{"id":2009,"date":"2012-07-06T10:48:19","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T17:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.protomen.com\/news\/?p=2009"},"modified":"2012-07-18T17:22:24","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T00:22:24","slug":"hold-on-tight-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/2012\/07\/06\/hold-on-tight-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Hold On Tight."},"content":{"rendered":"

ANOTHER NIGHT OF QUEEN.<\/strong>
\nThe album release show for “A Night Of Queen<\/a>” was an absolute blast of fun times. A huge thank you to everyone who came out and partied with us. Another big thanks to Makeup And Vanity Set<\/a> and Devin Lamp<\/a> for bringing their respective Moroder<\/a> and Bowie<\/a> to the show. It was the icing on the already awesome cake. But not to be outdone, Tenacious D<\/a> decided that icing wasn’t enough and they went ahead and dropped a gallon of ice cream right on top of the night by showing up and joining us for Bohemian Rhapsody. As some of you may have noticed, the Hollywood gossip machine jumped on board and gave the whole world the scoop. Thank you, Hollywood gossip machine, you’ve brought our lifelong dream of gracing the pages of TMZ<\/a> and Perez Hilton<\/a> to fruition. We’ve made it\u2026 this far.<\/p>\n

All in all, it was one of the funnest* nights we’ve had in a very long time. Thank you.<\/p>\n

* shut up, grammar nerds. I command that “funnest” is now a real word.<\/p>\n

PROTOMEN AND TENACIOUS D IN TORONTO.<\/strong>
\nSpeaking of\u2026 Don’t you dare forget about our Toronto show with Tenacious D<\/a> in a few days. It’s going to be the most exciting Super Post 4th of July Extravaganza that Canada has ever seen. Get your tickets as fast as you can<\/a>. And if, for some reason, you live up that direction and aren’t making the trip to Toronto, make sure you give it your best to be at the three awesome shows we’re playing on the way home. Pittsburgh<\/a>, Columbus<\/a>, and Cleveland.<\/a><\/p>\n

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AUGUST-SEPTEMBER TOUR.<\/strong>
\nThis is a big one. Get ready, SouthEast, South, SouthWest, West, NorthWest, and\u2026 Center (you should be called the MidWest, but somehow Ohio already claimed that). We’re coming for you.<\/p>\n

We’re starting it off right by driving down to Orlando, FL to play the shit out of Nerdapalooza 2012.<\/a> We’re not just playing one show\u2026 we’re playing two. That is one more show than one show. One night of Protomen, and one night of Queen. From there, we’re going to play our way across the country to the West Coast, where we will then play our way up the West Coast to the NorthWest, after which we will play our way across the middle of the US on our way home. That’s a lot of playing our way places, but that’s what we do. Be there to see it happen.<\/p>\n

For those of you who have been asking… Yes, it’s true. We have once again been summoned by the PAX Lords<\/a> (they demand that we call them Lords) to play some jams up in Seattle, and once again we have accepted their summons. As always, we couldn’t be more excited to play those jams for the Lords of the PAX and everyone else, but unfortunately, if you don’t already have a pass to PAX, you probably aren’t going to be able to hear those jams. It sold out immediately. For those of you who already have a pass… congratulations, you are the victor\/s. However, Seattlonians… if you didn’t get a PAX pass, don’t cry tears out of your face. You can catch us the day after PAX at El Corazon<\/a>. Our show there last year was amazing, and so it shall be again. Don’t miss it!<\/p>\n

If you see a location near you on the following list, grab your tickets before they’re gone (some dates don’t have ticket links – we are trying to rectify that).<\/p>\n

JULY<\/strong>
\n05th \u2013 Toronto, ON \u2013 Echo Beach (with Tenacious D\u2026 Again!)<\/a>
\n07th \u2013 Pittsburgh, PA \u2013 Altar Bar<\/a>
\n08th \u2013 Columbus, OH \u2013 Ruby Tuesday Live<\/a>
\n09th \u2013 Cleveland, OH \u2013 Beachland Ballroom<\/a><\/p>\n

AUGUST<\/strong>
\n04th \u2013 Orlando, FL – The Beacham (NERDAPALOOZA FEST)<\/a>
\n05th \u2013 Orlando, FL – The Beacham (NERDAPALOOZA FEST)<\/a>
\n08th \u2013 New Orleans, LA \u2013 House of Blues<\/a>
\n09th \u2013 Houston, TX \u2013 Fitzgerald\u2019s<\/a>
\n10th \u2013 Dallas, TX \u2013 Prophet Bar<\/a>
\n11th \u2013 Austin, TX \u2013 Red 7<\/a> —- ALL AGES
\n12th \u2013 San Antonio, TX \u2013 Korova <\/a>
\n14th \u2013 Tucson, AZ \u2013 The Hut<\/a>
\n15th \u2013 Phoenix, AZ \u2013 Rhythm Room<\/a>
\n17th \u2013 San Diego, CA \u2013 Soma<\/a>
\n18th \u2013 Las Vegas, NV \u2013 Hard Rock<\/a>
\n22nd \u2013 Anaheim, CA \u2013 Chain Reaction<\/a>
\n23rd \u2013 Los Angeles, CA \u2013 The Roxy<\/a>
\n24th \u2013 San Francisco, CA \u2013 Broadway Studios\/Mabuhay Gardens Room<\/a>
\n25th \u2013 Reno, NV \u2013 Alley<\/a>
\n28th \u2013 Portland, OR \u2013 Hawthorne<\/a>
\n29th \u2013 Vancouver, BC \u2013 Biltmore<\/a>
\n31st \u2013 Seattle, WA \u2013 PAX Prime (sold out)<\/a> (show day tba)<\/p>\n

SEPTEMBER<\/strong>
\n01st – Seattle, WA \u2013 PAX Prime (sold out)<\/a> (show day tba)
\n02nd – Seattle, WA \u2013 PAX Prime (sold out)<\/a> (hanging out this day)
\n03rd \u2013 Seattle, WA \u2013 El Corazon<\/a>
\n05th – Salt Lake City, UT \u2013 Kilby<\/a>
\n06th – Denver, CO \u2013 Marquis Theatre <\/a>
\n08th – Oklahoma City, OK \u2013 Conservatory<\/a>
\n09th – Memphis, TN – Hi-Tone<\/a><\/p>\n

*more ticket links are on the way. Keep your one good eye trained on our Tour Dates page<\/a> for updates.<\/p>\n

Makeup And Vanity Set and 88:88. <\/strong>
\nSome of you know about this already, so I apologize ahead of time for talking to you like you don’t know anything. Last month, Makeup And Vanity Set<\/a> released his soundtrack album to the short film 88:88<\/a> (if you don’t have it already, you should fix that… it’s awesome<\/a>). At some point during the month, it came to our attention that the film was entered into a fight to the death in the Youtube film festival. We need your help to smash all of the other films (as good as they may or may not be). If they get into the top 10, 88:88 gets into the Venice Film Festival. If they win, Ridley Scott<\/a> gives them a $500,000 production grant. Click on the awesome GIF below to watch the film and vote once a day until the internet breaks.<\/p>\n

\"88:88<\/a><\/p>\n

Holy shit, this is a long mailer,<\/p>\n

-Commander<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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