February 6, 2012 12:00pm I apologize for the lack of updates the last week.   I'm currently working on changing some things up on the website so sit tight.  I'm also fixing the reviews section as well. We also hope you enjoyed our interviews with Cassadee Pope and Fall From Grace as well as music from our new Band Of The Month, DropDead LA.  If you are in the LA area please come out to Zombie Prom on Valentine's Day.  The show will be held at Boardners and will feature DropDread LA, Ferroelectric (previously called Neon Fangs) and Deacon & The Devil.  I will be the photographer for the event. Also rock band Garbage are set to drop their 5th studio album, Not Your Kind Of People, on May 14th.   This is the first album from the band in 7 years and will be released on the bands own StunVolume records. January 27, 2012 3:00pm Two years ago The Transplants drummer Travis Barker announced the band had reunited and would begin writing for a new album that year.  After being in and out of the studio working on new material the band wrapped up recording in December 2011.  In 1999 Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong and Rob Aston started the beginnings of what would become The Transplants with Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker joining in 2002.   The band rose to fame with their hits “Diamonds & Guns” and “DJ DJ” off their debut self titled album in 2002 and “Gangsters & Thugs” their sophmore release, Haunted Cities, in 2005. That year the band toured with the Van’s Warped Tour which gained them new fans but later disbanded the following year.   The bands highly antiticpated third album is expected to drop this spring and will be playing their first show in almost 6 years with a sold out show at The Roxy in Hollywood, CA early next month. January 25, 2012 5:00pm Cassadee Pope, the cute front woman for the rock band Hey Monday has recently announced a US tour starting at the Chain Reaction in Anaheim on Friday January 27th and wrapping up at the Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale on February 24th.  Her band, Hey Monday, who have toured the world and have been on big tours such as Warped Tour announced their hiatus at the end of 2011 and Cassadee announced she would be working on a solo project.  She recently did a really amazing piano cover of Natalie Imbruglia's hit "Torn" and have given a preview of one of her new songs "Lunatic" which can both be found on her Facebook.  To find out if Cassadee is coming to a city near you check our tour dates section. Florida based ska-punk band Less Than Jake have just released a video for their 20 year anniversary which contains a medley of songs from their albums and live video clips from shows over the years.  To view the video head over to www.lessthanjake.com.   Congrats on 20 years of success Chris, Roger, Vinnie, Buddy & JR! Fall From Grace have just reased their brand new album, The Romance Years on their own label Road 2 Hell Rekkids yesterday (01/24).  It has been almost 4 years since the band released their last album, Sifting Through The Wreckage. The video for the first single off the album for "18 And Out" will be shot at the bands album release show in Seattle this Friday. At the end of March, multi-platinum rock band the All- American Rejects will release their highly anticipated fourth studio album, Kids In The Street.  The album was produced by Greg Wells, who's known for his work with some other well known artists such as Katy Perry.  "Somebody's Gone" was released as a promotional single back in December but the official single will be "Beekeeper's Daughter".  It will premiere on the hit teen drama series 90210 on January 31st before being released on iTunes.  Here is the official tracklisting for the album: 01. Somebody's Gone 02. Beekeeper's Daughter 03. Fast & Slow 04. Heartbeat Slowing Down 05. Walk Over Me 06. Out The Door 07. Kids In The Street 08. Bleed Into Your Mind 09. Gonzo 10. Affection 11. I Feel For You On March 27th, The Used will release their 5th studio album, Vulnerable, which was produced by John Feldmann.  Since their last release the band has left their home at Warner Brothers and have started their own label Anger Music Group through indie label Hopeless Records.  The first single off the album "I Come Alive" was released last week and the band is working on the music video for it.  The official tracklisting for Vulnerable is: 01. I Come Alive 02. This Fire 03. Hands And Faces 04. Put Me Out 05. Shine 06. Now That You're Dead 07. Give Me Love 08. Moving On 09. Getting Over You 10. Kiss It Goodbye 11. Hurt No One 12. Together Burning Bright January 11, 2012 6:30am I hope everyone had a great New Year. We have so many big things coming up this year. In the next few week we will be shooting our friends, Ruby Carrera and Drop Dead LA.  Also in the next few weeks we will be working with Butcher Babies and hopefully The Pierces. December 20, 2011 8:00pm Happy Holidays everyone!   October 18 , 2011 1:00pm Sorry for the lack of updates I was out of town dealing with a family emergency and just returned over the weekend. I have some new sets of photos I will getting up this week of New Years Day at the Whisky A Go Go and Sex N Violence at the Dragonfly.   And while out of town I was able to find most of the photos I had taken between 2001 and 2006.  I know I'm missing some still.  Most of these photos pretty much no one has seen except for people who bought our print magazine before August 2005.  I will be scanning and uploading sets randomly over the next few weeks.  I believe we still may have a couple copies of various issues in storage somewhere that we may run a contest for. Expect sets of photos of Simple Plan, Good Charlotte, Avril Lavigne, Damone, Bullets & Octane, Allister, Gob, Diffuser, Less Than Jake, Eve 6, Bandcamp, Letter Kills, Autopilot Off & more over the next few weeks. In other news, we have recieved word that Autopilot Off have recently gotten back together and have been working on new music.  