DEFEATER will be playing a Boston and a New York show supported by Caspian, Stand Still, Rough Francis, Stay Inside, and Only Sibling to commemorate their album 'Letters Home', released a decade ago. Tickets will be available HERE starting 10AM EST on Friday 3/24.
SLAPSHOT hitting the Road with Sheer Terror This Week!
Slapshot is hitting the road with the mighty Sheer Terror starting tomorrow in Baltimore. Catch them on their way back up the East Coast this week!
New Found Glory helps open the B9 Warehouse Matinee Series
Ceremonial “Ribbon Cutting” with New Found Glory, who performed at Bridge Nine on 3/16/23. Photo by Dominic DiNardo
Two years after getting the keys to our new HQ in Beverly, Mass and just six months after opening our record store here on Rantoul Street, Bridge Nine hosted our inaugural fully-plugged-in live performance with the band New Found Glory, who very graciously kicked off our first Warehouse Matinee just hours before doing double-duty at their sold-out show at the 900-seat Somerville Theatre.
Deciding to open a record store was a conscious effort to engage with people more. Our last HQ was hidden away in an industrial complex. Now that we’re on a busy street in a cool downtown area, we wanted to create opportunities for people to get together. And what better way then by inviting one of our favorite bands to perform for the most intimate of audiences?
New Found Glory performing LIVE at Bridge Nine on 3/16/23. Photo by Chris Padgett
Bridge Nine has had a long history with New Found Glory, going back to when we first met them in 2004, in Australia of all places. Chris B9 was with a band doing a club tour, and New Found Glory had just landed in the same city about to start their own tour the following day. Once they realized an American hardcore band was playing in town, they came to the show to check it out and say hello. We stayed in touch, and three years later when NFG guitarist Chad Gilbert produced our first release for H2O, the Nothing To Prove album, we started talking about releasing something for International Superheroes of Hardcore, the heavier alter-ego of NFG. That turned into the dual-release Tip Of The Iceberg 7” and ISHC LP, which came out in the spring of 2008, and the first of eleven different releases with the New Found Glory camp over the next five years.
New Found Glory performing LIVE at Bridge Nine on 3/16/23. Photo by Chris Padgett
New Found Glory is currently on tour supporting their new album on Revelation Records called Make The Most Of It, which is an acoustic album written by the band in the wake of Chad Gilbert’s cancer diagnosis. He has been receiving treatment for a rare form of cancer called Pheochromocytoma, and has sat out the second half of the tour, with Dan from Four Year Strong filling in for him. We had asked Chad if NFG would be down to play our store, and the band agreed to do it, so we created an exclusive cover for their new album in homage to the famous Judge Chung King Can Suck It LP and updated it with the Cancer Can Suck It slogan that Chad had been using on tour. These LP’s were made in a limited quantity, hand-numbered, and only available in-person at the Bridge Nine store. The bonus though, was it came with admission to see the band perform fully plugged-in less than a week later!
New Found Glory’s Make The Most Of It with limited-edition Cancer Can Suck It cover
To get the warehouse ready, long-time supporter Larry Kelley built a drum riser and tracked down a drum set and much of the backline that was needed for the band to perform. Chris picked the band up at the Somerville Theatre in a 12-passenger van, and rushed them back to the Bridge Nine store. After a short sound check, they ripped through twelve songs in just over thirty minutes.
Everyone here at Bridge Nine wants to thank New Found Glory for playing our store and warehouse, and wish Chad Gilbert well as he continues to receive treatment for Pheochromocytoma. You were missed, and we hope you can make it out to the B9HQ on your next tour!
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New Found Glory performing LIVE at Bridge Nine on 3/16/23. Photo by Dominic DiNardo
New Found Glory performing LIVE at Bridge Nine on 3/16/23. Photo by Elena de Soto
New Found Glory performing LIVE at Bridge Nine on 3/16/23. Photo by Dominic DiNardo
New Found Glory performing LIVE at Bridge Nine on 3/16/23. Photo by Elena de Soto
New Found Glory at Bridge Nine on 3/16/23. Photo by Ana Massard
Defeater, H2O & Terror to Play Germany's Full Force Festival
Germany’s popular Full Force Festival has announced their lineup for June 23-25 this year and Defeater, H2O, and Terror will all be playing! European friends - check out the full lineup and grab tickets here!
No Warning: 20 Years of Ill Blood European Tour (June)
No Warning is celebrating 20 years of Ill Blood and will be headed to Europe in June for a ten-day tour playing the album straight through! Don’t miss it!
