The lineups for X-Fest (September 1) and Sonic Boom (September 2) in Calgary and Edmonton were announced on Monday, April 16 and the Pack A.D. are excited to have been included.

X-Fest (Calgary) Lineup and Info:

Linkin Park, Incubus, Silversun Pickups, Young the Giant, Fun. The Joy Formidable,
Mute Math, the Pack AD, L.P. & Xposure local band fan choice winner.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2012, gates 11:30 AM

FORT CALGARY, CALGARY ALBERTA CANADA
www.fortcalgary.com
www.xfestcalgary.com
@xfestcalgary
Facebook.com/XFestCalgary

X-Fest Early Bird Ticket Info

You can get early bird tickets for X-Fest here… X-Fest page link using the password “burnitdown”

Early bird passes are only available while quantities last and only between Monday April 23 (10 AM) and Friday April 27 (10 PM).

EARLY BIRD GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS
$50.00 + S/C + $1.00 charity donation to Music For Relief

LIMITED QUANTITIES OF EARLY BIRD TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE WHILE INVENTORY LASTS, OPEN TO ALL AGES!

REMAINING GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS:
$90.00 + S/C (open to all ages, beer gardens access 18+ ID required) + $1.00 charity
donation to Music For Relief.

VIP TICKETS
$150.00 + S/C + $1.00 charity donation to Music For Relief.
VIP package includes priority entrance, licensed VIP area w/private washrooms,
souvenir laminate and lanyard, priority entry to autograph tent, and private bar & food
service w/ premium beverage availability. Must be 18 years of age or older to enter VIP
area.
GENERAL ON SALE:
Saturday April 28, 2012 at 10 AM

Sonic Boom (Edmonton) Lineup and Info:

Linkin Park, Incubus, Silversun Pickups, Young the Giant,The Joy Formidable, Fun.,
Mute Math, the Pack A.D., L.P. & Sonic BOTM fan choice winner.

Sunday September 2, 2012
Northlands Grounds

www.northlands.com
www.sonicboomfestival.com
@SONiCB00M
Facebook.com/SonicBoomFestival

Early Bird Ticket Info

You can get early bird tickets for Sonic Boom here.. Sonic Boom Early Bird Ticket Info here using the password “burnitdown”

Early bird passes are only available while quantities last and only between Monday April 23 (10 AM) and Friday April 27 (10 PM).

EARLY BIRD GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS
$50.00 + S/C + $1.00 charity donation to Music For Relief

LIMITED QUANTITIES OF EARLY BIRD TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE WHILE INVENTORY LASTS, OPEN TO ALL AGES!

REMAINING GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS:
$90.00 + S/C (open to all ages, beer gardens access 18+ ID required) + $1.00 charity
donation to Music For Relief.

VIP TICKETS
$150.00 + S/C + $1.00 charity donation to Music For Relief.
VIP package includes priority entrance, licensed VIP area w/private washrooms,
souvenir laminate and lanyard, priority entry to autograph tent, and private bar & food
service w/ premium beverage availability. Must be 18 years of age or older to enter VIP
area.
GENERAL ON SALE:
Saturday April 28, 2012 at 10 AM

We are happy to announce that we have been nominated for three Independent Music Awards:

SIRIUSXM EMERGING ARTIST OF THE YEAR

ROCK ARTIST/GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR

GROUP OR DUO OF THE YEAR

http://indies.ca/2012-nominees/

If you want to vote for us (and we hope you do) you can do it Here…

Please spread the word!

The Pack will also be performing at the awards:

SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2012
FAIRMONT ROYAL YORK HOTEL – TORONTO
DOORS 7:00PM
SHOW 8:00PM
TICKETS $30.00 (PLUS TAXES & SERVICE CHARGES)
ALL AGES/GENERAL ADMISSION

http://indies.ca/buy-tickets/

We are very excited to announce that the Pack a.d. will return to France in late April to perform at the Printemps de Bourges Festival.

Nous sommes très heureux d’annoncer que le Pack a.d. retour en France à la fin avril pour jouer au Festival Printemps de Bourges!

The Pack a.d. makes a jaw-dropping statement at the Rickshaw

The Pack a.d. can argue all they want on Twitter that they aren’t the coolest band, but they are definitely cooler than you.

Rebecca Blissett

At the Rickshaw Theatre on Saturday, January 28

Even though Vancouver had plenty of time to get prepared for what unfolded at the Rickshaw on Saturday, it’s not an exaggeration to suggest no one saw this one coming. Somewhere along the line, the Pack a.d. made the leap from a pretty damn good band to an insanely great one.

