Dug Pinnick Steps Down From MC5 50th Anniversary Tour, Billy Gould Steps In
Wayne Kramer’s MC5 tour celebrating the 50th anniversary of Kick Out the Jams has gotten a bit of a shakeup. Fronted by Kramer, the band was scheduled to be filled out with King’s X bassist Dug Pinnick, but he’s left the tour. Faith No More’s Billy Gould will now fill in on the entire outing.
Pinnick commented on the switch up on his website:
“I’m not doing the MC5 tour, been replaced by Faith No More’s Billy Gould,” he wrote. “Gould will appear at each of the tour’s 35 dates. There was no drama and I love the guys. We all got along great and I’ve made great friends for a lifetime and I had a great time playing the three European shows, but I was just not the right guy for the job. Much respect and I wish the guys a very successful tour.”
The rest of the band includes Soundgarden guitarist Kim Thayil, Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty, and Zen Guerrilla singer Marcus Durant. The only living member of MC5 besides Kramer is drummer Dennis Thompson, who will be appearing at select dates. The tour will also have more guests along the way such as Pearl Jam’s Matt Cameron, The Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli, and Don Was of Was (Not Was).
MC50 2018 Tour Dates:
| Date | Location | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | Ft. Lauderdale, FL | Revolution Live |
| Sep 6 | St. Augustine, FL | Backyard Stage at St. Augustine Amphitheatre |
| Sep 7 | Atlanta, GA | Variety Playhouse # |
| Sep 8 | Raleigh, NC | Hopscotch Music Festival |
| Sep 9 | Nashville, TN | Exit/In |
| Sep 11 | Washington, DC | 9:30 Club * |
| Sep 12 | New Haven, CT | College Street Music Hall * |
| Sep 13 | Boston, MA | Paradise Rock Club * |
| Sep 14 | Huntington, NY | The Paramount * |
| Sep 15 | Philadelphia, PA | Union Transfer * |
| Sep 17 | New York, NY | Irving Plaza * |
| Sep 18 | Montreal, QC | Corona Theatre |
| Sep 19 | Toronto, ON | Danforth Music Hall |
| Sep 21 | Pittsburgh, PA | Mr. Smalls Theatre * |
| Sep 22 | Grand Rapids, MI | 20 Monroe Live * |
| Sep 23 | Cleveland, OH | House of Blues |
| Sep 25 | Milwaukee, WI | Turner Hall Ballroom * |
| Sep 26 | St. Louis, MO | The Ready Room * |
| Sep 28 | Austin, TX | Mohawk * |
| Sep 29 | Dallas, TX | Granada Theater * |
| Oct 1 | Phoenix, AZ | The Marquee |
| Oct 2 | Las Vegas, NV | Brooklyn Bowl |
| Oct 3 | San Diego, CA | House of Blues ^ |
| Oct 4 | San Francisco, CA | The Regency Ballroom ^ |
| Oct 5 | Los Angeles, CA | John Anson Ford (A Benefit for charity Jail Guitar Doors) |
| Oct 15 | Portland, OR | Roseland Theater ^ |
| Oct 16 | Seattle, WA | The Showbox ^ |
| Oct 17 | Vancouver, BC | Commodore Ballroom ^ |
| Oct 19 | Salt Lake City, UT | Metro Music Hall ^ |
| Oct 20 | Denver, CO | Gothic Theatre ^ |
| Oct 23 | Minneapolis, MN | Varsity Theater * |
| Oct 24 | Chicago, IL | Metro Chicago * |
| Oct 25 | Cincinnati, OH | Bogart’s * |
| Oct 26 | Detroit, MI | St. Andrew’s Hall * |
| Oct 27 | Detroit, MI | The Fillmore * |
# = w/ Man Or Astro-Man?
* = w/ Detroit Cobras
^ = Starcrawler
