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Is an American four-piece pop punk band from West Palm Beach, Florida, formed in 2008.Hey Monday was formed in March of 2008 after Cassadee Pope and Mike Gentile's former band Blake broke up. Pope and Gentile wanted to continue playing music and began holding auditions for a new band around their local Florida music scene.Pope and Gentile quickly recruited rhythm guitarist Alex Lipshaw and drummer Elliot James. Soon afterward they enlisted bassist Michael "Jersey" Moriarty and Hey Monday was formed. They were discovered when Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz heard one of their demos while he was in the Crush Management office.
Is an American four-piece pop punk band from West Palm Beach, Florida, formed in 2008.Hey Monday was formed in March of 2008 after Cassadee Pope and Mike Gentile's former band Blake broke up. Pope and Gentile wanted to continue playing music and began holding auditions for a new band around their local Florida music scene.Pope and Gentile quickly recruited rhythm guitarist Alex Lipshaw and drummer Elliot James. Soon afterward they enlisted bassist Michael "Jersey" Moriarty and Hey Monday was formed. They were discovered when Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz heard one of their demos while he was in the Crush Management office. Wentz wanted to sign them to his label, Decaydance, but Columbia Records was also interested so the band ended up signing a joint deal with both labels. They recorded their debut album, Hold On Tight, throughout the Summer of 2008 and it released later that Fall on October 7. Soon after their debut album dropped, Hey Monday began touring with the likes of The Academy Is..., We The Kings, NeverShoutNever, The Cab, This Providence, A Rocket To The Moon, and Cash Cash. That following year they supported Fall Out Boy on both their major U.S. and international tours. Their popularity grew and the band went on their first headlining tour with This Providence, The Friday Night Boys, Stereo Skyline, and The Bigger Lights as support. They also headlined a few dates in Europe. In the fall of 2009 they supported All Time Low on the Glamour Kills Tour.
On October 9, the band announced that Elliot James had parted ways with Hey Monday. He is still playing drums for the rock band Easton. Patrick McKenzie, an old friend of Hey Monday, has since then replaced Elliot but has not become a permanent band member.
Hey Monday spent the beginning of 2010 to finish writing and recording their upcoming album, Beneath It All. After the writing and recording process, they went on the 2010 Alternative Press Tour with 'The Summer Set', 'Every Avenue', 'The Cab' and 'NeverShoutNever'. They also played Bamboozle's Main Stage on Sunday, May 2. On June 24, they officially announced Beneath It All and it now up for pre-order on their site with a release date of August 17. New songs entitled "Wish You Were Here" and "Hangover" were recently released. On July 8th, Cassadee Pope Announced the release of a new song on twitter, entitled "Hangover." The song was released on their website heymondaymusic.com as they promised to release a new song when their facebook reached 200,000 people. On July 23rd, Cassadee Pope announced that Beneath It All will now be released as a 6 Song EP rather then a full length album. She also said that a full length album will be out very early next year and they will be touring for a longer period of time. Anyone who previously preordered any Beneath It All package before this announcement was not, and will not be charged for it and will have to re- preorder, as the package has changed. I Don't Wanna Dance was released on iTunes and Napster on July 27th.
Hey Monday is currently on the Vans Warped Tour 2010 and are playing on the Altec Lansing Stage with a large variety of bands that range from Set Your Goals and You Me At Six to bands such as Four Year Strong and Whitechapel.
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