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TIRED PONY ADDS LOS ANGELES DATE … ANNOUNCES PRESALE


Tired Pony has added a second date in the USA for the band’s west coast fans. The second show will take place on October 4th at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. Tickets go on sale to the general public this Saturday at 10AM (PDT).

EXCLUSIVE PRESALE

END OF SUMMER UPDATE


As Athens transforms from sleepy summer hamlet into bustling college town virtually overnight, here’s the end of the summer weekend update:

BASEBALL PROJECT SHOWS AND BROADSIDE BALLADS

The Baseball Project (this time it’s Scott McCaughey/Steve Wynn/Linda Pitmon/Mike Mills) will be in North Adams, MASS, on Saturday where they’ll play the SolidSoundFestival (with

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BASEBALL PROJECT SHOWS THIS WEEK


Scott McCaughey reports:

To those in the New York City area, and the great Northeast (the rest of you please pardon the intrusion):

The Baseball Project (this time it’s Scott McCaughey/Steve Wynn/Linda Pitmon/Mike Mills) performs:

Thursday Aug. 12 – Maxwell’s, Hoboken NJ (with super special guest DENNIS DIKEN & BELL

WEEKEND ROUNDUP FROM SCORCHING ATHENS


A few brief notes to pass along from another torrid Friday in the deep South at REMHQ:

The Baseball Project, with special pinch-hitter Mike Mills guaranteed a spot in the starting rotation in place of the normally Cal Ripken-like Peter Buck, will play two huge shows next week.

TIRED PONY ANNOUNCE DEBUT US SHOW AND PRESALE


Tired Pony will play their debut American show at the Gramercy Theatre in New York City on October 1st.

The band, spearheaded by Snow Patrol’s Gary Lightbody, is a collaborative project featuring R.E.M.’s Peter Buck, Belle and Sebastian’s Richard Colburn, Troy Stewart, singer songwriter Iain Archer, acclaimed producer

WEEKEND UPDATE


As we head into a hot Georgia weekend, we wanted to do a quick wrap-up of the latest news from REMHQ:

BERLIN STUDIO NEWS

Rolling Stone has a nice write up of the band’s studio time in Berlin. You can read it here.

RECLAIM THE COAST BENEFIT CONCERTS

As part of Michael’s

Sen. AL FRANKEN (D-Minn) ON NET NEUTRALITY


Sen. Al Franken devoted his keynote address at Netroots Nation Saturday night,to the single most important issue for preserving the future of the First Amendment: the corporate takeover of free speech and preserving net neutrality.

You can watch his speech here.

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PETER & GARY LIGHTBODY TALK TIRED PONY WITH BBC NEWSBEAT


Check out this interview Peter and Gary Lightbody did with BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat earlier today and have a look at Tired Pony’s performance of “Dead American Writers” at the HMV Forum in London on July 14th:

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TIRED PONY ROUNDUP (Update)


Lots of Tired Pony happenings this week with the release of their debut album The Place We Ran From on Monday, a highly-anticipated sold-out performance tonight at the Forum in London, press rounds with radio and TV appearances all week, and a new single, Dead American Writers all

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MIDSUMMER UPDATE: STUDIO WRAP, FABLES REISSUE, TIRED PONY, AND MORE…


The band has completed the third phase of recording their next record at Hansa Studio in Berlin with Jacknife Lee and will now set about mixing it at some point this Fall. Though we don’t have a definitive date, all signs are pointing towards a Spring 2011 release of