The album will be out in Autumn this year!

Its gonna be a great one :) Stay tuned for more info!

The official statement from organisers follows:

“It is with very heavy hearts and much regret that we announce the cancellation of Sonisphere Knebworth 2012. 
Putting the festival together in what is proving to be a very challenging year was more difficult than we anticipated and we have spent the last few months fighting hard to keep Sonisphere in the calendar.
Unfortunately circumstances have dictated that we would be unable to run the festival to a standard that both the artists and that Sonisphere’s audience would rightly expect.
We want to express our deepest regrets to the artists and to thank all the staff, suppliers and contractors who worked so hard with us to try and pull off what has proven to be an impossible task and we know how much they share in our disappointment. We also want to send a huge thanks to the Sonisphere fans who stuck by us and we are so sorry that we can’t fulfil what we set out to do. 
Ticket holders will automatically receive a full refund direct from their ticket agents.
Team Sonisphere.”

The live album perfectly captures the electric and energy on stage that the band are renowned for! The physical copy alsao comes with a bonus (third) disk containing a video tour diary and some personal fan content uploaded by fans!

Pre-Order Physical Copy

Pre-Order Digital Copy

Other lineup includes Motion City Soundtrack, Architects, MayDay Parade and many more!

No Tickets are being sold for the show! For your chance to win a pair of tickets, email info@rawpowermanagement.com with the subject 'TBO LONDON' and then your name, email address, postal address and date of birth.

The only way to get into this show and find out more information is above.

NB: Open to 18+ only. This show will be filmed for television broadcast.
Entry closes at midday on Thursday 23rd Feb.

The band will be playing on Sunday the 8th of July 2012 at Sonisphere Festival, Stevange alongside artists such as 'Faith No More', 'Incubus', Marilyn Manson' and 'Cypress Hill'.

Tickets on sale Thursday 23th Feb 2012!

They will be performing:

Leave your comments below!

Anyway, moving on....The Blackout will be making a big announcment at around 11AM!! Keep tuned for more information!

Starting on the 15th December in Liverpool, The Blackout will be playing 5 nights at Liverpool, Dublin, Belfast, Oxford and Cardiff respectively. 

Check out the Tour page for more info.

Pick up a copy of Kerrang! for more.

If so, please try and record as much footage as you can for 'The Storm' so that a fan cam video can be made from it all!

Enjoy the show!!

Check it out online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/b01641xl

Whos coming?! Get involved by tweeting at @tbo_fansite and use the hashtag #HOPETour

Check out this picture of the rehearsals: Click Me!

The CDs can be pre-ordered HERE and will be ready to pickup at the venue at the end of the gig! Also available to be delivered straight to your door!

More information at https://www.concertlive.co.uk/product.php?id=135

The video has now been uploaded the the official The Blackout YouTube account in HD :)

Video:

Video:

What do you think of the video? Let us know you think by tweeting us - @tbo_fansite

More The Blackout videos can be found on our Videos page

You can get tickets by clicking HERE

Dont forget to check out the Tour dates page for more tour info!

Nice work!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00k95b2

CALLING ALL FANS, get together in your towns or cities and film yourselves hanging out, having fun, listening to music, having a picnic, playing football, dancing…whatever. If you’re at a famous landmark from your city represent it! Just all of you hanging out and being with your friends. Film yourselves travelling to wherever you’re going, or planning your day out. Or if you’re coming to see The Blackout anytime this week catch yourselves in the crowd. Whatever you feel.
the band just want a collection of clips everybody having a good time!
Make sure you listen to “You’re Not Alone” before as well! So you know what this video is about. Click HERE to find the lyrics!

All your videos must be submitted by Thursday 1st September.

Guidelines for videos:

• Ideally videos should be shot on an iPhone 4 or any similar mobile device that has HD (high definition) video capabilities.
• For the technical minded people among you, 720p is the preferred video format although 1080p or 1080i is accepted.
• Videos can also be shot on any high definition (HD) video camera provided they are within the above stated requirements.
• Please make sure you have permission to use the mobile phone or video camera that you are recording the video message on.
• Download your video to a computer (by emailing it to your email address or connecting the phone to your computer via cable)
• Upload the video to www.sendspace.com (which is free!)
• Copy the sendspace file address (a http link it will give you), send it to theblackoutnotalone@gmail.com 
• Videos must all be submitted by Thursday 1st September any videos submitted after will not make the cut!
• Videos containing anything negative will be disregarded from the project.
• Please remain safe! The band do not endorse nor recommend any extreme stunts or pranks in your videos!

