Hey, guess what, everyone? Maybe it's fitting that I'm posting today - this marks the 1000th blog entry for sweetdisaster! That's a huge milestone for us here at the D; since our inception in September of '03 we've shed our sweat and blood to bring you good music and good vibes - thanks for the clinging onto our bandwagon all this time!
Perhaps it's also fitting that a band I've personally enjoyed since well before the D came into being leads off the news this afternoon: Rancid are alive and kicking - and touring their asses off this summer, including back-to-back two-night stands in Toronto(August 2nd-3rd at the Kool Haus) and Montreal(August 5th and 6th at the Metropolis). Not to be outdone, NYC will host the band for five straight nights at the Irving Plaza Fillmore(who are they, Springsteen?). Following that, there are a couple of shows in Edmonton and Calgary, and the tour wraps with a mammoth weeklong residency at the Henry Fonda Theatre in their hometown of Los Angeles; openers include - variously - The Aquabats, MxPx, Adolescents and TSOL. Wow. [pastepunk]
Short update today - Big Cheese is off to go watch August Burns Red, Evergreen Terrace, Misery Signals and As I Lay Dying tear it up in downtown Ottawa. Update tomorrow on that, promise.
Posted by mike at May 15, 2008 04:26 PM