So Taking Back Sunday is still planning to officially reveal their new guitarist-singer to the world at Madison Square Garden on May 9, but they plan to give their Long Island fans a sneak preview.
There's an unusual show on Monday at the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale featuring Envy on the Coast and some band called Lance Striker and the Rockoholics, who apparently sound a lot like TBS. Hmm. Coincidence? Guess we'll have to find out.
The band is more direct with its festival schedule. They're on the amazing bill on Day 2 of the Virgin Mobile Festival on Aug. 10 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore. They'll be taking back that Sunday on the main stage with Bob Dylan, Kanye West, Iggy Pop & The Stooges and Stone Temple Pilots. Tickets for that festival go on sale Saturday through Ticketmaster.
They're also set for Day 1 of the Reading Festival on Aug. 22 and Day 2 of the Leeds Festival on Aug. 23, which is being headlined both days by Rage Against the Machine and Queens of the Stone Age.