Alterthepress.com just posted a video feature around our set at Groezrock Festival! Such a blast!
Situation Update - Thank you all so much!
We have incredible news. Eric, Greg and Dave March have all been able to sort out new passports in time for us to leave the UK. We have to extend our deepest and lifelong gratitude to the folks at Banquet Records. Through donations to our PayPal and the fundraiser set up by Banquet Records we are able to take care of our loses. We’ve closed all fundraising!
We’ve never felt such a sense of overwhelming gratitude, support, and community in our lives. There truly has never been such a strong affirmation of our life choices and the outstanding character of our friends and the people who listen to our music and care for us. From our friends at home to our friends abroad, the names popping up of people who have helped us have brought tears to our eyes. We love you all so much.
There will never be a way to thank everyone enough. Money and possessions will come and go throughout our entire lives. The memory and feelings of being a part of and embraced by such an incredible community during a time like this will absolutely last forever.
With Love,
Tom
So.. We were robbed in Manchester last night…
We played a sold out show at The Moho last night in Manchester which ended up being the absolute best show of tour. Seriously! Stagedives, singalongs, shots of mystery liquors.. It was one for the books. An afterparty started to form at a bar down the street. In the great moods we were in we decided to partake and spent the night singing and dancing to The Cure and Springsteen with The Souls, Red City Radio, Leagues Apart, and tons of friends.
Dave March (our driver/front of house/lifemate/best friend), Eric (bass player/ good looking one) and I decided to only have a beer and then hit the road. Tom and Joe were going to take a cab back to the house. Ok cool. Everything’s going great. We walk around the block To the van and I hear Dave give a quiet “oh fuck”. The driver side window was smashed out and 3 personal bags were stolen. Unfortunately my bag was stolen with all of our tour money inside it. To top it off, we brought around $2000 in US cash with us in case of an emergency. So let’s see €5000 Euros, an iPad, 3 iPods, 3 passports, 2 pairs of raybans (I know, I know they’re super expensive but they make you look pretty cool), my personal tour journals from the last year and a half which included all of my “On the Impossible Past” lyrics and all of my god damn memories, a digital camera, prescriptions, blah blah blah.This sucks. It really fucking sucks because it’s not your fault and so many, in fact an absurd amount of you want to help out. It’s pretty surreal and heartwarming to know we’re not alone in this situation. Thanks, thanks, thanks. Cant tell you how much it means.
The absolutely wonderful folks at Banquet Records have set up a donation drive for us. They really are the best. If you live in the UK and care to help you can donate there. I hear they’re matching donations which is just too nice. Too nice. http://www.banquetrecords.com/MenzingersAppeal
Tom made the account name up years ago. Sounds about right.
We’ll find a way to make it up to you by way of acoustic demos, new songs, free shows. Whatever. Thanks for the help. Love you all.
UK/Euro Tour w/ The Bouncing Souls starts this week!
Tomorrow we fly to Europe to start our tour with The Bouncing Souls! Can’t Wait!
Fri 27 Apr - Berlin Germany @ Monsterbash
Sat 28 Apr - Meerhout, Belgium @ Groezrock Festival
Sun 29 Apr - Dordrecht, Holland @ Bibelot w/ Bouncing Souls
Tue 01 May - Paris, France @ La bellevilloise w/ Bouncing Souls
Wed 02 May - Manchester, UK @ Moho Live w/ Bouncing Souls
Thu 03 May - Hatfield, UK @ ANTI-FEST w/ Bouncing Souls, Anti-Flag
Fri 04 May - Southampton, UK @ Joiners w/ Bouncing Souls
Sat 05 May - Kingston, UK @ Fighting Cocks - Headliner
Sun 06 May - Aachen, Germany @ Musikbunker w/ Bouncing Souls
Mon 07 May - Münster, Germany - Headliner
Tue 08 May - Cologne, Germany @ Underground w/ Bouncing Souls
Wed 09 May - Frankfurt, Germany @ Batschkapp w/ Bouncing Souls
Thu 10 May - Bern, Switzerland @ ISC w/ Bouncing Souls
Fri 11 May - Balzers, Lichtenstein @ Wavejam Festival w/ Bouncing Souls
Sat 12 May - Salzburg, Austria @ Rockhouse w/ Bouncing Souls
Sun 13 May - Prague, Czech Republic @ Lucerna Music Bar w/ Bouncing Souls
New additions to the webstore!
We just added flasks and pint glasses to our webstore. There’s also a few new shirt designs up there.Check them out!
More Summer U.S. Tour Dates Announced w/ The Bouncing Souls & Luther!
We just added more dates to our Summer US tour w/ The Bouncing Souls & Luther! Early-bird tickets go on sale via Chunksaah Records on Tuesday 4/24 here: http://bit.ly/rvaVLi
07.08.12 - Mesa, AZ - Nile Theatre
07.11.12 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
07.12.12 - Los Angeles, CA - Mayan
07.13.12 - Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
07.14.12 - SanLuis Obispo, CA - Slo Brew
07.17.12 - San Francisco, CA - Slim’s
07.18.12 - San Francisco, CA - Slim’s
07.20.12 - Sparks, NV - The Alley
07.21.12 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre
07.22.12 - Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
07.23.12 - Vancouver, BC - Venue Nightclub
07.25.12 - Salt Lake City, UT - In The Venue
07.26.12 - Denver,CO - Summit Music Hall
07.27.12 - Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground
07.28.12 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
07.29.12 - Chicago, IL - Metro
07.31.12 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
08.01.12 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
08.02.12 - Millvale, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
08.04.12 - Boston, MA - House of Blues
