Wednesday, May 27, 2020

‘ANSWERED PRAYERS’ 7″ AVAILABLE TO ORDER NOW!

We are releasing a very LIMITED EDITION 7″ vinyl single of ‘ANSWERED PRAYERS’ on FRIDAY 12 JUNE. This release was originally intended to be part of this year’s Record Store Day but that has been postponed until later this year. Rather than wait any longer, we’ve decided to release it now.

The b-side is ‘SONG OF THE YEAR’, a furious punk rock song written and sung by Brad Shepherd. ‘Song Of The Year’ was one of several alternate tracks from the U.S. version of ‘Mach Schau’, our album from 2004, and has been impossible for most people to find ever since. I think it’s too good a song to leave in obscurity.

To order your copy. click here.

Tuesday, February 11, 2020

U.S. TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR OCT./NOV., 2020

We are finally coming back to tour the U.S. at the end of next year. About time, I hear you say. The whole tour is being presented by Little Steven’s Underground Garage, the hippest radio station in the world. Amongst many others, the Underground Garage features Count Zaremba’s Crypt, a spooktacular show presented by The Fleshtones’ own, Peter Zaremba, from midnight (ET) every Saturday.

I know many people are going to be disappointed that their city (or country) will miss out on a Gurus gig this time – and that includes some of our favourite places to play (hello, New Orleans!). We will be coming back again asap with a new album and a much more extensive tour next time. This is just the first step in a much more active touring schedule for the band over the next few years, with visits to many other cities, countries and planets being in our long term touring schedule. For reasons that are too boring to get into, we have to limit this particular U.S. tour to three weeks, and though we’ve squeezed as many gigs as we can into that time, we are barely scratching the surface. We’ll come back again soon, we promise.

Here are the dates for the end of next year, with ticket links for most venues (I’ll add the other links later):

HOODOO GURUS U.S. TOUR OCT./NOV., 2020

OCTOBER
Fri. 23 Oct. SEATTLE, WA – Tractor Tavern.  SOLD OUT!
Sat. 24 PORTLAND, OR – Aladdin Theater.  Tickets here.
Sun. 25 SAN FRANCISCO, CA – Slim’s.  Tickets here.
Mon. 26 LOS ANGELES, CA – The Roxy.  Tickets here.
Wed. 28 SOLANA BEACH, CA (San Diego) – Belly Up Tavern.  Tickets here.
Thurs. 29 SALT LAKE CITY, UT – State Room.  Tickets here.
Fri. 30 ASPEN, CO – Belly Up Aspen.  Tickets here.
Sat. 31 DENVER, CO – Bluebird Theater.  Tickets here.

NOVEMBER
Mon. 2 Nov. MILWAUKEE, WI – Shank Hall.  Tickets here.
Tues. 3 CHICAGO, IL – City Winery.  Tickets here.
Wed. 4 NASHVILLE, TN – Mercy Lounge.  Tickets here.
Fri. 6 NEW YORK CITY, NY – Webster Hall.  Tickets here.
Sat. 7 BOSTON, MA – The Sinclair.  SOLD OUT!
Sun. 8 PHILADELPHIA, PA – Philly Underground Arts.  Tickets here.
Mon. 9 NORFOLK, VA – The NorVa.  Tickets here.
Wed. 11 WASHINGTON, DC – The Hamilton.  Tickets here.
Thurs. 12 JACKSONVILLE, FL  – River City Railyard (formerly Adams Street Station). Tickets here,
Fri. 13 ATLANTA, GA – Center Stage Theatre. Tickets here.
Sat. 14 CARRBORO, NC – Cats Cradle.  Tickets here.