Hey everyone. HAPPY NEW YEAR! Hope you all had an awesome holiday.

I, for one, am very excited for 2008...

I know you haven't heard much from the RAR camp in a while. Truth is, 2007 was probably the craziest year of my life. But, I've been busy rebuilding (again). I've just begun writing for a new EP that will hopefully be released sometime late spring/early summer.

Keep an eye (ear) out for a new demo to be posted sometime in January or Feb.

Thanks to everyone who has shown support over the past year. See you all in 2008. Keep in touch.

Vincent, RAR

Hey everyone. We're about to head out on "The Glitz N' The Glamour Tour" with our friends Rookie Of The Year, Four Letter Lie, and Scenes From A Movie. Dates are below. Come hang out!...

1.12.07 - Buffalo, NY @ Club Diablo
1.13.07 - Waretown, NJ @ Waretown Hall
1.14.07 - Amityville, NY @ Village Pub South
1.16.07 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
1.17.07 - Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar
1.18.07 - Lacrosse, WI @ Warehouse
1.19.07 - Minneapolis, MN @ The Toybox
1.20.07 - Lincoln, NE @ Knickerbockers
1.21.07 - Kansas City, MO @ Main Street Cafe
1.22.07 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
1.23.07 - Ogden, UT @ The Country Club Theater
1.24.07 - Boise, ID @ The Venue
1.25.07 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theater
1.26.07 - Bend, OR @ The Pilot Butte Event Center
1.27.07 - Roseville, CA @ The Underground Cafe
1.28.07 - Los Angeles / Hollywood, CA @ Knitting Factory
1.30.07 - Victorville, CA @ Trilogy Theater
1.31.07 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
2.01.07 - Las Vegas, NV @ Las Vegas University Theater
2.02.07 - Flagstaff, AZ @ The Boardwalk
2.03.07 - Tempe, AZ @ The Real Bar
2.04.07 - El Paso, TX @ House Of Rock And Roll
2.06.07 - San Antonio, TX @ Sanctuary
2.07.07 - Dallas, TX @ Ellum Onstage
2.08.07 - Houston, TX @ Walter's On Washington
2.09.07 - Metaire, LA @ The High Ground
2.10.07 - Tallahassee, FL @ Big Daddy's
2.11.07 - Jacksonville, FL @ Thee Imperial
2.12.07 - Orlando, FL @ The Liquid Cellar
2.13.07 - Augusta, GA @ Sector 7G
2.14.07 - Fayetteville, NC @ The Rock Shop
2.15.07 - Huntington, WV @ HYAMP
2.16.07 - Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero Balcony

See you out there!

RAR

So 2006, a very exciting year in music is nearing its end. We have all compiled our top 10(+) lists for you to check out. Enjoy!

Vincent Minervino - Vocals

Army Of Anyone "Army Of Anyone"
Switchfoot "Oh! Gravity"
Head Automatica "Popaganda"
Tool "10,000 Days"
New Found Glory "Coming Home"
Goo Goo Dolls "Let Love In"
Dead Poetic "Vices"
Senses Fail "Still Searching"
Gin Blossoms "Major Lodge Victory"
The Early November "The Mother, The Mechanic, and The Path"


Mike Lasaponara - Drums

Chick Corea Akoustic Band "Self Titled" (Drums - Dave Weckl)
Tool "10,000 Days" (Drums - Danny Carey)
King Crimson "Starless and Bible Black" (Drums - Bill Bruford)
Head Automatica "Popaganda" (Drums - Larry Gorman)
Mahavishnu Orchestra "Birds of Fire" (Drums - Billy Cobham)
Miles Davis "Kind of Blue" (Drums - Jimmy Cobb)
Plus 44 "When Your Heart Stops Beating" (Drums - Travis Barker)
Michel Camilo "One More Once" (Drums - Cliff Almond)
Lamb of God "Sacrament" (Drums - Chris Adler)
Jon Scofield "Up All Night" (Drums - Adam Deitch)


Shaun Murphy - Guitar & Vocals

Showbread "Age Of Reptiles"
Stonesour "Come What(ever) May"
Tool "10,000 Days"
Matchbook Romance "Voices"
The Early November "The Mother, The Mechanic, and The Path"
Red Hot Chili Peppers "Stadium Arcadium"
The Outline "You Burn It, We'll Build Around It"
Lamb of God "Sacrament"
+44 "When Your Heart Stops Beating"
Army of Anyone "Self-Titled"


Andy Champion - Bass

Moneen "The Red Tree"
Gym Class Heroes "As Cruel As School Children"
The Forecast "In The Shadow Of Two Gunmen"
The Early November "The Mother, The Mechanic, and The Path"
Head Automatica "Popaganda"
Kanye West "Late Registration"
Boys Like Girls "Boys Like Girls"
Urgency "Beauty Never Ceases EP"
New Found Glory "Coming Home"
Taking Back Sunday "Louder Now"


Tom Zenns - Guitar

Howard The Duck
Fergie
Turntables
Buckleys Cough Syrup
Tom Brady
The Take Action Tour
NWA - "Strait Outta Compton"
Wierd Al "Strait Outta Lynwood"
In-N-Out Burger
The Staring Line


Mark McOmber - Tour Manager

Roses Are Red "What Became Of Me"
Plain White T's "Every Second Counts"
Head Automatica "Popaganda"
Eighteen Visions "Self Titled"
He Is Legend "Suck Out The Poison"
Cobra Starship "While The City Sleeps, We Rule The Streets"
Lamb Of God "Sacrament"
Amon Amarth "With Oden On Our Side"
Cute Is What We Aim For "The Same Old Blood Rush..."
Boys Like Girls "Boys Like Girls"

Leave a comment with your top 10!

