No news? Too busy? Can’t be bothered? Or a bit of all three? Yep, that last one. But you can relax now, and know there is a few more new shows out there; that’s if you haven’t visited WoM or the SC3 Facebook group, which you most definitely would have by now. Anyway, for those who want an update here, this is the stuff everyone is talking about -

Dates
July 25, 2008 @ 10000 Lakes Festival, Barn Stage, Detroit Lakes, MN
July 26, 2008 @ Turner Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
July 27, 2008 @ Double Door, Chicago, IL
July 31, 2008 @ Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO
August 1, 2008 @ Paladium, Salt Lake City, UT
August 3, 2008 @ The Doug Fir Lounge, Portland, OR

Other
Setlist and other info of recent shows can always be found at SC3 Live.
Ya Haqq - Exegesis of the works of Secret Chiefs 3, a great site about the terminology and artwork seen in SC3 album cases, similar to Matt Rooney’s old site.

A new tour begins shortly. As per the Les Claypool tour page, SC3 will open for a selection of shows in February and March. Confirmed dates are:

February 29, 2008 @ Neighborhood Theatre, Charlotte, NC
March 1, 2008 @ The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
March 2, 2008 @ Southgate House, Newport, KY [ non-Claypool show ]
March 3, 2008 @ City Hall, Nashville, TN
March 4, 2008 @ Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA
March 6, 2008 @ The 40 Watt, Athens, GA
March 7, 2008 @ The Bottletree, Birmingham, AL [ non-Claypool show ]
March 8, 2008 @ House of Blues, New Orleans, LA [ non-Claypool show ]
March 9, 2008 @ Walters, Houston, TX [ non-Claypool show ]
March 11, 2008 @ Aggie Theatre, Fort Collins, CO
March 12, 2008 @ The Depot, Salt Lake City, UT
March 14, 2008 @ The Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA
March 15, 2008 @ Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR
April 3, 2008 @ The Brookdale Lodge, Santa Cruz, CA
April 4, 2008 @ The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA
April 5, 2008 @ The Warfield, San Francisco, CA

What a month July 2007 will be! At The Stone, NYC,you can see Secret Chiefs 3 play live, plus attend other shows featuring SC3 members, performing throughout the month. See The Stone for prices/times.

At the WoM store, the last of the 7″ vinyl, Circumambulation/Labyrinth of Light, has just been released. Go buy!

Europe dates, cancelled

September 29, 2007 @ The Masada Festival, Milan, Italy.
October 4, 2007 @ L’antipodes, Bretange - Book online.

I promise this is the last of what I have. These were done at East Brunswick with my phones camera once my other camera had died, so the quality, both audio and visual aren’t overly special. Nonetheless, I hope you enjoy them.

Edit :: Found another one this morning ( 21/05 ).

Photos courtesy of TL.

An article/interview from Beat Magazine, Issue 1063.

Sydney Show Preview from Sunday Morning Herald.

Melbourne Preview from The Age.

Finally, not really from the press, but some higher resolution photos I’m sticking onto flickr.

Assassin’s Blade

The End Times

Zulfikar

The 4 ( Just a 25 second clip )

Man. My ears are ringing hardcore tonight. So what’d you think of Umlaut? Not bad, huh? Anyway…

Set list

MAY 2007 - The Web of Mimicry store is now open. Only 3 days to go til I’m off til the East Brunswick show. Expect more photos early next week, possibly as early as Saturday night.

The Rare Records in-store is between 2-3pm June 13th. You have to buy some SC3 treats beforehand from Rare Records to gain access with a special key.

APRIL 2007 - A tour poster/advertisment from last weeks Inpress newspaper.

MARCH 2007 - Some fresh live video and audio is out there. Have a look around :

+ Live video from Petaluma, CA

+ Audio downloads from Bungle Fever [ You'll need Flac Player to listen ]

And with the USA shows over for now, the vinyl leftovers will be on sale shortly. Fingers crossed.

FEBRUARY 2007 - Okay, after an extended break from my duties here, and in the meantime forgetting to renew the sc3music.com domain, I’m glad to say that this site is back, and looking better than ever.

I’ll do my best to add more content in the near future, including better live photos and if possible, newspaper clippings.

Onto the good stuff, I’m sure you are well aware of the live shows SC3 will be playing shortly, both in USA and down here in Australia. Add to that an in-store appearance at Rare Records in Melbourne, with a date yet to be announced. Planned for the tour of Australia is the release of the ‘Path Of Most Resistance’ compilation.

Another album being released in the not too distant future is ‘Book of Souls, Folio One’, plus some more Limited Edition 7″ vinyl.

Stay tuned for more information!