The Dangerous Summer (band)

The band formed in the summer of 2006 to write their first EP, There Is No Such Thing as Science, which drew the attention of Hopeless Records and other labels in 2007. They signed with Hopeless Records within eight months (in April 2007) of starting the band during their senior year of high school. They then re-released their debut EP under a new name, If You Could Only Keep Me Alive, with new songs included.[2]

Over the years the band has sold over 60,000 albums and over 300,000 singles.

In April 2009, the band played The Bamboozle.

The band's debut studio album, Reach for the Sun, was released on May 5, 2009, and reached number 42 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart.[3]

The band's name is taken from the book of the same name. The band has stated influences from Third Eye Blind, Bright Eyes, U2, Phil Collins, Explosions in the Sky, Jimmy Eat World, and Andrew McMahon.[4]

Their song "The Permanent Rain" was used in a trailer for the 2009 movie Love Happens, starring Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart.

An acoustic version of Reach for the Sun was digitally released on March 15, 2011.[5]

The band's second album, War Paint, was released July 19, 2011.[6] It reached 149 on the Billboard 200 on August 6, 2011 in its only week on the chart.[7]

They played on the Warped Tour 2011 on the Nintendo 3DS stage.

The band finished their third album on February 26.[8] They also began filming a documentary about themselves and are unsure of its release date. The album, Golden Record, was released on August 6, 2013. The first single, "Catholic Girls", was released on iTunes with an accompanying music video on June 4, 2013. In September 2013, AJ Perdomo left the band, citing Cody Payne as the driving force behind the decision.

In February 2017, Cody Payne was sentenced to a year in prison after being charged with a felony burglary conviction. In July 2017, the band's Twitter account was wiped clean of all tweets and the profile picture and cover photo changed to static. On July 8, 2017, the band uploaded a video that read "Hello",[9] followed the next day by a video hinting at an announcement on July 10.[10] Additionally, Cody Payne posted on Facebook that the band would be reuniting without him.[11]

On October 19, 2017, The Dangerous Summer announced their next album The Dangerous Summer, which was released on January 26, 2018, alongside a new single titled "Fire" from the upcoming album.

On February 19, 2019, the single "Where Were You When The Sky Opened Up" was released. The band's sixth album, Mother Nature, was released on June 14, 2019.

Tour name	Participating bands	Location	Dates
	The Dangerous Summer, The Morning Light	United States	22–30 June 2007
Holiday Parade Summer 2007	Holiday Parade, The Dangerous Summer	United States	17 July – 19 July, 1–6 August 2007
Warped Tour 2007	Kevin Says Stage: The Dangerous Summer, My American Heart and more	United States	20–23 July 2007
	The Dangerous Summer, Between the Trees, 1997	United States	21 August – 10 September 2007
The Dangerous Summer / Mercy Mercedes	The Dangerous Summer, Mercy Mercedes, Between the Trees, Single File	United States	10–24 November 2009
Mayday Parade 2009 Tour	Mayday Parade, There for Tomorrow, The Dangerous Summer	United States	27 November – 17 December 2010
Revolutions and Resolutions Tour	The Audition, The Dangerous Summer, Sparks the Rescue	United States	20 January – 19 February 2010
Give It a Name Introduces UK Tour 2010	The Swellers, Anarbor, The Dangerous Summer, The Wild, Rio	United Kingdom	26 April – 6 May 2010
East Coast 2010	The Dangerous Summer	United States	14 May – 12 June 2010
Reach for the Sun Tour	The Dangerous Summer, The Morning Of, Go Radio, Action Item, City Lights, Places and Numbers	United States	9 July – 16 August 2010
	The Dangerous Summer, Sherwood, Soletta	United States	27 August – 19 September 2010
Vultures Unite Tour	VersaEmerge, Anarbor, The Dangerous Summer, Conditions	Canada  United States	21 October – 22 November 2010
Francesqa UK Tour	Francesqa, The Dangerous Summer	United Kingdom	11–27 February 2011
2011 American Tour	The Dangerous Summer, The Graduate, Sparks the Rescue	United States	Spring 2011
Vans Warped Tour 2011	Nintendo 3DS Stage: The Dangerous Summer, The Wonder Years, Moving Mountains, Go Radio and more	Canada  United States	24 June – 14 August 2011
War Paint Tour	The Dangerous Summer, Weatherbox, Ten Second Epic	Canada  United States	1 February – 23 February, 13 March – 14 April 2012
Soundwave 2012	System of a Down, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit, Marilyn Manson, Dashboard Confessional, The Cab, The Dangerous Summer and more	Australia	25 February – 3 March 2012
The TerminaTour	Ten Second Epic, Brighter Brightest, The Dangerous Summer	Canada	21 March – 14 April 2012
Fools and Worthless Liars Tour	Deaf Havana, The Swellers, The Dangerous Summer	United Kingdom	18–27 April 2012
There's No Place Like Home Tour	Tonight Alive, The Dangerous Summer	Australia	17 May – 2 June 2012
War Paint Tour	The Dangerous Summer, From Indian Lakes, New Empire	United States	July 2012
Lower Than Atlantis UK Tour	Lower Than Atlantis, Don Broco, The Dangerous Summer, Gnarwolves	United Kingdom	1–11 October 2012
Holiday Tour	The Dangerous Summer, Young Statues, Young London	United States	30 November – 20 December 2012
Spring 2013	The Dangerous Summer	United States	March 2013
Golden Record US Tour	The Dangerous Summer, Tommy & The High Pilots, Rare Monk, Breaking Laces	United States	30 July – 14 September 2013
Golden Record UK Tour	The Dangerous Summer	United Kingdom	25 September – 3 October 2013

Since 2006, The Dangerous Summer have toured over 800 shows in America, Canada, Australia, UK and Europe. The Band has played festivals like Download Festival (UK), Soundwave Festival (Australia), Slam Dunk Festival (UK), Bamboozle (USA) they have played the Vans Warped Tour multiple years and supported acts like All Time Low, Dance Gavin Dance, Straylight Run, Deaf Havana.

The band did their first headline tour in Summer of 2010 called the "Reach For The Sun Tour" with supporting acts, Go Radio, The Morning Of, Places and Numbers, and sold out dates in New York City, Toronto, Philadelphia and Vienna, VA. Since then the band has done multiple headline tours and one-offs in America, Canada and Europe.

Three headlining US tours took place during the War Paint cycle: February–March with Weatherbox, July–August with From Indian Lakes and New Empire and a holiday tour with Young London and Young Statues.

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