Tour with Remedy Session cancelled

Back in the United States, the band was supposed to go on tour with Florida emo band The Remedy Session, from mid-September to early October 2002, but the tour was cancelled. Salem officially played its first show on September 28, 2002, at The Factory in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, opening for Further Seems Forever , though the band was billed as As Friends Rust. Salem was again billed as As Friends Rust during its week-long south-eastern American tour with Fairweather , Liars Academy , Open Hand , and Codeseven , and during another week-long south-eastern American tour with Shelter , Keepsake , and Running from Dharma, which together spanned most of mid-October 2002. It was only once touring began with The Movielife , Brand New , and The Reunion Show in late October 2002, that the previously booked billing was corrected to feature the band’s new name. Upon returning home from this tour in mid-November 2002, Swain quit the band and Salem properly began moving onto new things away from As Friends Rust.