Paramore in Phoenix, AZ @29.04

Yesterday (April 29th) Paramore played at 'Comerica Theatre' in  Phoenix, AZ, this show was part of The 2013 North American “NOW” Tour, last concert in Phoenix was in 2010. This time the setlist was different in some parts, Paramore played 19 songs, also they played new songs like "Proof", "Fast In My Car", "Anklebiters" and more. Here are the setlist, photos and videos from the show:

Setlist (some of them include their videos): 

- Moving On

- Misery Business

- For a Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic

- Decode

- Now

- Renegade

- Pressure

- Proof

- The Only Exception

- Let the Flames Begin

- Fast in My Car

- Ignorance

- Looking Up

- Whoa

- Anklebiters

- That’s What You Get

- Still into You 

- Ain’t it Fun

- Brick by Boring Brick

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Az Central interviews Taylor York

Yesterday (April 29th) Paramore played at Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, AZ. Ed Masley, local newspaper correspondent called AZ Central, had the chance to interview Paramore's guitarist Taylor York, they talked about Paramore's new album, Farro Brothers and also about his friendship with Jeremy Davis and Hayley Williams. Taylor said this about Paramore "I think most bands, you kind of create teams. And when the two brothers left, those divides left with them and we became truly best friends."

Here is the full interview, read it below: 

Question: One of the cooler things about this album is how stylistically diverse it is. Was that intentional or is that just the way the songs turned out?

Answer: It’s honestly just the way the songs turned out. On our last three full-lengths, we had evolved, but they were also stylistically similar. So we felt like we’ve kind of developed a fan base through that style and we thought, “Well, all right, let’s keep it going.”

But I think when we went down that path, we realized that that’s just not where we’re at anymore. I mean, we’re so proud of everything we’ve done but we’ve already made three records of that. We tried and tried to write those kind of songs, but then we wrote a song called “Ain’t It Fun” that for us was just so left-field. It was like, “What are we doing? What is this?”

But that’s what we were passionate about and excited about. And I think at that point, we were less concerned about a direction and more concerned about just good art and making something we believed in. And it kind of seemed like every song was turning out very different, but somehow, it all came together in the end.

Q: You mentioned not wanting to make another variation on the first three albums, but wasn’t it going to be different anyway after the lineup change?

A: Yeah, absolutely. That’s something we learned. Logistically, obviously, things don’t work the same. But I think we definitely wanted to try. We felt this responsibility to at least go for it.

Q: You obviously had to step forward a bit as a writer on this album. What was that experience like for you?

A: Uh. It was terrifying, man. Yeah. I had kind of sunken into a really comfortable role in the band in prior years. I just played rhythm guitar. That was pretty much all I did. And I loved it. So the idea of having to write for a record totally terrified me. But I think in a way, that was a good thing.

At this point, I haven’t really developed any patterns. I don’t have too many boxes as of yet. So that was an advantage where I wasn’t kind of going to a default in my head. But it was so exciting and such an honor to get to write with Hayley. We’ve written a little in the past but not to this extent. So it was one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done but also at the same time, so rewarding. And I’m really proud of it.

Q: Could you talk about why you decided to call the album “Paramore?”

A: Putting a word or a few words on a full body of art is really difficult, trying to somehow sum up all of these different things into one thought. So every time we go in to name an album, it’s really overwhelming and scary, and everyone’s embarrassed to throw out ideas.

But when it came to that time, Hayley was like, “It’s probably time to talk about naming the album, but before we get into this, I just had this weird idea. After all we’ve been through, it kind of seems we’ve discovered a new Paramore and I feel like this might be the time to do a self-titled.” And it just immediately felt so right. This is kind of like a new band. And we’re so proud of it. This is how we want to move forward in showing who Paramore is.

Q: Hayley has said that going into this album, she felt more optimistic than ever about the future of the band. Is that because the energy is more positive since the departure of the Farro brothers?

A: Yeah, I think that’s a big part of it. We all didn’t want to be here when the other two guys were in the band. It’s hard to all get on the same page when obviously you’re just not. It causes a lot of division, and it’s really difficult. So I think for the first time, we all really want to be here, and we want to communicate and work through things together. And we all actually like each other and enjoy each other.

