The Airborne Toxic Event

Good morning,

It’s a beautiful day here here in L.A. We look forward to seeing you TONIGHT at the premiere of our documentary film All I Ever Wanted: Live from Walt Disney Concert Hall at the Vista Theater in Los Angeles (Los Feliz). It means a lot to us to be able to show the film for the first time in our own neighborhood, where this whole thing got started.. The whole thing starts at 9:00 p.m.

Also, we still have some tickets available for our New York premiere at the Sunshine Theater next week:

Thu Sep 9 –  New York, NY – Sunshine Theater (Lower East Side) – BUY TIX

For those of you in London, we’ll be playing the opening night party of the Raindance Film Festival at Heaven, Under the Arches in London. Tickets are on sale now.

Wed Sep 29 – London, UK  - Heaven – BUY TIX

CALENDAR:

Los Angeles Movie Premiere:
Thu Sep 2 – Los Angeles, CA  - Vista Theater (Los Feliz) – SOLD OUT

New York Movie Premiere:
Thu Sep 9 –  New York, NY – Sunshine Theater (Lower East Side) – BUY TIX

Acoustic Evening with the Calder Quartet:
Tue Sep 7 – Washington, DC …
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Good morning,

It’s been a chaotic past few weeks for us here in L.A. We’re winding down the recording and production for our new album and getting ready for our upcoming tour, plus a show this weekend at LouFest this Saturday in St. Louis. Also, Daren got a haircut.

Photo Credit: Prue Hyman

We’re extremely happy to announce three upcoming premieres for our documentary DVD All I Ever Wanted: Live from Walt Disney Concert Hall, in Los Angeles, New York, and London.

We’ll be in attendance at all of them, and we hope you can join us to celebrate the release of this film. A limited number of tickets for the L.A. and New York premieres go on sale exclusively through our website, starting TODAY at 9:00 a.m..

L.A. and New York Premiere:
(tickets can be picked up at will call)

Thu Sep 2 – Los Angeles, CA  - Vista Theater (Los Feliz) – BUY TIX

Thu Sep 9 –  New York, NY – Sunshine Theater (Lower East Side) – BUY TIX

London Premiere:
Thu Sep 30 – London, UK – Apollo Cinemas –  Raindance Film Festival Premiere   

The DVD/Live Album and Blu-Ray will now be released in North America on September 28th and …
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Good morning,

Greetings from deep inside the studio.. We just want to remind you that tickets for our upcoming dates in the U.K. go on sale TODAY Friday. The first three performances, in Edinburgh, Manchester, and London, will be more intimate acoustic performances at some “nontraditional” venues, followed by a fourth non-acoustic show in Cardiff. These dates are in support of our documentary DVD All I Ever Wanted: Live From Walt Disney Concert Hall, which comes out in the U.K. on October 4th (September 7th in North America). Watch the trailer HERE.

Photo Credit: Prue Hyman

Here are the U.K. dates:

Acoustic sets:
Fri Oct 1 – Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – Pleasance Theatre – BUY TIX
Sat Oct 2 – Manchester, UK – Deaf Institute – BUY TIX
Sun Oct 3 – London, UK – Union Chapel – BUY TIX

Non-acoustic set:
Mon Oct 4 – Cardiff, Wales, UK – Millennium Music Hall – BUY TIX

Also, our North American dates with the Calder Quartet are on sale NOW:
Tue Sep 7 – Washington, DC – Sixth & I Synagogue – BUY TIX
Wed Sep 8 – Somerville, MA – Somerville Theater – BUY TIX
Fri Sep 10 – Philadelphia, PA …
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Good morning,

We’re excited to announce four upcoming tour dates in the U.K. in early October in support of the release of our documentary DVD All I Ever Wanted: Live From Walt Disney Concert Hall on October 4th in the U.K. (September 7th in North America). We love going back to the U.K. whenever we can, and we can’t wait to see you this time around.

Photo Credit: Autumn de Wilde

In the spirit of the Disney Hall performance back in December 2009, we’ll be playing three special acoustic sets at more intimate “nontraditional” venues, followed by a show in Cardiff. Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 30th. See below for info.

Acoustic sets:
Fri Oct 1 – Edinburgh, Scotland, UK – Pleasance Theatre – BUY TIX
Sat Oct 2 – Manchester, UK – Deaf Institute – BUY TIX
Sun Oct 3 – London, UK – Union Chapel – BUY TIX

Non-acoustic set:
Mon Oct 4 – Cardiff, Wales, UK – Millennium Music Hall – BUY TIX

All I Ever Wanted: Live From Walt Disney Concert Hall will premiere in Europe at the Raindance Film Festival in London on September 30th. More info to come.

