As Armine mentioned, Rosetta and Kings Destroy will be doing a short Europe run next summer, from June 29th to July 16th.  If you’re interested in doing a show, please email mike.persilbooking@gmail.com

We’re coming back to Canada in March with our friends in Restorations for a few days.

Friday, March 2
Montreal
Casa del Popolo
4873 St Laurent Bvld
8$ advance 11$ atd //
Local support from le Kraken
8:30 doors / 9pm show


Saturday, March 3
Ottawa
Mavricks
221 Rideau St
Tickets / support / more info TBA


Sunday, March 4
Toronto
Hard Luck Bar
772A Dundas St W
Ticket / doors info TBA
Local support from Titan and Kosmograd


Monday, March 5
Ithaca, NY
The Space
700 W Buffalo St
8$ / 8pm doors
Local TBA

Wed Nov 2, 2011
@ Siren Records in Doylestown, PA
$8 / 7:30pm / All Ages
A Life Once Lost, Rosetta, Fight Amp

Thurs Nov 3, 2011
@ Lost Horizon in Syracuse, NY
$10 / 6pm / All Ages
A Life Once Lost, Fight Amp + two more (Rosetta is NOT playing this show)

Fri Nov 4, 2011
@ Cherry Street Station in Wallingsford, CT
$TBA / time TBA / 21+
A Life Once Lost, Fight Amp, Rosetta + more

Sat Nov 5
@ Gramercy Theatre in New York City (Metal Suckfest Day 2)
$30 / 5pm / All Ages
Cynic, Obscura, The Red Chord, A Life Once Lost, Scale the Summit, Fight Amp, Rosetta, Ultrageist

We’re really sorry about having to do this, but since it’s taken so long to get all of our luggage back from Lufthansa (11 days now and counting), we have to cancel the remaining shows in Canada for this week. The earliest we could hit the road is tomorrow, and with only two shows left to play and big drives to get to and from, it’s not financially doable for us. We’re looking into ways to reschedule as many of the shows as possible for later in the Fall.

To give an update on the previous post, we had someone from Air Canada’s baggage center contact us and help us through the retrieval process with the bass, as well as going to bat for us with Lufthansa (who had lost the other 4 pieces). She was very helpful to us, but there’s only so much one person can do when dealing with two huge bureaucracies spread out over multiple continents. So we’re still waiting for Lufthansa to deliver the last piece of luggage.

Again, we apologize for the disappointment this last week has been. We’re just as bummed as you are, since we were really looking forward to all these shows.

We may have to cancel some/all shows this coming week.  Here’s the story:

It’s Thursday August 4th. On Saturday July 30th, we were supposed to fly home from Frankfurt, Germany, through Madrid and Toronto to Philadelphia. We were not issued boarding passes for our second-leg flight because of an Air Canada computer problem, despite only having an hour to change planes in Madrid. The counter staff refused to check us in for the next flight, so we were stuck in Madrid.

With the excellent help of Marisa Caballero at the Swissport counter, we were rebooked for the next day, but not provided any accommodations or vouchers. Much worse, all 5 pieces of our equipment luggage were missing. We found one of those pieces (the bass, with some pedals and a transformer) in the Lufthansa baggage claim, but had to file a claim with Lufthansa (AC’s codeshare partner for the flight to Madrid) for the other four pieces.

The next morning, we checked-in our two duffels and the bass for our flights home. Again, Air Canada’s computers wouldn’t give us all our boarding passes. In Frankfurt, by pleading at a gate counter, we were issued boarding passes through to home. But then in Toronto, where we had to go through US customs, the one piece of gear we had found the day before had been lost in transit somewhere. We nearly missed our flight to Philadelphia, having to sprint to the gate to make it on at final boarding call.

Air Canada’s rep in Philadelphia told us that the bass had been delayed out of Frankfurt, and would arrive later on Sunday evening. The claim form was not filled out correctly, we were not given a file reference number, and no bag description was taken until we called on Tuesday. It’s now Thursday and no one has any idea where the case is.

By Monday, Lufthansa in Madrid had located the other four pieces of gear luggage, but there is no word on when they will arrive. However, even if those pieces arrive in the next day or so, they are useless to us since the bass case contains crucial parts of other gear (power transformer, pedals, cables, etc.).

