i just made a few tbo icons so i thought i'd share :*

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Watch Sean and Gavin on RockSound TV right here.

If anybody's got problems watching it, say so and I'll have it ripped and uploaded for download asap.

You probably know already (at least you should)...

The guys have added another gig on September 30th at Norwich UEA. They'll be supported by Escape The Fate and The Medic Droid. You see correctly, for this gig there'll be no From First To Last.

Go and vote for the guys over at Kerrang! for the K! Awards. All you need to do it sign up, place your votes and you're all done.

I should also mention, that every person who casts their vote are entered in a contest to win a table for themselves and nine people at the ceremony. So get your votes in, perhaps you're the lucky winner!

we have just added some new dates for Europe on our front page! they are:

August 31st: Area 4 Festival, Lüdinghausen, Germany! Slipknot headline, and a load of other cool bands!

September 20th: Cesena, Italy, supporting Underoath!
this show coincides with our european headling tour, and is going to be amazing!


roll on the next few months!

snozTBO

17 Sep 2008 20:00
Chelsea Vienna

18 Sep 2008 20:00
Rockhouse Bar Salzburg

19 Sep 2008 20:00
Sommercasino Basel

21 Sep 2008 20:00
59 to 1 Munich

22 Sep 2008 20:00
Nachtleben Frankfurt

24 Sep 2008 20:00
Luxor Koln

25 Sep 2008 20:00
ConneIsland Leipzig

26 Sep 2008 20:00
Reeperbahn Festival - Kaiserkeller Hamburg

27 Sep 2008 20:00
Melkweg Amsterdam

28 Sep 2008 20:00
W2 Den bosch

Escape The Fate have been added to the UK dates of the tour as the second opener (or first, depending on your point of view).

In case you haven't read the comments to the previous post, tickets are between £11.00 and £12.50 and will go on sale tomorrow morning at 9. So make sure you're up and ready to book your tickets.

This is what we've all been waiting for!

October 1st in Brighton at the Concorde 2.
October 2nd in Exter at the Lemon Grove.
October 3rd in Birmingham at the Irish Rooms.
October 4th in Manchester at the Academy 2.
October 5th in Glasgow at the QMU.
October 7th in Dublin at the Academy (NOTE: This gig is 18+ unless accompanied by an adult!).
October 8th in Newcastle at the University.
October 9th in Sheffield at the Leadmil.
October 10th in London at the Astoria.
October 11th in Bristol at the Academy.
Supportband seems to beis From First To Last!!!

Keep your eyes open for more European dates to come.

Also, for anyone in Japan, please jot down the following dates in your calendar.
September 11th in Tokyo at the Harajuku Astro Hall.
September 12th in Osaka at the Shinsaibashi Club Drop.
September 13th in Tokyo. This is an instore performance which will be held at either Tower Records or HMV. Please make sure you check which one it is closer to the date.

There's also a date in Wales must've missed this last time.
July 19th in Pontypridd at the Muni Art Centre.

Everybody with a MySpace, please go to the TBOFans' MySpace and add them. The MySpace's been launched yesterday (June 11th). As always, don't forget to spread the word.

werethedynamite has a new affiliate. Please surf over to SpreadLegsNotLies.co.uk to check them out. We'd also like to ask you to spread the word about them; as you can see they've only launched recently.

TBOFans.co.uk has a brand spanking new layout for you to enjoy. There's also some cool videos from last month's Groezrock in Belgium.

we are pleased to announce that we have been asked to be MAIN support to the mighty Linkin Park for a few of their European shows in june!

the dates are:
June 10th: Siemans Arena, Vilinus, Lithuania.
June 11th: Riga Arena, Riga, Latvia
June 25th: Terra Vibe Park, Athen, Greece.

we have also been added to Projekt Revolution tour for one date:

june 21st: Reinstadion, Munich, Germany.

we play Projekt Revolution with Linkin Park, HIM, N.E.R.D.and our good friends in The Used!

we are so fucking stoked to be playing these shows, you would not believe!

roll on the next few weeks!


I'M ABOUT TO BREAK!!!!!



snozTBO

The Festimad Festival in MadridLeganés (near Madrid), Spain on June 7th has been moved to La Cubierta. The line-up has been changed as well. New headliners are Linkin Park. Lostprophets are also playing.

sweet dude!
we play the totally exellent Wakestock festival in both oxford on Saturday june 28th and Abersoch, north wales on saturday the 5th of july!

we play the same stage as FaFF, Elliot Minor and YouMeAtSix! it should be a totally bodacious festival brah, so if your going, come say hi and have a couple of broskis with your favourite welsh lads! gnarly dude!

We also play T in the Park in scotland on saturday, july 12th, on the NME/Radio 1 stage! we are on first, so if you are going, please please get there early and rock out with us, then you can relax all day and save your energy for the mighty Rage Against The Machine who headline the mainstage!

i cant wait, i may even get in the pit for rage, who knows!

see you all there!

PEEEAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEE!!!

snozTBO

xx

So we got home from USA and then drove out to Belgium to do a whirlwind show, get in, play and get out so that we could make it back to Sheffield for the next day. We had a great time there, the weather was beautiful and the amount of people who came to see us blew us away. If you saw us thank you very, very much for coming early to catch us, we had a ball.

