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A word from Founder and Owner of Rock Over America Magazine, Mark Lewis

Impacts Upon Our Lives

Friday we will run, right here, stories from my past from my friendship with Original Haley's Comets Bass player Marshall Lytle. Marshall was my first interview ever and over the years became one of my closest friends. The friendship came as a result of that interview. It was not something I had expected to happen.

Over the years in the music industry I have met many wonderful people, developed many wonderful friendships and business relationships and have had opportunities come about that never would have otherwise if it had not been for Rock Over America Magazine. That isn't to say there hasn't been any drama or it has been easy. A lot of hard work has gone into it all.

The main thing for me, what always drives me, what will never let me quit are the people I have met along the way. Whether it is our own staff at the magazine, PR companies or labels orvenues we are blessed to work with, or fans or the musicians themselves, the last 7 plus years of my life has been a blessing and every single day I am amazed I am blessed and privileged tobe here. I have never looked at any of this as about me.

It comes down to this one lesson I learned long ago and just revisited on my recent trip to San Francisco, it's way beyond taking time to smell the roses. Be open to all of the new and exciting and even sometimes scary experiences life has in store for you. That is how that interview with Marshall ended up happening. It changed my life forever, in such a profound way that words cannot begin to properly describe the impact over these last 8 years. And I wouldn't change a thing!

 

Hot News

Today marks the release of Whatever It Takes, the new, hard-hitting album from Canadian heavy-metallers MAGNUS RISING.  Check out a brand new review from ABORT Magazine at this link that states, “This album proves that [MAGNUS RISING is] willing to do whatever it takes to succeed, and definitely proves that they deserve it.” While you’re on the web, check out the official Whatever It Takes album teaser with some great studio and live footage here: http://vimeo.com/50507783.

 In other news, MAGNUS RISING can now announce that they will be performing at a festival in Canada this August with headliners 3 Inches of Blood. More details will surface soon about this upcoming event. Also, the band is finishing up on their new music video for the ‘The Drill’ and will be releasing that to the web soon.

 Today, the band is hosting an album release party at Rickshaw in Vancouver. Doors are at 7pm and the show begins at 8pm. See the event poster below for details.

 Whatever It Takes is about making music on the band’s terms and defying the odds – and odds they have defied! MAGNUS RISING have soared, trekking back and forth across the country, always working to rock bigger crowds in more badass venues. In their western home, they’ve opened for metal powerhouses Iced Earth, Forbidden and Raven – bands who have showed them that time is irrelevant. Their dedication has paid off in droves building a sound all their own. Layered with emotion, feeling and aggression, MAGNUS RISING is reminiscent of a passionate punch in the jaw.

 For more information, please visit these websites:

 http://www.magnusrising.com/

 https://www.facebook.com/magnusrisingband

 https://twitter.com/magnusrising  @MagnusRising, @MagnusMatty, @hawknusrising

 http://www.youtube.com/magnusrising

 https://soundcloud.com/magnus-rising

 http://www.rdio.com/artist/Magnus_Rising/

 http://www.myspace.com/magnusrising

  To order music by MAGNUS RISING, please visit: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/artist/magnus-rising/id272325304

 

 

 

HARTFORD BIKE FEST 2013 ON SATURDAY, JUNE 15TH, AT 10:00 AM: Details click here 

Tour Dates

The ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK MAYHEM FESTIVAL will stop in 26 cities across the United States and Canada as it makes its way to the Gexa Energy Pavilion in Dallas, Texas on August 4th, 2013. Dates and venues are listed below. Fans can go to www.rockstarmayhemfest.com to keep up with additional details as they are released.

Tour dates are as follows:

Date    City                             Venue

6/29     San Bernardino, CA     San Manuel Amphitheater

6/30     Mountain View, CA    Shoreline Amphitheatre

7/2       Boise, ID                    Idaho Center Amphitheatre

7/3       Auburn, WA                White River Amphitheater

7/5       Phoenix, AZ                Desert Sky Pavilion

7/6       Albuquerque, NM        Isleta Amphitheatre

7/7       Denver, CO                 Fiddler’s Green Amphitheatre

7/10     Toronto, ON                Molson Canadian Amphitheatre

7/12     Burgettstown, PA         First Niagara Pavilion

7/13     Scranton, PA                Toyota Pavilion at Montage Mountain

7/14     Darien Center, NY       Darien Lake PAC

7/16     Mansfield, MA            Comcast Center

7/17     Bangor, ME                 Bangor Waterfront

7/19     Camden, NJ                 Susquehanna Bank Center

7/20     Saratoga Springs, NY   SPAC

7/21     Hartford, CT                The Comcast Theatre

7/23     Holmdel, NJ               PNC Bank Arts Center

7/24     Bristow, VA                 Jiffy Lube Live

7/26     Noblesville, IN            Klipsch Music Center

7/27     Tinley Park, IL             First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre

7/28     Clarkston, MI DTE      Energy Music Theatre

7/30     Atlanta, GA                 Aaron’s Amphitheatre at Lakewood

7/31     Tampa, FL                   Live Nation Amphitheatre @ Florida State Fairgrounds

