Four Year Strong, Funeral For A Friend, The Ghost Of A Thousand and More Added to Hevy Festival

Four Year Strong, Funeral For A Fried, The Ghost Of A Thousand and more have been added to the line-up for the Hevy Festival.

New Additions:

Four Year Strong (Sunday Headliner)
Funeral For A Friend
The Ghost Of A Thousand (Last Ever Show)
The Carrier (UK festival exclusive)
Strife (UK festival exclusive)
Stick To Your Guns (UK festival exclusive)
Gold Kids (UK festival exclusive)
All Teeth
Heart of a Coward
The First
Brotherhood of the Lake
Former Thieves
Loose Cannons

In addition the festival have announced there will be four stages; Jägermeister Main Stage, Rock Sound & Macbeth Stage, Etnies & Front Magazine Stage, and the Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage.

JAGERMEISTER STAGE - SATURDAY 6TH AUGUST
Dillinger Escape Plan (European Festival Exclusive)
Architects (co-headline with The Dillinger Escape Plan)
The Ghost Of A Thousand (Last Ever Show)
The Carrier (UK Festival Exclusive)
November Coming Fire
Gold Kids (UK Festival Exclusive)
Hang The Bastard

JAGERMEISTER STAGE - SUNDAY 7TH AUGUST
Four Year Strong
Funeral For A Friend
We Are The Ocean
Zebrahead
Capdown
Polar Bear Club
Man Overboard
Hildamay

ROCK SOUND & MACBETH STAGE - SATURDAY 6TH AUGUST
Bouncing Souls
Spy Catcher
The First

ROCK SOUND & MACBETH STAGE - SUNDAY 7TH AUGUST
Ceremony (UK Festival Exclusive)
Strife (UK Festival Exclusive)
Touche Amore (UK Festival Exclusive)
Rot In Hell
Polar

FRONT & ETNIES STAGE - SATURDAY 6TH AUGUST
Rise To Remain
Awaken Demons (UK Festival Exclusive)
Brutality Will Prevail
All Teeth
Heart In Hand
Heart of a Coward
Former Thieves
Brotherhood of the Lake

FRONT & ETNIES STAGE - SUNDAY 7TH AUGUST
Your Demise
Stick To Your Guns (UK Festival Exclusive)
La Dispute (UK Festival Exclusive)
Lemuria
Death Is Not Glamorous
Cheap Girls
Loose Cannons

RED BULL BEDROOM JAM STAGE 6TH & 7TH AUGUST:
TBA

The festival takes place 5-8 August 2011 at Port Lympne, Kent.

Full details can be found here.

The Ghost Of A Thousand Split Up

The Ghost of A Thousand have announced they are splitting up.

The band posted the following statement:

"After nearly 7 years of being a band we have decided to call it a day. It’s been increasingly difficult to commit ourselves to a touring band and unfortunately ‘real life’ has finally gotten the better of us. We know there’s been rumours for a while and we’re sorry that we haven’t commented sooner but to be honest, we were hoping that things would work themselves out. But our situation hasn’t changed and we are extremely devastated to finally end it.

We’ve had an amazing ride and made dreams come true, so we would like to thank everybody who’s helped us along the way, whether you’ve booked us for shows, giving us a floor to sleep on, fed us, toured with us or done anything to keep the band on the road, we’re grateful to the lot of you and hope to see you soon.

Most importantly we would like to thank all our Fans, Friends and Family who supported us over the years. We really couldn’t have done it without you guys so, from the bottom of our breaking hearts - thank you!

Much Love

The Ghost Of A Thousand"

Cancer Bats To Headline Nottingham's Hit The Deck Festival

Cancer Bats will be headlining the 2011 Hit The Deck Festival in Nottingham on Sunday April 17th.

Comeback Kid, The Ghost of A Thousand, Kvelertak, Grave Maker and Social Suicide, have also been announced for the festival which will take place the city's Rock City, Rescue Rooms and Stealth venues.

In addition according to their Facebook, Young Guns will be playing the festival as well.

Further details can be found here.

The Ghost Of A Thousand Release AC/DC Cover with Atticus Black/Jagermeister

The Ghost Of A Thousand has joined up with Atticus Black Clothing and Jagermeister to release a cover of AC/DC's 'Back in Black'.

An instant download of the track is given when fans purchase the new Atticus Ghost of A Thousand t-shirt here.

In addition the clothing company has released collaborative t-shirts with bands such as We Are The Ocean, Fun., Placebo, Hill Valley High, Suicide Season, Feed The Rhino and Stick To Your Guns.

Visit atticusblack.com for further details.

The Ghost of A Thousand London Show

The Ghost of A Thousand have announced a show at Old Blue Last on January 7th.

Tickets for the limited show can be purchased here.

