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Hey Monday

Hey Monday is an American four-piece (originally a five-piece) pop rock band from West Palm Beach, Florida, formed in 2008.

History

Hey Monday was formed in March of 2008 after Cassadee Pope and Mike Gentile's former band Blake broke up. Pope and Gentile wanted to continue playing music and began holding auditions for a new band around their local Florida music scene. Pope and Gentile quickly recruited rhythm guitarist Alex Lipshaw and drummer Elliot James. Soon afterward they enlisted bassist Michael "Jersey" Moriarty and Hey Monday was formed. They were discovered when Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz heard one of their demos while he was in the Crush Management office. Wentz wanted to sign them to his label, Decaydance, but Columbia Records was also interested so the band ended up signing a joint deal with both labels. They recorded their debut album, Hold On Tight, throughout the Summer of 2008 and it released later that Fall on October 7. Soon after their debut album dropped, Hey Monday began touring with the likes of The Academy Is..., We The Kings, NeverShoutNever, The Cab, This Providence, A Rocket To The Moon, and Cash Cash. That following year they supported Fall Out Boy on both their major U.S. and international tours. Their popularity grew and the band went on their first headlining tour with This Providence, The Friday Night Boys, Stereo Skyline, and The Bigger Lights as support. They also headlined a few dates in Europe. In the fall of 2009 they supported All Time Low on the Glamour Kills Tour.

Departure of Elliot James

On October 9, the band announced that Elliot James had parted ways with Hey Monday. He is still playing drums for the band Easton. Patrick McKenzie, an old friend of Hey Monday, has since then replaced Elliot but has not become a permanent band member.

Message from Elliot:

I cannot begin to thank everyone enough. You have all moved me in innumerable ways during the past year. Playing music, for every single one of us, has been a passion all of our lives; it's what brought us together and made us friends in the first place. It's been a hard decision but I have decided to part ways with Hey Monday.

I have no doubt in my mind that Hey Monday will go on to conquer amazing heights and continue to pursue their dreams, like I am doing with mine. It has, by no means, been easy to walk away from them... but all the endless support I've had from them, and everyone we work with, has allowed me to do so with my head high. My future plans, as well as Hey Monday's, will begin to take hold in the next coming months. Finally, please keep your eyes on heymondaymusic.com and iamelliotjames.com to keep up with the band as well as what my future holds!

Graciously,

-EL

Beneath It All (2010–present)

Hey Monday spent the beginning of 2010 to finish writing and recording their upcoming album, Beneath It All. After the writing and recording process, they went on the 2010 Alternative Press Tour with 'The Summer Set', 'Every Avenue', 'The Cab' and 'NeverShoutNever'. They also played Bamboozle's Main Stage on Sunday, May 2. On June 24, they officially announced Beneath It All and it now up for pre-order on their site with a release date of August 17. New songs entitled "Wish You Were Here" and "Hangover" were recently released. On July 8th, Cassadee Pope Announced the release of a new song on twitter, entitled "Hangover." The song was released on their website heymondaymusic.com as they promised to release a new song when their facebook reached 200,000 people. On July 23rd, Cassadee Pope announced that Beneath It All will now be released as a 6 Song EP ((7 on itunes)rather then a full length album. She also said that a full length album will be out very early next year and they will be touring for a longer period of time. Anyone who previously preordered any Beneath It All package before this announcement was not, and will not be charged for it and will have to re- preorder, as the package has changed. [5]. I Don't Wanna Dance was released on iTunes and Napster on July 27th.

Hey Monday is currently on the Vans Warped Tour 2010 and are playing on the Altec Lansing Stage with a large variety of bands that range from Set Your Goals and You Me At Six to bands such as Four Year Strong and Whitechapel.

Beneath It All was released for streaming on their official Myspace page on August 12th 2010, and was released nationwide on August 17th. It reached #1 on the iTunes Alternative charts and peaked at #3 on the overall albums.

As of August 16th, bassist Jersey Moriarty was reported (Via Rewritethescene.com) to have left the band. He was not present at the band's signing on August 18th and did not tweet about their new EP around its release date. This rumor has not yet been confirmed or denied by the band.

Tours

This is a list of tours that Hey Monday have or will be participating on; individual concerts are not included.

Tour name Participating bands Continent Participating from - to
Why So Serious? Tour The Cab, This Providence, Hey Monday, A Rocket to the Moon United States North America September 11–28, 2008
Bill and Trav's Bogus Journey Tour The Academy Is..., We the Kings, Carolina Liar, Hey Monday United States North America October 1 - November 23, 2008
The Christma-Hanu-Kwanza Tour All Time Low, The Audition, Hey Monday, The Friday Night Boys, Sparks the Rescue United States North America December 17–28, 2008
Hello My Name Is... Acoustic Tour We the Kings, Hey Monday, Cash Cash United States North America January 12–25, 2009
Believer's Never Die World Tour Fall Out Boy, The All-American Rejects, Hey Monday, Kids in Glass Houses (UK dates) European Union Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe
Believers Never Die Tour Part Deux Fall Out Boy, Cobra Starship, All Time Low, Metro Station, Hey Monday United States North America April 3 - May 17, 2009
We the Kings UK Tour We the Kings, Hey Monday, Out of Sight European Union Europe May 22–31, 2009
Let's Make a Mess Tour Hey Monday, This Providence, The Friday Night Boys, Stereo Skyline, The Bigger Lights United States North America June 10 - July 24, 2009
Hello My Name Is... Acoustic Tour Hey Monday, Stereo Skyline United States North America August 8–13, 2009
Hey Monday UK Tour Hey Monday, Every Avenue, Stereo Skyline, Out of Sight European Union Europe September 27 - October 5, 2009
The Glamour Kills Tour All Time Low, We the Kings, Hey Monday, The Friday Night Boys United States North America October 15 - December 6, 2009
Alternative Press 2010 Tour Nevershoutnever!, Hey Monday, The Cab, Every Avenue, The Summer Set United States North America March 19 - May 8, 2010
Warped Tour 2010 ALTEC LANSING STAGE with Attack Attack!, Breathe Carolina, Emmure, Four Year Strong, Parkway Drive, Pierce the Veil, Set Your Goals, Suicide Silence, Whitechapel, You Me At Six United States North America June 24 - August 15, 2010
Fall US 2010 Tour Hey Monday, Cartel, The Ready Set, We Are The In Crowd, This Century United States North America October 20 - November 27, 2010

Current members

Tour members

Former members

Discography

Studio Albums

Main article: Hey Monday discography

EPs

References

  1. ^ http://awmusic.ca/2010/03/01/hey-monday/
  2. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll
  3. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll
  4. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll
  5. ^ http://www.heymondaymusic.com/us/news/message-cassadee-about-beneath-it-all
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