After a winter spent hibernating in the studio, Matthew will emerge this spring for a series of intimate solo acoustic shows throughout Ontario. The shows will be opened by the enchanting Julie Fader, and the first two of these shows will be family affairs featuring Matthew's sister Jill Barber. Here are the dates...
Sun March 25 London @ London Music Club (Matinee show with Jill Barber)
Thurs March 29 Guelph @ The E-Bar (with Jill Barber)
Sat March 31 Waterloo @ The Jane Bond
Thurs April 5 Toronto @ Hugh's Room (please contact Hugh's Room for tickets and reservations. Hugh's Room has great food - go early for dinner! Show at 8pm.)
Fri April 6 Wakefield @ Black Sheep Inn
Thurs April 12 Hamilton @ Casbah
Fri April 13 Kingston @ Grad Club
(all shows except London with special guest Julie Fader)
OCT 1.2006 FALL TOUR OF ONTARIO
MATTHEW BARBER AND THE UNION DUES will be hitting the road with their friends THE SPADES for seven shows between October 19 and 26. They will then be doing a TWO-NIGHT STAND AT THE RIVOLI in Toronto with old friend PETER ELKAS and his band. We are very excited about both of these double-bills - don't miss the show when it comes to your town!
Thursday Oct.19 Ottawa @ Zaphod's 8 P.M.
Friday Oct 20 Peterborough @ The MoHo (M.B and U.D. on first) 9 pm
Saturday Oct 21 Kingston @ The Grad Club 9 pm
Tuesday Oct 24 London @ Call The Office 9 pm
Wednesday Oct 25 Hamilton @ The Casbah 9 pm
Thursday Oct 26 Guelph @ Club Vinyl 9 pm
Friday Oct 27 Toronto @ The Rivoli 9 pm (with Peter Elkas)
Saturday Oct 28 Toronto @ The Rivoli 9 pm (with Peter Elkas)
For these shows the Union Dues will be bolstered by Stew Crookes on pedal steel guitar and Dean Drouillard on electric guitar.
MAY 11.2006 WESTERN TOUR UPDATE
Hello all. MB and the Union Dues are currently on tour across western
Canada with the Joel Plaskett Emergency and loving every minute of it.
There are a bunch of dates remaining, hopefully you can still catch us in a town near you. Note
the show at the Mod Club in Toronto on Friday, May 26 with Stabilo -
it'll be the last one for a little while so don't miss it!
If you haven't caught the video for 'The Plea' on the tube yet, you
can watch it right here. It was directed by
Benji Weinstein and we did all our own stunts.
Lastly, please visit the journal page for an updated entry (with pictures!) from Matt.
