“Madina is temporarily closed for repair.
we will begin live again in Australia for Soundwave. Until then, we will be very accessible, setting up chats and keeping everyone in the loop.
thank you immensely, for your understanding and kind words of support. we would not have made this decision if we didn’t feel it was necessary for the betterment of Madina, moving forward. things appear messiest right before they shine.
all the love,
ml”
“thank you all so much for the support and understanding. I’ll be posting a detailed update shortly but for the moment I wanted to clarify that Madina is not disbanding, going on hiatus or anything of the sort. As soon as we tend to pertinent matters that caused us to leave the HH/MTP we’ll begin preparations for Soundwave Australia at the end of February – all the love and appreciation in the world .. well chat soon 
”
Posted on their Facebook.
Madina Lake is back with a new album and raring to go on tour. Having just completed a jaunt in Europe, they began their direct support spot with Me Talk Pretty where we caught up with frontman Nathan Leone. Thank you to Nathan. Recording this was definitely enlightening! Maybe someday we will upload the complete and unedited version! =)
“So we landed in Chicago 2 nights ago after finishing off the best UK/European tour we’ve ever done- After being sidelined/off the radar for almost 2 years, we figured it was going to take some time & hard work to get back in the game – but thanks to the incredible international support and our Madina family – it felt like we never left. *Crunkles
We’re currently on our way to Baltimore where we kick off the Me Talk Pretty tour~
It”s good to be back in the US and feeling normal again.. even though Matthew’s fighting off several difficult longer-term affects from his incident, he is playing his ass off. He blows me away every night (*sidenote- i initially forgot to put ‘away’ in that sentence- almost went to print before catching it last second- yuck ok moving along) cuz I know more than anybody what he’s really feeling and how hard he works to “mask” his pain. Yet he insists we stay on the road and support WWIII. I admire him more than ever.
Moving along.. turns out Mateo has been a bit exhausted from the tour and has some personal matters to deal with back home. For the immediate future we’ve tapped our dear friend Crispy, to take over guitar duties for the first round of dates. Crispy hails from our close friends- the Chicago based band Comasoft (check them out athttp://www.facebook.com/comasoft, @comasoft). We’re super lucky to have him filling in and are very grateful to his band for lending him to us- thanks gentlemen! Anyhow.. come hang out on this tour – its gonna be fantastico – plus we get to personally thank you all for the support and of course so we can give you the best Madina show yet… all the love in the world creepers ”
To say that Madina Lake have had a tough year is a massive understatement. 2010 saw the band lose their label, management and any means of recording a third album. Then things went from bad to horrendous, when bassist Matthew Leone was victim to a horrific assault, with doctors predicting that his recovery might take up to four years, if at all. However, it was with an outpouring of love and support from fans worldwide, they somehow survived, turning to Pledge Music for help in recording their latest record ‘World War III’.
With Matthew’s recovery miraculously taking only a year and a half, the full band returned to the road in support of their third effort, and DIY caught up with drummer Dan Torelli, to find out how everything’s been going.
How’re you today?
I’m good, thank you!
And how far are you into the tour: you’ve been in Europe for a while before heading here?
Yeah, we’ve done three German dates, a Holland date, two in Brussels and now we’re here. Then, we did Portsmouth, and last night was Brighton. They were awesome – never been to Brighton before which was really cool! Then Portsmouth was great, with the Wedgewood Rooms, but today is always the one we really look forward to. London’s always amazing, and normally, London’s at the end of the tour so havng it the third day in is kinda weird.
Short interview with Matthew from Madina Lake. Sorry for the bad quality, I used my phone, my crappy old phone. Full written interview soon available on http://gentlemenchronicles.com/
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My Passion and The Super Happy Fun Club are supporting Madina Lake at the upcoming November tour in the UK and Europe. So here a little 101 about these bands!
THE SUPER HAPPY FUN CLUB is an unsigned band from Chicago, IL. London is one of the 8 songs from their first album “Go Fun Yourself”. The band is fairly new, so I was not able to find more information about them!
“When our good friends Madina Lake asked us to join the tour, we jumped on the opportunity. In the US, its not often you get asked to do a tour like this. So we are all super excited about going out and meeting our European fans, and really looking forward to the chance to introduce our debut record GO FUN YOURSELF. As the days to Europe countdown, the excitement in our camp continues to build. We can’t wait to see how GO FUN YOURSELF goes down overseas. Seriously, I think Pat is ready to swim across the ocean right now. November (album will be released Nov. 7th in Europe) can’t come soon enough.” source.