_{(Information lifted from The Blackout website)}

The tour dates page has been updated with a revised list of european dates.

The tune was recorded as part of The Crypt Sessions, for more information see www.thecryptsessions.com.

Check out the video below:

We have also added this video to our Videos section!

More venues will be announced on Friday 8th July so check back then!

If you want tickets for any of the The Blackout tour dates - Head over to the Tickets page.

Over 18s only! 

For more information, visit the Oxegen website.

Check out the Tour Dates page for more information. Tickets can be found on our Tickets page.

Also playing on sunday are: Funeral for a Friend, Young Guns and Attack! Attack!

More bands to follow.

See more information on The Blackout Tour dates

The festival will be on 2nd June 2011 in the Netherlands.

For more information check out the Tour page or Jera On Air website

Funeral For A Friend have made the following statement: “Unfortunately, due to circumstances out of our control, we’ve been forced the cancel the show tonight in Lyon. We’ve had numerous and continually worsening vehicle issues during the tour. Apologies to those fans hoping to attend the show-we will do our best to make it up to you in the near future”

For more information on the competition - visit our competition page!

Click here to vote!!

Check it out now! See below or find the video on the Never By Your Side lyrics page.

The 2 day festival includes Funeral for a friend, Young Guns aswell as The Blackout and many more.

The band will be playing on Friday 27th May. Friday Day tickets can be purchased for £15. Weekend tickets cost £30.

More inrformation about Focus Wales Music Festival can be found at http://www.focuswales.com/index.html

For the latest information about The Blackout tour dates, visit our Tour page

The band will be playing an O2 ABC Glasgow, Scotland on the 24th of August 2011. Previously fans have struggled to get tickets to see The Blackout play in Scotland, make sure you grab tickets as soon as possible!

Tickets can be found on the O2 Glasgow website from Friday 6th May.

For more tour dates and information, check out The Blackout Tour page of the site.

Check out the Hope page in the Lyrics section for tracklist, album bio and lyrics!

Album Tracklist:

• 1. Ambition Is Critical
• 2. Never By Your Side
• 3. Higher And Higher - Download from Amazon - iTunes
• 4. Hope
• 5. This Is Our Time
• 6. The Last Goodbye
• 7. No More Waiting
• 8. The Devil Inside
• 9. You're Not Alone
• 10. Keep On Moving
• 11. The Storm

You can download HOPE from iTunes or purchase a physical copy from Play.Com

Head over to http://the-blackout.takesquestions.com and upload your question to the band.

If you are not on SoundCloud, sign up first and include a profile image & username then the band will know who they are talking too!

You can preorder your Tickets to see The Blackout in Octover/November at www.gigsandtours.com/?s=the+blackout&site=theblackout

Enjoy

Tickets will be available for general sale this friday (15th April).

For more details, please visit the Tour page.

You can hear your questions, answered, on the BBC Wales website.

Incidently, The Blackout are the featured artist in the Music section of the BBC Homepage! Result!

If you are in the UK then you can listen to HOPE for free over on our dedicated page for the new album (HERE)

You can download HOPE from iTunes or purchase a physical copy from Play.Com

You should receive an email this morning (Sunday) with instructions on how to download the album.

If you have not pledged, you can download the album from iTunes, as of tomorrow. Click here for iTunes downloads.

If you have pre-ordered you should receive Hope in the post on Monday morning!

ENJOY LISTENING!

Hope is the band's third album, it has been recorded with producer 'Jason Perry' and funded by fans who have Pledged.

Leave your comments on the dedicated 'HOPE' page of the website.

(Note: Only people in the UK can listen to the full tracks, other countries will get a 30 second preview)

Details of the aftershows can be found on the Tour page.

This is the first official remix of The Blackout's new 'Higher and Higher'. 

Download the remix HERE - Check out the video below:

If you’d like to submit a question, you can either visit the BBC Wales website, use the hashtag #blackoutbbc on twitter.

They will collate the questions, pick some of the best and put them to Gavin and Sean. So get your thinking caps on!

