Posts Tagged ‘Norma Jean’

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Close Your Eyes debut on Billboard Top 200 and announce tour

Close Your Eyes released their newest album, Empty Hands and Heavy Hearts, last week and landed a debuting position of #117 on Billboard’s ‘Top 200 Chart’.

They have also recently announced a November/December 2011 tour. These ten upcoming shows will be supported by: Norma Jean, Oh, Sleeper, Stray From The Path, and Lower Than Atlantis.

Nov 29, 2011 – Savannah, Georgia- City Church Savannah
Nov 30, 2011 – Montgomery, Alabama- Iceberg Lounge
Dec 2, 2011 – Austin, Texas- Emo’s
Dec 3, 2011 – Corpus Christi, Texas- House of Rock
Dec 4, 2011 – Odessa, Texas- Dos Amigos
Dec 5,

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Norma Jean Touring The UK Next Year

UK Fans of Norma Jean get a special treat today! The band have announced that they will touring there next year with direct support coming from The Chariot, Stray From The Path and Admirals Arms. What an awesome line-up.

If you want to see this mayhem go down simply click through the jump and view all of the official tour dates. Don’t miss out on this.

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Norma Jean are writing new material

“Mega-News Update 1.0: Norma Jean is officially writing a new record!,” the band stated in an online statement. “We all gathered in Arkansas for the last couple of weeks to start building what will be our next LP. We are losing our minds for what is shaping so far from these sessions.”

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Norma Jean adds The Chariot to UK/EU tour

Last week UTG broke the news that Norma Jean were planning an early 2012 European/UK tour. Well now we have word that The Chariot will be joining the tour!

Click past the jump to view the announcement from Josh Scogin of The Chariot

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Norma Jean UK/European tour

Norma Jean announced an early 2012 European/UK tour via Twitter:

Hey Europe / UK lands. We’re planning a sweet tour for you for February/March. We’ll let you know about it soon!!!!

Stay tuned for more details about venues and tour dates, and get excited!

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UTG PHOTOS: Norma Jean @Bledfest 2011

UTG Photographer Melanie Hodgins recently traveled to Howell, MI in order to cover Bledfest 2011. By the time all was said and done, Melanie had captured hundreds of stunning images from the days events. Click through now to see her shots of the almighty NORMA JEAN!

MUSIC VIDEO: Norma Jean – Bastardizer

Normas Jean have released their video for “Bastardizer.” You can view the Alternative Press premiered clip below:

Interview with Cory Brandan of Norma Jean

Click here to read an exclusive interview with Norma Jean Vocalist (and occasional guitarist), Cory Brandan.

Norma Jean perform “Leaderless And Self Enlisted” on The Daily Habit

Norma Jean recently appeared on Fuse’s The Daily Habit to perform “Leaderless And Self Enlisted.” You can view the performance below.

Explosions II Tour featuring Norma Jean

Norma Jean have released the tour poster/tour dates for the Explosions II Tour featuring support from After The Burial, Motionless In White, For The Fallen Dreams, and Stray From The Path. Head right here to view all of the dates.

Norma Jean guitarist on temporary leave

Guitarist Scottie Henry will be temporarily leaving the band, Jeff Hickley will be replacing on Scottie Henry for the time being.

Norma Jean and more plan “Explosions II tour”

Though no official announcement has been made, it has been revealed that Norma Jean, Stick To Your Guns, Impending Doom, and Of Legends will be embarking on the “Explosions II tour” this spring (probably throughout March). While the full tour routing hasn’t been released, a few dates have hit the net. Check them out, after the jump!