Expect new music soon and hopefully a tour. September 8, 2011 3:20pm I just posted new interviews with Supa Pirate Booty Hunt, Suburban Legends, Ryan Cabrera, To Write Love On Her Arms and HellYeah.  Head over to the interviews section to check them out. September 7, 2011 5:30am I just updated the video link, the upcoming releases, the Thanks section, the Links section and Interviews section.  I will be adding more interviews, photos and updating the Tour Dates section this week.  Three more featured bands have been added below: Automatic Loveletter, Sum 41 and Run Devil Run.   September 6, 2011 3:30pm Our photos of the Goo Goo Dolls received almost 9,000 views in about 48 hours.  We have stumbled upon places where fans have posted the link to our photos saying how great they are.   Upcoming shows we are shooting: -Unwritten Law at the Key Club - Sept 10 -Our Lady Peace at the Viper Room - Sept 11 -Kittie at the Whisky A Go Go - Sept 14 -Bullets & Octane/Sex N Violence/Run Devil Run at the Viper Room - Sept 24 -Stitched Up Heart at The Roxy - Sept 26 -The Bombpops at the Old Town Pub - Oct 1 September 3, 2011 5:23pm The Used have left Warner Brothers Records and have started their own label called Dental Records. They are currently working on their new album Vulnerable which is due out in February 2012. The band will also be hitting the road in January. Good Charlotte have announced they are going on hiatus for a while.  They have one more show scheduled in October at a festival in Russia.  On October 1st the band will be releasing a mixtape titled Before The Fame: The Madden Brothers. After another back injury Sum 41 front man, Deryck Whibley was ordered to rest and the band had to cancel the reminder of their 2011 tour dates. Get well soon Deryck! Also Happy Birthday to Sum 41 bassist Cone McCaslin!   To check out our interview from Warped Tour with Cone and drummer Stevo Jocz click here August 28, 2011 11:11pm We are working to get the rest of our Warped Tour coverage up.  All the photos and some of the interviews are already up.  I'm going to be linking all the interviews in the interview section shortly.  For now you can see new ones at http://youtube. com/burningstarsofficial I'm still moving photos to the new album.  Most of the photos from this year are already up.  You can now view the new photo page by clicking the pictures link at the top.  I just added photos of the Goo Goo Dolls from their show last night at the Greek Theatre. August 3, 2011 8:20pm Next Wednesday we will be returning to Warped Tour to speak with and shoot some more bands.  This will be wrapping up our coverage for this summer's tour.   If you have been to Warped Tour already what bands have been your favourite to see? Or if you have not been what bands are you looking forward to seeing?   Did you check any new bands out?  Let us know on Twitter. www.twitter.com/burningstars July 20, 2011 10:24pm Last night I received some terrible news.  Ryan Shaw, guitarist/vocalist of The Early Strike, passed away yesterday morning after battling with cancer.  Today Warped Tour posted this article on their website. http://vanswarpedtour.com/blog/id/1844898 Our hearts go out to Brittany Joyce, bassist/vocalist of The Early Strike, all of Ryan's friends and family.  He was such a great person and very talented musician. He will never be forgotten!  ^i^ RIP RYAN ^i^ "Through music you can live forever..." July 14, 2011 1:08pm Today is Chicago's Alterntive Rock Station Q101's last day on air.  I have heard it has new ownership and will be turned into a news station, but I'm not sure if the second part is true or not.  If you want to send some love over to the staff at Q101 you can here.   July 11, 2011 10:40pm I just posted 3 interviews from this summers Van's Warped Tour.  New photos from Warped Tour can be found here for now.  Still moving everything over so please bear with us.  Thanks! http://burningstars. smugmug.com June 14, 2011 4:12pm It has come to our attention that people from new publications have been attempting to put in requests for shows and interviews claiming to be working for BurningStars.net.  Please be aware that any email address besides our private email address and @BurningStars.net email addresses are not associated with BurningStars.net. May 25, 2011 1:06am Australian rock band Silverchair have announced that they will be going on indefinate hiatus or as they put "indefinate hibernation" and says "sweet dreams" to their fans.  The band member are currently working on new projects right now.  Drummer Ben Gillies is in the studio recording solo music, bassist Chris Joannou is working on music and charity projects while vocalist/guitarist Daniel Johns is working on a film soundtrack and other projects. May 16, 2011 9:05pm Three of the new features went live today.  Hopefully we'll have the other three up by the weekend.  For now enjoy Sum 41, Bowling For Soup & Satellite. May 9, 2011 5:03pm Today it has come to our attention that our photo hosting service has been shut down.  We're trying to find a new place to host our photos & moving the albums.  We will try to do this as quickly as possible. We are also preparing all the features to go live.  Keep an eye out for those. April 28, 2011 6:05pm Simple Plan have set up Jetlag Airlines on their website to release a new piece of news at random times each day.  So far they posted the French lyrics to "Jet Lag", announced the album title, posted photos from the "Jet Lag" video shoot & announced the tracklisting for the new album. The album title is: Get Your Heart On and the official tracklisting for the album is: 01. You Suck At Love 02. Can't Keep My Hands Off Of You (feat. Rivers Cuomo) 03. Jet Lag (feat. Natasha Beddingfield) 04. Astronaut 05. Loser Of The Year 06. Anywhere Else But Here 07. Freaking Me Out 08. Summer Paradise 09. Gone Too Soon 10. Last One Standing 11. This Song Saved My Life The song "Can't Keep My Hands Off You" is also on the soundtrack for Prom and the video is out now.  The first official single for Get Your Heart On is "Jet Lag" and the band shot the video recently in Canada with Natasha Beddingfield & Marie-Mai.  