Our good friends in TheSet have a huge Canadian tour starting next month and they’ve asked our very own Jeffrey K to fill in for their guitar player who is currently attending at university. The tour is being dubbed as the “Snowcore Tour” and includes Hawthorn Heights, Protest The Hero, and Elias.

Here are the dates…

March 12 – Toronto @ Tattoo Rock Palour (CMW)
March 13 – Toronto @ 102.1 The Edge (In-Studio Performance)
March 23 – Montreal @ Club Soda
March 24 – Ottawa @ Capitol Music Hall
March 26 – Toronto @ Sound Academy
March 27 – Thunder Bay @ The Roxy
March 29 – Winnipeg @ The Garrick
March 31 – Edmonton @ Starlite Room
April 1 – Calgary @ MacEwan Ballroom
April 3 – Vancouver @ Rickshaw Theater
April 4 – Victoria @ TBA

For more info check out TheSet’s Myspace Page.

In similar news, Tyson has been south of the border this past week rehearsing with Gainesville, Florida band Against Me! He will be joining the band on the road for a few concerts around Florida this week…

Feb 17 – Jacksonville @ Freebird
Feb 18 – Ft. Lauderdale @ Culture Room
Feb 19 – Orlando @ The Social
Feb 20 – St. Petersburg @ State Theater
Feb 21 – Gainesville @ Common Ground

For more info check out the Against Me! website.

As far as actual Acres Of Lions news goes, we still have plenty of stuff on the horizon (new tour dates, new songs, etc) and we will have more info about that when Jeff and Tyson get home.

In the meantime, here are some links to videos from our last Victoria show at Lucky Bar (courtesy of From The Garage)…

Nothing Interesting – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7IDbVP3LdQ
December – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCJ1i3EwE58
Dance Sequence – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVaY4tH83zU