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The Euro tour is cancelled and the Surgeons are on what is being called a "hiatus" - check the Cellsum news page...

Although "hiatus" implies a resumption of activities after some indeterminate period, I'm not getting a good vibe from any of this.

If tBs do end up being KIA, this would be a crying shame. Finally they produce a killer CD which can be loved and appreciated by Surgeon fans and non-Surgeon fans alike and which will sound GREAT on the radio... and then this happens!!

After all this time, I believe the Brain Surgeons could start to get the respect and appreciation they deserve on the back of this record - that's what makes the whole thing so crazy.

Otherwise, what have they been working for these past ten years??

I'm going to go and have a drink (a pint of Pernod, anyone?) and play "Denial of Death" again... after that, I may ponder the transient nature of existance and futility of all things - either that or I'll get completely rat-arsed instead...

Albert has just sent some info regarding the disappearing dates from the tBS summer tour:

We had a situation where Ross could not do some of the dates because of family obligations that he did not know about when we started booking the shows.

Logistically we are having a hard time rescheduling them at this point. Because they are in the south however we may be able to reschedule them for December 2006 or February 2007.

Dates have been announced for a short series of Brain Surgeon dates in the Pacific North West.

The gig count for the mini-tour is currently six dates at the moment (see above) but fingers crossed for more later.

The last time tBS were in the region (apart from a one-off Seattle gig in November 2000) was back in July 1997 so it marks a welcome return for the Surgeons.

Thanks should go to Teri who was instrumental in organising the whole affair, if only to make sure she got to see a Bellingham tBS gig!! Nice one, Teri :-)

Well, the Brains are back from their US tour and from all accounts had a great time.

Read Albert's summing up of the experience here and see his photo blog here.

Other Cellsum photolinks are also available available from this page.