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There is a new venueng up near Racine, WI in March. The place, known through it lurid history as The Uptown Theater, can hold over 1000 people and will host all-age shows by touring bands that want to hit the Chicago/Milwaukee area. If you are interested in getting a show this Spring/Summer, contact us and we will forward all info to the party responsible for booking. In the meantime, check out the website dedicated to the building, a historic site that is supposedly haunted -- the result of a gruesome murder spree that took place over 60 years ago. www.thehauntedtheater.com The GC5 are finishing out their current tour this month with some shows down south. They will be selling their new "Singles Collection" cd comp on tour, or you can get it through us at the webstore for a special price through the end of FEB. Friday, January 4th Nashville, TN Next Generation Hudson Falcons Saturday, January 5th Memphis, TN Map Room Hudson Falcons, Clenched Fist, Boils, Hard Knox Sunday, January 6th Little Rock, AR Vino's Hudson Falcons, Clenched Fist, Hard Knox Monday, January 7th Lafayette, LA Rinky Dink Hudson Falcons, Rich Boi, Booked, Spring Gun Tuesday, January 8th New Orleans, La Dixie Tavern Hudson Falcons, Rich Boi, Booked Wednesday, January 9th Mobile, AL ? Hudson Falcons Thursday, January 10th Chattanooga, TN ? Hudson Falcons Friday, January 11th Charleston, WV ? Hudson Falcons Saturday, January 12th Mansfield, OH North Lake Park Hudson Falcons, Corporates, Stepsister Lars Frederiksen hurt his back at a gig somewhere along the California leg of the current tour, so he's canceling the rest of his shows with the Bastards. Ultimate Fakebook will release its next album,Up and Say Awesome through Initial Records March 19. It will be the bands first effort in almost three years, and was recorded with producer Ed Rose who was at the helm for previous Fakebook albums. No reasons were given as to why Ultimate Fakebook left Sony. Hard to imagine it didnŐt work out. Blood For Blood CD Release Show Blood For Blood will be releasing their new CD, entitled "Outlaw Anthems" on January 15th on Victory Records. They will be playing a one-off show in South Boston on January 19th at the VFW Hall with the original line-up of the Ducky Boys and more bands TBA. The show will be a benefit for a close friend of BFB who was involved in a serious motorcycle accident this past summer. All proceeds will go to assist with his medical bills. BLIND SOCIETY (all-star heroes from Brick, NJ) are playing an all-ages show at the VFW Hall in Brick on January 11th. Also on the billÉ Portland OregonŐs THE ESCAPED. BLIND SOCIETY will be hitting the road in March for a 10 day tour. These guys are great live and you should check them out! Below are the confirmed datesÉ Venue info to follow. MARCH 15 OHIO MARCH 16 KANSAS CITY MARCH 17 OKLAHOMA CITY MARCH 18 SAN ANTONIO MARCH 19 CORPUS CHRISTI MARCH 20 HOUSTON MARCH 21 NEW ORLEANS MARCH 22 TENN MARCH 23 SOUTH CAROLINA AT UNCLE DOCTORS MARCH 24 WEST VIRGINIA, VIRGINIA, OR PA Long Beach semi-legends T.S.O.L. are still at it and will be headlining the Unity Fest Tour which invades the US in February. Other bands on the bill include Agnostic Front, The Casualties and Rise Against. Nitro has added four new bands to the Nitro family: Rufio, Stavesacre, Divit, and Exene Cervenka's new band Original Sinners. All four will be going into the studio this year to record their Nitro debuts. News from the North, here is the latest from Jer: Well, with great sadness I must announce, The King Size Braces have broken up! Yup, one of the greatest Canadian Oi! bands, has called it a day due to personal differences. If you've never heard their CD "Land of Broken Dreams", man, what rock have you been under?? It's killer from start to finish. Don't have it? Well get yourself a copy of "Scene Killer 3", and turn up their track "Fallen Heros." Look out in the future for something new from members of King Size & the Hudson Falcon's drummer extrodinare Ben Glotzbach. Aside from that, there are a ton of great bands popping up all over Canada. Riot 99 out of Toronto are back in full swing with thier new line up and are playing a ton of shows in support of thier debut 7" "Destroy The City." Great pogo '77 style stuff with aggressive vocals. Another band that has been keeping busy is Toronto youngsters, The Class! They've just released their debut CD "The Class...Hate You!" Now this is punk rock!!! They've also got a comp. in the works called " Toronto v.s. Edmonton." So be on the look out! Last but not least outta Hogtown, are the Class Assasins! These guys are also on our Scene Killer 3, and have just released a 7" called "No Justice, NoPeace." Check it out!!! A band out of Alberta who deserve mention would have to be The Wednsday Night Hero's who are touring in support of thier debut self titled CD, and let's not forget Knucklehead who've just put out there third full length "Voice Among Us." It's some of there best stuff to date. They'll be heading out on the road in Febuary sometime. Montreal's Oi thugs, The Prowlers have got an awsome new disc called "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow!" Nope, no bullshit here! Just straight a head sing along Oi! Watch out for these guys, they mean business! Dropkick Murphys are going to be playing a couple shows on St. PatrickŐs weekend at the Avalon Ballroom. One of them will be 18+ and the other will be all-ages. Both shows will be recorded for a possible live record, the band hoping to keep it together for posterity as opposed to this time last year. "We recorded last years shows but they were our 5th and 6th shows in 3 days and some members of the band were drunk so we basically sucked. So this year we'll try again and we'll be good and ready God dammit!"
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