The band talk about how they have changed their future after an uneasy two years.

More info at http://www.kerrang.com/blog/newissue/

Head over to the Ticket page to get your tickets to the gigs!

More information at BBC Wales Online

Check out their Twitter page for more info:

http://twitter.com/#!/merchforlife

Find dates below:

Tuesday 5 April, HMV Glasgow 5.00pm
Thursday 7 April, HMV Newcastle 5.00pm

There will also be 4 signing session at various Pulp stores: wristbands will be available from the Pulp stores and are limited to 250 people.

Friday 8th April, Manchester, Pulp 5-6pm
Saturday 9th April, Birmingham, Pulp 5-6pm
Sunday 10th April, Rock Collection, Norwich 5-6pm
Saturday 16th April, Cardiff, Pulp  5-6pm

HMV are giving away 100 pairs of tickets to lucky winners who pre-order Hope from the HMV website before 21st March 2011.

Click here for more info on HMV Website

The Blackout's KoKo gig on 12th of April is sold out so this could be be an opportunity not to miss!

Check it out:

The brand spanking new Higher And Higher video will be aired at 4PM UK time today on PS3 Zone!

Also - Fearn Cotton's record of the week is Higher And Higher, tune in to Radio 1 between 10 and 12:30 to listen.

The lineup for Soundwave includes 30 Seconds To Mars, Iron Maiden and Bullet For My Valentine.

For more information visit the Tour Dates or Tickets page.

Also performing are Mayday Parade, Young Guns, Francesqa, We Are In The Crowd, Chickenhawk, Fine Young Firecrackers, Decade, We Are The Ocean, The King Blues, Don Broco, For Eyes and In Casino Out.

Tickets can be found on the Ticket page

The Blackout will be touring Europe with Funeral For A Friend - Covering 20 dates, starting on Friday 22nd of April in Belgium at Groezrock.

For more information on the European tour, visit the Tour Dates page

If you werent already aware, The Blackout have released Higher and Higher! You can download Higher and Higher from Amazon Or iTunes

Click here for Higher and Higher lyrics

Get it here: http://su.pr/1EZZGv

Just to let you know, the lyrics for Higher and Higher have been added to the site and can be found HERE or in the Lyrics section.

Have you heard Higher and Higher yet? Listen below:

They will be performing 8 shows across the UK and Ireland in 11 nights. For more information on the MCR Tour - Visit the Tour Page on their website.

The band said 'We’re super happy to be on an amazing tour with an amazing band. And we can’t wait to see all you MCR fans.'

'Higher and Higher' will be the first single to be released (apart from 'Ambition is critical' which was released as a free download) and features HyroDaHero who will be supporting The Blackout on their upcoming tour.

To be one of the first to hear the new song, listen to Zane Lowe's Radio 1 show from 7pm on 97-99 FM or online at http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/

The Blackout's new album 'Hope' will be released on the 4th April 2011.

The Tracklisting:

1. Ambition Is Critical
2. Never By Your Side
3. Higher & Higher (Featuring Hyro Da Hero)
4. Hope (Scream It Out Loud)
5. This Is Our Time
6. The Last Goodbye
7. No More Waiting
8. The Devil Inside
9. You're Not Alone
10. Keep On Moving
11. The Storm

There is also a link to the download page on their too so you can download the new song for free!

The video of the new single can be found below:

http://www.pledgemusic.com/widgets/813

Video and Lyrics can be found at http://www.theblackout.co.uk/home/news-item/article/ambition-is-critical-lyrics-music-video/

Spread the word! The Blackout's new album 'Hope' will be out in April!

Just visit http://twibbon.com/join/Hope-4

Thanks

The album release date is getting closer and closer!

Keep up the good work!

Gavin Butler told Rock Sound: "We've made these songs as big as possible and with The Blackout that's always been our main focus."

"There's a lot of lyrical content about not caring what other people think and about doing what we love. There wasn't ever a part when we thought, 'We can't put that in!' because fans would think it was too pop or it would be too heavy for radio; you've got to keep the Bon Jovi vibe up but it's still got that Slipknot streak in it somewhere!"

More information can be found in Kerrang Magazine.

The Blackout will be joined by The Swellers and HyroDaHero in the tour around the UK in spring 2011. Have you got your tickets for the tour yet??

