Category: tour

Last week I had the opportunity to sit and chat with Rachel, Solon, Ashley and Davey of Great Northern for a feature in a magazine that I’ll mention a little closer to press time. Not only is the band’s Trading Twilight for Daylight one of my favorite releases of 2007 (okay, maybe I’ll let the cat out of the bag now … unless something comes out between now and the end of the year that totally blows my socks off, this CD is going to grab the top spot on my “Best of 2007” list), the band members are really nice people and a lot of fun to talk to.

After spending the summer touring with The Comas, Great Northern now begins a run of fall dates with Robbers on High Street – a tour that’s sure to be amazing.

Random Great Northern fact: lead singer Rachel Stolte was on the short-lived CBS reality-game show “Fire Me, Please” and actually won $25,000.

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October
23 Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506
24 Mt. Pleasant, SC – The Village Tavern
25 Birmingham, AL – Bottletree
26 Atlanta, GA – The Earl
27 Jacksonville, FL – Jack Rabbits
28 Orlando, FL – The Social
29 Tallahassee, FL – The Beta Bar
30 New Orleans, LA – House Of Blues Parish

November
01 Houston, TX – The Mink
02 Austin, TX – Club DeVille
03 Dallas, TX – The Cavern
04 Norman, OK – Opolis
06 Phoenix. AZ – Modified

07 San Diego, CA – Casbah
08 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
09 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill

10 Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge
12 Seattle, WA РCrocodile Caf̩
15 Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge
16 Lawrence, KS – Jackpot Saloon
17 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
18 Chicago, IL – Schubas Tavern

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Now that he’s quit singing for Riders on the Storm (aka The Doors), Ian Astbury has resurrected The Cult along with guitarist Billy Duffy and the band’s new CD, ‘Born into This’, hits store shelves today. It’s a nice time for a comeback and the new CD certainly doesn’t soil the band’s legacy but fans of The Cult pre-‘Sonic Temple’ probably shouldn’t bother with the new one. If you’re on the fence, visit the band’s website where you can preview tracks from ‘Born into This’.

A full-fledged tour starts later this month and is sponsored by (ready for this?) …. Jagermeister.

10/17/07 – Pala Casino – San Diego, CA
10/19/07 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV
10/20/07 – Ventura Theatre – Ventura, CA
10/21/07 – Celebrity Theatre – Phoenix, AZ
10/23/07 – Warehouse Live – Houston, TX
10/25/07 – Palladium Ballroom – Dallas, TX
10/26/07 – Diamond Ballroom – Oklahoma City, OK
10/27/07 – Community America Ballpark – Kansas City, KS
10/29/07 – House of Blues – New Orleans, LA
10/30/07 – Jannus Landing – St. Petersburg, FL
10/31/07 – Revolution – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
11/1/07 – House of Blues – Orlando, FL
11/3/07 – The Plex – Charleston, SC
11/4/07 – Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
11/8/07 – Keswick Theater – Glenside, PA
11/9/07 – Hammerstein Ballroom – New York, NY
11/10/07 – Hampton Beach Casino – Hampton Beach, NH
11/12/07 – Ram’s Head Live – Baltimore, MD
11/14/07 – Town Ballroom – Buffalo, NY
11/16/07 – Murat Egyptian Room – Indianapolis, IN
11/17/07 – Bogart’s – Cincinatti, OH
11/18/07 – Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH
11/21/07 – House of Blues – Cleveland, OH
11/23/07 – Orbit Room – Grand Rapids, MI
11/24/07 – House of Blues – Chicago, IL
11/25/07 – House of Blues – Chicago, IL
11/29/07 – The Pageant – St. Louis, MO
11/30/07 – Myth – Minneapolis, MN
12/1/07 – The Rave – Milwaukee, WI
12/3/07 – The Fillmore – Denver, CO
12/7/07 – The Warfield – San Francisco, CA

How about a little 1987 Cult? Hard to believe this was 20 years ago!

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