Arizona Show

The Posies (w/Deathray Davies and Oranger opening) will play Plush in Tucson, Arizona on September 11th. Tickets are not yet available but will be on this site.

Jon's Tour Photo Diary

New section on jonauer.com contains photos Jon is taking on tour with his camera phone (as well as short videos). Check it out here.

Posies in Chicago

October 7th @ the Double Door.

Tickets on sale Saturday here.

Two New US Dates

The Posies will play TwiRoPa in New Orleans on September 18th. Tickets are $12 and available here.

On the 26th of September, they'll be at the Black Cat in Washington DC.

Big Star Looks Forward Despite Years

Jon interview on Billboard.com - full story here.

"We had no expectations," Auer tells Billboard.com of the recording sessions, "and I think we came up with a pretty credible record. It's impossible, of course, to compete with the original Big Star, but it's pretty crazy that a band that broke up 30 years ago made a new record."

Posies Fall Euro Tour

The first dates are confirmed for the Posies' fall European tour:

Mi 26.10.2005 Bielefeld-Forum EUR 15,00
Do 27.10.2005 Hamburg-Knust EUR 16,00
Fr 28.10.2005 Berlin-Postbahnhof EUR 16,50
Sa 29.10.2005 Dresden-Star Club EUR 15,00

All dates are supporting Teenage Fanclub.

Big Star Album News

The release of 'In Space' has been pushed back to September 26th, NME reports today. (story)

The tracklisting:

1. Dony
2. Lady Sweet
3. Best Chance We’ve Ever Had
4. Turn My Back On The Sun
5. Love Revolution
6. February’s Quiet
7. Mine Exclusively
8. A Whole New Thing
9. Aria Largo
10. Hung Up With Summer
11. Do You Wanna Make It
12. Makeover

Two New European Dates

The Posies will play the Lignano Rock Festival in Lignano, Italy on August 12th. Tickets are on sale now here.

In addition, they'll be playing an instore on August 18th in Utrecht at the Plato record store. Their website can be found here.

San Francisco Show

from mercurynews.com (this show is on sale now)

The Posies. 8 p.m. Sept. 7. Slim's, 333 11th St., San Francisco. $13 advance/$15 door. (415) 522-0333. www.slims-sf.com.

North Carolina Show

The Posies will play Local 506 in Chapel Hill NC on September 25th. Oranger and Deathray Davies will be opening.

http://www.local506.com/igigs.html

Deathray Davies posted on their site:
More Great News!!! (i decided i don't use nearly enough exclamation points on this page) US tour w. The Posies will be posted very soon, this will be a great tour and we are very excited to be a part of it. Dates to be posted soon enough, it will begin in San Francisco and will end in New York...with many dates in between.

Big Star Album News

The album has a title! It will be called "In Space" and it's scheduled for release August 30th on Rykodisc.

In this month's issue of Q magazine (with Oasis on the cover), the free CD included has a track from the album called "Dony."

Another US Show

October 9th @ Shank Hall, Milwaukee WI. On sale tomorrow morning (10a) on Ticketmaster.

US Tour Takes Shape; Press Round-Up

The Posies' 28 September show at Maxwell's in New Jersey is on sale at Ticketweb now, and their 8 September show at the Knitting Factory in California (with Matt Harris' band Oranger opening) goes on sale tonight. Click here to visit Ticketweb. In addition, they will be playing Bumbershoot in Seattle during labor day weekend (September 2-5). Tickets are on sale now, and the full line-up will be announced this Friday.

The band was interviewed by Ethan and James at Three Imaginary Girls the night of their peformance at the Seattle International Film Festival; you can read the interview here.

Some recent foreign press... thanks to Amandine, Maako, and Andre for sending these in!:

*French: Xsilence.net
*Finnish: Desilbeli.net & Nojesguiden.fi
*Dutch: Fileunder.net - Jon interviewed, with photos by David Belisle & Fileunder.nl - review

European tour kicks off in 5 days!

POSIES VIDEO SEEKS EXTRAS!

The Posies will be shooting a video for 'Conversations' this Thursday (the 14th) in Seattle, and they are looking for extras. They will not be able to pay you, but a hot meal will be provided!

If you fit any of these descriptions (or know someone who does), e-mail a photo to casting@worthyent.com.

- Asian man and woman, both 40+ yrs old

- Hispanic man, 20-40 yrs old

- African American man, 40+ yrs old

- Two caucasian women 60 + yrs old

First Reported US Date

September 9th, San Diego CA @ the Casbah

Visit their site.

Billboard Review; CMJ Debut

Here is a scan of the Posies' feature review in Billboard Magazine this week.



In addition, 'Every Kind Of Light' debuted at #116 on the CMJ Top 200 Chart.
(Thanks to Larry Little for these!)

Posies Featured In This Month's Magnet

The current issue of Magnet magazine (July/August, with Husker Du on the cover) features a two-page article on the Posies' career (and Ken's hairstyles over the years). It can be ordered online from Magnet's website at magnetonline.com.

You can view scans of the article below (thanks again to Larry Little!)



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EKOL is one of Billboard's Spotlight Albums

For the week of July 9th. Click here to visit Billboard's site and read their review of the album.

Recent EKOL Press

Some new press clippings, thanks to Larry Little! In order: Sunday Times 7/3, Mojo, NME.



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New Ken Interview (in German)

Read a new Ken interview about 'Every Kind Of Light' at gaesteliste.de here.

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