It appears that the entire Flipper tour is no longer happening. Every date that was listed on MySpace is gone. According to "Anonymous | September 20, 2008 2:28 PM", the band says it's because Krist Novoselic (of Nirvana fame) has left the band. Knitting Factory is offering refunds (via Ticketweb) for the NYC show. Fun Fun Fun Fest in Austin is looking for a replacement act.

by Black Bubblegum

Bruce gets Loose, some dude achieves Nirvana (anthonyrigano)

Flipper are kicking off a tour in the month of November at Fun Fun Fun Fest (um, who isn't playing this thing), scooting up the east coast and then out to Europe. NYC gets a date - it's Nov 15th @ The Knitting Factory with locals Excepter and Monotract. Tickets are on sale.

Flipper 2008 looks like this:

Bruce Loose (Not Original Vocals, but close - joined in 1979)
Ted Falconi (Original Guitarist)
Krist Novoselic (Bass)
Steve DePace (Original Drummer)

Novoselic (Nirvana) hopped on board Flipper in 2006 when the band toured Europe with old friends The Melvins and played the Thurston Moore-curated ATP. The band recently finished recorded a batch of new songs with producer Jack Endino. Endino has produced High On Fire, Valient Thorr, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Nirvana, and most recently, Toxic Holocaust who are touring with Gwar and Kingdom of Sorrow and are playing Irving Plaza on 10/8 (tickets here).

You can catch Novoselic blogging about politics at the Seattle Weekly. All Flipper dates below....

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