See you in 2007!

- RAR

Roses Are Red is missing a Michael Kelly acoustic guitar. The guitar was last seen at their October 8th show in Sayreville, NJ at The Starland Ballroom. The guitar hold much sentimental value. If you know anything about the whereabouts of this guitar and could help the band in getting it back, please e-mail RARCentral@gmail.com with any information you may have. Thanks very much!

RAR

p.s. Detailed update coming soon!!

Hey everyone. Vincent from Roses Are Red here. Checking in from 96 West heading toward Grand Rapids, MI. We are on tour with A Change Of Pace and Showbread right now and it has been a fucking blast! We just want to say thanks to everyone who has been coming out to the shows and having a good time with us, and for saying hi. We've made so many new friends on this tour. Feels good.

We have 2 more shows with ACOP and Showbread, then we head down to Oklahoma to start our trek westward with Rookie Of The Year. This will be our first time on the west coast since our new album came out and we're SUPER excited to see all our friends out there again.

And don't forget, we are selling our brand new album "What Became Of Me" on this tour for only $7.00, so be sure to stop by the merch table and pick up your copy. We like it a lot. We think you will too.

So thanks again to everyone on the east coast for making this tour with ACOP and Showbread so much fun. West coast, here we come!

See everyone soon!

Vincent * Roses Are Red

So I just got a Sidekick 3. Stoked on it. I had to take all new photos of people i know for the photo caller ID. So far, I only have the people in our band and crew.

Would you answer the phone? I doubt it...

Vincent

Mike

Mark - Our Tour Manager

Dave - Our Merch Guy

Shaun

Tom

Andy

A sweet one of me Mike took

So last night we played hands down the funnest show on the tour so far...Hartford. I mean sure we got a little lost getting there and the street on mapquest didn't exist....so what! The webster theater rules, and so do the dressing rooms.

Then!

After the show we stayed some new friends we just met and they had an x-box with like EVERY SNES AND NES GAME!!! So, when faced with the decision of what game to play....mike tyson punch out. Oh yuuuuuup. Mike and Vinny switched on and off trying to beat tyson in the final stage...and that shits mad hard. So Mike stayed up till 5am then finaly beat dat mo fo!

So now were all mad tired and makin ght drive to Boston...but first were stopping at SJC hq so mike can get his drum kit fixed up...

So till next time...

tomzenns out!

So this is tomzenns! Here checking in from Long Island...the tour has been going awesome so far. The first 5 shows with Dave Mellio were really sweet, and since Showbread has joined forces with us and A Change Of Pace the shows have just been amazing. Tons of kids showin mad love.

Today were rocking NYC and were actually gonna be on the tv show Split Ends. Its a new show on the style network debuting this fall and in this episode they go out on the town and they are gonna be at our show. So heck yea!!!

Well...expect more updates from me, your main man...Tommy Z

Hey everyone. It's been a while since we updated. Sorry about that.

We just got done with the To The End Tour with our friends Bedlight For Blue Eyes, Far-Less,and The Panic Division. It was probably one of the most fun tours we've ever done. Thanks to everyone who came out to the shows and went to the end with us.

We are home right now for 8 days before hitting the road for a 7-week full US tour in 2 parts. Part 1 will be with A Change Of Pace and Showbread on the east coast and Part 2 will be with Rookie Of The Year in the midwest and on the west coast.

Thanks to everyone who has picked up the new album. We're very excited about it. If you haven't heard it yet, you shoudl pick up a copy, learn the words, and come sing along with us when we come through your town this fall. It will be a good time, we promise. =)

We'll see everyone soon!

Playlist:

Tom Petty - Highway Companion
Bedlight For Blue Eyes - Waste My Time EP
The Panic Division - Versus
The Early November - The Mother, The Mechanic, and The Path
Goo Goo Dolls - Let Love In
Head Automatica - Popaganda

