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The Heydaze Announce New Single And Spring Tour

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Our boys in THE HEYDAZE just announced a bunch of Spring tour dates that will bring Jesse, Alexander, Andrew, and Tyler to a city near you this May!  Staring in their hometown of New York City, the guys are packing up their energetic live show and playing everywhere from Boston to DC, to Alabama and even Napa, California.

They also announced a brand new single called “New Religion” due out  April 14th. We can’t wait for new music from these guys!

https://twitter.com/theheydaze/status/847908567931899904

Check out the Spring tour dates below. Don’t be #dumb and wait – get your tickets before they sell out!

The Heydaze Spring 2017 Tour
May 2nd – Studio at Webster Hall – New York, NY – Buy Tickets
May 5th – Sonia – Boston, MA – Buy Tickets
May 6th – The Chance (Loft) – Poughkeepsie, NY – Buy Tickets
May 7th – Funk N’ Waffles – Syracuse, NY – Buy Tickets
May 19th – HangOut Fest – Gulf Shores, AL – Buy Tickets
May 20th – HangOut Fest – Gulf Shores, AL – Buy Tickets
May 21st – HangOut Fest – Gulf Shores, AL – Buy Tickets
May 23rd – Jammin Java – Vienna, VA – Buy Tickets
May 26th – Bottlerock – Napa, CA – Buy Tickets
May 28th – Undertow Jam – Pompano Beach, FL – Buy Tickets
June 16th – Boulevardia – Kansas City, MO – Buy Tickets
June 17th – Boulevardia – Kansas City, MO – Buy Tickets
July 15th – Sloss Music & Arts Festival – Birmingham, AL – Buy Tickets
July 17th – Sloss Music & Arts Festival – Birmingham, AL – Buy Tickets

Don’t forget to follow The Heydaze and Secret Fangirls on Twitter.

AJR, Album Release, Music

AJR To Release New Album, “The Click,” on June 9th

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AJR just dropped some huge news – they’re releasing a brand new album on June 9th!   The album, titled “The Click,” will be Adam, Jack and Ryan’s second LP and comes following the success of their current single, “Weak.”  We can’t wait for new music from them!

The guys also just announced a second leg of the “What Everyone’s Thinking Tour” aptly titled “Part II” that will take them to some cities they missed the first time around.  The first leg of the “What Everyone’s Thinking Tour” sold out venues across the country so be sure to get your tickets when they go on sale on Friday and come celebrate the new album with AJR!  Check out the dates below.

“What Everyone’s Thinking Tour Part II” 
June 10th – In The Venue – Salt Lake City, UT – Buy Tickets
June 13th – The Troubador – Los Angeles, CA – Buy Tickets
June 21st – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY- Buy Tickets
July 7th – The Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH – Buy Tickets
July 8th – Madison Live! – Covington, KY – Buy Tickets
July 11th – Deluxe @ Old National Centre – Indianapolis, IN – Buy Tickets 
July 13th – The Rave – Milwaukee, WI – Buy Tickets
July 16th – Front Room @ Slowdown – Omaha, NE – Buy Tickets
July 18th – Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma, OK – Buy Tickets
July 19th –  Cambridge Room @ HOB – Dallas, TX – Buy Tickets
July 20th – TBD – Houston, TX – Coming Soon
July 26th – Pub Rock – Phoenix, AZ – Buy Tickets
July 28th – The Parish @ HOB – Anaheim, CA – Buy Tickets
Aug 1st – Strummer’s – Fresno, CA – Buy Tickets
Aug 2nd – Cornerstone – Berkley, CA – Buy Tickets
Aug 4th – Hawthorn Theater – Portland, OR – Buy Tickets
Aug 6th – The Crocodile – Seattle, WA – Buy Tickets

Watch the video for their current single, “Weak,” below!

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

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Steve Madden Music Announces Brooklyn Pop Up Show With PVRIS

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Steve Madden Music just announced an exclusive pop up show in Brooklyn with Boston natives, PVRIS. For seven years, Steve Madden Music has hand picked rising artists to play special pop up shows in their stores. Eventually, the brand moved the shows to bigger venues like Music Hall Of Williamsburg and began holding the exclusive concerts monthly.  PVRIS will join the likes of Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Warpaint as part of this exclusive class of artists hand picked by one of the most iconic shoe brands.
PVRIS are the kind of band you stumble on through a friend and suddenly your life is divided in to two parts: before you knew about PVRIS and after.  Then you see them live and your life is divided again: before you saw PVRIS live and after.  Lynn Gunn, Alex Babinski, and Brian MacDonald put on a live show that is unlike any other – it’s electrifying, powerful, and yeah, pretty much life changing. They’ve been keeping a low profile while they work on the follow up to their breakthrough debut album “White Noise” that featured “St. Patrick” and “My House” and we hope they debut some new material at this once in a lifetime show!

