The Headstones

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  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    quietly waiting for the Winnipeg date to show up. 8-)

    I hear ya. I'm still waiting for a Calgary date. I have a feeling Vancouver is likely the first western date, and then they'll head east from there, hitting the usual cities (Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, etc..) Goddammit I miss this band. Can't wait to hear the new album and see 'em live again.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    And just like that, a Calgary show just popped up on Ticketmaster!

    Century Casino
    Calgary, AB
    Fri, Dec 30, 2011 08:00 PM

    Looks like my touring prediction is coming true. Winnipeg and Edmonton are next. Book it!
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    direwolf74 wrote:
    And just like that, a Calgary show just popped up on Ticketmaster!

    Century Casino
    Calgary, AB
    Fri, Dec 30, 2011 08:00 PM

    Looks like my touring prediction is coming true. Winnipeg and Edmonton are next. Book it!

    frickin' sweet!
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Edmonton now up on Ticketmaster:

    http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/11004 ... 4%3A139305
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Edmonton now up on Ticketmaster:

    http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/11004 ... 4%3A139305

    DAMMIT. I was holding out hope that Winnipeg would score the NYE bash. Oh well, at least I don't have to find a babysitter! I'll just watch Dick Clark's New Year's Droolin' Eve.
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • ty9969
    ty9969 Posts: 48
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Edmonton now up on Ticketmaster:

    http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/11004 ... 4%3A139305
    Headstones on new year's eve. Just like old times, only now my wife likes Dillon, thanks to flashpoint. Psyched.
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    ty9969 wrote:
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Edmonton now up on Ticketmaster:

    http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/11004 ... 4%3A139305
    Headstones on new year's eve. Just like old times, only now my wife likes Dillon, thanks to flashpoint. Psyched.

    wow. $200 for a private meet n greet with the band.
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • ty9969
    ty9969 Posts: 48
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    ty9969 wrote:
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Edmonton now up on Ticketmaster:

    http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/11004 ... 4%3A139305
    Headstones on new year's eve. Just like old times, only now my wife likes Dillon, thanks to flashpoint. Psyched.

    wow. $200 for a private meet n greet with the band.
    Yeah, thought about that, but Pearl Jam has taken most of my entertainment dollars lately.
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Here's a recent interview with Hugh talking about the band's reunion and the possibility of a new album:

    Part 1:
    http://soundcloud.com/bigkristheradiogu ... -kris-part

    Part 2:
    http://soundcloud.com/bigkristheradiogu ... h-big-kris
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • RainierWolfcastle
    RainierWolfcastle Posts: 48
    Thanks for this thread guys. If I hadn't seen it here I wouldn't have known they were touring again. I went to the show in Niagara Falls last night and I can say: The Headstones are back, they are LOUD, and they haven't missed a beat. Great show and a great crowd. Really loud, but not too crazy. The Headstones have played Buffalo a number of times over the years, but somehow I never got the chance to see them before this. So glad to finally get the opportunity. Found this one video from the show:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBM1dAv5n4U
    This was one of the highlights. "Unsound" led into an extended jam which eventually became a cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" to close out the first set. Hope you get a chance to see the band in Toronto or out west.
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    RainierWolfcastle wrote:
    Thanks for this thread guys. If I hadn't seen it here I wouldn't have known they were touring again.

    and that, my friends, is what it's all about. glad to be of service!
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    RainierWolfcastle wrote:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBM1dAv5n4U
    This was one of the highlights. "Unsound" led into an extended jam which eventually became a cover of "Sympathy for the Devil" to close out the first set. Hope you get a chance to see the band in Toronto or out west.

    Great clip. Thanks for posting. I'm seeing them in Calgary on the 30th and I'm super pumped. Can't wait!
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • guitar101
    guitar101 Sutton, ON Posts: 398
    going to see them tonight. cant wait.
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  • kwdaley
    kwdaley Posts: 499
    my best friend is going to the show at Sound Academy tonight.
    Ottawa 2011
    London 2013 "The Dundas Hookers on Crack" Show
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    so I ordered their two new shirts from maplemusic.com. usually, there's a detail button on the product to give you a close up of the design detail. not on these shirts. but "so what?" I thought, I want some headstones swag. So I pulled the trigger.

    So I get them both in the mail yesterday (insanely quick shipping), and I notice on one shirt it says "Rocknfuckinroll" on the front. Hmmm.....ok. The other one on the back in big letters says "where's my fucking money?".

    I love this band, and I'm not a prude. But come on, if you are going to sell shirts online without being able to see the actual text, you know your main selling demographic is generation x-ers, many of whom have kids that are starting to read, you may have wanted to put this in the description, no?

    I don't really want my 5 year old daughter, who is currently learning to read, reading my shirt with the F word on it. Doesn't make me much of a role model, now, does it?
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Incredible show tonight in Calgary! The venue was terrible though. Century Casino? Really?? These guys should have been playing at MacEwan Hall. That being said, the place was jam-packed, the crowd was fantastic, and the beer lines were short and quick. All in all, a great night of high octane rock n' f--kin' roll from one of the greatest bands on the planet. In terms of pure energy this was easily one of the best shows I've seen all year, right up there with Pearl Jam and The Hip. Setlist off the top of my head (a few might be in the wrong order):

    Tweeter
    Pinned You Down
    Settle
    When Something Stands for Nothing
    Cubically Contained
    Been This Way for Years
    Cut
    Where Does it Go
    F**k You
    Losing Control
    Cut Me Up
    Mystery To Me
    Blonde & Blue
    Smile & Wave
    Unsound
    Oh My God/Sympathy for the Devil
    Three Angels
    S.O.S. (ABBA cover)
    Heart of Darkness
    Take It
    Cemetery
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    direwolf74 wrote:
    Incredible show tonight in Calgary! The venue was terrible though. Century Casino? Really?? These guys should have been playing at MacEwan Hall. That being said, the place was jam-packed, the crowd was fantastic, and the beer lines were short and quick. All in all, a great night of high octane rock n' f--kin' roll from one of the greatest bands on the planet. In terms of pure energy this was easily one of the best shows I've seen all year, right up there with Pearl Jam and The Hip. Setlist off the top of my head (a few might be in the wrong order):

    Tweeter
    Pinned You Down
    Settle
    When Something Stands for Nothing
    Cubically Contained
    Been This Way for Years
    Cut
    Where Does it Go
    F**k You
    Losing Control
    Cut Me Up
    Mystery To Me
    Blonde & Blue
    Smile & Wave
    Unsound
    Oh My God/Sympathy for the Devil
    Three Angels
    S.O.S. (ABBA cover)
    Heart of Darkness
    Take It
    Cemetery

    sounds like a helluva night! please announce a winnipeg date!!!
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • ty9969
    ty9969 Posts: 48
    New Year's Eve in Edmonton was great. Going in I was thinking they couldn't really be the same band they were 10 years ago, but I was wrong. These guys are still outstanding in terms of energy, agression and just flat out rock and roll. Same setlist as Calgary pretty much (judging by direwolf74's post). Great songs, great live band.
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    goddammit hugh, I need a Winnipeg show! at the pyramid please!
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    the sent an update on facebook that they are back in the studio again and things are progressing well. can't wait for the new album!!!
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014

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