Republic Tigers Play Festival in Lebanon

Photo by Forester

In just a couple of weeks — provided all the members can get their passports in time — the Republic Tigers will make their international debut in Beirut, of all places, at the Big Bang Festival, August 22 through 24. Hm, that’s a rather unfortunate name for a rock festival featuring American bands in a country with a history of terrorism. Not only is there the explosive implication, radical Muslims probably don’t put much stock in the theory of the creation of the universe for which the festival is apparently named.

Tigers frontman Kenn Jankowski tells the Wayward Blog that he wanted to play the festival despite any such concerns because “I wanna go everywhere if possible, it’s our first show out of the country, and it pays pretty well.”

Let’s hope the only bangs come from the drums of our proud Tigers. The lineup hasn’t been announced, but we know that Mercury Rev is playing, along with German electro guy Apparat.