The  new album will be in stores on June 21, 2011 and the band is on this summer's Van's Warped Tour. Social Distortion have recently released their video for "Machine Gun Blues" off their new album Hard Times & Nursery Rhymes.  You can view the video here. April 25, 2011 10:50am Simple Plan premiered their new (official) single for "Jet Lag" on www.simpleplan.com this morning. There is an English version featuring Natasha Beddingfield and a French version featuring Marie-Mai.  To hear the songs register on the bands website.  The band's highly anticipated untitled fouth studio album is due in stores on June 21st. The band will be on the first half of this summer's Van's Warped Tour. April 18, 2011 6:00pm Today Canadian pop-punk band Simple Plan premiered their brand new video, "Can't Keep My Hands Off You", from their forthcoming unnamed studio album due out in June.  The video can be viewed here. Local LA band Stitched Up Heart will be entering the studio tomorrow to record some new material. The band has been making alot of noise in the LA music scene since October when the band first formed.  The band even got to play SXSW and were even bumped up to the main stage. April 9, 2011 7:08am The Sum 41 interview will be posted shortly.  Doing some more interviews today and next week.  Hopefully the new features will be up by next weekend.  I just posted 5 new releases plus an upcoming up.  Albums all worth checking out. April 7, 2011 6;00pm Frontline Brigade featuring drummer Bobby Alt (Street Drum Corps) & singer Christopher Jarecki have announced they will be opening for 30 Seconds To Mars this Saturday on their Closer To The Edge Tour. The show will be at the Gibson Amphitheatre.  The band have released a 4 song EP on itunes and are looking forward to introducing their band to 30STM fans this weekend. I have just linked some more photos on the website for Escape The Fate, Stitched Up Heart & Goldfinger.   And tomorrow we will be speaking with Cone from Sum 41. April 6, 2011 9:00am We just got a brand new youtube account since we've been permanently locked out of our other one for some reason.  www.youtube.com/burningstarsofficial Also Simple Plan have released a sneak peak of their new video "Can't Keep My Hands Off You" today.   Check it out here. April 1, 2011 8:00am New laptop after months of issues.  I'm still having some issues with updating the website & working them out. I am also in the process of new features & interviews.   And will be adding new sets of photos to the website today and throughout the next week including Steel Panther, Escape The Fate and Buckcherry to name a few.  Stay tuned. January 19, 2011 8:18pm I'm beginning to start working on the new stuff for the website.  I just got my new camera lens and cannot wait to use it. December 22, 2010 3:11am I apologize for the lack of updates lately.  I also apologize because I have to put the website on hold for a few weeks due to a family emergency.  I will not be doing interviews or covering shows until I return from NY.  Thank you for your patience October 12, 2010 9:51pm Escape The Fate have announced the official tracklisting for their upcoming self-titled release.   Tracks 12-14 appear only on the deluxe album.   1. Choose Your Fate    2. Massacre    3. Issues    4. Zombie Dance    5. Gorgeous Nightmare    6. City of Sin    7. Day of Reckoning   8. Lost in Darkness    9. Prepare Your Weapon    10. World Around Me    11. The Aftermath (G3)    12. Monsters & Liars    13. The Final Blow    14. Issues (Ruxpin Remix)   You can pre-order the album and deluxe album at Hot Topic, Amazon and iTunes. Allister have released their new album, Countdown To Nowhere.  It can be purchased on iTunes and Amazon now. September 30, 2010 2:28am Allister have announced they will be having an album release show for their new album, Countdown To Nowhere, at Subterranean in Chicago All the features finally uploaded properly.  Let me know if you still have issues with them. September 29, 2010 12:22am Yesterday Escape The Fate revealed the cover of their third album.  Today they released their new video for "Issues".  Check out the video here. We are having issues getting all the new features online.  I believe it's due to a bad internet connection.   Please bare with us while we work on the issue. September 23, 2010 9:06pm Bleu's set at the Hotel Cafe last night was brilliant!   Interview will be up this weekend or early next week. Escape The Fate have just announced they will be revealing the album cover of their highly anticipated third studio album this Monday. September 22, 2010 6:30pm All the new features are posted.  Our interview with The Brave Ones is the very first they have done. I should have that up in the next couple days. Next I will be catching up on photos. So many sets left to do. Tonight I will be shooting Bleu at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood and tomorrow I will be speaking with him. September 19, 2010 11:08pm Due to computer issues I was unable to get the features ready for uploading.  I have resolved these issues but I will be unable to get the features online tonight.  I will be able to get them online tomorrow.   Thank you for your patience. September 19, 2010 12:56am Sorry for the lack of updates. Should be getting internet really soon.  I would like to find a way to update this from my phone. If anyone has suggestions or ideas on how I can do that, please email me. Since the last update Hey Monday have released their new EP, Beneath It All, and Escape The Fate have released "Massacre" and "Issues" off their self-titled third album. On August 23, Hey Monday bassist Jersey Moriarty announced that he has left the band on good terms.   He has been replaced by Chris Gentile. We wish Jersey luck on his future endeavers. Escape The Fate announced their third album will be self-titled and confirmed songs include "Massacre", "Issues", "Choose Your Fate", "Guillotine III: The Aftermath", "Zombie Dance", "Gorgeous Nightmare" and "World Around Me".  The album is set to be released worldwide on November 2, 2010 on Interscope Records following their US tour.  