June 18, 2008

hobo elf in germany and US tour dates!

Current mood:  anxious

hello friends,

i'm writing to you from hamburg, germany!

i'm wearing the largest white cotton tshirt manufactured on earth. thank you british airways!

it looks absurdly large on me. i've tucked it into the jeans i've been wearing for 32 hours straight and feel convincingly stylish. of course, i'm alone in my hotel room and i'm only convincing myself. i have no luggage and feel amused that i consistently arrive in germany with only the clothes on my back and one of those unhelpful airline packages filled with cheap motel shower supplies (only good for causing rashes and scars to sensitive canadian skin) and a sensationally large white tshirt. i think the airlines do it on purpose. the least they could do is offer an elf package. something with a smaller clothing option? maybe?

so here i sit, listening to chants and honks and applause. football anyone!? i'm afraid our hotel is in some kind of epicenter of activity. i feel strung out from not sleeping and irrationally fearful that the fair/amusement park across the street is doubling as a holding pen and overflow area for intoxicated sports fans. world cup? i have a feeling based on the intensity of what i've heard this afternoon that my experience of canadian hockey fans politely circling the block for 45 minutes while playing "we are the champions" has not prepared me for what is about to happen post match. i'll keep you posted. go germany!

this hotel may be karmic disaster for us as a group. the last time we were in both hamburg and THIS hotel was hours after we suffered our first bus crash.

i'm trying not to think about THAT. instead, i've been glued to my iphoto, trying to put together some of my favorite shots from bonnaroo. tegan and i guested on tiesto's set at 2am. singing an 8 minute version of "back in your head". tiesto was ridiculously sweet and generous to us, as was the incredible crowd. i felt buzzed and vibrated for hours post set. so thrilling to be in front of that sort of dancing and energy and enthusiasm. i bunged up the lyrics but still had the time of my life. not hyperbole, maybe one of my favorite moments of our career...maybe....my life?

sadly, i suffered a moment of human spaziness and fell down a set of metal stairs. i'm obsessed with my own injuries in general, so this has been an exciting five days of healing and colors and pain. i spent an evening in an emergency room in georgia. i'm going to include photos of both events!

one final shout out to the true colors tour! to cyndi! to the cliks! to the b52's! to rosie! to carson! we had an amazing week. the shows and sets were inspiring. the hrc and the movement, profound. watching the audience during the encore each night moved MY stone heart in ways i feel silly explaining on a myspace blog. google away. true colors, thank you.

finally, in addition to the festivals we have already announced, we are releasing USA tour dates today. this will be the LAST tour we do in support of "the con" stateside... we're excited! two great bands will support! check out below!

girl in a coma!

city and colour!

Tue-Sep-30 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle

Thu-Oct-02 Baltimore, MD Rams Head Live!

Fri-Oct-03 Philly, PA Electric Factory

Sat-Oct-04 Worchester, MA The Palladium

Sun-Oct-05 NY, NY Terminal 5

Mon-Oct-06 NY, NY Terminal 5

Thu-Oct-09 Chicago, IL Riviera

Sat-Oct-11 Minneapolis, MN State Theatre

Mon-Oct-13 Denver, CO The Paramount

Thu-Oct-16 Los Angeles, CA The Henry Fonda Theatre

Fri-Oct-17 Los Angeles, CA The Henry Fonda Theatre

Sat-Oct-18 Los Angeles, CA The Henry Fonda Theatre

Sun-Oct-18 Los Angeles, CA The Henry Fonda Theatre

pre-sales for keeners starts at 10am (in your own time zone) this saturday the 21st until 9pm on the 22nd, to get in on that go to teganandsara.tickets.musictoday.com. tickets go on sale to the public on Monday the 23rd at 10am, you can check the concert listings for regular outlet info please.

canada, we'll see you in late febuary/march 09! (or this summer if you are in calgary for sled island or vancouver for under the volcano!)

australia we'll see you in dec/jan 08/09!

off to fashion a tent from my tshirt. my bags just arrived. life is amazing.

xxoo

sara

Currently reading :

Sailing Alone Around the Room: New and Selected Poems

By Billy Collins

Release date: By 2002-09-17