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General Public Tickets for The Airborne Toxic Event’s Acoustic Tour with the Calder Quartet ARE NOW ON SALE:

TOUR DATES:
Tue Sep 7 – Washington, DC – Sixth & I Synagogue – BUY TIX
Wed Sep 8 – Somerville, MA – Somerville Theater – BUY TIX
Fri Sep 10 – Philadelphia, PA – Keswick Theatre – BUY TIX  
Sat Sep 11 – New York, NY – Town Hall – BUY TIX
Mon Sep 13 – Toronto, ON – Trinity St. Paul’s Church –   BUY TIX
Wed Sep 15 – Chicago, IL – Park West – BUY TIX
Sat Sep 18 – Seattle, WA – Town Hall – BUY TIX  
Sun Sep 19 – San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom – BUY TIX
Wed Sep 22 – Los Angeles, CA – John Anson Ford Amphitheater – BUY TIX

SOME VIP PACKAGES ARE STILL AVAILABLE. CLICK HERE FOR TIX:
Vip Packages Include:
- Tickets to the Show
- Admittance to Meet and Greet with the Band
- Early Entry to the venue for GA Shows or Best Reserved Seats for Seated Shows
- 1 “All I Ever Wanted” DVD Per Order.

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Good morning,

A day in the studio: Guitars twang, keyboards pulse, the sound of repeated riffs waft maddeningly. We record. We discuss. We have long conversations about reverb..

We’re excited to announce the release of the documentary DVD All I Ever Wanted: Live From the Walt Disney Concert Hall on September 7th in North America and October 4th in Europe on Blu-Ray or Deluxe DVD/CD. It chronicles the lead-up and preparation for last December’s concert—the last of 354 shows in support of our first record—which involved a world-class string quartet, a children’s choir, a high school marching band, horn players, visual artists, and traditional Mexican folkórico dancers. It was an amazing experience for us, though we went a little bit crazy putting it on.

The film will be premiering in Europe at the Raindance Film Festival in London on September 30th. More info soon.

You can watch the trailer below or by clicking HERE:

In support of the film, we’ll be embarking on a limited North American tour with our good friends the Calder Quartet, who performed with us at the …
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Hello,

We’re excited to announce that our song “Neda” is now available for download on iTunes in the U.K. You can download it HERE, or by visiting the link below:

http://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/neda-single/id377233544

We wrote this song in remembrance of Neda Agha-Soltan, who was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran by a government militia group on June 20th of last year during a peaceful protest of the disputed Iranian presidential election.

Many others died that week and more were wrongfully imprisoned, beaten, tortured and executed in the year since.

All proceeds go to Amnesty International’s work on human rights around the world.

Watch the video HERE.

Show your support for human rights in Iran by uploading a photo of yourself holding a sign saying “I am Neda” at Nedaspeaks.org.

Spread the word. On Twitter, Facebook, etc.

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Good morning –

It is with full hearts that we write to you this morning to announce the release of our first song in almost two years. “Neda” — a song about Neda Agha-Soltan, whose brutal murder at the hands of the Iranian regime during the protests in Tehran last year made her a symbol of human rights the world over — is now available on iTunes. All proceeds from the sale of the song will benefit Amnesty International. To purchase the song, click HERE, or go to the link below:

http://idj.to/AmnestyNeda

In addition, we have made a web-only video for the song. The video is a retelling of the historic events surrounding Neda’s death: the disputed Iranian Presidential election, the brutality of the regime in cracking down on dissent, the desecration of Neda’s grave, the massive movement towards freedom and peace in Iran… You can watch the video above, or on YouTube.

We believe that the viral video of Neda’s death was a sea change in political power in the world. It was the first viral video to change the course of history, a symbol that the power of broadcasting …
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Good afternoon,

So we got a call from the Red Cortez crew saying that the Neda Project is a cause near and dear to their own soulful, bohemian hearts. As such, they will be joining us for the return to the Echo benefit on May 25th in Los Angeles. Red Cortez joined us for our entire fall North American tour last year and suffice it to say, they put on a SCORCHING live show. Thanks, lads.

Here’s a video for their song titled, appropriately enough, “In the Fall”:
(You can also click HERE.)

Tickets for the show sold out immediately. Thank you all for supporting the cause. 

We will be debuting our new song “Neda” at the show. The song will be also released June 8th on iTunes, with all proceeds to benefit Amnesty International’s work on human rights in Iran. 

The video for the song will also be released online on June 8th. It will retell the events surrounding the death of Neda Agha-Soltan and the historic protests in Iran against the disputed presidential election.

Neda is in our hearts as are the many who gave their lives for basic freedoms and the chance to …
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