1996
01.??.1996 Ventura, CA - Ventura Theater
01.??.1996 Los Angeles, CA -
01.23.1996 Westwood One Interview
01.25-31.1996 Redondo Beach, CA - Total Access Studio
02.??.1996 Austin, TX - Pedernales Studio - Recording of S/T
Touring Continues
02.09.1996 Newport Beach, CA - The Thunderbird
02.13.1996 Fresno, CA - Cal State University Fresno - Satellite Student Union
02.14.1996 Big Bear Lake, CA - Bear Mountain Ski Resort - "Board Aid 3"
02.14.1996 Providence, RI - Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
02.15.1996 Bolton Valley, VT - Bolton Valley Ski Resort
02.16.1996 Bethel, ME - Sunday River Ski Resort
02.17.1996 Hartford, CT - Webster Theater
02.18.1996 Austin, TX - White Rabbit
02.19.1996 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
02.20.1996 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
02.21.1996 Washington, D.C. - Capitol Ballroom
02.22.1996 Pittsburgh, PA - The Metropol
02.23.1996 Chicago, IL - The Riviera
02.24.1996 Milwaukee, WI - The Rave
02.25.1996 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall
02.27.1996 Denver, CO - Ogden Theater
02.28.1996 Durango, CO -
03.01.1996 Salt Lake City, UT -
03.02.1996 Reno, NV -
03.03.1996 San Francisco, CA - The Warfield
03.04.1996 Las Vegas, NV - The Beach [Video]
03.06.1996 Portland, OR - Roseland Ballroom
03.07.1996 Olympia, WA - Evergreen State College
03.08.1996 Whistler, B.C. - Sea to Sky Ballroom
03.11.1996 Montreal, CAN - Le Spectrum
03.12.1996 Anchorage, AK - Egan Civic Center
03.13.1996 Austin, TX - Emo's - SXSW Music Festival
03.14.1996 Big Bear, CA - Big Bear Convention Center
03.15.1996 Hollywood, CA - The Palace
03.16.1996 Hollywood, CA - The Palace
Sno Core Ends
04.??.1996 Briarcliff, TX - Pendrenales Studio
04.04.1996 Los Angeles, CA - House Of Blues
04.05.1996 Los Angeles, CA - House Of Blues [Video]
04.06.1996 Anaheim, CA - The Shack [Video]
04.08.1996 Mastering of Self Titled at Bernie Grundmans
04.10.1996 Boston, MA - Mama Kin’s
04.11.1996 New York, NY - The Wetlands [Video]
04.12.1996 Philadelphia, PA - Philadelphia Theater or the Living Arts T.L.A
04.13.1996 Washington, D.C. - Capitol Ballroom [Video]
04.14.1996 Charlottesville, VA – Trax
04.15.1996 Norfolk, VA – The Bait Shack
04.17.1996 Cleveland, OH - Peabody’s Down Under [Video]
04.18.1996 Detroit, MN –St. Andrews Hall
04.19.1996 Cleveland, OH - Peabody’s Down Under
04.20.1996 Chicago, IL - The Metro
04.25.1996 New York, NY - The Wetlands
04.30.1996 San Fransisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
05.05.1996 Orange County, CA - Some Black Fly’s party
05.11.1996 Las Vegas, NV -
05.16.1996 Sonoma Independence Article
05.17.1996 Santa Barbara, CA - Gamma Chi - Fiji Islander [Video]
05.18.1996 Las Vegas, NV - Brad And Troy’s Wedding [Video]
05.21.1996 Pomona, CA - The Glasshouse
05.22.1996 Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
05.23.1996 Chico, CA - Downtown Plaza Park - "Cheekopalooka"
05.24.1996 Petaluma, CA - Phoenix Theater [Video]
05.25.1996 Brad loses his war with drugs
05.25.1996 San Francisco, CA - Maritime Hall
05.26.1996 Ventura, CA - Nicholby's
05.29.1996 European S/T Tour scheduled to start
06.01.1996 Westminster, CA - Westminster Memorial Park - Brad’s memorial services held
06.01.1996 Saarbrücken, Germany - The Garage
06.06.1996 Bologna, Italy -
06.12.1996 Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle
07.30.1996 Self-Titled Released
??.??.1??? Claremont, CA - Pitzer College - McConnell Dining Hall
- Sublime goes into an Austin, TX studio with Paul Leary to record and mix what will become the Sublime Self-Titled major label debut.
- Bradley Nowell kicks heroin. He is clean for over a month before relapsing in May of 1996. He had quit cold turkey the night before the 04.10.1996 Boston, MA show.
- 05.18.1996: Bradley Nowell marries Troy Nowell (denDekker) in a Hawaiian-themed ceremony in Las Vegas.
- 05.25.1996: Only a week after his marriage to Troy Nowell, Bradley Nowell dies of a fatal heroin overdose in a San Fransisco hotel room. It was his first hit after over a couple of months of sobriety.
- July: Almost two months after Bradley Nowell's fatal overdose, Sublime's major label debut, Sublime Self-Titled, is released. The album is given rave reviews by critics and fans alike. Without a band to back it up, Sublime Self-Titled LP sells over 3 million copies, and is still selling today.
- Sublime is named "Rock Release of the Year" by Time Magazine.
- Sublime is named rock band of the year in a Rolling Stone readers poll.
