First band of the 2009 AP Tour revealed!

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Whatup everyone, it's Scott. So guess what? We're already starting to talk about potential bands for the 2009 AP Tour. Here's a list of a bunch of bands whose names we've brainstormed; leave us a comment and tell us who you'd like to see together on a five-band bill -- or tell us who we've left out! Remember, we're not looking for arena-sized bands; we want to focus on up-and-coming bands that we can expose to a whole bunch of new peeps. Most importantly, the bands on the tour cannot have ever been on the cover of AP before.

Again, these are just ideas; nothing is set in anything close to stone (so don't go rallying street teams to "vote" for someone, because it won't matter). Ready? Here we go...

3OH!3
Bring Me The Horizon
The Devil Wears Prada
Family Force 5
Four Year Strong
The Gaslight Anthem
Hit The Lights
Johnny Foreigner
The Maine
Mayday Parade
Motionless In White
Person L
Pierce The Veil
Portugal. The Man
Red Car Wire
Set Your Goals
Sing It Loud
Sky Eats Airplane
Valencia
We The Kings

Tell us what kind of lineup you'd make out of all of those (five bands max, please!), and again, if we're missing someone you think we should know about, let us know that too!

It's time to break it out.

Someone requested the Rocket Summer, so the Rocket Summer you shall have. Enjoy!

The Rocket Summer - Break It Out (live in Louisville) [altpress.com exclusive) from Alternative Press on Vimeo.

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Sonny - Moss (live in Little Rock) [altpress.com exclusive] from Alternative Press on Vimeo.

The Matches - Salty Eyes (live in Louisville) [altpress.com exclusive] from Alternative Press on Vimeo.

More videos coming soon...

...I totally promise. We have a ton of footage to go through, and we're slowly but surely chopping it up and getting it ready for consumption. (We do have a magazine to put out, too, you know.) Keep it locked here and you'll see something new shortly!

You want videos? You're gonna get videos.

So, so, so, so, so much AP Tour footage will be posted on here within the next week or so. But for now, here's a few nuggets to keep your appetite whet. These are the final three songs of All Time Low's set in Cleveland, including their encore (and the insanity of "Dammit"), all shot from sidestage (or, in "Dammit"'s case, walking around onstage). Check 'em out:


All Time Low - Dear Maria, Count Me In (live in Cleveland - AP Tour) from Alternative Press on Vimeo.


All Time Low - Remembering Sunday (live in Cleveland - AP Tour) from Alternative Press on Vimeo.


All Time Low and friends - Dammit (live in Cleveland - AP Tour) from Alternative Press on Vimeo.