Funeral for a Friend

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Funeral for a Friend's energized blend of emo, metal, and post-hardcore was created by vocalist Matt Davies, guitarists Kris Roberts and Darran Smith, bassist Gareth Davies, and drummer Randy Richards. The Welsh quintet first appeared in 2002 with a series of EPs and singles, including Between Order and Model, Four Ways to Scream Your Name, and Juneau. Such releases helped land the group on the cover of Kerrang! magazine, a recognition of the band's growing hype that, in turn, earned a record deal with Warner Music. Funeral for a Friend's debut full-length, Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation, was then issued in October 2003. It was not given a concurrent U.S. release; instead, the seven-track mini-CD Seven Ways to Scream Your Name (collecting non-album tracks from the earlier EPs) appeared domestically via the New Jersey indie label Ferret. Meanwhile, Funeral for a Friend embarked on a series of high-profile touring engagements, including a series of European dates opening for Iron Maiden.

Touring continued through summer 2004, and the Spilling Blood in 8mm DVD appeared in September with live footage, videos, and a band documentary. Funeral for a Friend returned in June 2005 with Hours, their second full-length; more touring followed, including the band's first stint on the Warped Tour. The guys also picked up that year's Kerrang! award for Best British Band. Back at home by the end of 2005, Matt Davies utilized some downtime from touring to work on material for his first side project, the alt-country-inspired the Secret Show, whose debut album was released in February 2007. Three months later, Funeral for a Friend issued their next album, Tales Don't Tell Themselves, subsequently jumping on the road for headlining dates in the U.K. and U.S. before spending summer on the Warped Tour. Memory and Humanity followed shortly thereafter, arriving during the final quarter of 2008 and featuring the band's familiar mix of emo-influenced songcraft and anthemic rock uplift. A fifth album, the apocalypse-themed Welcome Home Armageddon, arrived in 2011, and was followed later that year by the tie-in EP, See You All in Hell. The following year, longtime drummer Ryan Richards parted ways with the band, citing a desire to focus on his family, and was replaced by Pat Lundy. Whole again, the band released their sixth full-length album, Conduit, in early 2013. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, Rovi

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    OFFSTAGE: Tim McGraw on the Mississippi in Faith Hill
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Tour Dates

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  • Jun 7 Friday
    Ysselsteyn, Netherlands Unknown venue
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  • Jun 8 Saturday
    Ysselsteyn, Netherlands Jera On Air
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  • Jun 16 Sunday
    Edinburgh, UK Electric Circus
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  • Jun 17 Monday
    Aberdeen, UK The Tunnels
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  • Jun 19 Wednesday
    Inverness, UK The Ironworks Inverness
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  • Jun 20 Thursday
    Dunfermline, UK P.J. Molloys
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  • Jun 21 Friday
    Carlisle, UK The Brickyard
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    Doncaster, UK Leopard
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    Derby, UK The Venue Derby
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  • Jun 27 Thursday
    Montabaur, Germany Flugplatz
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  • Jun 28 Friday
    Aachen, Germany Musikbunker
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  • Jul 4 Thursday
    Colchester, UK Colchester Arts Centre
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  • Jul 5 Friday
    Oxford, UK O2 Academy 2 Oxford
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  • Jul 6 Saturday
    Northampton, UK Roadmender
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    Northampton, UK Roadmender
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  • Jul 10 Wednesday
    Sunderland, UK The Independent
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  • Jul 11 Thursday
    Cheltenham, UK Upcote Farm
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  • Jul 11 Thursday
    Lincoln, UK Tokyo
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  • Jul 18 Thursday
    Cuxhaven, Germany Am Seeflughafen Cuxhaven/nordholz
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  • Jul 18 Thursday
    Dour, Belgium Dour Fest
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  • Jul 31 Wednesday
    Crewe, UK The Box
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  • Aug 1 Thursday
    Aldershot, UK West End Centre
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  • Aug 4 Sunday
    Münster, Germany Skaters Palace
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  • Aug 13 Tuesday
    Feldkirch, Germany Altes Hallenbad
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    Feldkirch, Germany Altes Hallenbad
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  • Aug 14 Wednesday
    Augsburg, Germany Kantine
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  • Aug 15 Thursday
    Wiesbaden, Germany Schlachthof
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  • Aug 17 Saturday
    Gampel, Switzerland Open Air Gampel
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  • Aug 23 Friday
    Leeds, UK Leeds Festival, Bramham Park
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  • Aug 23 Friday
    Reading, UK Richfield Avenue
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  • Oct 7 Monday
    Utrecht, Netherlands Tivoli De Helling
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Discography

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  • Conduit (2013)
    Funeral for a Friend
    Conduit (2013)
    The End
  • Welcome Home Armageddon (2011)
    Funeral for a Friend
    Welcome Home Armageddon (2011)
    Good Fight
  • Memory and Humanity (2008)
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    Memory and Humanity (2008)
    Victory Records
  • Tales Don't Tell Themselves (2007)
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    Tales Don't Tell Themselves (2007)
    WM Records
  • Back to the Bus (2007)
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    Back to the Bus (2007)
    DMC Records, Inc.
  • Hours (2005)
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    Hours (2005)
    Atlantic
  • Seven Ways to Scream Your Name (2003)
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    Seven Ways to Scream Your Name (2003)
    Ferret Records
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