CYHSY to Score, Appear in Hanks/Malkovich Film

CYHSY to Score, Appear in Hanks/Malkovich Film Recall those erstwhile Clap Your Hands Say Yeah dates, postponed recently under mysterious circumstances? Well today, the band's publicist kindly lifted the veil of intrigue surrounding the nixed gigs. Turns out the (omg unsigned!) quintet was forced to bail on a few Midwestern cities because they had a date with Hollywood.

Don't be bitter though, this sounds like a goodie. According to Clap's publicist, the band's in Los Angeles now shooting scenes for the upcoming film The Great Buck Howard, which also stars some up-and-comers like Tom Hanks and John Malkovich, along with Colin Hanks and Emily Blunt. How this film will stack up against cinematic giants such as Uncle Buck remains to be seen.

Clap Your Hands also wrote new songs for the film's score, and it was indeed duties related to these new compositions that called the crew away from a slice of their tour a couple weeks back. The band hopes to make up the missed dates in the fall, and sudden stardom hasn't (yet) thwarted their plans to work the European festival circuit this summer.

Clap Your Hands Say... ACTION!:

05-21 Melbourne, Australia - Hi Fi Bar
05-22 Melbourne, Australia - Hi Fi Bar
05-23 Sydney, Australia - Enmore
05-24 Brisbane, Australia - The Zoo
05-25 Brisbane, Australia - The Zoo
07-04 Lisbon, Portugal - Superbock Super Rock
07-06 Cluses, France - Festival Musique En Stock
07-07 Evereux, France - Festival L Rock Dan Tous Ses Etats
07-08 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik
07-10 Dusseldorf, Germany - Zakk
07-11 Copenhagen, Denmark - Copenhagen Jazz Festival
07-13 Dour, Belgium - Dour Festival
07-14 Southwold, England - Latitude Festival
07-15 Glasgow, Scotland - Indian Summer Festival
07-17 Munich, Germany - Muffahalle
07-18 Florence, Italy - Arrezo Wave Festival
07-20 Carhaix, France - Carhaix Festival Les Vieilles Charrues
07-21 Angoulême, France - Angoulême Festival Garden Nef Party
07-22 Benicássim, Spain - Benicássim Festival
07-25 Nyon, Switzerland - Paleo Festival
07-29 Mt. Fuji, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival
09-02 Stradbally, Ireland - Electric Picnic
Posted by Matthew Solarski on Wed, May 9, 2007 at 5:00pm