hello

i am sure most of you were aware of this. but wanted to officially confirm once i had everything in place. now with the approved visas and paperwork, we are confirming the american tour.

it started off with an official showcase last march at south by south west [ sxsw ] in austin, texas. the first performance till date by any rock band from india.

this time around, we'll not just be confined to austin but will be doing a seven city regional texas tour. we, unfortunately, had to cancel some of the billed shows in new york because of immigration paperwork issues.

the tour starts from houston on march 1 and will move on to san antonio, san marcos, austin, denton, fort worth and finally dallas.

venues and show timings are still being finalised but i can give you a tentative schedule. the tour, promoted by dart music international, was to showcase three international bands -- menwhopause; 127, the underground rockers from iran [ http://www.myspace.com/127band ]; and stuka, garage rockers from the main industrial center of pancevo in serbia [ http://www.myspace.com/stukaserbia ]. however, stuka had to pull out because of visa issues.

instead, now we have hypernova, yet another pioneer of the underground counter-culture movement in iran, who've come forward to fill the vacant slot [ http://www.myspace.com/hypernovamusic ].

we can also confirm the participation of two more international acts at our gig at friends in austin on march 11 -- lily electric from denmark [ http://www.myspace.com/lilyelectric ] and the victorian english gentleman's club from the united kingdom [ http://www.myspace.com/thevictorianenglishgentlemensclub ]. a couple more international bands are lined up for the tour, depending on their schedule and visa status.

as mentioned earlier, show timings and venues are subject to change. to keep track of our itinerary, it is best to regularly visit our myspace page [ http://www.myspace.com/menwhopause ].

the itinerary, as of today. all show timings are yet to be finalised. tba venues = to be announced venues.

March 3, tba, houston
March 4, fitzgerald's, houston
March 5, rice university, alice pratt brown hall, houston
March 6, rudyard's pub, houston
March 7, proletariat, houston
March 8, white rabbit, san antonio
March 9, cheatham street warehouse, san marcos
March 11, friends, austin
March 12, tba, austin
March 13, tba, austin
March 14, tba, austin
March 15, tba, austin
March 16, emo's, austin
March 17, hogg auditorium, austin
March 19, hailey's, denton
March 20, ridglea, ft worth
March 21, billy bob's texas, ft worth
March 22, club dada, dallas
March 23, international museum of cultures, dallas
March 24, tba, dallas

for any more info, do get back to me either on theband@menwhopause.com or on +91-9891306446.

best.
satish warier
manager