An Update On Murph

From the band:

First  and foremost, David, STS9 and their families can’t thank all of you  enough for your incredible support through the past week since the  announcement of David’s cancer.  We’ve received thousands of notes,  prayers, well wishes and support all the way from Japan to Antarctica.   David went into a nearly 9 hour surgery Wednesday morning and has since  been on a steady path of recovery.   He’s awake, standing when he can,  and overall in great physical form given what he went through just 48  hours ago.  While the path to recovery is a long one, you can see the  warrior that is our brother Murph every step of the way.   He’s well  aware of the outpouring of support for him and he’s simply floored by  it, as are all of us.  We are all blessed and honored to have so many  people surrounding us in numerous ways through this challenge.  We will  continue to keep everyone updated as the days and weeks go by.

STS9 Mayan Holidaze Setlists

Jan 20, 2011 1am-3am Mayan Riviera, Mexico
Set 1: The Rabble, Tooth, Move My Peeps, Grow, F. Word, Ramone and Emiglio, Lion, One a Day, When the Dust Settles
Set 2: Evasive Maneuvers, What is Love?, New New 4 U U, Circus, Instantly, Inspire Strikes Back, EHM, Firewall

01.22.2011   8pm- 11pm Mayan Riviera, Mexico
Set 1: Oil & Water, Rent, Be Nice, Arigato, Abcees, Beyond Right Now, Aimlessly, Wika Chikana
Set 2: Breathe In, Scheme, Moonsocket, Hidden Hand Hidden Fist, Grizzly, Frequencies Peace 2>3, Shock Doctrine, Mobsters > Surreality > EB, The Unquestionable Supremacy of Nature
Encore: HB Walks To School (tease) > Dance

02.23.2011 9:00-10:30pm Mayan Riviera, Mexico
Acoustic: Equinox, Satori, Kamuy, Lo Swaga, The New Soma, South Of Here, New Song, Yes/No, King Pharaohs Tomb, Moonsocket > So It Goes

STS9 at the Mayan Riviera, Mexico - Photo (c) Dave Vann 2011

STS9 Winter Tour Ticket Refund Details

Full refunds will be given to any ticket purchase for the recently canceled shows. Everyone will have the cost of their tickets & service charges refunded starting immediately. Please read through the scenario’s below to find information about your refund. If you have any further questions, please contact info@sts9.com.


If you bought tickets through STS9Store.com:
The processes to refund has already begun. Funds will be issued directly back to the credit card used to purchase the tickets. With numerous ticket orders, this will take a few days. Within the next week, you will receive an email from STS9 stating that your refund has been processed. From then, please allow 3-5 business days for the credit to appear back in your account. If you paid for shipping, that charge will also be refunded.

Also.. if you added a Live Show Download for $5 to your order, STS9 welcomes you to substitute a download of any album or show from 1320records.com. Please contact info@sts9.com with your download of choice(s) and you will be set up immediately.


If you bought tickets through Ticketmaster: your card will be refunded automatically.

If you bought tickets directly from the venue: please contact the box office directly for refund information.

Bass Player David Murphy Has Cancer, Winter Tour Canceled

Photo: David Murphy of STS9

From STS9.com:
It’s with heavy hearts and eternal optimism for the future that we announce the cancellation of STS9′s Winter Tour 2011 dates in February 2011 and March 2011 while our brother, friend and bass player David Murphy will begin undergoing timely and nessessary cancer treatment following STS9′s Mayan Holidaze performances this weekend. Below you will find a note from David himself he wanted you all to read…

Greetings Family,Friends and Fans,

I’m writing to share with y’all some news I’ve received recently. I have just been diagnosed with a cancerous tumor primarily in my sinus cavity (a type of internal skin cancer). It will require an extensive surgery followed by a couple month long recovery periods. There will be some treatment for the cancer following also but at this time we aren’t fully aware of what that will entail and at this time we are just focusing on the task at hand which is the surgery.

With this news comes a bit of bad news for our upcoming shows. We will have to cancel all of our upcoming shows in Feb and March in order to fully get after taken care of this little health issue to the fullest, and we will do just that. There is nothing more in the world I love then playing music and sharing it with all of you and we will continue to do it for a long time together and all I ask for is y’all’s thoughts and prayers during this time of recovery!

We will still be performing in Mexico this weekend before my upcoming surgery, so for y’all down there….

Let’s do this…. Boom!

We’ll send appropriate updates as we get them through out the process.

- Murph