Wednesday, February 13, 2008

Switchfoot "Up In Arms" tour to Benefit To Write Love On Her Arms




















Multi-Platinum selling rock band Switchfoot launches its spring “Up In Arms Tour” in San Antonio March 27 and hits college towns throughout the South and Midwest states. The tour will benefit To Write Love on Her Arms (TWLOHA) and features a special performance by double Platinum-selling English band, Athlete. Tickets for the tour are on sale today and can be purchased through www.switchfoot.com. (See below for the full itinerary).

“We’ve known Jamie [Tworkowski] for over five years now, and when he first told us about his vision to start TWLOHA two years ago, we were thrilled to jump on board in whatever way we could, wearing his t-shirts, linking to his myspace, just getting the word out,” says Switchfoot member Tim Foreman. “The dialogue surrounding depression is such an important one. It is huge for people to know that these are issues that are normal and ok to talk about. TWLOHA is breathing hope into lives once trapped by fear and doubts. ‘Love is the Movement.’ We’re honored that a song we wrote seven years ago has become the slogan for TWLOHA. And it’s true: love provides the motion that pushes us past the scars wear.”

“Switchfoot was the first band to lend the stage to us, back when TWLOHA was simply an attempt to tell a story and help one friend,” says Jamie Tworkowski, To Write Love on Her Arms founder who will be briefly speaking before Switchfoot’s set each night on tour. “That was two years ago and we have come a long way since that surprising start. We are truly honored and excited to hit the road with this band that means so much to us.”

To Write Love on Her Arms began in Orlando, FL in February 2006 and is a non-profit movement dedicated to presenting hope and finding help for those struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. TWLOHA exists to encourage, inform, inspire, and also to invest directly into treatment and recovery.

TOUR SCHEDULE:


27-Mar

San Antonio, TX

Laurie Auditorium

30-Mar

New Orleans, LA

House of Blues

3-Apr

North Myrtle Beach, SC

House of Blues

7-Apr

Waukesha, WI

Shattuck Auditorium, Carroll College

8-Apr

Indianapolis, IN

University of Indianapolis

11-Apr

Peoria, IL

Peoria Civic Center Arena

17-Apr

Poplar Bluff, MO

Black River Coliseum

18-Apr

Troy, AL

Trojan Arena

19-Apr

Hattiesburg, MS

Reed Green Coliseum

20-Apr

Huntsville, AL

Spraggins Hall

25-Apr

Estero, FL

Germain Arena

26-Apr

West Palm Beach, FL

Sound Advice Amphitheater

27-Apr

Charlottesville, VA

Charlottesville Pavilion

1-May

Ocean City, NJ

Ocean City Music Pier

2-May

Stamford, CT

Palace Theater

3-May

Piscataway, NY

Rutgers Athletic Center

4-May

Rochester, NY

Roberts Wesleyan College



Read our review of Switchfoot's Appetite for Construction tour (with pictures!) here.

Read our review of Oh! Gravity. here.

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