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Review - Toad the Wet Sprocket @ the Hopmonk Tavern (7/7/23)

Toad the Wet Sprocket brought the biggest concert to date to Novato’s Hopmonk Tavern Cookout Concert Series Friday night and thrilled a packed crowd with a fun evening filled mostly with hits from their thirty-seven years.

Formed back in Santa Barbara in 1986, Toad still features the original front line of vocalist/guitarist Glen Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols and bassist Dean Dinning. For this tour, they have been joined by drummer Carl Thompson and Jon Sosin (lap steel, keyboards, mandolin). They began the set with “Windmills” off the Dulcinea album, a more sedate number that allowed them to show the fantastic harmonizing of the original three and fill an early evening under clear skies with drifting melodies. From there, they transitioned into the more elevated pace of “Come Down” off 1997’s Coil and then followed it up with the more recent “California Wasted.” The song is a lament over not being able to find happiness in the golden state with lyrics:

For those only familiar with their breezy FM mega-hit “Walk on the Ocean,” lyrics of this nature might be surprising, but longtime Toad and Glen Phillips fans know that many of the band’s songs are focused more on the struggles of life and explore much deeper (and sometimes dark) emotions, fears and questions. On this night though, the band seemed to be in a jovial mood and even the darker songs were delivered with an upbeat tone. They seemed to really enjoy Hopmonk’s Cookout vibe where the crowd is split between a large standing area in front of the stage and lawn chairs and blankets along a sloped hill on the side of the stage. It’s a very comfortable open-air venue whose planners leveraged fences, landscaping and sun curtains to eliminate any evidence that it's in the parking lot of Novato’s Costco and Target.

Phillips introduced love song “Crowing” by telling the crowd 'Here’s one from thirty years ago back in the last century.' Next up, the band traveled years forward to 2021’s “Hold On,” a rocker that searches for common ground among people of diverse incomes and backgrounds. “Nanci,” a fun-filled acoustic debate over the merits of Nanci Griffith and Lorretta Lynn was followed by “Whatever I Fear” off 1997’s Coil as the sun began to set and the early evening wind picked up at the Cookout Concert.

KC Turner Presents has been putting on this Cookout Concert Series at Hopmonk for a decade now and continues to up the talent bar every year. On this weekend alone, Toad took the stage on Friday (after quickly selling out the first show, they will be back on Wednesday, July 19 with a few tickets still available ), The Mother Hips will do two shows on Saturday and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott along with Roy Rogers & The Delta Rhythm Kings come in on Sunday night. KC Turner is likely the hardest working music promoter in the Bay Area with a love of both musicians and music fans that evokes the legendary Bill Graham. Whether at Hopmonk, house shows, Turner is a constant presence on the scene, shaking hands and chatting with fans and rolling up his sleeves to make sure every event goes well. Before playing “All I Want,” Glen Phillips asked the crowd 'How many of you have either had KC and I for a house show or attended one at your friends?' and it looked as though nearly a quarter of the fans up close raised their hands in the air.

“The Moment” from 2013’s New Constellation was the last of the more recent songs. For most of the crowd that seemed well-versed in Toad, it was a delightful tour through both better-known hits and deeper cuts. “Dam would Break” and “Fly from Heaven” followed and then Phillips introduced “Pray Your Gods” saying 'We dusted this one off after about 30 years.' The song begins slowly with Phillips in an almost spoken style and then slowly building into a big song when Phillips and Nichols have a nice guitar exchange back and forth.

'Show them how we do the clapping thing' Dinning instructed Phillips as the band went into “Nightingale Song” – an old singalong that featured Sosin showing his mandolin prowess and was climaxed by Dinning going behind the drums and joining Thompson for a tandem drumming that brought one of the night’s loudest roars from the crowd. Guitarist Nichols took his turn on lead vocals for “Crazy Life,” allowing Phillips to display his best guitar-playing of the evening.

As the sun began to set in Novato, Toad finished with a four song flurry sans encore: “Something’s Always Wrong” and “Walk on The Ocean” were followed by Phillips introducing each member of the touring crew. A full-speed “Fall Down” preceded the tender and appreciative closer of “I Will Not Take These Things for Granted” and the band exited the stage – destined to return to the same scene on July 19th.

