At the risk of sounding like an alarmist, SFist received word today about a possible virus outbreak in San Francisco. It's the Norovirus, a common cause of the stomach flu, which is "transmitted by faecally contaminated food or water [Ew! -- SFist] and by person-to-person contact."...

UPDATE: Sunday's show is cancelled. Tonight's Social Distortion show has been postponed - rescheduled show information forthcoming. Please hold on to your tickets. Wow. Another cancellation. WTF? So many bands have been sick in the last few months, starting back with The Decemberists in November. It seems that Social Distortion worked too hard last night and they are all puckered out. We haven't heard whether Sunday or Tuesday's show is on or not. We'll just......

Yikes. The same flu that hit us earlier this month, seems to have taken The Psychedelic Furs out of commission; they've canceled all three of their end-of-the-year shows including tomorrow night at the Mezzanine. This means that our Saturday night plans have been thwarted. Boo. We were planning on dancing the night away with the local glam-rock band, Persephone's Bees. Whatever happened to the mantra, "The Show Must Go On"? With other cancellations this week,......