After a highly successfully 18 months that saw the band successfully complete three tours, be featured on AbsolutePunk multiple times, get signed to Imminence Records, release a 7” on vinyl label Giant MKT, and release their first ever music video, Backslashes And Bad Ideas is pleased to announce their New Noise Magazine Presents How I Met Your Girlfriend Tour.
The tour begins June 12th in Harrisonburg, VA and ends June 27th in Shickshinny, PA and also includes In Your Memory. Vocalist Nick DePalo had this to say on the tour, “We are eager to get back on the road and share our music in cities we haven’t yet played. We look forward to seeing a lot of new faces as well as familiar friends along the way. Tour dates can be found after the jump.
TOUR DATES
June 12th – Harrisonburg, VA – Brokedown Palace
June 13th – Virginia Beach, VA – Hook Up Cafe
June 14th – Wilmington, NC – Reggie’s 42nd St. Tavern
June 16th – Jacksonville, FL – Jack Rabbits
June 17th – Tampa, FL – The Brass Mug
June 18th – Orlando, FL – Uncle Lou’s
June 19th – Tallahassee, FL – Midtown Speakeasy
June 20th – Columbus, GA – Stay True Fest
June 21st – Salyersville, KY – Parkway Arts Center
June 23rd – Detroit, MI – The Ritz
June 24th – Cleveland, OH – The Foundry
June 25th – Pittsburgh, PA – Howlers
June 26th – Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie
June 27th – Shickshinny, PA – Yardstock III
The tour will be supporting 2013’s There Is No Place Like Home, which spawned the single “Defend Josh’s Life Choices” featuring Fred Mascherino (Taking Back Sunday, The Color Fred, Terrible Things), and 2014’s Sad Is The New Black 7” while the band writes new material for their first full length. The band has also announced that due to the overwhelming success of the Sad Is The New Black 7”, that Imminence Records will release it digitally on June 9th. It has already spawned the band’s very first music video, which may be viewed HERE. Backslashes And Bad Ideas has several more announcements that they will release closer to the respective dates concerning each one.
