Reel Big Fish and Goldfinger announce Summer of Ska co-headline tour kicking off June 17
Music News | May 24th, 2012
The Summer of Ska is upon us and Reel Big Fish & Goldfinger are touring again this summer. The tour kicks off June 17th, and the tour will be in NYC on June 27th at Best Buy Theater. Or if you don’t want to go to the city, you can travel up to Poughkeepise the next night and see the show there. Reel Big Fish are in the process of recording their 8th full-length, titled, “Candy Coated Fury.” What can you expect from Goldfinger? Eating Twinkies out of the band’s asses most likely.
Ah summer… a time for night swimming, belly flopping, sunstroke, beer bongs, tight thongs, burnt weenies and big ol’ package tours designed to make music fans squeal like pigs at the county fair.
Speaking of big packages, the dudes in Reel Big Fish and Goldfinger are teaming up for the co-headline Summer of Ska tour with support from Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends (The Maxies will join the tour with RBF after Goldfinger drops off July 2nd.) Dates begin June 17 in Toronto and wind down with July 28th with a hometown show at OC’s The Grove of Anaheim.
The band will then launch a European Tour on August 2nd which includes several festival dates. Yeah, these guys get around internationally and stuff…
Reel Big Fish are in the process of recording their 8th full-length, titled, “Candy Coated Fury”, featuring all new, original tunes and some fresh new covers. The plan is to have it out in time for the tour this summer, so stay tuned ‘Fish fanatics.
In other ‘Fish news, the band has partnered with the good folks at ASG (Artist Series Guitar) on a new RBF series guitar designed by RBF front man Aaron Barrett himself! See him playing it on the upcoming Summer of Ska tour! Aaron B says, “The new RBF ASG guitar sounds awesome for clean ska guitar and shredding metal riffs!” The guitar is now available for purchase here: http://www.artistseriesguitar.com/FeaturedArtist/Reel-Big-Fish/flypage.tpl.html.
Summer of Ska tour 2012 (please note: Goldfinger will not be on all dates)
06/17/12 Sound Academy – Toronto , ON (w/ Goldfinger, Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends)
06/19/12 Toad’s Place – New Haven , CT (w/ Goldfinger, Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends)
06/20/12 House of Blues Boston – Boston , MA (w/ Goldfinger, Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends)
06/21/12 the Lost Horizon – Syracuse, NY (w/ Goldfinger, Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends)
06/22/12 Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel – Providence , RI (w/ Goldfinger, Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends)
06/23/12 The Town Ballroom – Buffalo , NY (w/ Goldfinger, Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends)
06/24/12 House Of Blues – Cleveland , OH (w/ Goldfinger, Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends)
06/25/12 –Upstate Concert Hall (Formerly Northern Lights – Clifton Park, NY (w/ Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends)
06/26/12 9:30 Club – Washington , DC (w/ Goldfinger, Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends)
06/27/12 Best Buy Theater – NewYork , NY (w/ Goldfinger, Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends)
06/28/12 The Chance – Poughkeepsie (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends)
06/29/12 Starland Ballroom – Sayreville , NJ (w/ Goldfinger, Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends)
06/30/12 Crocodile Rock – Allentown , PA (w/ Goldfinger, Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends)
07/01/12 The NorVa – Norfolk , VA (w/ Goldfinger, Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends)
07/02/12 The Fillmore Charlotte – Charlotte , NC (w/ Goldfinger, Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends)
07/04/12 Revolution – Fort Lauderdale, FL (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/05/12 House of Blues – Orlando, FL (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/06/12 Masquerade – Atlanta, GA (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/07/12 – Bogarts – Cincinnati, OH (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/08/12 – Newport Music Hall – Columbus, OH (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/9/12 – St. Andrew’s Hall – Pontiac (Detroit), MI (w/ Big D and the Kids Table)
07/10/12 – House of Blues – Chicago, IL (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/11/12 – First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/12/12 – The Pageant – St. Louis, MO (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/13/12 – Wooly’s – Des Moines, IA ((w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/14/12 – The Beaumont Club – Kansas City, MO (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/15/12 – House of Blues – Dallas, TX (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/16/12 – Backstage Live – San Antonio, TX (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/17/12 – House of Blues – Houston, TX (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/19/12 – Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/20/12 – Belly Up – Aspen, CO (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/21/12 – In The Venue – Salt Lake City, UT (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)07/22/12 -the Knitting Factory – Reno, NV (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/23/12 – Regency Grand Ballroom – San Francisco, CA (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
7/24/12 – Fat Cat Music House – Modesto, CA ((w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/25/12 – House of Blues – West Hollywood, CA (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)/26/12 – House of Blues – San Diego, CA
07/26/12 -House of Blues – San Diego, CA (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
07/27/12 – House of Blues – Las Vegas, NV (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)
7/28/12 – The Grove of Anaheim – Anaheim, CA (w/Big D and the Kids Table, Suburban Legends, the Maxies)European Dates:
(Goldfinger, Big D and Suburban Legends are not on any Europe/UK dates)
August 2nd – Viviero, Spain – Ressurection Festival
August 4th – Yantar, Russia (near Anapa) – Kubana Festival
August 6th – Brighton, UK – Concorde 2
August 7th – Gloucester, UK – Guildhall
August 8th – Newquay, UK – Boardmasters Beach Sessions
August 9th – Poole, UK – Mr Kyps
August 10th – Coleford, UK – Boomtown Festival
August 11th – Varselder, Holland – Huntenpop
August 12th – Folkstone, UK – Quarterhouse-Folkstone Skabour Festival
August 13th – Southend, UK – Chinnerys
August 14th – Colchester, UK – Arts Centre
August 15th – Stoke, UK – Sugarmill
August 16th– Coventry, UK – Kasbah
August 17th – Milton Keynes, UK – @ The SnoZone
August 18th – Oxford, UK – Oxford O2 Academy2
August 19th – Ottery Devon, UK – Beautiful Days FestivalAdditional Reel Big Fish dates:
08/04/12 Kubana Festival Krasnodar Russia http://kubana.com