We will keep you updated through the day!

The UK tour will start on 29th March and finish on 16th April 2010. Tour dates for europe will be released as soon as they are confirmed.

For exact dates and tickets - Visit the Tour Dates page

According to Sam, "the Sheffield crowd tore the pace apart to final song I'm A Riot".

Read the full review on The Star Website

Enjoy the review and don't forget - Tour dates will be announced on Friday morning! (17th December 2010)

The exclusive Riot Squad gig will be held on Tuesday 14 December at The Barfy, Camden. Doors open at 6.30PM with a signing opportunity for ticket holders!

My Passion will be playing 7.30PM to 8:00PM.
Then The Blackout will be playing 8:30PM to 9:30PM!

You can still pledge at http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/theblackout

The gigs have been re-arranged as follows:

If you had tickets for Saturday 4th December, this show will now be on Friday 7th January 2011.

If you had tickets for Sunday 5th December, this show will now be on Saturday 8th January 2011.

Your original tickets will still be valid for these postponed gigs!

More information at the You Me At Six website:
http://www.youmeatsix.co.uk/news/edinpostponed/

Click the link below to view / download the podcast!
http://www.kerrang.com/blog/2010/11/kerrang_podcast_the_blackout_1.html

We will keep you updated through the website and twitter as always.

The Blackout hope that the album will be released around February/March 2011! Keep checking back for more information, we will let you know more information about the album release as soon as its available!

Dont forget, you can still pledge until the end of the year!

More information on the Pledge Site

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The video has been recorded so even if you miss the live stream, you can still watch it!

Here is the link: http://twitcasting.tv/the_blackout/movie/741773

Its been a while since we have heard much from The Blackout. Fear not! The Blackout have added some studio pics to the Pledge site (non-pledgers can view this update!)

The Blackout - Powered by HobNobs??? Follow the link below for the pics:

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/theblackout/updates/2741

Get yourselves over to: http://bit.ly/c8NFmx

"We need people from/near Hatfield, Middlesbrough and Sheffield to print out these flyers and deliver them to people at upcoming gigs. Are you in? Yes you are."

@the_blackout

More details and other wallpapers can be found on Sam's Blog

You can also download the wallpaper here

The Blackout have teamed up with BandApp to offer an iPhone / iPod Touch app for The Blackout Fans! It features news, videos, photos and more!

For more information view our BandApp page!

Here is a sneak preview of what is inside:

Me and Sean are currently holed up in a 'secret underground studio' in London tracking vocals. It's going ace, we're so, so excited for you guys to hear this new stuff, you never know you may be lucky and we'll chuck something in our set for the You me at six tour this december. I'm currently editing together some more album blogs in-between takes so as soon as i get them done you'll find out. Thanks again and spread the word. Gavx

"Why not show your Riot Squad pride by posting a photo reply of the wallpaper on your device!" - @sbraidley

Riot Squad #1
Riot Squad #3
The Best in Town
The Blackout
Riot Squad Alt #2


Download All Wallpapers

More information and previews on Sam's Tumblr page

Let us know what you think via Twitter - @tbo_fansite

Check them our here: http://sbraidley.tumblr.com/post/1572617600/heres-a-few-iphone-ipod-touch-wallpapers-i-put

Riot Squad Home Screen Wallpaper
Riot Squad Lockscreen Wallpaper
The Best In Town Home Screen Wallpaper
The Blackout Wallpaper

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• Signed album
• Riot Squad gig tickets
• Jamming with The Blackout
• Christmas dinner with The Blackout
• Sing gang vocals on the album
• DJ Set
• House Party
• Signed Guitars
• And much more!

Get over to the Pledge site to get involved!

Don't forget, all pledgers name's will be listed in the album which should be released around March 2011! Be a part of it now!

If so, get yourself over to the Pledge site:http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/theblackout

The vocals will be recorded in London on Tuesday 23rd November between 3pm and 4pm.

Do you have any suggestions or comments? Email us on fans@theblackout.co.uk or @tbo_fansite on Twitter.

Edit: Now streaming! Click here for to view the cast

Edit 2: This has now finished, We will announce future livecasts as soon as we find out.

For up to date information follow us on Twitter:- @TBO_Fansite