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WARRANT: Two Shows Announced

December 26, 2008

'80s hard rockers WARRANT have scheduled the following dates:

Jan. 31 - Lucky Star Casino - Concho, OK
Feb. 28 - Harley Davidson - Orlando, FL

WARRANT announced in early September that it was splitting with singer Jani Lane six months after it first reunited with the troubled vocalist. "From the beginning of our reunion talks to the last note of our last show together in Houston [on August 31 at the Rock The Bayou festival], we have had nothing but good intentions of bringing a quality original WARRANT show to our fans and friends," the band explained in a statement.

WARRANT guitarist Joey Allen spoke about the band's split with Jani Lane and addition of Robert Mason (LYNCH MOB, CRY OF LOVE, BIG COCK) during a September 5, 2008 appearance on Eddie Trunk's "Friday Night Rocks" radio show on New York's Q104.3 FM.

On the split with Jani, he said, "Yeah, it's really unfortunate. It's come after… I don't know many shows we've done on this reunion. It's been over one year in the making since last year when we started talking about it and burying the knives, so to speak, and just moving forward as friends again and getting ready to play out live. And we had some good shows and we had some bad shows for whatever reasons; everybody can draw their own conclusions by going online and looking at the carnage [on YouTube]. It's just really unfortunate. We love him to death and we wish him the best, but we just had to move for the band's best interest, and that's where we're at right now."

When asked if the members of the band were battling or if it was just Jani's substance issues that were the problem, Joey said, "I don't wanna get into his personal issues, I really don't, because I care for the guy deeply, and I don't wanna bring that. You've gotta draw your own conclusions with that, but I'll tell you that it doesn't have anything to do with the way the band gets along. We buried the hatchet a long time ago, before we even decided to get back on the stage again, for issues that were 10-15 years old, that happened back in the '90s. I mean, we really did a good job with that. There was no poking at each other during rehearsals or anything like that. It was good; everybody got along. When everybody's good and healthy, everybody gets along great; let's put it that way."

A six-and-a-half-minute compilation of professionally filmed highlights from a September 2008 WARRANT performance with new singer Robert Mason (LYNCH MOB, CRY OF LOVE, BIG COCK) can be viewed below.

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