If you missed the post about it, be sure to head over to yesterday's updates to download live recordings of two new Switchfoot songs - "All of God's Children" and "Come Home". Another heads up? Paper Route *sobs* had to *tears* step out of the Fall tour. Info on that HERE.
And again, congrats to Switchfoot for their 3 nominations in the San Diego Music Awards! They're up for 'Artist of the Year', 'Song of the Year' (Mess of Me) and 'Album of the Year'. For more information, click HERE.
DC area fans! We received an e-mail from the folks at DC101 & 102.7 JACK-FM letting us know that they're having Switchfoot in for a special in-studio performance! They're letting DC listeners register online for free to attend this acoustic show. They'll be choosing 25 winners (each winner will receive 2 passes) so be sure to register! The deadline is August 1st. Click HERE to enter and good luck!
We also got an e-mail from Jedidiah Clothing who linked us to their fantastic Bro-Am recap video. Watch it below! On June 26, Switchfoot hosted their 6th annual Switchfoot Bro-Am at Moonlight Beach in Encinitas, California. It was a rad event that raised support for the San Diego and Oceanside chapters of Stand Up For Kids. Check out this quick video recap from the event that we were honored to be a part of:
Here's the latest Twitter posts! From Switchfoot: Crazy day with a photo finish. Chad's flight was canceled, then grounded for a medical emergency, then his train was late.
At showtime, he's nowhere. So we're walking onstage prepared to try & make it through sans drummer- suddenly Chad appears & saves the day!
Aftershow happening near the box office in 5
we will be on sportscenter during this next hour starting now! turn on your tvs!
From Jon Espn was fun this morning! NYC here we come, with drew at the helm.
haha! “@seancwatkins: Well said kanye! RT @kanyewest: Classical music is tight yo”
From Drew NY 2day! Slept on a plane, exit row..woot. Did interviews w/ XM radio, Rolling Stone, & "at the pump" gas station tv. Love my job! -d
We played the ESPN campus today. You can catch us on @SportsCenter all day today!! Jocks and Artists Unite!!! Sports, -d
^ As you see, Switchfoot was on ESPN today - I wasn't able to tune in but fans tell me they aired two 20 second clips, one of the guys playing Bullet Soul, the other of the guys playing Free. If anyone has these clips and would like to share them, drop us a line at news@landofbrokenhearts.org - Thanks!
In the meantime, here's a vide of the guys playing Meant to Live on the ESPN campus:
SHOWS The guys played in New Jersey Tuesday night - be sure to check out the Jersey Daily Foot entry right HERE
We've got the setlist for you, courtesy of Alex, Christine and Mike!: Dare You To Move- Jon walks out into the audience and says something like: 'Chad is stuck on an airplane but we're gonna... Oh wait... There he is! Hi Chad!' Proceeds to play acoustic guitar in the audience. Mess Of Me I Won't Back Down - cover by Tom Petty This Is Your Life Your Love Is A Song The Sound - Dedicated to John M. Perkins and The Goo Goo Dolls's drum tech who was gonna fill in for Chad Meant To Live
Courtney wrote us a review: Last night’s show in New Jersey was amazing!! In the beginning Jon announced that Chad would not be playing because two of his flights got canceled and his train was late. While he was saying that, Chad ran on stage! What an awesome sight!!! They played about seven songs during their set. They opened with Jon talking to the audience and then played “Dare You to Move”. What a great start! They also played “Mess of Me”, “This is Your Life”, “The Sound”, “Your Love is a Song”, “Won’t Back Down” by Tom Petty, and ended with “Meant to Live.” It was sad to see them end! I am so used to them being the main act, so a short set was very new to me. Overall, their performance was awesome! Then there was Jon’s after show! One word…..AMAZING!!! His new songs were so good! The lyrics were very touching and just to hear him perform acoustic is an awesome experience. It was cool to hear just him while he played his new songs, but it was also neat to hear everyone else sing along to “Only Hope” and “Twenty Four”! He is such a talented musician and never ceases to amaze me!
Photos, courtesy of Courtney!:
Here's a great video of Vice Verses from the aftershow:
Here's a short interview with Chad and Drew from the Cornerstone Festival that's coming up: pluginspage= ^ I always enjoy interviews with those two - Chad's got so much wisdom and Drew... well. He's awesome. You can't help but revel in it.
