Dance Gavin Dance Credit: Photo via dancegavindance/Facebook
It hasn’t been an easy year for Dance Gavin Dance, which is headed to St. Petersburg for a show at Jannus Live on Saturday, Aug. 6.

Longtime bassist Tim Feerick overdosed in April, and in June, Tilian Pearson—the Sacramento group’s lead singer for the last decade—was accused of sexual misconduct and is now seeking professional help. As a result, the Warped Tour veteran band that gave us “Death Of A Strawberry” was dropped from Coheed and Cambria’s summer tour, which stopped at the old Gary a few weeks ago, and now has to tour as a separate entity.
Jannus Live may have a much smaller capacity than the Gary that Dance Gavin Dance was supposed to hit last month, but with support from Royal Coda and Body Thief, it’s better than nothing.

Josh Bradley is Creative Loafing Tampa Bay's calendar editor. He started as a freelance music writer in 2020 at the age of 18, and after spending years covering, announcing, and previewing concerts in...