Brandon Allin
05/08/05, 10:00 AM
Streetlight Manifesto (http://www.streetlightmanifesto.com) have posted an update on their website about what's going on with them. I've posted it below for your reading pleasure:
05.06.05
europe update
so, please excuse the massive amount of time that's passed since the last news update, things have been... let's just say hectic.
here's the low-down:
we've been reduced from a 7 piece to a 5 piece for the majority of the european tour. turns out that delano, being a jamaican resident coundn't board the plane with us without a visa. a week and a half later (with us playing shows trumpet-less) he arrives in london, only to find out he needed visas for the rest of mainland europe, which were only available in nyc. so he left after the last uk date, 3 days after he arrived. great.
jim had to leave the tour about a week into it for a family emergency, the most serious kind. he won't be able to finish this tour but he'll be back in full effect come june. needless to say it's been so difficult to play with only half of our horn section. anyone that's been to a sm show knows how important our horns are to our sound. with only 2 low-range horns left, our live sound is relatively compromised, but the shows will go on and the people coming out to check us out have made up for all the tragedy.
this tour has been such an adventure for us all, despite all the setbacks. we've had no records to sell and have had no tour support from our label due to a long-standing, yet now worked out spat. despite the issues, we've been hung out to dry financially and this tour will set us back substantially. ah, the life of rock stars.
on top of all this, we've had every other thing possible thing go wrong with the exception of the shows. we've had equipment issues since day one, have been playing mostly on borrowed stuff, a guitar was broken in half, there was a car accident, etc etc
funniest moment of the tour was this, so far: today we played the deconstruction tour in trier, germany. we got into town in the middle of the night and couldn't find a single place to sleep so we ended up sleeping in and around (our driver slept literally under) our van. when we woke, we were surrounded by the posh tour busses of all the bands we would share the stage with throughout the day. talk about a fish out of water.
despite all this, the shows have been great. literally a blessing. phineas gage were the coolest group of guys we could've ended up with, much love to them. we've had a grand ol' tiem so far and plan on coming back to the continent later this year.
as for the states (and canada!), we're hitting the road after 2 weeks off, for a 3 week june tour of the northeast. after that tour, we're going into hiding for a bit, but when we return, we'll have something special for you ;-)
ok, time to sign off. stay tuned for more details.
05.06.05
europe update
so, please excuse the massive amount of time that's passed since the last news update, things have been... let's just say hectic.
here's the low-down:
we've been reduced from a 7 piece to a 5 piece for the majority of the european tour. turns out that delano, being a jamaican resident coundn't board the plane with us without a visa. a week and a half later (with us playing shows trumpet-less) he arrives in london, only to find out he needed visas for the rest of mainland europe, which were only available in nyc. so he left after the last uk date, 3 days after he arrived. great.
jim had to leave the tour about a week into it for a family emergency, the most serious kind. he won't be able to finish this tour but he'll be back in full effect come june. needless to say it's been so difficult to play with only half of our horn section. anyone that's been to a sm show knows how important our horns are to our sound. with only 2 low-range horns left, our live sound is relatively compromised, but the shows will go on and the people coming out to check us out have made up for all the tragedy.
this tour has been such an adventure for us all, despite all the setbacks. we've had no records to sell and have had no tour support from our label due to a long-standing, yet now worked out spat. despite the issues, we've been hung out to dry financially and this tour will set us back substantially. ah, the life of rock stars.
on top of all this, we've had every other thing possible thing go wrong with the exception of the shows. we've had equipment issues since day one, have been playing mostly on borrowed stuff, a guitar was broken in half, there was a car accident, etc etc
funniest moment of the tour was this, so far: today we played the deconstruction tour in trier, germany. we got into town in the middle of the night and couldn't find a single place to sleep so we ended up sleeping in and around (our driver slept literally under) our van. when we woke, we were surrounded by the posh tour busses of all the bands we would share the stage with throughout the day. talk about a fish out of water.
despite all this, the shows have been great. literally a blessing. phineas gage were the coolest group of guys we could've ended up with, much love to them. we've had a grand ol' tiem so far and plan on coming back to the continent later this year.
as for the states (and canada!), we're hitting the road after 2 weeks off, for a 3 week june tour of the northeast. after that tour, we're going into hiding for a bit, but when we return, we'll have something special for you ;-)
ok, time to sign off. stay tuned for more details.