Arnaz, Jr. played the drums and, supported by the SNL band, Desi sang both " Babalu " and another favorite from his dance band days, " Cuban Pete "; the arrangements were similar to the ones used on I Love Lucy.

The band also supported John Kerry in the 2004 U. S. presidential election.

The band supported R. E. M.

The band played their first headlining gig on 4 January 1985, supported by Last Party, after original headliners Mercenary Skank had pulled out.

According to an interview conducted in 1989, he explained the reason he wasn't handcuffed was that the policeman driving the car used to be a drummer in a semi-professional band which had supported The Yardbirds on one of its US college tours in the late-1960s.

The band performed the opening song of the night, " Message in a Bottle ", supported by the brass band of the New York Metropolitan Police Corp. Later, they performed " Sunshine of Your Love " and " Purple Haze " as a tribute to the rock trios that preceded them ( the Cream and Jimi Hendrix Experience ).

Slick was already well known to the band — she had attended the Airplane's debut gig at the Matrix in 1965 and her previous group, The Great Society, had often supported the Airplane in concert.

Massive Attack donated all proceeds from their 2010 EP Atlas Air this week for War Child, a charity the band previously supported when they contributed to the HELP album.

The band's American tour, when they supported Depeche Mode, was, in the words of manager Alex Nightingale, " the closest we've come to the band splitting up.

They also supported The Prefects and The Slits ( later Clarke's band ), and also played a gig with Holly Johnson.

Now, instead of telling Black Hawk to turn back, Wabokieshiek told him that, as long as the British Band remained peaceful, the Americans would have no choice but to let them settle at Prophetstown, especially if the British and the area tribes supported the band.

During late 2006, there were rumours that band was going to return, which were later confirmed and the band announced the " Back From the Dead " tour, supported by various bands including Funeral for a Friend.

Before the album was released, Jane's Addiction supported British band Love and Rockets on a two-month tour in late 1987 .. Also in late 1987, the band opened for former Bauhaus vocalist Peter Murphy at the now demolished Fender's Ballroom in Long Beach.

Material from Homeland was performed at small work-in-progress shows in New York throughout May 2007, most notably at the Highline Ballroom on May 17 – 18, supported by a 4-piece band with spontaneous lighting and video visuals mixed live throughout the performances by Willie Williams and Mark Coniglio, respectively.

The band played at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas on March 21, 2009, and a show at London's 100 Club on May 14, 2009 supported by Spizzenergi.

Some fans and contemporaries in the punk community criticized this decision, claiming that it implied the band supported the US-led war in Iraq.

On 24 May of that year, the band played a homecoming concert in front of 33, 000 fans in the grounds of Haigh Hall & Country Park, Aspull, supported by Beck and John Martyn.

They were primarily supported on the ' 74 tour by the band Queen.

Prior to the album's release, the band played festival and headline dates, and supported The Who in Europe through summer 2007, with a US headline tour to follow.

In January 2008, they journeyed to Finland to headline shows in Helsinki and Turku, supported by Finnish band Battlelore, and in November 2008 they played the Screamfest festival in Oslo, Norway.

The band has received much praise in particular from Alternative Press, which has supported the group since the mid-1990s.

In 1991, Tork formed a band called The Dashboard Saints and played at a pizza restaurant in Guerneville, California.

* Dashboard Confessional recorded an Unplugged show in New York in 2002, and became the first band without a platinum record to do so.

Usually associated with what has become known as the new wave of popular alternative music is Chris Carrabba and his band, Dashboard Confessional from Boca Raton.

Dashboard Confessional ( often referred to as simply Dashboard ) is an American acoustic band from Boca Raton, Florida, led by singer-songwriter Chris Carrabba.

Carrabba soon thereafter left the band to record and release his second solo album, The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most, and a follow-up EP, So Impossible ; both were released under the name Dashboard Confessional.

Following the release of Dusk and Summer, Dashboard Confessional went on a summer tour of the U. S. with special guests Say Anything and Ben Lee, followed by co-headlining an arena tour with alternative rock band Brand New.

Carrabba had already decided to leave the band to focus on his new project, Dashboard Confessional, but joined them in the studio to record the album.

For the upcoming album, the band has enlisted the help of legendary British rock producer Gil Norton, who is best known for his work with the Foo Fighters, The Pixies, Counting Crows, Echo and the Bunnymen, Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional.

The band re-emerged two years later, on March 16, 2004 with their second album A Snow Capped Romance which was produced by James Paul Wisner ( who also produced albums for bands like Dashboard Confessional and As Friends Rust ).

The band shared the stage with Face to Face, MxPx, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Ataris, labelmates The Berlin Project, New Found Glory, Alien Ant Farm, NOFX, Dashboard Confessional, Good Charlotte, Midtown, Bad Religion and many others over the years.

* Chris Carrabba, lead singer and guitarist of the band Dashboard Confessional, raised in West Hartford

In an interview with AP Magazine, lead singer Matt Pryor considered that the dramatic change in style for On a Wire seriously impacted the momentum the band had gained from Something to Write Home About, allowing later bands such as Dashboard Confessional to take much of the fan base that The Get Up Kids had previously earned.

-featuring: Weezer & Hüsker Dü & Rites of Spring & Embrace ( American band ) & Fugazi & Quicksand ( band ) & Sunny Day Real Estate & Jimmy Eat World & Dashboard Confessional & The Promise Ring

In 2002 the band toured with Dashboard Confessional in the US, played a long UK tour with Jetplane Landing, supported Jimmy Eat World on their UK tour and played their own headline UK tour with Crackout as support.

The band have toured with many successful groups, including Midnight Oil, Jimmy Eat World, Unwritten Law, Millencolin, MxPx, Jebediah, Bodyjar and Dashboard Confessional.

Christopher Ender Carrabba ( born April 10, 1975 ) is the lead singer and guitarist of the band Dashboard Confessional, and is the vocalist for the American emo / indie rock band Further Seems Forever.

" I started ( Dashboard ) as a side project from the band I was in ," says Carrabba, " I was going through something really tough at the time and since I don't write in a journal, this is what I did with it.

In 2001, he joined the band Further Seems Forever for their debut album The Moon is Down, before moving on to found Dashboard Confessional.

The album was a debut for Daniel Lanois as a rock music producer ; he would later be discovered by Brian Eno and produce for artists as diverse as U2, Bob Dylan, and Dashboard Confessional. His sister Jocelyne was a member of the band, she played bass & sings backing vocals.

In October 2010, the band played the indie and electronica Java Rockin ' Land festival in Jakarta, Indonesia, alongside such bands as Smashing Pumpkins, Wolfmother, Stereophonics, The Vines, Stryper, Dashboard Confessional, Superman Is Dead, Datarock, Mutemath, Arkarna and more.

Summers Kiss EP is an EP released by Dashboard Confessional on April 2, 2002, containing 4 tracks from the album The Swiss Army Romance re-recorded with a full band.