We’re at a place now where even if this record doesn’t do as well as we would hope, we’re gonna have more fun being a band and touring together and writing songs and making records than we ever have before. We’re all just happy to be here.

Q: What was your initial reaction when you heard those guys were leaving?

A: They came to me actually before anyone. It’s one those things where we were at a point where something had to give. It was such an unhealthy environment. Something had to happen, but I think we all refused to give it that much thought. It was a surprise to all of us, but at the same time it was like, “Duh.” This was a long time coming. It was definitely scary. I was thinking, “I don’t know. Is this thing over?” But I felt like it just wasn’t. There was a lot of fear, but there was this weird peace and this weird confidence. So we tried not to give those doubts the forefront of our attention. We just focused on moving forward.

Q: Do you feel like it brought the three of you closer together?

A: Oh yeah. Absolutely. I mean, we had to communicate. I think most bands, you kind of create teams. And when the two brothers left, those divides left with them and we became truly best friends.

Q: Are there songs that feel different now or songs that you threw out and just don’t do anymore?

A: Thankfully, everything is still pretty natural. It’s a little bit different, but everyone on stage loves being there and loves playing music together. We love our old music and we don’t feel like we’re ever gonna remove ourselves from that. The old songs are, honestly, probably more fun to play live than ever.

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Paramore at 'EdgeFest' in Dallas,TX @27.04

Yesterday (April 27th) Paramore played at 'Edgefest' in Dallas, this show was part of The 2013 North American “NOW” Tour. This event took place at FC Dallas Stadium, Hayley Williams, Taylor York and Jeremy Davis played 11 songs, this time they only played 3 new songs, "Now", "Still Into You" and "Fast In My Car", also they opened the show with 'Misery Business' and closed it with 'Brick By Boring Brick', the band was also interviewed and they signed some stuff, here are the setlist, photos and videos from the show: 

Setlist (some of them include their videos): 

- Misery Business 

- For a Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic

- Decode

- Now

- Renegade

- Fast in My Car

- Ignorance

- Looking Up

- That’s What You Get

- Still Into You

- Brick by Boring Brick     

                                 

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Paramore in Houston,TX @25.04

It's official! The 2013 North American “NOW” Tour has began! the first show took place on April 25th in Houston,TX at Bayou Music Center, Paramore played 20 songs, and 5 of them were played for the first time ever! Paramore started with one of their 3 inteludes, "Moving On" and this time they finished with "Brick By Boring Brick". The new songs they played were "Fast In My Car," "Proof", "Ain’t It Fun", "Hate To See Your Heart Break" and "Anklebiters".This time Hayley, Jeremy and Taylor played with Justin York, Jon Howard and Miles Mcpherson(new drummer). Check out the setlist, photos and videos from their show: 

Setlist (some of them include their videos): 

- Moving On 

- Misery Business

- For a Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic

- Decode

- Now

- Renegade

- Pressure

- Ain’t It Fun

- The Only Exception

- Let the Flames Begin

- Fast in My Car

- Ignorance

- Looking Up

- Whoa

- Anklebiters

- That’s What You Get

- Still Into You

- Hate to See Your Heart Break

- Proof

- Brick by Boring Brick

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Paramore played an acoustic set at Grimey's

As we told you yesterday, today's afternoon Paramore played an acoustic set at Grimey's in Nashville,TN. They've been planing this show because it was part of annual 'Record Store Day', also Paramore was selling a limited edition of "The Holiday Sessions" 7" vynil, it includes the 3 interludes. Only 300 fans were the afortunated to buy it, then the other 400 copies of the vinyl sold out an hour after the sale started on the Paramore WebStore. After the acoustic performance Hayley, Jeremy and Taylor were talking with the fans. Check out the photos and videos from the show below: 

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Paramore live at '107.5 The River'

