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"If You Want To Know Why The Rest Of The Tour Was Cancelled..." by Screaming Females

by Andrew Frisicano

Screaming Females in the cab of a U-Haul towing their van (but not for long…)
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Screaming Females were forced to cancel the last dates of their May/June US tour when their van broke down in New Mexico. They had quite a time getting it back to New Jersey: multiple towings, blown tires, and (as you can see above) four people crammed into a U-Haul. The fully-detailed story is at their blog (via).

In total, they were forced to cut the last six shows of their 26-date tour, which isn’t too bad considering. And before the ink on their blog post dries, the band will head out with Ted Leo on June 18th for a ten-day tour around the North East and Canada. They both play Siren Fest on July 17th.

Ted Leo meanwhile will be filming a video and playing a show at Generation Records (with guests) on 6/17.

All tour dates and an except of their massive blog post are below…


“If You Want To Know Why The Rest Of The Tour Was Cancelled…”

At this point, we’re all horrified at the prospect of getting back into the truck because we convinced ourselves that the two meth-heads sabotaged our hitch ’cause they thought we were rude dope-smokin’ northeastern hippies. Fuck it, we thought, it can’t get any more dangerous than it’s already been! It’s about 5:00 pm now and we only want to make it the 70 some odd miles to Memphis so Brian and I can get on a plane (we looked it up, and a bus ride was 30+ hours and $260+ – not worth the extra $100 it takes to get on a plane). The radio in the truck is off. Brian and I have our eyes locked on the rear tire, checking it for debris. Mike is staring at the road with the utmost intensity. The cab is completely silent. Twenty miles down the highway; Mike tilts his head towards the passenger seat. “There it goes,” he says. Unbelievable. Back on the shoulder of I-40, trucks whizzing by us in excruciating humidity, I was unable to even comprehend my own disbelief. The tire on our hitch was cut right down the center, frayed and deflated. [Screaming Females]

Screaming Females – 2010 Tour Dates
Jun 10 Emo’s Austin, TX
Jun 11 Big Magic Fest @ ACAC Little Rock, AR
Jun 12 Rocketown Nashville, TN
Jun 12 The End Nashville, TN
Jun 13 Secret Squirrel Athens, GA
Jun 14 Local 506 Chapel Hill, NC

Jun 18 Daniel Street Club (all ages) Milford, Connecticut, US #
Jun 19 SPACE Gallery (18+) Portland, Maine , US #
Jun 20 Higher Ground (all ages) S. Burlington, Vermont , US #
Jun 21 Le Cercle (18+) Quebec City, Quebec , CA #
Jun 22 Il Motore (18+) Montreal, Quebec , CA #
Jun 24 Zaphod Beeblebrox (18+) Ottawa, Ontario , CA #
Jun 25 Grad Club (19+) Kingston, Ontario #
Jun 26 Lee’s Palace (19+) Toronto, Ontario , CA #
Jun 27 Mohawk Place (18+) Buffalo, New York , US #
Jul 17 Siren Fest 2010 Brooklyn, NY
# w Ted Leo and the Pharmacists