Young Los Angeles band Mini Trees opened the evening and connected well with the early-arriving audience (the lawn on the hill had been completely filled by lawn chairs by 4:20 pm for the 6 pm concert). Lead singer Lexi Vega (stage name Mini Trees) and her band’s indie originals (along with an excellent cover of The Cranberries’ “Linger”) were met with a warm response from the crowd and their merch table seemed to do quite a bit of business after their set.

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Interview with Glen Phillips of Toad the Wet Sprocket

Catching up with Glen, Toad, and a style of music that continues to blend genres and combine reality with something broader, bolder, and often appropriately branded as philosophical.

Toad the Wet Sprocket, one of the iconic bands of the 1990s and early 2000s, has continued to make its special brand of alternative rock during the decades that followed their attempt to retire the band in 1998. They responded to collapse of the record industry and the rise of streaming with live performances and frequent reunion tours. In more recent years, frontman Glen Phillips went on to a solo career, but it was reviving Toad that produced a couple of noteworthy albums as well as a powerful compilation. 

The Aquarian had the pleasure to speak with Glen about a week prior to the commencement of their latest tour. He proved to be an exceptionally modest and articulate spokesman for the band. My intention was to reexamine their history and to find out what makes Toad the Wet Sprocket so special for this feature. I also wanted to brush up on what the band has been up to now and see where it is currently heading. Listening to Phillips reveal himself was almost as uplifting as listening to his music.

It’s an honor to speak with you, Glen Phillips, singer-songwriter for the band Toad the Wet Sprocket. Last time I interviewed you for The Aquarian was in 2011 and a lot has transpired. Can we review a little bit of your background for starters?

What are your roots? Where did you grow up?

That would be in Santa Barbara, California. The whole band did, actually. We met in high school – in San Marcos High. We formed a high school band which just happened to last the next 35 years.

Are you still around that vicinity?

Yes, I am, as are most of the other band members, actually, in the next town down to the south – Ventura.

What’s it like there as far as geography of the area?

It’s a really thin sliver of land before you hit mountain peaks. It’s a like a riviera with an east-west coast instead of a north-south coast, so you get a really mild climate – pretty ideal. I’m still trying to figure how to remain here. It’s gotten pretty expensive.

Were the four of you classmates? Were you in the high school band together?

They were seniors, I was a freshman. We were we were mostly in theater and choir together. My freshman year we did Oklahoma . We also did Our Town and Todd did the narrator.

When did you get together? How old were you?

I was 14 or 15. We would meet at choir practice and I learned that Todd lived two blocks away. He also could play guitar, so we started writing songs together and that’s how it all began. He had a great record collection that was kind of cool, and so I started hanging out with him.

Were you playing guitar then, as well?

I was playing guitar, but I wasn’t particularly good.

I guess you were particularly good at singing. At the beginning – like a sort of a garage band – were you playing covers, or was it original music?

We learned a couple of covers, but the place that would let us play, called the Shack, didn’t want to pay ASCAP [American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers] or BMI, so we weren’t allowed to play covers  – only originals. It wasn’t because we loved original music. We were playing there around once a week. We had to come up with a playlist every week. We ended up writing a lot of songs.

That was good for us! And what was the actual year at the inception of the band?

That would be 1986.

How did you come by the unique and curious name for the band?

We had a gig and we didn’t have a name yet. Dean was a big Monty Python fan – so am I – and we had all the records. They had a hilarious comedy sketch on ‘Rock Notes’ proposing a bad rock band name. It was Toad the Wet Sprocket featuring an electric triangle player named Rick Stardust. We thought it would be just a terrible name for a band, but that we could come up with a better name later.

Glad you didn’t. So the band, I take it, was established by the time you got out of high school.

Well, I graduated early. I was 16 when got out of high school.

Then did you go on to college?

I did two years at Santa Barbara City College, but by that time I was 18, we got signed. It was then that we went on tour. I was intending to go back to school… I wasn’t assuming that this was going to take me […] or last as long as it did.

