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We've been keeping track of All Time Low all this month on "Posted" as they cross the country on the Bamboozle Roadshow. Also checking in with us? Their tourmates, Forever The Sickest Kids. Check out this tour blog that Kyle Burns sent us. And get more behind-the-scenes footage from Bamboozle, along with tweets, photos and videos at Posted.mtv.com.

Thankfully this blog is here! It's hard to keep up with everyone around the word in 140 letters or less at a time! (twitter love)

The tour has been going GREAT! This is by far the best tour ever put together, in my eyes. All the bands are amazing and have great dudes to hang with. It is especially awesome to be able to share the stage with two of my all-time favorite bands: Good Charlotte and Third Eye Blind! We have been able to play amazing venues as well. I still get antsy every time I stand on the stage and look out into such massive amphitheaters and huge ballrooms!

One thing I like about this tour is that, while we play shows every night, we are still piecing together our upcoming album, The Weekend: Saturday! We have our hometown producer on the road with us right now recording even more songs for the album.

As I sit right now, I'm in the dressing room backstage being anxious because we are playing a BRAND SPANKING NEW SONG today at the show in Detroit! First time ever. And it might or might not be a song you have heard

Anyways, enjoy the random attached pictures from behind the scenes on the tour.

-- Kyle, Forever The Sickest Kids

+ Check out more photos of Forever The Sickest Kids on tour after the jump.

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Tags Forever The Sickest Kids, Good Charlotte, Posted, Third Eye Blind

All Time Low frontman Alex Gaskarth has been keeping us posted on all the crazy performances -- and crazier offstage antics -- while the band is out on the Bamboozle Roadshow and keeping MTV updated all this month on POSTED. Lucky for all you Hustlers out there, Alex has recently checked in from the road, regaling us with stories about rain, partying and even a wedding. (Spoiler: It's not who you think!) Check his musings and a bunch of ATL goodies below!

By Alex Gaskarth

What's up, party people! We’re out on the Bamboozle Roadshow right now. The shows are going great, and we’re having so much fun on this trip. We’re getting to play and hang out with some of our idols. It's pretty UNREAL! Good Charlotte and Third Eye Blind! Not to mention we're out again with our boys, Boys Like Girls, who we’ve missed hanging out with. We toured with them back in 2008 and haven’t really crossed paths with them since.

The shows have been great. We’ve made it halfway across the country, and now we’re making our way back to the East Coast. We’re currently in the Midwest. It looks like it's going to pour today, and the show is outside. So far we have lucked out and haven’t really dealt with much rain, but I think our luck just ran out.

At the moment, Jack is asleep in the back lounge after a long night of partying with 3EB, Zack is getting tattooed in the front lounge and I'm just hanging out watching him get inked. Rian, unfortunately, isn’t here. He had to fly home for his brother's wedding this weekend. (Congrats, Chase!)

That's it for now. Keep checking in to MTV Posted for more candid videos, pictures and blogs. I know we have a lot of videos and stuff online, but this stuff is going to be completely raw with no editing. Just some straight-up backstage footage from the tour.

If we haven’t come around yet, hope to see you on the tour!

Xoxo,

Alex

+ Keep up to date on All Time Low's every move with MTV Posted.

+ Check out more All Time Low photos after the jump.

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Tags All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, Good Charlotte, Jack Barakat, Posted, Rian Dawson, Third Eye Blind, Zack Merrick

All Time Low frontman Alex Gaskarth (Photo credit: Gary Wolstenholme / Redferns)

The Bamboozle concert brand is slowly taking over the nation. First, there's the original Bamboozle Festival in East Rutherford, New Jersey, which takes place May 1-2. Then, to make sure the West Coast didn't feel neglected, the fest started Bamboozle Left in Irvine, California, which goes down this March 27-28. Plus, this year marks the first Midwest version of the series, which is happening in Chicago on May 15.

Finally, in case you don't live in any of those three areas, there's always the traveling Bamboozle Roadshow, which is a month-long summer tour featuring headliners like All Time Low, Boys Like Girls, LMFAO and Third Eye Blind. If your brain didn't already explode from all that pop-rock goodness, then hold on to your beanies because the Roadshow will also feature a rotating stable of support bands in each city, including Good Charlotte, Hellogoodbye, Hanson, Forever The Sickest Kids, Cartel and more.

The tour's pre-sale will run from Tuesday, March 2nd at 10 a.m. local time through Friday, March 5th at 10 p.m. local time. Tickets will then be available to the general public starting Saturday, March 6th at 10 a.m. local time.

