so they finally finished their next studio album, called keep it together and it will be released in june following a short spring tour and mini-break before they hit the road to promote the album once it is released this summer/fall... tour as follows: 3/23 -- SUNY Binghamton West Gym Binghamton NY 3/24 -- Elmira College Elmira NY 3/25 -- Bogart's Cincinnati OH 3/27 -- Clutch Cargo Pontiac MI 3/28 -- The Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee WI 3/29 -- Riviera Theater Chicago IL 3/30 -- The Quest Minneapolis MN 4/02 -- The Showbox Seattle WA 4/03 -- Crystal Ballroom Portland OR 4/05 -- Warfield Theater San Francisco CA 4/06 -- Claremont University Claremont CA 4/08 -- Nita's Hideaway Tempe AZ 4/10 -- Bricks Salt Lake City UT 4/11 -- The Fillmore Auditorium Denver CO 4/12 -- Liberty Hall Lawrence KS 4/13 -- The Pageant St Louis MO 4/15 -- Stubb's Austin TX 4/16 -- Gypsy Tea Room Dallas TX 4/18 -- House of Blues New Orleans LA 4/19 -- The Tabernacle Atlanta GA 4/21 -- Ziggy's Winston-Salem NC 4/22 -- The NorVa Norfolk VA 4/25 -- Quinnipiac University Hamden CT 4/26 -- Bryant College Smithfield RI 4/27 -- UPenn Philadelphia PA so the question i have; is anyone else on these boards looking forward to their new album like myself and will anyone be attending any of the shows? i myself will be hitting the cincinnati and chicago shows, and perhaps the dallas show.
Personally, I can't wait for this...it's been a while now and the way the album kept getting delayed, I have been dissapointed for a long time. The new stuff sounds really good, so we'll see how the whole thing turns out but I trust Guster to bring us something good. I've loved all 3 to date and will be interesting to see where they progress to now. I won't be going to any of these shows, but will when them come back to the Northeast after the album comes out.
Considering I've never been to a stadium show that would even rank close to the best club shows I've been to, I wouldn't overstate the $17.50 price too much. Is that really unreasonable when people pay $80 to sit in nosebleed seats and watch a Pink Floyd concert on a jumbotron? I'd actually pay MORE to see Guster in a small venue...the one time I've seen them was in a tiny converted art studio/warehouse in Columbia, SC. Had way more fun than seeing Clapton, the Dead, Floyd, the Stones, etc. in huge venues.