The Airborne Toxic Event
Some songs, you don’t remember when you first heard them. They just seem to have always been there, in the background of your life. Everyone was already singing along, knowing when to go quiet and when to start screaming at the top of their lungs. Shit gets fucked up. That’s just how it goes sometimes.
Here’s the latest in our covers series: our homage to the beautiful mess that is Violent Femmes..
Tickets for our October 21st show at the Fillmore in SF are nearly sold out.
In light of that, we’re adding a second San Francisco show at the Fillmore on October 18. Pre-Sale starts TOMORROW (Wed, August 24) at 10:00 a.m.:
Tue Oct 18 – San Francisco, CA – Fillmore – PRE-SALE Wed Aug 24 @ 10am (link will be live then)
The General Sale will begin on Sunday, August 28, at 10:00 a.m.
Listen to the entire Muppets: The Green Album streaming now on NPR. The Airborne Toxic Event perform “The Wishing Song”
The Green Album will be released August 23rd. The Muppets Movie arrives in theaters November 23rd.
Philadelphia, we had ourselves a time on Saturday. Let’s do it again. Let’s scream and clap and jump and climb on shit. We’re happy to announce we’ll be playing the Electric Factory on November 20. Pre-Sale starts TOMORROW MORNING (Wednesday) at 10:00 a.m. (link will be live then):
Sun Nov 20 – Philadelphia, PA – Electric Factory – PRE-SALE Wed Aug 10 @ 10am
We’re also adding a date in Salt Lake City on October 8 at the Gallivan Center, as part of X96′s “Big Ass Show.” It goes on sale tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.
Sat Oct 8 – Salt Lake City, UT – Gallivan Canter – X96 Big Ass Show – ON SALE Wed Aug 10 @ 10am
The General sale for North American tickets begins this weekend (see below for exact days). Europe tickets are on sale now.
About the L.A. show.. Mezzanine seats are still available for the pre-sale. However, orchestra and loge seating is sold out for the pre-sale, but will be available once again for the general sale, which starts this Friday, August 5 at 10:00 a.m.
TOUR DATES
U.S. SUMMER:
Thu Aug 4 – Hartford, CT – Webster Theatre – TICKETS
Fri Aug 5 – Pawtucket, RI – The Met – SOLD OUT
Sat Aug 6 – Philadelphia, PA – The Piazza at Schmidts – FREE SHOW
Fri Aug 26 – Del Mar, CA – Del Mar Race Track – FREE SUMMER CONCERT (w/Attendance)
UK V FESTIVAL:
Sat Aug 20 – Chelmsford, UK – V Festival – Hylands Park – TICKETS
Sun Aug 21 – Stafford, UK – V Festival – Weston Park – TICKETS
NORTH AMERICA:
Thu Sep 1 – Anchorage, AK – Bear Tooth Theater – TICKETS
Sun Sep 18 – Austin, TX – Austin City Limits (Zilker Park) – TICKETS
Sun Oct 9 – Denver, CO – Fillmore Auditorium – TICKETS
Mon Oct 10 – Fort Collins, CO – Aggie Theatre – TICKETS
Wed Oct 12 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live – TICKETS
Thu Oct 13 – Dallas, TX...
For TODAY ONLY “All At Once” is on sale at Amazon for $3.99
Since returning from our five-month tour, we’ve had some rest and time to reflect. In doing so, we immediately discovered that rest and reflection are totally overrated, and that flirting with chaos in faraway places is infinitely more rewarding (if prone to injury, arrest and well, chaos). So we pulled out a map and starting pointing at places.
Deep breath.
Without further ado, our Fall World Tour:
It includes dates all over North America and parts of the U.K., Ireland, and mainland Europe. A few highlights: the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, the Fillmore in San Francisco, Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London, Terminal 5 in New York, to name a few..
PRE-SALE FOR EUROPE begins tomorrow (Wednesday), July 27 at 9:00 a.m. GMT.
PRE-SALE FOR NORTH AMERICA begins this Friday, July 29 at 10:00 a.m. local time (time zone of the venue). Some seated venues offer the best seats first—please check with the venue to confirm.
We’ve decided to get our feet wet first with an eight-date run beginning Friday at the Majestic Theatre in Detroit. And then… well you can scan the list below. We’ll be seeing all of you very soon.
TOUR DATES
U.S. SUMMER:
Fri Jul 29 – Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre – TICKETS
Sat Jul 30 – Syracuse, NY – Krockathon Radio Show – TICKETS
Sun Jul 31 – Rochester, NY – Bonzai 2011 – The Zone 94.1 Radio Show – TICKETS
Tue Aug 2 – Burlington, VT – Higher Ground – TICKETS
The Airborne Toxic Event will be featured on the upcoming release “Muppets: The Green Album.” Originally sung by Gonzo, The Airborne Toxic Event perform “Wishing Song.”
The Green Album will be released August 23rd. The Muppets Movie arrives in theaters November 23rd.
The Airborne Toxic Event will be Performing at this years UK V Festival:
Sat Aug 20 – Chelmsford, UK – V Festival – Union Arena
Sun Aug 21 – Stafford, UK – V Festival – Union Arena
Watch TATE’s live performance with the Calder Quartet from KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic”
We wrote this song last year in remembrance of Neda Agha-Soltan, who was shot and killed on the streets of Tehran by a government militia group on June 20, 2009 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 from the single sales go to Amnesty International’s work on human rights around the world. BUY SINGLE on iTunes
We have shirts from our Spring Tour on sale at our store. They will be discounted. Even if you weren’t there, you can pretend that you were. We promise we won’t tell anyone.
The Airborne Toxic Event will be performing on CONAN this Tuesday, June 14. 11:00PM/10:00C.
Join Dr. Drew Pinsky & Psycho Mike as they interview and take calls with The Airborne Toxic Event on Loveline this Tuesday, June 14 at 10pm. Call 1-800-LOVE-191 (1-800-568-3191) with your questions.
The Airborne Toxic Event will be performing at DeLuna Fest in Pensacola, FL on Sunday, October 16
Part of our Covers Series. Let us know what songs you think we should cover, and we’ll post a new video every few weeks based on your suggestions.
For this second video of our acoustic covers series, we decided to take a suggestion by Ray on our website and perform “I Fought the Law,” written in 1959 by Sonny Curtis and made famous by Bobby Fuller in 1965 (pause, as we adjust our glasses). Naturally, our take is more a cover of the Clash’s 1979 version. Thanks to everyone who made suggestions. Keep them coming. We read all of them and subject them to a strict decision-making process involving darts and a bottle of whiskey.