The band will also be making a handful of appearances at select Hot Topic locations.  Check the bands MySpace page for more info. I have added three new sets of photos to the gallery: Anti-Flag, The Early Strike and Hey Monday. Photos & interviews coming soon for: Mixi, The Brave Ones, Casper & The Bad Spirits and Warped Tour.  I will try to get the new features up tomorrow at some point. August 10, 2010 9:47pm We are getting ready for Warped Tour in Pomona tomorrow.  We cannot wait! August 5, 2010 10:13pm First we have a brand new layout!  Hope you all like it! MJ created it! Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 was attacked at bar in Japan last night and is still in the hospital.  We wish him a speedy recovery! To stay updated on him and the band check out their Twitter. The Pretty Reckless just released videos for "Make Me Wanna Die" and "Miss Nothing".   August 1, 2010 Hey Monday & Evan Taubenfeld just released new videos this week.  Check out Hey Monday's new video "I Don't Want To Dance" here and Evan Taubenfeld's "Pumpkin Pie" here.  I had the chance to visit the set of the new Hey Monday video and be a part of the video.  See if you can spot me. I will be working on editing the rest of the photos from the last month or so and getting them up shortly.   Keep an eye out for those and a new layout. June 13, 2010 3:17pm The server was down for a minute but now we're back! June 13, 2010 7:10am We are currently in the process of revamping the entire site!  We will also be revamping the layouts and everything on MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, etc.  Please keep checking back for that plus new features & updates.   Bleed The Dream have released The Complete Sessions 2003-2005 on iTunes.  Phantom Communique have also released their album, The Wolf & The Sheep.  Be sure to check both albums out! This Thursday (6/17) William Tell will be performing at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood.  If you're in LA you should come check him out! May 24, 2010 4:30pm New features now up & new photos in the gallery!   More to come! April 20, 2010 5:44am Lack of updates lately. I'm totally sorry about this.  I moved and didn't have internet. My computer was having some problems as well but they're all fixed.  I will have the features up later today as I do not have time right now to get them online.  I will fix all the little things I didn't fix last night and this morning as well as updating the album releases and tour dates.  Please bear with me as I try and get everything up. January 29, 2009 4:30pm We're back!  Happy New Years everyone!  I've been busy trying to catch up on everything.  I was out of town for a few weeks and was too sick to be on the computer for a few weeks after that.  Sorry about that everyone.   If you haven't noticed I added a bunch of albums of photos to the site not too long ago.  We were lucky enough to get to check out Dead By Sunrise (Chester Bennington, Ryan Shuck & Amir Derakh's new band) at The Roxy in Hollywood and the All American Rejects at the Roxy. We have some very big news coming up about a band returning after an almost 3 year hiatus with a brand new album.  We are very excited about this!  Please keep checking back for that because it's will be a huge feature on the front page. =] October 12, 2009 12:54pm Wow it's been a couple months!  I moved again and haven't been on my computer as much.  I am working on getting everything up this week. Right now we have a few new interviews and photos up.  I have now revealed who will be featured next.  I uploaded a ton of new photos and I am uploading more as I speak.  I have way more to upload throughout the week as well. Recently the bassist, Britt from our Band Of The Month, The Early Strike had some photos we took of her wearing a Jessica Louise dress at Warped Tour put in Jessica Louise's blog. At the moment this is all I have to share news wise.   But expect lots of big things before the end of the year. To view all the new photos go here. July 7, 2009 2:24pm Modern Day Escape have just left for their first summer tour called Protect Your PeTour.  The band is getting ready to release their debut album, House Of Rats, on Standby Records later this month.  Click the picture of them to read our interview with their guitarist/vocalist nXe.  We got to speak with him last week about their album, upcoming tours and other things. I just put up new interviews with Fall From Grace, All American Rejects, Eyes Set To Kill, Sonny and Ace Enders.  More coming with Aiden, Hollywood Undead and more. Over the weekend we went to The Roxy to see Fall From Grace and last weekend we went to Warped Tour in Ventura and spoke with The Ataris about their new album.  We will have tons of new photos and reviews up this week from the last few months, so keep checking back! March 31, 2009 7:00am Just posted our interview with Hey Monday.  I will be posting our interview with Burn Halo shortly, as well as photos and reviews.   Today Hey Monday will be premiering their new video for "How You Love Me Now".  You can check a sneak peek of it here. Rancid have announced the title and release date of their new studio album.  It's going to be called Let The Dominoes Fall and it's going to be out on June 2nd.   One of the songs on the new album is called "Last One To Die".  You can register to win tickets to their upcoming tour and get a widget to hear "Last One To Die" on April 7th.  For more info head over to the bands official MySpace page: www.myspace. com/rancid. March 11, 2009 12:17pm Sorry for the lack of updates the last few months. My laptop broke, went in for repairs and was unable to be fixed. I FINALLY got a new laptop yesterday so now I will be able to get the entire site up to date. As you have noticed I updated the "new & upcoming releases" section and we have a new featured band: Hey Monday. The feature isn't up just yet but should be up shortly.  I will also be adding more interviews and photos to the site this week. Also now you can follow us on Twitter and be our friends on MySpace and Facebook.  