Tour News ? Pepper hits the road on second leg of Here Comes the LAW tour

Fresh off a round of U.K. tour dates with Less Than Jake, Pepper is back in America to prepare for the second leg of its LAW Records “Here Comes the LAW Tour.”

Author:: Goldmine Staff
Publish date:: Dec 9, 2008

Fresh off a round of U.K. tour dates with Less Than Jake, Pepper is back in America to prepare for the second leg of its LAW Records “Here Comes the LAW Tour.”

Launching in the early part of January, this turn will take the Hawaiian-bred, Southern California-based veteran touring band through the western half of the country. Joining Pepper on tour are LAW Records label mates Passafire from Savannah, Ga., and The Supervillains from West Palm Beach, Fla.

The shows — which support the band’s current album Pink Crustaceans And Good Vibrations — commence Jan. 2, 2009, in San Diego and take Kaleo Wassman (vocals/guitars), Bret Bollinger (bass/vocals) and Yesod Williams (drums) through 19 markets in the southwest and along the Pacific coast.

In other news, Pepper’s song “Your Face” from their 2006 album No Shame will be included in a free trio of downloadable songs for Activision’s Guitar Hero ® World Tour game.

Tour dates, cities and venues include:

Jan. 2 — San Diego, House of Blues

Jan. 3 — Solana Beach, Calif., Belly Up Tavern

Jan. 6 — Tempe, Ariz., Marquee Theatre

Jan. 8 — Grand Junction Colo., Mesa Theatre & Club

Jan. 9 — Denver, Fillmore Auditorium

Jan. 10 — Aspen, Colo., Belly Up Aspen

Jan. 11 — Aspen, Colo., Belly Up Aspen

Jan. 12 — Fort Collins, Colo., Aggie Theater

Jan. 13 — Colorado Springs, Colo., The Black Sheep

Jan. 14 — Park City, Utah, Harry O’s

Jan. 16 — Boise, Idaho, Knitting Factory Concert House

Jan. 17 — Seattle, Showbox at the Market

Jan. 18 — Portland, Ore., Crystal Ballroom

Jan. 20 — Eugene, Ore., McDonald Theatre

Jan. 21 — Reno, Nev., New Oasis

Jan. 22 — Sacramento, Empire

Jan. 23 — San Francisco, Warfield Theatre

Jan. 24 — Santa Cruz, Calif., The Catalyst

Jan. 25 — Santa Cruz, Calif., The Catalyst

Jan. 29 — Los Angeles, Club Nokia at LA Live

Jan. 30 — Anaheim, Calif., House of Blues

Jan. 31 — Anaheim, Calif., House of Blues

Pepper has sold more than 400,000 records independently; the band's music has appeared in many movie, television and video game soundtracks; and they’ve had a couple of singles appear on the Billboard “Hot Modern Rock Tracks” chart.