Walnut Creek

We return home to California and not only enjoy the embrace of our families, but a huge family theatre festival in Walnut Creek. We are the headliners for two shows and sell them out in the 800+ seat theatre. The crowd seems to know all the words and we are joined by our West Coast Springtime Fantastic, the adolescent aerialist, Anna Robertson.

Cleveland Rocks

I always knew that Cleveland was a cool rock and roll town. Disc Jockey Alan Freed coined the term “Rock and Roll” on a Cleveland radio station, WJW in 1954. Long before the Rock Hall opened, I was a Todd Rundgren fan in good ole NJ. The East Coast rock scene was pretty close knit and when Todd did his live double album “Back to the Bars” he chose the Bottom Line in NYC, the Agora Theatre in Cleveland and the Roxy in L.A. Why Cleveland? I wondered. Turns out the biggest Todd fans in the East were there. But what’s this got to do with the Cups? You guessed it, these hardcore rock and roll fans have procreated and shown up at our House of Blues gig with their little ones in tow. We had a wonderful show and play to a great crowd. We start the day off at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame – best field trip on the tour!

Lollapalooza – a night off, Alison’s bday.

Tonight’s blowout was well worth the trip. After taking advantage of the ample backstage provisions including dinner, open bar and Lucky Jeans giveaways (as well as The Ice Cream Man and the most tricked out portajohn courtesy of Kohler), we hang for drinks with homies, The Hipwaders. The Cups go in two directions as some catch the vibes at Ben Harper, some rave up at Daft Punk and Sippy Alison celebrates her birthday with chocolate cake and champagne!

Lollapalooza!

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