Check out Bamboozle Roadshow tour dates after the jump. Read more...

Tags Alex Gaskarth, All Time Low, Bamboozle, Boys Like Girls, Cartel, Forever The Sickest Kids, Good Charlotte, Hanson, Hellogoodbye, LMFAO, Third Eye Blind

+ Third Eye Blind are still around, in case you're wondering. And they had a new album coming out, but it leaked all crazy-like on the Internets, forcing them to up the release date and repost the album in its correct format. Messy!! (Tripwire)

+ Here's a clip of Vanessa Hudgens talking about making her new movie Bandslam, though is it just us, or does she seemed completely under the influence of SOMEthing (besides AquaNet fumes)? (People)

+ P.S. in case you didn't already know, we're in love with Nelly Furtado. Here's an interview she did with MTV Tr3s recently, talking about the inspiration behind her brand new Spanish-language album Mi Plan. (Blogamole)

+ Teen trashion show Gossip Girl may just have earned some cool points, with Sonic Youth making a guest appearance in an upcoming episode. Hope they're gettin' paaaaaaaid. (Tripwire)

+ Demi Lovato reveals that Paramore's Hayley Williams (only three years her senior) is one of her biggest inspirations. Sooooo cute. (BuzzNet)

+ Here's Katy Perry being all cute and whatnot, gushing over how much she lurves P!nk (her show, her outfits), via Twitter of course! Amen, lady friend! Amen. (ICYDK)

Tags Demi Lovato, Hayley Williams, Katy Perry, Nelly Furtado, Paramore, Sonic Youth, Third Eye Blind, Vanessa Hudgens

The coffeehouse meets the beach in the easygoing music of boho California-free-spirit Angel Taylor. The closest I can come to classifying her summery sonic melting pot is "the female Jack Johnson," but even that falls woefully short. Her bouncy blend of sleepy reggae, upbeat soul and acoustic pop evokes everything from Third Eye Blind to Sheryl Crow to "Somewhere Over The Rainbow," without actually sounding like any of them. Who do you think she sounds like?

Angel's debut album, Love Travels, got a boost from iTunes, when they named her "Make Me Believe" their single of the week. And it's a fitting match. The breezy go-to track would be right at home in an iPod commercial. The song's success won her opening slots on tour with Adele, Brett Dennen, Brandi Carlile and Gavin DeGraw, among others. Are you impressed yet?

To seal the deal, fall into "Make Me Believe" or any of Angel Taylor's other delicately-plucked perfume daydreams, and keep an eye out for this gently rising talent.

Tags Adele, Angel Taylor, Brandi Carlile, Brett Dennen, Gavin DeGraw, Jack Johnson, Sheryl Crow, The Buzz On, Third Eye Blind

Call it a cop-out, but sometimes it's just better to let bands describe themselves in their own words. To be frank, there's no way I could do This Is Energy's bio justice with my own words. Here, take it from the band:

THIS IS ENERGY is more than a band and music! It is YOU! It is US! It is a Community and a way of life! It is a Journey! It is Living! It is finding what truly makes you happy, and giving it all you got! It is inspiring others to tap into their full potential! It is being someone and doing SOMETHING! It is realizing that each of you are EXTRAordinary! It’s knowing that there is an unlimited supply of goodness on this earth! It’s wanting something so bad, you can taste it! It’s learning that there is absolutely NO ONE or NO THING that can keep you from your happiness! It is proving the people who said you couldn’t do it wrong! There is just YOU!! And YOU are more powerful and capable than you might yet understand! WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE CAN!! This is YOU! THIS IS ENERGY! THIS IS OUR MOVEMENT!!!!! You have 2 choices, BE MOVED or DO THE MOVING!!! Join us and let’s CHANGE THE WORLD!!!!!!! YOU ARE THE ENERGY MOVEMENT!!!!

See?!?! Don't worry. There's no membership fee associated with listening to This Is Energy, and you don't have to wake up early on the weekends or dress up fancy either. The St. Louis-born, Los Angeles-based twosome compose unforgettable power pop ballads, taking cues from influences as far ranging as Sting and Third Eye Blind. Adam Gardner and Britton Campbell are This Is Energy, and they're on a mission! A mission to set your life on fire with inspiration and... wel ... energy. Obviously. Anyway, this is some majorly compelling stuff. Walls of guitar fuzz, irresistible melodies and crashing, edgy choruses that'd make even Bono proud. Listen!

Tags Bono, Sting, The Buzz On, Third Eye Blind, This Is Energy, U2