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129
Total shows played in 2011
87
Total shows played 2010 & 2009, combined
28
Number of states played in 2011
2
Number of states played in 2009 & 2010, combined
49,307
Miles traveled in 2011
70
Percentage of those miles which were traveled in the 5 month period from June 1st to November 30th
3,310
Miles traveled this year in rental vans because their own f^&*$#king van was in a repair shop
1
Speeding tickets (we’re not going to talk about parking tickets)
1,230
Approximate number of people offended at interstate rest stops
1
Number of lives saved on New Year’s Eve
12,034
Number of angry birds slung from slings
Not Enough
Football watched by Ryan and Bram, although they made a valiant effort (especially with Niners games – tethering laptops to cell phones to get internet access and watching games online)
7
Noise complaints (miraculously low)
1:1
Ratio of pots of coffee to bottles of whiskey consumed
54
Number of nights someone left a cell phone charger in the green room
2
Number of fans that flashed the band
1
Number of berserk fans that stormed the stage, jumped on Jackson’s back, and then flashed the crowd
Mark your calendars! We’re extremely excited to announce that June 2nd we’ll be taking the Main Stage at the Mountain Jam Festival. The initial lineup was just announced (The Roots, Gov’t Mule, 50+ others). Use the code SPARROW when you’re buying your tickets for your chance to watch us from the photo pit right in front of the stage! Grab your tickets at www.MountainJam.com
Head on over to the LA Times’ music blog to hear a track off of our second album, Pound of Dirt, which will be released February 28. You can also pre-order the album on Amazon at http://amzn.to/birdspreorder
We’ve been selected as BMI’s Pick of the Month! BMI is presenting a showcase of the band at Rockwood Music Hall on Friday, January 6th at 9:30pm. We’re celebrating our first time back to Rockwood in almost a year – for us, it’s where it all began.
There are a very limited number of tickets left – grab them now to see us in this beautiful intimate venue. Doors are at 9.
Tickets: http://bit.ly/birdsrockwood
Check out this interview with Sister Sparrow in the Daily News. It’s online now, and it’ll be in print tomorrow. Keep your eyes peeled for a lil’ Sparrow in your morning newspaper…
Brooklyn, we’re back, and we’re gonna get your holidays started right at Brooklyn Bowl on Friday, December 23rd. Join us for our last NYC of the year. 2011 has been insane and we couldn’t think of a better way to close out the year. Our last couple shows sold out, and this one’s only $8! Grab your tickets here… http://ticketf.ly/birdsbowl
Greetings Party Fowls…
Welcome to our brand new website! We wanted to get it up and running as soon as we could, and we’ll be continually making improvements and adding new features as we go.
RIGHT NOW
There’s so much going on – we’re currently on the last leg of our 7 week national tour, and this week we’re touring as the opener for the Ryan Montbleau Band. Boy do we have some road stories for you — we have a whole backlog of Tour Blog entries to finish up and post to the site as soon as we catch our breath. We’re in Charleston, SC tonight, Charlotte, NC on Wednesday, Vienna, VA (outside of DC) on Thursday, and Philadelphia on Friday – if you’ve got friends in those towns, send em our way!
NEXT NYC SHOW
We’re also very excited to announce our next NYC show – Friday December 23 at BROOKLYN BOWL! Our last 2 shows in NYC have sold out, so we strongly recommend you grab your tickets in advance here. Also, our friends Tall Tall Trees are opening the night up. We’re looking forward to getting back in front of our hometown crowd. Come let us get you into the spirit of giving…
NEW YEAR’S EVE
We’re extremely pleased to announce we’ll be playing New Year’s Eve up in Stowe, VT at The Rusty Nail with our friends the Ryan Montbleau Band (sound familiar?). Outside it’ll be a snow-covered winter wonderland and inside we will be burning the place up with our music. Check out the venue’s website here for deals on lift tickets and hotel rooms too. Champagne toast and breakfast included – it’s a Party Fowl package deal!
NEW VIDEO
You can’t miss it – it’s right smack on the Home page of our website – but we have a new video of “Make It Rain” that was shot live at our show at Sullivan Hall in September. Our extremely talented friend and artist Jake Nelson put the whole thing together. You might also remember him as the one who painted our limited edition show posters and as the designer of our Dirty Bird logo. The man does it all!
There’s much more happening now that we’d love to tell you about, but duty calls – we must get back in the van and drive up to Charleston for tonight’s show.
Til next time,
SSDB
Awwwww yeah. Gather up your vibes and meet us there people, cuz we’re going be sending ours out.
The ol’ calendar is startin to get filled up, Birdwatchers. We just announced shows in the four cities above, and there’s lots more on the way. But first, you should know that you can get tickets to our next show at the Oneonta Theater on Friday, June 3 right now – 1 week before they get released to the general public. There’s only 180, so act fast.
http://oneontatheatre.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?a=1&lid=52653&eid=60441
Password: boomboom
Get on it!
(psst… you do you know we are opening up for Dr. John on Saturday, right? It’s the Mardi Gras ball. Of course you’re going to be there.)
In the van on our way upstate… It’s a winter wonderland up here! Check us out tonight at Castaway’s in Ithaca.