Brides, Chickenhawk, The Ghost Of A Thousand and Our Last Night to Support We Are The Ocean

Brides, Chickenhawk, The Ghost Of A Thousand and Our Last Night will be supporting We Are The Ocean on their UK tour lat this year.

w/ Brides and Chickenhawk
SEPTEMBER
30th SOUTHAMPTON Joiners
OCTOBER
1st TUNBRIDGE WELLS Forum
2nd CAMBRIDGE ARU
4th OXFORD Academy 2
5th CARDIFF Clwb Ifor Bach
6th PLYMOUTH White Rabbit
7th EXETER Cavern
8th YEOVIL Orange Box
9th LIVERPOOL Academy 2
11th YORK Fibbers

w/ The Ghost Of A Thousand and Our Last Night
12th SHEFFIELD Corporation
13th LEEDS Cockpit
14th NEWCASTLE Academy 2
15th ABERDEEN Warehouse
17th GLASGOW Cathouse
18th MANCHESTER Academy 3
19th BIRMINGHAM Academy 2
21st NORWICH Waterfront
22nd LONDON Kings College
23rd NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms
24th COLCHESTER Art Centre

All Forgotten, Failsafe, Deaf Havana, The Ghost Of A Thousand and more Added To Sonisphere

All Forgotten, Failsafe, Deaf Havana, The Ghost Of A Thousand and more will be playing the Strongbow stage at this year's Sonisphere festival.

All Forgotten
The Bendal Interlude
Bow And Arrow
Bury Tomorrow
Chickenhawk
Deaf Havana
Failsafe
The Ghost Of A Thousand
InMe
Kellermensch
Me Vs Hero
Rinoa
Tek-One
While She Sleeps
Theworldonfire

The festival have also announced a Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage, that will include 8 bands chosen by the public and a panel of judges.

In addition CKY and Sabatron have been added to the 3 day festival, which takes place between Friday July 30th and Sunday August 1st.

The Ghost Of A Thousand Release New Video

The Ghost Of A Thousand's new video for 'Fed To The Ocean' can be viewed on the band's MySpace.

18-Apr France Paris Batofar w/Cancer Bats
20-Apr Holland Rotterdam Watt w/Cancer Bats
21-Apr Holland Nijmegen Doornroosje w/Cancer Bats
22-Apr Holland Sneek Bolwerk w/Cancer Bats
23-Apr Germany Cologne Underground w/Cancer Bats
24-Apr Germany Herford X w/Cancer Bats
25-Apr Germany Hamburg Molotow w/Cancer Bats
26-Apr Germany Frankfurt Nachtleben w/Cancer Bats
27-Apr Germany Berlin Magnet w/Cancer Bats
28-Apr Austria Graz MusicHouse w/Cancer Bats
29-Apr Austria Vienna Arena w/Cancer Bats
30-Apr Switzerland Basel Somercasino w/Cancer Bats
2-May Czech Rep Prague Lucerna w/ H20
3-May UK Bristol Thekla w/ The Bronx
4-May UK Brighton Concorde w/The Bronx
5-May UK Oxford O2 Academy w/The Bronx
12-May UK Cambridge The Junction w/The Bronx

The Ghost Of A Thousand UK Shows

The Ghost Of A Thousand have announced a series of UK shows.

3 May 2010 20:00 Thekla, Bristol w/ The Bronx
4 May 2010 20:00 Concorde 2, Brighton w/ The Bronx
5 May 2010 20:00 Academy, Oxford w/ The Bronx
9 May 2010 20:00 Hellfire Club, Hellfire Festival 2010, Peterborough,
12 May 2010 20:00 Junction, Cambridge w/ The Bronx
10 Jul 2010 20:00 Relentless NASS festival - Royal Bath & West Showground Sommerset

The Ghost Of A Thousand To Close Hellfire Club Festival

The Ghost Of A Thousand will headline the closing day of the Hellfire Club festival on Sunday May 9th. The Eyes of a Traitor will be the main support on that day.

Full event details can be found by clicking read more.

http://www.hellfirefestival.com/

The Ghost Of A Thousand Tour Blog

The Ghost of a Thousand's latest tour blog can be seen here.

Live Review: Eastpak Antidote Tour (Alexisonfire, Anti-Flag, Four Year Strong and The Ghost of A Thousand) - Portsmouth Pyramids - 21/10/2009

The Eastpak Antidote Tour was making it’s final UK stop over at the Portsmouth Pyramids. It’s perhaps not the most glamorous location that the bands have graced over the past two weeks, a community centre with a foldaway stage. But that said there’s something fitting about the location tonight, it fits the primary ethos of this entire tour, its off the cuff, its DIY, its punk.

