Our Thoughts and Prayers Are With Them

[Jared Kaufman]

Head to Valencia (http://www.absolutepunk.net/valencia)'s MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/valencia) and check out the first song in their player. The track is about Dana, a close friend of the band and Shane's (lead singer) girlfriend, who passed away last week. The song was written on her and Shane's anniversary last year and the band has made it available for your listening pleasure as a memorial to her life. Take the time to listen and keep Shane, Dana, her family and so on in your thoughts and prayers. The band is taking some time off to deal with this tragedy, but will play a special show this Friday in Dana's honor and will be back on the road in June. Dates below.
May 17 2006 Philadelphia, PA @ North Star Bar
Jun 02 2006 Bath, PA @ Brenda and Jerrys
Jun 10 2006 Wilmington, DE @ The Harmony Grange Jun 16 2006 Altoona, PA @ Jaggard UMC
Jun 17 2006 West Chester, PA @ Holy Trinity Church Jun 22 2006 Taunton, MA @ Aurora
Jul 01 2006 McAllen, TX @ Nikki Rowe VFW
Jul 04 2006 Joplin, MO @ The Foundry
Jul 05 2006 Wichita, KS @ Eagles Lodge North
Jul 06 2006 Denver,CO @ The Marquis Theatre
Jul 07 2006 Salt Lake City, UT @ Avalon Theater
Jul 15 2006 Bakersfield, CA @ The Dome
Jul 23 2006 Denton, TX @ Hailey's
Jul 27 2006 Shreveprot, LA @ Flannagan's
Jul 30 2006 Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
Aug 03 2006 Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center (Warped Tour)
Aug 08 2006 Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 09 2006 Virginia Beach, VA @ Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 10 2006 Bristow, VA @ Nissan Pavillion @ Stone Ridge (Warped Tour)
Aug 11 2006 Cleveland, OH @ Tower City Ampitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 12 2006 Toronto, ON @ Molson Ampitheatre (Warped Tour)
Aug 13 2006 Montreal, QC @ Par Jean Drapeau (Warped Tour)
Aug 19 2006 Birch Run, MI @ Birch Run Expo Center

[snowtires]

i gotta say, i don’t really like this band, but shit, my girlfriend of two years and i broke up this week and every time i think about sitting down to write a song, not even about her, just about anything in general, i feel like shooting myself in the face. i could try to write a song about toothpaste and start sobbing like a bitch. i can’t even imagine writing a song after a girlfriend died. damn. oh wait, he wrote it last year. ok, that makes sense. still, that sucks.

[Slaur]

What happend?

[melvicious]

:aimsad:

[Shoes]

This is terrible, I feel so sorry for Valencia and their family. R.I.P

[Ruggiero2oo8]

all the best to them.

[enj0i29]

I can't even imagine how terrible he feels right now. My thoughts and prayers are with him. RIP

[EamonKid]

The show for June 2nd has been moved to Crocodile Rock Cafe in Allentown
Support includes:
Sandlot Heroes, The Track Record, Boys Like Girls and more...

[kg00d]

I like this band a lot and this is unfortunate to hear. This is a great song.

[WSUskee]

I heard about this a few days ago and I still dont know what happened. I guess it is really none of my business but im still curious. I feel bad for the guy and it would be so hard to play a show after you lose someone close to you.

[varsityhero]

im sorry to hear about your loss shane and valencia.

rest in peace dana...

[sarah211]

The show is actually tonight (Wednesday May 17) in Philly. I'll be there..this should be interesting...
rip dana

[ishotthepilot]

What happend?

http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1147161996201080.xml&coll=5

:(

[iihungrieii]

thats terrible news... i wish them the best

[GreenJellyBean]

i cried during shane's whole acoustic set. dana's family was right next to me..just crying. it was so sad. RIP Dana. such a beautiful girl.