Let’s get into the actual career of the band. The self-produced first album was Bread and Circus . It already had the signature sound of Toad the Wet Sprocket. Do you still get requests to perform songs from that album? Does it get a lot of traffic on streaming services?

No, it doesn’t. That and the second album, Pale , were the first two we did before we were signed with Sony, then re-released. They were first recorded live. There are a group of people who like them because they’re unadorned, and there’s an authenticity to them. I don’t feel like I was a great songwriter at 16 or a great singer. I feel like those were some things I did as a kid, but some select group of people like it. There’s nothing professional about those albums. They’re really revealing and imperfect in ways that some people find appealing. I don’t share that feeling.

Music videos and MTV were a big thing at one time . Was that a big thing for marketing?

No. I didn’t think it was a big thing for us. I think of it as an after-thought.

I did enjoy the videos, and some of them were controversial.

Like which?

Like “Fall Down.” That was a brutal take on marathon dance contests. 

The video for “Fall Down” was based on  They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (1969). It was a good video and it was done by Samuel Bayer. He had also done the Nirvana video for “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”

And there’s some controversy regarding “Something’s Always Wrong,” the video that seemed to parody TV commercials .

MTV shied away from that video because it looked too much like the Home Shopping Network. I loved the idea of that one, of basically selling intangibles like unconditional love and things that you can’t sell. 

Maybe it was touching a little too close to what MTV was selling.   Another thing about Toad the Wet Sprocket is that you are famous for not being infamous. No substance abuse reports, no fights with other bands, no battles within the industry – how did you avoid those standard scandals that are so common in the music scene?

I don’t know. I met my wife when I was a very young age. I was raising kids by the time I was 25. I had a strong group of friends at home. Those are things that you need as an artist to complete you. A lot of people go into that world that don’t have those basics – like a solid partner and a solid community – to keep you in check, even tell you when you go out of line. I think we had that. Community and friends go a long way… and we were all kind of conflict averse. No massive arguments. Nobody was dating celebrities. If we had done more of that, would we have been a bigger band?

When I spoke to you in 2011, you named REM and U2 as bands you admired. Are there any particular bands or artists at the present time that you feel could be influential or that you maybe just admire?

There’s too much to single anyone out. I don’t know where to start. There’s James Blake and there’s Gregory Alan Isakov who I think does amazing work. Phoenix is also a great band.

Sounds like you’re open to a great deal of what’s out there. Would you say that Toad the Wet Sprocket is still capable of being influenced by changing times and changing musical style?

Yes, probably. I’m sure we are. I hope that our last record shows that we are evolving musically. I’m always trying to do stuff that’s different. One of the things about my solo work is that every one of my records sounds different. I’m at the point where now I want to make things that sound a little more alike.

Last time we spoke there was a cataclysmic change going on in the economics of the music industry with the collapse of record sales and the replacement with streaming platforms. How has that affected Toad the Wet Sprocket with you large and popular discography?

You really only make money by going on the road. We haven’t had much luck with streaming. We haven’t had much luck with film and television lately. Those are thing you have to look toward now. We’re really lucky in that we have a catalog, we have a following of fans, and we can go on the road.

I have mixed feelings. You can’t even call it the ‘record’ industry. 

But that’s all happened before. It happened when recorded music was invented. If you wanted to have music at your bar, you had to have a musician there. Then the jukebox came along and musicians protested deeply about that. There was a ban on recorded music, I believe in 1941, that lasted about a year. Musicians were not getting paid for their performances on records. 

Technological innovation and workers’ rights have always been in slow motion balance. I try not to take it too personally.

If there’s a good thing about the streaming services and easy ubiquity of recording technology it’s that you can buy an entire studio for a thousand dollars and make a really good-sounding record with it. The problem is that it’s really difficult for a musician to make a living at that if they’re not willing to jump into TikTok and all the social media. This market benefits people who are capable with that kind of marketing. People like me are not. Frankly, I don’t want to be; it would take too much of my privacy away and too much of my peace of mind away. I’ve got nothing against the people who find success that way.

Is income from streaming services substantial or negligible?

It’s not a lot [ Laughs ].

