Boys Like Girls is a Boston, Massachusetts-based American rock band. The group, which was formed in 2005, received popular notoriety when it published its self-titled first album, which went on to sell over 700,000 albums in the United States, earning it a Gold Record from the RIAA. Love Drunk, the group’s second studio album was released on September 8, 2009, and Crazy World, their third album, was published on December 11, 2012.
From 2006 and 2013, the band toured all over the world. Their main stage appearance on the whole 2007 Vans Warped Tour, their first headline tour “Tourzilla” (2007), and a co-headliner with Good Charlotte for the Soundtrack of Your Summer Tour 2008 are all notable tours.
On August 6, 2007, the music video for their single “The Great Escape” (directed by Alan Ferguson) was voted the number one video on MTV’s TRL, and the band played at MTV’s TRL studio overlooking Times Square.
