Reel Big Fish Wish You “HappySkalidays”
Ska scene favourites, Reel Big Fish, want you skanking around the Christmas tree this year, as they’ve announced plans to get in 
on the holiday music merry-go-round.
While a tracklisting and exact release date have yet to be confirmed, Reel Big Fish will soon be giving us the “HappySkalidays,” a digital-only EP.
The EP is said to feature “the long running ska-rock act’s twisted spin on your favourite holiday classics, plus some original tracks that your grandmother and drunk uncle will love skanking to at this year’s family gatherings.”
Leading into the holiday season, Reel Big Fish will be on the road for a bunch of dates, before venturing off on a co-headlining US tour with Less Than Jake in January.
General admission tickets will go on sale this Friday November 7. Special VIP pre-sale tickets will go on sale Wednesday, November 5th at 3pm local time.
Reel Big Fish last released Candy Coated Fury in 2012: “It’s hateful, mean, sarcastic, and, sometimes sad lyrics, over happy, wacky, silly, joyous, fast music that makes you want to dance,” said frontman Aaron Barrett of it at the time. [It] is mostly love songs, but bitter, angry, hateful love songs. Just about everybody knows what it’s like to be in a bad relationship. These songs could be sung by a 15 year old about his first love-gone-wrong, or by a 55 year old about a bitter divorce after 30 years. They’re bad-relationship songs that everybody can relate to.”
Tour Dates:
11/29/14: Aspen, CO – Aspen Mountain
(11/30-12/4 with The Maxies)
11/30/14: Ft. Collins – Aggie Theatre
12/2/14: Lubbock, TX – Jake’s Backroom
12/3/14: El Paso, TX – Tricky Falls
12/4/14: Tucson, AZ – The Rock
(1/15-2/20- w/ Less Than Jake, Authority Zero)
1/15/15: Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
1/16/15: Lawrence, KS – The Granada Theatre
1/17/15: Minneapolis, MN – Skyway Theatre
1/18/15: Des Moines, IA – Wooly’s
1/20/15: Milwaukee, WI – The Rave
1/21/15: Chicago, IL – House of Blues
1/22/15: Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
1/23/15: Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
1/24/15: Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory
1/25/15: Pittsburgh, PA – Club Zoo
1/27/15: New York, NY – Best Buy Theater
1/28/15: Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore
1/29/15: Boston, MA – House of Blues
1/30/15: Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
1/31/15: Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
2/2/15: Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
2/3/15: Lake Buena Vista, FL – House of Blues
2/4/15: Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
2/5/15: St. Petersburg, FL – Jannus Landing
2/6/15: New Orleans, LA – Southport Hall
2/7/15: Dallas, TX – Gas Monkey Bar N Grill
2/8/15: Houston, TX – House of Blues
2/10/15: St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
2/12/15: Boulder, CO – Boulder Theater
2/13/15: Murray, UT – Murray Theater
2/14/15: Las Vegas, NV – Hard Rock Live
2/15/15: Reno, NV – Knitting Factory
2/16/15: Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst
2/17/15: San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom
2/18/15: Anaheim, CA – The Grove Of Anaheim
2/19/15: San Diego, CA – House of Blues
2/20/15: West Hollywood, CA – House of Blues
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