- Thursday The First US Band To Play This Festival
New NYC show with Hot Water Music
Thursday is excited to announce an amazing show they will be playing in NYC this summer. On July 12th, 2008 at Terminal 5, they’re co-headlining a show with the legendary Hot Water Music. Hot Water Music was one of the main influences on Thursday when they started the band. Seeing their shows at the church in Philly and the Melody Bar in New Brunswick provided a the spark for them that they still hold close to their hearts.
Understanding In a Car Crash
Ah the Melody bar in New Brunswick. That is where I got my start in the music business as an entertainment booker. The place is like a Cracker Jack box, but anyone who is anyone who is going anywhere in the music business will surely hold a gig at that place.
Anyway back to Thursday ….
Thursday is also happy to be playing their first show in Manhattan in two years. Throw on one of the most 
consistently awesome hardcore bands around today, Paint It Black, and this show is a dream come true for them.
Announce Last Minute Addition to Belgium’s Groezrock Festival and First Ever Performance in the Philippines for Thursday!
Thursday has just announced they’ve accepted a last minute offer to perform at this year’s Groezrock 
Festival in Belgium! The concert took place in May of 2008 and replaced Good Charlotte on the bill, and perform alongside Bad Religion, Hot Water Music, Alkaline
Trio, Cursed, Face to Face, Sick of It All, Agnostic Front, Anti-Flag, The Loved Ones, and many more! In addition, the band has been welcomed to perform in the Philippines for the first time in the band’s career, at the country’s annual Kaogma Festival where they played at the end of May 2008
Thursday wrote this to their fans before they left for the gig:
We are currently packing our bags for a last minute trip to Belgium, replacing Good Charlotte on this year’s amazing Groezrock Festival (where we get to play alongside some of our favorite bands), as well as a tour of the Philippines! It’s an honor and a pleasure to be asked to perform at Groezrock, as well as be the first American band asked to play The Kagoma Festival. We’ve received many letters from listeners in Manila, Quezon and other areas for many years. To all of you- – WE CAN’T WAIT TO FINALLY MEET YOU!!!! Our friend, Manny, will be coming with us to lend a little fill-in bass-guitar action.
See you soon,
Thursday
It’s nice to read personal notes from band members.
Joining the band on the trek to the Philippines was bassist Manuel Carrero of the bands Glassjaw, Stillsuit, and currently, Saves The Day.
Here was the Full details of Thursday performances overseas:
Thursday played on Saturday May 10, 2008 at Groezrock Festival in Meerhout, Belgium w/ Bad Religion, Sick of It All, Face to Face, Agnostic Front, Cursed, The Loved Ones, Horse The Band, No Fun At All, 59 Times The Pain, and more!
You can still see some of the information on the event at this website:
The culmination of the week’s festivities is a massive concert that was free to the public. Until now, all performances have been top artists from Manila and Cebu, the capital and the second largest city in the Philippines. Thursday was the first US band to play the festival.
From the promoter: “The Koagma is a centuries old festival celebrating the founding of Camarines Sur… about 450 years ago. Only Philippine based artists have performed. Thursday will be the first foreign artist ever. Music history in the works.”—-> (Read Part Two of Thursday)
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