Broken Social Scene Whore Themselves Out Once More with Tour

Sometimes I like to think that Kevin Drew, ringleader of Broken Social Scene (BSS to cool people), was ostracized from clubs and scenes as a youth. I picture that Simpsons episode where Homer wasn’t allowed into the secret "No Homers Club" ("But you let in Homer Glumplich!"). Perhaps as a subconscious revenge, Drew has developed his own keen pecking order upon U.S. citizens: If you’re not American, you’re not allowed in. Bullcock! Drew has spoken out against our beloved President Bush for the last time! Ironically enough, the so-called Broken Social Scene have been quickly dissipating away from their most famed collaborators, including Feist, Emily Haines, and Amy Millan. Now this group of Canadian hooligans is beginning to look more like the Buena Vista Social Club.

The band will be touring with a collage of previous material and supporting the latest Broken Social Scene presents... Blah, Blah, Blaaaaaah. Actually, the album is Brendan Canning’s Something for All of Us, due July 22. But really, this article is a call out to everyone fed up with "exclusive scenes": pay the $475 to see BSS (I’m cool now) at Lollapalooza, sneak up onstage while Drew collapses over a tired drunken tirade spiel before the encore, and commence in playing with the band to show just how badass us Americans can truly be. Do it naked or don’t do it all.

You can’t fix what was always broken:

07.19.08 - New York, NY - Siren Music Festival 07.20.08 - Whistler, BC - Whistler Music Festival 07.27.08 - Guelph, ON - Hillside Festival 08.02.08 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza 08.02.08 - Chicago, IL - Metro * 08.04.08 - Montreal, QC - Osheaga Music and Arts Festival 08.08.08 - Regina, SK - Regina Folk Festival 08.10.08 - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Folk Music Festival 08.15.08 - Ottawa, ON - Ottawa Folk Festival 08.21.08 - Salt Lake City, UT - Twilight Concert Series 08.22.08 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues 08.23.08 - Los Angeles, CA - Sunset Junction Street Festival 08.24.08 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Festival 08.28.08 - Rio de Janiero, Brazil - Canecao 08.29.08 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Citibank Hall 08.31.08 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - La Trastienda Club

* Yeasayer

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