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DOWN announces 2008 tour dates

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:16 pm
by Ruutu15
(Frank) YES.

It shall be "An evening with Down". There will be an introduction video and then Down and Down alone shall play for nearly two hours.

01/18/08 Mobile, AL @ Soul Kitchen
01/19/08 Birmingham, AL @ Workplay Theater
01/20/08 Lafayette, LA @ Grant St. Dance Hall
01/22/08 Little Rock, AR @ The Village
01/23/08 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
01/25/08 Springfield, MO @ Remington's
01/26/08 Champaign, IL @ Canopy Club
01/27/08 Grand Rapids, MI @ Orbit Room
01/29/08 Flint, MI @ Machine Shop
01/30/08 Pittsburgh, PA @ Rex Theater
02/02/08 Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room
02/04/08 Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom
02/05/08 Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock
02/07/08 Long Island, NY @ Mulcahy's
02/08/08 Providence, RI @ Lupo's
02/09/08 Sayerville, NJ @ Starland
02/11/08 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
02/12/08 New Haven @ Toad's Place
02/14/08 Norfolk, VA @ The Norva
02/15/08 Richmond, VA @ Toad's Place
02/16/08 Knoxville, TN @ Valarium
02/18/08 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
02/19/08 Nasheville, TN @ The Cannery
02/21/08 New Orleans, LA @ Southport Music Hall

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:33 pm
by SteveO
Who?

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 1:51 pm
by Ruutu15
Prngr44 wrote:Who?
Phil Anselmo- Pantera
Rex Brown- Pantera
Kirk Windstein- Crowbar
Pepper Keenan- Corrosion of Conformity
Jimmy Bower- Crowbar/Eyehategod

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:14 pm
by STL JA
I'll pass.

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:16 pm
by Winning Unlimited
Ruutu15 wrote:
Prngr44 wrote:Who?
Phil Anselmo- Pantera
Rex Brown- Pantera
Kirk Windstein- Crowbar
Pepper Keenan- Corrosion of Conformity
Jimmy Bower- Crowbar/Eyehategod
who?

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:18 pm
by Ruutu15
OPTIMEGUS wrote:
Ruutu15 wrote:
Prngr44 wrote:Who?
Phil Anselmo- Pantera
Rex Brown- Pantera
Kirk Windstein- Crowbar
Pepper Keenan- Corrosion of Conformity
Jimmy Bower- Crowbar/Eyehategod
who?
...you've never heard of Pantera?

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:21 pm
by SteveO
I've heard of Pantera, but don't know anyone by their names.

This some new bad I assume?

(I thought it was some shortened name for System of a Down.) :lol:

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:22 pm
by STL JA
They're nothing like Pantera.

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:27 pm
by Ruutu15
STL JA wrote:They're nothing like Pantera.
Nothing is.

It's still a kick ass show, and the 3 albums that are out are great. There was a thread (I can't find it) from when they came through STL last year, and everyone seemed to like it.

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:42 pm
by big d note
Dang, no dates in CO yet. Oh well, it's a lot harder to go to shows now that I have a kid anyway.

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 3:08 pm
by SIU LAW
I saw them play at Pops (the STL date) a few weeks back, and musically it was a great show. Anselmo was in much better shape than when I saw him with Superjoint a few years back.

However, the building was so overcrowded that it was really hard to enjoy the show, not to mention all the crank up SOBs that wanted to fight anything that moved. It was a war zone. However, I guess that should not be unexpected.

FYI – in my opinion, the intro video gets old very quickly.

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:31 pm
by rebelmusic
Wasn't Pantera a pizza place back in the day?

Edit: Why isn't Dimebag playing?

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:42 pm
by STL JA
rebelmusic wrote:Wasn't Pantera a pizza place back in the day?

Edit: Why isn't Dimebag playing?
Pantera's Pizza in O'Fallon, MO is still around. Good stuff.

Dimebag is dead. He was shot onstage, while performing, by a crazed fan during a Damageplan show in Columbus, OH.

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 6:58 pm
by SIU LAW
rebelmusic wrote:Edit: Why isn't Dimebag playing?
That's not right man...

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:12 pm
by Ruutu15
SIU LAW wrote:
rebelmusic wrote:Edit: Why isn't Dimebag playing?
That's not right man...
Seriously. Dimebag was the f'in man.

I liked the music on the intro video, especially the live "Hole in The Sky" Black Sabbath, but it was way too long. I didn't go to watch a video. Down did play for around 2 hours, if not longer, though.

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 7:24 pm
by Sucker Punch
Bastards, come to Canada!!! Even though Phil is a complete douchebag, Down is a great band.

I really gotta get my Dime portrait done. But the best tattooist in town has a year long waiting list, so it's gonna be next fall.

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 9:50 pm
by Mellanby_equals_grit
Down was an amazing show. Yes SIU is right about the hoosier brigade being out in full force, but it didn't ruin the show for me. Some serious pros. If they were coming a little closer I'd probably trek to see 'em again.

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 12:45 am
by StillBleedingBlue
Down's a pretty solid Southern doom metal band, and put on a good show when they came around here, though I don't think I'd pay to see them again. I'd rather see a band like Crowbar or C.O.C. instead, but that just could be because of my abhorrance of Anselmo.

Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 1:33 am
by the knob
I would rather see Aaron Downie talk about white abolitionists than listen to Phil Anselmo do anything, except maybe OD.

Re: DOWN announces 2008 tour dates

Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:14 am
by Ruutu15
Went to the show on Saturday, and Phil Anselmo proved that he is still the best singer in Metal history. No one even touches him, and I love it cause of all the "haters". :)

Also got to meet everyone aside from Rex Brown after the show. I have a photo of Phil and I that will be posted later. As usual, he was very cool to the fans. He even spotted someone with a Colts hoodie on and started a conversation about the NFL with the dude.

If anyone is anywhere near a city where Down will be playing, pay the $22.50 and go.