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Boys Like Girls Bassist Drops By Fender

Boys Like Girls Bassist Bryan Donahue takes a close look at the new American Deluxe Precision Bass®. In town to play the Venue later tonight with All Time Low, Good Charlotte and The Ready Set, Boys Like Girls bassist Bryan Donahue dropped by Fender headquarters in Scottsdale on Wednesday afternoon, sharing with us how Fender first became a part of his life. “Being 13, there was a Guitar Center a couple of towns over and that’s where everyone went before band practice,” he said. “We’d need strings, picks, drumsticks or whatever before practice or a gig and I’d always go off into the bass room and take a Jazz Bass off the wall. Finally I just bought two. I saved up all my money and was like, ‘Cool, I’ve got one and a backup.’” But eventually Donahue decided he needed something different and as you’ll see if you catch him on the road this summer, he’s switched over from the Jazz Bass to an American Standard P-Bass. “In the first couple of tours with Boys Like Girls, I had an old ’72 Jazz Bass and the thing sounds phenomenal but then I started to feel real bad because I was beating the ever-loving crap out of it,” he shared. “I decided to leave it at home and to give a P-Bass a try. The body felt a little more comfortable. I wanted something not so tight sounding pickup wise. The P-Bass altogether, my sound guy loved it, and I loved it.” Boys Like Girls are co-headliners for this summer’s Bamboozle Roadshow, which next hits the Joint in Las Vegas. “It’s been awesome,” he said of Bamboozle. “All of the bands have either toured with one another or just buddied up to one another over the last couple of years and we all just got thrown into this tour so even day one, down in Maryland, everyone just piled out of their busses. It’s kind of like the 4th of July every day. A lot of beer drinking, a lot of sports – basketball, cornhole, ping-pong— you name it. We’re enjoying the summer.”

June 2 2010, 7:03pm

Bamboozle Roadshow Announces Lineup and Tour Dates

Bryan Donahue of Boys Like Girls (Photo credit:Mike Caffrey) The New Jersey based Rock & Pop festival Bamboozle will hit the road for its 3rd nationwide tour. The Bamboozle Roadshow features headliners Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, Third Eye Blind, and LMFAO, with support from Good Charlotte, Hanson, Forever The Sickest Kids, Hellogoodbye, Cartel and many, many more. The Roadshow is kicking off May 21 in Columbia, Md., at the Merriweather Post Pavilion, hitting 26 major U.S. cities in all. May 21 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion May 22 – Charlotte, NC – Uptown Amphitheatre @ The Music Factory May 23 – Atlanta, GA – Six Flags Over Georgia May 25 – West Palm Beach, FL – Cruzan Amphitheatre May 26 – Tampa, FL – Ford Amphitheatre May 28 – Houston, TX – Verizon Wireless Theatre (No 2nd Stage) May 29 – Arlington, TX – Six Flags Over Texas May 30 – San Antonio, TX – Six Flags Fiesta Texas June 2 – Phoenix, AZ – Cricket Amphitheatre June 5 – Concord, CA – Sleep Train Pavilion at Concord June 6 – Chula Vista, CA – Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre – Parking Lot June 10 – Minneapolis, MN – Cabooze Plaza June 11 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom June 12 – Chicago, IL- Soldier Field – Parking Lot June 13 – Eureka, MO – Six Flags St. Louis June 15 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre June 18 – Cleveland, OH – Time Warner Cable Amphitheatre @ Tower City June 19 – Cincinnati, OH – PNC Pavilion @ Riverbend Music Center June 20 – Philadelphia, PA – Festival Pier @ Penn’s Landing June 23 – Pittsburgh, PA – Amphitheatre @ Station Square June 24 – Jackson, NJ – Six Flags Great Adventure June 25 – Hershey, PA – Hershey Park Pavilion & Stadium June 26 – Nassau, NY – Nassau Coliseum – Parking Lot June 27 – Boston, MA – Comcast Center (All dates may not feature all artists, please check local listings) Pre-sale tickets are available here.

February 25 2010, 11:01am