Better Lovers Recruit Fill-In Drummer For Immediate Shows

Better Lovers are temporarily down a member as drummer Clayton “Goose” Holyoak had to head home for a family emergency. The ex-Every Time I Die, The Dillinger Escape Plan, etc. supergroup will continue on with their planned live commitments however, enlisting Noah Taylor (who also performs with Better Lovers vocalist Greg Puciato in the latter’s solo venture) as a fill-in.

Better Lovers stated on social media today, December 04th:

“Due to a family emergency our beloved drummer Goose had to rush home this morning.

We will still be playing all shows as planned with our buddy Noah Taylor, tonight might be a little shorter of a set as we play catchup so please be patient with us.”

Better Lovers‘ immediate live concerns include the following shows:

With Gouge Away, SPY & Cloakroom:

12/04 Dallas, TX – Studio at The Factory
12/05 Oklahoma City, OK – Beer City Music Hall
12/06 Lawrence, KS – Granada Theater
12/07 St. Louis, MO – Delmar Hall
12/08 Lakewood, OH – The Roxy

‘BLissmas‘:

12/14 Buffalo, NY – Buffalo Riverworks

Outside of that, the group also have the following tours booked in the new year:

With Frontierer & Greyhaven:

01/17 Bristol, UK – Marble Factory
01/18 London, UK – Electric Brixton
01/19 Manchester, UK – Academy 2
01/20 Glasgow, UK – Slay
01/22 Newcastle, UK – The Grove
01/23 Leeds, UK – Project House
01/24 Birmingham, UK – O2 Institute 2

With Poison The Well (performing “The Opposite Of December… A Season Of Separation“), Glassjaw & Teenage Wrist:

04/04 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
04/05 San Francisco, CA – The Warfield
04/07 Portland, OR – Roseland Theater (no Glassjaw)
04/09 Seattle, WA – Showbox SoDo (no Glassjaw)
04/11 Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot (no Glassjaw)
04/12 Denver, CO – Summit (no Glassjaw)
04/15 Dallas, TX – The Factory in Deep Ellum
04/16 Austin, TX – Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater
04/18 Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
04/19 Orlando, FL – The Beacham (no Glassjaw)
04/21 Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl (no Glassjaw)
04/22 Chicago, IL – Salt Shed
04/23 Detroit, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
04/25 Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
04/26 Boston, MA – Roadrunner
04/27 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
04/29 Toronto, ON – Danforth Music Hall (no Glassjaw/Teenage Wrist)