Franz ferdinand band 20221/10/2024 ![]() ![]() KB: Yeah, I think that there was definitely a void in Warped Tour’s absence. Considering your return to the tour this summer, can you bring us back briefly to how the tour started? I know it was somewhat because of the hole that Warped Tour left, but maybe how Sad Summer first came around. Perfect, then from speaking to John and Jared on that first incarnation of Sad Summer, there was a lot of part on The Maine of getting the tour going. And then, once it’s all moving, it’s kind of easy to keep moving. It’s all kind of a chaotic process getting it all going. And most of the production stuff stays here in Arizona at respective storages. So it’s pretty big, it’s pretty fun.Īnd that’s going off in the truck tomorrow?Īnd that tour starts in Florida, right? You’re like a week out? I’ve been making this thing for about three weeks it’s an eight-foot by six-foot television. The reason why I’m mentioning that is because I’m personally making a photo prop for Sad Summer right now in my driveway. KB: Yeah! One of the trucks leaves tomorrow morning, and the other one leaves tomorrow night. Taking a little time to yourself right now before you jump in. And we’re doing a lot of stuff right now. Because as the saying goes, if you want it done right, you got to do it. And yeah, we’re all kind of split off on our own zones right now, getting things ready for the tour. And everybody’s feeling really good and really excited. And yeah, we actually just wrapped up our rehearsals yesterday. ![]() And we’ve revamped some other songs we’re working on for the set. We’ll see how many we add for the summer compared to stuff we might do later in the year or onward with this cycle. But it’s good! We are working on our new songs, playing new ones rather, getting ready to add them to the live set. Kennedy Brock: Yeah, it’s an exciting time around here. Maybe how have you been preparing for these sets? I know you were just in the UK, but especially considering the new album that’s about to come out. From interviewing you in the past as a band, I know you guys had a heavy hand in that initial run before Covid. To get right into it, you’re about to start your first run on Sad Summer since 2022. An insane feat to think about for the long-time mainstays that had a heavy hand in creating Sad Summer Fest. ![]() To learn a little bit more about this summer’s run, I spoke with Kennedy Brock of The Maine recently, not only about the tour but, of course, the two electric new singles the band has released in anticipation of their ninth full-length album. Doors will open at two pm for this all-day affair, and while seats are still available, they are limited, so scoop your ticket soon here. The tour will be in town a week from Sunday, July 16th, and it’s sure to be one for the books. With a change of location for dates in Mass for the first time, the tour will be hitting one of my favorite summertime venues in Boston, the Leader Bank Pavilion. Dunes, Head Automatica, and Motion City Soundtrack amongst others, it’s sure to be the biggest summer yet. Not to mention several bands joining the ride for a handful of dates, each with Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, the latest supergroup of our emo hearts, L.S. With past veterans of the tour like Mom Jeans and Hot Mulligan making their return, as well as new friends like Pvris and Taking Back Sunday, it’s sure to be one for the books. ![]() Bigger than ever, this year brings a band who had a heavy hand in starting the festival up with The Maine and, of course, lots of friends for the ride. But the festival came back strong in 2022 and is now in its fourth summer, with the tour kicking off just yesterday. With the first incarnation featuring Warped Tour classics like Mayday Parade, State Champs, and The Maine hitting the states, it was clear this was going to become something special. Back in 2019, just one year after the end of the forever loved Vans Warped Tour took its final bow, Sad Summer Fest quickly became the can’t miss lineup. ![]()
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