Taking back sunday touring Europe from next week

Following a year on the road in support of the new album, the revered Long Island rock band Taking Back Sunday will be heading to Europe next week supported by MARMOZETS. The tour will start on November 27th in Helsinki and end on December 18th in Stuttgart. Full list of tour dates below.

The band has announced this week plans to release Happiness Is: The Complete Recordings on February 24th via Hopeless Records. The upcoming release will feature the band’s original 2014 record Happiness Is, along with rare and unreleased tracks, all spread out on 8 7-inch vinyl records with a collectible signed art card. Fans are invited to pre-order Happiness Is: The Complete Recordings in a variety of bundles now at http://hopelessrecords.com/happinessistcr.

Taking Back Sunday European Tour Dates:

• Nov 27 – Helsinki, Finland - Nosturi
• Nov 29 – Stockholm, Sweden - Klubben
• Nov 30 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega Hall
• Dec 02 – Berlin, Germany - S036 (w/ Marmozets)
• Dec 03 – Prague, Czech Republic – Roxy (w/ Marmozets)
• Dec 05 – Nuremberg, Germany – Hirsh (w/ Marmozets)
• Dec 06 – Hasselt, Belgium – Mod Box (w/ Marmozets)
• Dec 16 – Koln, Germany - Luxor (w/ Marmozets)
• Dec 17 – Hamburg, Germany - Knust (w/ Marmozets)
• Dec 18 – Stuttgart, Germany - LKA Longhorn (w/ Marmozets)

Tickets are still available for purchase now at http://www.takingbacksunday.com/tour/

Happiness Is: The Complete Recordings will include all three studio b-sides and three additional acoustic renditions of album tracks, such as “Like You Do” from the record that portray those particular songs in a different light.

“There was something real sentimental and warm feeling about the acoustic demo version of “Like You Do” says vocalist Adam Lazzara “Ed (Reyes) and I were staying in the saddest hotel in all of Long Island while the band was writing what would later become most of Happiness Is. This place was as close to one of those 1970s New York City hotels as I had seen in the movies and on the news growing up as you could get, the only exception being that it was on Long Island. Motel style, with ladies of the night, yelling at all hours, the works. It was the worst. I was missing home something awful, it was the worst it had been. That’s where “Like You Do” happened. In that smoky room, at that seedy hotel. I played it back on my voice recorder and it took me someplace else. I think we came pretty close to that feeling with this recording. At first we even talked about just leaving it as an acoustic song. Now we have both.”

In conjunction with today’s news, Taking Back Sunday has also debuted a new video for their anthemic song “All The Way” which can be viewed now at http://smarturl.it/allthewayvideo. The video features backstage and performance footage of the band on tour this past year.

“Hope you like the video for the song “All The Way". It's a tiny look at being on tour and what it’s like for us on stage when we are playing shows. A bunch of our friends helped film it and it’s great to use one of our songs as the background to hang on to some of these memories” said drummer Mark O’Connell.

Follow the band at www.TakingBackSunday.com for additional updates.

Happiness Is: The Complete Recordings Digital Track Listing:

1. Preface
2. Flicker, Fade
3. Stood A Chance
4. All The Way
5. Beat Up Car
6. It Takes More
7. They Don't Have Any Friends
8. Better Homes And Gardens
9. Like You Do
10. We Were Younger Then
11. Nothing At All
12. How I Met Your Mother*
13. This Is Happening*
14. Can You Feel That (Here I Am)*
15. Stood A Chance (Acoustic)*
16. Better Homes And Gardens (Acoustic)*
17. Like You Do (Acoustic)*