out the dates and listen to “My Heart Beats 4U” below!

NYLON Presents Rooney The “Welcome Home” Tour
May 3rd – The Catalyst – Santa Cruz, CA – Buy Tickets
May 4th – The Independent – San Francisco, CA – Buy Tickets
May 6th – Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA – Buy Tickets
May 18 – Middle East – Boston, MA – Buy Tickets
May 19 – The Foundry – Philadelphia, PA – Buy Tickets
May 20 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY – Buy Tickets
May 21 – Rock & Roll Hotel – Washington, DC – Buy Tickets

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Friday Five, Music

The Friday Five: Songs Of The Week

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After a week of extreme fangirling (seriously how is it always 3+ shows in one week or nothing?), we are so ready for the weekend! Starting with Fall Out Boy & PRVIS tonight at Madison Square Garden.  Here’s what we’ve been jamming to all week!

  1. AJR – “Let The Games Begin”

2. MAX – “Holla”

3. Dierks Bentley – “Somewhere On A Beach”

4. SWMRS – “Figuring It Out”

5. Simple Plan – “Opinion Overload”

Album Release, Music

Listen to Rooney’s “My Heart Beats 4 U” From Upcoming Album “Washed Away” Out 5/6

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Rooney just released the first official single from their upcoming album, “Washed Away,” due out May 6th!  (We are so excited to just be able to write that sentence omg).  The entire album was written, produced, mixed and recorded by Robert Schwartzman for you.  The upbeat new single, “My Heart Beats 4 U,” was co-written by Travis Clark of We The Kings.  Stream the track on Spotify now!

Visit Rooney’s website to download the single and to access special pre-order packages for the album, including a signed copy and exclusive merch.  Check out the awesome album art below.

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Read Robert Schwartzman’s message to fans about the return of Rooney below.

Be sure to follow Rooney & Secret Fangirls for more updates!

Music, Music Video

MAX Releases “Holla” Video

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MAX dropped the music video for his new single “Holla,” from his upcoming album “Hell’s Kitchen Angel,” due April 8th.   Seriously, this song is so good it makes us want to holla at everyone we know / people on the street to go check it out.   The video shows MAX getting a shocking new look from none other than Pete Wentz, as sort of an initiation to DCD2.  He later wins over the crowd at the fight club/punk rock club.  We’re sure he learned a thing or two about winning over a crowd when he opened for the “Boyz of Zummer” Tour with Fall Out Boy and Hoodie Allen last Summer.

If you get the chance to see MAX on tour, go! We caught MAX opening for R5 over the weekend and we can honestly say that it was one of the most fun opener sets we’ve seen in a really long time.

Watch the official video for “Holla” below.

Pre-order your copy of “Hell’s Kitchen Angel” on iTunes or Amazon and instantly get 3 tracks off the album.

Be sure to follow MAX & Secret Fangirls on Twitter.

Music, On Tour

The Weekend Riot Announce Spring Tour Dates

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The Weekend Riot just announced their Spring tour dates, including shows with Kris Allen and Kawehi and a headlining show in PA. We’re excited they’ll be back in NYC!   Check out the dates below and get your tickets now!  The guys are just as fun live as you would expect and it’s guaranteed to be a night to remember.

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The Weekend Riot Spring Tour 2016
April 16th – Wateska Theatre – Wateska, IL – Buy Tickets  W/Kris Allen
April 19th – Horseshoe Tavern – Toronto, ON – Buy Tickets W/Kawehi
April 21st – Daryl’s House – Pawling, NY – Buy Tickets w/ Kawehi
April 22nd – Mercury Lounge, New York, NY – Buy Tickets w/ Kawehi
April 23rd – LAUNCH Music Conference – Lancaster, PA – Buy Tickets *Full band headliner
April 25th – Middle East – Cambridge, MA – Buy Tickets w/ Kawehi
April 27th – The Boot & Saddle – Philadelphia, PA – Buy Tickets w/ Kawehi
April 28th – Jammin Java – Vienna, VA – Buy Tickets w/ Kawehi
April 29th – Cat’s Cradle – Carrboro, NC – Buy Tickets w/ Kawehi

Watch the video for “25 Minutes” below and pickup a copy of the “Remember This Night” EP on iTunes now!  Also, we highly recommend following TWR on Twitter and YouTube for their Riot Monday videos.  Just do it, you won’t regret it.

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Music, On Tour

Macklemore & Ryan Lewis Announce “This Unruly Mess I’ve Made” US Tour

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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis announced a string of US tour dates for Summer 2016 and they’re bringing their unruly mess with them.  The duo’s sophomore album was released last week and has been hanging at the top of the charts.   Pre-sales start March 2nd and Macklemore.com, with general public on-sales this Friday, March 4th.  Check out the dates below!

