Boys Like Girls back for Big Innovation

After winning the crowd with their pop-rock grooves last year, Boys Like Girls is back in the country for another rousing performance, this time at the SMX Convention Center on Jan. 27 at 8 p.m.

The show, titled Big Innovation, promises to be one big party full of the band’s energy-driven songs. Presented by Big Fish, it will see the band performing back-to-back with Hed Kandi, featuring DJ Andy Norman, Anton Ramos and Johnboy Lee. Peyton of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy will sing live.

Boys Like Girls recently released its second studio album, Love Drunk.

Love Drunk, the album’s anthemic lead single and title track celebrates love’s intoxicating effects.

Heart Heart Heartbreak ramps the arena-ready sound up another notch. The verse-chorus-guitar solo combo is custom-made for audience participation. Another track, Contagious has rich vocal harmonies, while a string section helps set the tone for the ballad Two Is Better Than One.

The more mid-tempo The First One offers an endearing take on bouncing back from a broken heart.

Voted Spin.com’s Artist of the Year after receiving 68 percent of the total vote in 2007, Boys Like Girls spent three years on the road, touring with Good Charlotte, Avril Lavigne and the Vans Warped Tour and developing one of the most loyal fan bases in modern rock. After selling more than three million digital singles — including 1.5 million copies of The Great Escape, 900,000 copies of Hero/Heroin and 600,000 copies of Thunder, Boys Like Girls chronicled its rise from Ramen Noodles and sleeping on fans’ floors to headlining their hometown arena with the release of the band’s first DVD, readbetweenthelines.

Tickets are available at Ticketnet (tel. no. 911-5555) and Ticketworld (tel. no. 891-9999) outlets.