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It's that time again! New Jersey's three-day oceanfront event The Bamboozle Festival takes over the Jersey shore this weekend, May 18 - 20. And it's sure to be bigger and better than ever as the festival celebrates it's 10-year anniversary! This year, Bamboozle is taking us back to its roots -- the boardwalk and beach in Asbury Park where it all began.

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Dubstep DJ Skrillex, Incubus, and Mac Miller will take on Friday night's headlining slots to get the party started. On Saturday, Foo Fighters and My Chemical Romance will headline the main stages and on Sunday night, Brand New, The Gaslight Anthem, and New Jersey's own legendary Bon Jovi will rock the beach! There will be seven stages for constant live music through the day and night, fireworks, amusement rides, games, and more!

Other artists we can't wait to check out this weekend include All American Rejects, Boys Like Girls, Jimmy Eat World, DJ Pauly D, Never Shout Never, Plug In Stereo, He Is We, Ashland High, The Maine, Mariana's Trench, and Action Item!

For the complete lineup and for more information check out TheBamboozle.com!

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What do you get when you put two bands that are best friends on a co-headlining tour across the U.S. together? Besides the string of pranks that inevitably go down behind the scenes every night, you get one cohesive show that's full of heart and energy on the Everything's Fine Symphony Soldier Tour. From the moment they hit the stage at the Gramercy Theater in New York City on February 8 to the very last notes of the night, it's obvious - The Cab and The Summer Set really truly love what they're doing.

Top 5 Moments from the Everything's Fine Symphony Soldier Tour

1. The first two opening bands, Paradise Fears and Days Difference, are not to be forgotten. Paradise Fears promises an exciting future with their catchy pop-rock tracks and easy stage presence and their mash-up cover of Gym Class Heroes and Adam Levine's "Stereo Hearts" mashed with Taking Back Sunday's "Cute Without The E?" Spot on. Days Difference, who have opened for Allstar Weekend and Jordin Sparks, served the perfect laid-back set and transition to He Is We, who were up next.

2. Stand-out duo He Is We delivered a diverse set from high energy numbers to more heartbreaking, soft lullabies. My favorite moment of their set had to be when Brian Dales from The Summer Set joined Rachel Taylor on stage for a duet of "All About Us," originally sung by He Is We's Rachel and Owl City's Adam Young.

3. Brian Dales -- simply The Summer Set's vocalist? No more! He told us before the show he's learning the guitar AND the drums, which he proceeded to demonstrate on stage with pride (even if the make-shift drums were held together by tape).

4. Towards the end of the night, mid-The Cab's set, Brian Dales joined The Cab for "Living Louder" in his Giants jersey to crazy applause. Watching these two friends on stage together, experiencing performing to a sold out venue in New York City, was enough to give goosebumps.

5. Have I mentioned how much I love sing-alongs at concerts? The Cab's set was full of them as their dedicated fans sung back the lyrics to practically every song of their set -- a mixture of tracks off Whisper War and their latest album Symphony Soldier. A sing-along to "Bad" was the perfect send off for the night.

Click "Read More" to check out some photos from the show!

Who have you seen (or want to see!) in concert recently?

Rock On,
Nicole - J-14 Photo Assistant

Originally from Tacoma, WA, Rachel Taylor and Trevor Kelly of the band He Is We recently sat down with J-14 to talk music, their debut album My Forever, and four wacky things no one knows about them.

SEE IT: He is We's "All About Us"

Find out a few secrets about Rachel and Trevor in J-14's latest "4 Things You Don't Know About Me" video:

What do you think of He Is We? Do you listen to their music?

Pop duo He Is We just released their new music video for their latest single "All About Us" featuring Owl City. Rachel Taylor and Trevor Kelly stopped by the J-14 office recently and told us all about their new album My Forever. "It's like the entire album's my stepping stones to find love," Rachel tells J-14. "I wrote Forever and Ever and that's when I found it."

Check out "All About Us" below:

READ IT: Hot Band Alert: He Is We

He Is We is getting ready to hit the road on the Rise and Fall Of My Pants tour with All Time Low, The Ready Set, and Paradise Fears.

Do you like He Is We? What do you think of their video for "All About Us?"

J-14 is scouting out the hottest bands around... and this week's pick is He is We.

Here are five things you need to know about He is We, whose album My Forever is out now!

1. Rachel Taylor and Trevor Kelly make up Tacoma, WA-based band He is We. Rachel and Trevor were working together in a music store and writing songs about a year and a half ago when they decided to form a band. "'He Is We' basically means we are all in this thing together," Rachel tells J-14. "No one is better than anyone else. We're all people just trying to live our lives on Earth together."