Nooooo! Yellowcard have announced they are to release one final album and do one final world tour. The final tour will kick off in San Antonio, TX on October 6th and reach Europe and the UK in December. The band wrote on their website:
Putting
this into words hasn’t been easy. When saying farewell, it is hard to
know where to start, especially when there are so many reasons not to
say it, but the time has come to share this news. After countless
discussions and months of thought, we have decided that it is time for
Yellowcard to come to an end. This will be our last album and our final
world tour.
The decision was an incredibly difficult one for us to make. We
considered so many things - our families, our health, our future
endeavors. In the end we realized that this was the right time to step
away and preserve the legacy and integrity of the band. It is with you,
the fans in mind, that this decision was made, We wanted to have the
chance to share our farewell with as many fans around the world as we
could, and now is the right time to do just that
We went into this record knowing it would be the last, which is why
we chose to have Ryan Key and Ryan Mendez produce it. The motivation
behind this was to make sure these songs came from a place that was
deeply rooted in us. We wanted to push ourselves to create a lasting
finale for this incredible story on our own. It is also why we chose to
self-title the album. We were lucky to still have our friend and mentor,
Neal Avron, on board as Executive Producer and mixer and we’ve made one
of the strongest records of our career and a fitting final creative
piece.
Once this final chapter for Yellowcard comes to a close, we will all
be heading in new directions in our lives, but these memories will never
leave us. We can only hope that the memories we have made together with
you will stay in your hearts as well You have stood by us through all
of the highs and lows on this unbelievable journey.
We will be forever grateful to Yellowcard fans all over the world for
the opportunities you have given us. We have played shows for nearly
two decades on six continents, and had the chance to keep recording the
music we love year after year. While it is with sadness that we say
goodbye, it is with gratitude and amazement that we look back on a
career we can be proud of, and were so very lucky to have had.
Please come and join us on our last trip around the globe. We hope to
share this final record and tour with each and every one of you.
“I won’t be with you, but I won’t be far away and this is goodbye.”
-Ryan, Sean, Ryan, and Josh
You can pre-order the album over at www.yellowcardrock.com. Pre-orders include an instant download of ‘Rest in Peace’.
UK and European tour dates are as follows:
UK & European Final World Tour Dates
Dec-07
Amsterdam Netherlands Melkweg OZ
Dec-08
Cologne Germany Live Music Hall
Dec-09
Cologne Germany Live Music
Hall
Dec-11 Bristol UK O2 Academy
Dec-12 Glasgow UK O2 ABC
Dec-14 Manchester UK O2 Ritz
Dec-15 London UK O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
Dec-17
Nottingham UK Rock City
Dec-18
Birmingham UK O2 Institute
Watch the official video for ‘Rest In Peace’ here: