Don’t F*%@ With Widespread Panic Fans

Once upon a time (actually, 2001) when Synthesis.net was first standing to make a name for itself in the internet game, one of our correspondents, the lovely Laney Erokan wrote a review of a Dave Matthews show in Las Vegas that featured some hippie band named Widespread Panic as openers. She wasn’t exactly feeling Widespread Panic, writing in her review:

if I could think of any word worse than “suck” to describe a band I would use it. Macy Gray also opened and for some reason she played before Widespread Panic (bad decision), so we missed Macy instead of missing Widespread Panic and had to sit through an hour of shite…long, drawn-out jams, barely any vox and just plain boring music. The only thing that kept us entertained through the hour of crap was the hippies on ecstasy

Big deal, right? I mean, so what if someone writing for some shitty website doesn’t like a band, especially one that already has a solid enough fan base. You would think it wouldn’t be a big deal, but no, all of a sudden cyber hippies were coming out of the woodwork, e-mailing us all sorts of vulgar comments and even threats of violence. Peace and love apparently go out the window when Widespread Panic is involved.

I bring this up as a warning to budding music journalists out there, as the band is set to embark upon a summer tour, including a stop at this year’s Bonnaroo Music Festival. DON’T TALK SHIT ABOUT WIDEPSREAD PANIC! You might find your prize race horse’s head laying next to you in your bed the next morning…

Dates after the jump

6/15                             Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
6/20-622                      Los Angeles, CA @ The Orpheum Theatre
6/24                             San Diego, CA @ San Diego Civic Theatre
6/25                             Flagstaff, AZ @ Pine Mountain Amphitheatre
6/27 – 6/29                  Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
7/1-7/2                         Kansas City, MO @ The Uptown Theater
7/4                               Rothbury, MI @ Rothbury Festival
7/5                               Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
7/6                               Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Bluesfest
7/8                               Rochester, NY @ The Main Street Armory
7/10                             Boston, MA @ Bank of America Pavilion
7/11                             Philadelphia, PA @ Festival Pier
7/12                             Masontown, WV @ All Good Music Festival
7/14-7/15                     Knoxville, TN @ Tennessee Theatre
7/18                             Cleveland, OH @ The Plain Dealer Pavilion at Nautica
7/19                             Portsmouth, VA @ Ntelos Wireless Pavilion
7/25-7/26                     Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre

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