Cynic Summer Tour 2010
I’ve been meaning to post something about this for a little while to let you guys know what’s coming up, but now we all just have to jump right into this. Prog legends Cynic are going on tour this summer: first in Europe, then in the U.S., and I’m going with them! I’ll be running lights and teching for the band, as well as posting tons of tour coverage right here on the Crossing–and it all starts today.
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks rehearsing and programming the light show with the band here in L.A. and now (literally) we’re flying to France for the real thing. Keep checking back, as I’ll be covering the European tour for the next 20 days, posting updates whenever I get a wireless connection. For now, here are some shots from the reahearsals and programming the lights at my house.
Lesbian have announced a spring tour of the United States’ “left coast” entitled the Rainbow Urine Snake Attack Tour.
This April, Earth and Wolves in the Throne Room are teaming up for a short tour of the west coast. They will be joined by cellist Lori Goldston, who will also be part of Earth’s live band during the tour.
Porcupine Tree have announced that their concert film, filmed over two nights in The Netherlands during their Fear of a Blank Planet tour, will be released as a special edition in April and a regular retail edition in May.
Mono announced yesterday that they will be embarking on a North American tour, starting April 30th at Emos Outside in Austin, Texas. They’ll be playing The El Rey Theater here in L.A. again, which is a great place to see them. The opening act is a band from Scotland called 
The mighty Torche have announced that they will be bringing their sludge-pop anthems to the masses this year on a US tour in support of Coheed and Cambria. Why is this good news? Well, it kind of isn’t; but hey, it’s Torche. It’s great for them, not so great for us. Tickets for all the dates haven’t gone on sale yet but the prices seem to be in the $30 range before the extra ticketmaster/livenation we-can-charge-whatever-we-feel-like-fees. However, Torche are badass live and it would be fun to see them in bigger clubs, even if they probably only get to play a 30-minute set.
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