New Found Glory: LIVE! At Bridge Nine
New Found Glory is on tour supporting their new all-acoustic LP, Make The Most Of It, on Revelation Records. They’ll be playing a sold-out show in the Boston area on the evening of Thursday, March 16th, at the 900-capacity Somerville Theatre, but for a very lucky few, they’ll be playing fully plugged-in at Bridge Nine Records earlier that afternoon!
Want to be there??
To catch New Found Glory in such an intimate setting, you’ll need to come to the Bridge Nine Records brick-and-mortar store in Beverly, Massachusetts, between now and whenever the records sell out (we’ll post when that happens) and buy a copy of their new LP, complete with a very limited Judge-homage “Cancer Can Suck It” cover! The LPs are available on a one-per-person, while-supplies-last basis, so anyone wanting to catch the show must stop by and pick one up!
Buying the LP puts you on the list for when they perform on March 16th. Want to be there? What are you waiting for?
Please Note: The Bridge Nine Record Store WILL BE OPEN on Monday, March 13th, and Tuesday March 14th from 11am until 5pm (we’re usually closed those days, but leading up to this show and St. Patrick’s Day, we’ll be open!)
Death Before Dishonor Hitting The Road in April
Death Before Dishonor is hitting the road with Hold My Own and Exit Strategy in April as part of their Spring 2023 tour to celebrate the 20th-anniversary re-issue of their first record, True Till Death. The first show is on April 15th in Richmond, Virginia; they’ll be headed down to Florida and working back up and finishing in Ohio on April 23rd!
CAMP PUNKSYLVANIA MUSIC & CAMPING FESTIVAL Featuring War On Women
Scranton, Pennsylvania - March 1, 2023 - Camp Punksylvania Music & Camping Festival has announced the full lineup of Artists set to perform at the highly anticipated 3rd annual event. Pennsylvania’s first DIY music & camping festival, Camp Punksylvania takes place September 1-3, 2023 at the legendary Circle Drive-In Theater. The festival features three stages and one-of-a-kind events that showcase and uplift the voices and talents of those in marginalized communities, as well as spotlighting notable artists for the fans.
Focusing largely on an eclectic & inclusive selection, talents are curated by Riot Squad Media’s all female executive team in collaboration with booking agencies, management and PR firms, record labels, media outlets & lifestyle brands.
The confirmed artists to appear at Camp Punksylvania include:
The Suicide Machies (Michigan)
A Wilhelm Scream (Massachusetts)
Tsunami Bomb (California)
Bad Cop Bad Cop (California)
War On Women (Maryland)
The Dollyrots (California)
Escape From the Zoo (Texas)
The Bar Stool Preachers (England)
The Potato Pirates (Colorado)
Belvedere (Canada)
Mikey Erg (New Jersey)
Lenny Lashley’s Gang of One (Massachusetts)
The Homeless Gospel Choir (Pennsylvania)
River City Rebels (Vermont)
Froggy (Pennsylvania)
Dissidente (Pennsylvania)
Fat Chance (Pennsylvania)
Jon Snodgrass (Colorado)
Working Class Stiffs (New York)
The What Nows?! (Pennsylvania)
The Jasons (New Jersey)
Stop the Presses (New York)
Pity Party (California)
Fat Heaven (New York)
Teen Mortgage (Maryland)
Doc Rotten (New Jersey)
The Squalors (Pennsylvania)
Dead 77 (California)
Tail Light Rebellion (Wisconsin)
The Car Bomb Parade (New York)
Dead Rest (Illinois)
Avenues (Wisconsin)
Cardboard Homestead (New York)
Oh, The Humanity! (Massachusetts)
Freeze MF (Pennsylvania)
The Mostly Dead (Maryland)
Scott Reynolds of ALL (New York)
Coffee With Lions (Pennsylvania)
ÅSMR (Ohio)
Black Guy Fawkes & the Co-Conspirators (Maryland)
Condition Oakland (Pennsylvania)
Suburban Downgrade (Pennsylvania)
Sweet Anne Marie (Pennsylvania)
Camp Punksylvania will feature live music, market shopping, interactive activities, camping & more.
Listen to the artists performing at Camp Punksylvania 2023 on Spotify.
All Camp Punksylvania Press registrants receive parking as well as access to the Press Pit, VIP & Comfort areas and all Official After Parties.
Camp Punksylvania is organized & operated by Riot Squad Media. Founded in 2019, Riot Squad Media is a female owned and operated DIY media agency specializing in event booking, operations and talent management. Camp Punksylvania 2023 will take place September 1-3, 2023 in Scranton, PA. For more information, please visit camppunksylvania.com. To register for the event, please fill out the form.
Camp Punksylvania 2023 is sponsored by Punk Rock Saves Lives, Stupid Rad Merch Co, Kester Productions, Ionic Development & Skid Row Garage.
H2O Joins Madball & Hazen Street in Europe!
