February 2012
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The HOPE project.: Hi there. →
the-blackout-hope-project:
So, I really wanted to do something for the 1 year anniversary of the release of Hope, to show The Blackout just how much they’ve helped, and how much they mean to people.
Me and Lily came up with the idea of the HOPE video project.
It’s a video, complied of photos from people who The Blackout…
January 2012
2 posts
The Blackout Announcement.
There’s a big announcement coming today. Keep you eyes peeled and your ears to the ground. Alternatively check Twitter/Facebook around 11am.
November 2011
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October 2011
3 posts
Win VIP Passes to The Blackout Hope Tour
So since friday will be the last day of the Hope Tour competition we’ve upped the anti. 2 people will win 2 VIP tickets each to any HEADLINE show that we have between now and the end of the year.
The VIP tickets mean you’ll get to come in to the show for free, and have your very own meet and greet with us before we hit the stage.
We’re making this one a bit different. This is...
Hope II Tour competition
We’re going to be running a competition everyday this week for people to win tickets to our upcoming UK and Europe Hope II Tour. It’s simple. Between 6pm and 6:30pm (UK Time) just tweet “#HopeTour” followed by the song you want here most live.
The tweet has to be between 6pm and 6:30pm (UK Time) and contain the hashtag #HopeTour.
Please only enter if you can get to a...
September 2011
4 posts
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August 2011
1 post
Late night busses for Merthyr Rock
“Due to the success of Merthyr Rock, the organisers are happy to announce that they’ve teamed up with Arriva Transport to offer a bus service to get festival-goers home late at night after the festival finishes each day.
The Merthyr Rock Express Bus will carry festival-goers back to Abercynon, Pontypridd or Cardiff Central.
Passengers will also be able to request stops for Pentrebach,...
July 2011
5 posts
Mainland Europe Tour
Tour dates and tickets for our Mainland Europe leg of our Autumn tour will be released Thursday 9am GMT. Put it in your diary.
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June 2011
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May 2011
4 posts
Got a TBO Tattoo? →
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March 2011
2 posts
WIN FREE SHOW TICKETS
Win Tickets to come see us play at The Borderline in London on Sunday, 27th March 2011 to celebrate the release of their new album Hope.
To be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets to this unique event, simply order HOPE from the link below.
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/navigate.do?&pPageID=5013
Cheers yo
Gavx
February 2011
13 posts
Higher and Higher Video
The Video for Higher and Higher will be exclusive to PS3s Vidzone from Monday 28th for 24 hours. Get ready, you need to see this bad boy.
FREE LIVE TRACK
We have a free live version of Higher & Higher available for you. Follow the link and follow the instructions.
http://www.facebook.com/theblackoutband?sk=app_4949752878
Gavx
Pre-order bundle details.
Hi Guys
So a few of you had a bunch of questions about the pre-order bundles.
The Bundles will be available up until the 27th March.
They will be sent out, on the Friday before the release to arrive
on the Monday.
They are available and will be sent to all countries worldwide.
http://www.mamstore.co.uk/theblackout
Gavx
Europe with FFAF
So if you haven’t checked the Internet in an age we’re heading out to Europe with Funeral for a Friend. We’re super excited to get back out to mainland Europe. All the dates are below.
gavx
Fri-Apr-22 Groezrock
Sat 24th April Monster Bash, Berlin
EUROPE w/ Funeral For A Friend To Be Announced:
Mon-Apr-25 Prague Czech Rep. Futurum Music...
European Pre-order links
Switzerland:
Normal edt.: http://www.cede.ch/de/music-cd/frames/frameset.cfm?aobj=881987
Ltd. Edt.: http://www.cede.ch/de/music-cd/frames/frameset.cfm?aobj=881989
Holland
http://www.bol.com/nl/p/muziek/hope/1000004011185704/index.html
Sweden:
http://cdon.se/musik/blackout/hope-13685023
Australia:
http://www.shock.com.au/release/564657/blackout-the-hope/
Germany:
BLACKOUT standard /...
Flyers
So a few of you have been asking for some flyers to give out at the MCR Shows. So here’s a link, save the image, print out a shit loads and go hand them out to people.
http://www.theblackout.net/images/headerSplice_01.jpg
gavx
Higher and Higher
Yo yo yo
Our single Higher and Higher is now available from iTunes. The video, b-side and physical copy will be available very soon.