Just click the links below. We will try and keep all three updated as much as possible. November 23, 2008 2:20am I just added photos of Less Than Jake from their Canadian Tour back in September as well as photos of Escape The Fate from their Buffalo show on the 10th. Tonight I will be covering The Academy Is, We The Kings, Hey Monday and Carolina Liar at the final date of the tour in Buffalo.  I will also be speaking with Hey Monday before the show. Since my last update I put up the interview with James Vegas (singer) of Modern Day Escape. Tons of new stuff will be posted soon so please keep checking back! :) October 1, 2008 1:03pm Sorry for the lack of updates the last couple months.   So much has been going on and recently the software for the website is having major issues.  But I should have them all resolved shortly.  As you can see we have a new feature, new band of the month and new interviews up. We also have a brand new layout, made by none other than our own photographer/designer Megan!    Later today I should have the review if the tour Less Than Jake did back in July called Shout It Loud.  I was able to attend three of the dates on the tour.  I also recently got to check them out on their Canadian tour with Reel Big Fish that just wrapped up a couple days ago.  Pictures will be up later as well. Be sure to check out our Band Of The Month, Modern Day Escape.  They have an ep for sale at SmartPunk. com and HotTopic.com.  They will also be heading out on tour again shortly, so check their MySpace for dates. I will have the interview with them up ASAP.   Keep checking back! July 7, 2008 4:22am Sorry for the lack of updates lately.  We are currently in the process of getting a brand new layout for the site.  It should hopefully be launched in the next week or so. We are also in the process of setting up our own show on Stickam.com.  Our show will consist of new music and will be having some special guests stop by the show.  Several bands have already expressed an interest. :) Diffuser's brand new studio album, Sincerely, Wasting Away's release date has been pushed back until August. on Chamberlain Records. We do not have an official tracklisting as of yet but we will post it as soon as we find out.  We do however have the cover art for the album as well as 4 of the songs that will be on it.   "Falling Down", "Free", "1234 Dracula" and "All Is Said And Done" are on the bands official MySpace page. May 20, 2008 10:50pm I just updated the Band Of The Month. Sorry for the delay there was some issues but I got it fixed. The BOTM will run a little into June since it was delayed in going up. The Get Go have posted their brand new video for "Face In The Dirt". You can view the video here: http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpHFtJ1ZYa4. May 3, 2008 6:06pm Staci Grim has announced that his debut EP will be released on June 10th.  If you pre-order the EP you will get a signed photo. Here is the tracklisting and cover art: 1. Infected 2. Razorblade Sex 3. The Empty 4. Plastic Dolls 5. Broken Dream 6. Razorblade Sex remix by Dj Pariah April 23, 2008 12:36pm Less Than Jake have announced their new album GNV FLA will be released on June 24, 2008 on Sleep It Off Records. 1. City Of Gainesville 2. The State Of Florida 3. Does the Lion City Still Roar? 4. Summon Monsters 5. Abandon Ship 6. Handshake Meets Pokerface 7. Settling Son 8. Malachi Richter's Liquor's Quicker 9. Golden Age Of My Negative Ways 10. The Space They Can't Touch 11. Conviction Notice 12. This One's Gonna Leave A Bruise 13. The Life Of The Party Has Left The Building 14. Devil In My DNA April 9, 2008 3:04pm Avil Lavigne's brand new video for "The Best Damn Thing" premiered on Imeem.com today.  Click here to view it. April 8, 2008 6:29pm Simple Plan premiered their new video for "Your Love Is A Lie" online today.  It can be viewed here. Less Than Jake made an official tour announcement this morning.  To see the dates confirmed so far goto the tour page. Don't worry more will be confirmed soon. April 4, 2008 3:54pm Less Than Jake will be heading out on tour this summer co-headlining with Goldfinger.  Big D and the Kids Table, Mustard Plug, Suburban Legends, and Westbound Train will also be on this tour. Here are the tour dates Less Than Jake have announced so far: 04/20-Rindge, NH  Franklin Pierce College 4/30-Nashville, Tennessee Rocketown    05/01-Raleigh, NC  Lincoln Theatre   05/03-East Rutherford, NJ  Meadowlands Sports Complex 05/05-Knoxville, TN  The Valarium    05/06-Charleston, SC  Music Farm 6/14-Sheppton Mallet, UK NASS Festival 6/17- St. Petersburg, FL 6/18- Ft Lauderdale, FL 6/19-Lake Buena Vista, FL 6/20-Atlanta, GA 6/21-North Myrtle Beach, SC 6/22-Norfolk, VA 6/23-Baltimore, MD co-headline w/ Goldfinger 6/27-Providence, RI co-headline w/ Goldfinger 6/28-Philadelphia, PA co-headline w/ Goldfinger 7/1-Royal Oak, MI co-headline w/ Goldfinger 7/4-Milwaukee, WI co-headline w/ Goldfinger 7/5-Omaha, NE co-headline w/ Goldfinger 7/12-Poughkeepsie, NY March 28, 2008 1:46am On April 11th Bleed The Dream will be getting back together with original vocalist Brandon Thomas for a benefit show for kids with cancer and in memory of their drummer Scott Gottlieb. The show will be at the Chain Reaction and are on sale right now.  Bring a new toy to donate to the kids with cancer.  To see a list of toys you could bring check out Bleed The Dream's blog on their MySpace. Rock bands Diffuser and The Never Enders have new albums coming out on Chamberlain Records this year. The Never Ender's Dance Party In Hell comes out May 6th. Diffuser's Sincerely, Wasting Away comes out on July 8th. The Get Go will be releasing their debut album Hello Again in Japan on May 7th on Dynamord. The band is set to head over to Japan in May for some shows as well. No word on a US/Canada or UK release date as of yet. The US release will have some different songs and a different single. To find out a little more about it click the picture of the band to the far left. 1. Target 2. Face In The Dirt 3. Without You 4. Bury Me 5. Blacktop 6. The Weekend 7. Angels Calling 8. All Your Problems 9. Tonight 10. Somebody's Watching Me 11. You Vs. Me 12. Downfall February 29, 2008 11:59pm On Wednesday evening AntiProduct was asked to drop off the show with Wednesday 13 this Sunday night at the Penny Arcade in Rochester, NY. Wednesday 13 is refusing to play with the band for reasons unknown.  