EELS American Tour Dates

EELS have just added American dates to the 2008 tour. Here are the latest added EELS tour dates:

March
28 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
29 Washington, DC Sixth & I Historic Synagogue
31 Boston, MA Somerville Theatre
April
1 New York, NY Highline Ballroom
2 New York, NY Highline Ballroom
4 Toronto, ONT The Mod
5 Detroit, MI Majestic Theatre
6 Chicago, IL Park West
7 Minneapolis, MN Pantages Theatre
9 Boulder, CO Fox Theatre
11 Seattle, WA Showbox Theatre
13 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
14 San Francisco, CA Palace Of Fine Arts
16 Los angeles, CA El Rey Theater

See all the latest EELS tour dates and ticket links on the EELS tour dates page here:
( http://www.eelstheband.com/tourdates/index.php )

Ticket links will be added as we get them!

More info:
( http://www.EELStheband.com <http://www.eelstheband.com/> )

NEWSLETTER: The 'Gum Drop: Volume XXI

Wednesday :: January 23, 2008 'Gum Drop Giveaway #21 One grand prize winner skates away with a Freebord snowboarding-style skateboard, a Serj Tankian tee, the System Of A Down frontman's debut solo album Elect The Dead. Three runners-up each pocket the CD. Enter now »

Eels - "I Want To Protect You" Dropping by this week is Eels with "I Want To Project You," a previously unreleased tune from Useless Trinkets: B-Sides, Soundtracks, Rarities And Unreleased. Useless? No way. On top of it being a catchy little gem, main man E gave us his thoughts behind the song's chivalrous statement of intent. This track's previously unreleased. When did you write it? Was it intended for a specific release? It came about sometime soon after the Blinking Lights album was done, I think. Just one of those things where you're inspired by a feeling you have, regardless of the fact that you just finished an album and don't need any more songs. As far as the narrative, who are you singing about here? Who did you have in mind? I was thinking about someone I knew and was noticing a new but very strong feeling in myself: the urge to protect. Suddenly I found myself feeling like a mama bear ready to rip the eyes out of a predatory... um... what eats bears? One of those. The swagger's undercut by the opening: "I'm not much of a man, but still I am a man." There's this sense of gender-based duty to project, but at the end you have the band chime in .... Is the song intended to be read as tongue in cheek? I was aware of the possible reaction that it could be thought of as sort of sexist in the politically correct world, so I felt I needed to emasculate myself enough to note that, indeed, although I am a man, I'm not really much of one. However, you will note that I compared myself to a female of the bear species as recently as the last answer in this interview. It's not meant to be tongue in cheek. It's from the heart, but I guess I was a little embarrassed about admitting I felt this way, so I may have made it seem a little light hearted. But know this: I do want to protect you.

Official 2008 Coachella Lineup Announced » The Coachella '08 roster was met with boos and hisses from our commenters, but headliner Jack Johnson's too busy downing Coronas and smoking choice herb to give a shit. The Moldy Peaches Visit The View » Old-school Anti-folkers the Moldy Peaches shook the dust off Juno-juiced "Anyone Else But You" for a live performance on The View, where Kimya was misidentified as Colin Powell. We blame Sherri. OldStand: Spin, April 1993 - A-Z Of Alternative Culture » This installment of OldStand scans the days when Evan Dando could appear on the cover of Spin without getting DILF comments and "Alternative Culture" included cool words ("like," "whatever," "not"), cool Clintons (Chelsea), Nirvana, and ... "incest." Sundance » Filmmakers traveled 1000s of miles to get here. You don't have to- click here to experience the Festival online.

NEWSLETTER: 2 new EELS CD+DVD collections out today in US, Monday in UK/rest of world

Dear EELStheband.com visitor,

The MEET THE EELS: ESSENTIAL EELS and USELESS TRINKETS CD+DVD collections are released in the US today and next Monday, Jan. 21 in the UK/Europe and rest of the world. Between the two packages we're talking 74 digitally remastered tracks, 2 DVDs, and lavish booklets packed with essays, never before seen photos and E's notes about each track, as well as his personal commentary for each of the EELS videos. Holy moly! Find out why Uncut Magazine has awarded each collection 5 stars. Order the US versions now or pre-order from the UK or rest of the world for Monday here:
( http://www.eelstheband.com/getmeet.htm )

More information:
( http://www.EELStheband.com )
( http://www.Myspace.com/eels )

NEWSLETTER: Mark Oliver Everett at St. James Church, London

Dear EELStheband.com visitor,

On January 17th the book THINGS THE GRANDCHILDREN SHOULD KNOW is released in the UK. That evening the author, EELS leader Mark Oliver Everett will make a special appearance performing at St. James Church in London. Each attendee will receive a copy of the book and the first 200 people in line will get wristbands allowing them to have their book signed by the author. See the announcement here:

( http://www.eelstheband.com/main.php )

Limited tickets available Monday, Jan. 7, 9am here
Stargreen: 0207 734 8932
Ticketmaster: 0844 844 0444
See Tickets: 0871 2200 260
( http://www.gigsandtours.com )
( http://www.seetickets.com )
( http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk )

More info:
( http://www.EELStheband.com )
( http://www.myspace.com/eels )

NEWSLETTER: eels

Dear EELStheband.com visitor,

Before EELS head out on the European leg of their 2008 tour they will perform a special warm-up show at The Galaxy Theater (appropriately enough) in Santa Ana, California on Feb. 14th, Valentine's Day! Tickets have just gone on sale here:

( http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09003F930798BBEE?artistid=1183783&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60 )


See all the latest confirmed EELS tour dates here:

( http://www.eelstheband.com/tourdates/index.php )


More info:

( http://www.EELStheband.com )