The Academy Is… Set for an Excellent Adventure; Chicago-Based Outfit to Co-Headline “Bill & Trav’s Bogus Journey Tour” Alongside We The Kings; Carolina Liar & Hey Monday Support on All Dates; “FAST TIMES AT BARRINGTON HIGH” Arrives in Stores and Online This Week

The Academy Is… Set for an Excellent Adventure; Chicago-Based Outfit to Co-Headline “Bill & Trav’s Bogus Journey Tour” Alongside We The Kings; Carolina Liar & Hey Monday Support on All Dates; “FAST TIMES AT BARRINGTON HIGH” Arrives in Stores and Online This Week

NEW YORK, NY–(EMWNews – August 18, 2008) – Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen recording group The

Academy Is… have announced details of their upcoming North American

co-headline tour. Dubbed “Bill & Trav’s Bogus Journey Tour,” the

multi-artist bill — also featuring We The Kings, Carolina Liar, and Hey

Monday — will hit the road on October 1st at Charlotte, North Carolina’s

Amos’ Southend, and then travel the continent through late-November (see

below itinerary). Among the schedule’s highlights is an eagerly awaited

date at the Chicago-based band’s hometown House of Blues, set for November

6th. Presale tickets for “Bill & Trav’s Bogus Journey Tour” will be

offered to TAI fanclub members beginning tomorrow, August 19th, at 3 pm in

each time zone; additional presale tickets will be available the next day

via the band’s www.theacademyis.com. All remaining tickets will then go on

sale to the general public on Saturday, August 23rd.

The tour sees The Academy Is… celebrating the release of their third

album, “FAST TIMES AT BARRINGTON HIGH,” which is in stores tomorrow. The

collection — produced by Sam Hollander and Dave Katz (Gym Class Heroes,

Metro Station) in New York City — features the first single, “About A

Girl,” now impacting at Alternative, Triple A, and Top 40 radio outlets

nationwide, with its companion video premiering the week of September 22nd.

The band’s viral video for “Summer Hair = Forever Young” will receive a

“First Look” on MTV’s TRL this Thursday, August 21st.

Having just wrapped their summer co-headlining the Vans Warped Tour, The

Academy Is… will next hit Australia and New Zealand for a long-awaited

series of late-August dates with labelmates Panic At The Disco and Cobra

Starship. From there, the band heads to Japan for a pair of Decaydance

Fest shows alongside Cobra Starship, The Cab, and The Hush Sound. In

September, The Academy Is… will cross the Atlantic for a number of UK

dates with We The Kings and The Maine.

“FAST TIMES AT BARRINGTON HIGH” follows the band’s acclaimed second album,

“SANTI.” Released in April 2007, the album — which featured the

single/video, “We’ve Got A Big Mess On Our Hands” — drew ecstatic praise,

including a cover feature in Alternative Press magazine. The band was

feted in Rolling Stone as one of 2007’s “10 Artists To Watch,” where

“SANTI” was hailed for combining

“heart-on-sleeve melodrama with a hard-rock swagger.” USA Today declared

the album “bigger in every way than its predecessor,” hailing the band for

“coming of age, tightening its chops, beefing up its rhythm-section stomp

and showing off frontman William Beckett’s range.”

For up-to-the-minute information, please visit www.theacademyis.com and

www.myspace.com/theacademyis.

(TOUR ITINERARY BELOW)

                  THE ACADEMY IS...

      "Bill & Trav's Bogus Journey Tour" 2008

    w/We The Kings, Carolina Liar, and Hey Monday



OCTOBER

1               Charlotte, NC           Amos' Southend

2               Atlanta, GA             The Masquerade

3               Lake Buena Vista, FL    House of Blues

4               Ft. Lauderdale, FL      Revolution

5               St. Petersburg, FL      Jannus Landing

7               Houston, TX             Warehouse Live

8               Dallas, TX              House of Blues

9               Austin, TX              Emo's Alternative Lounge

11              Tempe, AZ               Marquee Theatre

14              Las Vegas, NV           House of Blues

15              W. Hollywood, CA        House of Blues

17              San Diego, CA           Soma

18              Anaheim, CA             House of Blues

19              San Francisco, CA       The Regency Center

21              Vancouver, BC           Croatian Cultural Centre

22              Seattle, WA             Showbox at the Market

23              Portland, OR            Roseland Theatre

25              Salt Lake City, UT      In The Venue

26              Denver, CO              Ogden Theatre

28              Omaha, NE               Sokol Auditorium

29              Kansas City, MO         Beaumont Club

30              Sauget, IL              Pop's

31              Minneapolis, MN         The Cabooze



NOVEMBER

1               Milwaukee, WI           The Eagles Club

2               Columbus, OH            Newport Music Hall

4               Cincinnati, OH          Bogart's

5               Cleveland, OH           House of Blues

6               Chicago, IL             House of Blues

9               Pontiac, MI             Clutch Cargo's

11              Clifton Park, NY        Northern Lights

12              Boston, MA              The Roxy

13              Philadelphia, PA        Electric Factory Ballroom

14              Hartford, CT            Webster Theatre

15              Sayreville, NJ          Starland Ballroom

17              Washington, DC          9:30 Club

18              Norfolk, VA             The Norva

19              New York, NY            Roseland Ballroom

21              Montreal, QC            Metropolis

22              Toronto, ON             The Guvernment

23              Buffalo, NY             Town Ballroom