BOULDER, CO (CelebrityAccess MediaWire) — The String Cheese Incident announced their summer tour plans this week. The complete list of shows is listed below. Tickets go on sale beginning March 6 through the bandโs website, free of all ticket service fees.
A post on the bandโs website reads:
Greetings from The String Cheese Incident Headquartersโฆ.the management team has been hard at work, racking our brains to try and come up with a couple of new and creative ideas for the Barefoot Boys that will properly capture the feeling of excitement we all get when we look ahead to Summer 2012โฆ..we came up with a massive list of ideas that ranged from shooting Billy out of a cannon to having Kyle brew up a pool full of Summer Ale and inviting all of Boulder over for a swimโฆ..unfortunately many of these ideas proved to either be prohibitively expensive, logistically impossible or just downright dumbโฆ..however, we are pleased to report that we did come up with a couple that we wanted to share with everyone.
First, the most exciting thing we have seen sweep across the cultural landscape in the last couple of months has been the mania induced by New York Knick point guard Jeremy Linโฆ.As Mr. Lin is often referred to by the global media as โthe Michael Kang of Basketballโ we felt that it was only fair for us to return the favor. Therefore, from this moment forth, the band will now be known as The String Cheese Lincidentโฆ. Not only are we thrilled by the obvious media boost this will provide for the band but think of the merch possibilitiesโฆ..Lincredible!!
The second idea we are going to roll out this summer is one that we have actually been working on for a very long time. Way back in the summer of 2003, the band filed a lawsuit in Federal Court against Ticketmaster. The basic gist of the lawsuit was that the band wanted to maintain the ability to sell a large amount of tickets directly to the fans with the intention of keeping the service charge as reasonable as possible. Some very pointed discussions took place, the issue was resolved and the band continued selling tickets as they had always done. Fast forward to today and pay attentionโฆ..this is the exciting partโฆ.The String Cheese Incident is proud to announce that we have figured out a way to finally achieve the ultimate goal with this whole ticketing exerciseโฆ. The Summer Tour of 2012 will be SERVICE CHARGE FREE. Thatโs rightโฆ..if you order tix thru the bandโs website there will be no service charge add-ons aside from shipping(which is out of our hands)โฆ.the ticket price that is listed is the price that you will pay. The band is going to cover the credit card feeโฆ.the band is going to cover the cost to take the orders and fulfill the ticketsโฆ..the cost of a $49.95 ticket to Red Rocks will cost you $49.95โฆโฆthe cost of a $49.95 ticket to the Greek will cost you $49.95โฆ..a $239 ticket to Horningโs will be $49.95โฆjust kidding, it will actually be $239โฆ.thatโs itโฆ.super simple. Weโve got a big batch of tix to sell but the supply is not limitlessโฆ.get โem while you canโฆ..
As you will see below, the venues that the band will be visiting this summer have been chosen with lots of love and careโฆ.they are all epic and we couldnโt be more psyched to get out on the road.
Onward!!
SCI Summer 2012 Dates
5/19 – Hangout Festival – Gulf Shores, AL
6/29 – Electric Forest – Rothbury, MI
6/30 – Electric Forest – Rothbury, MI
7/1 – Electric Forest – Rothbury, MI
7/5 Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO
7/6 Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO
7/7 Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO
7/10 Deer Valley Amphitheater – Park City, UT
7/12 Pepsi Amphitheater – Flagstaff, AZ
7/13 Greek Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
7/14 Greek Theatre – Berkeley, CA
7/15 Greek Theatre – Berkeley, CA
7/20 Horning's Hideout – North Plains, OR
7/21 Horning's Hideout – North Plains, OR
7/22 Horning's Hideout – North Plains, OR
— Crystal Lynn Huntoon