Paramore played acoustic version of 3 songs at one of their hometown’s radio station, '107.5 The River'. Almost 2 years since Paramore didn't play there! Paramore played 3 songs, and they're "That's What You Get", "The Only Exception" and their latest single "Still Into You", the show lasted about an hour and a half, also Paramore reminded the fans that they will be playing tomorrow (April 20th) at Grymmie's, Nashville, they'll play another songs and also they will be selling "The Holiday Sessions", check out the photos and videos below:

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'Paramore' debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200

We are very excited to announce that Paramore's self-titled album is # 1 (debut) on the Billboard 200! The album has sold nearly 105,000 copies in the U.S., has sold 104.223 copies exactly according to 'Hits Daily Double'. This is the first number 1 of Paramore in this important chart, Brad Paisley and Justin Timberlake are in the second and third place respectively.

'Paramore' also reached # 1 in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil and Mexico! 

It seems this year is the year of Paramore! CONGRATULATIONS!

Read what Paramore said about this big new below:

"This is so unbelievable. A #1 album?! The three of us are still in disbelief. We've never had a #1 album and if there were ever a Paramore album that we'd want most to get there, it would definitely be this one. So, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for this gift.

We also want to take the opportunity now, as a band, to say that Boston is still heavy on our hearts and minds. We are praying for all of you there and we look forward to getting back there and helping out however we can.

Love to all of our fans. We are beyond grateful for you.

 Paramore"

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The New York Times interviews Hayley Williams

The New York Times had a chance to interview Hayley Williams, they asked her questions about the process of making the new album 'Paramore', also they asked her how she felt during the process. At the end they asked her about what she thinks about being called emo, and she answered: "At 16, 17, I hated it. Now I’m 24, I’m trying to bring it back. Emo for me, growing up, was bands like Sunny Day Real Estate. Most of those bands were gone by the time I got ahold of their records..." Check out the complete interview below:

Q. How was writing without Josh and Zac?

A. We started writing, and we were doing things that we had done before, and it was so boring. There was no inspiration. I remember bringing Taylor a random melody that I had saved in my voice memos, and we turned it into this song called “True.” And it was like, this kind of sounds like Paramore. We had 23 songs that all sounded like they came from different parents. We’re two men down, and something unpredicted [had to happen].

What do you listen to for inspiration?

I usually like a lot of older music. If I’m listening to a new hit band, it’s because of Taylor. I’m not really a Pitchfork [the music Web site] sort of gal. I was listening to the Shirelles and the Angels, who are my favorites, and even Blondie and the Ramones and that period of punk rock. They were writing pop songs, but they were played by punk bands. Every day in the car it was like, why can’t I play “Heart of Glass”? We finally wrote a song called “Daydreaming,” which is a total rip of “Dreaming” by Blondie, because I couldn’t think of a better title.

How did you deal with the band splintering?

I was trying superhard to deny it for a while. The first song we demo’d was “Proof,” a love song. I just wanted to go completely away from the situation. I realized that all three of us were dealing with it. We realized very quickly that we each needed each other to pull through. I was trying to be intentional about not being bitter and not being angry, but using the hope that I felt that we did have a future, as a fuel, and to light me up from the inside.

Did you grow up a lot in this period?

It catapulted me into adulthood. Everything that happened, starting with those guys leaving the band. It was the final break from that “Goonies” theme that I had as a kid: We were going to be a band, it was going to be called Paramore, and we were going to go out in the world and take it over. I related to that story line of the Lost Boys. I look back on it now, and it’s like, would I ever have grown up if I were following this broken-down dream that I had? I look at pictures of us from three months after the split happened, and I’m like, we look like babies. And now I look at pictures, and I’m like, Taylor looks like a man. I don’t know if I look older, but I feel older. You have a choice: You let it make you bitter and tarnish you, or it polishes you into something more refined.

You have a powerful style as a frontwoman. Do you have any performance role models?

