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The Used Keeps Cracking
Utah-based rockers The Used will kick off a summer tour at San Diego, Calif.’s Street Scene music festival July 30. From there, the band hits theatres and clubs in New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, Texas, New York and New Jersey before wrapping up at Wilmington, Del.’s Big Kahuna September 4.
Joining The Used on selected dates are 30 Seconds to Mars and Glassjaw.
The 15-city international leg of the
The tour also features Killswitch Engage, Story of the Year, Funeral for a Friend, and Rise Against.
Bert McCracken, Jeph Howard, Branden Steineckert and Quinn Allman haven’t slowed down much since the 2004 release of The Used’s sophomore album, In Love And Death. The record went gold last year and has spawned two radio hits, “Take It Away” and “All That I’ve Got.”
McCracken and My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way also teamed up to cover the David Bowie / Freddie Mercury duet, “Under Pressure,” included on a re-released version of In Love And Death that was previously made available through iTunes.
The band is donating a portion of proceeds from downloads of the track and from future album sales to the Music for Relief organization to be used for South Asian tsunami relief efforts.