Here’s the kicker; we will be playing SIX (6!) NEW SONGS live, starting this weekend! That’s pretty much half the set, man! “HAVE THEY GONE, MAD?! WHO WILL SAVE US NOW?!” Indeed.
So this weekend it’s party time! Come check out what we think is the new what’s hot at:

- Friday 16 March – The Stage, Arnhem
w/ AZRIEL (UK), Through the Struggle (THAT’S TONIGHT!)

- Sunday 18 March – Winston, Amsterdam
w/ Manu Armata, Screw Houston, Start Screaming!

Are you a designer, a painter, a pencil artist, or just an Idiot Savant with a tendency to draw with anything other than blood, then check this out!

We are giving away some cool free stuff for the person that comes up with the most awesomemememest T-SHIRT DESIGN to sell on our upcoming summer shows. Head over to mycityburning.com/competition to see what it’s all about!

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I Scream Records and BlankTV proudly present the USA premiere of the new My City Burning video for “The Great Escape”, off their debut album “Lone Wolves” (I Scream Records, 2010).

This video was shot and produced by Carlo Oppermann & Ambitious Films (Comeback Kid, Terror, Parkway Drive) and features special guest appearances by members of: Sick Of It All, Blood For Blood, Agnostic Front, Biohazard, Cancer Bats, Death By Stereo, Death Before Dishonor and First Blood.

I Scream Records and RockInvasion.de proudly present the new My City Burning video for “The Great Escape”, off their debut album “Lone Wolves” (I Scream Records, 2010).

This video was shot and produced by Carlo Oppermann & Ambitious Films (Comeback Kid, Terror, Parkway Drive) and features special guest appearances by members of: Sick Of It All, Blood For Blood, Agnostic Front, Biohazard, Cancer Bats, Death By Stereo, Death Before Dishonor and First Blood.

Visit www.RockInvasion.de, to watch this great video.

20.10 – Luxor Live, Arnhem (NL) w/ Dog Eat Dog (USA)
21.10 – Rocktemple, Kerkrade (NL) w/ Dog Eat Dog (USA)
22.10 – Farmfest, Bree (BE) w/ Mad Sin (D) and lots more
23.10 – Lakei, Helmond (NL) w/ Dog Eat Dog (USA)

We played a couple shows with Dog Eat Dog this summer. Maarten (drums) joined them on stage for a rendition of ‘Step Right In’. Checkkit;

As most of you know, over the course of the last year we had to periodically replace Spit due to him being involved in other musical projects and, subsequently, a severed achilles tendon. For the last few months we have relied heavily on Rob to help us out on bass so that the MCB machine could keep grinding on. Without him we would have had a hard time tying all the shows together and staying out on the road during the summer.

Therefore, when the time came for us to part ways with Spit, we didn’t need to think very long abut who we were going to ask; Rob was simply the most qualified man for the job. Add to that the fact that, like us, he doesn’t have a personal life and it was a real no-brainer. Fortunately Rob gladly accepted the offer, saving us the hassle of having to audition the imminent “bassplayers who are actually just downgraded guitarplayers”.

Here’s Rob’s thoughts on him joining the ranks:

“Cool!”

Finally, we would like to add that we are extremely grateful to both Spit and Rob for allowing MCB to transition between personnel so smoothly and without any bad blood.

One could not wish for greater friends.

Peace,

My City Burning

We are sad to announce Spit and My City Burning have parted ways as of this week. We want to emphasize this has been decided in mutual agreement and there is absolutely no ill blood. A new bassplayer has joined the ranks and will be announced shortly. Read below for Spit’s statement:

“After almost five years of being part of the MCB family I am sad to say that I am leaving the band. I am busy recording a new record with my death/thrash band MagnaCult and combining both bands will not be possible in the future. MCB is on a heavy roller-coaster ride, rockin’ as many stages as possible and I have had to miss a lot of them already due to severing my achilles tendon in April.

I had a major blast playing over a hundred shows with my great friends Ramon, Igor and Maarten and our amazing crew. I will miss you all a lot! I hope we’ll cross each other’s paths many times in the future and I cherish all the great times we had together. All the laughs, all the booze we shared (and that was a lot!!!), and the fun we had! I love you guys to death and I am proud to have been a member of such a great and hard working band.

A huge HELL-YEAH goes out from me to all the people that helped MCB so far. To all the great new friends I gained while thrashing stages across Europe and to all the die-hard MCB fans! Without you MCB would not be where it is now!

Greetzzz, respect & \m/etal,

Spit”

In conclusion, MCB would like to add that this has not been an easy decision for any of us and that we will miss Spit dearly. We have started upon a journey together, sharing amazing experiences along the way and together building brick upon brick to get where we are now. Anyone who has been in a hardworking band knows how much it sucks to have to carry on without “one of the guys”. It often feels like “breaking-up”… Nevertheless, we are glad to have had the opportunity to grow towards this decision on a mutual basis and in full agreement. We are lucky to have had Spit in MCB for 5 years and want to wish him all the very best on the journey that lies ahead of him.

Over the last week we have decided who will replace Spit and, although he has less  beard, we are absolutely over the moon that he has agreed to join “this thing of ours”. A worthy replacement, to say the least!  We will announce a name shortly.

For now, let’s all take a moment and reminisce all the awesome moments we’ve shared with Spit…

All the best to you, dear brother.

One love,

My City Burning

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Last weekend, we rocked Czech Republic with Dog Eat Dog. At the Boren Mysteria Open Air festival, Maarten filled in on the drums during a live rendition of Dog Eat Dog’s ‘Step Right In’.
MCB ain’t nuthin’ ta fuck wit’!

We have some SICK shows lined up for you this summer, covering Germany, Czech Republic and the Netherlands!
We’ll be sharing stages with Sick of it All, Dog Eat Dog, Deez Nuts, Cancer Bats, Earth Crisis, Death By Stereo, and the metal stage on Zwarte Cross with Life of Agony, Madball and Terror!!

11.6 at Cafe Bluff, Heerlen (NL)
12.6 at Musikkantine, Augsburg (D) w/ Sick of it All
16.6 at Kd Vltala, Ceske Budejovice (CZ) w/ Dog Eat Dog
17.6 at Klubovna, Prague (CZ)
18.6 at Boren Mysteria Open Air, Bilina (CZ) w/ Dog Eat Dog
25.6 at Out of Step Kulturfestival, Kassel (D)
28.6 at The Cave, Amsterdam (NL) w/ Deez Nuts
30.6 at Ekko, Utrecht (NL) w/ Cancer Bats
01.7 at Cafe Central, Weinheim (D) w/ Earth Crisis
03.7 at Schacht 1, Oberhausen (D) w/ Earth Crisis
04.7 at Akku, Immenhausen (D) w/ Earth Crisis
08.7 at Iduna, Drachten (NL) w/ Death By Stereo
17.7 – Zwarte Cross, Lichtenvoorde (NL) w/ Life of Agony, Madball, Terror

Patronaat and Haarlem tattoo studio Burning Heart are giving away one tattoo, that will be done at the show. To have a chance at winning, all you have to do is tag yourself in this Facebook image and comment what you would like to get tattooed. The winner is announced Thursday April 21st (so be quick!) and the tattoo will be done April 22nd at the show.

After some time of silence, Blood For Blood is playing live again. On guitar they bring along Billy of the notorious Biohazard, just like they did on the Persistence Tour in 2010. The show on April 22nd will also feature Hoods, No Turning Back, My City Burning and Crushing Caspars.

We play early, so win this shit, get inked up and come do some stagedives and beers with us!