{"id":318,"date":"2014-04-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2014\/2014\/04\/07\/pigeons-flock-east-for-three-buffalo-rochester-and-syracuse\/"},"modified":"2014-04-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T00:00:00","slug":"pigeons-flock-east-for-three-buffalo-rochester-and-syracuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2014\/2014\/04\/07\/pigeons-flock-east-for-three-buffalo-rochester-and-syracuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Pigeons Flock East for Three: Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-31338 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_06161-500x446.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0616\" width=\"320\" height=\"286\" data-wp-pid=\"31338\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pigeonsplayingpingpong.com\">Pigeons Playing Ping Pong<\/a> have been growing their &#8220;Flock,&#8221; the name given to their fan base, at an exponential rate over the past couple of years. \u00a0The high-energy, psychedelic funk the band produces has been garnering them high-profile festival gigs and opening slots for some nationally touring acts.<\/p>\n<p>The Baltimore-based four piece is in the midst of a Spring tour that will bring the band to Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse on May 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The last time the group played Buffalo was after a snow storm hit the area for <a href=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/site\/2014\/02\/11\/decades-night-becomes-dancing-night-aqueous-at-nietzsches-february-5th\/\">Aqueous&#8217; residency at Nietzsche&#8217;s<\/a>. \u00a0The band played covers of Steppenwolf\u2019s \u201cMagic Carpet Ride\u201d and Michael Jackson\u2019s \u201cDon\u2019t Stop Till You Get Enough\u201d, along with their tasteful originals, to add to the &#8220;Decades Night&#8221; theme that night.<\/p>\n<p>Check out their full list of tour dates below, but otherwise we&#8217;ll see you Flockers at one of their three Upstate shows!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/10153054_10152368499023336_749651948_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-37220\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/10153054_10152368499023336_749651948_n-500x281.jpg\" alt=\"10153054_10152368499023336_749651948_n\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-wp-pid=\"37220\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pigeons Playing Ping Pong have been growing their &#8220;Flock,&#8221; the name given to their fan base, at an exponential rate over the past couple of years. \u00a0The high-energy, psychedelic funk the band produces has been garnering them high-profile festival gigs and opening slots for some nationally touring acts. 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