Toad the Wet Sprocket is well-known for engaging in long and strenuous touring in the past. At present you are about to embark on an upcoming tour. When did you tour last? 

A couple of months ago [ Laughs ]. Yeah, we did seven weeks. We go out most every summer and every fall. We tour all the time.

When did this current tour start?

September 8.

How many stops will there be?

I believe it’s 20 or 25.

Your tour will be making a stop in Red Bank, New Jersey on September 28. Your latest album, Starting Now , came out in 2021. It must have been impractical to tour in support of that album due to the COVID lockdowns. Were you even able to bring Starting Now on tour?

It was. We managed [ Laughs ], and we went out. We saw people. We wore masks during meet-and-greets. We managed to get through the past couple of years. Last year our guitarist got COVID in the middle of the tour. Actually, we didn’t cancel. Our guitar tech sat in, bailed us out. It was a lot of work. COVID is on the rise again this week. I hope we make it through this tour.

If this upcoming tour is not in support of Starting Now , what is its theme or the title?

It’s the ‘All You Want’ Tour. It’s the re-recorded greatest hits as well as some new stuff. 

There was an album called All You Want that came out years ago in 2011 – with a bonus edition in 2022. Why the re-record?

We re-recorded a collection of our greatest hits just so that we could own versions of our records instead of everything belonging to Sony. It’s basically why we re-record. The idea was that if someone wanted to use a song in a film or some such, they could use the version that was ours that we owned and that they could get directly from us instead of from Sony. The setlist for the tour is going to have a lot of overlap with that album.

Are you going to feature some of your solo works?

I usually play one song solo acoustic, and when I do that, sometimes I play something off my solo catalog and sometimes from Toad’s catalog.

May you do some covers?

Probably not, but you never know. There may be a couple of covers.

Speaking of covers, I understand that Toad does a version of the KISS hit “Rock and Roll All Night.” Wasn’t there was a famous occasion when Jon Bon Jovi, who is revered by many in this state, joined Toad the Wet Sprocket on stage at Madison Square Garden for that song? How did that come about?

That was basically due to our drummer Randy’s having the nerve to ask. I wouldn’t have asked, but Randy is more courageous than I am. I wouldn’t have had the nerve.

Was Bon Jovi in the audience?

He was backstage. He was performing at the same festival. Randy said, “Hey, you want to sing with us?” and he said “Sure!”

Did it bring the house down?

Yes. When you’re on he stage when Jon Bon Jovi walks on, you’re like “Oh! That’s what an actual star gets. We – we’re just faking it.” Maybe he wasn’t a fan of ours, but he’s definitely more of a star.

I want to jump into the two albums that came out after 2011. The title track of the 2013 album New Constellations starts off with reference to the findings of modern astronomy and winds up with a brief litany naming a number of saints. The fifth track also brings up God and the names of saints. I’m wondering: are you are hinting to something you acquired in your upbringing?

Do you mean my Jewish roots? [ Laughs ] I grew up Jewish, but I’m kind of fascinated by Christianity. That list of saints – the saints named – are tied up with issues around artists and mental illness. These are saints that you would call on if you were a creative person dealing with depression – which happens to be what I am.

Aren’t we all? Was the second track, “California Wasted,” about a hallucinogen trip?

No, it’s not.

On the same album, there are two tracks, “The Moment” and “Rare Bird,” that seem to be addressing someone very special with loving feelings of praise and for advice. Can you share with us who that person is?

Well, no. Ok… “Rare Bird” was that it was my wife.

You say “was.”

Well, we got divorced 10 years ago. I got remarried just a month ago.

Congratulations! Good for you. I wasn’t looking for a name, but I wanted to make sure it was a specific person, not just a generalized women. The fourth track, “I’ll Bet On You,” seems to predict the fires on Maui and the hurricane-caused floods in Florida. Were there similar natural disasters going on when you you wrote it in 2013?

I believe we are in an era of extreme weather. Santa Barbara recently had landslides, floods, various big fires. There are a number of places that come to mind, and the point of that song is that people are capable of showing up for each other. In Santa Barbara – when the mountains started coming down – it was amazing how people were in looking after each other.