Tickets for this pop up show will be available starting April 7th at 12noon EST.  They are free however they are on a first come- first served basis so you have to be quick!

Steve Madden Music Presents PVRIS
Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY
April 24th at 8pm
Tickets

https://twitter.com/ThisIsPVRIS/status/849413040395235328

Grab a deluxe copy of “White Noise” on iTunes or Amazon so you can sing along!

Be sure to follow Steve Madden, PVRIS, and Secret Fangirls on Twitter.

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Listen to “One More Weekend” by Audien x MAX

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MAX just dropped a new track with DJ Audien.  “One More Weekend” is an upbeat song that you can’t help but dance to.  It shows off MAX’s insane voice and Audien’s talent for finding the perfect beat.  It’s just the track we need to add to our Spring playlist!   You can guarantee we’ll be listening to it for many more weekends to come.  Watch the lyric video for the song below!

Pickup a copy of “One More Weekend” on iTunes now!

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

Sports, Tennis

Tennis Tuesday: News Roundup

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This Week’s Tournament:
Davis Cup

Last Week’s Winner:
Miami Open – Roger Federer

Roger Federer Wins Sunshine Double
Roger Federer’s incredible comeback continues!  He pulled off the “sunshine double” (aka winning both Indian Wells and Miami) for just the 3rd time in his career, defeating Rafael Nadal in the Miami Open final 6-3, 6-4.   It’s Federer’s 3rd title of the 2017, and the 3rd time he’s played and defeated Nadal this year.  2017 has been a fun year for tennis, hasn’t it?   Federer did say on court that he’d be sitting out most of the clay season and his next tournament would be Roland Garros.

Davis Cup Quarterfinals This Weekend
The Davis Cup is back April 7-9!  The World Group Quarterfinals are taking place in venues across Europe and Australia.  We’re looking forward to the tie between the US and Australia as John Isner, Jack Sock, Sam Querrey & Stevie Johnson take on Nick Kyrgios, Jordan Thompson, Sam Groth & John Peers.

Australia (host) vs USA
France (host) vs Great Britain
Belgium (host) vs Italy
Serbia (host) vs Spain

The #NextGen is Coming
#NextGen ATP stars Sascha Zverev and Jared Donaldson were both impressive in Miami.  Sascha defeated John Isner (saving 3 match points) and Stan Wawrinka en route to the Quarterfinals, where he fell to Nick Kyrgios in one of the best matches of the Miami Open.  Jared Donaldson played his way through qualifying and made it to the 4th round.  He eventually lost to Jack Sock, but his run in Miami brings him to a career high of 75 in the ATP rankings.

Tennis Watching Etiquette
We’ve covered concert etiquette before, and after watching the match between Nick Kyrgios and Roger Federer last week, we feel the need to address tennis watching etiquette as well.  If you’re lucky enough to be watching a professional tennis match in person, here are some things to keep in mind.
1. Cheering in support of your favorite player is fine, but show some respect for the other player.  Calling out against them, cheering negative things, or playing linesman and calling close balls “out” is rude and distracting to both players.
2. Learn when to cheer and when to be quiet.  Generally speaking, if the ball is in play, that’s your cue to sit and watch.   Between points, cheering is welcome and encouraged!   But please do not applaud double faults and do not call out in between 1st and 2nd serves.
3. Wait for the changeovers to enter or leave your seats.  It’s distracting to both the players and the other fans in the stadium to have people constantly going in and out.
4. Enjoy points like this!

Music, On Tour

Rooney Announce “Ultrasonic Summer Tour”

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Rooney just announced dates for the “Ultrasonic Summer Tour,” which kicks off in June in Kansas City.  Robert and the gang are heading to a city near you this Summer with Run River North and they’re promising a really good time.  The band also revealed that new music is coming your way this Summer!  We can’t wait to hear what Rooney’s been cooking up in the studio since we last saw them!  They always put on an incredible show and have a perfect mix of new material and old favorites in their set.

Check out the dates below and grab your tickets when they go on sale this Friday, April 7th!  VIP Packages are also available starting Tuesday, April 4th.

