Tour de Hank: Hank's tour of shows and Nerdfighter gatherings (2009)
project history · status: last documented in 2009 · last event: milestone (2009-11-18) · last mentioned: 2009-12-02 (said on 2009-12-03, implied)
In autumn 2009 Hank planned a tour of the western United States with his new album, choosing stops by where Nerdfighters signed up. In November he announced shows in San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Portland and Seattle, and in December he showed gifts from the tour's final part.
Parts: Hank asks viewers for venue contacts west of the Rocky Mountains for a possible album tour (2009) · Hank asks Nerdfighters to tell him on Eventful where they are, to plan his western tour (2009) · Hank invites Nerdfighters near his tour stops to the Tour de Hank shows (November 2009) · Hank: make a video for each Tour de Hank location with show details (2009) · Hank asks viewers which songs and topics they want at his Tour de Hank shows (2009) · Hank: show the rest of his tour gifts and cover the rest of his topics in tomorrow's video (2009)
Told alongside: Hank invites Las Vegas-area Nerdfighters to a gathering at S&K Music on Sunday (November 2009) · Hank: put out another album, This Machine Pwns n00bs (2009)
About: Tour de Hank, Hank's second studio album (untitled), Western United States, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Phoenix, Arizona, Portland, Oregon, Seattle
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-09-25 | proposed | Hank floats a possible small tour of the western US with the new album, west of the Rocky Mountains, while guaranteeing nothing. (hedged) | Fake John Green : New Album : Shirts 00:01:56 |
| 2009-09-29 (said on 2009-09-30, implied) | proposed | Hank is planning a tour of the western United States and will pick stops, such as Tucson or Phoenix, by where Nerdfighters sign up. | DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! 00:02:40 |
| 2009-10-31 | proposed | Hank says he will probably be in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego or Phoenix sometime soon. (hedged) | Vegas Baby...It's like...well. Hrmm 00:01:27 |
| 2009-11-07 | announced | Hank announces he is going on tour next week (week of 9 November 2009), shows a graphic of the stops (San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Portland, Seattle) and says it will not go to Canada. | The TOUR DE HANK!!! 00:00:32 |
| 2009-11-10 | milestone | Hank updates the tour graphic with new show information for Phoenix and Portland; Seattle is still pending. | ChartJackers, Chris, Touring and Duckies 00:02:34 |
| 2009-11-18 | milestone | Hank fixes the Seattle show of his 2009 tour: Sunset Hill Community Center, 6 to 9, room for 150, $5 suggested donation. | Crazy Man is Crazy (with SEATTLE INFO!!) 00:00:25 |
| 2009-12-02 (said on 2009-12-03, implied) | looked back | Hank looks back on the final part of his tour, showing gifts he received from Nerdfighters and Dark Horse Comics, and a song he wrote on tour. | This Machine Pwns n00bs: A Song 00:02:44 |
Dates are upload dates, which set the order. Where the speaker gives a different recording date in the video, it is added as "said on YYYY-MM-DD, implied" (derived from the date said in the video).
What is said about it
14 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2009-09-29 (said on 2009-09-30, implied) · DFTBA TAKEOVER!!! — announcement: Hank says that, planning a tour of the western United States, he doesn't know where Nerdfighters are, and will go where lots of people sign up, as with the Tour de Nerdfighting. — 00:02:40
- 2009-11-07 · The TOUR DE HANK!!! — announcement: Hank says he is going on tour next week (week of 9 November 2009) and admits it is lame that he has not talked about it yet. — 00:00:32
- 2009-11-07 · The TOUR DE HANK!!! — recommendation: Hank says people coming to his tour stops (San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix, Portland, Seattle) probably should not order the CD, since he will reach them first; they can buy it there. (hedged) — 00:02:00
- 2009-11-07 · The TOUR DE HANK!!! — announcement: Hank shows a graphic of the tour stops and says he will make a video for each location with details of the shows. — 00:02:29
- 2009-11-07 · The TOUR DE HANK!!! — announcement: Hank: In a song Hank apologises to Canada: the tour is not going there because the forms and taxes make it hard; Vancouver was close but did not happen. (playful) — 00:02:58
- 2009-11-10 · ChartJackers, Chris, Touring and Duckies — Hank says he is going on tour, so he is learning all his songs properly rather than the way he normally knows them; his fingers hurt. — 00:00:00
- 2009-11-10 · ChartJackers, Chris, Touring and Duckies — ask: Hank: Building a set list, Hank asks viewers to comment which songs he should play and what to talk about at his shows, where he will also answer questions. — 00:02:07
- 2009-11-10 · ChartJackers, Chris, Touring and Duckies — announcement: Hank re-shows his tour graphic with new information for Phoenix and Portland; Seattle is still being worked on, and viewers can click their city for details. — 00:02:34
- 2009-11-10 · ChartJackers, Chris, Touring and Duckies — Hank tells John he wishes John could come on the tour with him, but he cannot. — 00:02:34
- 2009-11-12 · On a Plane - On the Ground — Hank expects his own tour to go about the same way. (playful, hedged) — 00:01:44
- 2009-11-12 · On a Plane - On the Ground — announcement: Hank tells San Francisco he will see them in two days and shows the tour graphic one last time, still without news for Seattle. — 00:03:04
- 2009-11-18 · Crazy Man is Crazy (with SEATTLE INFO!!) — announcement: Hank, in a Phoenix hotel, is leaving this section of the tour for the Pacific Northwest, with gatherings in Portland and Seattle. — 00:00:00
- 2009-11-18 · Crazy Man is Crazy (with SEATTLE INFO!!) — announcement: Hank announces the Seattle show at the Sunset Hill Community Center, 3003 Northwest 66th Street, from 6 to 9; the room holds only 150 people. — 00:00:25
- 2009-11-18 · Crazy Man is Crazy (with SEATTLE INFO!!) — announcement: Hank: Because the rented room costs about $500, Hank asks for an optional $5 suggested donation to help cover it. — 00:00:25