WINTER TOUR 2010
Our travels continue in 2010 as we're happy to announce the first tour of the new year, a two week sprint to some venues we missed on the massive run this past Fall. The tour begins with two of the finest clubs in the country - Feb 12 at The National in Richmond & Feb 13 at the 9:30 Club in Washington DC. A rare Sunday appearance happens for our return to NEPA, performing at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, PA for the first time. After that we hit the Midwest with stops at the much requested Newport Music Hall in Columbus on 2/17, The Vogue in Indy, a two night weekend run at the Majestic Theatre in Madison, WI, and an intimate night at Chicago's Schubas on Sun 2/21.
The final week of the run brings us to the Mercy Lounge in Nashville on 2/23, The Capitol Theatre in Davenport, IA; a response to all the shouts from Michigan were heard loud and clear and we're happy to present a big night on Feb 25 at the Royal Oak Theatre, just outside of Detroit. This short burst of shows ends with Friday night at Water Street Music Hall in Rochester, NY and the all-too-long unvisited market of Toronto where we debut at the Opera House on Sat Feb 27th. Please note we will be foregoing Artist/Fanclub Ticketing for this tour. Tickets for all shows go on sale to the public Dec 18-19. Full details here:
http://lotusvibes.com/index.php/tour
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NEW YEARS RUN
Before the Winter Tour, and before we embark on the goodship Jam Cruise (Jan 3-8) we are closing out this most epic of year's in Lotus history with three nights in our home state of Pennsylvania! An overdue return to the always beautiful Mr. Smalls Theatre in Pittsburgh begins the trek on Dec 29th. From there its to the Eastern portion of the state with a special intimate show at The Note in West Chester - tickets are only available as part of a 12/30-31 package and are going fast. Definitely don't sleep on these as we get closer and closer to being sold out. The grand finale has us co-headline the historic Electric Factory in Philly on the 31st along with the two-pronged DJ force of MSTRKRFT! Full details are also here:
http://lotusvibes.com/index.php/tour
Check out Carl Bender's sexy poster design here:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2858028&id=5774664693
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If you haven't yet, check out the Lotus/Big Gigantic remix swap. All proceeds will be donated to Musicopia (www.musicopia.net. Musicopia is a non-profit organization that brings educational music enrichment programs to schools and communities throughout the Delaware Valley.
http://lotusvibes.bandcamp.com/album/lotus-big-gigantic-remixes
We now have all shows that we could capture solid recordings of from the Fall up on LiveDownloads.com including the most recent Chicago & NYC shows. Available here:
http://www.livedownloads.com/live-music/3,101/Lotus-mp3-flac-downloads.html
Some words and images re: our Thanksgiving weekend over at In Bloom - the official Lotus blog:
http://blog.lotusvibes.com/
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FREE TICKETS ON FACEBOOK
After a smashing success we'll be continuing our every-show ticket giveaway via Facebook. Here are the simple details: By now we really really hope you've become one of our ever-growing "fans" on facebook [if not hit http://www.facebook.com/lotusvibesasap!]. If you are not aware, we also have "events" pages set up for all of our upcoming shows which you can RSVP to, invite friends, post a msg to, etc. Well, in hopes of encouraging you to do just that we'll be running a little contest for virtually all our shows on Facebook. Approximately one week prior to each show we'll be randomly selecting one person whom has RSVP'ed as "Attending" that show and give them two tickets to that concert. We HIGHLY encourage you to use the "invite friends" option on each page, perhaps with a "Please RSVP so I can use your extra ticket if you win!" message attached. Any questions or comments are more than welcome. Thank you!
http://www.facebook.com/lotusvibes
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Fresh in the Lotus Merch Store is a T-Shirt featuring the Feather on Wood crow image.
http://www.socialpropaganda.com/lotus/gear.html
Oil On Glass/Feather On Wood have been nominated for album of the year but we need your votes! Take a second a bounce to this and give us a boost!
Endless Boundaries - http://www.micropoll.com/akira/mpview/748679-220483
Homegrown Music - http://www.homegrownmusic.net/form/vote-for-the-hgmn-2009-album-of-the-year
Stream and purchase downloads of our two new EP's, Feather on Wood and Oil on Glass here:
http://lotusvibes.bandcamp.com
The beautiful screen printed posters created by Strawberry Luna from the T5 show are now available for online orders:
http://www.socialpropaganda.com/vmchk/lotus/accessories/terminal-5-poster-11/28/2009.html
Many, many photos from 11/27 at the Vic in Chicago & 11/28 at T5 in NYC.
Stephanie Anderson - Time Out Chicago - Chi - http://www3.timeoutny.com/chicago/blog/out-and-about/2009/11/lotus-at-vic-theatre-photo-gallery/
Chad Smith - Chi - http://www.jambandsjam.com/Music-2009/Lotus-The-Vic-11272009/10488813_wZJ8B#727881919_NF74G
Brad Johnson - Chi - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bradley_johnson/sets/72157622894522186/
Cory Giacalone - Kindweb - Chi - http://kindweb.com/reviews/review.asp?ID=24486
Tim Hara - Chi - http://www.flickr.com/photos/oceantimmy/sets/72157622894642404/
Chris Becker - Greenshoelace - NYC - http://www.greenshoelace.com/photos/gallery.php?id=139
Jeremy Gordon - NYC - http://www.flickr.com/photos/gordonimages/sets/72157622901770080/
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TOUR DATES
12/29/2009 | Pittsburgh, PA, Mr. Smalls Theatre - w/ Tigersapien., aFugate
12/30/2009 | West Chester, PA, The Note - w/ Tigersapien. - tix only available with NYE ticket package
12/31/2009 | Philadelphia, PA, Electric Factory - co-bill w/ MSTRKRFT, w/ Pex vs Playloop DJs
01/03-08/2010 | The Atlantic Ocean, Jam Cruise 8 - with STS9, The Word, Zappa Plays Zappa, Galactic, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, Maceo Parker, Toubab Krewe, John Brown's Body, Break Science ft. Adam Deitch, and many more
02/12/2010 | Richmond, VA, The National
02/13/2010 | Washington, DC, 9:30 Club
02/14/2010 | Stroudsburg, PA, Sherman Theater
02/17/2010 | Columbus, OH, Newport Music Hall
02/18/2010 | Indianapolis, IN, The Vogue
02/19/2010 | Madison, WI, Majestic Theatre
02/20/2010 | Madison, WI, Majestic Theatre
02/21/2010 | Chicago, IL, Schubas
02/23/2010 | Nashville, TN, Mercy Lounge
02/24/2010 | Davenport, IA, The Capitol Theatre
02/25/2010 | Royal Oak, MI, Royal Oak Theatre
02/26/2010 | Rochester, NY, Water Street Music Hall
02/27/2010 | Toronto, ON, Opera House
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