Here is a list of all our confirmed dates for the summer 2012 USA tour:

Friday, July 6: Austin (Lambert’s)
Saturday, July 7: San Antonio (Limelight)
Sunday, July 8: Austin (KVRX Live)
Thursday July 19: Brooklyn (Spike Hill)
Friday July 20: Manhattan (The Living Room)
Saturday July 21: Philadelphia (The Fire)
Thursday July 26: Chapel Hill (The Cave)
Friday July 27: Columbia (New Brookland Tavern)
Saturday July 28: Charlotte (The Evening Muse)
Wednesday Aug 1: Chicago (The Whistler)

We will be in these cities on these dates and will be confirming soon!

Tuesday July 17: Boston TBA
Tuesday July 23: DC TBA
Wednesday, July 24: Richmond TBA
Friday Aug 3: Milwaukee TBA
Saturday Aug 4: Twin Cities TBA
Sunday Aug 5: Sioux Falls TBA

Howdy,

We are happy to announce that we have started booking our summer USA tour and our first stop is Texas. We’ll be here:

Friday, July 6th: Austin
Saturday, July 7th: San Antonio
Sunday, July 8th: Austin (KVRX Live Studio Performance)

After that we’ll be doing the Northeast and making our way down to the Dirty South then back up to the Midwest before heading back to China in late august. Here’s one more date for you:

Friday, July 27th: Columbia, SC (New Brookland Tavern)

More dates will follow.

This is completely DIY, self-funded effort, so we can use all the help we can get. If you want to see RDC come to your town, give us an email at rainbowdanger[at]gmail[dot]com.

Thanks a lot!
RDC

As we get ready for a summer in the USA, we have four booked Mainland gigs for 2012:

March 24th: Shanghai Showcase Part 2* at 2 Kolegas (Beijing) w/ Friend or Foe, Fuzzy Mood
April 21st: Pic Nic Festival at Yuyintang (Shanghai)
May 1st: Modern Sky Strawberry Festival, Expo Park (Shanghai) w/ lots of bands, sunshine
May 18th: Yuyintang (Shanghai) w/ The Noise Revival Orchestra (from Austin, TX)

*In conjunction with RDC’s first proper Beijing show on Saturday, March 24th, Death to Giants (featuring Nichols of RDC and Ivan of Moon Tyrant on Drums, plus special guests) will play Friday, March 23rd in Beijing, venue TBD. Alternately, Shanghai Showcase Part 1 featuring electronic acts ROM and AM444 will be performing on the same night at 2 Kolegas. So, if you live in Beijing but want your Shanghai fix, be sure to catch the Saturday show at 2 Kolegas and at least one show on Friday night too!

LIVE in Shanghai is RDC’s third official release. It is available for free (pay what you want). Download it here: http://rainbowdangerclub.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-shanghai

This live album is from a live performance on Saturday, November 12th, 2011 at Yuyintang in Shanghai. It was in support of Friend or Foe’s CD release. It is brought to you free of charge with all mistakes intact.

The album includes one never-before-released song called “The Other Side of Forever.” Listen the whole way through that song for a little extra bonus material. You’ll get an idea how it has developed over time.

Before diving into the Dragon Year, here’s some highlights from this past Year of the Rabbit.  Thanks to all our listeners for coming to our shows, downloading our album, and supporting live music in China!  We’re looking forward to an even more exciting Year of the Dragon!  龙马精神 !

Year of the Rabbit Review

YOUTUBE (if you are outside of Mainland China): click here to watch

YOUKU (if you are inside Mainland China): click here to watch

RDC is proud to be lucky #8 on this fine compilation of 20 Shanghai bands. You can get this compilation free of charge (or name your price) at http://weareshanghai.bandcamp.com/.

The website is also super nifty and includes information on all the bands on the compilation. See it here: www.weareshanghaicomp.com.

As we wrap up this amazing year for Rainbow Danger Club, be aware of four more gigs:

November 12th @ Yuyintang, Friend or Foe CD Release
-w/ FoF, Death to Giants, Acid Pony Club, and Heatwolves
November 25th @ Yuyintang, Bean’s 2nd Annual Rocksgiving Charity Show
-w/ Boys Climbing Ropes, the Horde, Next Year’s Love, Scary Magic and Girls Like Mystery
December 7th @ Mao Livehouse (SH)
-w/ French Horn Rebellion
December 10th @ Sino-British Campus Grounds (SH), Creative Arts Festival
w/ lots of bands, DJ, and stuff

2012 will see a new release, a trip to Beijing, a trip overseas, the end of the world and more! Can’t wait…

love, RDC

We are performing at the Modern Sky Strawberry Music Festival in Zhenjiang on October 2nd at 2pm. We’re playing on the same day as the Go! Team, which is one of the more interesting bands coming out of the UK. So, that should be extra incentive to go, right?

All the details are on the festival’s website.

Physical copies of our critically-acclaimed debut full-length Where Maps End are now available in Australia and New Zealand via Tenzenmen Records. For those in Melbourne, you can pick up a copy at Missing Link Records on Bourke Street for $5.

You can also request RDC’s music on FBi 94.5FM in New South Wales (call 8332-2999) and Radio One 91FM in Dunedin (call 477-1969).

We are proud to announce that we will be performing at the Black Rabbit Festival in Shanghai Sunday, September 18^th. We will be kicking off the festival at 1230pm. Other artisits include Titus Andronicus, Grandmaster Flash, Ludacris, 30 Seconds to Mars, PK14, Carsick Cars, 120 Days, Mount Kimbie, 田馥甄, and more. For the full line-up and ticket and location information, check out http://hei-tu.com. (sorry Beijing folks, we had planned on performing in the capital too, but were axed by the friendly Beijing government authorities).*

*we have since been re-added to the lineup in Beijing! (sept.15th update)