Thursday add a 2nd NYC show, but this one is WITH FAR

by Black Bubblegum

Far

…When can we expect some more dates, and possibly an NYC date?

…As far as touring goes, sure, we wanna be everywhere, but one thing that we’re pretty united on is that if this starts to be a drag, we don’t want to do it. – [Jonah Matranga of Far in an interview from earlier this year

I guess it hasn’t been a drag. Far, who have already been playing shows elsewhere in the world, has scheduled their first reunion date in NYC, and it will take place at Bowery Ballroom on 10/25 with Thursday with Midnight Masses . Tickets go on sale Friday 8/28 at noon and AmEx presale on Wed 8/26. The Thursday date is in addition to their previously announced tour and 9/20 show at Bowery Ballroom with Fall of Troy, Young Widows, and Moving Mountains. Tickets are still available for that.

The NYC Far reunion show billing is not too surprising. Jonah and Thursday have a long history including the 2002 Onelinedrawing tour that included an October show at Irving Plaza. Jonah also contributed backup vocals to Thursday’s 2003 album War All the Time. In 2008, Jonah performed Far’s “Mother Mary” with Thursday at Hellfest. Video of that below.

Far has a record in the works for Vagrant. Full Thursday dates are below…

Thursday – Mother Mary [Far Cover] w/ Jonah Matranga @ Hellfest

THURSDAY – 2009 TOUR DATES
8/20 – Pukkelpop Kiewit Hasselt
8/21 – Frequency Festival St. Polten
8/22 – Area 4 Festival Lüdinghausen
8/23 – Lowlands Festival Biddinghuizen
8/25 – SO36 Berlin
8/26 – Rohre Stuttgart
8/28 – Leeds Festival Leeds
8/29 – Reading Festival Reading
9/18 – First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia, PA *
9/19 – Toad’s Place – New Haven, CT **
9/20 – Bowery Ballroom – New York, NY **
9/22 – Headliner’s Music Hall – Louisville, KY ***
9/23 – Bottom Lounge – Chicago, IL ***
9/25 – Beachland Ballroom – Cleveland, OH ***
9/26 – Turner Hall Ballroom – Milwaukee, W ***
9/28 – Varsity Theater – Minneapolis, MN ***
9/29 – Slowdown – Omaha, NE ***
9/30 – The Flytrap – Tulsa, OK ***
10/1 – Granada – Lawrence, KS ***
10/2 – Marquis Theatre – Denver, CO ***
10/3 – In The Venue – Salt Lake City, UT ***
10/5 – Neumo’s – Seattle, WA ^
10/6 – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR ^
10/8 – The Boardwalk – Orangevale, CA ^
10/9 – Knitting Factory – Hollywood, CA ^^
10/11 – Slim’s – San Francisco, CA ^^
10/12 – Glasshouse – Pomona, CA ^^
10/13 – The Clubhouse – Tempe, AZ ^^
10/15 – The Door – Dallas, TX ^^
10/16 – Emo’s – Austin, TX ^^
10/17 – Meridian – Houston, TX ^^
10/19 – Edge 17 – Jacksonville, FL ^^^
10/20 – Revolution – Ft. Lauderdale, FL ^^^
10/21 – State Theatre – St. Petersburg, FL ^^^
10/22 – The Social – Orlando, FL ^^^
10/23 – The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA ^^^
10/24 – Lincoln Theatre – Raleigh, NC ^^^
10/25 – Bowery Ballroom – NY, NY #
11/13 – Razzmatazz 1 Barcelona
11/14 – La Riviera Madrid
11/17 – Barrowlands Glasgow, Scotland
11/18 – Academy Newcastle
11/19 – Apollo Manchester
11/21 – Brixton Academy London, London and South East
11/22 – Great Hall Cardiff
* (w/ The Fall of Troy, Young Widows & Moving Mountains)
** (w/ The Fall of Troy, Young Widows, Moving Mountains & Kiss Kiss)
*** (w/ The Fall of Troy, Young Widows & La Dispute)
^ (w/ The Fall of Troy, The Dear Hunter, Touche Amore)
^^ (w/ The Fall of Troy, The Dear Hunter)
^^^ (w/ The Fall of Troy, The Dear Hunter, Midnight Masses)
# (w/ Far, Midnight Masses)