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28-532: Paramore announced their U.S. tour for Brand New Eyes on their official site, with The Swellers and Paper Route joining them as opening acts. The first show of the tour was played at a packed Fox Theater in Pomona, California , on September 29, 2009 (the day of the album's release). During " Decode ", Williams lost her voice and the two remaining songs in the setlist were played instrumentally. The tour, which previously went from September 29, 2009, to November 1, 2009,

56-517: A 15-track album of "personalized" songs via PureVolume . Second guitar player Ryan Collins joined the band prior to the recording of Ups and Downsizing , and soon after, bassist Anto Boros, previously of the Canadian band, Sydney, joined The Swellers to round out the new lineup. Their Fueled by Ramen debut, titled Ups and Downsizing , was recorded at Drasik Studios in Chicago, IL by Mark Michalik and

84-432: A part-two to the song's music video. After that Hayley Williams and Josh Farro moved to stage left and performed an acoustic cover of Loretta Lynn 's "You Ain't Women Enough." After that, a red couch (similar to the one on the cover of All We Know is Falling ) and a small lamp were brought out and the band performed a three-song acoustic set, during this the light bulbs from Ignorance were brought down again to illuminate

112-599: Is a part of the Disney Grad Nite ^ d This concert is a part of the Radio 1's Big Weekend ^ e This concert is a part of the KROQ Weenie Roast The setlist was cut short for some shows, depending on the amount of time the band were allowed to play for. Encore: ^ f This concert is a part of supporting Green Day on their 21st Century Breakdown World Tour Encore: Encore: The setlist

140-699: Is a part of the Rock In Summer Festival ^ n This concert is a part of the U18 Festival Encore: Intro (band instrumental, Hayley Williams enters midway) Encore: Encore: Encore: ^ o This concert is a part of the Fueled By Ramen 15th Anniversary Show ^ p This concert is a part of the Belsonic festival The Swellers The Swellers were an American punk band from Flint, Michigan . Their music

168-603: Is composed of five songs that the band recorded and produced independently. The Swellers signed to No Sleep Records in May 2013 and announced in August 2013 that they would be releasing their 4th full length, The Light Under Closed Doors , on October 29. On April 15, 2014, The Swellers announced via Facebook their release of "B-sides and Rarities." On June 24, 2014 they announced via Facebook and Twitter that they would be breaking up and booking farewell shows. In February and March 2015,

196-553: Is influenced by melodic punk rock, as well as alternative and indie rock bands, from the 1990s. They disbanded in 2015. On June 24, 2002, brothers Nick and Jonathan Diener brought their friend Nate Lamberts from Grand Rapids, Michigan , to Fenton, Michigan , to jam. In the following days, The Swellers was formed and recorded a 3-song demo. After a week, the band booked its first show at the Flint Local 432 in Flint, Michigan , opening for

224-853: The Australian Soundwave Festival , along with bands such as You Me at Six , Taking Back Sunday , All Time Low and Alexisonfire . They performed at the Soundwave Festival before they did the Brand New Eyes Tour in Australia. Then in the first week of march they performed two concerts in New Zealand. One to a sell out crowd of 5000 in Auckland and the other in Christchurch. Paramore will support Green Day on their tour. They will open

252-583: The Take Action Tour . It was announced April 22, 2011, through Alternative Press that the new album titled Good For Me would be released on June 14, where one of the new tracks called "Best I Ever Had" could be streamed. In April 2012, they announced their departure from the Fueled by Ramen label. They would release a 7" (Vehicle City Blues) on Side One Dummy Records. On October 16, The Swellers self-released an EP entitled Running Out Of Places To Go . It

280-465: The Brand New Eyes butterfly, and hot air balloons. After "Brick" the band concluded their set with their breakthrough song " Misery Business " as flashing images of the " Riot! " logo filled the video screens, during the bridge Williams would let one, or sometimes various fans on stage to sing the rest of the song or sometimes play guitar, and as the last chorus came in confetti cannons were shot towards

308-554: The Flint music scene at the time, Garrett Burgett and Lance Nelson, joined soon after on bass and guitar. The band recorded Beginning Of The End Again in the spring of 2005 at Sentient Studios in Flint, MI. That summer the band signed to Search and Rescue Records and played a Midwestern/Canadian leg of the Vans Warped Tour . In June and July 2006, the band embarked on a tour of the US. Since

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336-669: The Vans Off The Wall Tour in Europe, flew home to play The Fest 9 in Gainesville, FL with The Suicide Machines, Strike Anywhere and A Wilhelm Scream. One month later the band went back overseas to support Young Guns . In April 2011, The Swellers supported The Blackout on their UK & Ireland tour for their third studio album Hope . In that same year, The Swellers joined Bayside , Silverstein , Polar Bear Club and Texas in July on

364-462: The band Divit. After a few years of playing shows all over Michigan and eventually the Midwest, The Swellers recruited Nick Ondovcsik on 2nd guitar. After a short lived stint with the band, Ondovcsik left in order to pursue other musical interests, eventually forming the death metal band Ares Letum. In early 2005, Lamberts followed, leaving to pursue a college education. Close friends and fellow members of

392-413: The band announced a short American tour for December. They have stated that after their South American tour, the band will take a break to write for their next album. The Honda Civic tour was the biggest production the band had had so far. The stage was constructed of 3 ramps up to a platform behind the drum set, and 6 large video screens behind that. The show began with a large black curtain concealing

420-517: The band performed at Soundwave (Australian music festival) . On May 1, 2015, they played their last show at Groezrock. In May 2024, The Swellers released a compilation album on all streaming platforms, called B-sides and Rarities. The re imagined compilation album included b-side tracks from Good For Me, Ups and Downsizing, Vehicle City Blues, Running Out Of Places To Go, Montreal Screwjob, plus their full acoustic catalog Crushcrushcrush Too Many Requests If you report this error to

448-649: The concerts of Green Day in Dublin, Ireland (June 23, 2010) and in Paris, France (June 26, 2010). In July, August and September 2010, the band announced a tour in the Honda Civic Tour 2010. In May 2010, the band announced a short UK tour for November 2010. In June 2010, the band announced a short Australia Tour for October. In November 2010, the band announced a short in South American Tour for February and March, and

476-475: The crowd. The set concluded with the video screen showing Paramore's logo and the band bowing then leaving the stage. They used the same production for their Oceania and UK tours. Encore: Encore: Encore: ^ a This concert is a part of the mtvU Ulalume Festival Encore: Encore: ^ b This concert is a part of the Soundwave Festival Encore: ^ c This concert

504-702: The first time in 2010 and played the Give It A Name Festival in several countries, Groezrock in Belgium, then headlined the Give It A Name Introduces Tour in the UK with Anarbor and The Dangerous Summer. From June 25 to July 17, 2010, The Swellers played Vans Warped Tour for the second time on the Ernie Ball Stage. In March the band was named one of Shred News's "Artists to watch in 2010". The band supported Anti-Flag in October on

532-400: The months of March 2008 to May, Lance and Garrett left the group before several large tours. The Swellers enlisted Ryan Collins, the guitarist of the fellow labelmates and now defunct act, Alucard (whose other guitarist, Mike Supina, recently joined A Wilhelm Scream ), with close friends Brad Linden and Ben Wixson fulfilling bass duties for several months. On August 25, 2008, the band released

560-453: The song and each of the band members daily lives, at the end of the song all the members came together to ride bikes as the split-screens faded away. They then ended their main set with their biggest hit " The Only Exception " as pyrotechnics were used during the last chorus of the song. The band then exited and come back for an encore, starting with " Brick By Boring Brick " while the video screens showed various images, including deserts, snakes,

588-423: The stage while the band played an instrumental intro, with spotlights revealing the silhouettes of the band. As the intro ended, they begin playing " Ignorance " as the curtain simultaneously dropped, the video screens flashing the band's logo during the intro, as the intro progressed the video screen changed to images of light bulbs (similar to the song's music video) during the intro, light bulbs also swung down from

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616-465: The stage. After that the band returned with "Let the Flames Begin" while the video screens showed images of open hands during the 'Oh Father' outro. They then performed " Crushcrushcrush " and " Pressure " stopping in the bridge during "Pressure" for Hayley to introduce all the band members, and for Josh to introduce Hayley. They then performed "Looking Up" while each of the video screens showed lyrics to

644-457: The summer of 2006, The Swellers has been constantly touring the U.S. That same year, they signed to Japanese Label Radtone Music, and flew out to do a week of shows. In November and December 2006, The Swellers went to the newly moved Sentient Studio in Chicago, Illinois , to record their full-length album, My Everest . The album was released on June 5, 2007 through Search and Rescue Records. From

672-410: The top of the stage, continuing to swing throughout the song. The band then played "Feeling Sorry" as the video screens each showed a live feed of each member of the band performing during the choruses, at the end of the bridge the band would stop playing and Hayley would greet the crowd and welcome them to the tour. After playing " That's What You Get " and " Emergency " the band played " Playing God " as

700-413: The video screens showed images of picture frames, the same picture frames on the back of Brand New Eyes and the song's single cover. After that they played Careful , as images of the Brand New Eyes butterfly flashed during the chorus, they then continued with their hit-single " Decode " as the video screen showed the band running through the forest with fireworks and flares, the video has been described as

728-581: Was cut short due to technical problems. ^ g This concert is part of the Reading and Leeds Festivals weekend Encore: Encore: Encore: Encore: Encore: ^ h 107.9 The End Jingle Ball ^ i 106.1 Kiss FM Jingle Bell Bash ^ j 102.7 KIIS FM Jingle Ball ^ k Z100 Jingle Ball ^ l XL1067 XL'ent Xmas Encore: Encore: Encore: Intro (special in Portugal) Encore: ^ m This concert

756-521: Was later officially postponed on October 2, 2009, due to a case of laryngitis for singer Hayley Williams. The full tour resumed on October 10, 2009, in Chicago. The band also announced that they would be doing a European tour starting off in Helsinki, Finland, on November 29, 2009, with You Me at Six , Paper Route , and Now, Now Every Children supporting all UK tour dates. They performed in February 2010 in

784-463: Was released on September 29, 2009. In support of the album, The Swellers toured as an opening act for Paramore 's Brand New Eyes tour, which began on September 29, 2009. The Swellers was an opening act for Less Than Jake on their Winter United States tour, along with the street punk band The Casualties . Throughout early 2010, The Swellers went on tour with Motion City Soundtrack for their My Dinosaur Life Tour. The Swellers journeyed to Europe for

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