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guy arrested @ TOKYO POLICE CLUB @ Bowery Ballroom, new video, Bloc Party

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outside Bowery Ballroom – Aug 13, 2007
Outside Bowery Ballroom

All I know is that after Tokyo Police Club finished their set (and one-song encore), I went outside and there was this guy on the ground surrounded by police. I snapped the above photo with my phone. A second guy was wiping blood off his own nose, and then an ambulance came, and then the guy you see on the ground was taken off in the police car. Exact details are unknown, but supposedly the guy in handcuffs (probably very drunk) just decided to walk up to this other guy near the end of TPC’s set, and just punch him right in the face for no reason – possibly to try and start up a mosh pit or something.

TPC played a great set, that, for them – was long, and full of new material. I’m excited to hear their new album coming out on Saddle Creek. They’re about to start recording it any day now. I also (surprisingly) really enjoyed Harlem Shakes‘ opening set, and even the one by opener-opener King Left. I didn’t take pictures (inside), but here’s one I like from a show they recently played in their hometown of Toronto….

Tokyo Police Club in Toronto

On October 3rd, TPC is opening for Bloc Party at the Theatre at MSG in NYC. More tour dates, and TPC’s new video for ‘Citizens of Tomrrow’, below….

Tokyo Police Club – 2007 Tour Dates
Aug 19 – Social Nottingham
Aug 20 – Thekla Bristol
Aug 21 – Dingwalls London, UK
Aug 22 – Soul Tree Cambridge
Aug 23 – Night N Day Manchester
Aug 25 – Carling Weekend – Reading Reading
Aug 26 – Carling Weekend – Leeds Leeds
Aug 31 – Mc Ewan Ballroom Calgary, Alberta
Sep 2 – The Plaza Vancouver
Sep 3 – Bumbershoot Seattle
Sep 9 – V Fest Toronto, Ontario
Oct 3 – Theater at Madison Square Garden New York, New York w/ Bloc Party
Oct 7 – Schubas Chicago, IL
Oct 9 – 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN
Oct 11 – Pyramid Winnipeg
Oct 12 – Louis Saskatoon
Oct 13 – Starlite Edmonton
Oct 16 – Sugar Vicoria
Oct 19 – Doug Fir Lounge Portland
Oct 22 – Beauty Bar Las Vegas
Oct 23 – El Rey Los Angeles
Oct 24 – The Glass House Pomona, California

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