Puttin On The Foil...no wait....
That would be a backstage pass. After a two week delay it's finally time to get back on the road. Things kick off for the guys in Columbus Ohio tomorrow night. We then go to Detroit on Wednesday and then up to Canada for a week, before returning to the states.
The guys are Canadian of course and some of them are hockey fans like myself. Being from the Toronto area they are Leafs fans, while I am an old Penguins fan. I think I am driving them nuts since my team is having a much better season. Plus it's only a little more than a month from the playoffs. It's a good thing we have a satellite dish on the bus.
It's tough some days though since we are doing shows while the games are on.
Our schedule is filling up quickly. We are going to be out with Chevelle until April 20th. It looks like we will then be jumping onto a bunch of radio festivals right after that. May will be more of those and possibly some headlining shows mixed in. The summer is being filled in with more festivals. Hopefully the guys will end up on a nice shed tour. I haven't heard of anything in that regard but I'm hoping. I love sheds in the summer.
Hopefully I am able to get out tomorrow since the weather is suppose to get ugly in the morning.
Labels: F11, Finger Eleven, Hockey, Touring
Hockey and wildlife
The trip to Florida was fun but too short. The weather was perfect which is what you expect this time of year. It was nice to see family. I also went to see the Pittsburgh Penguins play in Tampa and they won of course. There were a lot of fellow Pens fans in the arena. I love going to games, especially when it is my team.
We also went around to some of the nature sites. I have been to Tampa dozens of times over the years but never really do the "tourist" stuff. I you live there you know about the manatees that hang around the power plant. There is actually a viewing area there. It seems this hydro plant pushes out very warm water that they love. When the Gulf of Mexico is cool they come into the bay. Pretty interesting and I got some nice photos. There are also a lot of schools of fish that hang around there too.
We also went to a couple parks and also went to wilderness refuge.
I would have stayed longer but my nephew went with me and he had to get back to school.
It appears that I will be going back out on tour in mid February. There have been no changes at this point. The guys appeared on Regis and Kelly this morning. They were on Leno last week, so it appears the marketing machine is gearing up again. Paralyzer is still going strong, especially in the US.
Labels: Finger Eleven, Florida, Hockey
PENS NEW HOME
No... not Kansas City. They are going to remain in Pittsburgh for the next 30 years. An agreement was announced today on the new arena which should open in time for the 2009-10 NHL season.
This is a rendering of the new arena.
Just a couple weeks left of the regular season and playoff fever is in effect.
The NHL playoffs will be in full swing once the tour starts. So if you come to a show and see someone working around the stage in a Penguins shirt that will be me.
I wonder if I can get John to wear a Crosby or Staal jersey on stage. Doubtful since he's a Kings fan.
Labels: Concert, Crew, FFF, Five For Fighting, Hockey, Penguins
SAVE THE PENS
This is currently the header on
ThePensblog.com.
GO PENS!!!
Labels: Hockey, Penguins
I'm so stressed
A little over a month from now I will be back on the road. I'm so looking forward to getting back out. I must say I miss it.
I have spent the time at home trying to stay warm and shoveling lots of snow. Also watching and following my favorite hockey team, the Pittsburgh Penguins. I have been a fan since the late 80's, so don't call me a bandwagon fan.
Word is that today is "D Day" for the decision on the Pens and the new arena in Pittsburgh. The meeting should be going on as I type. Hopefully it will work out and the team will stay and not move to Kansas City or somewhere else. I have been thinking about it all day.
Oh yea, getting back to the Five For Fighting tour. The date in Norfolk, Virginia has been cancelled. I don't know why. I just received an updated schedule two day ago and it was still on there. There has been a date added Louisville, Kentucky in it's place the day before.
I may be bringing out a small lighting package with us. I have some inquires in to some companies on renting. We usually use the in house production for the shows. Which we will do on this tour, but management wants me to add something to it.
If I had the budget we would carry a complete lighting rig.
Back to searching the net on news of the Pens.
Labels: Arena, Five For Fighting, Hockey, Penguins
Penguins....stay put?
The stories continue to come out of western Pennsylvania that the Pittsburgh Penguins are going to stay put. There was another news report in the
Tribune-Review. I know, I don't live there but I am a fan of the team and would hate to see them move.
I'm also a fan of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team. They nearly moved some years ago before they got their new stadium.
Hopefully the announcement on Pens will come in the next couple of days.
Labels: Hockey, Penguins
