Hello everybody. It’s been awhile since we have updated our news. We have been busy. Allow me to bring things up to date.
The fall tour was pretty exhaustive. We played 29 shows across Canada. Try naming 29 cities across Canada. Personal tour highlights included:
- Ramones and Fleetwood Mac covers at an open-mic night in Banff.
- Scary, last-minute, improvised sing-along set in Abbotsford.
- Being joined with a full choir and horns for the encore in Belleville.
- Penticton... what the hell?! I did win $100 at the slot machine.
- the rock and roll motel basement in Sioux Ste. Marie. Great water pressure.
After the Canadian tour, we decided to spend a few months at home to focus on our families and friends and make plans for the spring and summer.
Now we have made it into the new year and I have been assured that the year of the monkey will be a good one for Sloan. Our booking agents are hard at work putting together a schedule for our spring touring. We are really looking forward to touring the US, and playing more shows in Canada. The new dates will be announced as soon as they are confirmed.
Thanks for your support. I have enjoyed all of the feedback and fan photos
that we have received through this new site, keep up the great work!
Mike Nelson
We had an uncharacteristic release party here in Toronto, performing for a small group of contest winners and friends, and broadcasting the event on various radio stations across the country. More stations will be airing the show in the next few months.
Our Canadian tour is set to start on September 18, at Mount Alison University in Sackville, New Brunswick. We’re very happy to start the tour on the east coast, an area we don’t always have the opportunity to tour as much as we would like. Check back in the next week or so for a full list of dates across the country, as the entire tour is being finalized as you read this.
Next Wednesday Aug.20, Jay will be manning the wheels of steel at the Rivoli (334 Queen St. West, Toronto) as part of the monthly Umbrella Music nights. He'll be the tune selector for the eve in between Andrew Spice, Nathan Lawr, Gentleman Reg and Pony Da Look. Well now that's a good gig.
Here's some more info... Doors are at 8:30. Good times will follow.
Sloan fans in the Toronto area can win tickets to see Sloan perform live at a secret location. Check www.edge102.com for contest details.
Also check out the new tour dates in Port Colborne, Quebec City, Bala, Barrie, Sackville, Fredericton, Halifax, and Antigonish that have been added to the upcoming tour dates.
Our new single, The Rest Of My Life (RealAudio), was confirmed by Canadian Music Network as the #1 most added single at radio this week. Help us keep it alive by requesting the song as much as possible on your favorite stations, or even stations you don't listen to. We're looking at filming the video during the second week of July. Keep checking here in case we need extras.
--Patrick--
The new record is called Action Pact, inspired by the song "Youth Action Pact" by 80s Halifax punk band The Jellyfishbabies. The release date has shifted, as it always does, to August 19th. We expect a single by the second week of July, with the video following shortly thereafter. We hope to be on the road with a full tour in Canada and the U.S. by late September. There will also be many shows throughout the summer, some of which are confirmed, with more popping up all the time. Keep watching the tour news pages on this site and the Vik site so that you don't miss us.
Thanks for all your interesting comments on our message board with regards to the title and content of the new record, and the general future of the band. Please feel free to approach me at any gig on the upcoming tours and convey to me face to face your thoughts and suggestions. --Patrick--
Here is the first round of Summer festival tour dates. There will be more shows to announce over the next few weeks. Expect to see a Canadian tour in September-October with American and other international dates to follow.
- July 4th - Calgary Stampede
- July 12th - Kelowna Wakefest
- July 18th - Edmonton Klondike Days
Jay Ferguson will be djing this Wednesday June 18th at the Rivoli (334 Queen St. west) in Toronto as part of their monthly Umbrella Music nights. Jay will be on the wheels of steel inbetween such bands as The High Dials (psychedelic mod rockers from Montreal) and Peter Elkas (Local Rabbits)...featuring a certain "T.C." Murphy holding down the beat. Doors are at 8:30.Good times follow.
UPDATE: Due to a scheduling mix up neither Chris or Jay will be able to attend. Hopefully Jay will DJ an Umbrella Music night in the future.
Sloan recently returned home from recording their new record in Los Angeles. With a dozen great songs ready to go, we are now busy working towards an early summer release date with BMG Canada.
Patrick took a few photos over the recording process and sloanmusic.com is pleased to present your first chance to see Sloan working on the new record. Keep checking back for updates as things are starting to get busy.
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