July 10, 2009

Paramore All Geared Up for 'brand new eyes' Tour

By James Montgomery (MTV.com)

When it came time to plan their own tour, Paramore decided to go small. Like, really small. Maybe it's because they've spent their summer performing before stone-faced No Doubt fans in 15,000-seat amphitheaters and palatial hockey arenas.

They already know the kind of venues they want to play at for their tour in support of the upcoming brand new eyes LP, even though they're still figuring out the tour dates.

"We haven't hashed it all out yet, but it will be smaller, due to the fact that the tour we're doing right now is so large and, like, ticket prices are on a whole new level ... everything is a whole new level for us," frontwoman Hayley Williams told MTV News. "And we love it, but we want to do something that's really intimate and that our fans can be right up there and don't have to break their banks [for tickets]. It will just be really fun. I'm stoked."

According to Williams, the tour should start on the day Brand New Eyes is released - September 29, which is coincidentally also guitarist Josh Farro's birthday. It will more than likely feature two opening acts. Williams and gang were tight-lipped on the opening acts.

"We're still thinking about bands we want to take out. This is a lie. We know, but it still could change," Williams laughed. "I'm always thinking about that, to be honest, because I want these shows to be great for our fans. And it seems like they really are going to be like that. I'm stoked. It'll be in clubs, it will be nostalgic for us. It'll be perfect."