Pitchfork

[Posted Friday, November 7th, 2003 06:00:00 Pitchfork Central Time]

Ween are set to tape and record their first official live DVD during three Chicago shows over this weekend, according to a post on the band's official website. The minions of Boognish are currently wrapping up a North American fall tour in support of their delightfully brown and Zoloft-fueled new album, Quebec. The Deaner (nee Mickey Melchiondo) tipped that unprecedented ticket sales for the two previously announced Chicago dates inspired the addition of a third show and set the tone for the DVD project: "There is a very good chance that all three nights in Chicago will be professionally filmed and recorded for a DVD to be released on Sanctuary. The Chicago shows are selling unlike any other concerts we've ever done, so please follow the crowd and be a part of the first ever official live Ween concert movie."

After their three-night residency at Chicago's Vic Theatre, Bucks County, PA's finest will take a couple weeks off before setting their silly sails for Sweden, Switzerland, and the rest of Europe at the end of the month. Although they haven't announced any additional U.S. dates yet, Deaner's online diary from Ween's September/October tour of the South, Midwest, and West Coast promises more North American shows at the beginning of the New Year, possibly with former Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes opening. Until then, busy yourself with a chorizo and the remaining Ween American and European dates:

11-07 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
11-08 Chicago, IL - Tower Records (in-store)
11-08 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
11-09 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
11-10 Detroit, MI - State Theater
11-27 Stockholm, Sweden - Kagelbanan
11-28 Oslo, Norway - Rockefeller
11-30 Hamburg, Germany - Grosse Freiheit 36
12-01 Berlin, Germany - The Maria
12-02 Prague, Czech Republic - Palace Akropolis
12-04 Vienna, Ausria - WUK
12-05 Munich, Germany - Elserhalle
12-06 Zurich, Switzerland - Volkhaus
12-07 Darmstatd, Germany - Centralisation
12-09 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
12-10 Ghent, Belgium - Handelsbeurs
12-11 Koln, Germany - Live Music Hall
12-13 Paris, France - Maroquineries
12-15 London, England - Forum
12-16 Dublin, Ireland - Ambassador

Ween has also finally broken into the TV commercial biz, lending their song "Ocean Man" to a Honda Civic ad campaign. Unlike the Pizza Hut jingle debacle on which Pitchfork reported earlier this year, Dean and Gene had no role in the commercial's creative process, learning of their involvement with the Japanese car company only after the advertisements were completed and scheduled to air during Monday Night Football. Luckily, the boys got paid, and nothing like "Where The Motherfuckin' Keys At?" ever emerged.