8/2       Austin, TX                   Austin360 Amphitheater

8/3       The Woodlands, TX    Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion

8/4       Dallas, TX                   Gexa Energy Pavilion

 

PARAMORE ON TOUR 2013

 

APRIL

25                    Houston, TX               Bayou Music Center

29                    Phoenix, AZ                Comerica Theatre

 

MAY

1                      Los Angeles, CA        Wiltern Theatre

3                      Las Vegas, NV             The Joint

4                      San Francisco, CA      Warfield Theatre

6                      Salt Lake City, UT      The Great Salt Air

7                      Denver, CO                 The Fillmore Auditorium

9                      Chicago, IL                 Chicago Theatre

10                    Detroit, MI                  The Fillmore Detroit

13                    Toronto, ON               Sound Academy

15                    Boston, MA                House of Blues Boston

16                    New York, NY            Hammerstein Ballroom

 

*Additional Dates To Be Announced Shortly

  

Men Without Hats UK

LONDON, O2 ISLINGTON ACADEMY                     Friday 1 February

MEMMINGEN, KAMINWERK                                   Sunday 3 February

INGOLSTADT, EVENTHALLE WESTPARK                     Monday 4 February

VIENNA, SZENE WIEN                                             Tuesday 5 February

COLOGNE, MTC                                                       Wednesday 6February

FRANKFURT, DAS BETT                                         Thursday 7 February

HANNOVER, ENGEL 07                                           Friday 8 February

BERLIN, K17                                                               Saturday 9 February

HAMBURG, LOGO                                                     Sunday 10 February

COPENHAGEN, STENGADE                                             Tuesday 12 February

STOCKHOLM, KOLINGSBORG                              Thursday 14 February

MALMO, INKONST                                                     Friday 15 February

GOTHENBURG, STICKY FINGERS                                  Saturday 16 February

 

 

Rush Tour

Tue 04/23/13		Austin, TX
Fri 04/26/13		Sunrise, FL
Sun 04/28/13		Orlando, FL
Wed 05/01/13		Nashville, TN
Fri 05/03/13		Raleigh, NC
Sun 05/05/13		Virginia Beach, VA
Tue 05/07/13		Baltimore, MD
Thu 05/09/13		Uncasville, CT
Sat 05/11/13		Atlantic City, NJ
Wed 05/22/13		Manchester, United Kingdom
Fri 05/24/13		London, United Kingdom
Sun 05/26/13		Birmingham, United Kingdom
Tue 05/28/13		Sheffield, United Kingdom
Thu 05/30/13		Glasgow, United Kingdom
Sun 06/02/13		Amsterdam, Netherlands
Tue 06/04/13		Cologne, Germany
Thu 06/06/13		Berlin, Germany
Sat 06/08/13		Solvesborg, Sweden
Mon 06/10/13		Helsinki, Finland

 

Marilyn Manson Tour

Mon 01/28/13		Montreal, QC
Tue 01/29/13		Oshawa, ON
Wed 01/30/13		Hamilton, ON
Fri 02/01/13		Sudbury, ON
Mon 02/04/13		Winnipeg, MB
Tue 02/05/13		Moose Jaw, SK
Wed 02/06/13		Saskatoon, SK
Fri 02/08/13		Calgary, AB
Sat 02/09/13		Edmonton, AB
Mon 02/11/13		Vancouver, BC
Tue 02/12/13		Seattle, WA
Wed 02/13/13		Portland, OR
Fri 02/15/13		Modesto, CA
Sun 02/17/13		Reno, NV
Tue 02/19/13		San Francisco, CA
Wed 02/20/13		Anaheim, CA
Thu 02/21/13		Los Angeles, CA
Sat 02/23/13		Las Vegas, NV

 

Kix Tour

Fri 03/08/13		West Hollywood, CA
Sat 03/09/13		Las Vegas, NV
Sat 03/16/13		Fort Lauderdale, FL
Sun 03/17/13		Fort Lauderdale, FL
Mon 03/18/13		Fort Lauderdale, FL
Tue 03/19/13		Fort Lauderdale, FL
Wed 03/20/13		Fort Lauderdale, FL
Fri 03/29/13		Springfield, VA
Sat 03/30/13		Hummels Wharf, PA
Fri 04/05/13		Amityville, NY
Tue 04/16/13		Uncasville, CT
Mon 04/29/13		Springfield, VA
Tue 04/30/13		Hummels Wharf, PA
Fri 05/03/13		Columbia, MD
Sat 06/08/13		Inwood, WV
Fri 08/16/13		Dewey Beach, DE

 

The Cure Tour

Thu 04/04/13		Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Sat 04/06/13		Sao Paulo, Brazil
Tue 04/09/13		Asuncion, Paraguay
Fri 04/12/13		Buenos Aires, Argentina
Sun 04/14/13		Santiago, Chile
Wed 04/17/13		Lima, Peru
Fri 04/19/13		Bogota, Colombia
Sun 04/21/13		Mexico City, Mexico