After listening to your entire body of work over the years, I’m prompted to wonder – and to ask you – are you giving voice to a kind os philosophical Stoicism? You know the line: “Whatever happens will be,” from “All I Want.”

I don’t think I would say I’m a stoic. I don’t know much about Stoicism. I have a more psychological take on thinks. I admit that there’s some kind of philosophical bent in the music and the subject matter that I like to think about and write about.

Going back to theme of evolution of your music: in the last album, Starting Now , I found that it includes elements of folk rock, metal, country & western – even gospel – that I haven’t heard in your previous work. Am I right about that, or is that my imagination?

I don’t know if that accurate. There’s always been a little of everything. Those elements are and have been present in everything we’ve done.

It does appear to me that the last album or two have shifted the focus slightly from deep personal issues to some of the great societal issues in Staring Now . Do you agree?

There’s always been a bit of both. I’ve dealt with other subjects over time. There’s a lot going on in the world. In Starting Now , I was probably less personally oriented and more looking at the world – this crazy world. That was a challenge. My previous solo record was all about my divorce and grief. In Starting Now I was ready to talk about myself a little less.

In that album there is that song – “Best of Me.”

Oh, that’s about my wife – my current wife.

I’d like to call what you write the philosophy of everyday life. Do you think that’s a fair observation? Is that a fair way to put it?

I’ll take it. In all of those songs there’s a combination of the specificity and the generality when I’m writing. I try to get things very specific about the emotions and less specific in terms of the situation. If everything you write is highly specific, it will have less universal take.

Thank you for your time and for the contribution you have made to the realm of alternative music and to 20th and 21st century culture. Good luck with the tour. Hope to see you perform in Red Bank, New Jersey.

We’ll be there.

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET PLAYS CITY WINERY NYC ON TUESDAY, 9/26, AND COUNT BASIE CENTER FOR THE ARTS ON THURSDAY, 9/28. FOR TICKETS AND DETAILS ON THE TOUR, VISIT THE BAND’S WEBSITE !

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TOAD THE WET SPROCKET Release New Single “Best of Me (2023)” Ahead of U.S. Headlining Tour

Toad The Wet Sprocket release a new track “Best of Me (2023)” ahead of their highly anticipated U.S. Headlining tour beginning next month. This version of the track more closely aligns with the version fans hear live.

“We were extremely fortunate to get the legendary Michael McDonald to sing the backups on the song ‘Best of Me’.” It was the lead single from their 2021 release Starting Now . “But, since he was too busy to helicopter out on tour every night, we wanted to release the original version. A frequent request from our fans, especially when we play this on tour,” the band explains.

The single will be included on a revamped greatest hits album ALL YOU WANT (Bonus Edition) , available May 26, 2023 on streaming services. That same day, they will launch vinyl and CD pre-orders followed closely by the first date of their U.S. headlining tour which will take them to 40 cities across the country to once again reconnect with their fans and share their music.

Throughout their career, Toad the Wet Sprocket – led by founding members Glen Phillips, Todd Nichols, and Dean Dinning – has remained committed to creating music that is both meaningful and accessible. Their songs are filled with introspective lyrics, melodic guitars and vocal harmonies that have resonated with fans for decades. As part of their 2023 ALL YOU WANT Tour, audiences can expect to hear classic hits as well as deep cut favorites from the band’s extensive catalog.

