Chris Wollard and The Ship Thieves to tour Europe with Drag The River!

Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves will be embarking on their first ever tour this December as they head overseas to Europe with Drag The River.

Chris Wollard (Hot Water Music/ The Draft/ Black Top Cadence/ Rumbleseat) actually began working on the songs that would comprise the first Ship Thieves LP prior to the demise of Hot Water Music. Writing and recording songs over the span of several years during breaks between Hot Water tours, Wollard started piecing the puzzle of the Ship Thieves together with the help of good friend and producer/songwriter Ben Lovett. The late night recording sessions grew into orchestrated ensembles, including players Addison Burns (Quit, The Enablers) , Derron Nuhfer (Gunmoll, Cutman, Less Than Jake), Ben Lovett (Heavens), Bill Clower (Radon) and George Rebelo (Hot Water Music, The Draft, Blacktop Cadence, Against Me!).

Now with their critically acclaimed album recently released on No Idea Records, Wollard has made the Ship Thieves a functional band consisting of Ben Lovett, Addison Burns, and Chad Darby (Averkiou), with Jeffery Haineault (Ninja Gun) replacing George Rebelo on drums. The new lineup will debut at THE FEST 8 in Gainesville, FL over Halloween weekend.

Drag the River will be performing the tour as a two-piece, consisting of Jon Snodgrass and Chad Price. This tour will be Drag’s first time in Europe as well.

The tour is still being booked and more dates will be announced soon! You can click “more” below for the dates!

Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves/ Drag the River European Tour Dates:

12/03 – Saarbrücken, Germany – Garage
12/04 – Schweinfurt, Germany – Alter Stattbahnhof
12/05 – Vienna, Austria – Szene with Muff Potter
12/06 – Munich, Germany – Backstage with Muff Potter
12/08 – Düsseldorf, Germany – Zakk with Muff Potter
12/09 – Winterthur, Germany – Gaswerk
12/10 – Frankfurt, Germany – Exzess
12/13 – Bristol, UK – The Croft
12/16 – Leeds, UK – Burdenell Social Club
12/17 – Amsterdam, Netherlands – Winston
12/20 – Hamburg, Germany – Logo
12/21 – Berlin, Germany – Festsaal Kreuzberg

Stream Chris Wollard and the Ship Thieves debut album here!
You can read a recent interview with Chris Wollard for Punknews.org here!
Stream Drag the River’s lastest album, the compilation album “Bad at Breaking Up” here!