Good to Go Tour


The Good To Go Tour is a British multi-artist package concert tour that features a mix of established acts from the American punk/rock/ska/pop genres and rising UK bands.

History

The first Good To Go Tour took place in October 2005 and presented Southern California's rock superheroes, The Aquabats, in their first tour of England alongside Never Heard Of It, one of the America's most successful wholly independent rock bands. The bill was completed by Army of Freshmen, and Sonic Boom Six, Manchester's genre-defying female-fronted rockers.
The tour aims to deliver exciting and diverse line ups so that fans can learn to rely on the Good To Go Tour name to bring them the best in American and British music. "The whole point of this tour," said founder Ed Sellers, "is to have something that fans can look forward to, that they know will bring them interesting and fun line ups. The choices of bands are diverse enough to bring together fans from different musical backgrounds, but close enough that everyone can enjoy an entertaining and exciting show and maybe find a band that they didn't know a lot about before."
The Good To Go Tour also promises to stay true to its support of smaller, independent British bands. As an outlet to offer upcoming UK acts the opportunity to share the stage with established American acts that they might have been influenced by, the tour has given local bands in many towns some great opportunities. It works both ways too, allowing the tour an access to the street level promotion and enthusiastic word of mouth that can be invaluable in building a local buzz amongst fans, particularly with the advent of social networking sites such as MySpace.

The beginning

Whilst not called a Good To Go Tour, 2004's Brand New Hero Records Tour was a precursor to what eventually became the Good To Go Tour. In September/October 2004, this twelve date UK tour featured The Littlest Man Band, Suburban Legends and Army Of Freshmen, who made a return the following year as part of the first Good To Go Tour.

Good To Go Tour 2005

In October 2005 the inaugural Good To Go Tour ran between the 20th-29th inclusive, featuring:
The tour took in the following dates:
July and August 2006 saw the second Good To Go Tour, featuring a line-up of:
Failsafe - whilst not playing the entire tour - played the Carling Academy dates and a select few. The tour ran from 25 July to 7 August inclusive.
The third tour took place in May 2007, with a line-up of:
Army Of Freshmen was originally scheduled to play all fifteen of the dates but had to pull out of the final five due to other tour commitments.
The tour was scheduled for the following dates:
The first Good To Go Tour of 2008 took place in February, with a line-up of:
The tour took in the following dates:
MxPx then departed from the tour. Punchline and The Get Go continued for a further four shows.
The second Good To Go Tour of 2008 took place in July, and featured:
The tour took in the following dates:
In April 2009 there was a three date 'Funsize' Good To Go Tour. The short length was due to The Aquabats! only being able to play three UK shows before their appearance at Groezrock Festival in Belgium. With support from Allbright at the London show only, this three date tour featured:
The tour took in the following dates:
As well as the Good To Go Tour and the 2004 Brand New Hero Records Tour, the organisers of the Good To Go Tour have also put together other tours.

Army of Freshmen UK Headline Tour 2008(i)

In June 2008, Army of Freshmen embarked on their first UK headline tour, taking in the following dates:
In November 2008, Army of Freshmen return on their second headline tour of the UK, organised under the Good To Go Tour umbrella, taking in the following dates: