saw them at Wonder Ballroom in Portland, sold out show, it was packed and the crowd was super energetic, they sounded great! so glad that this tour is going so well for them!
Apparently every show on this tour has sold out so far except the Salt Lake City date and I think it might be close
PUP was great last night. Beach Bunny was fun. I'm still pretty meh on ratboys. Crowd didn't seem to be into them at all either.
It’s insane that they wrote an album that sounds exactly how I’d expect a Pup album to sound and yet it’s still the highlight of their career so far
I will also not stand for Ratboys slander. Truly one of the best bands from Chicago along with Beach Bunny.
Last night's one-off show at Echo Beach in Toronto was incredible! Having watched them grow from opening at small Toronto venues to then headlining at a 5,000 outdoor venue last night, it's amazing. As shown above, there were some surprises, like that Weakerthans cover, to Jeff Rosenstock joining them to cover Hey Allison! and return again for DVP.
" Stefan Babcock sits in a Toronto coffee shop talking about his future. Despite being the lead singer of the popular punk outfit PUP, those aspirations have little to do with music. The dream, says Babcock, is to one day work in junior hockey as a general manager — preferably for his favourite team, the Ontario Hockey League’s Sudbury Wolves. He’s wearing a blue Wolves T-shirt under a brown checkered button-up and he is serious. Growing up in Toronto, Babcock got into the Wolves and junior hockey thanks to his partner, Amanda — a Sudbury native — and the fact they have a cottage in the area. Whenever he’s in town he tries to get to an OHL game because he loves the energy and atmosphere at the Sudbury Arena, not to mention the team’s goal celebration which features a stuffed wolf pulled on a clothesline across the rink. “The moment I saw the Wolves score their first goal, I was all-in,” Babcock said. “I mean the wolf — it’s the worst taxidermied, raggedy-ass wolf — on a crappy pulley coming across the rink and the air horns going off? I was like, ‘These are my people.’ I was so, so down. “This is what hockey is supposed to be.” At some point, he’d like to move away from Toronto and perhaps try his hand in hockey operations." From The Athletic: How hockey became hardcore: The often complex relationship...
I’m seeing these guys at The Culture Room in Fort Lauderdale on the 18th, as long as this hurricane doesn't destroy the venue. I'm stoked since the last time I saw them was the last time they played FEST.
My boyfriend surprised me with tickets/plans to go see Pup and Charly Bliss in London, ON this October and I’m over the moon abt it :)))))