Quick Devo update

posted by josh on 07.03.10

I've been getting a lot of emails via twitter/facebook/my website from folks asking if I'll be in their town with DEVO in July and I'm sorry to say that I won't. We played one of the best shows we've done in a while on July 1st here in Los Angeles at Hollywood Park but I unfortunately will not be performing with DEVO until August 1st in Montreal. The reason for this is I had prior obligations with Weezer and I wasn't going to ditch out on them after confirming these shows a while back.

The DEVO situation is as such....I've worked with them for 15 years and love playing with them and being a part of what they do....and I will continue to. It means a lot to me. The tricky part is some years DEVO is very inactive and others they play out a bit more. In order to say busy and make a consistent living I've always been involved with other bands that I've toured with and been a part of (NIN, A Perfect Circle, The Vandals) WHILE still remaining DEVO's drummer and juggling it all as things get hectic. Most of the time it works out. I might work myself half to death but I usually somehow manage to pull it off. Once in a while though it doesn't quite work out and there are things I have to miss out on. If I'm in the middle of a 3 month tour with NIN and Devo gets an offer to play a show somewhere I can't bail on the 3 month tour I'm committed to in order to do the one gig. In my 15 years with DEVO I've only missed a handful of shows and I hate having to miss any of them at all. I'll be back with them starting August 1st and playing that whole week up through Lollapalooza in Chicago on August 6th. Things are still be worked out in the fall as far as gigs go (for both DEVO and Weezer) and I'll do my best to make it all work and keep you informed.

I know I hardly update anything on this website but doing this made me realize I need to do it a bit more frequently. There have been a lot of cool sessions (and some uncool ones too) that I've been involved in this year and I'd like to fill you in with a little more detail on some of that stuff and about the DEVO, Weezer, Vandals and Sting gigs that have been happening so far this year...and of course the stuff that is coming up soon. Thanks for checking in.

Josh F


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