Cosmo is getting ready to start touring. While the tour schedule is still being worked on (even the shows scheduled don't have complete info), there have been 3 dates announced so far:

Oct. 29/05 8:00PM : Atlanta, GA (Venue TBA)
Nov. 05/05 8:00PM : St. Croix (Venue TBA)
Nov. 22/05 8:00PM : Verona, NY (The Showroom)

Info: Cosmo's Website

Well, it's not a complete reunion -- or a permanent one for that matter, but according to a poster on the boston.org mailing list, Brad, Barry, Fran and Sib performed at a private wedding on Saturday, September 24. I can imagine there are many Boston fans who wish they would've been invited to that wedding.

It's been over 2 years since thirdstage.ca said goodbye to the Boston site that bore its name. Not a lot has changed in the Boston community, but after a lot of thinking (and more webspace available), I decided to bring this Boston site back into commisison.

Those of you who visited this site in the past will see some differences; the first one is right on the first page of the site. Since I have added extra content that has been made available on this server, so I decided to use the main page as a portal in order to be able to use the thirdstage.ca name to direct people to the content, as it's easier to use that than the longer URL for the page the content resides on, plus it gives visitors the opportunity to explore content I have to offer on thirdstage.ca (so if you're a fan of the show "Charmed", you can see the section this domain that is full of video clips on that show).

Another change is that while this site was known for giving you the most and fastest Boston and Boston related news, that is no longer guarenteed. While I will be making great efforts to keep the news section current, I can't guarentee it'll be as up to date as it used to.

The primary purpose of resurrecting this site is to bring back (almost) all the material that was previously available. I have added some new material as well -- full resolution video in the downloads section. I never had the capacity to host files of that magnitide until now. Check out the Downloads section to see what's here. I hope to add more content in the no too distant future, but I can't guarentee anything.

Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Let me know by sending me an email (just use the link at the bottom of any page here).

If you want to know more about the history of this site, check out the thirdstage.ca history section.

Boston members Fran and Anthony Cosmo have formed a new band, appropriately named Cosmo. The Cosmos are joined by Bill Carman (who performed on Corporate America), Mick Brooks and Patrick Orlowski. They are on the verge of releasing their first album and will be in Cincinnati on October 1 to gear up their "Alien" tour, which will feature new Cosmo songs mixed with Boston songs.

They have a webpage online at www.myspace.com/cosmotheband, however, their official site is www.cosmomusic.net, which is under construction at the moment.

This has nothing to do with Boston, but it is related to this site.

You've probably noticed the notice on the main page, regarding this site. After over 3 years, I've decided to call it quits.

This isn't a decision I came to lightly. I've thought long and hard about this. The truth is that for a while, this site, which started as a hobby, has become an obligation. Besides the fact that running a website like this is time consuming, I just don't feel like I can give this website the amount of attention I used to. The shutdown schedule is posted on the main page (the final day will be June 1st).

It's time to move on and focus on the other things in my life.

Thank you to everyone who has supported me and this site over the years. It's been great!

That concludes the final news update on thirdstage.ca.

Tom Scholz and Boston have signed a very generous sponsorship for a Beatle Juice benefit concert taking place January 11th

The show, which benefits the Children's Education and Prevention Programs at Sexual Assault Support Services, is presented by Ocean Boulevard Productions, and is being held at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, NH. Tickets are $22.

8 VIP seats are up for grabs until midnight of Dec. 31st. For more info or to bid on a seat or two, go to the following post at the Boston Board:
http://thirdstage.toobookoo.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000766.html

The live tracks from Boston's performance on WHJY on Dec. 6 are available for download from WHJY's website.

Go to http://www.whjy.com/a_v.html

Boston will be guests on the Bob and Tom Radio Show on Friday, December 13th at 10am EST.

To find an affiliate station that broadcasts this show, go to:
http://www.bobandtom.com/gen3/affiliates.htm

On Sunday, December 08, The Cardington-Lincoln Athletic Booster's Benefit Auction will take place at the Cardington-Lincoln High School in Cardington, Ohio.

Some Boston items have been donated; a CD autographed by the band and autographed photos (taken by band photographer Ron Pownall) of the band. Boston has made a $500 donation towards "buy a hurdle".

More info can be found at:
http://www.cardington.k12.oh.us/02auction.html

VH1 is holding an auction for the Save the Music Foundation. The band has donated a Gibson guitar, Coporate America CD and a poster (all signed by Tom)

For info on the auction, go to:
http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/savethemusic/

To bid on these items (all in one lot):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=927985650