Ned is a liar. There will be no Child Ballads show tonight, the band just posted this bulletin on their MySpace page:

Childballad fans, we have to humbly apologize for not being able to tour and not making it known that our tour was cancelled with the Kills. We tried to the 11th hour to make it happen. It’s mainly due to lack of tour support. It’s very expensive to tour these days and the funds are just not available. Labels aren’t making the money they used to, gas is ridiculous, 4 star hotels ain’t cheap and drummers eat a lot.

Lousy fat drummers. But the show is still happening, the always incredible The Kills, plus Reverse Dotty & the Candy Cane Shivs as well. Just no Child Ballads.