Jon Auer To Tour Australia

Jon has just announced a tour of Australia in February of next year – here are the dates:

Thu 15.02.07 @ The A & I Hall – Bangalow (NSW)
Fri 16.02.07 @ The Troubadour – Brisbane (QLD)
Sat 17.02.07 @ Jive – Adelaide (SA)
Sun 18.02.07 @ Northcote Social Club – Northcote (VIC)
Wed 21.02.07 @ The Vanguard – Newtown (Sydney) (NSW)
Thu 22.02.07 @ The Vanguard – Newtown (Sydney) (NSW)
Fri 23.02.07 @ Northern Star – Newcastle (NSW)
Sat 24.02.07 @ The Clarendon Guest House – Katoomba (NSW)
Sun 25.02.07 @ The Brass Monkey – Cronulla (NSW)

All are with Laura Imbruglia.

Click here for a full-size JPG version of the flyer, or here for PDF.

Jon Adds Two Dates

New shows scheduled for Jon’s European tour, which kicks off next week in Norway:

6 November | Malmo, Sweden @ KB (w/Ed Harcourt)
19 November | Paris, France @ Pop In

Ken’s tour also begins next week, and you can find the dates here.

Jon Announces Fall Tour And More

Jon will be doing a tour of the UK and Europe this fall, and the dates are posted on the tour page now. Keep checking back, as there are still a couple dates he is finalizing and will be adding in the coming weeks!

Also, the European release of ‘Songs From The Year Of Our Demise’ (including three unheard bonus tracks – ‘Such Is The Light,’ ‘Queen of Darkness’, and the demo of a song called ‘One Way Street’) will be available in most countries in Europe in mid-October, and for the UK, you will be able to find it at the beginning of November.

He was interviewed by MARKED online music magazine at the end of September, and you can read that feature here.

Lastly, check out this performance of ‘Six Feet Under’ from a show back in June on youtube, and all of the other Posies videos on the site.

Jon on KEXP

Jon was on KEXP’s Audio Oasis show (hosted by Sean Nelson) on August 19th and we have the session available for download.

The songs he performed:

“Josephine”
“At Least For Now”
“Mrs. Green”
“Coming Right Along”
“The Year Of Your Demise”
“Angelita”

Download it here (71mb mp3). Thanks to Idiotjed for recording this and sending it in!

Here is a link (second one down on the page) to Jon on is on Seattle’s KNDD The End recently performing ‘Bottom Of The Bottle’ and ‘Six Feet Under’.

Lastly, here’s something fun Stephen Landon sent into to JonAuer.com – it’s a recording of his son Zachary singing along to “Coversations,” and you can listen to that here (6mb mp3). Thanks to Stephen for that!

New Site In Progress

As you can see, some changes are being made to the site and many of the pages are not working. There is new content being added, though, and the entire site should be functioning soon.

For now, there are a couple new shows on the tour page, and you can listen to Jon’s appearance on KEXP last month here (thanks to the A Good Day For Airplay blog!).

The Posies in Japan

The Posies will be playing 2 dates in Japan this summer with Shonen Knife.

07.08 – TOKYO @ Club Quattro
07.09 – OSAKA @ Club Quattro

Tickets go on sale April 22nd.

They will also be at Jazzbones in Tacoma WA on April 21st, and The Bouquet in Boise ID on April 22nd. Also added to the tour page is Jon Auer’s record release show for April 27th in Seattle @ the Sunset Tavern, and a show the next day in Portland.

Jon Auer US Tour Dates on Pattern25.com

Pattern 25 have posted a list of Jon Auer shows for May; however, many are still tentative. Visit their site for full list; here are the shows that are confirmed right now:

5/04: The Basement, Nasville TN
5/08: local 506, chapel hill NC
5/09: Jammin Java, Vienna VA
5/10: World Cafe Live, Philadlelphia PA
5/11: Maxwells, Hoboken NJ
5/12: Mercury Lounge, New York NY
5/16: Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH
5/17: Schubas, Chicago IL

Also, here is a link to a feature The Tripwire did on Jon yesterday.

Pre-Order Jon’s New Album

Jon Auer’s solo album ‘Songs from the Year of Our Demise’ will be released on May 2nd in the US, and it is now available to pre-order from Pattern 25 (both US & non-US) for $14. You can also get an autographed copy before the release date – follow the link above to place an order.

In addition, here is an interview Jon did with an Australian paper recently.