SoCal punk rock staples Pennywise have joined this summer's Warped Tour for a few weeks worth of dates.

Pennywise, with new singer Zoli Teglas, will be playing Warped from July 20th to Aug 8th. So basically the East Coast and Mid-West. 

The 2010 Warped Tour kicks off in San Diego on Jun. 24th, and then up California and over to the desert of Arizona.

One noticable - and unrelated - complaint heard of this year's tour is trading the gorgeous Pier 30/32 stop in San Francisco for the parking lot of Shoreline in Mountain View.

Anywho, here's the Pennywise announcement by Fletcher and Zoli:

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I wonder how many people have been in Har Mar Superstar's bed? If the legend is true I'm guessing a lot. We met up with the eccentric pop artist at the Phoenix Hotel the morning after his show in San Francisco; to talk about his latest album, his vodka sponsor, when he lost his virginity, and why he's in love with unicorns. Check it out.

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Johnny Rotten's reformed Public Image Limited is going to play their day-after-Coachella show in San Francisco. The band reunited on money from butter commericals, says Johnny, and subsequently played a string of shows in the U.K.

This San Francisco show is the only West Coast date scheduled aside from their performance in the desert for the Coachella music festival.

Concert details here. 

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Hey guys we have a secret show to announce for our friends in San Francisco. The Rhode Island based band Deer Tick will be hosting a show at The Independent on Wednesday, March 3rd; and entry is free thanks to a sponsorship by the T-Mobile® myTouch™ 3G Fender™ Limited Edition.

If you're wondering what you can expect at a Deer Tick concert, it's sort of like this: "Our live shows sometimes tend to go a bit haywire. We like to put on memorable shows, the kind of shows that you don't see very often. If you don't want to get covered in beer or confetti at one of our shows, I'd suggest not standing up in the front."

Don't rule out hearing covers that range from La Bamba to The Sex Pistols. And I know you're curious - the band got their name after band member Bump was bit by one of the tiny bugs after a hike in Indiana.

See ya' at the show:

When: Wed March 3rd, Doors 8p, Show 9p.

Where: The Independent, San Francisco

How: Email mogshows.deertick@gmail.com with your name.

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In 1996 AFI rolled through Santa Cruz, California and played a $6 show for 100 people at the Vets hall. It was my first punk show and cost me six bucks. Fourteen years later I told Jade and Hunter that story as we sat in their bus five blocks down the road from the venue they played way back when. This time through Santa Cruz they have two platinum albums under their belt and another gold doesn't look far off.

 We caught up with AFI in Santa Cruz, Calif., and talked to them about their new album (Crash Love), their new music video (Beautiful Thieves), Hunter's shoes and the duality of A Fire Inside. Check it out.

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Some old school punk bands have been added to the Warped Tour for this summer. SoCal legends The Adolescents, the Bay Area's Swingin' Utters, and The Germs, Anti-Flag, and Tom Morello's Street Sweeper Social Club are just a few of the folks who will be spending the summer playing in parking lots.

The rest of the new additions can be found here.

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If you're in San Francisco on Thurs, Jan. 21st we'd love to hang with you at the Har Mar Superstar - Neon Trees concert that is being held at Rickshaw Stop. Good times to be had.

If you're going hit us up on Twitter @theradreport. We'll grab some pics of ya for the vid!

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The Coachella 2010 line-up has been announced for you festival goers. This year we have headliners of Jay-Z, Muse, and the Gorillaz. Message board fixtures are currently buried in conflict over Jay as a headliner. This is a religious battle. "I dont want to hear big pimpin at coachella. ever," says guy one. And guy two - "the only headliner I'm truly pumped for. Growing up to Hovas music".

Other interesting names on the bill include Julian Casablancas, Public Image Ltd., Vampire Weekend, Hockey, Passion Pit, MGMT, Devo, Gossip, the XX, Beach House, Miike Snow, The Big Pink, Grizzly Bear, and so many others.

Oh yeah last thing: the venue is allowing car camping, and in's and out's. In's and out's. You hear that? In's and out's.

Dates of the festival are April 16-17-18.

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The Warped Tour 2010 initial line-up has been announced. The headliners seem to be  The All-American Rejects, who will be on the tour for three weeks, and Sum-41, who will play the entire tour. Other artists include Anarbor, Reel Big Fish, Motion City Soundtrack, Every Time I Die, Never Shout Never, Enter Shakari, Riverboat Gamblers, Casualties, The Flatliners, The Swellers. For a full list of currently announced performers click here.

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"17 fucking years… it will be worth the money," proclaimed John Lydon as his Public Image Ltd took the stage for the first time in nearly two decades. The kick off show in Birmingham is one of seven shows that PiL is scheduled to play across the U.K. The band's return has supposedly been financed with money from a row of Country Life butter commercials the former Sex Pistol shot over the last year. When Lydon was confronted with the standard 'selling out' question he responded with "The money I got from that advert is the advance on [Public Image]." "Why are they questioning me? What manual am I supposed to adopt? I'm promoting a British product which I'm very proud of. Anything I can do to help British industry is fine by me and in return you've got PiL."

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