The New Deals Darren Shearer and Jamie Shields spent the weekend in the Midwest playing with Umphreys McGees Brendan Bayliss and Ryan Stasik as the Omega Moos. Next up, Shearer and Shields will partner with some friends on the East Coast for a pair of performances as The Join. On February 16 the Shearer and Shields will play a gig with Tom Hamilton (American Babies/Brothers Past) and Clay Parnell (Brothers Past) at Brooklyns Studio B. The show will also feature performances by Parnells BioDiesel and Glitch Mob. A week later, the same configuration of The Join plus Joe Russo will perform at Teaneck, NJs Mexacali Blues Caf

The New Deal proper will reunite for a show at Langerado this March. As for Bayliss, the Umphreys McGee guitarist will open for Half Pint Jones at Chicagos Martyrs’ this evening.