Here is the official statement released from AntiProduct: Due to circumstances beyond our control, AntiProduct will NOT be performing at the Penny Arcade in Rochester on March 2. We are hugely disappointed at this developement and have it on good advice that the promoters of Sunday's event were personally contacted by Wednesday 13's management that if former touring partners AntiProduct were on the bill Wednesday 13 would not perform. You can make your own deductions from this information, as we're sure many of you will, but we find it very selfish if not cowardly for an established artist like Wednesday 13's management to resort to these sort of bullying tactics, depriving both AntiProducuct's new Rochester fans as well as his own long time fans of what could have been a very, very special night of rock 'n' roll. After all, it's the kids who are the boss in the equation and deserve only everything that an artist can provide. This does not include threats and scare tactics, at least in the world of AntiProduct. We will make this up to you in no uncertain terms and kick your ass twice as hard when we do! The lineup for Sunday's show is Wednesday 13, the AKAs, Creature Feature, The Vincent Black Shadows and others. January 29, 2008 1:55pm I just added the interview I did with The Never Enders.  They are also our Band Of The Month. Just click on their picture to view the interview.   We are working on setting up a ton more interviews within the next few weeks.  Keep checking back to find out who we will be interviewing and we will let some fans submit questions for those bands. Last night we updated the layout on our MySpace. We also have a new profile song up from The Breathing Club (ex-Count The Stars members Christopher Kasarjian and Clarke Foley).  They have their first song up on their page titled "Lucky One". January 26, 2008 7:57pm As you may have noticed I have changed the features on the front page. We are still waiting for a couple but as soon as we get them I will put them up. Jimmy Eat World and Paramore announced they have a co-headlining tour coming up that kicks off in March.   All the tour dates, supporting acts and other info will be announced soon.    Punk band Rancid is currently in the studio working on their seventh studio album with producer Brett Gurewitz. The album is expected to be released in June. Ex-Horrorpops guitarist Geoff Kresge has returned to Tiger Army on stand-up bass.  The band hit the road earlier this month. You can check out their tour dates here. The Horrorpops have a new album out on February 5th on Hellcat called Kiss Kiss Kill Kill. Saves The Day, Armor For Sleep, Metro Station and Set Your Goals have been confirmed for this years Bamboozle Roadshow.  More info and a complete list of tour dates can be found here. Simple Plan have annouced they will be playing the Fillmore at the TLA in Philadelphia, PA on February 26th.  Their third album which is self-titled is scheduled to be release on February 12th. January 12, 2008 4:18pm New Band Of The Month!  Please welcome back The Never Enders to our BOTM after almost 2 years. This is a brand new song from them (and they also have another new song called "The Forever Girl" up on their MySpace.) Their new album is coming out this May. January 11, 2008 10:25pm Happy New Year everyone!  I hope everyone had a nice holiday.  Lots of big news to post. First Silverchair just released their fourth single "Mind Reader" to radio stations. They will also be performing at this years Big Day Out in Australia which starts on January 20th. Alternative Press has announced dates for the upcoming AP Tour which will be co-headlined by The Rocket Summer and All Time Low and will begin in March.  We have posted the dates in our tour section. The Never Enders have announced they finished their sophomore album in LA and it will be released in May.   In the meantime you can check out two brand new songs on their MySpace page titled "Wild, Wild Hurricane" and "The Forever Girl". Ska-punk band Less Than Jake have started their own record label called Sleep It Off Records. The band is scheduled to re-release three of their albums and their dvd on March 18th.  Pezcore, Losers, Kings and Things We Don't Understand, Goodbye Blue & White and the dvd The Peoples History Of Less Than Jake are being released with new artwork and a bonus dvd for each. The band is heading back into the studio to record their ninth studio album which will be released sometime this summer. We will also have a show online once a week to discuss new bands and music and other things with all of you.  We would love it if you would come hang out when we get the show up and running.  We haven't decided on a day or time yet but when we do we will let you all know.  For now please register on Stickam so you can be a part of it.   We posted our Top 10's of 2007 and a list of albums that will be coming out this year (we will be adding to that soon). Top 10's Of 2007 2008 Album Release Dates December 31, 2007 3:48pm I just posted my article on censorship.  You can view it here. Hope everyone has a fun and safe New Years! December 24, 2007 11:17am Happy Holidays from everyone at Burning Stars! =) December 19, 2007 6:09pm The first round of bands have been announced for Warped Tour 2008. These bands are all confirmed for the entire tour. Gym Class Heroes The Briggs The Academy Is... The Bronx Reliant K Every Time I Die From First to Last The Street Dogs Reel Big Fish Norma Jean We the Kings Devil Wears Prada Pierce the Veil The Color Fred 3Oh!3 The Lordz Katy Perry Shw More to come soon. Keep checking back! December 16, 2007 8:49pm Here is the album cover and track listing for Simple Plan's forthcoming album which is to be released on February 12, 2008. 