Posted on: February 23, 2009 Posted by: anfnewsacct Comments: 0

Hit The Lights new video for “Drop The Girl” debuts on MTV.com and can be seen here: http://www.mtv.com/videos/hit-the-lights/332348/drop-the-girl.jhtml

Hit The Lights are confirmed for the 2009 AP Tour along with 3OH!3, The Maine, Family Force 5 and A Rocket To The Moon. The tour kicks off March 20th in Dallas and includes a free show at Emo’s in Austin, TX during SXSW on March 21st and wraps up in Cleveland, OH on May 9th. Full list of dates is below. HTL lead singer Nick Thompson will be featured on the cover of the March “100 Bands You Need To Know in 2009” issue of Alternative Press. The band is touring in support of their sophomore album Skip School, Start Fights, out now on Triple Crown Records.

Hit the Lights will be playing this years Winter X-Games 13 in Aspen, Colorado. HTL will be playing on Saturday, January 24th at 5:30 PM in the X-Games Village at the base of Snowmass. The show and event are both free. Their track “Breath In” will be featured in X-Games highlight clips for ESPN, ESPN 2, EXPN, and ABC.

Hit The Lights Tour Dates:

3/20/09 Dallas, TX House Of Blues
3/21/09 Austin, TX Emo’s
3/22/09 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
3/24/09 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
3/25/09 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre
3/26/09 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
3/28/09 Pomona, CA The Glass House
3/29/09 San Diego, CA House Of Blues
3/31/09 Bakersfield, CA The Dome
4/1/09 San Francisco, CA Grand Ballroom
4/2/09 Chico, CA Senator Theatre
4/3/09 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
4/4/09 Seattle, WA El Corazon
4/5/09 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
4/7/09 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
4/8/09 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
4/9/09 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium
4/10/09 St Paul, MN Station 4
4/11/09 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
4/12/09 Milwaukee, WI The Eagles Club
4/14/09 Kansas City, MO Beaumont Club
4/15/09 St Louis, MO Pop’s
4/16/09 Nashville, TN Rocketown
4/17/09 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
4/18/09 Orlando, FL House Of Blues
4/19/09 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
4/20/09 St Petersburg, FL State Theatre
4/21/09 Jacksonville Beach, FL Freebird Café
4/23/09 Richmond, VA Toad’s Place
4/24/09 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
4/25/09 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of living arts
4/26/09 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
4/28/09 New York, NY The Fillmore at Irving Plaza
4/30/09 New Haven, CT Toad’s Place
5/1/09 Boston, MA House Of Blues
5/2/09 Buffalo, NY The Town Ballroom
5/5/09 Toronto, ON Phoenix Concert Theatre
5/6/09 Grand Rapids, MI The intersection
5/7/09 Pontiac, MI The Crofoot Ballroom
5/8/09 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall
5/9/08 Cleveland, OH House Of Blues

Links:

MySpace: www.myspace.com/hitthelights
Press Assets: http://eastwest.ilgpress.com/hitthelights/media/

Alt Press Tour Page: http://altpress.com/specials/theaptour/

“Drop The Girl” Video: http://www.mtv.com/videos/hit-the-lights/332348/drop-the-girl.jhtml

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