For the record, I’m jealous of anybody that was at this show.

AbsolutePunk.net has posted a tip that The Get Up Kids will be officially getting back together and touring next spring.  Apparently, James Dewees announced the news at a Reggie and the Full Effect show in Chicago, IL, stating that TGUK would be back in about six months.

The question is will they be recording a new album much like the recently reunited Rival Schools?

Ben Folds Five will play together for the first time in nearly a decade next week in Chapel Hill, NC. The show will take place on September 18th at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Memorial Hall, as a part of nowwhat.com’s “Front To Back” concert series. The band will play their 1999 full-length The Unauthorized Biography Of Reinhold Messner. Tickets go on sale Monday, September 8th.

Rejoice! Rival schools have (re)united by fate (ok bad pun) for some shows and tickets are on sale now.  The rooms are small so expect these to go quick. Click on the links below for tickets.

10/09 – Echo – Los Angeles, California
11/03 – Khyber – Philadelphia, PA
11/04 – Maxwells – Hoboken, NJ
11/06 – Mercury Lounge – New York, NY 

Why did everyone and their mother book an awesome show this weekend? Let’s rattle them off.

The almighty Hot Water Music return to NYC. The lineup includes Thursday and Late Night Wallflower favorites Paint It Black. The show goes down at the huge, 3,000 cap. Terminal 5.

Alkaline Trio and American Steel are playing a sold out show at Irving Plaza the same night. I don’t know about you, but having the Trio and HWM in town on the same night but on different bills just feels wrong to me.

The F Yeah Fest makes two stops in town this weekend. The Circle Jerks, Dillinger Four, Matt and Kim, Team Robespierre will play Saturday in Manhattan at Highline Ballroom and Sunday at Club Exit in Brooklyn.

Trash Talk will be at Fortress Of Solitude on Saturday.

Matt and Kim will also be playing with a 22 piece orchestra on Sunday at McCarren Pool with The Breeders.

Am I forgetting anything else?