The bands tonight however, operate with a great deal of professionalism, too much, some might say in the case of openers Ghost Of A Thousand. While the band execute their set perfectly competently, there is a distinct lack of drive and ferocity that one has come to expect from the Brighton punk-rockers. Like some wild animal put into captivity, the band seem somewhat tamed tonight, never breaking into full stride.

The rest of the evening is left to the North Americans, and they deliver in spades. Four Year Strong bound onto the stage in emphatic fashion. Their happy-go-lucky enthusiasm is as infectious as rabies, with the whole crowd bouncing around like a bunch of excited kids who’ve been given too much sugar at Christmas. Their dual, and sometimes even tri-vocalists give the band an enchantingly raw approach, rough and ready. The only notable drawback from the set coming through the band’s choice of songs, with absolutely no tracks being played from the band’s recently released 90s covers album, 'Explains It All'. But a setlist comprising entirely from breakthrough album 'Rise Or Die Trying', still proves to be worth its salt when it comes to sing-a-longs.

Anti-Flag are a band who are forever splitting opinions. Here’s mine, they suck. But to give the band their due, they dominate the stage with an air of authority above any of the other bands playing tonight, and the crowd lap it up. The band only rattle the cage further with an abundance of mid-song chanting and frequent visits to the pit. A toning down of the band’s somewhat previously tiresome political views also seems a mature alteration to the band’s show, whilst still retaining their principle ethos. This said, an absolute slaughtering of The Clash’s, ‘Should I Stay Or Should I Go’, puts perspective firmly back into place, they suck.

Headlining the show tonight are genre veterans Alexisonfire. With the maturation of sound on their recently released, fourth studio album 'Old Crows/Young Cardinals', a simultaneous transition may be expected from the live show and to some extent this is so. But while an air of wisdom may now be part of the band’s make up, they are still as potent as ever. New album tracks such as ‘Young Cardinals’ seem to gain as much of a reaction as some of the more previously tested songs. And new or old the band never let the audience off their toes. With a contrasting combination of George Petit’s possessed shouting, Wade MacNeil’s harsh vocals and Dallas Green’s haunting harmonies all washing over the audience at once, drenching them in a glorious amalgamation of the three. It’s a fitting end to a tour which has bought together an eclectic mix of bands, and worked brilliantly.

Roll on Eastpak Antidote 2010.

Official Alexisonfire website
Official Anti-Flag website
Four Year Strong on MySpace
Official Ghost of A Thousand website

Tom Shepherd

The Ghost Of A Thousand Tour Blog

The first part of The Ghost Of A Thousand's tour blog can be found here.

The Ghost of A Thousand Release New Video

The Ghost of A Thousand have released the video for 'Knees, Toes, Teeth', which can be viewed by clicking read more.
Knees, Toes, Teeth

The Ghost of A Thousand Webisode

The Ghost of A Thousand's new webisode can be seen by clicking read more.

Studio Webisode 1

The Ghost Of A Thousand New Single Announced

The Ghost Of A Thousand have announced their next single will be 'Knees, Toes, Teeth' on November 2nd.

Brighton Eastpack Antidote Tour Date Added

The Eastpack Antidote Tour, made up of Anti-Flag, Alexisonfire, Four Year Strong and The Ghost of A Thousand, have added an extra date. On October 13th, all 4 bands will play Brighton Concorde 2.

07 Cambridge Junction
08 Norwich UEA
09 Oxford Academy
10 Nottingham Rock City
11 Bristol Anson Rooms
13 Brighton Concorde 2
14 London HMV Forum
16 Glasgow ABC
17 Leeds University
18 Manchester Academy
20 Birmingham Academy
21 Portsmouth Pyramids

Free Ghost of A Thousand Tracks + Shoreditch Show Info

The Ghost Of A Thousand will play The Macbeth in Shoreditch on September 4th, with support from Mazes and a DJ set from Pulled Apart By Horses and more.

The show is part of a monthly late license 'Gash' club night.

Some limited tickets are available here and some tickets will be available before 10pm on the day of the show.

More details of the event can found here.


The Ghost Of A Thousand are giving away 2 tracks ("Neptune (Ladyscraper Remix)" and "Fed To The Ocean") here.

The Ghost of A Thousand Vinyl Release

The Ghost of a Thousand will a heavyweight white vinyl version of ‘This Is Where The Fight Begins’ on Holy Roar Records on September 7th. The release will have new artwork and free 9 track bonus CD of demos/b-sides.

The Ghost Of A Thousand Pull Download Festival

The Ghost Of A Thousand have pulled out of their Download Festival appearance this weekend.

The band issued the following statement:

"We are all very upset and will make it up to everyone that wanted to see the band very soon," they said in a statement. "Thanks for your understanding on this. We'll see you soon."