Sometimes, a little healthy competition can go horribly awry. Take what happened when the
Washington Wizards got together to throw a few cards, for example. Fact: There will always be dim witted athletes who feel the need to turn on members of their own team for one stupid reason or another...either with fists, or...you know, guns...'cause multi-millionaires should definitely be packing heat in the locker room. These things just happen...especially when
The Drums'
Jonathan Pierce and
Jacob Graham lace up their sneaks to play Hipster Olympian (
this again) in Brooklyn's McCarren Park. Here the band compete in a Track and Field extravaganza, come to blows, and eventually feel pretty stupid in the end. Wonder what Gilbert Arenas would have done (WWGD?) -
David Pitz
The Drums will be hitting the road a bit later this Winter. Don't miss your chance to see the band duke it out in any of the cities below:
The Drums on Tour:
Jan 13 - Bowery Ball Room - New York, New York
Feb 4 - O2 Academy - Newcastle
Feb 5 - Glasgow Barrowland - Glasgow, Scotland
Feb 6 - Manchester Academy - Manchester
Feb 7 - O2 Academy - Leeds
Feb 9 - Rock City - Nottingham
Feb 10 - UEA - Norwich
Feb 11 - O2 Academy - Birmingham
Feb 13 - Cardiff Uni - Cardiff, Wales
Feb 14 - Bristol Academy - Bristol
Feb 15 - Brighton Dome - Brighton
Feb 16 - Bournemouth Academy - Bournemouth
Feb 18 - Portsmouth Pyramid - Portsmouth
Feb 19 - Cambridge Corn Exchange - Cambridge
Feb 20 - London Brixton Academy - London
Feb 22 - Talking Heads - Southhampton
Feb 23 - Academy 2 - Oxford
Feb 25 - La Maroquinerie - Paris
Feb 26 - Bitterzoe - Amsterdam
Feb 27 - Lido - Berlin
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