A.F.I. Launches New Single, Tour, And Side Project

09/10/2003 12:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
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(9/10/03, 12 p.m. ET) -- Goth-punk rockers A.F.I. is hitting the road again in support of its current album, Sing The Sorrow, and its new single, "The Leaving Song Part II." Guitarist Jade Puget told LAUNCH that he never had any ambitions for the song before playing it for singer Davey Havok.

"I wrote that song and never thought it would be an A.F.I. song," Puget said. "And then I played it for Dave one day and he came up with that melody which was really cool, and we just started jamming on it. And we both really liked it. And then we just ended up going to Dexter from the Offspring's studio and recording it a long time ago. And we all knew, kind of, this is a really good song and we should just put it on the album just like it is."

Confirmed A.F.I. tour dates:

9/24 - Fresno, CA - Rainbow Ballroom

9/26 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues

9/27 - Salt Lake City, UT - Utah State Fairpark

9/29 - Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre

9/30 - El Paso, TX - E-9 Nightclub

10/2 - Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa

10/3 - Oklahoma, OK - Bricktown Event Center

10/4 - Sauget, IL - Pop's

10/5 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom

10/7 - Milwaukee, WI - The Rave

10/8 - Green Bay, WI - Riverside Ballroom

10/10 - Fargo, ND - Playmaker's

10/11 - Winnipeg, MB - University Of Manitoba

10/12 - Regina, SK - Doris Knight Hall

10/14 - Saskatoon, SK - Prairieland Park

10/15 - Edmonton, AB - Red's

10/19 - Seattle, WA - Paramount Theatre

10/30 - Universal City, CA - Universal Amphitheatre

11/2 - Irvine, CA - Bren Events Center

A.F.I. singer Davey Havok and guitarist Jade Puget have announced a side project that they call Blaqk Audio. The group describes the music as electronic and plan to write most of it while on the road this fall. They plan to record and release Blaqk Audio's debut disc in early 2004.

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