Four months after the release of its fourth and latest album, Unpersons, the two-piece made up of singer-guitarist Becky Black and drummer Maya Miller finally threw a local album-release party. Proving that some things are indeed worth waiting for, the sold-out show generated enough advance buzz to become a bona-fide event. If you somehow ended up with an extra ticket, there was no shortage of desperate takers outside the venue.

With the pressure on, the Pack a.d. used its first major headlining show in Vancouver to make a jaw-dropping statement. When the smoke finally cleared it was hard to tell who was more drained: the band or the PBR-liquored fans sardine-canned on the dance floor.

The night made a few things crystal clear, chief among them being that Black and Miller are a team in every sense of the word. You want showmanship? You had to look no further than Miller, who has obviously figured out that the last thing people want to see from a duo is a timekeeper who sits there like a Sominexed Meg White. By the night’s second number, the chugging “Cobra Matte”, she had a mile-wide smirk on her face, each hit of the snare drum administered with a wildly cartoonish, robo-monkey wallop.

Miller also understands the often-overlooked importance of in-between-songs banter. And by banter, we’re not talking tired pronouncements like “This one’s off our new album.” As the band’s unofficial emcee, she’s funny in an endearingly self-deprecating way, filling the gaps between numbers with things like “That was a song that we do. We’re going to try and play another one that we play.”

A winning mix of detached cool and Joan Jett swagger, Black gave her drummer plenty of help. The singer was a one-woman wrecking crew, whether ripping through the ozone-crackle “Haunt You” with a snarling ferocity, or stalking the stage like a heart-full-of-napalm panther for “Rid of Me”.

The Pack a.d. came out firing with songs pulled from their two most recent albums, Unpersons and we kill computers, both of which have found the group moving away from its garage-blues beginnings. Ironically, though, it was when the band dragged things back to the Delta that things officially caught fire. Halfway through the howling exorcism that was “Don’t Have to Like You”, it was like Black suddenly flicked a lit match onto a lake of gasoline, the audience roaring its awe-struck approval, the band responding by stomping hard on the accelerator.

Impossibly, the human blur that was Black actually seemed to get more amped with each passing song. The guitarist finished the encore number “Cabin” triumphantly perched on top of Miller’s kit, the two bandmates beaming like they’d just conquered the world. Or, more accurately, kicked the ass of a city which, even though it’s had plenty of warning over the past half-decade, likely never saw the Pack a.d. coming. Here’s sincere condolences if you weren’t there, because, as parties go, this one was a fucking rager.

So apparently we were pretty good last saturday night…

Thanks to Mike Usinger and the Straight for the kind words!

It was definitely a great night to be at the Rickshaw.

Thanks to everyone to everyone that was there!

We can’t wait to get back to Seattle and Portland…

Attention Americans, our official video for Sirens has premiered today on MTVHive.

Yes it’s true. Your MTV.

It is also up and running on You Tube as well!

Watch the video for Sirens on youtube here!

Tour Dates:
01.19.12 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
01.20.12 – Spokane, WA @ Red Room Lounge
01.21.12 – Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern
01.28.12 – Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theater with Pierced Arrows and Black Wizard

02.02.12 – Victoria, BC @ Club 9ONE9

The following dates in support of Elliott Brood:

03.02.12 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
03.03.12 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo (early show)
03.05.12 – Denver, CO @ Hi Dive
03.06.12 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
03.07.12 – St. Louis, MO @ Old Rock House
03.08.12 – Indianapolis, IN @ White Rabbit Cabaret
03.09.12 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern
03.13.12 – Albany, NY @ Valentine’s
03.15.12 – Washington, DC @ DC9

This Summer!
07.14.12 – Toronto, ON @ Edgefest, mainstage

Love for Unpersons:

Get your tickets to see the Pack A.D. at Edgefest 2012 – Downsview Park in Toronto, mainstage – July 14

direct link to edgefest ticket purchase here!

Edgefest 2012 facebook link here…

102.1 the Edge presents EDGEFEST ’12 happening July 14th at Downsview Park!
The summer concert event of the year is returning, and with the best lineup yet!

Main stage:
Billy Talent
Death From Above 1979
Silversun Pickups
The Sheepdogs
Young the Giant
The Dirty Heads
USS
The Pack A.D.

Edgefest ’12 – Inside Edge Early-Bird Presale

Being an Inside Edge member is paying off again big-time!

This is your chance to buy tickets before anyone else for Edgefest ’12,

happening Saturday, July 14th at Downsview Park.

Public on-sale for this show is Friday, December 16th at 10am…

…But as an Inside Edge member, YOU can buy tickets through this Inside Edge Ticket

Presale happening

Tuesday, December 13th at 10:00am until Thursday, December 15th at 11:59pm (or until tickets sell out).

A limited number of tickets during this presale will be $10 off the regular ticket price!