1. When I'm Gone 2. Take My Hand 3. The End 4. Your Love Is A Lie 5. Save You 6. Generation 7. Time To Say Goodbye 8. I Can Wait Forever 9. Holding On 10. No Love 11. What If The band premiered their new video for "When I'm Gone" last week.  In case you missed it you can check it out here.  The single and video are both available on iTunes. December 13, 2007 3:03am Megan and I re-did the layout and I think this one looks better. Yesterday Simple Plan premiered their new video for 'When I'm Gone" on MTV's TRL and Fuse's The Sauce. Vote for them to get to number 1 on the countdowns.   The song is from their new self-titled album which will be released on February 12, 2008.  The album is available for pre-order, just click the banner below. December 11, 2007 6:49am I have posted the photos and review from Silverchair's show at the House Of Blues in Cleveland.  Please click on the bands picture to check those out along with the interview with Ben Gillies. December 10, 2007 11:00am Today is Brian Molko of Placebo's birthday so Happy Birthday to him! December 4, 2007 8:33pm I spoke with Silverchair drummer Ben Gillies on the phone today.  We spoke about the current tour, the new album Young Modern and the bands future plans.   You can listen to the interview by clicking on the bands picture on the left hand side. November 29, 2007 1:11am I just launched the new layout with new features and I updated the interviews, pictures and links section. November 14, 2007 12:48pm Simple Plan, Good Charlotte and Boys Like Girls have been announced for playing the 2007 Kiss 98.5 Kissmas Bash at HSBC Arena in Buffalo on December 11th. Norfolk radiostation 96X has announced that Sum 41 has dropped off their Winter Meltdown show on December 4th and will be replaced by The Bravery. Other bands playing this show include Silverchair, Jimmy Eat World, Paramore, The Starting Line, Shiny Toy Guns, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Angels & Airwaves, Finger Eleven and The Influence. Silverchair have just returned to the states for another tour which is mostly hitting the west coast and south. This Friday the band will be doing an interview and playing a live acoustic set before their show at the House Of Blues in San Diego. Wed 11/14/07   Anaheim, CA  House Of Blues     Thu 11/15/07   Las Vegas, NV  The Joint     Fri 11/16/07   San Diego, CA  House Of Blues     Sun 11/18/07   San Francisco, CA  The Independent     Tue 11/20/07   Los Angeles, CA  The Wiltern     Wed 11/21/07   Tempe, AZ  The Marquee Theatre     Fri 11/23/07   Salt Lake City, UT  In The Venue     Sat 11/24/07   Boulder, CO  Fox Theatre     Mon 11/26/07   Oklahoma City, OK  Diamond Ballroom     Tue 11/27/07   Austin, TX  La Zona Rosa     Wed 11/28/07   Houston, TX  Meridian     Thu 11/29/07   New Orleans, LA  House Of Blues     Sat 12/01/07   Lake Buena Vista, FL  House Of Blues     Sun 12/02/07   North Myrtle Beach, SC  House Of Blues Tue 12/04/07   Norfolk, VA  Constant Convocation Center    Fri 12/07/07   Columbus, OH  Newport Music Hall     Sat 12/08/07   Cleveland, OH  House Of Blues     Tue 12/11/07   Indianapolis, IN  The Music Mill     Wed 12/12/07   Chicago, IL  House Of Blues     Fri 12/14/07   Grand Prairie, TX  Nokia Theatre At Grand Prairie    Sun 12/16/07   Duluth, GA  The Arena At Gwinnett Center October 1, 2007 12:00pm British rock band Placebo have announced the departure of their drummer of 11 years Steve Hewitt this afternoon. Frontman Brian Molko and Bassist Stefan Olsdal will begin working on the new album in the spring of 2008 and aren't rushing to find a replacement at this time. The statement the band posted can be found here. Last week A Permanent Holiday added ex-Bleed The Dream bassist Keith Thompson to their line-up. The band will continue working on songs and hopefully soon they will be out on tour. September 24, 2007 11:50pm After 4 years together Bleed The Dream have decided to disband. Guitarist Dave Aguilera made an official statement tonight on MySpace. Go here to read it. The band have 2 final shows that will be in Anchorage, Alaska. Original vocalist Brandon Thomas will be joining the band to sing songs from Awake and Built By Blood. Mark Holmes will also be there singing songs from Killer Inside at these shows.  Dave and drummer Tom Breyfogle are now in a band called A Permanent Holiday with ex-Mest frontman Tony Lovato. Three years after breaking up, Long Island rock band Diffuser have decide to get back together. They have set up an official MySpace page and plan on recording a new album. Be sure to add them and show them some love. The interview I did with The Starting Line is now up and can be viewed here. September 4, 2007 6:03pm I have added a bunch of pictures from this summers Van's Warped Tour. There are still a ton more to be added. I will also be adding some more interviews with bands that were on Warped Tour. I put up our most recent interview with Reel Big Fish from when they were on the Shout It Loud Tour this summer with Less Than Jake. I changed the layout of our MySpace page and we have a new photographer on our site. I will be changing the layout on the website within the next couple of months. July 30, 2007 9:35pm The Starting Line's new album Direction comes out tomorrow. The band has the entire album up on their MySpace right now. You can also catch the band out on the Van's Warped Tour right now. Allister's final show was on July 20th at the Metro in Chicago, IL. The show was amazing and it's sad to see them go.  