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Thrice's Dustin Kensrue acoustic performance for Invisible Children
Bands spanning across a number of genres are joining together to raise funds for Invisible Children. Thrice is one of them, and their vocalist Dustin Kensrue is leading the way. You can watch his acoustic performance of "Come All You Weary" here. Kensrue explains his band's involvement with the organization. "Over the span of the last few years, we’ve been involved with an organization called Invisible Children. They have been working to end the longest running war in Africa. This particular war is being fought by children who have been abducted against their will and conscripted to fight alongside a rebel group called the Lord’s Resistance Army (or LRA). These kids are forced to commit terrible atrocities, so Invisible Children and many others across the world have taken it upon themselves to finally put an end to it. By putting pressure on Congress (President Obama has just deployed 100 U.S. Troops to Uganda) and creating development programs on the ground in central Africa, muc...
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Skyway announce national tour
Pop punk is the name of the game, and for Gold Coast’s Skyway it’s a game that they play very, very well. With new album, Finders Keepers out now, the band are embarking on an 8 date trek around the country with their friends Milestones and Apart From This this December. Since their inception in early 2008, Skyway have fast forged a impressive name for themselves with the release of 2 EPs, an impressive touring resume and a list of support slots that would make most starting out bands green with envy. Their debut full-length, Finders Keepers (out now through Takedown Records), has solidified their place at the top of the pop punk food chain. Team that up with the fact that they’ve just finished up touring with The Amity Affliction and Asking Alexandria as a part of the “F*ck The Reaper Tour”, and you know that Skyway are ready and set to impress. Milestones formed in early 2010, and since then they have grown progressively from their demo to their EP Growing Up Is Getting Old, cre...
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