Vincent * RAR

We're hitting the road again very very soon! Here are the latest confirmed tourdates:

w/ Bedlight For Blue Eyes, Far-Less, The Panic Division

July 21 - Hackensack, NJ @ School Of Rock
July 22 - Danbury, CT @ Empress Ballroom
July 23 - Shamokin, PA @ Club 570
July 24 - Danville, VA @ Plan B
July 26 - Greensboro, NC @ The Flying Anvil
July 27 - Wytheville, VA @ The Clinic
July 28 - Raleigh, NC @ The Brewery
July 29 - Spencerville, MD @ Six50
July 30 - Akron, OH @ The Orange Street
July 31 - La Crosse, WI @ The Warehouse
August 1 - Crown Point, IN @ On The Square Sports Academy
August 3 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Touch
August 4 - Rochester, NY @ Water Street Music Hall
August 5 - Honesdale, PA @ Joey C's
August 6 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Troc Balcony ***MATINEE SHOW***

w/ A Change Of Pace, Dave Melillo

August 17 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
August 19 - West Palm Beach, FL @ Ray's Downtown Blues
August 20 - Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
August 21 - Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbit's

w/ A Change Of Pace, Showbread

August 22 - Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
August 26 - Wilmington, DE@ Harmony Grange
August 29 - Bound Brook, NJ @ Hamilton Street Cafe
August 30 - Amityville, NY @ Village Pub South
August 31 - New York, NY @ Knitting Factory
September 2 - Allston, MA @ ICC Church
September 3 - Providence, RI @ The Living Room
September 5 - Nashua, NH @ Nashua VFW
September 6 - Portland, ME @ Deering Grange
September 8 - Buffalo, NY @ The Buffalo Icon
September 9 - Oswego, NY @ Ozone
September 10 - Akron, OH @ The Orange Street
September 12 - Detroit, MI @ Shelter at St. Andrews
September 13 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Skelletones
September 15 - Madison, WI @ The Journey

For more info on any show, visit TRUSTKILLSHOWS.com

More dates will be announced as they are confirmed...

Hey guys. Sorry for the lack of updates lately. We've been super busy with the release of the new album and such. So much going on...

So anyway, we're home for a couple weeks now. We've never really been home for any amount of time during the summer, so it will be nice for a change. Get to swim, grill, enjoy the nice weather.

So last week was our CD release show in Rochester. It was an awesome time. Super Super hot though. Thanks to Bedlight, Crash Romeo, and Florence for making the trip to rock with us that night. We had alot of fun.

We also played with Hawthorne Heights in Rochester this past week. For those of you who've been fans of RAR for a long time, you will remember that one of our first tours after we were signed was with HH. Anyway, they were nice enough to get us on their show here in Rochester. That show was a fucking BLAST. We played for and met TONS of new kids from Rochester, which was awesome. Thanks to all of you guys for rocking out with us, and for the kind words.

We have some exciting things in the works right now:

Our new live video for "Failing" should be launched sometimes next week. We're super excited about that.

Also, we have some tours in the works for July into September that will be really awesome. We'll keep you posted on that.

Thanks to everyone who has picked up the new CD. We hope you like it! If you haven't yet, don't forget to pick up your copy. We think you'll like it.

See everyone soon...

Playlist:
Head Automatica - Popaganda
Fair - The Best Worst Case Scenario
Eric Clapton - Unplugged
Moneen - The Red Tree
Tool - 10,000 Days
Wolfmother
You In Series - Outside We Are Fine

Vincent * RAR

Hey guys! The wait is over! Our new album, "What Became Of Me" is in stores today! Be sure to pick up your copy at FYE, Best Buy, Sam Goody, or your favorite independent record store! And if you like it, please tell someone!

We are so excited for everyone to finally hold this album in their hands and listen to it through their own stereos, in the background of their lives. We are truly proud of this album and we sincerely hope you enjoy it.

Thanks to every one of you for making this possible for us.

Vincent, Mike, Kevin, Shaun, Tom * RAR

SPECIAL ACOUSTIC IN-STORE PERFORMANCE / CD RELEASE SHOW!

RAR will be doing a very special acoustic in-store performance at the Record Archive in Rochester, NY on June 17th. Info:

Saturday, June 17
Roses Are Red Special Acoustic In Store Performance
@ The Record Archive - 1880 East Ave., Rochester, NY
2:00 p.m. * FREE * ALL AGES

Following their acoustic set, RAR will be signing posters and copies of their new album, "What Became Of Me."

and then...directly following...

Saturday, June 17
Water Street Music and WBER 90.5 FM Present...

ROSES ARE RED (Celebrating the release of their new album, "What Became Of Me")
with special guests...
BEDLIGHT FOR BLUE EYES
CRASH ROMEO
FLORENCE
@ The Club At Water Street - 204 N. Water Street, Rochester, NY
7:00 p.m. doors * $8 adv./$10 at door * ALL AGES (under 16 must be accompanied by parent)
TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT TICKETMASTER.COM!

See you there!

Roses Are Red is today's SPIN.com BAND OF THE DAY. Head to http://www.spin.com and show your RAR love with an A+ rating! Based on reader voting, SPIN selects an Artist of the Month, and ultimately an Artist of the Year. Help RAR be SPIN.com's ARTIST OF THE YEAR! Thanks for your support!

<3 RAR

Hey guys. Our new album, "What Became Of Me" hits stores TOMORROW! You can stream the entire album here:

Absolutepunk.net - http://www.absolutepunk.net/rosesarered
AOL Music - http://music.aol.com/songs/new_releases_full_cds?defaultTab=22
PureVolume - http://www.purevolume.com/rosesarered

Thanks for listening...

RAR