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News from The Good Life

Posted by Loren on October 3, 2014

Omaha, NE's The Good Life have announced a December tour, including a New Years Eve show in Chicaago. The band will follow the tour with a studio session to record a new album, their first since Help Wanted Nights (2007).

The band, which features Tim Kasher of Cursive, is playing tonight at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival in San Francisco.

The Good Life tour dates:

OCT. 4             SAN FRANCISCO, CA              THE FILLMORE**

DEC. 27           OMAHA, NE                             THE WAITING ROOM^

DEC. 28           MADISON, WI                          HIGH NOON SALOON^

DEC. 30           MINNEAPOLIS, MN                 TRIPLE ROCK SOCIAL CLUB^

DEC. 31           CHICAGO, IL                           THE ABBEY^

** supporting Conor Oberst

^ Big Harp supports

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