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Here's Who's Opening For The Starting Line's 20th Anniversary Tour

The Starting Line will be celebrating their 20th anniversary with a tour including an awesome lineup.

Here's Who's Opening For The Starting Line's 20th Anniversary Tour

The Starting Line have announced a bunch of killer opening acts for their upcoming tour. With them will be The Hotelier, Teenage Wrist, Microwave, Oso Oso, and Save Face.

The tour, EST. 1999, will be celebrating 20 years of The Starting Line, and will involving some storytelling about the band’s history.In a tweet, they said, “It’s difficult to believe it’s been 20 years since we started this band. We are celebrating with some really rad gigs. We’ll also be telling stories about the band & the songs.”

The dates are as shown below:

June

29 – Boston, MA @ Royale with The Hotelier
30 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Warped Tour*

July

20 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theater with Teenage Wrist
21 – Mountain View, CA @ Warped Tour*

September

13 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theater with Microwave
14-15 – Chicago IL @ Riot Fest*

November

15 – Denver, CO @ Summit TBA Support
16 – Dallas, TX @ Canton Hall TBA Support

December

21 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall with Oso Oso
22 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall with Save Face
* = festival date

Tickets are on sale now. You can watch the sentimental video promo below, which includes a lot of old footage and a quick flip-through of all of their album covers.

A lot of nostalgia will be involved, but also a lot of love for these new emo and pop punk bands currently keeping the scene alive. Long Island emo act Oso Oso has been releasing new music, leading up to a new album in August, and Atlanta pop punk quartet Microwave recently unveiled an EP titled Sushi for Breakfast (Acoustic).

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