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To All Of Our Friends And Fans,

MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for purchasing our music, coming to our shows and being supportive of us in 2008.  Clearly we are in difficult times and we remain very grateful to you all for taking time and money out of your lives to support us.
It was a very big year for us and we owe that to each and every one of you.
We signed to Hellcat records, released State Of Grace and played on the main stage of the Vans Warped Tour this past summer.  Beyond that, we launced the State Of Grace tour of the US in the fall of 08 and brought our good friends Flatfoot 56 and Time Again along with us.  Then, we embarked on a tour of Europe with Flogging Molly, Skindred and Time Again.  This tour was amazing and we are thankful to everyone in FM, Skindred, Time Again and to all of the wonderful people over at Eastpak.
As for 2009 plans, we look to do headline shows the US in March with some very special guests.  We are working out details on a Japan tour and we will also be going back to Europe again. The summer of 09 looks busy as well with touring plans underway.  Specific dates and ticket information will be made available in January and February of 2009.

Finally and one more time, Merry Christmas to you all and a Happy New Year.

Respectfully Submitted,

Mike McColgan
Street Dogs 

Whats up?!

I just wanted to drop a line and give a little “internet Street Dogs update”. The fellas are ripping it up currently in Europe. They just got done in the UK and Dublin and are moving onward to Tilburg in The Netherlands tommorow. If you are in Europe, go check ‘em out with Flogging Molly, Skindred, and Time Again. Check out our tour dates for details. The other day Tobe set up his IChat on his amp and I got to watch the set live in London. It was crazy, and Gavin did awesome! I miss them all and will see them soon.

I’ve been keeping busy with my family and recording music. I also got to see some of my favorate bands they other day at Fun Fun Fun fest in Austin. I hadn’t seen Swingin’ Utters since we were recording Savin Hill in 2002 so that was really great. And The Adolescents were insane. Dead Milkmen brought me back to high school, and I just missed Krumbums but heard they were great too. Speaking of The Utters, we are trying to get a live track of us doing “Dirty Sea” together to contribute to their tribute record.

So we’ve been getting a lot of emails back home about what was going to happen with our annual “Wreck The Halls” show in Boston. After thinking it over and over and talking with the promoters we decided to give it a break this year. There are a couple reasons why. #1, we just did 2 shows in Boston last month and are planning a show in The New England area sometime in March. #2, the economy is in the CRAPPER and we don’t want our friends, family, and fans spending hard earned money on a Street Dogs ticket when they could use it more wisely in the holliday season. I hope this is okay for everyone and we will see you all hopefully in March. We should have a better plan in the next couple weeks about the spring.

Some other emails we’ve been getting are, “when will our new merch be available online?” The answer is today I started working with the online store to get some of the shirts up, but the rest should be up by tommorow evening including shirts, new hoodies, bandanas, pins, new scally caps etc etc. Check out www.street-dogs/merch and if you don’t see what you want it should be up there really soon. We are also going to make sure they have a bunch of holliday specials and an ability to ship faster for the holliday season.

Oh… here’s some other great Vegas show news… We are honored to be playing with legends Cockney Rejects for Punk Rock Bowling (something we’ve been wanting to play for a long time) on Jan. 17th, 2009. Far From Finished as well! Here are the details….
Punk Rock Bowling Weekend
Sat. Jan. 17, 2009
Cockney Rejects
Street Dogs
tba
Far From Finished
opener

Jillians
450 Fremont, Downtown Vegas
All Ages / Full Bar w/ ID
$16 adv/ dos
You can get tickets here: http://www.punkrockbowling.com/show.php

Finally, tommorow is Veterans Day. Please honor the troops in your life who have served and whether or not you are “for” or “against” any particular war taking place at this time, please honor those currently serving. “They aren’t the policy makers, just sworn in order takers”. They deserve respect, hopes, and prayers on a safe return back home as soon as possible.

All the best everyone, thanks for the emails and for supporting the band in Europe.

Johnny