In July 2000, Good Life Recordings invited As Friends Rust back to Europe for a week’s worth of shows in Belgium and the Netherlands, including a performance at Dour Festival in Dour, Belgium and Metropolis Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands. A month later, the band returned to Europe and the United Kingdom for a full five-week tour, spanning from August 17 to September 25, 2000, which included a handful of cross-over shows with Canadian melodic hardcore band Grade , New Jersey melodic hardcore band Ensign , and Massachusetts post-hardcore band Garrison . This European and British tour also included stops to play the Ieper Hardcore Festival in Ypres, Belgium, TurboPunk Festival, in Poznań, Poland, Transmitter Festival in Hohenems, Austria, and Complete MADness Festival (organized by MAD Tour Booking) in Potsdam, Germany. The band again planned to work on a full-length album in late 2000, having written a handful of new songs, including “Tuesday Clad” and “Watch It Fall,” described by Moyal as “calmer and more depressing,” but this material was eventually abandoned due to line-up changes.
Week of shows in Belgium and Netherlands
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