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And now a tour diary written by my friend Mark Redding of The Shackeltons. Enjoy.
Here is the scoop on The Shackeltons’ first ever national tour. At 6am on April 2 we set out for a 7,000 mile drive across America in our Honda minivan (with our new little 4’x6’ trailer). (more…)
Nine Inch Nails is taking some strong measures to prevent ticket scalping in their upcoming presale:
When you purchase presale tickets, you’ll need to enter your legal name exactly as it appears on your identification. … Present your ID at the entrance and you’ll receive your personalized ticket, which will have your name on it (no tickets will be sent out in advance). You’ll then have to enter the venue immediately.
It’s a solid effort, and I can’t knock them for it. I just hope Reznor’s site is ready for the load, so they don’t accidentally pull a Radiohead and make a lot of fans angry. (On that note, Radiohead should probably take a lesson from these guys so my wallet won’t hurt so bad next time around. Ugh.)
You might have seen that we’re sponsoring the Bring Your Own Beard tour, featuring Becoming The Archetype, Inhale/Exhale, Once Nothing and A Plea For Purging.
Tonight, the band plays in Oklahoma City, OK @ The Factory. Be sure to send us your beard photos!
Through The Eyes Of The Dead have recruited drummer Michael Ranne (My Bitter End) and guitarist Hank (Anyone But You) for an upcoming tour. [link, metalunderground]
Becoming The Archetype is hosting a contest open to any unsigned bands. The winner of the contest will get the opening spot on the Peel Your Wig Back Tour in June 2008 with Becoming The Archetype and Beneath The Sky, as well as a spot on Tooth & Nail Day at Cornerstone Festival. If you are interested, simply send an email to peelyourcontest@gmail.com for all the details.
The deadline for submission is May 1, winner picked by May 12, 2008.
Seems some violence has taken place during a recent Take Action! Tour date in Houston. Apparently a bouncer roughed up guitarist Jordan Buckley from Everytime I Die, then pummeled singer Keith Buckley a bit for good measure. Writes Keith,
“I will say this though, for as big of a dude as that guy was, I show no signs of having been in a fight. Miraculously. No black eye. No busted lip. No babe on my arm. Nothing. Maybe he should look into another occupation. Once that might not require him to do anything demanding physical strength. Haha. Look at me talking shit now that im at a safe distance. Who am I HORSE THAT BAND?”
Good point. Maybe bands should stop playing venues with those meat-head security guys. You know, stop playing places like the Toyota Pavillion, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater and Superpages.com Center.
Oh wait - if bands stopped playing large corporate-owned venues then they couldn’t pull in $2k+ a show. Then where would the budget come from to shoot videos of the band playing small clubs with no bouncers?
Through The Eyes Of The Dead has officially dropped off the Scum Of The Earth Tour (which featured Throwdown, Soilwork, and War Of Ages). Says the band,
“we can no longer continue on the Throwdown/Soilwork tour due to some bad luck on our behalf.”
ThePRP posted about this on Friday, March 14, but some people have left comments on their website as early as March 13, asking where the band was.
My thoughts of what the bad luck could be:
5. Accident while hiding 40oz bottles of beer in their rectal cavities.
4. Their van, merch and singer got stolen in Detroit.
3. Tattoos needed re-touching.
2. Kept missing American Idol.
1. South Carolina now has a curfew.
This years Take Action! Tour features Everytime I Die, From First To Last, The Bled and more. Andy Williams of Every Time I Die talks about connecting with kids while on the road.
“I have a beard and long hair, I’m pretty scary looking. I look like a Viking — I would listen to me,” he laughed.
Says Louis Posen, founder of Hopeless Records and the tours organizer,
“There are two things we look for (when choosing the lineup for the tour),” he said. “A high fanbase of the group, and artists who believe that their talents can be used towards something positive beyond fame and fortune.”
I guess getting kicked off tours isn’t something Posen considers.
Those poor kids in Protest The Hero have dropped from the Silverstein tour. As if all this money wasn’t enough. Says Rody:
“While on tour recently, we realized our internal structure was built on a whimsicle foundation. We have become a disorganized touring band, and it’s left the five of us exhausted and miserable.”
I bet “whimsicle foundation” means “drink tickets.” Or “Xbox live.”
“we are revamping, whipping our team (and cream) into shape, polishing our rims, straightening our brims, and making a stab at semi-professionalism. Though dropping a tour may seem like a very unprofessional thing to do, we need this time to get our shit back on track.”
Re: Breaking up with girlfriends/entering rehab/working temp jobs so we can eat while on tour.
“We’ll be back in the states on April first to start the tour with Chiodos.”
Yea, that’ll cure ya. Going on the road with Chiodos.
[Photo by Lilly. Link, Blabbermouth]
This photo of Four Letter Lie was from their “Tour Photo Blog,” which really isn’t much a of a blog, but who’s keeping track?
Anyways, the band was in Billings, Mont., and visited the Yellowstone Valley Brewing Company. A nice little band outing. Cute.
But maybe this photo is a joke. As in, maybe they didn’t really drink that much. Even if they didn’t consume 40+ glasses of beer, it’s nice to show the underage kids on MySpace that your liver is perfectly suited to handle this much alcohol.
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