Unida Announce European Tour for Oct./Nov.
I guess someone on social media was giving Unida crap for touring without John Garcia? That seems like a pretty shitty thing to do, although I do think they need to do a record with the current lineup, or even an EP, maybe make a couple videos or some such to let people know what they’re about as they move to what they’re calling ‘Unida 2.0.’ But the band’s heart has long been guitarist Arthur Seay and drummer Miguel Cancino (see also House of Broken Promises), and after having their career short-circuited as it barely began, losing their frontman, reuniting a decade later, then kinda splitting again, that they’d want to move forward one way or the other at long last and be a real band is nothing to talk shit about.
So Unida, which is Seay, Cancino, bassist Collyn McCoy (Circle of Sighs, etc.) and vocalist Mark Sunshine (RiotGod), will tour Europe this Fall with support from Roadkillsoda, who are from Bucharest and will host Roadkill Fest on Oct. 24. A few days later, Unida will also hit Heavy Psych Sounds Fest in Berlin and Dresden, as you can see below. Don’t talk shit on the internet. That’s not who you wanna be.
Dates:
This Fall Unida 2.0 (meaning the line-up from 2022+) joins forces with Roadkill Soda, hitting up Greece, the Balkans, Heavy Psych Sounds Fest, and more. This will see Unida presenting classic material, songs from the unreleased Great Divide (For the Working Man ) LP as well as road testing all new music slated for release in the not so distant future!!
Here we are and we are setting up the tour for 2023. We weren’t sure how frequently people would pop off references to John Garcia, Unida’s founding member and iconic vocalist, regarding his continuing absence. In 2022 we had to handle all manner of comments regarding the situation. Respectfully, our current scenario is one of a band having endured several dormant years and that simply wasn’t tolerable anymore. Any comments rehashing John Garcia’s absence will — for our desire to remain focused on the present — only be engaged by private message but will NOT be allowed to bloom into some back and forth hell-thread. We appreciate YOUR devotion, please respect OUR priorities.
EASTERN EUROPEAN TOUR – OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2023
13.10 – KYTTARO LIVE, ATHENS [GR] *
14.10 – LAB ART, VOLOS [GR]*
15.10 – EIGHTBALL CLUB, THESSALONIKI [GR] *
16.10 – DOWNLOAD BAR, PLOVDIV [BG]
17.10 – SINGLES BAR, SOFIA [BG)
18.10 – ZAPPA BAZA, BEOGRAD (SRB]
19.10 – SKCNS FABRIKA, NOVI SAD [SRB]
20.10 – MOCVARA, ZAGREB [HR]
21.10 – CHANNEL ZERO, LJUBLJANA [SI]
22.10 – GODOR, BUDAPEST [HU]
24.10 – ROADKILL FEST, BUCHAREST [RO]
25.10 – FLYING CIRCUS, CLUJ NAPOCA [RO]
26.10 – PINK WHALE, BRATISLAVA [SK]
27.10 – HEAVY PSYCH FEST, BERLIN [DE] *
28.10 – HEAVY PSYCH FEST, DRESDEN [DE) *
29.10 – HYDROZAGADKA, WARSAW [PL]
30.10 – TBC, [PL]
01.11 – VIPER ROOM, VIENNA [AT]
02.11 – TBC, [DE]
03.11 – VORTEX, SIEGEN [DE]
04.11 – RARE GUITAR, MUNSTER [DE]
* WITHOUT ROADKILL SODA
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That’s going to be tough for them, Garcia is such a presence, like Trouble without Eric Wagner. I guess Iron Maiden did it, so I wish them success! But I bet a lot of people will be going to the shows expecting to hear John Garcia and going to end up leaving feeling ripped off