My summer is going to be all hip hop, all the time! First up is a quick trip with La Coka Nostra to Europe. It’ll be a good mixture of festivals and clubs. Here’s the itinerary:

03 JUL – Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark
04 JUL – Bla, Oslo, Norway
06 JUL – TBA, Gothenburg, Sweden
07 JUL – Skaters Palace, Münster, Germany
08 JUL – Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
10 JUL – Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland
11 JUL – Frauenfeld Festival, Frauenfeld, Switzerland
12 JUL – Splash Festival, Bitterfeld, Germany

… then next up is House Of Pain AND La Coka Nostra, on the Rock The Bells tour:

18 JUL – Boston
19 JUL – New York City
01 AUG – Vancouver
02 AUG – TBD
06 AUG – Denver
08 AUG – Los Angeles
09 AUG – San Francisco

There will also be some more LCN dates in Europe at the end of August – I’ll post again when those are firm.

I’ve just signed on to do a few quick dates in May with Elliott Yamin, who was on American Idol a couple years back. Elliott seems like a good guy, and his band are really fun – it should be a good time! Here’s where we’ll be:

21 MAY – Annapolis, MD
22 MAY – Allentown, PA
23 MAY – Richmond, VA
24 MAY – Alexandria, VA

We’ve just started the “Bring Tha Noize” tour, which is essentially a Suburban Noize Records package tour. I’m new to this whole Sub Noize thing, and, wow, it’s a whole different world :)

The good news is, it’s a fun, supportive fanbase, and the shows are big and good! So, as always, let me know if you want to come, and I’ll put you on the list. I’m mixing La Coka Nostra and Potluck. Here are the dates:

25 Feb – Petaluma, CA
26 Feb – Chico, CA
27 Feb – Portland, OR
28 Feb – Seattle, WA
01 Mar – Spokane, WA
03 Mar – Boise, ID
04 Mar – Billings, MT
05 Mar – Rapid City, SD
06 Mar – Omaha, NE
07 Mar – St. Paul, MN
08 Mar – Fargo, ND
09 Mar – Sioux Falls, SD
11 Mar – Chicago, IL
12 Mar – Milwaukee, WI
13 Mar – Pontiac, MI
14 Mar – Cincinnati, OH
15 Mar – Columbus, OH
17 Mar – House Of Pain secret St. Paddy’s reunion show – Boston, MA
18 Mar – Cleveland, OH
19 Mar – Cheswick, PA
20 Mar – Worcester, MA
21 Mar – Baltimore, MD
22 Mar – Philadelphia, PA
23 Mar – NY, NY
26 Mar – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
27 Mar – St. Petersburg, FL
28 Mar – Atlanta, GA
29 Mar – Sauget, IL
31 Mar – Tulsa, OK
01 Apr – Kansas City, MO
02 Apr – Wichita, KS
03 Apr – Denver, CO
04 Apr – Magna, UT

I’ll be in Europe for a month! Here’s my itinerary:

29 Nov 08 Lausanne, SW
30 Nov 08 Zurich, SW
01 Dec 08 Brussels, BE
02 Dec 08 TV (Paris, FR)
03 Dec 08 London, UK
04 Dec 08 Liverpool, UK
05 Dec 08 OFF
06 Dec 08 Birmingham, UK
07 Dec 08 OFF
08 Dec 08 Paris, FR
09 Dec 08 Amsterdam, NL
10 Dec 08 OFF
11 Dec 08 Hannover, DE
12 Dec 08 Berlin, DE
13 Dec 08 Cologne, DE
14 Dec 08 Hamburg, DE
15 Dec 08 Darmstadt, DE
16 Dec 08 OFF
17 Dec 08 Nuremberg, DE
18 Dec 08 Stuttgart, DE
19 Dec 08 Heidelberg, DE
20 Dec 08 Munich, DE
21 Dec 08 Vienna, AU