More from The Black Donnelly's

After my post on The Black Donnelly's on Tuesday, we got a comment from Joe - who runs the solid blog Headless Ponch - regarding an alternate choice of song during the show's pivotal scene. The intention, we've learned, was Arcade Fire's "Rebellion (Lies)". Stereogum private eyes confirmed Joe's comments with two posts of their own (the idea of which, I'm guessing they aped from someone else as they're apt to do without credit). Regardless, their blog clout has enabled them to uncover an interesting backstory regarding Haggis' willingness to take "No" for an answer from Acrade Fire. The version that aired, of course, was Snow Patrol's "Open Your Eyes" and even though I am finding this band more and more irritating, the song kind of works. But after seeing the Pilot version with "Rebellion (Lies)" Haggis' vision becomes that much clearer.

Snow Patrol, Silversun Pickups & OK Go @ Bender Arena, March 23

That's Bender Arena at American University. I was really hoping this was going to be D.A.R. Constitution Hall (in fact SSPU's MySpace page still has it listed as D.A.R. Constitution Hall), but what can you do? Just to give you an idea, Bender Arena holds roughly half the people that the GMU Patriot Center does. Capacity will be 6,000 for a concert setup, where GMU Patriot Center holds 10,000 for basketball games alone (not counting the floor seats).

9:30 Club presale goes off tomorrow from 10 AM to 10 PM and tickets are on sale to the public starting Saturday, Dec. 9th at 10 AM. Snow Patrol made the wise choice of not butting up against Grey's Anatomy on a Thursday night.

Snow Patrol
[Official Site | MySpace]


Silversun Pickups
[Silversun Pickups | MySpace]


OK Go
[Official Site | MySpace]


Rest of Snow Patrol, SSPU, and OK Go dates
Feb 26 Memorial Coliseum / Portland, OR
Feb 27 Key Arena / Seattle, WA
Mar 01 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium / San Fran, CA
Mar 02 Gibson Amphitheatre / Los Angeles, CA
Mar 03 SDSU Open Air Theatre / San Diego, CA
Mar 05 Saltair / Magna, UT
Mar 06 The Fillmore Auditorium / Denver, CO
Mar 08 Cain’s Ballroom / Tulsa, OK
Mar 09 Nokia Theatere / Grand Prairie, TX
Mar 10 Stubbs Bar-BQ / Austin, TX
Mar 11 Verizon Wireless Theater / Houston, TX
Mar 19 Bank United Center / Coral Gables, FL
Mar 20 Hard Rock Live / Orlando, FL
Mar 21 The Arena at Gwinnett Center / Duluth, NJ
Mar 23 Bender Arena (AU) / Washington, DC
Mar 24 Tweeter Center / Camden, NJ
Mar 26 Theater at MSG / New York, NY
Mar 27 Theater at MSG / New York, NY
Mar 28 Agganis Arena / Boston, MA
Mar 30 Metropolis / Montreal, QC
Mar 31 Ricoh / Toronto, ONT
Apr 01 State Theatre / Detroit, MI
Apr 02 Aragon Ballroom / Chicago, IL
Apr 04 The Pageant, St. Louis, MO
Apr 05 Eagles Ballroom / Milwaukee, WI
Apr 06 Northrop Auditorium / Minneapolis, MN
Apr 07 Burton Cummings Theatre / Winnipeg, MB
Apr 09 MacEwan Hall / Calgary, AB
Apr 10 Shaw Conference Center / Edmonton, AB