Growing up watching a lot of heavier bands play, some hardcore bands and some metal-y bands, I liked that energy — singers like Josh Scogin of Norma Jean. Now I look at people like Freddie Mercury, and I’m like, how can one person do that? Karen O I think is rad. I’m very inspired by even Elvis. I kind of grew up on him. My granddad, his aunt or great-aunt, she took Elvis in when his mom died. My granddad was completely obsessed. He has a whole curio of Elvis memorabilia. I remember YouTubing Elvis and Johnny Cash when I couldn’t sleep. How cool would it have been to play shows like that? It takes a lot to grow up in a time where people aren’t shaking their hips on TV and then have the audacity to do it.

What do you think of being called emo?

At 16, 17, I hated it. Now I’m 24, I’m trying to bring it back. Emo for me, growing up, was bands like Sunny Day Real Estate. Most of those bands were gone by the time I got ahold of their records. I just think of it as emotional, and I want to write emotional music. I say, let’s bring it back.

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Paramore on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'

Last night, Paramore performed on ABC'S Jimmy Kimmel Live! American television, which featured special guests like Ke$ha and Tom Cruise. The band performed "Still Into You" and "Now", the two current singles from the album "Paramore", in the outdoor stage. Check out the videos of their performance in the show, and also check out the photos of the band during their performances and some photos with fans:

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Paramore release the "Still Into You" music video

So it's April 9th! Paramore just released the music video for "Still Into You", it premiered on paramore.net, we can see Hayley Williams, Jeremy Davis and Taylor York having a lot ot fun together because they are best friends. According to the guys, in the video, they are imitating how it feels to be in love for real. In an interview for MTV News, Taylor York said "A lot of people would hear the song and assume it would be about the story of people still being in love, but what was so appealing about Isaac's treatment is that he wanted to capture what love feels like." Jeremy Davis said "Actually, I've realized you can't really consider it making a music video unless you get hurt, because every video, we end up in pain, like we just had the most incredible workout ever. It's awesome to do our own stunts; we might as well be Jackie Chan". Check out the video for "Still Into You" below, it was uploaded on FBR's youtube channel, enjoy it: 

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Paramore: Live from MTV

Paramore was interviewed on MTV, there were so many fans there and you could ask a question to Paramore by putting the tag #AskParamore on your tweets. The one who interviewed Paramore was James Montgomery. Hayley Williams, Taylor York, and Justin York performed two songs, the new single "Still Into You" and a old-favorite song "Misery Business". Justin York has been helping the band in all their performances lately. James started to interview Jeremy, Hayley and Taylor, he asked them questions about the new songs. Here are the photos of Paramore live from MTV. So if you miss their performance, check it out below:

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Paramore on The Graham Norton Show

Paramore were filming yesterday (04/04) their first television performance in the UK, the band played on The Graham Norton Show because they're promoting the new album. We've already seen the episode of this show, and the performance was great! Paramore played "Still Into You". We'll be posting photos of Paramore from the show as soon as possible, here is the video of the performance: (Thanks to @AlterThePress)

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Paramore's new photoshoot for Kerrang! Magazine

The latest issue of Kerrang! Magazine brings us new posters of Paramore, you can see new photos of them, The photos were taken in the backstage of the SXSW Festival this year in Austin, Texas on March 12nd. This issue is just a preview of what's coming in the upcoming issue on April 10th! Hayley Williams, Jeremy Davis and Taylor York will appear in the cover of this magazine, so we just can't wait. Check out all the pictures (click): 

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Paramore in Paris, France @04.02

Paramore is back on stage! Yesterday, (April 1st) Paramore played live at La Cigalle in Paris, France.  The band played 18 songs including the new singles from the upcoming album: "Now" and "Still Into You". This show is one of the last ones before the release of the new album in 7 days, talking about the new album, we will be listening to it over 4 nights! Yesterday Paramore premiered the side A and today they will premiere the side B! Now please check out the setlist, photos and videos from their show: 


Setlist:

(Some of them include their own live performance)

- Now

- That’s What You Get
- Born for This
- For a Pessimist, I’m Pretty Optimistic
- Decode
- Renegade
- Pressure
- Careful
- In the Mourning
- The Only Exception
- Let the Flames Begin
- Fences
- Looking Up
- Ignorance
- Monster
- Brick By Boring Brick 
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- Still Into You
- Misery Business

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