HEYMONDAY!

History

After graduating high school, Cassadee Pope formed the band Hey Monday with Mike Gentile, Elliot James, Alex Lipshaw and Jersey Moriarty.Alex Wilhelm of A&R Website CrazedHits.com then discovered the band before they were signed. Their debut album Hold on Tight was released worldwide on October 7, 2008 via Decaydance and Columbia Records.Their first single from the album, "Homecoming", was featured on the CitizensFOB mix-tape Welcome to the New Administration. Lead singer Cassadee was also featured in the song "Take My Hand" by The Cab on the mixtape. Cassadee made an appearance in Fall Out Boy's video "America's Suitehearts". She has a guest appearance as herself in the Degrassi: The Next Generation TV Movie, Degrassi Goes Hollywood along with Pete Wentz. The song "Should've Tried Harder" appears on the videogame Major League Baseball 2K9.

Tours

The group first started touring in San Antonio, Texas on the Why So Serious Tour which featured The Cab, This Providence, and A Rocket To The Moon on September 11, 2008. Starting October 1, 2008 they toured with The Academy Is..., We the Kings and Carolina Liar, on the Bill and Trav's Bogus Journey Tour to support the release of their debut album. Hey Monday supported Fall Out Boy throughout 2009 on their tour, which took place in the U.K. and many parts of mainland Europe, as well as Japan, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Australia and New Zealand. Hey Monday also performed in the Believers Never Die Part Deux tour through April and May of 2009, touring with Fall Out Boy, Cobra Starship, All Time Low, and Metro Station. In May 2009, Hey Monday were the main support act for We The Kings on their UK tour. The band recently performed at the 2009 Bamboozle show in East Rutherford, New Jersey. On April 30th, the band annouced on their official Myspace page that they would be going on their first headlining tour called the "Let's Make a Mess Tour", sponsored by Myspace Music. The tour will take place in June/July 09 and will be produced and managed by PTC Entertainment. (PTC is the same company that played a significant part on the recent Believers Never Die tour). The tour's supporting bands will be This Providence, The Friday Night Boys, Stereo Skyline, and The Bigger Lights. In Late September Hey Monday will have a small headlining tour in the UK. Recently Hey Monday announced they'll be touring with All Time Low, We the Kings, and the Friday Night Boys for the Glamour Kills Tour which will last all fall.

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heymondaymusic.com

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