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September 22, 2003

Fuel Update

I found out from a buddy that Fuel is doing an in-store appearance at our local Best Buy tomorrow to promote the release of Natural Selection. I confirmed this on FuelWeb; they're actually appearing in stores in several cities the next few days. My family and I are planning to go check it out; I just hope it's not mobbed beyond belief. I don't listen to the local radio stations much, so I have no idea how heavily it's been promoted.

Posted by Alex Harden on September 22, 2003 4:03 PM |

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Wow - there were a lot of people there for the show. I wish I'd brought my camera! There was a stage set up in front of the store and the guys came out at 6:00 and played a 30-minute acoustic set featuring "Falls On Me", "Shimmer", "Bittersweet", and "Hemorrhage". Pretty cool for free! The disc was on sale for $12 and they threw in a bonus CD with a non-album track called "On The Road Again". I'd estimate the crowd was at least 2,500-3,000 strong. Perhaps whomever's underwriting their tour will see fit to add a Harrisburg or Hershey show. Currently the closest they'll be touring is Philly.

Posted by: aharden | September 23, 2003 8:32 PM

I've noticed they've also rereleased their two previous albums with bonus tracks. They haven't been around for that long - isn't it a bit early to fleece the fanbase into buying extra copies of stuff?

Posted by: Don | September 24, 2003 8:45 AM

I thought the same thing about the re-releases. Good thing it's a free market. ;)

One ironic thing about the bonus-track-CD I mentioned before is that it's designed to look like a burned Sony CD-R with marker writing on it. I thought the record companies only condoned burning music on "Music" CD-Rs. ;)

Posted by: aharden | September 24, 2003 9:04 AM

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