Tour Press Force

Today TPF flashes back to February 2017 when we interviewed Go Ask Alice after their opening set with Alesana's Ten Frail Years of Vanity Wax Tour at Club Red in Mesa, AZ. Check out the review we wrote for that show. We are sad to say farewell to Emma Sounart, our alum intern who interviewed the band. This was one of her first gigs with us - and her first time interviewing - we love her naturally candid approach and wish her the best in all her future endeavors! We are exci

Empire of the Sun took the stage in Phoenix on April 18, 2017 to perform for fans awaiting the band’s hits like “High and Low” and “Walking on a Dream.” The band consists of members Luke Steele (lead vocals/guitars/keyboards), Ian Ball (guitar), Olly Peacock (drums) and Alex Berry (bass). Empire of the Sun is an Electronic band originally from Sydney, Australia who released its newest albumTwo Vines in October of 2016. The band is currently signed by Capitol Records. Fans slo

Photography co-shot and Review co-written by Emma Sounart and Kiya Gaskin Viva PHX hit Downtown Phoenix for its fourth annual run on March 11, 2017. Walking into Downtown Phoenix during Viva PHX, there were swarms of people and stages lit up from CityScape all the way down past Comerica Theatre and Crescent Ballroom to a little studio called The Pueblo. The stages were divided by genres. Grungier music got the edgier stages like Punk Rock Alley and national acts were given th

Green Day released its twelfth album Revolution Radio in October of 2016. The band’s first single off the album was “Bang Bang” followed by “Revolution Radio” and “Still Breathing” that were released a little over a month before the album release. The Revolution Radio Tour hit Europe before making their first stop of 2017 in America in Phoenix, Arizona at the Talking Stick Resort Arena on March 1. Green Day is signed by Warner Bros. and the American Punk Rock band is original

Twenty One Pilots released its latest EP TOP X MM of remixes off its album Blurryface with Mutemath in December 2016. The band’s hit album Blurryface came out in May 2015 followed by its single “Heathens” for the movie Suicide Squad in June 2016 and its cover of My Chemical Romance’s “Cancer” for the 10-year anniversary of The Black Parade. The Emotional Roadshow World Tour came to Tucson bringing old songs and the new singles to Tucson Convention Center on February 19. Twent

Young the Giant stopped in Tempe for its Home of the Strange tour on February 7, 2017. Introducing their new jams to the Tempe crowd at The Marquee were band members Sameer Gadhia (lead vocals and percussion), Eric Cannata (guitar), François Comtois (drums), Payam Doostzadeh (bass guitar), and Jacob Tilley (guitar). Young the Giant is signed with Fueled By Ramen. The band had not released any new music since 2014 until its first single off its new album called “Amerika” was r

The Griswolds released its newest album High Times For Low Lives on November 11, 2016. The Low Lives Tour came to Phoenix on Valentine’s Day and shared some new and old jams with fans at Valley Bar. The Griswolds are signed by Wind-up Records. They had not released any music before this new album since their album Be Impressive which came out in August of 2014. In 2015, The Griswolds made its debut by touring with Pop band Walk the Moon after it released its hit single “Shut

American Rock band Alesana came to Arizona on its Ten Frail Years of Vanity and Wax tour on February 10, 2017. Cranking up the intensity in Mesa, Arizona at Club Red were band members Dennis Lee (unclean vocals), Shawn Milke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano), Patrick Thompson (lead guitar), Jeremy Bryan (drums, percussion), Shane Crump (bass, backing vocals), and Jake Campbell (lead guitar, backing vocals). Alesana is signed to Revival Recordings. The band’s most recent alb

Bad Suns’ highly anticipated Disappear Here tour finally arrived in Phoenix on November 17th, 2016. Inside the venue rehearsing were band members Christo Bowman (vocals), Miles Morris (drums), Ray Libby (guitar), and Gavin Bennett (bass). Bad Suns had just finished touring with Halsey on her Badlands tour over the summer where they won over fans with some songs off their old album Language & Perspective as well as a few singles they released off their new album. The band rele