TOAD THE WET SPROCKET ON TOUR MAY 31 / DEL MAR, CA @ The Sound at Del Mar* JUN 1 / SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA @ The Coach House JUN 3 / SANTA FE, NM @ Buffalo Thunder Resort Casino (MP) JUN 5 / HOUSTON, TX @ House of Blues (MP)*^ JUN 6 / FORT WORTH, TX @ Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall (MP)^ JUN 7 / AUSTIN, TX @ The Paramount Theatre (MP) JUN 8 / DALLAS, TX @ House of Blues (MP)^ JUN 10 / PEACHTREE CITY, GA @ Frederick Brown Jr Amphitheater (MP) JUN 11 / CHARLESTON, SC @ Charleston Music Hall (MP) JUN 12 / DURHAM, NC @ The Carolina (MP)^ JUN 13 / ANNAPOLIS, MD @ Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts JUN 15 / TYSONS, VA @ Capital One Hall (MP)^ JUN 16 / BOSTON, MA @ The Wilbur (MP)* JUN 17 / NORTHAMPTON, MA @ The Pines Theater (MP) + (GB) JUN 18 / NASHUA, NH @ Nashua Center (MP) JUN 20 / FAIRFIELD, CT @ The Warehouse JUN 21 / NEWTON, NJ @ The Newton Theater JUN 22 / CANADAIGUA, NY @ Lincoln Hill Farms (MP)^ JUN 23 / GLENSIDE, PA @ Keswick Theatre (MP)* JUN 25 / KENT, OH @ The Kent Stage (MP) JUN 26 / CINCINNATI, OH @ Taft Theatre (MP) JUN 27 / KALAMAZOO, MI @ Bell’s Eccentric Café (MP) JUN 28 / EVANSTON, IL @ Cahn Auditorium (MP)* JUN 30 / BEAVER CREEK, CO @ Vilar Performing Arts Center JUL 1 / TELLURIDE, CO @ Sheridan Opera House JUL 2 / BELLVUE, CO @ The Mishawaka JUL 3 / ARVADA, CO @ Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities JUL 5 / OJAI, CA @ The Canyon @ The Libbey Bowl JUL 6 / MENLO PARK, CA @ The Guild Theatre JUL 7 / NOVATO, CA @ HopMonk Tavern (SOLD OUT) JUL 8 / SACRAMENTO, CA @ Crest Theatre JUL 11 / SPOKANE, WA @ Bing Crosby Theater JUL 13 / FEDERAL WAY, WA @ Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center JUL 14 / EDMONDS, WA @ Edmonds Center for the Arts JUL 15 / PORTLAND, OR @ Revolution Hall JUL 16 / BOISE, ID @ The Egyptian Theatre JUL 18 / REDDING, CA @ Cascade Theater JUL 19 / NOVATO, CA @ Hopmonk Tavern

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Toad the wet sprocket announce “all you want” headlining tour.

Toad the Wet Sprocket are happy to announce their 2023 “ALL YOU WANT Headline Tour,” which will take them to cities across the country to once again reconnect with their fans and share their music.

Toad the Wet Sprocket is still making new music and touring with the same spirit of independence that started it all over three decades ago and credit their success to the unwavering support of their fans. In their most recent music releases and live performances, the band has stayed true to their roots while evolving their sound. And now, in 2023, they are happy to announce their 2023 “ALL YOU WANT Headline Tour,” which will take them to cities across the country to once again reconnect with their fans and share their music.

The band consists of founding members Glen Phillips , Todd Nichols , and Dean Dinning . Throughout their career, Toad the Wet Sprocket has remained committed to creating music that is both meaningful and accessible. Their songs are filled with introspective lyrics and catchy melodies that have resonated with fans for decades. As part of their 2023 ALL YOU WANT Tour, audiences can expect to hear classic hits and deep-cut favourites from the band’s extensive catalogue. Pick up tickets here .

“ALL YOU WANT” Tour Dates:

MAY 31 / DEL MAR, CA @ The Sound at Del Mar* JUN 1 / SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA @ The Coach House JUN 3 / SANTA FE, NM @ Buffalo Thunder Resort Casino (MP) JUN 5 / HOUSTON, TX @ House of Blues (MP)*^ JUN 6 / FORT WORTH, TX @ Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall (MP)^ JUN 7 / AUSTIN, TX @ The Paramount Theatre (MP) JUN 8 / DALLAS, TX @ House of Blues (MP)^ JUN 10 / PEACHTREE CITY, GA @ Frederick Brown Jr Amphitheater (MP) JUN 11 / CHARLESTON, SC @ Charleston Music Hall (MP) JUN 12 / DURHAM, NC @ The Carolina (MP)^ JUN 13 / ANNAPOLIS, MD @ Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts JUN 15 / TYSONS, VA @ Capital One Hall (MP)^ JUN 16 / BOSTON, MA @ The Wilbur (MP)* JUN 17 / NORTHAMPTON, MA @ The Pines Theater (MP) + (GB) JUN 18 / NASHUA, NH @ Nashua Center (MP) JUN 20 / HARTFORD, CT @ Infinity Music Hall JUN 21 / NEWTON, NJ @ The Newton Theater JUN 22 / CANADAIGUA, NY @ Lincoln Hill Farms (MP)^ JUN 23 / GLENSIDE, PA @ Keswick Theatre (MP)* JUN 25 / KENT, OH @ The Kent Stage (MP) JUN 26 / CINCINNATI, OH @ Taft Theatre (MP) JUN 27 / KALAMAZOO, MI @ Bell’s Eccentric Café (MP) JUN 28 / EVANSTON, IL @ Cahn Auditorium (MP)* JUN 30 / BEAVER CREEK, CO @ Vilar Performing Arts Center JUL 7 / NOVATO, CA @ HopMonk Tavern

