TGEFM doesn’t normally post about individual gigs within a tour itself, but this is too funny not to share:
Laura Jane Grace (Against Me!) and Brendan Kelly (The Lawrence Arms) will be teaming up for an intimate acoustic performance at the location of one 2020’s most hilarious political screw ups: Four Seasons Total Landscaping in Philadelphia, PA on 21 Aug 2021.
For those who don’t recall, in the early days of the Trump Administration’s post-election Big Lie activities, Trump crony and disgraced New York lawyer Rudy Giuliani famously held a press conference at the Four Seasons. However, due to the general ineptitude which imbues everything around Trump, they didn’t book the famed Four Seasons hotel… no, it was at Four Seasons Total Landscaping. Giuliani, never one to quit when his goose is cooked, went ahead with the press conference anyway, further embarrassing himself and those around him.
Anyhow… now Kelly is holding a gig at the same venue as part of his upcoming tour, and LJG has graciously chosen to come along and play, likely for the sheer novelty of it.
Per Kelly:
Ever since I saw my personal hero Rudy Giuliani humiliate himself for the good of the nation at Four Seasons Total Landscaping, I knew I wanted to go there and follow in his footsteps, then shop at the porn store, and eventually move off this mortal coil by being burned at the neighboring crematorium. It’s not often you get to touch history, but that’s what Laura and I will be doing in this most hallowed of political and mulching grounds.
This is going to be fun.
Tickets go on sale in 30 minutes, 12pm EDT, and you can grab them over at Eventbrite.
Below are the other tour dates for Brendan Kelly’s 2021 Here Goes Nothin’ Tour:
30 Jul 2021 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Cooperage
31 Jul 2021 – Green Bay, WI @ Badger State Brewing
01 Aug 2021 – Minneapolis, MN @ Palmer’s Bar
02 Aug 2021 – Iowa City, IA @ Big Grove Brewery
06 Aug 2021 – Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge
07 Aug 2021 – St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
08 Aug 2021 – Springfield, MO @ Springfield Brewing Co.
09 Aug 2021 – Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone
10 Aug 2021 – Huntsville, AL @ Fractal Brewing
11 Aug 2021 – Atlanta, GA @ Boggs Social
12 Aug 2021 – Tallahassee, FL @ The Bark
13 Aug 2021 – Tampa, FL @ The Bricks
14 Aug 2021 – Gainesville, FL @ Heartwood Soundstage
15 Aug 2021 – Savannah, GA @ Riverside Lounge
16 Aug 2021 – Wilmington, NC @ Reggie’s 42nd St.
817 Aug 2021 – Norfolk, VA @ Taphouse Grill
18 Aug 2021 – Harrisburg, PA @ HMAC
19 Aug 2021 – Brooklyn, NY @ Arrogant Swine
21 Aug 2021 – Philly, PA @ Four Seasons Landscaping
21 Aug 2021 – Renovo, PA @ Heather’s Tofu Palace
22 Aug 2021 – Cleveland, OH @ Hatfield’s
Laura Jane Grace also has several stand-alone gigs lined up, along with a brief mini-tour supporting Thursday this coming December 2021:
21 Aug 2021 – Philadelphia, PA – Four Seasons Total Landscaping (w/ Brendan Kelly)
25 Sep 2021 – Las Vegas, NV – Punk Rock Bowling
27 Dec 2021 – Reading, PA – Reverb *
28 Dec 2021 – Worcester, MA – Palladium *
29 Dec 2021 – Washington DC – 9:30 Club *
30 Dec 2021 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom *
* – supporting Thursday
the white drew carey (aka – Jeff Sorley) is the founder and head editor of TGEFM. He’s lived (outside of) Chicago, Madison WI, (ugh) Penn State, Lyon FR, Oxford UK, central New Jersey, and now within earshot of SFO in the Bay Area. When not scouring the web for more great bands and labels to post about, he also spends time drawing (mostly) silly sci-fi and anime stuff under the name Asplenia Studios.
