POSTS FOR BREAKFAST #4 - THE WEEK'S NEWS

Photo: Dustin Rabin

 

Yet another busy week for fans of FAITH NO MORE.


Monday

• FNM announce North American tour dates via their social media sites, with a presale for fans only on Wednesday.

 

• The other big news on Monday was the forthcoming release of 'Superhero' as a limited edition 7 inch single on March 17th, digitally on March 31st. And that the album release date is now May rather than previously stated April.

• Finally on Monday Faith No More 2.0 discovered FNM would be performing at PARKPOP in the Netherlands on June 12th.

Tuesday

• Mike Patton's 47th birthday saw a monumental amount of dedications and well wishes flood social media pages. Including a post from legendary music photographer ROSS HALFIN.

• Tuesday was also the eleventh anniversary of the FANTOMAS album 'Delirium Cordia'.
• FNMfollowers FACEBOOK received a personal message for the fans giving an update on the progress of the album and the upcoming tour dates. A similar message was also sent to my previous team mates at Faith No More Blog

"Billy is finishing mixing the record, we're working on artwork, MP is finishing the last couple of tracks and he's done an amazing job. truly. i can only say it sounds like us and it doesn't in the best possible way. you know what to expect and we are going to honor that expectation in the only way we know how"

 

 

 

 

Wednesday

 

• Tickets for the US tour went on presale causing a fans to go crazy! Most venues were sold out within minutes.

 

• FNMFollowers exclusively previewed the unlettered front cover for the Faith No More / Mr Bungle comic book due for nationwide release this summer, art by Matt Jacobs.

 

 

 Thursday

 

• FNM post on social media: 'Hey everybody, today was only a presale with limited amount of tix released. The general on-sale is Friday. Check your local venue for details. These will NOT be the only US shows... This is only the beginning.'
• The 2 year anniversary of the release of TOMAHAWK's latest album ODDFELLOWS

Friday

 

 

• The 25th anniversary of the release of the FNM song 'Epic' as the second single from 'The Real Thing'.

 

 

• MR BUNGLE, FANTOMAS, TOMAHAWK, MELVINS bass player TREVOR DUNN turned 47.

• Tickets for US tour dates went on general sale but a large percentage were snapped up by scalpers in a matter of minutes, fan were fuming. Bill Gould had this to say via twitter: 'This presale thing is pissing me off...would like to find out how these scalpers are getting their tickets!

 

Saturday

• On this day in 2012 IMPERIAL TEEN released their fifth album FEEL THE SOUND