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Toad the Wet Sprocket is still making new music and touring with the same spirit of unwavering independence that started it all over three decades ago. The band is thankful for the continued help and enthusiastic support of their fans, which helped spur the release of All You Want and also serves as inspiration for the band to not only tour and play live, but to continue to make new original music together. They continue to support their most recent release, Starting Now (2021), as well as their previous album New Constellation (2013), and EP The Architect of Ruin (2015). Toad the Wet Sprocket share in the kind of musical chemistry that can only come from meeting in high school and writing, recording, and touring on albums over the course of time. After Bread & Circus, they followed with Pale in 1990, fear in ’91, Dulcinea in 1994, and Coil in 1997, as well as some compilations along the way. While most will still feel the comforting familiarity of the Billboard-charting hits, “Walk on the Ocean”, “All I Want”, “Something’s Always Wrong”, and “Fall Down”, fans will also be well familiar with tracks with lyrics that resonate for so many life milestones like “The Moment”, “I Will Not Take These Things for Granted”, “Transient Whales” and so many more. Support is The Verve Pipe

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Gin Blossoms and Toad The Wet Sprocket to Kick Off 2024 Tour

by Em Casalena March 16, 2024, 10:57 am

Gin Blossom fans were left with a bit of disappointment back in 2022 when the band had to cut their New Miserable Experience 30th Anniversary Tour short after bassist Bill Leen suffered a broken arm. The band went on a brief tour with Sugar Ray last year, but some fans might have missed it. Luckily, it looks like the band is finally back on tour again this year!

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This time, they’re kicking off a co-headlining trek with alt-rock band Toad The Wet Sprocket. The summer 2024 tour will be supported by Vertical Horizon as well and will span the East Coast and cities in the Midwest.

The Gin Blossoms and Toad The Wet Sprocket 2024 Tour will start on August 1 in Oshkosh, Wisconsin at the Waterfest Concert Series. The tour will end, pending additional tour dates, on August 24 in Essex Junction, Vermont at Champlain Valley Fair

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Tickets are available for general sale through Ticketmaster and Stubhub for all tour dates except for the Grand Rapids date, and general on-sale for that date will be announced soon. Check out what Stubhub has available for this tour, and you might just get lucky and find tickets that are lower in price than current face value.

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“We have a lot of history with Toad the Wet Sprocket and Vertical Horizon,” said Gin Blossoms frontman Robin Wilson. “And it’s always fun to perform with them. I know our fans and theirs will enjoy the shows. I’m looking forward to an awesome summer of fine rock.”

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Gin Blossoms and Toad The Wet Sprocket 2024 Tour Dates

