BRMC + STP = NO SATX

For those of you confused/wondering about Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s performances in Texas (specifically, San Antonio), here’s a bit of news:

Due to issues opening for Stone Temple Pilots in Texas, BRMC has had to postpone their headlining shows in San Antonio, Dallas, and Little Rock.  Not too sure what problems caused the cancellations, but they probably had something to do with STP’s late start times and Weiland’s onstage blathering.  While the group has properly rescheduled their Little Rock show, the San Antonio and Dallas dates still remain uncertain.  The band had this to say on their website:

We have rescheduled our headline show in Little Rock, AR for OCTOBER 17th!  All previous tickets will be honored. More news on Dallas and San Antonio coming soon.

The band will return to Texas in October, hitting Austin and Corpus Christi, but have San Antonio’s and Dallas’ chances at hosting BRMC ‘gone to shit’?

UPDATE: SAN ANTONIO SHAFTED, DESERVEDLY SO?

BRMC officially announced that they will not come to San Antonio as part of this tour.  While they rescheduled the Dallas show, the band has opted to bypass the River City due to scheduling difficulties (?).  The below excerpt is from the band’s website:

So sorry to all of you who bought tickets to San Antontio. Due to the new touring schedule, we will be unable to route back and reschedule that show. We were really looking forward to playing there.

No word as to whether or not the tickets will be refunded, or if the group realized they misspelled San Antonio (could it reflect their general disgust with the city?).  Did San Antonio lose one of its few chances to host a popular indie band to a city that’s even less progressive?

Influential Musician Michael Been Passes Away at BRMC Concert

Michael Been, guitarist and lead singer of the acclaimed California rock group The Call, passed away yesterday at the age of 60.  According to L.A. Weekly and a report from Pukkelpop, the Belgian music festival at which Been collapsed, the singer suffered from a heart attack and, despite immediate medical attention on-site, succumbed to his malady at Salvator Hasselt hospital.

Been, who was instrumental in forming The Call in 1980, was no stranger to alternative rock. Having generated much acclaim with their 1982 self-titled debut, The Call toured with Peter Gabriel, successfully collaborated with the likes of The Simple Minds’ Jim Kerr and U2′s Bono, and had their 1986 hit song “I Still Believe” featured on The Whoopee Boys and The Lost Boys soundtracks.

Most recently, Been worked as the touring sound engineer for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, a band that features his son, Robert Levon Been, on bass.  At the time of his heart attack, Michael Been was backstage at the Pukkelpop music festival in Belgium for a stop on BRMC’s European schedule.

There is no word on whether or not BRMC will continue their tour or what dates will be affected by the loss.

BRMSi, Se Puede!

Move over, Cinderella…

Lately, San Antonio has been on a roll in terms of bringing in good national alternatives.  It’s at least a start.  June saw the Psychedelic Furs light up the dismal interior of the White Rabbit, and now West Coast rockers Black Rebel Motorcycle Club will do the same.

In support of Beat the Devil’s Tattoo, which was released March 8th in the US, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (thankfully dubbed BRMC) has embarked on an extensive North American and trans-Atlantic tour, adding only yesterday two stops to their schedule: Pomona, CA and San Antonio, TX.  So save yourself a trip to Austin and catch BRMC live at the Rabbit if you can handle the pissed off rowdies who may or may not rumble when they realize Cannibal Corpse isn’t opening.

While Beat was certainly no monumental step forward for BRMC, it’s definitely a novelty to have such a cult underground favorite stop by the River City.  Will they be as chagrined as Rich Good about the Strip?…  Find out in September!