H2O is headed to Europe this week with Madball, Drain, Hazen Street & more as part of the 2023 Rebellion Tour! Check out the dates and grab tickets:
Saarbrücken https://garage-sb.de/veranst.../madball-rebellion-tour-2023/
Nyon https://etickets.infomaniak.com/shop/mqY0QSdS74/
Maastricht https://muziekgieterij.nl/event/2023-rebellion-tour/
Köln https://www.eventim.de/.../madball-h2o-hazen-street.../
München https://backstage.eu/rebellion-tour-2023.html#bstickets
Wien https://tickets.arena.wien/at/Events/68541
Warschau https://winiarybookings.pl/.../rebellion-tour.../marzec-2023
Dresden https://www.cybersax.de/shop/index.php?id_product=5692...
Berlin https://www.so36.com/.../53146-tickets-rebellion-tour...
FURNACE FEST 2023 - Full Lineup Announced!
Some B9-affiliated bands (Alcoa, Defeater & Terror) are in the 2023 Furnace Fest lineup, and a ton of friends! September 22nd through the 24th in Birmingham, Alabama. Get info and grab tickets HERE!
ROLL CALL is Headed to South East Asia!
From our friends over at UniteAsia.org:
YOOOOOOO…
Super stoked to join forces with Bridge 9 Records and all the amazing Asian promoters and announce that brand new NYHC band Roll Call will be hitting SE Asia in February of 2023. Some of the dates include them hopping on the already announced One Step Closer dates so MAD thank you to those promoters for allowing our boys to jump on.
Whenever we put these things together it always takes an immense amount of time and heart. None of these promoters do this for a living – it’s all a side gig that they do simply for the love of this music and culture. Often, they put on shows at a loss and they just quietly eat that shit. So big ups to any promoters anywhere on the planet who are still doing this shit on a DIY level putting in what they can, when they can to keep this shit moving.
Though Roll Call is a newer NYHC band, the members are veterans of the hardcore scene playing and traveling the world in acts like Outbreak and others. Mainman behind this beast is someone very familiar to Unite Asia – Brian Kemsley who we’ve covered extensively on the site on many occasions because of his time growing up in Hong Kong and through his Muaythai accolades (read about that HERE and HERE). But it’s his most recent project – a straight-up in-your-face hardcore band – that we’re stoked to talk about today.
“Cornell and I are both Muaythai fighters and will be in Thailand training this winter, so since half the band was already gonna be in Southeast Asia, we just needed to convince Chad and James to fly over in order to do some shows. Thankfully Riz from Unite Asia, along with each local promoter, was able to help us out. We’re a new band and grateful for the opportunity to play in Asia. I was born in Taiwan and grew up in Hong Kong, so this is extra dope for me to get to do this. Asia fucking rules!” states Brian when asked about his thoughts on finally getting to be in a band that’ll be playing out here in Asia.
We’ve teamed up with the following promoters so to get more details hit them all up directly! To read up more on the band hit up this link for a dope write-up on DSCVRD Magazine HERE.
Feb 4 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – RVDA Records
Feb 5 – Manila, Philippines – Still Ill Records
Feb 6 – Cebu, Philippines – Friends Fun Hardcore
Feb 8 – Bangkok, Thailand – Holding On Records
Feb 9 – Jakarta, Indonesia – Driftt Records
Bridge Nine Announces First In-Store Event with War On Women
You're invited to our first in-store event this coming Monday, November 28th with WAR ON WOMEN. From 12:00-1:30 pm, they'll be hanging out at the Bridge Nine Records store, snapping pics, and playing some acoustic songs, before heading to the Middle East in Cambridge for the kick-off of their East Coast tour with Cancer Bats.
Event Details:
Event is FREE! We do have limited capacity, so please RSVP so we can hold a place for you!
Bridge Nine Records store is located at 282 Rantoul Street in Beverly, MA. We are a 5-minute walk from the Beverly commuter rail stop and there is also ample street parking on our street as well as the side streets around us.
Boston invades Europe: Takeover Tour 2023!
Boston Invades Europe: Takeover Tour 2023
Europe, are you ready? This winter Boston is headed your way with SLAPSHOT, DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR, AMERICAN WAR MACHINE and RISK representing! Check out the dates below
War On Women Announce East Coast Tour Dates to Close Out 2022
War On Women have announced an east coast US tour with Cancer Bats and Spaced! They kick off the tour on 11/28, performing in Boston at The Middle East Upstairs. Tickets go on sale on tomorrow, 10/7.
War On Women Kick Off UK Tour
War On Women kicks off their summer UK tour this evening - their first UK show since 2019. They’ll be supported throughout the next few weeks by deux furieuses. Be sure to check them out if they come through your town!