August 1 – Oshkosh, WI – Waterfest Concert Series

August 2 – La Vista, NE – The Astro

August 3 – Mankato, MN – Vetter Stone Amphitheater

August 5 – Grand Rapids, MI – TBA

August 7 – Cleveland Heights, OH – Evans Amphitheater

August 11 – Lewiston, NY – Artpark Outdoor Amphitheater

August 13 – Medford, MA – Chevalier Theatre

August 15 – Bethlehem, PA – Wind Creek Event Center

August 16 – Cary, NC – Koka Booth Amphitheatre

August 17 – Sugar Hill, GA – The Bowl at Sugar Hill

August 18 – Huber Heights, OH – Rose Music Center at the Heights

August 20 – Red Bank, NJ – Count Basie Center for the Arts

August 22 – Selbyville, DE – Freeman Arts Pavilion

August 23 – Middlefield, CT – Powder Ridge

August 24 – Essex Junction, VT – Champlain Valley Fair

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The Moscow Metro Tour is included in most guided tours’ itineraries. Opened in 1935, under Stalin’s regime, the metro was not only meant to solve transport problems, but also was hailed as “a people’s palace”. Every station you will see during your Moscow metro tour looks like a palace room. There are bright paintings, mosaics, stained glass, bronze statues… Our Moscow metro tour includes the most impressive stations best architects and designers worked at - Ploshchad Revolutsii, Mayakovskaya, Komsomolskaya, Kievskaya, Novoslobodskaya and some others.

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The guide will not only help you navigate the metro, but will also provide you with fascinating background tales for the images you see and a history of each station.

And there some stories to be told during the Moscow metro tour! The deepest station - Park Pobedy - is 84 metres under the ground with the world longest escalator of 140 meters. Parts of the so-called Metro-2, a secret strategic system of underground tunnels, was used for its construction.

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There are almost 200 stations 196 at the moment and trains run every 90 seconds! The guide of your Moscow metro tour can explain to you how to buy tickets and find your way if you plan to get around by yourself.

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• Duration: 3 Hrs
• Language: English
• Departure Time : 10:00 AM
• Departure Details : Karl Marks Monument on Revolution Square, metro stop: Square of Revolution
• Return Details : Metro Smolenskaya
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Go beneath the streets on this tour of the spectacular, mind-bending Moscow Metro! Be awed by architecture and spot the Propaganda , then hear soviet stories from a local in the know. Finish it all up above ground, looking up to Stalins skyscrapers, and get the inside scoop on whats gone on behind those walls.

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We begin our Moscow tour beneath the city, exploring the underground palace of the Moscow Metro. From the Square of Revolution station, famous for its huge statues of soviet people (an armed soldier, a farmer with a rooster, a warrior, and more), we’ll move onto some of the most significant stations, where impressive mosaics, columns, and chandeliers will boggle your eyes! Moreover, these stations reveal a big part of soviet reality — the walls depict plenty of Propaganda , with party leaders looking down from images on the walls. Your local guide will share personal stories of his/her family from USSR times, giving you insight into Russia’s complicated past and present. Then we’re coming back up to street level, where we’ll take a break and refuel with some Russian fast food: traditional pancakes, called bliny. And then, stomachs satiated, we are ready to move forward! We’ll take the eco-friendly electric trolleybus, with a route along the Moscow Garden Ring. Used mainly by Russian babushkas(grannies) during the day, the trolleybus hits peak hours in the mornings and evenings, when many locals use it going to and from their days. Our first stop will be the Aviator’s House, one of Stalin’s Seven Sisters, followed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs — and you’ll hear the legends of what has gone on inside the walls. Throughout your Moscow tour, you’ll learn curious facts from soviet history while seeing how Russia exists now, 25 years after the USSR.

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Dress standard: Please wear comfortable shoes for walking. For your Urban Adventure you will be in a small group of a maximum of 12 people

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This tour exceeded our expectations. Nikolai (Nick), our tour guide, was very knowledgeable, thorough, and has a great personality. He didn't take shortcuts and really covered everything that was on the agenda in great detail. We saw beautiful metro stations and learned the history behind them, including many of the murals and designs.

We did the tour with Anna her knowledge and understanding of the History surrounding the metro brought the tour alive. Well done Anna!

This tour was amazing!

Anna was a great tour guide. She gave us heaps of interesting information, was very friendly, and very kindly showed us how to get to our next tour.

Amazing beauty and history.

An excellent tour helped by an absolutely amazing guide. Anna gave a great insight into the history of the metro helped by additional material she had prepared.

great tour and guide - thanks again

great will do it again, Miriam ke was very good as a guide she has lived here all here life so knew every interesting detail.a good day

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