Since we are currently missing Matt’s amp head, the guitar, the bass, ALL pedals, power supplies, all cables, all cymbals, and the snare drum, we can’t actually play any shows until we get it all back.

We are deeply sorry for the people affected/disappointed by this nightmare, but we’re doing the best we can. The majority of the gear is customized and not replaceable… we appreciate all the offers to lend us gear, but unfortunately it’s not quite that simple for us. We’ll keep everyone updated as this progresses.

Update, 8/6/2011: As a result of this post, Air Canada contacted us to help resolve our situation, and while progress has been very slow in tracking the bags, it does appear that we will get everything back. A few pieces have already been returned, we are still waiting on others.

New venue/city for the 1st of July

01.07 PL - Chelm @ Camerata Music Pub

Here is an update with all of our shows for the summer.

With Tidal Arms and Drummers

6/11-Brooklyn, NYC (Charleston) w/East of the Wall, DGAF

6/12-Philadelphia, PA (The Barbary) All Ages!!!

With City of Ships

21.06   GER - Mannheim @ Juz

22.06   GER - Reutlingen @ Kulturzentrum Franz K   

23.06   SLO - Ljubljana @ Orto Bar

24.06   GER - Munich @ Sunny Red

 25.06   GER - Leipzig @ Zoro

 26.06   GER - Berlin @ Cassiopeia

27.06   POL - Szeczin @ Alter Ego

28.06   POL - Gdansk @ Mechanik

29.06   POL - Poznan @ Pod Minoga

30.06   POL - Warsaw @ Radio Luxembourg

01.07 PL - Chelm @ Camerata Music Pub

02.07   POL - Lublin @ Tektura

03.07   POL - Lodz @ Farbiarnia

04.07   SK - Kosice @ Tabacka Kulturfabrik

05.07   SK - Bratislava @ Obluda

06.07   CRO - Zagreb @ AKC Medika

07.07   HUN - Budapest @ Tundergyar

08.07   AUT - Vienna @ Escape Metalcorner

09.07   ITA - Bolzano @ Rock Im Ring with Lordi and Terror

10.07   ITA - Arese (MI) @ S.G.A

11.07   FRA - Clermont Ferrand @ Raymond’s Bar

12.07   FRA - Toulouse @ Saint Des Seins

13.07   FRA - Nantes @ Le Ferrailleur

14.07   BEL - Knokke Heist @ Ravelingen

15.07   NL - Utrecht @ Ekko

16.07   NL - Tilburg @ 013

17.07   GER - Aachen @ Az

18.07   FRA - Paris @ Le Klub

19.07   FRA - Bordeaux @ Heretic Club

20.07   ITA - Torino @ Spazio 211 with Neurosis

21.07   Day off

22.07   SWI - Luzern @ Sedel

23.07   FRA - Colmar @ Le Grillen

24.07   CZ - Rokycany (Plzen) @ Fluff Fest with Polar Bear Club, Year of No Light and more

25.07   RUS - Saint Petersburg @ The Place

26.07   RUS - Moscow @ Plan B

28.07   UKR - Kiev @ Bingo

With Braveyoung

8/5 Brooklyn, NY @ Acheron

8/6 New York, NY @ Abc No Rio (afternoon show)

8/6 Danbury, CT @ Heirloom Arts (night show)

8/7 Boston, MA @ The Middle East

8/8 Burlington, VT @ Monkeyhouse

8/9 Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo

8/10 Ottowa, ON @ Club Saw

8/11 Kingston, ON @ Mansion

8/12Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck Bar

A short show update

April 22nd at Siren Records in Doylestown, PA with Gods and Queens

July 14th at Ravelingen in Heist, Belgium

We’ll be doing a short tour with our friends in Braveyoung, who are putting out a great record on March 29th that you all should go check out. We’ll be on the road from August 6th to 12th, with 4 of the shows being in Canada. Show info is on the way. Please get in touch with either us or David Mitchell at Proof Booking (who is booking these dates for us) www.proofbooking.com thegrandtheftottomanempire@gmail.com