Pictures from that show can be found here. Last week The Rocket Summer's Do You Feel was released. Be sure to head out and pick that up if you haven't. I was blown away when I heard it on the MySpace. June 11, 2007 3:54am The Get Go played their second show in Pittsburgh, PA this past Friday (June 8). Photos from this show can be found here. The band has announced it's first hometown show in Chicago at The Beat Kitchen on July 25th. Tickets are on sale now. Allister have announced their final show. It's on Friday July 20th at the Metro in Chicago. Tickets went on sale this past Saturday and are $12. You can purchase your tickets here. If you need more info for the show head over to Allister's MySpace: www.myspace.com/allister. May 4, 2007 7:03pm Hidden In Plain View announce they will be releasing their final album, Resolution on July 24th. They posted a song off their album titled "Bendy" on their MySpace. Pop rock band Paramore have started their headlining tour with The Almost, This Providence and Love Arcade. They will be performing at Bamboozle tomorrow. They will also be playing the main stage at this summer's Van's Warped Tour. We had the chance to chat with them on the phone today about their new album. Check it out here. William Tell (ex-Something Corporate guitarist) released his debut solo album, You Can Hold Me Down at the end of March and is just finishing up with the Virgin College Mega Tour with Sugarcult and Talib Kweli. We had the chance to talk to William about his album and his upcoming tour with Ozma. Check it out here. I have also posted photos from the All American Rejects show last night at Buffalo State College. You can view them here. If you haven't checked it out yet our interview with Steve Hewitt of Placebo was posted recently. Check it out here. April 18, 2007 1:15am Pop punk band The Get Go have posted a new song on their MySpace page titled "You VS Me". The band will be playing their first show on June 2nd at the MySpace Cafe in Roseville, MI. April 17, 2007 4:56pm Bleed The Dream released their sophomore album, Killer Inside,  last week on Warcon Entertainment. They will be heading out on tour on April 20 and will be on the entire Warped Tour this summer. For a complete list of tour dates head over their  MySpace page: www. myspace.com/bleedthedream. Labelmates My American Heart are also heading out on tour starting May 10th with The Audition. My American Heart will also be on the Van's Warped Tour this summer. My American Heart will also be releasing their sophomore album titled, Hiding Inside The Horrible Weather and that will hit stores on June 26. Next Tuesday (April 26) the band will be posting a song from their album on their MySpace page. So check their MySpace for that and for all tour dates: www.myspace. com/myamericanheart. Punk rockers Less Than Jake will be heading out on tour from April 20 through September 16. They will be touring around the US, UK, Canada and Brazil. For a complete list of tour dates head over to their MySpace page: www.myspace.com/lessthanjake. Pop-punk princess Avril Lavigne released her third full length album today titled, The Best Damn Thing. There is also a limited edition cd/dvd too with tons of bonus stuff. March 27, 2007 10:50pm This past Sunday ex-Mest vocalist, Tony Lovato was arrested on suspicion of murder and was put on $1 million bail. Today it was determined it was self- defense and Mr. Lovato was released and won't be facing murder charges. Everyone at Burning Stars is glad to hear he is free and we believed he was innocent the whole time. If you would like to read the full article on him being released go here.. Pop-punk band Good Charlotte have released their forth studio album today titled Good Morning Revival. Be sure to go pick it up or purchase it off iTunes. The Rocket Summer have been added to this summers Van's Warped Tour. They will be on the tour from July 25 through August 25. For a complete list of the lineup so far check it out here. March 6, 2007 1:05pm Allister have just announced that they will be going on "indefinite hiatus". Here is the message bassist Scott Murphy posted on MySpace today: "Before we left for this last Japanese tour in October, Tim got the news that he was going to become a father. We had the whole 3 months in Japan to discuss what would become of Allister, and in the end Tim made the responsible decision to start a job that wouldn’t take him out of the country for months at a time. He wanted to be home with his girlfriend during the pregnancy, and throughout the upbringing of their child. We had already confirmed a Japanese tour for March, and since Tim has already entered the work force, we have asked his brother Chris to join us overseas. We will be booking a show in Chicago, which for all intents and purposes will be billed as our last show. I’ll post the info when it comes. Allister has been trucking along for a good 10 years now, and in that time we’ve been fortunate enough to travel around the world playing music that we love. We’ve met so many amazing people, and I feel really fortunate to have been a part of this band… Before I get too sappy, I just want to say thanks to everyone who supported us over the years. Who knows what the future will hold, but for the time being this is just the beginning of a new chapter… Scott Murphy and Allister" Scott along with guitarist Kyle Lewis, ex-Mest drummer Nick Gigler and ex-members of Homegrown and Showoff have started a new band called The Get Go. www.myspace.com/thegetgorock. March 3, 2007 10:00pm Our new Band Of The Month, The Photo Atlas' new album No, Not Me, Never is coming out on Tuesday. Be sure you check them out and pick their album up. They are currently on tour and will be at SXSW from the 14- 17 of this month. Check their MySpace page for all the tour dates. Rock band Placebo will be touring the US in April. Evaline will be opening for them on this 17 date tour. Placebo will also be playing at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on April 29th. For a complete list of tour dates as well as non-US dates head over to www. placeboworld.co.uk. For those of you who live in Europe Boston rock band Damone will be over there for a 6 date tour in a little over a week. The dates for this tour can be found on the bands official website www.damone.net. And for those in Japan pop-punk band Allister is heading back there at the end of this month for a bunch of shows. They will be playing two arena shows one will be at Punk Spring with NoFX, New Found Glory, Jimmy Eat World, etc. Head over to the bands MySpace page for more info. www.myspace. com/allister.