'Come Around' In Stores Now!

Hello everyone! Here is a quick update since my last blog entry.

Last time I sent a blog, we were about to play in Manchester! That show was insane and Pat rocked out so hard he punctured his chin with his guitar and had to get stitches. Crazy right? After Manchester we played in Birmingham. Birmingham was really cool. We explored the downtown shopping center and had lunch at a Pizza Hut. After Birmingham we played a festival in Leeds known as the "Slam Dunk Festival". The festival was insane and friends of ours like Cobra Starship, We The Kings, Hey Monday, Cash Cash, The Audition and You Me at Six performed. We got to hang out with all of our friends and perform for one of the best crowds we've had thus far. Before the doors were open, Pat and I walked the line of kids and handed out free stickers with our stage name and the time we were playing at on the back. There were roughly 5,000 people who attended the festival. Needless to say, we ran out of stickers very quickly. We played on the "Punktastic" stage which was in the basement of the college campus. There were five stages total. There was one Main Stage and the others differed in size. Before we played, we watched our friends in Cash Cash perform and Hey Monday followed them. After we played we got to watch We The Kings, Cobra Starship and You Me at Six. The Main Stage room became 200 degrees and the kids were insane! When the festival ended the Main Stage room became a dance club and everyone at the festival got to hang out with each other and all the kids who were over 18 got to stay as well. Most of the bands at the festival had a day off the next day so we all stayed up really late.

The next morning Pat, Nate, Kieren and myself walked around downtown looking for some food. Pat and Nate went to McDonald's while Kieren and I went to Subway. Alex Suarez (Cobra Bass) walked into Subway and joined us for lunch. We then later found a grocery store and stocked up on some food. We walked back to the bus and began watching movies. I'm a huge movie fanatic and I brought with me movies such as: "Little Monsters", "Drop Dead Fred", "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", "Lethal Weapon 1,2,3 & 4", "National Lampoons Senior Trip/Loaded Weapon Double Feature", "Child's Play 1,2,3,4 & 5", "Back To The Future Trilogy" and "Pineapple Express". Plus many more! We had a fantastic movie festival last night. Thats all I have for now but stay tuned for more news on the Cobra Starship/Sing It Loud/Cash Cash/ Mimi Soya UK Tour!

CHEERS!

SB

How has everyone been since the "Guys Guys Guys" tour? I'm currently sitting in Manchester back stage at the Academy. I'm listening to a band known as "Metric" on my macbook and thinking to myself, "I can't believe this." Meaning I can't believe that I'm living one of the biggest dreams I've had my whole life. It has been one of the best feelings to share with brothers of mine. I know everyone personally in Sing It Loud had wanted to tour the UK, but Kieren and myself had been trying to do this since we were 16 and 17 years old in our old band "Jamestown Story". So far, we've played in Nottingham and Glasgow. Both of those shows were crazy! Well we go on in about 10 minutes so I will leave you with this little note:

In some point of your life, you are going to run into someone who doesn't believe in you or believe in what you want to do. Nothing feels better than achieving your dreams and looking back with biggest smile you have ever expressed.

-SB

Hey SIL fans! It has been a while since my last blog so I'm going to fill you in on the last week. I'm going to start with Bamboozle Right(NJ). We show up at Bamboozle at 8:00 am for load in. Kieren, Nate, Ben and myself grab posters to promote our stage and set time when we realize we have nothing to put the posters on (to walk around with). Kieren and I remembered using long wooden sticks last year at bamboozle to tape our promo posters on, so we decided to go on an adventure. Keep in mind this is at 9:00 am! We are walking around the Giants Stadium looking for anything to use for sticks when we run into a fenced off construction area. We then sneak into the area and begin grabbing every long wooden stick or pole in our sights when we see SECURITY! ! ! ! Kieren crawls out of the area first and begins running away towards the bus area while I'm trying to get away with some of the poles. Security comes to a screeching halt right on the back of my legs with the front bumper of their security SUV. They harass me for a little bit then throw me in the back of their squad car while telling me "Your done! We are taking you in and your friend will not get away. Both of you are arrested!" Meanwhile, Kieren gets in the back of our van, changes clothes and begins hiding under his sleeping bag in the back of the van. I'm sitting in the back of the squad car and begin talking my way out of the whole situation, well trying to. After a long somewhat aggressive argument with the security meat heads, I'm given a break due to not running and the fact that I had to play in 5 hours! All in all, it was a crazy bamboozle! We had our largest bamboozle crowd ever that day! The fans were amazing! We had a great time and hope all of you did to! We are on the last four days of the "Guys Guys Guys" tour. We have been out for 100 + consecutive days with The Morning Light and it will be the hardest thing parting ways with those dudes! They are like my brothers! We are playing at The Rave in Milwaukee, WI tonight then onward to Minneapolis! ! ! Hope everyone is having a great week!

Stay tuned for more updates!

Love always,

SB

Just a reminder, anyone who purchases a ticket in advance online to either Triple Rock show this weekend in Minneapolis will recieve a free MPLS FO' LIFE wristband at the door when you walk in.

All advance ticket purchasers will also be entered to win this special edition Sing It Loud poster autographed by us! All winners (20 per show) will be emailed by Saturday afternoon with instructions on where to pick their poster up at the show.

May 9th - Buy Tickets
May 10th - Buy Tickets

Note - anyone who has already bought tickets in advance will also receive the wristband and be automatically entered into the poster contest.

Thanks!
SIL