Rooney’s “Ultrasonic Summer Tour” ft. Run River North
June 20th – Record Bar – Kansas City, MO – Buy Tickets
June 21st – The Waiting Room – Omaha, NE – Buy Tickets
June 22nd – Lincoln Hall – Chicago, IL – Buy Tickets
June 23rd – 7th St Entrance – Minneapolis, MN – Buy Tickets
June 24th – Baked – Davenport, IA – Buy Tickets
June 25th – Off Broadway – St. Louis, MO – Buy Tickets
June 27th – The Hi-Tone – Memphis, TN – Buy Tickets
June 28th – The High Watt – Nashville, TN – Buy Tickets
June 29th – The Hi-Fi – Indianapolis, IN – Buy Tickets
June 30th – Grog Shop – Cleveland, OH – Buy Tickets
July 1st – The Pike Room – Pontiac, MI – Buy Tickets
July 2nd – Lee’s Palace – Toronto, ON – Buy Tickets
July 4th – La Sala Rossa – Montreal, QC – Buy Tickets
July 5th – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY – Buy Tickets
July 6th – Brighton Music Hall – Boston, MA – Buy Tickets
July 7th – The Foundry – Philadelphia, PA – Buy Tickets
July 8th – Rock & Roll Hotel – Washington, D.C. – Buy Tickets
July 9th – Neighborhood Theater – Charlotte, NC – Buy Tickets
July 11th – Gramps – Miami, FL – Buy Tickets
July 12th – The Social – Orlando, FL – Buy Tickets
July 13th – Local 662 – St. Petersburg, FL – Buy Tickets
July 14th – Vinyl – Atlanta, GA – Buy Tickets
July 15th – Gasa Gasa – New Orleans, LA – Buy Tickets
July 16th – White Oak Music Hall Upstairs – Houston, TX – Buy Tickets
July 18th – Barracuda – Austin, TX – Buy Tickets
July 19th – Club Dada – Dallas, TX – Buy Tickets
July 21st – Moxi Theater – Greeley, CO – Buy Tickets
July 22nd – Urban Lounge – Salt Lake City, UT – Buy Tickets
July 23rd – The Olympic Venue – Boise, ID – Buy Tickets
July 25th – Chop Suey – Seattle, WA – Buy Tickets
July 26th – Doug Fir Lounge – Portland, OR – RESCHEDULED FROM DEC 9TH
July 28th – The Independent – San Francisco, CA – Buy Tickets
July 29th – Teragram Ballroom – Los Angeles, CA – Buy Tickets
July 30th – The Parish @ HOB – Anaheim, CA – Buy Tickets
Aug 1st – Launchpad – Albuquerque, NM – Buy Tickets
Aug 2nd – Rebel Lounge – Phoenix, AZ – Buy Tickets
Aug 3rd – The Irenic – San Diego, CA – Buy Tickets

Watch the video for “Sad But True” below and pickup a copy of Rooney’s latest album, “Washed Away,” on iTunes now!

Be sure to follow Rooney, Run River North, and Secret Fangirls on Twitter!

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Simple Plan Add Summer “NPNHJB” Tour Dates

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Normally we aren’t fans of Mondays but we’ll let this one slide because Simple Plan announced more dates for their 15th Anniversary Tour of “No Pads No Helmets…Just Balls” Tour for the Summer!  They’re taking our friends in Patent Pending out with them for this Summer round of dates and we’re so excited to finally see PTPG’s dreams of touring with Simple Plan come true.

In case you haven’t heard of Patent Pending before, 5 years ago, the guys in PTPG wrote an open letter – song actually, to Simple Plan begging them to let them open for the Canadians on a tour or even just one show.  The guys got the chance just before the official start of the NPNHJB Tour in NYC back in March to open and they had such a blast!  The SP fans liked them too because everyone was dancing and waving their pirate hooks in the air during the guys’ set.  They even helped Corey win the Crowd Swimming Championships that night!  I think that counts as a huge success. SP thought so too because they’re taking the guys on tour officially!!

Check out the new Summer dates below and get your tickets when they go on sale on Friday, April 7th.

