I rejoice with fellow Hold Steadians at the announcement of the upcoming release of the gruffly named A Positive Rage, the Hold Steady's first live album and tour documentary.
Press says:
The live album was recorded on October 31, 2007 and includes seventeen songs that Craig Finn, Tad Kubler, Galen Polivka, Franz Nicolay, and Bobby Drake performed on the second of their two-night sold-out stand at the Metro in Chicago. The enhanced album will also feature five bonus studio tracks: "Ask Her For Adderall," "Cheyenne Sunrise," "Two Handed Handshake," and the previously unreleased tracks "Spectres" and "40 Bucks."
Unfortunately, the band is not coming here -- nor even Lawrence, nay... nor even Columbia. The closest they're getting is St. Louis, at -- it gets worse -- a dry venue (The Gargoyle). Maybe we'll just save our pennies up for April 7, when the Rage is released. Track list and tour dates after the jump.
A Positive Rage track listing:
1. Intro
2. Stuck Between Stations
3. The Swish
4. Chips Ahoy!
5. Massive Nights
6. Ask Her For Adderall
7. Barfruit Blues
8. Same Kooks
9. You Gotta Dance (With Who You Came With)
10. Lord, I'm Discouraged
11. You Can Make Him Like You
12. Your Little Hoodrat Friend
13. Southtown Girls
14. Citrus
15. First Night
16. Girls Like Status
17. Killer Parities
The Hold Steady on tour:
Feb 4 - Sydney, AUS @ The Metro Theatre
Feb 6 - Perth, AUS @ Laneway Festival
Feb 7 - Adelaide, AUS @ Laneway Festival
Feb 8 - Sydney, AUS @ Laneway Festival
Mar 31 - Albany, NY @ Valentine's
Apr 1 - Buffalo, NY @ Tralf Music Hall
Apr 2 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Calvin College Fine Arts Center
Apr 3 - Urbana, IL @ Illini Courtyard Café
Apr 4 - Bloomington, IN @ Jake's Nightclub
Apr 6 - St. Louis, MO @ Gargoyle
Apr 7 - Iowa City, IA @ The Picador
Apr 8 - Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
Apr 10 - Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
Apr 11 - Salt Lake City, UT @ The Urban Lounge
Apr 13 - Las Vegas, NV @ Beauty Bar
Apr 14 - Stateline, NV @ Harrah's Tahoe South Shore Room
Apr 17 - Indio, CA @ Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
Apr 15 - Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's
May 10 - Glasgow, UK @ SECC #
May 11 - Manchester, UK @ Manchester Evening News Arena #
May 13 - Birmingham, UK @ NIA #
May 14 - London, UK @ Wembley Arena #
May 16 - Cardiff, UK @ Cardiff Arena #
May 18 - Bournemouth, UK @ BIC #
May 19 - Nottingham, UK @ Royal Centre #
May 21 - Brixton, UK @ Academy #
May 30 - Hunter Mountain, NY @ Mountain Jam
# - supporting Counting Crows
Counting Crows?? Seriously, the HS is gonna blow their feathers off. Then again, those fratty Counting Crows fans can be hard to win over, especially when all they wanna do is yell out "Mister JOOOOOOOOWWWNWESSSSS!" Or so I have heard.
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I've heard good things about the Slowdown. Didn't realize it was closer than the Lou. Sheeit, man. Let's go!
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