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unfortunately i can’t see myself being able to afford it this month

 

Already traveling to NYC for Death Cab next month. I guess I’m going in September again for this (hopefully).

 

It does seem like they're playing more accommodating venues at least. Makes me kind of salty they wouldn't come back to all the cities they were supposed to play before, but perhaps in due time.

 

Thank god I can do LA and not drive to Arizona

we thinking they add second dates? I have Haim tickets that day and I’d really like to go to both

 

They really left the Midwest feeling salty right now. Everyone is bummed. I know they’ll be back but god damn. What a slap in the neck.

but! Bigger venues!!!!

 

god dammit lol

at least they seem to be open to more. hopefully these go well and they venture remotely close to the southeast eventually.

 

Email:

Hello everybody,



I guess the cat is out of the bag… yet again. Now that things have returned to normal (lol not!) Sam and I reconnected last year to try and find a way to finally do these Format shows that were supposed to happen just as Covid started hitting us hard.



Obviously first we’d like to apologize for continuously dragging out the make up dates- I think we optimistically wished things would normalize a lot sooner. Sadly that wasn’t the case and we had no choice but to scrap the shows altogether.



Secondly- we are sorry the shows last time were such a headache for most people to get tickets for. Truthfully, and in typical Format fashion, we wanted to play smaller venues during the first run of shows because that’s what seemed like a low pressure, good time hang to us- and we weren’t even remotely planning on you guys breaking the ticketing website trying to get into those shows.



With that debacle in mind- we’ve decided to play much larger (and scarier ) venues so that hopefully everyone gets a chance to come see us play. The Beacon in New York is one of our favorite theaters anywhere. Hollywood Forever seems like a special place to see a show, let alone put one on, and lastly Sam and I were at dinner one night trying to figure out a unique place to play in our hometown when Sam said “remember when we used to go to the Arizona State Fair as kids to see some of our favorite bands in the 90s?…I know it sounds crazy but we should play that”.



…I still think it sounds crazy, but we are gonna do that anyway…AND as our first show back in like 20 years. So here goes nothing!



To prepare for this insanity, we’ve all been getting together a lot lately trying to re learn all this material- and I’m honest to god actually really excited to play this stuff and sing these songs with some of my oldest and dearest friends.



For the last like 10 years I’ve been much happier and much more sane at home raising kids, and I told myself it would have to take something so special to even take my mind off of that- and this reunion and preparing for these shows (specifically this go around) have been nothing short of magical so far. I didn’t even realize how much I missed these songs (and this group).



Well, we hope you have too, and we hope that once we get up on the stage we can all celebrate together. Im pretty sure most of us could use a night out and away from the insanity. Let’s just hope the insanity doesn’t end up trying to cancel this round of shows too…



In the meantime- stay safe. See you soon,

Nate

 

that gives me even more hope there will be more shows

 

Yeah I’m definitely more hopeful now. Really happy he’s happy to do this again.

 

Playing the AZ State Fair is something lol. Might hold off on that trip home after all

 

Definitely trying for LA

 

I’ll try for NYC, why not

 

Weird bit about not letting openers at the fair shows. I remember seeing Tokyo Police Club open for Angels & Airwaves and Weezer there years ago.

 

I would feel better about this if it was Nate saying it. Sam I’m sure is always down.

 

Not loading for me, what is it?

 

Was just a video of them awkwardly announcing the tour

 

More than just a concert, the Phoenix date will be a festival-style event with an outdoor side stage curated by The Format. This stage will feature intimate, stripped-down performances from some of the city’s most exciting rising artists, including Sydney Sprague, Astrologer, JPW & Dad Weed.

 

Nate also sounds genuinely enthusiastic about the whole thing so I’m holding on to hope.