stream Me First and the Gimme Gimmes' new greatest hits album, 'Rake It In'
Everyone’s favorite pop punk cover band, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, are releasing their greatest hits album Rake It In this Friday (4/7) via Fat Wreck Chords (pre-order). The band — which includes NOFX’s Fat Mike, Lagwagon’s Joey Cape and Dave Raun, Foo Fighters/No Use For A Name’s Chris Shiflett, and Spike Slawson (ex-Swingin’ Utters) — have dug through their discography and chosen their takes on “Country Roads,” “Jolene,” “Uptown Girl,” “I Believe I Can Fly,” and more. You can now listen to a stream of the whole album below.
The Gimmes are also touring, though the touring lineup has Fat Mike replaced by Bad Religion’s Jay Bentley and Chris Shiflett replaced by his brother Scott (of Face to Face). The tour has a run with Masked Intruder and PEARS, which hits Asbury Park on April 22 at The Stone Pony and NYC on April 22 at Webster Hall. Tickets for those shows are still available. The Asbury Park show is part of the annual Asbury Park Music & Film Festival.
The tour also includes a leg with together PANGEA opening. All dates are listed below.
Bad Religion and Face to Face also have their own upcoming shows this year. Fat Mike will be in Asbury Park with NOFX for Punk Rock Bowling. Chris Shiflett will be on tour with Foo Fighters this year.
Tracklist
1: The Times They Are a-Changing
2: Rainbow Connection
3: City of New Orleans
4: Summertime
5: All My Loving
6: Straight Up
7: Over the Rainbow
8: Country Roads
9: Sloop John B
10: Jolene
11: Uptown Girl
12: Hats Off To Larry
13: Desperado
14: Lady
15: San Francisco
16: I Believe I Can Fly
17: End of the Road
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Me First & the Gimme Gimmes — 2017 Tour Dates
04/11/17 Pittsburgh, PA The Rex w/ Masked Intruder & PEARS
04/12/17 Cleveland, OH House of Blues w/ Masked Intruder & PEARS
04/13/17 Chicago, IL Concord w/ Masked Intruder & PEARS
04/14/17 Detroit, MI Majestic w/ Masked Intruder & PEARS
04/15/17 Toronto, ON Canada Phoenix Theatre w/ Masked Intruder & PEARS
04/16/17 Montreal, QC Canada Club Soda w/ PEARS, The Creepshow
04/19/17 Boston, MA Royale w/ Masked Intruder & PEARS
04/20/17 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer w/ Masked Intruder & PEARS
04/21/17 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage w/ Masked Intruder & PEARS
04/22/17 Asbury Park, NJ Stone Pony w/ Masked Intruder & PEARS
04/23/17 New York City, NY Webster Hall w/ Masked Intruder & PEARS
05/02/17 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom w/ Together Pangea
05/03/17 Vancouver, BC Canada Commodore w/ Together Pangea
05/04/17 Seattle, WA Showbox w/ Together Pangea
05/05/17 Boise, ID The Olympic w/ Together Pangea
05/06/17 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot w/ Together Pangea
05/07/17 Denver, CO Summit Music Hall w/ Together Pangea
05/10/17 Scottsdale, AZ Pub Rock w/ Together Pangea
05/11/17 San Diego, CA House of Blues w/ Together Pangea
05/12/17 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
05/13/17 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda w/ Together Pangea
05/14/17 Berkeley, CA The UC Theatre w/ Together Pangea
05/27/17 Las Vegas, NV Punk Rock Bowling
06/09/17 Interlaken, Switzerland Greenfield Festival
06/11/17 Milano, Italy Carroponte w/ Descendents
06/13/17 Munich, Germany Backstage
06/14/17 Attnang-Puchheim, Austria Freizeitzentrum Attnang-Puchheim EQUALITY Festival
06/15/17 Nickelsdorf , Austria Nova Rock Festival
06/16/17 Bischofsmais, Germany Rock The Hill
06/17/17 Bischofsmais, Germany Rock The Hill
06/18/17 Leipzig, Germany Conne Island
06/22/17 Brussels , Belgium AB Main Hall
06/23/17 Scheessel, Germany Hurricane Festival
06/23/17 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany Southside Festival
06/24/17 Scheessel, Germany Hurricane Festival
06/24/17 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany Southside Festival
06/25/17 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany Southside Festival
06/25/17 Scheessel, Germany Hurricane Festival
07/01/17 Würzburg/Giebelstadt , Germany Flugplatz Mission Ready Festival
