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The New Pornographers drummer Kurt Dahle leaves the band

by Bill Pearis

Kurt Dahle w/ The New Pornographers @ The Brill Building (more by Chris La Putt)
New Pornographers

Not the best known member of The New Pornographers, but drummer Kurt Dahle was maybe the most fun to watch live, making funny faces while dropping fills, never missing a beat. With that it’s sad news that the band posted on their Facebook over the weekend:

Kurt Dahle is leaving the New Pornographers. It has been a great 15 years playing with an amazing drummer, singer and performer. We wish him the best.

Everything is still full steam ahead with the band and we look forward to continued rocking and singing of songs.

Well that is a bummer. Dahle was with them just ten days ago when they played The Brill Building. Kurt, we’ll miss seeing those faces when The New Pornographers’ fall tour hits NYC in November.

No word on his replacement yet. (Jon Wurster, what are you doing this fall?) Video of Dahle behind the kit from earlier this summer, below…


Kurt Dahle / The New Pornographers 7/2014