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!

We have a few shows lined up for you this coming month. Be sure to check us out on one of the dates.

You can get your tickets for our shows with BLOOD FOR BLOOD online:
21.04 AT SO36, BERLIN (D)
w/ Crushing Caspars (D), Street Dogs, The Mahones
– Get tickets
22.04 AT PATRONAAT, HAARLEM (NL)
w/ Hoods (USA), No Turning Back, Crushing Caspars (D)
– Get tickets
24.04 AT RÖHRE, STUTTGART (D)
w/ H2O (USA), Crushing Caspars (D) and more
– Get tickets

In case you missed it; Boston’s finest, Blood For Blood, is back from hiatus! They did the Persistence Tour in December, and are coming back to Europe for a short run in April. MCB will support Blood For Blood on all of the club shows!

21.04 in Berlin (D) at the SO36
22.04 in Haarlem (NL) at the Patronaat
24.04 in Stuttgart (D) at the Rohre

We’re very excited to finally share the stage with B4B! They’ve been absent way too long. All you Dutchies, come check out the show in Patronaat; our friends in Hoods and No Turning Back are playing that one as well. It’s gonna be killer! Get your tickets here!

On Saturday January 15, MCB will be supporting our friends Channel Zero on one of their sold out shows in the Ancienne Belgique (AB) in Brussels! As stated; sold out show.. But if you have a ticket, be sure to get there on time. It’s gonna be epic!

For more info and tickets, check out the Persistence site.

See you there!

Last dates of our upcoming tour with Pro-Pain are in! Check out the schedule to see which one you’ll be rockin’ at;

29.10.2010 AHAUS (D) Logo
30.10.2010 VROOMSHOOP (NL) Het Front
31.10.2010 HUECKELHOVEN (D) Smash Fest
01.11.2010 HAMBURG (D) Logo
02.11.2010 KRNOV (CZ) MC Kofola
03.11.2010 WARSAW (PL) Progresja
04.11.2010 GLOGOW (PL) Mayday Club
05.11.2010 HAVLICKUV BROD (CZ) Effect
06.11.2010 KADAN (CZ) Kz Orfeum
07.11.2010 BRNO (CZ) Melodika
08.11.2010 LOMNICE NAD POPELKOU (CZ) Aion Club
09.11.2010 INGOLSTADT (D) Paradox
10.11.2010 KONSTANZ (D) Kulturladen
11.11.2010 SURSEE (CH) Kulturwerk
12.11.2010 OLDENBURG (D) Amadeus
13.11.2010 BITTERFELD (D) Die Festung
15.11.2010 FREIBURG (D) Cafe Atlantik
16.11.2010 WEINHEIM (D) Cafe Central
17.11.2010 SIEGEN (D) Vortex
18.11.2010 POTSDAM (D) Waschhaus
19.11.2010 BAD SALZUNGEN (D) Pressenwerk
20.11.2010 HARTHA (D) Schwan

Dutch artists, please check out the Performing Arts Fund / Fonds Podiumkunsten! They have been a major help in realizing this tour. If you have been living under a rock this past year, the government is planning to make some serious cuts in the budgets for art and culture. Let’s try and make sure the current administration keeps this fund alive!

Following the release of our new album “Lone Wolves”, we will embark on a European tour as main support for crossover legends PRO-PAIN (USA) on their “ABSOLUTE POWER” tour in October/November. Check the dates here;

29.10.2010 AHAUS (D) Logo
30.10.2010 VROOMSHOOP (NL) Het Front
31.10.2010 HUECKELHOVEN (D) Smash Fest
01.11.2010 HAMBURG (D) Logo
02.11.2010 KRNOV (CZ) MC Kofola
03.11.2010 RZESZOW (PL) Live Club
04.11.2010 GLOGOW (PL) Mayday Club
05.11.2010 HAVLICKUV BROD (CZ) Effect
06.11.2010 KADAN (CZ) Kz Orfeum
07.11.2010 BRNO (CZ) Melodika
08.11.2010 LOMNICE NAD POPELKOU (CZ) Aion Club
09.11.2010 INGOLSTADT (D) Paradox
10.11.2010 KONSTANZ (D) Kulturladen
11.11.2010 SURSEE (CH) Kulturwerk
12.11.2010 OLDENBURG (D) Amadeus
13.11.2010 BITTERFELD (D) Die Festung
19.11.2010 BAD SALZUNGEN (D) Pressenwerk
20.11.2010 HARTHA (D) Schwan

More dates to be announced!