1996

01.??.1996 Ventura, CA - Ventura Theater

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

04.30.1996 San Fransisco, CA - Great American Music Hall

05.05.1996 Orange County, CA - Some Black Fly’s party

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

06.01.1996 Westminster, CA - Westminster Memorial Park - Brad’s memorial services held

European tour scheduled to start

06.01.1996 Saarbrücken, Germany - Garage

06.03.1996 Stuttgart, Germany - LKA Longhorn

06.04.1996 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik

06.05.1996 Milan, Italy - Rainbow Club

06.06.1996 Bologna, Italy - Made in Bo

06.08.1996 Munich, Germany - Nachtwerk

06.09.1996 Frankfurt, Germany - Batschkapp

06.10.1996 Oberhauusen, Germany - Music Circus Ruhr

06.11.1996 Tilburg, Netherlands - Noorderligt

06.12.1996 Hamburg, Germany - Markthalle

06.22.1996 London, England - The Garage

European tour ends

07.05.1996 Pomona, CA - The Glasshouse

07.30.1996 Self-Titled Released

??.??.1??? Claremont, CA - Pitzer College - McConnell Dining Hall

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• 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.