We Are The Union – 9th ROAD BLOG from their Summer Tour With I Call Fives

The punk/ska band, We Are The Union, from the Detriot, MI area is currently on their summer tour with I Call Fives, Handguns and The Story So Far. On this tour, the band will be writing periodic updates for your reading pleasure. The ninth and final of those updates is available after the break.

Monday, July 18th
Tulsa, OK
Day 38

We drove through the night from Austin to stay with our friend Dave. Dave has toured with us playing trombone before, so we were really stoked to hang out with him. We got in around 10am and immediately went to Whole Foods to get stuff to grill. I think we’ve grilled more on this tour than I have in my entire life.
We spent the afternoon lounging and playing ps3 in Dave’s awesome house until it was time to head to Reverb. Reverb was an awesome venue. Just a little hole in the wall, it was easily one of the hottest shows of the tour!
During The Story So Far’s set, we took advantage of Dave’s amazing Nerf Gun collection and destroyed them with darts.
When we played, we had Dave play the last two songs with us. That guy rules.
After the set we headed back to Dave’s and played Call Of Duty until 4am.

Tuesday, July 19th
Wichita, KS
Day 39

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Wednesday, July 20th
Springfield, MO
Day 40

This show was really cool! We played Springfield a little over a year ago with The Wonder Years, so we were stoked to come back. Lemon Drop is a great venue, I hope we get to come back and play there soon.
After the show we stayed with the promoter, Vimo. He even asked his friends Anna and Hannah to make us vegan food! We played some Mario Kart 64 and watched Happy Gilmore til we passed out.

Thursday, July 21st
St Louis, MO
Day 41

We drove to our friend Dustin and B’s place before the show to cool off in the air conditioning and, you guessed it, grill! Shortly after that we headed to the venue to load in and pick up our new merch drop from Jared at Leave Your Mark Screenprinting.
We had a great reaction, people really responded to our set! There were tons of singalongs, pileons, and a few stagedives. It ruled!
We headed back to Dustin and B’s to, as usual, grill, play video games and sleep. We were stoked. They really went all out and bought us stuff to grill and drink. So nice!

Reed
We Are The Union