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Macklemore & Ryan Lewis – This Unruly Mess I’ve Made US Tour
May 25th – PNE Forum – Vancouver, BC
May 26th – Memorial Coliseum – Portland, OR s
May 28th – Bill Graham Civic Auditorium -San Fran Cisco, CA
May 31st – Shrine Exposition Hall – Los Angeles, CA
June 3rd – The Great Salt Air – Salt Lake City, UT
June 5th – 1st Bank Center – Broomfield, CO
June 8th – US Bank Theatre – Minneapolis, MN
June 9th – Riviera Theatre – Chicago, IL
June 11th – Bonnaroo Festival – Manchester, TN
June 13th – Tower Theatre – Upper Darby, PA
June 14th – Stage AE – Indoor – Pittsburgh, PA
June 15th – TD Echo Beach – Toronto, ON
June 17th – Agganis Arena – Boston, MA
June 21st – Hammerstein Ballroom – New York, NY

Grab a copy of “This Unruly Mess I’ve Made” on iTunes or Amazon and watch the video for “Kevin” below featuring Leon Bridges below.

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Music, Show Review

R5 & MAX Rock NYC’s Beacon Theatre On “Sometime Last Night” Tour

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R5’s “Sometime Last Night” Tour with special guest MAX hit the Beacon Theatre in NYC on Saturday night for a sold out show.  It was one of those concerts where you could feel the energy and excitement from the crowd from the moment you walked in the door.  Fans were decked out in homemade shirts and glow bracelets and singing R5 songs before they even took the stage.  In other words, it was just our kind of concert.

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MAX got the show off to a rocking start.   His onstage energy and stage presence is off the charts.  It was our first time seeing him and he easily became one of the best performers we’ve seen live. MAX showed off his impressive dance moves (including jumping into the splits) and his serious vocal range.  If you’ve listened to his music before and wondered “but can he hit that note live?”  The answer is yes, yes he can.  He also showed the crowd he could rap, taking over Hoodie Allen’s verse in his hit “Gibberish.”  MAX had just announced the release of his debut album, “Hell’s Kitchen Angel,” and played his new single “Holla,” a song best described as 🔥🔥🔥🔥.  We’re sure he won over quite a few new fans and are hoping MAX will be back in NYC soon on a headlining tour!

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MAX Setlist
Puppeteer
Holla
Wrong
Apologize/Sorry (cover)
Streets of Gold
Gibberish
Mugshot

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R5’s set rocked the Beacon Theatre – literally.  The entire house was dancing and jumping so hard we could feel the balcony shaking!   Fans of all ages were singing and dancing to their fun pop-rock sound.  We even caught quite a few parents rocking out!  Their set included many of the tracks from their sophomore album “Sometime Last Night.”

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R5’s new single is called “Dark Side,” and at times it seemed the band wanted to show just that, beyond their Disney beginnings. They certainly know how to rock and put on a good show.

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The sold out show was streamed live on Periscope for fans that couldn’t attend thanks to a GoPro camera that the band members took turns wearing.

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R5 Setlist
New Sensation
Dark Side
All Night
Easy Love
Wild Hearts
Heart Made Up On You
I Know You Got Away
Doctor Doctor
Cali Girls
Always
Repeating Days
Lightning Strikes
Feel Good
Let’s Go Crazy
I Want U Bad
Did You Have Your Fun?
Loud
All These Things That I’ve Done (cover)
Smile

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Check out the rest of the dates for the “Sometime Last Night” Tour here!   Pickup a copy of R5’s latest album on iTunes now!

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Be sure to follow R5, MAX & Secret Fangirls for more updates!

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Artist to Watch, Music, On Tour

The Stolen Announce “I’m So Dead” EP Out April 8th & Spring Tour Dates

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New Jersey’s own pop punk band The Stolen just announced they are releasing their new EP, “I’m So Dead,” on April 8th!  The 5-track EP will be up for pre-order next week.  Check out the album art and tracklisting below!

The Stolen “I’m So Dead” Tracklisting
Narrow Lense
I’m So Dead
Can’t Get Enough
Skeleton
White Dress

thestolen_imsodeadEPThe band is also  heading out on tour this Spring in support of the soon-to-be-released EP with opening act Hiding Out. Check out the tour dates below and get your tickets now!

The Stolen Spring 2016 Tour Dates
March 25th – Gamechanger World – Freehold, NJ – Buy Tickets
March 26th – Amityville Music Hall – Amityville, NY – Buy Tickets
March 28th – The Space – Hamden, CT – Buy Tickets
March 29th – Water St. Music Hall – Rochester, NY – Buy Tickets
March 30th – Evening Star – Buffalo, NY – Buy Tickets
March 31st – D-Beatstro – Toronto, ON – Buy Tickets
April 1st – The Crofoot – Pontiac, MI – Buy Tickets
April 3rd – Wire – Chicago, IL – Buy Tickets – Buy Tickets
April 4th – Hoosier Dome – Indianapolis, IN – Buy Tickets
April 6th – The Outpost – Cleveland, OH – Buy Tickets
April 7th – Smiling Moose – Pittsburgh, PA – Buy Tickets
April 10th – Voltage Lounge – Philadelphia, PA – Buy Tickets
April 12th – Canal Club – Richmond, VA – Buy Tickets
April 13th – Under the Couch – Atlanta, GA – Buy Tickets
April 15th – Rocketown – Nashville, TN – Buy Tickets
April 16th – Club Refuge – Virginia Beach, VA – Buy Tickets
April 18th – Studio at Webster Hall –  New York, NY – Buy Tickets

Watch the music video for “Chardonnay” below and pickup a copy on iTunes now!

Be sure to follow The Stolen & Secret Fangirls for more updates!