The Week That Was: July 18 – 24

Today we are launching a new weekly feature on ThePunkSite.com called “The Week That Was” where we will recap the more important news stories from the past week. This week’s highlights include:

• Zack de la Rocha released an open letter concerning his decision to boycott Arizona in response to the SB1070 Legislation
• Pennywise are touring Canada with Riverboat Gamblers, Authority Zero and Bigwig
• Speaking about Bigwig, the newly reformed band has announced plans for a covers album and released a cover of Nirvana‘s Sliver
• Fake Problems unveiled details about their highly anticipated new album, Real Ghosts Caught On Tape
• The Smashing Pumpkins are doing a benefit concert to raise money for Madina Lake‘s bassist
• Details about this year’s Riot fest in Chicago was announced
• Good Charlotte signed to Capitol Records and set the release date for their fifth studio album
• Jimmy Eat World released the track listing for their new album, Invented
• Travis Barker talked about his solo album and first single with Rza and Tom Morello
• The Dirty Tactics entered the studio with Pete from The Bouncing Souls
• Devo are going on a North American tour
• We posted a new interview with Big D & The Kids Table where they talked about their new album
• Finally, The Gaslight Anthem released plans for a US/Canadian tour with Fake Problems and The Menzingers
• And, of course, we continued our on-going cover of the Vans Warped Tour with new interviews, articles and photos

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