[CANCELLED: March 20, 2020] Best Coast / Rosie Tucker [CANCELLED]
I had tickets to see Best Coast at Union Transfer in March 2020. I like them although I was more interested in seeing their opening act Mannequin Pussy.
They were one of the first bands to cancel their tour outright back in May 2020 rather than rescheduling dates.
They announced a new tour for 2022 back in June. I’d have rather seen them in Asbury Lanes, but that show was on the same night as our War on Drugs show. So I considered going to the Union Transfer show. It was supposed to be a busy week of shows, so I wasn’t sure I’d want to go or not.
But on January 6, the band announced they were cancelling the tour
Best Coast is canceling its upcoming tour in support of its “Always Tomorrow” album due to COVID concerns.
The tour was set to kick off on Jan. 11 at the Catalyst Club in Santa Cruz, California. The SoCal indie-pop group — consisting of singer-songwriter-guitarist Bethany Cosentino and multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno —was scheduled to hit August Hall in San Francisco as well as such cities as Chicago, Toronto, Seattle and Los Angeles.
“We are devastated to announce that our upcoming Finally Tomorrow tour is unfortunately canceled,” the band posted on Twitter. “It was an incredibly difficult decision to make, but one that we ultimately felt was right.
“The last two years have been so difficult for us as a band (and the entire world) — and we appreciate your support through it all.”
“Our last show was in Chicago (on March 11, 2020). It was about two weeks into a monthlong tour. We had obviously been hearing a lot about COVID. But I think when you are on tour you exist in such a bubble of just what’s going on in the tour landscape. We were all kind of like, ‘OK, like I guess we’ll see what will happen with this.’ I fully didn’t think that the world was truly about to shut down. I did not see that coming whatsoever.”
“At this time, we are not rescheduling any of these dates, as the rollercoaster of the reschedule-announcement-cancelation cycle we’ve been stuck in is incredibly exhausting (for you too I’m sure!) and we just need a moment to decompress. We love you SO much and we hope to safely see you soon. Hang in there. love, bethany and bobb”
I didn’t know Rosie Tucker until Friday when I listened to her album because it was highly recommended on NPR Music. I really liked her blend of quirky pop, enjoyable lyrics and kind of garagey sounds. Her name sounds like she’ll be a country singer, but she’s far from that. I hope to see her some time in the near future.
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