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(UPDATE: Two bands — Kousefly and The Strain — declined their spots in the competition and were replaced by Jones Road and Heleos. This post has been updated to reflect the change.)

Last Band Standing is back! The multi-round mega-battle of the bands — which debuted in Bend last summer and drew thousands of people to Boondocks Bar — will kick off its 2011 version on May 6 at Century Center.

Yup, that’s two big changes right off the bat: This year’s LBS will be on Fridays (not Thursdays) and will happen at Century Center (not Boondocks). Seven preliminary rounds are scheduled for May 6, 13, 20 and 27 and June 3, 10 and 17, followed by two semifinal rounds on June 24 and July 1 and the finals on July 15. Lots more info is available by clicking here, and we’ll have more in the May 6 GO! Magazine.

The deadline to enter passed on Sunday, and out of more than 50 that entered, 32 bands have been chosen to compete. Here’s a list of those bands in alphabetical order:

AJ Engstrom Band
Shireen Amini
Blue Babies
Matt Borden
Boxcar Stringband
Broken Down Guitars
Cadence
Capture The Flag
Cognitive Riot
Heleos
High Desert Hooligans
Hilst & Coffey
Brian Hinderberger / Transceivers
Jones Road
Kleverkill
Kousefly
Lyible
Necktie Killer
OpenFate
Past Fraction Zero
Pine Lane
Shades of Society
Dan Shanahan
ScarLitt Fever
Shannon Tower Band
Shovelbelt
Sifted
StillFear
The Strain
Strive Roots
Tentareign
Tourniquet Etiquette
Tuck and Roll
The Vaulted

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