Light This City Give Touring Update In Second Update To Tour Journal

Currently out on the road, Bay Area thrashers LIGHT THIS CITY have teamed up with Papertiger Webzine to keep fans up to date from the road in the form a a tour journal, penned by LIGHT THIS CITY vocalist Laura Nichol. The second addition of the tour journal is available directly here, and a few excerpts are below:

"Hey kiddos! Right now you should be jealous... Be very jealous, for I am writing from the backstage of the House of Blues in Downtown Disneyland. Fucking score, right?! At first, we thought this show might be cancelled because the Disney execs aren't very fond of the idea of metal dudes with long hair and black clothes cruising around the Happiest Place on Earth. But we squeezed at least one more metal show out of 'em. And now the greasy guys with the tattoos walking around, deriving pleasure from scaring little kids, will also be wearing "I eat pussy" t-shirts courtesy of the colorful Edguy merch booth (no, I have not gotten one for myself)."

"Last night we played our hometown of San Francisco, which was equally exciting and nerve-racking. I had been looking forward to this show the entire tour because my mom promised to come out and she hadn't seen us play since our first show at a rec center in Foster City four years ago (I was seventeen… with pink hair). Everything went over amazingly, all of our friends came out, and my mom loved it, her only advice being, 'We want to see your pretty face, so quit covering it with your hair all the time!' Right after our set, I walk her over to our merch table to check out the gruesome t-shirts, and suddenly, she grabs my arm. 'Laura!" she yells loudly, pointing to a tall guy waiting in line, "look at that boy! He's sooo cute, and he's wearing a Light This City shirt!' Of course, everyone waiting in line hears her, and I push her arm down, wondering whether anyone had ever died from mortification, and kind of wishing it was a possibility at that moment. But I guess the night wouldn't have been a complete mom-experience if there weren't some sort of social embarrassment involved."

"Before San Francisco, the drive from Seattle to Portland was pretty interesting. At about one in the morning, I get into the driver's seat and start looking for a place to stop and refuel my stomach for the three-hour drive through the rain. I exit on some random street right outside of the city and pass a Burger King. After a quick look around, I attempt to discreetly pull off an illegal u-turn into the drive thru, but wouldn't you know it; a cop car slows to a stop right in front of me. Certain I am fucked, I finish the turn and glance sheepishly in the sideview mirror. But to my surprise, the cop takes no notice and continues driving slowly down the street. One of my guys jokes that the cops aren't going to care about petty driving offences with all the prostitutes lurking the neighborhood. And sure enough, when we get our food and stop to eat in the dimly lit parking lot, I catch the eye of a woman across the way who resembles a scantily clad zombie wearing too much makeup. She starts toward the van, looking intently at me, and then I guess she realized I was a girl, and probably wasn't looking to trade my delicious cheeseburger for a toothless blowjob, because she turns at the last second and scuttles off to find another customer. Joe laughs, 'Imagine, if you were a dude and we were a scummier group of guys, we'd be gangbanging a hooker right now!' Yes, just imagine…"

LIGHT THIS CITY will be on tour with Edguy, Into Eternity and Echoes of Eternity for a few more shows before returning home. Later this fall, they will join the Death By Decibels Tour alongside Vader, Malevolent Creation, Cattle Decapitation, Abigail Williams and Veil of Maya. The band is continuing to support its latest release, 'Facing The Thousand,' which saw a September 2006 release through Prosthetic.

Here are the latest LIGHT THIS CITY tour dates:

with Edguy, Into Eternity, Echoes of Eternity:
10/06 Denver, CO – The Bluebird Theatre
10/07 Omaha, NE – The Rock (Light This City only)
10/08 Detroit, MI – I-Rock

10/09 Milwaukee, WI - 8th Note Cafe (free show sponsored by Papertiger webzine)
10/10 Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews
10/11 Logan, UT – Club Nvo (with Stick To Your Guns, Elysia)

Death By Decibels tour with Vader, Malevolent Creation, Cattle Decapitation, Light This City, Abigail Williams, and Veil Of Maya
11/17 Pompton Lakes, NJ - The Mainstage
11/18 Philadelphia, PA -TBA
11/19 Worcester, MA - TBA
11/20 Quebec City, QC - L'Anti
11/21 Montreal, QC - Foufounes
11/22 Toronto, ON - Opera House
11/23 Rochester, NY - TBA
11/24 Detroit, MI - The Hayloft
11/25 Chicago, IL - Logan Square
11/26 St. Louis, MO - Pop's
11/27 Kansas City, MO - Static Bar
11/28 Denver, CO - Cervantes Ballroom
11/30 Seattle, WA - Studio Seven
12/01 Portland, OR - Rock n Roll Pizza
12/02 Oakland, CA - Oakland Metro
12/03 Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues
12/04 San Diego, CA - Soma
12/05 Tucson, AZ - The Rock
12/06 Farmington, NM - Gator's
12/07 El Paso, TX - Chic's
12/08 San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
12/09 Dallas, TX - Ridglea Theater
12/10 Houston, TX - Java Jazz
12/11 McAllen, TX - Club Metro
12/13 New Orleans, LA - TBA
12/14 Atlanta, GA - TBA
12/15 Spartanburg, SC - Ground Zero
12/16 West Springfield, VA - Jaxx
12/17 Cleveland, OH - Peabody's
12/18 New York, NY - Gramercy Theatre