SPILL NEWS: SUM 41 ANNOUNCES SIGNING TO HOPELESS RECORDS WITH NEW ALBUM DETAILS COMING SOON

SUM 41 ANNOUNCES SIGNING TO HOPELESS RECORDS WITH NEW ALBUM DETAILS COMING SOON

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Celebrating their 20th Anniversary since starting the band, SUM 41 has announced their signing to Los Angeles’ Hopeless Records. This will mark the band’s first album in five years, following up 2011’s Screaming Bloody Murder, which featured the Grammy Nominated song “Blood In My Eyes.” The upcoming album was written, engineered and produced by lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Deryck Whibley.

On the signing, Whibley says, “It’s crazy to think that we started this band 20 years ago and so much has happened, and it all happened really fast. When I look back at everything it still feels like it’s all so recent. I think this a good thing because it still feels like there is still so much to do…which is why I am excited for a new album and to be releasing it with Hopeless Records.”

SUM 41, consisting of five members including Whibley, lead guitarist/backing vocalist Dave Baksh, co-lead guitarist/backing vocalist Tom Thacker, bassist/backing vocalist Jason McCaslin and drummer Frank Zummo, are excited about to join label mates and friends such as New Found Glory, The Used, Neck Deep, All Time Low and more.

Averaging more than 300 live performances per year, SUM 41 will hit the road this summer making their way across the US as part of the 2016 Warped Tour, beginning on June 22nd at the Road to Warped Tour in Anchorage, AK and wrapping on August 7th in Pomona, CA. Tickets are on sale now and can be purchased, here: http://vanswarpedtour.com/dates/.

More on Hopeless Records

To tell the story of Hopeless Records is to tell a story of positivity, resilience, hard work, motivation and versatility. As characteristics, these words have become watered down in society’s vernacular. Every young, do-it-yourself garage band is considered hard-working. Every upstart record label has motivation. Positivity is a trait deeply ingrained in the DNA of the punk and hardcore subcultures.

It’s unfortunate that such words have lost some value by being overused, because there aren’t many better ways to describe Hopeless Records. The first 20 years of Hopeless have been years of constant growth: In those two decades, it has been transformed from small beginnings as the punk-centric hobby of founder Louis Posen into one of the largest independent record labels in the world according to market share, while releasing music spread across a valley of genres. It has developed a charity subsidiary called Sub City, which has raised over $2 million for over 50 different causes since 1999. Hopeless is much more than one man’s hobby now – it’s become one of the most recognizable and important names in independent music.

Sum 41 Upcoming Tour Dates

Jun 22 – Road to Warped Tour 2016 – Anchorage, AK
Jun 24 – Amnesia Rockfest – Montebello, QC
Jun 26 – NRG Park – Main Street Lot – Houston, TX*
Jun 27 – Mardi Gras World – New Orleans, LA*
Jun 29 – The Fairgrounds Nashville – Nashville, TN*
Jun 30 – Lakewood Amphitheater – Atlanta, GA*
Jul 01 – Vinoy Park – St Petersburg, FL*
Jul 02 – Tinker Field – Orlando, FL*
Jul 03 – Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre – West Palm Beach, FL*
Jul 05 – PNC Music Pavilion – Charlotte, NC*
Jul 06 – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater – Virginia Beach, VA*
Jul 07 – Lakeview Amphitheater – Syracuse, NY*
Jul 08 – BB&T Pavilion – Camden, NJ*
Jul 09 – Nikon at Jones Beach Theater – Wantagh, NY*
Jul 10 – Xfinity Theatre – Hartford, CT*
Jul 11 – The Pavilion at Montage Mountain – Scranton, PA*
Jul 13 – Xfinity Center – Mansfield, MA*
Jul 14 – Darien Lake Theme Park – Darien Center, NY*
Jul 15 – First Niagara Pavilion – Burgettstown, PA*
Jul 16 – Merriweather Post Pavilion – Columbia, MD*
Jul 17 – PNC Bank Arts Center – Holmdel, NJ*
Jul 19 – Klipsch Music Center – Noblesville, IN*
Jul 20 – Blossom Music Center – Akron, OH*
Jul 21 – Riverbend Music Center – Cincinnati, OH*
Jul 22 – The Palace at Auburn Hills – Auburn Hills, MI*
Jul 23 – Hollywood Casino Amphitheater – Tinley Park, IL*
Jul 24 – Canterburry Park – Shakopee, MN*
Jul 26 – Marcus Amphitheatre – Milwaukee, WI*
Jul 27 – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre – Maryland Heights, MO*
Jul 28 – Providence Medical Center Amphitheater – Bonner Springs, KS*
Jul 30 – Utah State Park – Salt Lake City, UT*
Jul 31 – Pepsi Center Arena Lot – Denver, CO*
Aug 01 – Balloon Fiesta Park – Albuquerque, NM*
Aug 02 – Salt River Fields – Scottsdale, AZ*
Aug 05 – Quallcomm Stadium – San Diego, CA*
Aug 06 – Shoreline Amphitheater – Mountain View, CA*
Aug 07 – Pomona Fairplex – Pomona, CA*
Aug 11 – Rocco Del Schlacko Festival – Puttlingen
Aug 13 – Taubertal Festival – Rothenburg
Aug 14 – Sziget Festival – Budapest
Aug 18 – Open Air Gampel – Gampel
Aug 19 – Highfield Festival – Grossposna
Aug 20 – Lowlands Festival – Biddinghuizen
Aug 22 – And There Come The Wolves Festival – Wiesen
Aug 23 – Forum Karlin – Prauge
Aug 24 – Chiemsee Summer Festival – Ubersee
Aug 26 – Carroponte – Milan

* = Warped Tour

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