As rising jam quartet Mungion continue to make their way around the country for their first-ever national headlining tour, the band has announced a New Year’s run in their native Chicago. The run is set to take place on December 29th, 30th, and 31st at The Tonic Room. The three-night New Year’s run will close out an eventful 2017 in the world of Mungion. In addition to touring with Spafford earlier in the year, playing a number of major festivals this past summer and, embarking on their first nationwide tour the band has weathered some nightmarish circumstances in recent weeks.
The Show Must Go On: Mungion To Play NYC Following Theft Of Gear
While out on the road, their tour van and trailer–containing all their gear, lights, merch, and other valuables–were stolen overnight in Detroit. A matter of days before setting out on their first headlining tour, the band’s entire infrastructure literally disappeared overnight. As the band explained in a statement, “Although we are grateful that everyone is safe, our livelihood was taken from us in the blink of an eye. After going from door to door in the neighborhood, we were able to track down some surveillance video that showed two men breaking in and stealing our van and trailer. Unfortunately, there was not much the authorities or anyone could do. After filing the police report and talking to neighbors, we piled up in a hatchback and drove six hours to New York to play because the show must always go on!”
Stolen Mungion Merch Worn In Armed Robbery Of Beauty Salon
However, the Chicago community, and the music community at large, banded together to help Mungion in their time on need, raising over $30,000 to replace their gear and their transportation with help from a successful GoFundMe campaign, a local benefit show in Chicago (also at the Tonic Room), and even a spot on NBC News Chicago about fans’ supportive response to the situation. In the latest twist of this bizarre story, security camera footage of an armed robbery executed by five men in Dearborn, MI, just a few miles from where Mungion’s van was stolen, showed several of the robbery suspects wearing official Mungion hats—the same ones that were taken with the rest of their belongings.
You can purchase tickets to each of the three Mungion New Year’s Run shows by following the links below:
Friday, December 29th: http://bit.ly/2jJmLeW
Saturday, December 30th: http://bit.ly/2f8iIU7
Sunday, December 31st: http://bit.ly/2w5UhgO
[Poster by Nicolas Bogdal]
[Cover photo via Phierce Photo by Keith G (Instagram: @PhiercePhoto)]