Before the news of the day, behold, the latest entry from Anberlin's tour documentation, from the highways of America somewhere. We really gotta get this into its own section somewhere, but until then, just sit tight and enjoy. You'll find updates from vocalist Stephen Christian at the beginning of the daily news any time they show up in our email box.
Stephen's Tour Diary
DAY 2
Played our first show on this tour. So far so good, all the other bands seem so
nice, and Fall Out Boy is so intense live. Plain White Ts completely blew me
away; I always thought they were punk rock, but really they are just good solid
rock. Don't Look Down's Ryan, the singer, is better than ever and they are on fire. We had a really good show; we have never played Dublin, Columbus(Ohio) before, but the crowed seemed to love it. Good times!
We hosted [Columbus Christian internet radio station] TVU, and did a radio show for radioU yesturday. Nicki and the staff have always been so kind to us, so we want to thank them for all of their support.
We're on our way to Cleveland. We usually have good shows there, we will see...
Quote of the day: "Solitude is the furnace of transformation."
- Stephen
There you have it. Come back daily for more of Anberlin's Tour Exploits. What a bunch of guys, no?
Some big concert news for me and people like me: after coming close with a show in Montreal, Switchfoot have been confirmed to play Ottawa's Capital Music Hall July 7th. No word on openers or ticket prices as yet, but it's enough that they're coming. Word up to Kate in Boston for the heads-up.
There is much debate in my circles(and what circles they are! Ryan's basement! Word!) about the status of the new stuff from Alexisonfire; you can click over here to hear a new song and decide for yourself. We're a democracy, not a dictatorship!! [noisetheory]
In anticipation of the band's show here in Ottawa on the 12th, check out 'The Rising End(The First Prophecy)', a new song from Zao, right over here. The upcoming Ferret Records album is called The Funeral of God. Wonder what that's all about.
For all you Dashboard Confessional fans(I see you Steph), if you really wanna, you can hear the band's new track 'Vindicated', taken from the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack, if you check here.
Sparta will open for a bunch of dates in Australia as part of Blink-182's headlining stint. What? That makes no sense.
Killswitch Engage's new album sold almost forty thousand copies its first week in stores. How 'bout that? That's weird for any band on their label not called Nickelback.
We generally don't care about fashion here at the ol' D, but reading this article, all I can say is, it's about friggin' time. [relevant]
In related news, the above paragraph was furnished by Relevant Media Group down in Orlando, Florida, who celebrated four years on June 1st. Congratulations, kids!
This Just In: the new album from Tennessee's Cool Hand Luke, The Fires of Life, is pretty sweet. We were told to expect more keys on this release, and so they're present here. I like what I hear. A lot.
Why, oh why, did my beloved Toronto Blue Jays have that William Hung guy sing the NATIONAL ANTHEM at the game a few nights back? WHY? Someone exPLAIN this to me!! What a travesty! I bet they lost to Texas that night BECAUSE of this!! *simmers* At least they've beaten Seattle the last two games. I see you Amy.
Posted by mike at June 3, 2004 05:08 PM