How to "Carry On": Spring Tour 2012

After a brief one-week break, Keep Calm and Carry On returned Friday with the "Spring Tour 2012" special, which highlighted the best tours that will be going across the US in the next few months. Among the tours highlighted were the Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows headlining tour with Hit the Lights, Like Moths to Flames, and Sparks the Rescue, headlining tours from I am the Avalance, The Dangerous Summer, and Man Overboard, along with the second North American run for The Devil Wears Prada's Dead Throne Tour, and a brief preview of the bands that have been announced for The Bamboozle Festival thus far.

However, the main focus of this tour was the tour that was highlighted at the top of the 9:00 hour of the show, highlighting the Glamour Kills 2012 tour. Headlined by The Wonder Years, who will be headlining their first full US tour since exploding onto the pop-punk map with 2010's The Upsides, followed up by 2011's even more spectacular Suburbia: I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing. Supporting The Wonder Years will be Polar Bear Club, Transit, and The Story So Far, with A Loss for Words and Into It. Over It. splitting the opening act spot on the first and second halves of the tour, respectively.

As if the list of bands sharing the stage on the Glamour Kills tour weren't enough, the bands have now done something rarely (if ever) seen for a tour-- a split that features a song from each band, and the bands on the tour covering those songs on the b-side of the vinyl. The vinyl was featured for a ticket pre-order, with many packages selling out in mere minutes. The presence of the vinyl can only add to what will likely be more surprises on what has emerged as the front-runner for the tour of the year in 2012. Check out the dates, ticket prices, and tour routing here, and make sure to get them soon, because dates are beginning to sell out!

We'll see you next week for Keep Calm and Carry On on 91.3FM WTSR or on www.wtsr.org on Friday from 9-11PM!