FU MANCHU Announces First Leg Of "We Must Obey" Tour
December 20, 2006, 17 years ago
On February 28th, California's FU MANCHU will commence their first North American tour in nearly two years, a six-week headlining trek.
This will kick off the world tour in support of their new album, We Must Obey, due out on February 20th (Century Media/Liquor And Poker). Support will be provided by VALIENT THORR and, depending on the market, either SEEMLESS or ARTIMUS PYLEDRIVER.
The We Must Obey tour will be the band’s longest since they lapped the world in support of 2001’s California Crossing, a trek that ultimately yielded a celebrated double-live album, Go For It… Live!
Vocalist, guitarist and founding member Scott Hill can’t wait for the "Kings of the Road" to resume doing what they do best. “Now the real fun begins – playing these new songs loud and live,” he says. “This is the way they were meant to be heard. We will bring along a lot of amps and a lot of fuzz pedals.”
We Must Obey was recorded at Hollywood’s Grandmaster Recorders studio (TOOL, NINE INCH NAILS, BLACK CROWES). Finishing touches were added by Gene Grimaldi at Oasis Mastering (VELVET REVOLVER, PENNYWISE, REV. HORTON HEAT).
In addition to the songs 'Hung Out To Dry' and 'Between The Lines' – both currently available on the new limited-edition Hung Out To Dry EP, which combines a 7” single and a four-track compact disc – the album includes a cover of THE CARS classic 'Moving In Stereo'.
Additional tour dates will be announced as they’re confirmed.
Currently scheduled dates, with Valient Thorr, Seemless (*), Artimus Pyledriver (**), include:
February
28 - San Francisco, CA – Slim’s **March
2 - Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre **3 - Seattle, WA – El Corazon **
7 - Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge **
9 - Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock **
13 - St. Louis, MO – Creepy Crawl **
14 - Cincinnati, OH – Madhatters **
15 - Columbus, OH – Ravari Room **
17 - Cleveland, OH – Peabody’s **
23 - West Chester, PA – Rex’s *
30 - Charlotte, NC – The Casbah *
31 - Atlanta, GA – Smith’s Olde Bar *
April
1 - Birmingham, AL – The Nick *3 - New Orleans, LA – House of Blues (The Parish) *
6 - Austin, TX – Emo’s *
11 - Phoenix, AZ – The Clubhouse *