NPNHJB Summer 2017 Tour Dates ft. Simple Plan & Patent Pending
Aug 18th – The Intersection – Grand Rapids, MI – Buy Tickets
Aug 19th – Bogart’s – Cincinnati, OH – Buy Tickets
Aug 20th – Egyptian Room – Indianapolis, IN – Buy Tickets
Aug 22nd – First Ave – Minneapolis, MN – Buy Tickets
Aug 24th – House Of Blues – Dallas, TX – Buy Tickets
Aug 25th – House Of Blues-  Houston, TX – Buy Tickets
Aug 26th – Emo’s – Austin, TX – Buy Tickets
Aug 29th – Brooklyn Bowl – Las Vegas, NV – Buy Tickets
Aug 30th – Ace of Spades – Sacramento, CA – Buy Tickets
Sept 1st – Crystal Ballroom – Portland, OR – Buy Tickets
Sept 2nd – Neptune Room – Seattle, WA – Buy Tickets

Watch Patent Pending’s plead 5 years ago for SP to take them on tour.  Sometimes, writing a catchy song explaining how big of a fan you are will work!!

If you haven’t booked your cabin for Warped Rewind At Sea, they’re selling out fast for this once in a lifetime 4-day cruise featuring Simple Plan, Good Charlotte, The Starting Line, Reel Big Fish, Mayday Parade, Less Than Jake, and so many more amazing artists!

Be sure to follow Simple Plan, Patent Pending, and Secret Fangirls on Twitter!

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Chase Atlantic Drop Part Two

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Chase Atlantic are rallying for the number one spot on your Summer playlist with their moody and genre bending sound.  Clinton, Mitchel, and Christian just dropped “Part Two” which serves as the next installment of music from the Australian trio that will add up to their debut album.  This release has more of a pop vibe than the first part and we can’t stop listening!

The guys have said they’re releasing their debut album in parts since they were gone for so long creating the new sound and making sure the new music is just right.  We can’t wait to hear what else Chase Atlantic have in store for fans since they’re into doing new and innovative things like releasing their music video for “Into It” on Snapchat!

Listen to “Part Two” on Spotify below!

Grab a copy of “Part Two” on iTunes now.

Be sure to follow Chase Atlantic and Secret Fangirls on Twitter.

Album Release, Artist to Watch, Interviews, Music

SecretFangirls.com Interview Drawing North

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Australia is showing the world that they’re more than just beautiful beaches filled with cute surfer dudes, kangaroos around every corner. The continent is home to talented artists like 5SOS, Keith Urban, and Flume.  Drawing North are the latest musical export to come to the United States from Australia.  Po, Drew and Jake blend fun new wave electronica sounds with an indie band’s work ethic.

Drawing North got their start writing pop demos in a garage, and quickly built a fanbase in their hometown of Canberra, Australia. They sold out their first ever headlining show and have toured  across the continent, playing festivals like Vans Warped Tour Australia and Australia Celebrates live.  Joel Madden of Good Charlotte showed his love for the band, and we can’t think of a better endorsement!

The band is ready to take the US by storm!   Drawing North are about to release their brand new EP that has a new sound for the band with the same heartfelt lyrics fans have come to love from Drew, Po, and Jake.   We got to sit down with the guys recently to chat about who they would fangirl over, their must haves on tour (dogs!), and their new single “Stay” that comes out on April 5th.  Watch our interview and get to know your new favorite Aussie band!

Sign up here for the Drawing North newsletter and you will receive  “Stay” for free, in your inbox  before it gets released on April 5th!

Be sure to follow Drawing North and Secret Fangirls on Twitter for the latest on your new favorite artists.

Sports, Tennis

Tennis Tuesday: News Roundup

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This Week’s Tournament:
Miami Open – Miami, FL USA

Rafael Nadal Plays 1000th Career ATP Match
Nadal played the 1000th match of his career at the ATP World Tour Level at the Miami Open over the weekend.   He defeated Phillip Kohlschreiber 0-6, 6-2, 6-3 to gain his 822nd victory on tour.  The match was just the 3rd time in Rafa’s career that he’s come back to win the match after getting “bageled” in the first.  Nadal takes on Nicolas Mahut in the 4th round in Miami today.   Vamos!

Shania Twain Meets Stan The Man
Our fangirl worlds collided over the weekend when one of our favorite artists, Shania Twain, posted a photo with one of our favorite players, Stan Wawrinka!

Iggy The Iguana Takes Over Miami
Tommy Haas also posted a photo with the now famous “Iggy” the Iguana at the Miami Open.  Haas captured the selfie mid-match, after a giant iguana came onto the court, halting play as linesmen scrambled to catch him.  (He’s a fast one!)

Linesman Frankie Melendez, who eventually caught the iguana, is the real hero.

Jo-Wilfred Tsonga Welcomes First Child
Tsonga announced the birth of his son on social media.  We hope he gets his dad’s amazing hair (and tennis skills!)

We are all fangirls at heart.