Tommy Stinson - US tour, Jan - Apr 2005 info & reviews [updated March 4]

[GypsySoul]

Two other things of note regarding the Atlanta show-Without a View was interesting as the cello parts are done by a pedal steel guitar. It was pretty cool-not as "epic" but different and nice.

Aren't the cello parts on VGH credited to Richard??
GNR got a cello player in the band!!!? That's so fuckin' cool!!! ? ?

[Mysteron]

A couple of future TS dates

Friday, April 15 Sunset Tavern Seattle, WA
Saturday, April 16 Dante's Portland, OR

[SADIS]

A couple of future TS dates

Friday, April 15 Sunset Tavern Seattle, WA
Saturday, April 16 Dante's Portland, OR

Ah, great so no April release either......

[RnT]

A couple of future TS dates

Friday, April 15 Sunset Tavern Seattle, WA
Saturday, April 16 Dante's Portland, OR

weel, I don?t think tommy will do some solos shows WHILE he?s doing shows with GNR... so, no shows till end of April and problably no release till there then.
great
 

[Pandora]

Some members of this board never cease to amaze me.
It's almost mid-February now, so it was quite a given that nothing was going to happen in April. Goddamn those rumours 

[gigger]

Some members of this board never cease to amaze me.
It's almost mid-February now, so it was quite a given that nothing was going to happen in April. Goddamn those rumours?

True... Keep your fingers crossed for those "summer dates" that Tommy was talking about. June's the earliest we could expect a release in my opinion! Cos if they are actually going to tour then we gotta have an album too! Whether they actually will tour is another matter all together!

[Nytunz]

A couple of future TS dates

Friday, April 15 Sunset Tavern Seattle, WA
Saturday, April 16 Dante's Portland, OR

Well it looks like Tommy is taking a break from 5 Mars... So why is there no European dates?

[norway]

since the music is done, maybe axl needs him 4 something else? (not meaning gigs)

[Pandora]

Well it looks like Tommy is taking a break from 5 Mars... So why is there no European dates?

Several members of his mailing list have already let the webmaster know they would like new European dates (at least in the UK). Hopefully that will happen in that one-month gap.

[gigger]

Well it looks like Tommy is taking a break from 5 Mars... So why is there no European dates?

Several members of his mailing list have already let the webmaster know they would like new European dates (at least in the UK). Hopefully that will happen in that one-month gap.

European Dates were originally planned. But his manager told Splat that they were put on hold by Sanctuary.

They may still happen but they were originally planned to directly follow the current US tour and were delayed.

Read into what you want!

[ppbebe]

since the music is done, maybe axl needs him 4 something else? (not meaning gigs)

Well, that the album will possibly come out while Tommy is on the road, which he said last year, might be still valid.
Who knows?

[Nytunz]

since the music is done, maybe axl needs him 4 something else? (not meaning gigs)

Well, that the album will possibly come out while Tommy is on the road, which he said last year, might be still valid.
Who knows?

Well, thats right ppbebe... And the April dates dont bother me at all, im a bit excited about the gap between the dates!
And just like ppbebe mentioned, Tommy said that he most likely would be on tour when CD was released..

[norway]

yeah, i remember that... think so 2,  so him tourin don't mean cd can't be released,i belive 
wonder if things are set or that they will have more bandmeetings b4 lettin it out...
tommy rocks on the gnr songs

[Nytunz]

But anyway, if Tommy is right about the european dates this summer, and i dont think he just make that up!! Then the announcement should be pretty close! Remember back inn 2001, when the announced the "fake" european tour? They gave an announcement atleast 6 months before the first date!
 I also noticed that Tommys toursite is updated...

[jarmo]

Replacements, Guns N' Roses member brings solo act to Reverb
By DAN HAUGEN, Courier Staff Writer

CEDAR FALLS --- After more than two decades of anything, self-parody becomes an easy trap to fall in.

Tommy Stinson avoids the paradigm on his latest, sonically diverse collection of songs, "Village Gorilla Head."

From the title track's trip-hoppy grooves to straight-up Stones-style rockers like "Something's Wrong," the disc's sound weaves genres without ever unraveling.

A founding member of legendary Minneapolis band the Replacements and present member of the new Guns N' Roses, Stinson finishes his solo acoustic tour Friday with an early evening performance at the Reverb.

Speaking from Atlanta while on the road, Stinson says the new songs have worked well stripped down.

"They still convey the same emotion, maybe even more," he says. "You've got a little more on the line."

Most of the album's songs actually began on acoustic guitar, Stinson says, which makes it easier bringing them back to that level.

The album is his first since 1996, when his last band, Perfect, put out a five-song CD. It's also his first major label release in a dozen years. Stinson says he is still trying to figure out the industry, having been up and down the ladder from half-empty bars to Saturday Night Live.

"I'm just still trying to find a way to make it work," he says. "If I can make a record that sells enough so I can make another record, then I'm happy."

"Village Gorilla Head" took five years to write and record, and the result is Stinson's best and most mature work to date. His bratty yap and wail still turns up on some tracks, but elsewhere he mellows with a throaty croon.

"I haven't gotten sick of it yet," he says of the disc, which was released last summer. "I usually don't listen to any of my records past the mastering process."

After The Reverb gig, Stinson will head back home to Burbank, Calif., where he moved from Minneapolis in 1993. Next, he says, Guns N' Roses is gearing up for a late spring CD release, hopefully followed by touring.

Dan Haugen can be contacted at (319) 291-1565 or dan.haugen@wcfcourier.com.

http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2005/02/11/wcfentertainment/pulse/f98f66b90d6c426b86256fa4004f54f9.txt




/jarmo

[Nytunz]

Well, aint this good news? 

[norway]

lol, fuck yes 

he says, Guns N' Roses is gearing up for a late spring CD release, hopefully followed by touring

thats soooo cool 

this means no more solo-tourin 4 a fuckin while?

[Nytunz]

lol, fuck yes?

he says, Guns N' Roses is gearing up for a late spring CD release, hopefully followed by touring

thats soooo cool?

this means no more solo-tourin 4 a fuckin while?

Yeah, and if they are heading for a spring release, it wont be to damn long before we should hear a single! Well.. Tommys back in GNR camp next week! This will be some exciting weeks in head of us!

[norway]

This will be some exciting weeks in head of us!

tru that? 

[SonofAGun]

There has to be an end to this.

I predict Mid May.