 

Doro Pesch Tour

Mon 01/28/13		Miami, FL
Tue 01/29/13		Miami, FL
Wed 01/30/13		Miami, FL
Thu 01/31/13		Miami, FL
Fri 02/01/13		Miami, FL
Fri 02/01/13		Tampa, FL
Sat 02/02/13		Atlanta, GA
Sun 02/03/13		West Springfield, VA
Mon 02/04/13		New York, NY
Tue 02/05/13		Baltimore, MD
Thu 02/07/13		Toronto, ON
Fri 02/08/13		Rochester, NY
Sat 02/09/13		Columbus, OH
Sun 02/10/13		Cleveland, OH
Tue 02/12/13		Detroit, MI
Wed 02/13/13		Joliet, IL
Thu 02/14/13		Saint Paul, MN
Fri 02/15/13		Waterloo, IA
Sun 02/17/13		Englewood, CO
Tue 02/19/13		Seattle, WA
Wed 02/20/13		Portland, OR
Thu 02/21/13		San Francisco, CA
Fri 02/22/13		West Hollywood, CA
Sat 02/23/13		Tempe, AZ
Mon 04/15/13		Kiev, Ukraine
Wed 04/17/13		Moscow, Russia
Thu 04/18/13		Krasnodar, Russia
Sun 04/21/13		St. Petersburg, Russia
Tue 04/23/13		Helsinki, Finland
Thu 04/25/13		Stockholm, Sweden
Fri 04/26/13		Oslo, Norway
Sun 04/28/13		Goteborg, Sweden
Tue 04/30/13		Copenhagen, Denmark
Sun 05/05/13		Hamburg, Germany
Mon 05/06/13		Hamburg, Germany
Tue 05/07/13		Hamburg, Germany
Wed 05/08/13		Hamburg, Germany
Thu 05/09/13		Hamburg, Germany
Fri 05/10/13		Hamburg, Germany
Sat 05/11/13		Hamburg, Germany
Sun 05/12/13		Hamburg, Germany
Fri 05/31/13		Bochum, Germany
Fri 06/07/13		Solvesborg, Sweden
Sat 06/22/13		Steinbach, Germany
Sat 07/20/13		Pyras, Germany
Fri 07/26/13		Seebronn, Germany
Fri 08/09/13		Villena, Spain
Fri 10/11/13		Zlin, Czech Republic
Sat 10/12/13		Munich, Germany
Sun 10/13/13		Frankfurt, Germany
Tue 10/15/13		Enschede, Netherlands
Wed 10/16/13		Hamburg, Germany
Fri 10/18/13		Muenster, Germany
Sat 10/19/13		Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Sun 12/15/13		Pratteln, Switzerland
Mon 12/16/13		Nuremberg, Germany
Tue 12/17/13		Saarbrucken, Germany
Thu 12/19/13		Hannover, Germany
Fri 12/20/13		Leipzig, Germany
Sat 12/21/13		Leipzig, Germany

 

 

Rebelution Tour

Thu 02/14/13		Las Vegas, NV
Fri 02/15/13		Tempe, AZ
Sat 02/16/13		Albuquerque, NM
Sun 02/17/13		Albuquerque, NM
Wed 02/20/13		Fayetteville, AR
Thu 02/21/13		Austin, TX
Fri 02/22/13		Houston, TX
Sat 02/23/13		Dallas, TX
Sun 02/24/13		Corpus Christi, TX
Wed 02/27/13		New Orleans, LA
Fri 03/01/13		Miami, FL
Sat 03/02/13		Miami, FL
Sun 03/03/13		Miami, FL
Mon 03/04/13		Miami, FL
Tue 03/05/13		Miami, FL
Thu 03/14/13		Ventura, CA
Fri 03/15/13		Ventura, CA
Sat 03/16/13		San Luis Obispo, CA
Sun 03/17/13		Santa Cruz, CA
Wed 03/20/13		Sacramento, CA
Thu 03/21/13		Redway, CA
Fri 03/22/13		Bend, OR
Sat 03/23/13		Portland, OR
Sun 03/24/13		Vancouver, BC
Wed 03/27/13		Pullman, WA
Thu 03/28/13		Boise, ID
Fri 03/29/13		Salt Lake City, UT
Sat 03/30/13		Flagstaff, AZ
Wed 04/17/13		Des Moines, IA
Thu 04/18/13		Minneapolis, MN
Fri 04/19/13		Milwaukee, WI
Sat 04/20/13		Chicago, IL
Sun 04/21/13		Cincinnati, OH
Wed 04/24/13		Millvale, PA
Thu 04/25/13		Oxford, OH
Fri 04/26/13		Cleveland, OH
Sat 04/27/13		Buffalo, NY
Sun 04/28/13		Toronto, ON
Wed 05/01/13		South Burlington, VT
Thu 05/02/13		Portland, ME
Fri 05/03/13		Providence, RI
Sat 05/04/13		Allentown, PA
Fri 05/24/13		Monterey, CA

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