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The String Cheese Incident Announces Summer Tour Schedule February 27, 2017 14:25

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Photo by Jordan Kirkland: Live & Listen
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Veteran jam band The String Cheese Incident has revealed its schedule for the summer of 2017, which include a handful of festival appearances as well as multi-night runs.  After performing at Mountain Jam (Hunter, NY) and both weekends of Electric Forest, the band will return to Chastain Park Amphitheatre in Atlanta, GA for a two-night run on July 7th-8th.  This will be the second consecutive summer that SCI has played the unique, outdoor Atlanta venue.  The band returns to Red Rocks Amphitheatre for a three-night run on July 21st-23rd,  Additional summer performances include Element Music Festival (Princeton, BC), Summer Meltdown Festival (Darrington, WA), Oregon Eclipse 2017 (Crook Country, OR), and a highly anticipated return to LOCKN' Festival (Arrington, VA) to close out the summer.  
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According to the band: “Tickets for Red Rocks, Atlanta, and Element Music Festival will go on sale on Wednesday, March 1st at 11am MST through SCI Ticketing, followed by public on sales on Friday, March 3rd through venue outlets. A limited amount of Oregon Eclipse tickets will go on sale Tuesday 2/28 at 11:11 AM PST.”  See below for a complete list of tour dates, and make sure to head over to the band's official website for further details.  
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Watch SCI perform "Sympathy for the Devil" at Chastain Park Amphitheatre on 07.03.16 here:
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The String Cheese Incident Summer Tour

June 16-18 – Mountain Jam – Hunter, NY
June 22-25 – Electric Forest – Rothbury, MI
June 29-July 2 – Electric Forest – Rothbury, MI
July 7 & 8 – Chastain Park – Atlanta, GA
July 21-23 – Red Rocks Amphitheatre – Morrison, CO
August 3-6 – Element Music Festival – Princeton, BC
August 10-13 – Summer Meltdown Festival – Darrington, WA
August 17-23 – Oregon Eclipse 2017 – Crook County, OR
August 24-27 – LOCKN’ Festival – Arrington, VA


Watch String Cheese Incident & Karl Denson's Prince/Bowie Tribute at Electric Forest June 29, 2016 17:58

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This past weekend marked the sixth annual Electric Forest, the annual music festival headlined by The String Cheese Incident in Rothbury, Michigan.  The festival also served as the first three shows of The String Cheese Incident's 2016 summer tour.  It's no secret that 2016 has been a tough year for the music industries, losing many icons including both Prince and David Bowie.   Bands have been paying tribute to both artists throughout the year, and Cheese did so in fine fashion on Saturday night.  Early in the second set, the band called on none other than Karl Denson (saxophone) for a killer sequence of Prince's "Kiss," Bowie's "Let's Dance," Prince's "Let's Go Crazy," and Bowie's "Space Oddity."  Thankfully, some fan-shot footage of the tribute has surfaced on YouTube.
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Electric Forest Festival is a four-day multi-genre event, with a focus on electronic and jam band genres, held in Rothbury, Michigan, at the Double JJ Resort. The original event was called Rothbury Festival, debuted in 2008, and focused on jam bands and rock bands. The event was not held in 2010. Electric Forest, which debuted in 2011, is co-produced by Insomniac Events and Madison House. The 2015 event drew an estimated 45,000 attendees.
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Watch String Cheese Incident & Karl Denson cover Prince's "Kiss" & David Bowie's "Let's Dance" here:
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Watch String Cheese Incident & Karl Denson cover David Bowie's "Let's Dance" here":
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Watch String Cheese Incident & Karl Denson cover Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" here":
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Setlist: The String Cheese Incident at Electric Forest, Rothbury, MI - 6/25/16

Set 1:  BollyMunster, Song In My Head > Dudley's Kitchen, Sweet Spot, Falling Through the Cracks, Turn This Around > Can't Wait Another Day, Beautiful

Set 2: Believe, Stop Drop Roll, Kiss* (Prince) > Let’s Dance* (Bowie) > Let’s Go Crazy* (Prince) > Space Oddity* (Bowie), Search, Valley of the Jig > Kinky Reggae, Colliding, Jellyfish > Just One Story

* w/ Karl Denson


Turbo Suit Will Perform Their Final Set at Electric Forest June 14, 2016 21:46

After four years of heavy touring, including numerous appearances at many of the nation's biggest music festivals, electro funk trio Turbo Suit (formerly known as Cosby Sweater) has announced that they are calling in quits.  The trio consists of David Embry (live mixing/vocals/production), Nicholas Gerlach (saxophone/EWI/keys), and Jeff Peterson (drums). In a message posted on the group's Facebook page, Turbo Suit released an official statement explaining that their final performance will come at next weekend's Electric Forest in Rothbury, Michigan.  The three-piece has built quite a name for themselves in recent years, touring and supporting many of the biggest acts in the jam/electronic music scene.  You may have even seen them joined by the likes of Joel Cummins and Ryan Stasik of Umphrey's McGee on special occasions.  We wish the band nothing but the best of luck moving forward.   

See below for their official statement via the Turbo Suit Facebook page.

Over the last 4 years, we have had the opportunity to do some amazing things. We started this project with no intentions of ever going as far as we did with our little group. We’ve played countless festivals, venues that we could only dream of playing, and have opened for bands that we’ve looked up to for years. We made lots of friends and fans over the years and are so grateful for all the opportunities that we were given to make you forget about this crazy world we live in, even if for just an hour or two.

Without going on and on and dragging this whole thing out, we would like to announce that next week at Electric Forest will be our last show. So please, let us not be sad that this is ending, but celebrate that it even happened in the first place. Thank you guys so much for letting us do what we do. We love you.

Watch Turbo Suit perform "Back To Life" in Studio A at Third Coast Recording Company here: