• Mayday Parade Finishing Recording New Album

    According to a tweet by drummer Jake Bundrick, Mayday Parade have completed work on their third album. The new album is expected to come out this summer.

    MP’s new record is finished. I’m so glad we did this our way and not someone else’s way this time.

     
  • The Hardest Working Bands Of 2010

    songkick.com made a list of the hardest working bands of 2010. The band with the most tour dates is Mayday Parade with 194 shows in 2010. Vampire Weekend travelled two-thirds of the way to the moon across all their tour dates.

    FINAL hardest working artists 2010 hi res The Hardest Working Bands Of 2010

    Download the infographic here.

    1. Mayday Parade—194 tour dates; 71,000 miles travelled
    2. Caribou—185 tour dates; 139,000 miles travelled
    3. Surfer Blood—183 tour dates; 111,000 miles travelled
    4. Two Door Cinema Club—168 tour dates; 130,000 miles travelled
    5. Skillet—166 tour dates; 72,000 miles travelled
    6. Willie Nelson—161 tour dates; 56,000 miles travelled
    7. Lady Gaga—159 tour dates; 89,000 miles travelled
    8. Vampire Weekend—159 tour dates; 150,000 miles travelled
    9. Beach House—157 tour dates; 89,000 miles travelled
    10. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club—155 tour dates; 82,000 miles travelled
    11. Never Shout Never—154 tour dates; 56,000 miles travelled
    12. Every Avenue—153 tour dates; 73,000 miles travelled
    13. Breathe Carolina—147 tour dates; 68,000 miles travelled
    14. 30 Seconds to Mars—142 tour dates; 124,000 miles travelled
    15. We the Kings—134 tour dates; 82,000 miles travelled
    16. Hey Monday—133 tour dates, 51,000 miles travelled
    17. B.o.B.—127 tour dates; 128,000 miles travelled
    18. Alesana—124 tour dates; 57,000 miles travelled
    19. Parkway Drive—120 tour dates; 87,000 miles travelled
    20. Megadeth—117 tour dates; 88,000 miles travelled

     
  • Mayday Parade Announce UK Tour Dates

    Mayday Parade have announced dates for an upcoming UK tour. Details regarding support and more dates have yet to be confirmed. Dates below:

    May
    16th – Northampton Roadmender
    17th – Kingston Peel
    18th – Leicester Sub91
    19th – Yeovil Orange Box
    22nd – Cardiff University
    23rd – Nottingham Rescue Rooms
    24th – Glasgow Garage
    25th – Manchester Academy 2
    26th – London Koko
    27th – Birmingham O2 Academy 2
    30th – Oxford O2 Academy 2
    31st – Norwich Waterfront

    June
    1st – Portsmouth Wedgewood Rooms

     
  • Mayday Parade To Release New EP

    Mayday Parade are in the studio putting the final touches on an upcoming acoustic EP that will be released on March 8th. And he band will go in to the studio tomorrow to begin pre-production on new album.

     
  • Stream – Punk Goes Pop Vol. 3

    The latest installment of Fearless Records’ Punk Goes… series is now streaming on MySpace. Punk Goes Pop Vol. 3 comes out on November 2nd.

    1. Breathe Carolina – “Down” (originally by Jay Sean ft. Lil Wayne)
    2. Woe, Is Me – “Hot ‘N Cold” (originally by Katy Perry)
    3. Artist Vs. Poet – “Bad Romance” (originally by Lady Gaga)
    4. Mayday Parade – “In My Head” (originally by Jason Derulo)
    5. Asking Alexandria – “Right Now (Na Na Na)” (originally by Akon)
    6. This Century – “Paper Planes” (originally by M.I.A.)
    7. The Word Alive – “Heartless” (originally by Kanye West)
    8. Family Force 5 – “Bulletproof” (originally by La Roux)
    9. Of Mice & Men – “Blame It” (originally by Jamie Foxx ft. T-Pain)
    10. Miss May I – “Run This Town” (originally by Jay-Z ft. Kanye West and Rihanna)
    11. The Ready Set – “Airplanes” (originally by B.o.B. ft. Hayley Williams)
    12. Cute Is What We Aim For – “Dead And Gone” (originally by T.I. ft. Justin Timberlake)
    13. Sparks The Rescue – “Need You Now” (originally by Lady Antebellum)
    14. We Came As Romans – “My Love” (originally by Justin Timberlake feat. T.I.)