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Something Corporate and Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness Release New Single “Happy”

Something Corporate and

Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness

Release New Single “Happy”

via Big Loud Rock

PRESS HERE To Listen

Something Corporate’s Out Of Office Tour Continues August 22nd Through October 12th

Just Wanna Be Happy Contest Underway Now Win A Free Cabin on Andrew McMahon’s Holiday From Real Cruise PRESS HERE To Enter

SOMETHING CORPORATE TOUR DATES

Out Of Office Tour

Thursday, August 22 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club ++

Friday, August 23 – Asbury Park, NJ @ The Stone Pony Summer Stage ++

Saturday, August 24 – Boston, MA @ Roadrunner ++

Thursday, September 12 – Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium ^^

Friday, September 13 – Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle ^^

Saturday, September 14 – Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live ^^

Thursday, September 19 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues ##

Friday, September 20 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore ##

Sunday, September 22 – Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest

Friday, September 27 – Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom ~~

Saturday, September 28 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex ~~

Saturday, October 5 – Austin, TX @ Austin City Limits

Thursday, October 10 – Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre ~~

Friday, October 11 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium ~~

Saturday, October 12 – San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield ~~

Holiday From Real Cruise

November 9-13 – Miami, FL

++ Hidden in Plain View supporting

^^ Kevine Devine supporting

## Allister supporting

~~ Mae supporting 

July 26, 2024 – Something Corporate continues to make 2024 a massive year as the recently reunited beloved early 2000s pop-punk band has released another new single. “Happy, a song by Something Corporate and Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, is out now via Big Loud Rock PRESS HERE to listen and PRESS HERE to watch the official lyric video, which first premiered with FLOOD Magazine. The upbeat pop rock track was produced and mixed by Luke Niccoli (Gwen Stefani, mxmtoon) with co-production by Andrew McMahon and Daniel Omelio.

“Happy” follows the release of their single Death Grip, which dropped in June as the band kicked off their long-awaited Out Of Office Tour. “Death Grip” has quite literally had a grip on the band’s longstanding, dedicated fanbase who’ve waited over 20 years for a new song release from Something Corporate, while also receiving media accolades from the likes of PEOPLE, Variety, Consequence, BrooklynVegan, Alternative Press, Atwood Magazine, and many more. PRESS HERE to listen and watch the official music video for “Death Grip.”

“I wrote ‘Happy’ toward the end of the pandemic,” shares McMahon. “There was this sense that we were all coming out of this strange moment collectively and I wanted to write something that reflected that. There was this aching for normalcy, a humble kind of happiness where you could just be, without confronting a four-alarm fire every other day. Years later I think that sentiment still makes a lot of sense. For me, the magic of this song is in the visuals and vignettes of everyday life in my weird little beach town and the return to a production style that includes super distorted guitars. There’s something in the message of ‘Happy’ and in its lyrical and aesthetic ties to Southern California that always made it feel like a Something Corporate song. I’m glad I held it back from the last Wilderness record and that it ended up at home in the studio with Brian, Will, Josh and Clutch.”

Something Corporate recently launched their reunion Out Of Office Tour, the first official cross-country outing featuring all five original band members in over 20 years. Rolling Stone was on hand at their sold-out NYC gig for a beautiful tour diary and recap – PRESS HERE to view. The 21-date sold-out trek resumes August 22nd in Washington, DC and continues throughout the summer and fall stopping in Asbury Park, Boston, Nashville, Atlanta, Orlando, Cleveland, Detroit, Denver Salt Lake City, and Tempe, before wrapping back home with two California shows: October 11th at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles and October 12th at The Warfield in San Francisco. Something Corporate will also be performing at select festivals including Chicago’s Riot Fest and Austin City Limits (weekend 1 only). See below for full list of upcoming tour dates. Visit www.somethingcorporate.com for more info and PRESS HERE to watch the tour promo video.

Something Corporate Andrew McMahon (vocals, piano), Josh Partington (guitar), Kevin “Clutch” Page (bass), Brian Ireland (drums), and William Tell (guitar) – first reunited in 2023 for main stage performances at the When We Were Young festival and three sold-out headlining shows in Las Vegas and Anaheim. The five reunion performances, the first official shows from the band’s five core members in two decades, also saw McMahon debut a one-of-a-kind upright piano fully wrapped in Christie MicroTiles LED displaying images and lyrics from throughout Something Corporate’s catalog, which is front and center on the Out Of Office Tour.

To cap off this momentous year, Andrew McMahon is hosting the first-ever Holiday From Real Cruise. The 5-day excursion, setting sail November 9-13 from Miami to the Bahamas, also marks the 15th annual Dear Jack Foundation Benefit, McMahon’s nonprofit charity serving adolescent and young adults diagnosed with cancer. Holiday From Real will see the first time each of McMahon’s three successful projects – Something Corporate, Jack’s Mannequin, and Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness – perform on the same bill as headliners per night. Also performing during the at-sea party will be The Academy Is…, Misterwives, Ruston Kelly, Jukebox The Ghost, Cartel, Augustana, and more. Holiday From Real is sold out but McMahon is currently hosting the Just Wanna Be Happy Contest with one lucky winner receiving a cabin for two. PRESS HERE to enter and visit www.holidayfromrealcruise.com for more information on the cruise.