Both GIAN dates were amazing and we got to not only meet but hang out with some amazing people. Sheffield was a blast but London Earls court was something else. Easily one of the best shows we've played. Ever.

To see so many people watching us, singing along and generally rocking out with us. To hear so many people singing back got to us all and was truly one of those, hallmark moments. We are so sorry that a bunch of you guys got cut off at the signing. We were only alloted 30 mins but we came down early when we were told there were so many people there and ended up staying for just over an hour, but we still had to leave for the next signings to start.

If it was your first time seeing us then if you come to our regular shows we always come out after to see you all, so if you missed out make sure you come to another show and see how ugly we are when you see us close up.

Thanks again to everyone who watched us over the last weekend, hung out with us, gave us the time of day. You made it fantastical.

gavx

Not much to add, I guess... enjoy...

The blackout...Proba one of the greatest bands i know.
Ive only seen them once and that was last year when they filled in for Escape The Fate on the Taste of Chaos tour and tbh they were fucking amazing!
+ got to meet Sean afterwards (Y)

Anyways basically wanna say,, you any of you's have Myspace and would like to add me on it, then its

www.myspace.com/xdrop_dead

= ]

right, finally, we have had the link for the tickets for the show at the Engine rooms in Brighton for the great escape festival on the 16th!


www.ticketweb.co.uk



its NOT 18+, its 14+ and its gonna be fucking sweeeeeeeet!

be there, or be a knobhead!

snozTBO

Thanks to the Yanks

Just got in from New York, first up i want to thank everyone who stuck around at the shows and watched us. We made a bunch of new friends out in America which was amazing, hopefully you'll all stick with us.



I want to thank all the Guys and crew from Bless the Fall, a Skylit Drive, Greeley Estates and everyone else we met along the way. We had an amazing time and they made the tour a lot better.



Radio Ga Ga

The Blackout will be live on DJ Rossstar's Punk Rock Show this Wednesday at 7pm PST (USA time)- 3am UK time! You can tune in live worldwide through idobi radio and can send questions to the AIM instant message name - staridobi

Add www.myspace.com/djrossstar for more info!



Festivals

We have a day off today then drive to Belgium's Groezrock tomorrow, if you coming along make sure you come say hi check

groezrock.be

for more details. We're not sticking around too long because we have o be Shefield the next day for the mighty Give It A Name.





Big bands, big room, big time happy rock show!

Hopefully we'll see a LOT of you guys this weekend, which is never a bad thing.







see ya soon
Gavx

First of all a happy belated birthday to Gavin!

Anybody going to Bamboozle in East Rutherford, NJ, please head over to the 5 Gum stage to see the guys perform. They're set to play at 12.15pm.

And if you're in the NY/northern Jersey area and not going to Bamboozle today, you've a chance to see them play at the Knitting Factory in New York City tomorrow (May 5th). Stage time is set for 9pm.

Hey Everyone

Just thought I'd let you know what we're up to!

We'll today our visa's finally came through! We applied for these ages and ages ago, and due to problem after problem we ended up missing South By South West, our LA show but finally we get to fly to the US, so Sunday we leave and Monday start a new chapter of The Blackout's history! We're all so excited for this trip, I think most bands of touring the World and I'm feeling pretty lucky at the moment that the USA is another country we can add to out list that we've visited.



After the States we come straight back to do Groezrock and Give It A Name.

it's pretty nuts we've gone from opening the little stage two years ago to this year being the highest billed British band on both days! Give it two years and i won't be happy unless we're headlining!

After GIAN we have a week off and then we head out on the SOTY tour. We've played most of these places before as headline shows so i wanna see the filled with faces we know and make them feel like headline shows instead. We're excited to do this tour just to get out of our homes for a week and play a few shows.



While we are at home we're busy writing a new record. We got loads of ideas so far and looking forward to getting them all finished and onto record.

the album will be out early next year I'd imagine, on a new new label too!

Keep an eye out for more festivals to be announced, around Europe and UK.

No download but we got some others lined up!

Matt x

And while I'm already at it, the TBO fansite has moved so be sure to change all your links to the new URL.

Important: The gig at the Knitting Factory on the 23rd has been canceled.

Everybody in mainland Europe should get their calenders out right now and highlight the dates important to them.
June 7th in Madrid, Spain at Estadio Butarque at Festimad Festival. Tickets: TickTackTicket; ServiCaixa; TopTicketLine.
June 14th in Interlaken, Switzerland at Greenfield Festival. Tickets: Eventim. Note: Only 3-day tickets are available for this festival!
For the following, I'm not sure about the festival name because I've not been able to find any information nor have I been able to find tickets.
June 16th in Mailan, Italy at Live Club at Rock the Week I°Edition.
June 18th in Bologna, Italy at Palanord at Rock the Week I°Edition.
All information about those two would be appreciated.

July 10th in Nottingham at Rock City supporting Mindless Self Indulgence. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and Seetickets for £12.00 excluding fees and shipping. Doors open at 6.30pm. An important note: The gig is 14+. There will be no refund if you're under the age of 14 and don't get in.

If you had a look at this weeks Kerrang! already, you've probably seen the MSI ad already. I've only got the chance to take a quick glance at it so I don't know the exact details.
So far, the guys are supporting MSI when they come back to the UK (and hopefully the rest of Europe) in July.

If you have that Kerrang! issue, I would love it if you could scan it. I'd like to, you know, add the scan so everyone can see the full details.