Umphrey's McGee - 5.23.2009 - SummerCamp
Here are the details for Umphrey's McGee's NYE run in the Chi (Compliments of Madison House Pub.):
Tuesday, December 29th @ 8:00 PM (Doors @ 7:00 PM)
The Vic Theatre
3145 North Sheffield Avenue, Chicago
Tickets: Available as a 3-Night NYE Pass for $125.00
For more information please contact (773) 472-0449 or visit
Wednesday, December 30th @ 8:00 PM
Aragon Ballroom
With Z-Trip
1106 West Lawrence, Chicago
Tickets: $29.75, 3-Night Pass $125.00 / Ages 18+ Welcome
For more information please contact 773-561-9500 or visit www.aragon.com
Thursday, December 31st @ 7:30 PM
Aragon Ballroom
With Prefuse 73
73
1106 West Lawrence, Chicago
Tickets: $65, 3-Night Pass $125.00 / Ages 18+ Welcome
For more information please contact 773-561-9500 or visit www.aragon.com
In what has become a Chicago tradition, Umphrey's McGee returns to the Vic Theatre December 29th for an intimate start to their New Years Run, and then the band moves to the legendary Aragon Ballroom for year-end performances, December 30th and 31st.
For the 2009 end-of-year run Umphrey's McGee have invited two very speial guests: Z-Trip on December 30th and Prefuse 73 on New Year's Eve. Umphrey's has also put together a special horn section for their New Year's Eve performance - featuring Dave Matthews Band saxophonist Jeff Coffin.
Umphrey’s McGee has never played by the rules. Now, with the unvieling of their all- new Stew Art Series (aka, “S2”) – an interactive fan experience where audience members “conduct” the band’s live improvisations - Umphrey’s McGee continue to offer their fiercely loyal fanbase the most innovative musical experiences available. Look for S2 pre-events happening in select markets throughout 2010.
Hosted as individual events before that evening’s already schedule show, Umphrey’s Stew Art Series is a crowd-sourced improvisation experiment, in which all the music performed by the group on stage will be entirely directed by S2 audience members. Check out this S2 video from the inaugural S2 event in Milwaukee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYJn64XRGXU. See current S2 tour stops below.
The complete list of confirmed Umphrey's appearances is as follows:
December 29 Vic Theatre Chicago IL
December 30-31 Aragon Ballroom Chicago IL
January 14 Orpheum Theatre Flagstaff AZ
January 15 House of Blues San Diego CA
January 16 Warfield Theatre San Francisco CA
January 17 Knitting Factory Reno NV
January 19 Knitting Factory Boise ID
January 20 The Depot Salt Lake City UT
January 22 Belly Up Aspen CO
January 23 Fillmore Auditorium Denver CO
February 2 Slowdown Omaha NE
February 3 Liberty Hall Lawrence KS
February 4 The Pageant St. Louis MO
February 5 War Memorial Auditorium Nashville TN
February 6 The Tabernacle Atlanta GA
February 9 WorkPlay Soundstage Birmingham AL
February 11 The Orange Peel Asheville NC
February 12 The Music Farm Charleston SC
February 13 Neighborhood Theatre Charlotte NC
February 14 Rams Head Live Baltimore MD
March 21-23 Jam in the 'Dam, The Melkweg Amsterdam
May 28-30 Summercamp Chillicothe IL
For S2, sold-out crowds of 50 fans submit their ideas by texting descriptive words, phrases, and pop culture references (pretty much whatever came to mind), to the Umphrey's Mozes mobile interface. The suggestions are then filtered by the band’s long time Sound Caresser Kevin Browning and projected on a screen for the band to digest and turn into the next phase of the jam. The band’s music varies stylistically with suggestions ranging from “an afternoon bus ride in Jamaica” to “drinking pina coladas…in a hurricane”. As one elated fan commented after a show, “S2 was the coolest thing I have ever been a part of. It’s always been a dream of mine to meet the band, and the opportunity to participate in leading the Jam for the band was a dream come true as well.”
This is not the first time that Umphrey’s McGee has taken new approaches to delivering their music to the fans. Before their latest studio recording, Mantis, was released in January of this year, the group made the album available for pre-order in an interesting way. Fans were offered more free bonus content the more Mantis pre-orders were received; as the fans “unlocked” levels of content by getting more of their friends to pre-order the album. The idea was to give the fans incentive to help spread the word about the album, and to offer a totally unique music experience.
But it’s always been about experiencing Umphrey’s McGee on the concert stage, and the group recently announced a string of fall dates, including some final festival stops of 2009 - Jazz Aspen Snowmass Festival, moe.Down, and Telluride Blues and Brews, plus a special Halloween performance in Yosemite, California. And to get yourself in the right frame of mind for the upcoming tour, you can check out the recently-released live DVD, Umphrey’s McGee - Live. Recorded during their 2007 performance for PBS’s Soundstage, Umphrey’s McGee – Live is offers an incredible 13-song set on DVD, including six favorites not shown during the PBS broadcast, which premiered last February.
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