Although the members of seminal New York downtown, art-rock, such and suchers Sonic Youth do indeed seem to remain mysteriously youthful sonically, there doesn’t seem to be as much of a guarantee in that same youth department, you know, physically.
Case in point: SY’s young and hip new home Matador announced yesterday on the Matablog that the badass guitarist and proprietor of middle-aged-done-right hair Lee Ranaldo has unfortunately fractured his middle-aged left wrist while playing the young man’s game that is tennis, thus requiring the band to reschedule their upcoming West Coast tour just a bit.
Two of the band’s dates have been canceled (September 26 in Santa Barbara and October 4 at the Austin City Limits Festival), and another five of them have been rescheduled for this coming January. According to Matador, tickets for the original dates will be honored in those applicable cases, and, where necessary, refunds will be available at the point of purchase (seems like you’re out of luck for the Austin City Limits Festival though; you’ll just have to slog through the fest anyway, feeling all youthless).
And sure, yeah, playing tennis may not seeeeeeem like a particularly “cool” way to injure yourself when you’re in fucking Sonic Youth... but hey, knowing Lee, this was no ordinary tennis game. He was probably playing Experimental Underground Art Tennis. And I hear that that’s a much harder sport.
Sonic Youth Cancelled/Postponed Dates:
09.25.09 - Pomona, CA - Fox Theater
09.26.09 - Santa Barbara, CA - Arlington Theatre
09.28.09- San Diego, CA - House of Blues
09.29.09 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern
10.01.09 - Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theater
10.02.09 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre
10.04.09 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits
New List O’ Dates:
10.21.09 - Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
10.22.09 - Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique
10.23.09 - London, England - The Forum
10.25.09 - Paris, France - Palais des Congrés
11.07.09 - Sao Paulo, Brazil - Planeta Terra Festival
11.21.09 - New York, NY - Terminal 5
11.22.09 - Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre
11.23.09 - Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre
12.05.09 - Minehead, England - ATP Nightmare Before Christmas
12.06.09 - Dublin, Ireland - Vicar Street
01.04.10 - Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theatre (rescheduled)
01.05.10 - Phoenix, AZ - Marquee Theatre (rescheduled)
01.07.10 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues (rescheduled)
01.08.10 - Pomona, CA - Fox Theatre (rescheduled)
01.09.10 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern (rescheduled)
