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Poor Gang Gang Dance! On Saturday morning in Amsterdam, the band woke up to discover that a fire in the club they had played the night before had destroyed their equipment, which was being stored there.

In a MySpace blog post, the band explained that their just-begun European/UK tour would have to be canceled due to the incident. Man, that sucks.

Full text of the blog post can be found below, along with the canceled dates and a few shows in March and April that Gang Gang Dance are still planning to play.

TOUR CANCELLED DUE TO FIRE.... hello all......very sad news from GGD camp today. We are in Amsterdam after having played the first of what was meant to be 14 shows in Europe and the England. Last nights show was really great and a big thank you to everyone that came out for it....we had a blast, but unfortunately our morning was a bit tragic. We stored our gear in the club last night and when we arrived there today to pick it up and head off to Brussels for tonights show, we were informed that an electrical fire had occurred in the very room where our stuff was stashed. We didnt really know the scope of how bad the fire was until we arrived on the scene to find every piece of equipment we own scattered out in the parking lot...melted, charred, and still smoldering. Most of our gear is way beyond repair and the small amount of stuff that looks as if it wasnt physically destroyed by the fire itself has all been doused by the firehoses. So we have been left with synths that are melted, a charred guitar, cases full of wet pedals and cables, drums that are nothing but the metal rims, amps that look as if they've been doused in tar...the list goes on. It is really devastating for us as our equipment is very specific and without it we cant do much of anything. Most of our memory cards for our samplers melted so we've lost a bunch of jams that we were really looking forward to playing for you all. While we did entertain the thought of just renting or borrowing a bunch of random gear and somehow continuing the tour and just improvising every night, it just doesn't seem like its going to work out. While it would be fun and we'd love to stick this out for everyone that was excited to see us, we feel like we came to perform a certain set of songs and if we cant do that then its probably best to just come back again when we have the necessary gear to do so. On top of that we are stuck here in Amsterdam until we are able to meet with the insurance company that is dealing with the fire, if we were to leave then we would risk losing out on the compensation that will be necessary for us to build our equipment back up.
As i said its all really devastating and we wish nothing more then to be in Brussels tonight (we were super excited about that show!) and to be able to continue on with our tour, but there is really no way for that to happen given the circumstances.
We are hoping to come back asap and make up for all this and we really want to thank everyone who bought tickets and everyone who was planning on coming out to the shows on this tour. It looked as if it was going to be one of our best yet thanks to y'all.......
See you when the smoke clears. peace and respect------GGD

Canceled dates:

02-16 Leipzig, Germany  - Schauspielhaus
02-17 Berlin, Germany - Volksbuhne
02-18 Germany, Heidelberg Karlstorbahnof
02-19 Dijon, France - Generiq Fesitval
02-20 Paris France - Point Ephemere
02-21 St Malo, France - Route du Rock
02-22 Tourcoing, France - Grand Mix
02-23 London, England - Rough Trade East (in-store)
02-25 Manchester, England - Roadhouse
02-26 London, England - Dingwalls
02-27 Bristol, England - Fleece
02-28 Brighton, England- Audio

Shows that are still on:

03-04 New York, NY - Museum of Modern Art
04-18 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-30 Bergen, Norway, Bergenfest
05-30 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival