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Ethan Luck posted video clips from the WWS tour on his Vimeo account, with a short explanation:
After 2 family emergencies, Jon, Ethan and John finished out the last 4 shows of the Winter Wonder Slam tour with some special guests. Thanks again to Stephanie Smith and Tim Skipper for playing the role of lead singer. Here are some clips of how we pulled it off!
Enjoy!
Winter Wonder Slam Clips Without The Matts from Ethan Luck on Vimeo.
‘I Celebrate the Day’, from Relient K’s Christmas album – Let It Snow Baby… Let It Reindeer, is the free download today on Amazon’s 25 Days of Free. Amazon has been giving out free holiday songs out all throughout December available for a limited time.
Click here to download ‘I Celebrate the Day’ for free.
Relient K will be participating in the Punkspring 2010 Festival in Japan from April 2nd-4th. Click Punkspring.com or RelientK.com for more details.
Here are the three locations in Japan they will be playing at:
Apr 02,2010: Osaka, Japan
Apr 03,2010: Nagoya, Japan
Apr 04,2010: Tokyo, Japan
For all you tweeps that don’t have Twitter, here’s more of what the guys were tweeting about last night about the WWS and the late night travelling:
From Jon Schneck’s Twitter:
Last post of the year on www.Jonathanschneck.com. Thanks to everyone who made the WWS possible. We had such a good time. see you next year.
I have decided red eyes inconvienence everyone involved. Unless you’re a transformer, then you can just transform and drive or fly home.
From John Warne’s Twitter:
WWS is done! Such a good time. Thanks so much to everyone who helped us finish the tour! And to every fan who didn’t ask for a refund 
From Ethan Luck’s Twitter:
Best end of tour gift! @timhoh @johnny5w http://yfrog.com/3nohmlj
Oh man, I LOVE airports.
Almost home. Oh…delayed flight? I would expect nothing less in Atlanta.
So far, none of the videos from their last show have surfaced on Youtube. We’ll post one once one goes up!
Also, I’ve finally sat down and updated and added all the archives from the previous site. You can now see the archives from July 2007 to now.
From Jonathanschneck.com:
Tonight ends the Winter Wonder Slam tour, as well as our RK calendar year. I’m sitting in the Phoenix airport waiting to take a red eye to Atlanta to see my family. The last four shows of the year were minus the Matts. I can assume that this is probably the only time that this will happen in the history of RK, so if you were lucky enough to witness it, consider yourself privileged. We had a lot of fun playing the shows as a three piece and then with Tim Skipper at the mic. It was one of those moments that was special not because of what was happening, but because we all knew it was a short moment in time that we could hang onto and have fun with. Warne stepped up like a monster and took control of the stage, while i had fun dancing like an idiot. Ethan was a blast to watch singing “no reaction” every night, and everyone that pitched in was fantastic. I am not going to proof read this, so if it has errors, consider it on purpose. They are calling my section. gotta go. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. Do something special this year. if nothing else, Learn the cube.
sine cera
js
Relient K has played their last show of 2009 in Phoenix tonight.
Looks like it was a great show – and looks like they are all ready for some rest.
From Jon Schneck’s Twitter:
WWS tour was more fun than I could have imagined. Had so much fun with @timhoh. I will wake up in atlanta to my wife and son. Perfect!!!!!!
From Ethan Luck’s Twitter:
Last show of the Winter Wonder Slam tour. So excited to go home and have time off!
Last show is complete! Sorry about the Lakers comment, Phoenix.^ What Lakers comment? Well..
From Tyler’s Twitter, Relient K’s merch guy:
@ethanluck declares his love for the Dodgers in front of 5,000 Phoenix fans = not the best idea ever.
^Lakers, actually.
Many great shows this year, guys! Get some well deserved rest this holiday.
Tim Skipper has played his first show with the RK boys, filling in for Matt Thiessen.
From Jon Schneck’s Twitter:
@timhoh killed it tonight. Sorry about be my escape. My head went left but my fingers went right…err, wrong? Fun fun show tonight.
From Tim Skipper’s Twitter:
Good to see so many familiar faces on the Winter Wonderslam Tour! I’m nervous but excited about tonight. Hope I make @matthewthiessen proud!
Rocked out with the RK boys! Fun show…
Looks like everything is working out well! Here’s High Of 75 from the December 17th show, with John Warne on vocals!
And, here’s Ethan Luck, singing the whole of his 1 minute song, No Reaction, with Kadar from Stephanie Smith’s band on the drums.
Last but not least, here’s a interesting video for you. Sadie Hawkins Dance Karaoke led by a fan, Justin, and his friends. Also, the other half of the video is Be My Escape, led by Lauren, from Stephanie Smith’s band. Enjoy!
From Tim Skipper’s Twitter:
Pretty excited about becoming a member of @relientk for the next few days… Keep @matthewthiessen and his fam in your prayers.
For those of you that don’t know, Tim Skipper, the lead singer of House Of Heroes, will be joining Relient K on the final couple shows of WWS filling in for Matt Thiessen.
Please continue praying for the two Matts, but things seem to be looking up now for the Thiessen family;
From Matt Thiessen’s Twitter
Pretty sure the Dr. fixed my mommy. My heart feels better now too.
^ That’s awesome. All of us are pulling for you and wish a speedy and full recovery for your Mom.
The rest of the remaining guys (Jon, John and Ethan) – along with Tim, will be pulling off great shows for the WWS so you don’t want to miss those.
As well, for all you fan club members, make sure you check out the Fan Club site for information about the contest!
From Relientk.com:
Dear RK fans,
Due to circumstances beyond any of our control, Matthew Thiessen needed to leave the Winter Wonder Slam last evening on a red eye flight to Canton. It is with great sadness to report that Matt’s mother suffered a severe heart attack Monday evening. Matt flew home to be with his family and at his mother’s side as she undergoes quadruple bypass surgery. We truly appreciate your understanding and prayers during this highly emotional time.
In an effort to make most of this situation, the remaining members of
Relient K (Ethan, John and Jon) will stay out for the last four (4) shows
and play host to Tim Skipper of House of Heroes as they put together a
medley of Holiday music and fan favorites. As an effort to make the shows
special, we will host a contest to have a fan club member join the guys on stage to perform ‘Sadie Hawkins Dance’! Again, we thank you for your prayers and wish you joy in your hearts during
the Christmas season.
Best,
Kevin Spellman
Vector Management
Best wishes to the Thiessen family and hope that everything goes well. More info will be coming soon about the contest!
Please continue to pray for the Hoopes family as well – he’s been away on a “family emergency” and he is “going through some stuff”, so please keep him and the Thiessen’s in your prayers.
We didn’t give you a partridge, or a pear tree, but since its’ ten days ’till Christmas, you should be listening to Relient K’s Christmas album, Let It Snow Baby…Let It Reindeer by now.
Here is their version of the “12 Days Of Christmas”