Taking Back Sunday: ‘When We Wrote Tell All Your Friends, I Knew Something Special Was Happening’

March 26th 2012 marks the tenth anniversary of Taking Back Sunday’s debut album ‘Tell All Your Friends’. Talking to DIY today, founding member Eddie Reyes says ‘I couldn’t be more excited to celebrate our ten year anniversary of ‘Tell All Your Friends’…Can’t believe it’s been ten years already.’

Speaking about having the band back in their rightful places, Reyes says, ‘Also, reuniting with my old brothers to make some rock music together again – it feels good to have the original line up back together and it’s just a good feeling all around. John and Shaun bring so much to Taking Back Sunday.

‘When we wrote ‘Tell All Your Friends’, I knew something special was happening…’ he concludes, ‘So here we are, old men, still touring and doing what we love to do: playing music, writing music and keep keeping on…’

Taking Back Sunday will perform at Slam Dunk festival in a UK festival headline exclusive this May alongside Every Time I Die, Mayday Parade, Forever The Sickest Kids, Made Do And Mend, Cancer Bats, Architects. The Blackout, Motion City Soundtrack, Say Anything, Hit The Lights, The Story So Far and Lower Than Atlantis.

Slam Dunk Festival 2012 will take place at both Leeds University and Hatfield’s University Of Hertfordshire on the 26th and 27th May, respectively.

Slam Dunk have also revealed details of two side shows; one set to take place in Wales and one in Scotland. Full details are as follows:

Slam Dunk Wales takes place at Cardiff University on Monday 28th May. Doors are at 5pm and the line-up, so far, is:
Taking Back Sunday, Motion City Soundtrack, Say Anything, Cancer Bats, While She Sleeps, Of Mice & Men, The Audition, Don Broco & Straight Lines

Slam Dunk Scotland takes place at Glasgow O2 ABC on Tuesday 29th May. Doors are at 6pm and the line-up, so far, is:
Taking Back Sunday, Motion City Soundtrack, Say Anything, Cancer Bats, Hit The Lights, The Story So Far.