New Monsoon: NYE in SF

NEW MONSOON CELEBRATES TEN YEARS AND KICKS OFF DECADE 2 ON NYE

San Francisco rock quintet New Monsoon has announced its plans for New Year’s Eve 2010. While ringing in the new year, New Monsoon will also be embarking on its second decade as a band. Appropriately, on this New Year’s Eve the band will perform a special show at the intimate venue where it all started, the cozy confines of the Connecticut Yankee at home in San Francisco.

The show will serve as fond farewell to the past decade and welcome to the next. In the “house that Fritz built,” it promises to be a memorable event to share with the musicians’ families and closest friends and fans. Singer- songwriter Kate Gaffney, a good friend of New Monsoon and frequent performer at the Yankee, will open the show with backing from members of New Monsoon.

Doors open at 8:30 p.m. Kate will start the evening’s music at 9:00. A traditional champagne toast will be served up at midnight, and the musical celebration will continue until 2:00 a.m. A small number of discount advance tickets remain on sale here.

As part of this celebration of its first ten years, New Monsoon is combing its archives for rare photos and videos, which are being posted on the band’s Facebook page.