I know some of you scamps have ripped it from YouTube, however that’s the radio edit with the swearing cut.
So to get the version fully loaded with the bits your parents won’t like follow the link below.
...
The Blackout BandApp Update
New BandApp updates, pictures, videos, and you can stream both Ambition is Critical and Higher & Higher straight to you’re iPhone or iTouch.
If you haven’t got our BandApp simply go to the link below using safari on your phone then follow the onscreen instructions.
http://www.bandapp.com/theblackout
Enjoy gavx
My Chemical Romance
So if your detective skills are up to scratch or you ‘use the Internet’ then you know we’ve been added as main support for My Chemical Romance.
We’re super happy to be on an amazing tour with an amazing band. And we can’t wait to see all you MCR fans.
We’re really sorry that we’ve had to pull out of the HMV show at the Borderline but as you can...
January 2011
6 posts
Ambition is Critical
SO if you’ve been living under a rock, our free track Ambition is Critical is available at
www.theblackout.net
gavx
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Ambition is critical.
Our FREE track from our upcoming album Hope, out in April, will be available from our website straight after the first ever play by Daniel P Carter on his Radio 1 Rock Show from 12 midnight.
There’ll be a lovely video up too. So check out The Rock Show on Monday then head over to
www.theblackout.net
Watch the video, download the song and rock out.
RT.Reblog.
HOPE
Hey guys, if you don’t get a chance to pick up Kerrang today I can reveal that the title for our album will be “Hope”. It’s going to be released in the first half of April.
Any one who pledged to get the album made will get their free download a week before it’s released in stores. We’re are so excited for you to hear it.
Also if you’ve had your head...
December 2010
6 posts
Funeral For A Friend + The Blackout + Canterbury...
hmvlive & MAMA Festivals present Next Big Thing featuring Funeral For A Friend + The Blackout + Canterbury at the Borderline on Sunday, 13th February 2011. Doors at 7pm. Age restriction 14+, under 16s to be accompanied by an adult. Tickets are £10 in advance (booking fee included in the ticket price).
This official ticket link: http://www.hmvtickets.com/events/2476
Come down should be a...
Thank you...
… for the amazing response to this tour. It’s awesome to see that you guys haven’t forgot about us. There are a few towns and cities we might have missed on this tour, we’re so sorry but there were either no vacancies in any venues or we’d just been there.
We’re hoping to do another tour and come back to those places we’ve missed.
You Me At Six...
Nottingham date added!
Hi guys
We wanted to announce this last week but we had to wait until today. We’ve been added to the Hit The Deck Festival along with all these awesome bands -
Cancer Bats + Comeback Kid + The Ghost Inside + Kvelertak + Grave Maker + Social Suicide + The Blackout + Young Guns + Chickenhawk + Kiss Corona
So link to tickets is below.
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General Sale Today
So general sale starts at 9:00am today, i’ve put links up to where they will go on sale, they’re not direct links so you may have to, god forbid, have a bit of a look on the page.
Some sites won’t even list the tour until 9am, so please be patient.
http://www.theblackout.net/
Gavx
General Sale tomorrow
Hi
Because you’re all to lazy to use google (a generalisation I know, but a valid one none the less) I shall be posting ticket links to each date as well as a link to the address of the venue.
They will all be online tomorrow morning on
www.theblackout.net
No whinging, if something isn’t there, google.
Gavx
Tour tickets
Right. This is how pre-sale works. A limited amount of tickets are made available before all the other tickets.
We’ve done this so we can run the prize draw of meet an greets. These pre-sale tickets are available from
http://www.crowdsurge.com/theblackout/
When these sell out it does not mean the entire date has sold out. The rest of the tickets will go on sale Monday. All ticket links...
November 2010
3 posts
The Blackout BandApp
Hey Guys
So we’ve teamed up with BandApp.com to put us in your pockets, at the moment it’s only available for the iPhone and iPod Touch but it will be coming to Android and Blackberry very soon.
It’s a free app that has exclusive pictures, videos that you won’t see anywhere else on the Internet. It has links to tickets. You’ll be able to download tracks and in the...