St. Patty’s Day on a Saturday… finally!

FlashMob!, and formerly, The Subsidies, have played a lot of St. Patty’s Days. The best one we played was several years ago at O’Gara’s. I think it’s no coincidence that this was the last time the event was actually on a Saturday. Fast forward a few years, and ka-blammey! It’s on a Saturday again!

This time, we’re heading further south to Babe’s Music Bar in Lakeville. For those of you unfamiliar with this, it’s the place where we opened for Soul Asylum (umm, name drop much?) last year. Fun show. That was outside, but this will be inside where it’s warm and beer-ish. And, by beer-ish, I mean GREEN beer-ish. I don’t know how they make it green, and I don’t really care. Just note that it’s still beer, and drinking several of them can make you unbearably pleasant.

Anywho, you know the deets. Babe’s. March 17. 9:30 pm. St. Patrick’s Day. And here’s the best part. IT’S ON A SATURDAY! Oh, the second best part is that there is no cover charge. Consider it a free green beer. And now that I think of it, the third best part is that we have a ton of new virgin songs ready to be de-flowered.

Happy FlashMob! I mean, New Year?

Holy baloney, 2011 went fast.  But the past is the past, last year’s criminal charges have already been processed and now 2012 is here…….so let’s focus on the most important thing:

FRIDAY, JANUARY 6TH IS LAURA’S LAST SHOW!

(YEAH, THAT’S LIKE….TOMORROW.)

You’ll kick yourself (HARD) if you miss this one, so get the deets & put your party pants (or bra, or socks, whatever you prefer) on and get up to Pickle Park to play with us!

In the mean time, if you’re bored and stuff, you can peek at a few shots from the last two shows at Santorini’s and Pickle Park:

MaK Attack

SIDE NOTE: FlashMob! live tonight (Friday, Sept. 23) at Babe’s in Lakeville!

Listening to feedback isn’t our strong suit. As a matter of fact, we sorta thrive on not listening to people. You can only take so many requests for Freebird before you tune it out completely. Then again, those three cowboys at Santorini found a way to get a few requests played ($).

But, we are officially acting on fan feedback. You asked for more MaKenzie, and well, we listened. After a spasticly busy summer that allowed for no time to add new material, we have finally begun working on new songs. MaK has some P!nk, Journey, Kelly Clarkson and Katy Perry (god, I love her) in progress. Even Collin has some new stuff in the works (Adele, 30 Seconds to Mars).

Our hope is to have these all ready to go for our Tiff’s Halloween show on October 29. Oh, and expect a few other surprises that night. SWEEP THE LEG!

Click on the pics below to enbiggenabalize them.

Telling cancer to suck it

This August 20, FlashMob! gets to help fight the fight against cancer.  We’re headlining an event in Eastern Wisconsin called Rock Cancer, a day-long live music festival featuring five rockin’ bands. This is the Mob’s third consecutive year that we’ll be headlining, and I can safely say it’s a band favorite.

Last year, over 3,500 people attended the massive event, and over $60,000 was raised. So friggin’ awesome.

To learn more about the event (and how you can attend or just plain old help), visit the Spierings Cancer Foundation website. You can also get the most up-to-date info at Rock Cancer’s Facebook page.

FlashMob! at Rock Cancer II in 2010

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New venue alert! The Dog House!

FlashMob! has played just about everywhere over the years. Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin… even a magically frightening place known only as Fridley.

But, we are Maplewood virgins. MapleGins, as known in the biz. But, we finally get some on Friday, August 5. The Mob headlines The Dog House (formerly The Rock) in Maplewood, and we’ve heard good things about the venue from other metro bands. Start time is around 9:30, and we’ll wrap up around 1:30.

Check out this fancy Facebook event page for more details, and then come help us make the first show there a good one!

Minneapolis Music Series Show – CANCELLED

We were ready. Jeff had a set list (wow!). Collin shaved his back. Laura even shaved her front. Nothing could stop the Mob! from showing the Tuggs/Vics peeps a thing or two about light jazz rock and roll.

Well. Nothing but a day of biblical-style rain. Sadly, when playing an outdoor show, rain and volcanoes can be an issue. And, a bigger tear-down-the-cheek is that this music series is booked mostly at once, and for the whole summer. So, no “rain checks” here, folks.

There’s always 2012. But, that rain/volcano issue is probably going to cause issues, with the end of the world and all.

FlashMob! opens for Soul Asylum

FlashMob! had the distinct privilege of opening for Minnesota legend, Soul Asylum, this summer at Lakeville’s massive Pan-o-Prog Summer Festival.The show was a hit, and the reviews were all very positive (some excessively so).

One of the best parts about being in FlashMob! is getting the chance to share the stage with great Minnesota bands, like GB Leighton, Martin Zellar, Good for Gary, Mick Sterling, Uncle Chunk, and on and on.

The event was held outside near Babe’s Music Bar in Lakeville, a regular stomping ground for the us. (Check the schedule to see when Babe’s is up next.) We hit it for about 75 minutes, then cleared out for Soul Asylum. Great crowd, great sound. All around fantastic show.

And a special thanks goes out to Soul Asylum for including us in the killer show (and for being pretty damn cool when we got to briefly chat).