Beirut cancels rest of European tour!
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Sad, sad news from Beirutband.com. A little late, but I find there are so many fellow fans here on Current I should spread the word...
"NEW NEWS!
April 3
A Letter from Zach
It's with great regret that I have to tell all of you that Beirut is canceling their summer European shows. My reasons for doing this are many, a lot of them personal, but I still feel I need to provide something of an explanation.
The past two years have been a mindblowing experience. From the first indications that people were putting songs from Gulag up on their blogs to our incredible tour of Australia and New Zealand that we just completed, everything that has happened has been beyond anything I'd ever hoped could happen with the music I wrote and recorded in my bedroom. Once things started happening, I decided I wanted to do everything as big as possible. So, I set about putting together a large band, and giving that band a huge sound, and making the most spectacular records we possibly could.
I know this can sound like an artist shithead kind of comment, but going through all that really does have its low points along with the highs. The responsibilities of gathering people around your vision, working with great people like those who work directly for the band and those at the label, wanting to insure that every show is as good as humanly possible so that every single person in the audience sees that we put in a real effort, all of that leads to a lot of issues in terms of doing right by people who have done you right.
It's come time to change some things, reinvent some others, and come back at some point with a fresh perspective and batch of songs.
Please accept my apologies. I promise we'll be back, in some form.
-Zach"
These last few shows in the US could very well be the last few shows for a while. I would like to get together a small group together in a van, travel from Canada to LA, hit every single Beirut show along the way, and document it. Who's coming with me?
May 22
Commodore Ballroom
Vancouver, BC
May 24
Sasquatch
Quincy (Washington state near Seattle)
May 25
Crystal Ballroom
Portland, OR
May 27
Grand Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
May 28
Grand Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
May 30
Wiltern Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
"NEW NEWS!
April 3
A Letter from Zach
It's with great regret that I have to tell all of you that Beirut is canceling their summer European shows. My reasons for doing this are many, a lot of them personal, but I still feel I need to provide something of an explanation.
The past two years have been a mindblowing experience. From the first indications that people were putting songs from Gulag up on their blogs to our incredible tour of Australia and New Zealand that we just completed, everything that has happened has been beyond anything I'd ever hoped could happen with the music I wrote and recorded in my bedroom. Once things started happening, I decided I wanted to do everything as big as possible. So, I set about putting together a large band, and giving that band a huge sound, and making the most spectacular records we possibly could.
I know this can sound like an artist shithead kind of comment, but going through all that really does have its low points along with the highs. The responsibilities of gathering people around your vision, working with great people like those who work directly for the band and those at the label, wanting to insure that every show is as good as humanly possible so that every single person in the audience sees that we put in a real effort, all of that leads to a lot of issues in terms of doing right by people who have done you right.
It's come time to change some things, reinvent some others, and come back at some point with a fresh perspective and batch of songs.
Please accept my apologies. I promise we'll be back, in some form.
-Zach"
These last few shows in the US could very well be the last few shows for a while. I would like to get together a small group together in a van, travel from Canada to LA, hit every single Beirut show along the way, and document it. Who's coming with me?
May 22
Commodore Ballroom
Vancouver, BC
May 24
Sasquatch
Quincy (Washington state near Seattle)
May 25
Crystal Ballroom
Portland, OR
May 27
Grand Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
May 28
Grand Ballroom
San Francisco, CA
May 30
Wiltern Theatre
Los Angeles, CA
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