Saosin Cancel Shows to Have Record Out on Time

Saosin's bassist Chris Sorenson announced on MySpace that the band had to cancel shows with The Used during SXSW to finish the new record. California-based post-hardcore band wanted to make sure they could release their new album on Capitol Records by June, as scheduled.

Warped Tour '09 Pre-Sale Begins April 1st

It's not an April fool's, this year's Vans Warped Tour tickets will be on pre-sale April 1st. Not only do you get your tickets before everyone, but you get them at a discount price, you jump the line, you get in early, you get a chance to hang out with the Warped Tour team barbecue party after the shows, you get a commemorative ticket and the Warped Tour CD Compilation... with an unreleased track from NOFX. To pre-register for the pre-sale, head to http://warpedtour2009.portals.musictoday.com.

The tour kicks off April 2nd, 2009 at the Key Club in Los Angeles, California and will then cruise around North America.

Here are the bands touring this summer on the 15th edition of the Warped Tour:

3OH!3, A Day to Remember, A Skylit Drive, Aiden, Alexisonfire, Anti-Flag, Attack Attack!, Bad Religion, Bayside, Big D and the Kids Table, Black Tide, Bouncing Souls, Breathe Carolina, Brokencyde, Cash Cash, Chiodos, Dance Gavin Dance, Dear and the Headlights, Dirty Heads, Escape the Fate, Every Avenue, Flogging Molly, Forever the Sickest Kids, Gallows, Hit the Lights, I Set My Friends on Fire, In This Moment, Innerpartysystem, Ivy League, Jeffree Star, Less Than Jake, Lights, Longway, LoveHateHero, Madina Lake, Meg & Dia, Millionaires, Monty Are I, NOFX, Outernational, P.O.S., Red Car Wire, Saosin, Settings, Scary Kids Scaring Kids, Senses Fail, Shad, Shooter Jennings, Silverstein, Sing It Loud, Streetlight Manifesto, TAT, The A.K.A.s, The Architects, The Ataris, The Devil Wears Prada, The Maine, The White Tie Affair, There for Tomorrow, Therefore I Am, Thrice, TV/TV, Underoath, Valencia, Versa Emerge, Westbound Train