FIRST DATES FOR ANIMALS AS LEADERS/INTRONAUT/ETC. TOUR ANNOUNCED!

Wednesday, May 18th, 2011 at 10:00am by

The other day I was bellyachin’ that while this awesome tour with Animals as Leaders, Intronaut, Dead Letter Circus, Last Chance to Reason, and Evan Brewer had been announced, there were no dates available; well, now Intronaut have posted the “first half of the dates” on their Facebook page. So that’s a start!

Anyway, what else is there to say? If you can go to one of these shows, you obviously should — the only artist I can’t really vouch for is Dead Letter Circus, just because I don’t really know them well enough to have an opinion one way or the other. But even if they turn out to be terrible (and given the rest of this bill, I wouldn’t be at all surprised if they were actually really fantastic), the other peeps playing this show are so killer that you should really go anyway.

And here are those initial dates:

July 7 – San Diego, CA @ Soma
July 8 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
July 10 – Hollywood, CA @ Key Club
July 11 – Scottsdale, AZ @ Martini Ranch
July 13 – Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep
July 14 – Wichita, KS @ The Oz
July 15 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
July 16 – Joliet, IL @ Mojoes
July 17 – Grand Rapids, MI @ The Intersection
July 18 – Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
July 19 – Long Guyland, NY @ Crazy Donkey
July 20 – Albany, NY @ Northern Lights

-AR

Thanks to Keivn Rickard for the tip!

  • im feeling cunty

    no texas dates….shit

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Skylar-Strange/1095951788 Skylar Strange

    Without question I’ll be at Northern Lights.

    • BumpItCharlie

      Me too man. Northern Lights has been shitty as of late. The shows they have there suck.
      It’s become a scene haven, and I don’t like it.
      Hopefully there’s a real good turn out for this, and they bring in better tours.

      • shawn

        Scene haven is a gross understatement. I can’t remember the last decent, let alone good, show they’ve booked

        • Jester

          You guys aren’t kidding, seriously.

    • Rape Ape

      NEEDS MORE ALBANY METAL. Last time I talked to them, The Binary Code said they might stop by Albany on their tour as well.

      • BumpItCharlie

        I keep in touch with Loic from The Ocean, and I told him he needs to make sure they book an Albany gig next time they tour the US. He seemed into it, but I’m guessing he doesn’t have a lot of pull on where they play.
        The last good metal show I remember going on at Northern Lights was BTBAM, Cynic, Devin Townsend, and Scale the Summit.
        Since then, I can’t think of anything that’s really peaked my interests until now.

        • Bach

          I saw devin townsend, cynic and scale the summti when they came to chicago on that tour! Twas the best concert ive ever been to excluding Despised Icons last show.

  • Matt

    Haha motherfuckers Grand Rapids date!

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeremy-Cronk/1256850167 Jeremy Cronk

      I KNOW

    • ALCOHOLOCAUST

      ohhhh yeah gr here i come… i heard you beat them guts while listing to AAL

    • Boosh

      Sweet glory! I can walk to this show.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Anthony-Showalter/100000592087843 Anthony Showalter

    First date San Diego!!! I’ve always wanted to see Intronaut, and now I can, makes up for all the other shows that skip us.

    • Ryd1ZZ

      Side stage too. This one is going to be killer.

  • Wowwee!!

    WTF are you going to make me drive all the way to Hollywood for this shit just come to Las Vegas you turds!

    • Sambo

      Dude go to the Chain Reaction show. That’s the one I’ll be going to. And yes this needs to come to Las Vegas.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Vince-Decker/100002225040320 Vince Decker

    holy shit i was just hoping they would hit colorado, but theyre coming to fuckin c. springs, no good shows ever come to my hometown!! black sheep is such a small venue, i am sooo thrilled.

    • Shinaain

      I’ll be there. \m/

  • Cw

    God dammit they better fucking go to houston. Jesus this tour is too good to miss

  • MeesterDerp

    Better be a close New England date. I swear to god.

  • Gipson

    Fuck! Come to Texas! I’ll drive, man. Dallas would be perfect, but Houston, San Antonio, Austin … anything but El Paso and I’ll drive it.

