The music festival season is upon us! Line-ups, dates and venues are continuously being announced for this summer's crop of festivals. Here's the lowdown on some of the biggest American musical smorgasbords:

Pennsylvania based modern-rock quartet The Starting Line will headline their north American tour in support of their Virgin Records release, Direction. The tour will kick off in State College, PA on March 18,

Capitol Music Group will release a digital EP from pop-rock songstress Katy Perry - entitled Ur So Gay - through iTunes and other online retailers on November 20th, 2007.

Say Anything’s ...Is A Real Boy caught most of the music scene off-guard, despite the buzz rumbling from inside the genre (rock, punk? does it matter?). Full of desperate lyrics that cut into cliques of people and music, frontman Max Bemis poured his life and well-being into the album – he recorded every instrument except drums - and a few years after the album’s release he was admitted into a hospital with bi-polar illness. With the illness mostly behind him, Bemis re-grouped and wrote another giant concept album, In Defense of the Genre.

Suburban Pennsylvania quartet The Starting Line was formed some eight years ago by bassist and lead singer Kenny Vasoli.

Returning this week to the upper end of the Billboard Top 200 album sales chart with a first-week debut at No. 30, Virgin Records modern rockers The Starting Line confirm that their third album, Direction, has successfully plotted the aggressive upward trajectory of the band, both creatively and commercially.

After a year of winning over critics and fans alike with their breakout Put Up Or Shut Up EP, as well as their over-the-top, energy-filled live shows (including stellar performances on the Vans Warped Tour and Bamboozle), Baltimore four-piece All Time Low (singer/guitarist Alex Gaskarth, guitarist Jack Barakat,

Kenny Vasoli, bassist and lead singer of The Starting Line, formed the suburban Pennsylvania quartet some eight years ago.

Kenny Vasoli, bassist and lead singer of The Starting Line, formed the suburban Pennsylvania quartet some eight years ago.