Gang Gang Dance
It is with great sadness that we announce that Gang Gang Dance's imminent European tour has been cancelled. An electrical fire started in the backstage area at Amsterdam's Paradiso club, where all of the band's equipment was stored after a show there. Unfortunately that show was the first of their European tour.
With most of their equipment and software irreparably damaged, they are unable to continue their European tour and so all the dates below, including the UK dates at the Manchester Roadhouse, London's Dingwalls, Bristol Fleece & Brighton's Audio & the recently announced instore at Rough Trade East, have been cancelled.
The band said in a blog post on Saturday: "We didnt really know the scope of how bad the fire was until we arrived on the scene to find every piece of equipment we own scattered out in the parking lot...melted, charred, and still smoldering.
"Most of our gear is way beyond repair and the small amount of stuff that looks as if it wasn't physically destroyed by the fire itself has all been doused by the firehoses. So we have been left with synths that are melted, a charred guitar, cases full of wet pedals and cables, drums that are nothing but the metal rims, amps that look as if they've been doused in tar...the list goes on.
It is really devastating for us as our equipment is very specific and without it we can't do much of anything. Most of our memory cards for our samplers melted so we've lost a bunch of jams that we were really looking forward to playing for you all. We are hoping to come back asap and make up for all this and we really want to thank everyone who bought tickets and everyone who was planning on coming out to the shows on this tour."
GANG GANG DANCE EUROPEAN TOUR 2009 LIVE DATES:
February 14th Belgium, Brussels AB Club - www.abconcerts.be
February 15th Germany, Hamburg @ Uebel & Gefarhrlich - CANCELLED
February 16th Germany, Leipzig @ Schauspielhaus - CANCELLED
February 17th Germany, Berlin @ Volksbuhne - CANCELLED
February 18th Germany, Heidelberg @ Karlstorbahnof - CANCELLED
February 19th France, Dijon @ Generiq Fesitval - CANCELLED
February 20th France, Paris @ Point Ephemere - CANCELLED
February 21st France, St Malo @ Route du Rock - CANCELLED
February 22nd France, Tourcoing @ Grand Mix - CANCELLED
February 23rd UK, London @ Rough Trade East in-store - CANCELLED
February 25th UK, Manchester @ Roadhouse - CANCELLED
February 26th UK, London @ Dingwalls - CANCELLED
February 27th UK, Bristol @ Fleece - CANCELLED
February 28th UK, Brighton @ Audio - CANCELLED
No details have been confirmed with regards to the rescheduling of shows at present.