dear all.
some news and bits and gigs and things.

glen, marketa, bertrand and marja are just about finishing up their little tourette of ireland in support of the swell season release. their last gig is on may 3rd in the everyman in cork and, contrary to popular belief, there are still tickets left for this show. i think people assume that its sold out, so dont bother to check, but ive been getting a steady stream of 'where can i get a ticket from in desperation' emails this past week - and - i am pointing people to the box office at the everyman who will gladly sell you a ticket :0)

everyman theatre, cork
box office on 021 4501673 or online at www.everymanpalace.com.
also - the same gang will be in HMV, Patrick Street, Cork at 4pm on the 3rd may. they are giving out wristbands on the morning of the instore....first come first served..

the swell season is digitally/physcially available on line world wide from the 5th may everywhere apart from canada and north america...sorry, but youll have to wait for the overcoat release on aug 22nd for those territories. or...order from www.roadrecs.com if you really really cant wait! the following webpage should have a list of websites offering the album:
http://www.theframes.ie/v4/store/theswellseason_online.shtml

IRELAND
next stuff...may - 13th - inish bofin - the frames are going to take a little road trip out to the island of inish bofin to play the festival there. All is posted about the arts festival on www.inishbofin.com. the hall only holds 250 people so itll be a real intimate experience... The accommodation listing is already there (and island information) so if any one wants to book accommodation they can go ahead and get them selves sorted for the night. you can ring the Development Office (095-45861) or e mail bofindev@eircom.net to book tickets for the gig. bear in mind that the ferry to and from the mainland stops fairly early so if youre going to this gig, youll have to stay on the island, lest you are the owner of a sailing vessell...! should be fun...we're looking forward to it!

30th june - cork marquee gig. i think you all know about this one by now...a good big tent gig in the showgrounds in cork. tickets from ticketmaster and all the usual outlets.

next up - kinsale arts festival - july 17th, county cork. looking forward to this one too - its set in the beautiful outdoor surroundings of the charles fort, kinsale. i think it holds 600 people or there abouts and the tickets will be on sale in early june i do believe. the site to check out is this - www.kinsaleartsweek.com and there will be box office phone numbers set up online by May 2 so they tell me....

sept 1st - again, this is probably old news by now, but we (the frames), are pleased to say that we're playing the electric picnic. - tix from the usual outlets nationwide...

EUROPE
heres a couple of frames gigs/festivals over the summer months in europe and north america. will possibly be more added, so check the tour page.....
05.07 rock for people czech republic - festival, prague
10.07. Orpheum Graz, Austria www.orpheumgraz.com
11.07. Rockhouse Salzburg, austria www.rockhouse.at
12.07. Conrad Sohm Dornbirn, austria www.soundevent.at
13.07. Nuke warm up festival St Polten (just outside of vienna) austria, The Strokes / Adam Green / Dirty Pretty Things / The Frames / Phoenix www.musicticket.at
14.07- pohoda festival - bratislave, slovakia
21.07- colours of ostrava festival - czech republic
NORTH AMERICA
03.08 summerfest nyc. new pornographers/calexico/the frames
06.08 lollapalooza festival, chicago
EUROPE
18.08 - belgium, hasselt, pukelpop festival
19.08 - the netherlands, lowlands festival

GLEN SOLO
10th june - kurim castle, brno, czech
17th june - za vadou festival, czech
28th july - namest festival, czech
29th july - milevsko monastery, czech
1st aug - Tel., czech

full details: http://www.theframes.ie/v4/news/dates.php

OTHER BITS
http://www.kexp.org/podcasting/podcasting.asp#previous
The live performance of "Falling Slowly" that they did at KEXP in Seattle in the fall is on the Vol. 10 podcast of "Music that Matters".

MAY 6H - AISLING PROJECT - DAVE COUSE LONDON - Dave Couse is generously donating his time and talents to the Aisling Project on Sat 6th of May at Waterrats, London. All the details of the gig are available at our new website www.latelateshowlondon.com

thats about the size of it!
be safe.
take care.
cx

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