LIGHT THIS CITY singer offers tour journal entry

Bay Area thrashers LIGHT THIS CITY are currently out on the road alongside German power metallers Edguy, Canada's Into Eternity and fellow Californians Echoes of Eternity and LIGHT THIS CITY vocalist Laura Nichol has posted the first in a series of tour journals in conjunction with the webzine Papertiger. A few excerpts from the journal include:

On touring alongside Edguy:
Nichols: "As we pulled up alongside the headlining band's tour bus, our van still reeking of Hollywood's [aka guitarist Ryan Hansen] puke from Tuesday's drunken catastrophe (gotta love rookie guitarists…), we were greeted by some of the "Edguys", as we call them. I don't know what I expected from that band, but somehow I figured the dudes in a German Iron Maiden worship band with a song entitled "Lavatory Love Machine" couldn't be all bad. I mean, sure, they're older, slightly balding longhairs who tend to substitute ridiculous gestures and sounds for many actual English words. And sure, they give out aftershow booty passes to girls in the front row whose boyfriends are holding them on their shoulders… but Edguy are silly and fun-loving, with a set full of catchy melodies and high-kicks performed by their five-foot-seven singer, 'Hellfire Tobi'. I already know the words to almost every song in their hour-and-a-half long set!"

On touring throughout Canada:
Nichols: "Ok, I'm sorry I have to say this, but Canada is better than the United States. I'm sure every 'South Park'-loving American is going to hate me for it, but that's just because they haven't been in a touring band. Don't get me wrong; I will always appreciate having somewhere to play where anyone can come and watch our show, but in American venues, a smaller band like us is lucky to get a working bathroom and a free pizza for dinner. Canada is the land of milk and fucking honey for the touring-challenged. Clean showers, washing machines, and dryers line the huge, brightly-lit backstage, which is stocked with fresh fruits and veggies, deli-meats, soda, beer, and menus to order a variety of dinners from. French-Canadian crowds might not understand what the hell you're yelling at them, but they'll cheer as loud as they fucking can when you're done with your between-song-gibberish."

On touring city-by-city:
"So far, we have traveled through some of my most hated and most beloved cities. While there aren't many areas I dislike, and while I'll try to find the charm in any town, certain places feel like they are infected with shitty memories and people you'd like to forget, and the next day's change of atmosphere comes not a moment too soon. For once, it was actually easier for me to breathe in New York City. I know it sounds cheesy, but there is something freeing in the anonymity of places like that, especially when contrasted with the feeling of being afraid that you'll run into someone you know at any second in a small town."

To view the entire journal entry, visit Papertiger's blog section here (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=199050132&blogID=311941100), and expect more updates from the road. LIGHT THIS CITY continues to support the band's latest effort, last year's 'Facing The Thousand' and will continue to do such on the recently announced Death By Decibels tour this fall, featuring Vader, Malevolent Creation, Cattle Decapitation, LIGHT THIS CITY, Abigail Williams and Veil of Maya.

LIGHT THIS CITY on tour
(with Edguy, Into Eternity)
9/24 St. Paul, MN – Station 4
9/25 Sioux Falls, SD – Nutty's North (Light This City only)
9/26 Boise, ID – The Venue (Light This City only)
9/27 Seattle, WA – Studio Seven
9/28 Portland, OR – Roseland Grill
9/29 San Francisco, CA – Slims
9/30 Anaheim, CA – House of Blues
10/02 Hollywood, CA – House of Blues
10/03 Mexicali, CA – The Metro
10/04 Tempe, AZ – The Clubhouse
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