23.04.2008 Laika & the Cosmonauts will call it a day in November 2008

A MESSAGE FROM LAIKA & THE COSMONAUTS

There sometimes comes a time in a band's career when things are still great, but you can sense that the natural lifespan is nearing the end. It´s nobody´s fault, there´s no reason for it, it just happens. That´s where we are with Laika & The Cosmonauts now. We love the band & music and are very proud of all the gigs and records we´ve done. We don´t wanna our good career to go where we end up being a bored/boring bar band that plays too few gigs to keep it tight, with the same songs all the time and gradually keeps getting worse and worse and in the process start hating the music and each other. So...

.. when we release the compilation, it will be , not only to celebrate our 20th anniversary, but also to enhance the enjoyment of our farewell tour and make it an appropriate finale for the 20 year on the road - we intend to have fun and play great gigs! We´ll do as many shows as possible in Finland in august-november and then october in USA. We´ll be playing the east coast, hopefully the west coast too and then play our final gigs at the Continental Club in Austin, our home away from home (oct 31st and nov 1st) and...after which we'll have a few beers and relax, you know...

THANK´S EVERYBODY! JOIN US FOR THE CELEBRATION!
13.05.2007 Meet Laika & the Cosmonauts also on MySpace

http://www.myspace.com/laikaandthecosmonauts

Posted by Pollo del Mar -

Finnish surf and instrumental band Laika and the Cosmonauts will be calling it quits after 20 years with a final US tour. The first show of the tour is in San Francisco at the Rickshaw Stop in S.F. on October 16.
Opening this show will be Pollo del Mar and the 60's girls group sounds of The Go Going Gone Girls (featuring Klaus Flouride from the Dead Kennedys.)

Laika and The Cosmonauts are an insanely great band, don't miss them!

The skinny:
Laika and the Cosmonauts, Pollo del Mar, The Go Going Gone Girls at The Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell Street, San Francisco, $12, Thursday October 16
18+

Links:
Laika and The Cosmonauts:
http://www.myspace.com/laikaandthecosmonauts
Pollo Del Mar
http://www.myspace.com/pollosurf
The Go Going Gone Girls
http://www.myspace.com/gogoinggonegirls
The Rickshaw Stop
http://www.myspace.com/rickshawstop
Advance tickets:
http://www.rickshawstop.com/catalog/

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