EPICA Bassist Checks In From The Road - "... A Traditional Canadian Greeting Ritual"
February 18, 2010, 14 years ago
Yves Huts, bassist for Dutch symphonic rockers EPICA, has issued the following update from the band's current North American tour:
February 6 - Station 4 -- St. Paul
- Sold tickets: 386- Toasties consumed: 28
- Person “I would marry if I were a woman” of the day: Willem
"This was our third concert at this venue and for the promoter it was his most successful show ever! Last time we were here VISIONS OF ATLANTIS was our support act and this time the ex-singer of that band (Melissa Ferlaak) was also playing there with her new band.
After the show the singer from THREAT SIGNAL got almost arrested for performing gay sex in public! What happened was that he had to pee, but the venue was already closed. So he had no choice but to pee on the street. Then a dude from BLACKGUARD started to dry-hump him from behind (this is a traditional Canadian greeting ritual). Anyway, right at that moment a cop car drove by and they saw a guy humping another guy. So they pulled over and apprehended the 'suspect.' They were pretty rough and impolite, shouting 'We really don’t appreciate this kind of things in our streets!' and 'Back off!' to other band members who had approached to see what was going on. He was almost taken to the police station but after a lengthy explanation the cops let him go. Nobody dared to pee on the street after that…"
February 8 - Royal Albert Arms -- Winnipeg
- Sold tickets: 148- Toasties consumed: 16
- “Only person more awesome than Chuck Norris” of the day: Willem
"The venue used to be a hotel. Supposedly it’s haunted as well, because in room 309 a guy got stabbed in the chest 70 times and chopped up into 8 pieces back in 2003. The ghosts were kind enough not to fuck with our show though."
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Epica's tour schedule is now as follows:
February
19 - U.B’s Bar - Mesa, AZ20 - The Rock - Tucson, AZ
22 - Bluebird Theater - Denver, CO
23 - Marquee - Tulsa, OK
24 - Scout Bar - Houston, TX
25 - Scout Bar - San Antonio, TX
27 - Volume 11 - Raleigh, NC
28 - The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
