 
Thursday July 14
Charlotte NC
The Fillmore
Ladies and gentlemen of Charlotte, watch your faces. Two of music’s most prolific microphone acrobats are coming to town next week, and I have personally seen both knock out teeth and bloody faces with their antics. That’s right, a dream I gave up for dead ten-years ago has come true. Taking Back Sunday and Thursday are touring together, and my 18-year old self can finally die happy. These are two of the bands who have played most prominently in my musical life, and are in fact the two bands who gave me that punch in the gut that I had never felt from music. I never thought I’d see them together (Warped 2004 doesn’t count). In fact, I thought there was a better chance that John Noland and Shaun Cooper would rejoin Taking Back Sunday than this tour happening. I guess that goes to show how much I know. Both bands are supporting new albums, so expect a heavy dose of the new, and I would assume we’ll see Taking Back Sunday dip back into a good bit of “Tell All Your Friends” and I pray they play my all-time favorite “The Ballad of Sal Villanueva”. If there is an extra incentive needed to see this show, Adam Lazzara lives in Charlotte and is from High Point, and he always seemed to me to be at his best when he played close to home. Mississippi-based Colour Revolt is opening with their dark indie rock. Thankfully, the other opener, We Are The In Crowd, has dropped off the tour. I don’t know anything about them, except that their name makes me hate them automatically and I assume they sound like Forever the Sickest Kids. Be there or be square!
You have two chances to win tickets to this show. The first is through Scene SC. The first two people to track down our Colour Revolt interview and comment “I Love Coca Cola, Colour Revolt, Taking Back Sunday and Thursday, I would love to see them in Charlotte” will win a ticket plus a guest of your choice.
Click Here to win free tickets plus soundcheck from Coca Cola.
If you aren’t one of the first two to win that, don’t fret. Coke is running an awesome promotion where you can go to their website and win a ticket and a chance to see three songs during the Taking Back Sunday soundcheck!
