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You Say Party! We Say Die! Tour Canada in Support of New Album XXXX

You Say Party! We Say Die! Tour Canada in Support of New Album XXXX

Toronto — British Columbia’s You Say Party! We Say Die! are hitting the road this fall in support of their brilliant new album XXXX (Paper Bag Records). The seven week tour begins in Vancouver on October 2nd and travels from coast to coast taking in a total of 29 dates. The band has reinvented themselves with their spirited style of New-Wave, and a new depth of material for their much-anticipated third release. XXXX will be in stores on September 29th.

Collaborating with producer Howard Redekopp (Tegan And Sara, The New Pornographers) XXXX embraces soul, feeling, and rhythm while still bearing the tenets of their original sound, which caused critics around the globe to embrace the band’s first two albums, Hit the Floor! and Lose All Time.

After years of touring, hundreds of shows worldwide, and countless van hours together, patience has become a virtue to lead singer Becky Ninkovic, bassist Stephen O’Shea, keyboardist Krista Loewen, guitarist Derek Adam and drummer Devon Clifford. In late 2007, during a sixteen-week fall/winter tour of Canada and Europe, the band had reached a breaking point. It happened during a physical confrontation at the legendary “Rock And Roll Herberge” in Berlin, ending with Ninkovic being thrown into the street by two beefy German punk rockers.

Road-weary and listless, the group was desperate for new inspiration. This came in the spring of 2008 when they were offered the opportunity to tour China and Japan for the first time. The group’s experience in Asia brought them closer together than they had ever been, and a new motivation to love each other and “do whatever it takes” was found. Thus, the seed of XXXX had sprouted within the You Say Party family. Members began paying attention to their personal lives again, pursuing artistic endeavors and meaningful employment. They provided supportive care for adults living with disabilities, aid to the poor in developing countries, and services for the homeless in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side and the message was put forth that “the loving is the everything.”

You Say Party! We Say Die! Canadian Tour 2009

Oct 02 / Vancouver – The Biltmore Cabaret

Oct 15 / Kelowna – Habitat

Oct 16 / Lethbridge – Henotic

Oct 17 / Regina – Lazy Owl

Oct 19 / Thunder Bay – Black Pirate

Oct 20 / Sault Ste Marie – Lop Lops

Oct 22 / Joliette – L’Alize

Oct 23 / Charlottetown – Hunter’s Ale House

Oct 24 / Halifax – The Paragon ##

Oct 25 / Fredericton – The Capital

Oct 28 / St John’s – The Rockhouse

Oct 30 / Moncton – The Manhattan Club

Nov 04 / Quebec City – Le Cercle *

Nov 05 / Sherbrooke – Le Telephone Rouge

Nov 06 / Laval – Le Trac *

Nov 07 / Montreal – Il Motore *

Nov 09 / Hamilton – Casbah

Nov 11 / London – Black Shire *

Nov 12 / Guelph – E Bar *

Nov 13 / Kingston – Grad Club *

Nov 14 / Ottawa – Babylon *

Nov 18 / Windsor – Phog Lounge **

Nov 19 / Waterloo – Bombshelter **

Nov 20 / Toronto – Phoenix #

Nov 21 / Sudbury – Townhouse **

Nov 25 / Winnipeg – Royal Albert **

Nov 26 / Saskatoon – Amigo’s **

Nov 27 / Edmonton – New City **

Nov 28 / Calgary – Hi-Fi **

* w/ Think About Life

** w/ Little Girls

# w/ Think About Life, Little Girls

## w/ Japandroids, Little Girls, Zeus