    • PrEtTyLuSh05

      Don’t worry. Nobody comes to El Paso anymore. We were lucky to get The Human Abstract on March…Damn

  • tobes

    Dead Letter Circus are fucking rad, Australian band from Brisbane. Bit like Karnivool, really: http://www.myspace.com/deadlettercircus

    • phyzon

      +motherfucking 1

      i’m tempted to fly to the US from Australia just to see this gig, but i’m useless as a prostitute so I can’t afford it :( can we get DLC to bring AAL back to Australia with them?!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Josh-Kruk/520503461 Josh Kruk

    Buffalo!

    Nice work on sneaking “Long Guyland” on there, Axl.

  • TomHanksFan

    Ask and you shall receive… WICHITA!

  • poopy

    so where’s the nothern california dates? they should have at least an SF date in there!

    • Mush

      theyre hoping to squeeze one in on july 9

  • Joe

    Hopefully the second leg of the tour will come to the northwest.

  • Metalguy

    3 NY dates? They better freaking hit Connecticut after of i’ll kill someone

  • Dirty Dominguez

    Hopefully they announce more live dates soon, cause it would totally suck if this didn’t come to San Francisco :(

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Nick-Porcaro/1342290013 Nick Porcaro

    Dead Letter Circus are phenomenal…in the studio. All the live footage I’ve seen of them demonstrates that Kim Benzie’s soaring vocals may be a result of studio trickery. I hope this tour proves me wrong.

    • tobes

      Nope, man’s a legit troubadour. Massive pipes.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Mike-Reagan/520958920 Mike Reagan

    Oh of course this shit is gonna be skipping over St Louis

  • James M.

    What’s Evan Brewer going to be doing on this tour?

    • Altered Bestiality

      Raping two basses without regard for their feelings or families

  • jason

    stop bitching, these are only the initial dates. I hope they add one in toronto

  • Tim

    BUFFALO!!! So excited. Intronaut and AAL are two of my favorite bands, and I’m REALLY looking forward to Evan Brewer.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Alejandro-Aldana/683878171 Alejandro Aldana

    3 shows in ny and none at nyc wtf.

  • holy bad metal batman

    i can’t believe i gotta drive all the way to joliet for this. what a shithole.

    • peepeebottom

      seconded. We should burn down mojoes. Why can’t this tour be coming to Reggies or the Bottom Lounge?

      • holy bad metal batman

        i know right? i have a feeling promoters in chicago are fuckheads that a lot of people don’t want to deal with. actually i know a few so yeah. that’s what i’m sticking to! haha

  • Dylan

    Ft lauderdale!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! not orlando or st pete keep driving !!!!! we need this

  • Altered Bestiality

    FINALLY!!! Guitar masturbation and stoner metal comes to Des Moines!

    So much jizz will be shot.. SO much.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Austin-Pearl-Nutter/1418565949 Austin Pearl Nutter

    FUCK YEAH THIS TOUR COMES WITHIN THREE HOURS OF WHERE I LIVE OMG I’M SO STOKED!!!!

  • ryan d.

    chain reaction here i come!

  • Randy Blythe’s Illegitimate Child

    There best be an MA date soon. Still havent seen AAL yet nor Intronaut… seein them at the same time would be magical…. simply fucking magical.

  • MonochromicSound

    What the fuck, no NYC dates? That’s some bullshit. My best bet would be *shudder* Long island…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Braden-Ross/100000868008253 Braden Ross

    I need to get out of Utah. So many good tours skip Salt Lake City. Must move any direction but north.

  • luvmus

    this is a very different tour for dead letter circus. they normally get lumped with rock/alt metal type of bands in aussie tours. this well test them to try win over a new type of crowd.

  • peepeebottom

    Uggh. Fucking Mojoes?

    I hate driving to Joliet. Why can’t they play Bottom Lounge or Reggies?

  • MoonSnake

    Scale the Summit should be on this tour.

  • Zachary Damery

    Okay, Dead Letter Circus is the best band in this tour. I am going to be driving a good 6 hours to see them if there won’t be a closer show announced later. Anything to support my favorite Aussie band <3