Hey hey Hey Everyone,
Spring is here and we are so excited for what we have in store over the next couple months. We’ll kick off spring with our final Boston residency show this Thursday, 3/27, at The Paradise Lounge. We have had an absolute blast in Boston over the past couple weeks and we hope to see everyone out again for our last stop in Boston this season!
This weekend, we hope you are all planning ahead to join us for our historic first 2-night stand in our hometown of New York City. The shows will be on Friday, 3/28 and Saturday, 3/29 at the brand new Sullivan Hall and will feature to very long sets from U-Melt, along with some exciting openers, including the Nate Wilson Group (Assembly of Dust, Percy Hill) and The Brew on 3/28, and Banooba and Earthtone on 3/29. The shows are both 18+, and tickets are only $13 in advance, $15 on the day of show IF TICKET REMAIN. Tickets are starting to sell fast for these two historic shows so please buy your tickets as soon as possible by clicking on this link: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/event/EventListings?orgId=21121&pl=cegsulliavn&pager.offset=20
U-MELT RETURNS TO THE SOUTH!
We know it’s been too long since we’ve returned down south for an extended run of shows and we are very excited to announce our Spring Southern Tour! Following our two brief stops in the south for our shows with Umphrey’s McGee on 4/2 in Myrtle Beach and 4/3 in Asheville, we will be returning for a run of shows that will bring us to our second consecutive New Orleans late night Jazz Fest club show on Saturday, 5/3 (technically 5/4 start time) at The Blue Nile with DJ Logic!
First, the tour will begin on Thursday, 4/24, when we return to The 8x10 in Baltimore for a co-bill with The Pnuma Trio. The following night, 4/25, we’ll be making our debut at the new Mix One6 Club in Roanoke, VA. Then on Saturday, 4/26, we will be heading down to Columbia, SC, for our debut at Headliners, before returning to Atlanta on Sunday, 4/27, for a performance at Smith’s Olde Bar.
On Tuesday, 4/29, we’ll be making our debut at Proud Larry’s in Oxford, MS, before heading down to Jackson, for our debut at Martin’s on 4/30. The following night, Thursday, 5/1, we are excited to be heading back to Birmingham, AL, for our return to Zydeco.
After taking Friday off, we are very psyched to be returning to the stage in New Orleans for our second consecutive late night Jazz Fest show, this year to be held upstairs at The Blue Nile. We are also very excited to announce that we will be joined by New York City's own DJ Logic for our Jazz Fest performance. We are really looking forward to performing with Logic for the first time, and we hope you will all come down to New Orleans and join us for this very special occasion! The upstairs room at The Blue Nile has limited capacity so please buy your tickets in advance. The show is 18+, and the show will begin around 2:00am and go until the sun comes up! Tickets are only $15, and are now on sale at: http://www.jazzfesttix.com/
Complete details of the entire Spring Southern Tour can be found on U-Melt’s Tour Dates page HERE: http://umelt.com/gigs.shtml
U-MELT TO OPEN FOR UMPHREY'S McGEE 3 TIMES IN APRIL + OUR RETURN TO RHODE ISLAND!
As we mentioned above, before the Spring Southern Tour begins, we are extremely excited to have been invited to open up for our good friends Umphrey's McGee for three shows at the beginning of April. The first two shows will be down south, when we support Umphrey's at the House of Blues in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina on Wednesday, 4/2, which will be followed by a show with Umphrey's at The Orange Peel in Asheville, North Carolina on 4/3. The third show with Umphrey's McGee will take place back in the Northeast at the Calvin Theater in Northampton, Mass. on Friday, 4/11. Ticketing information is different for all 3 shows and tickets can be purchased via links on the dates on the bottom of this page or on U-Melt's tour date page here: http://umelt.com/gigs.shtml
The night following the Northampton show, Saturday, 4/12, we’ll be heading back to The Wheel House in Narragansett, RI for 2 long sets of U-Melt. Umphrey's McGee will be playing an afternoon set at Brown University in Providence, RI that day, so this show will be the perfect way to cap off an incredible day of music.
U-MELT RETURNS TO PHILADELPHIA ON 5/9
We know it's been way too long since we returned to the City of Brotherly Love and we are very excited to be returning to Philadelphia on Friday, 5/9 for 2 very long sets at NxNW! Please mark your calendars now!
U-MELT TO SPEND MEMORIAL DAY AT SUMMER CAMP!
We’ll be once again spending our Memorial Day weekend at Summer Camp this year, when we return to Chillicothe, IL, to join our friends moe. and Umphrey’s McGee, along with many other bands including The Roots, STS9, The Flaming Lips, George Clinton & P-Funk, The New Pornographers, Lotus and Tea Leaf Green. U-Melt's performance day and time is still to be determined and we will announce that information as soon as it becomes available. Advance tickets can be purchased at the Summer Camp Festival website via this link: http://www.summercampfestival.com/2008/
U-MELT INVITED TO CAMP BISCO!
We are very excited to announce that we have been invited to perform at this year's Camp Biscom which will be returning to Indian Lookout Country Club in Mariaville, NY on July 17th-19th. U-Melt's set time and day is still being worked out, but we are very excited to be joining a very cool initial line-up, including The Disco Biscuits, Snoop Dogg, DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist, !!!, Tea Leaf Green, Lotus, Raq, The Bridge, Orchard Lounge and many others. More details and advanced tickets can be found via this link: http://www.campbisco.net
U-MELT TO HEADLINE STONEHENGE
U-Melt will be returning to headline the Stonehenge Music Festival on Saturday, 6/22 in Kellyburg, PA. U-Melt will be selling discounted tickets again this year at the discounted price of only $35 so if you plan on attending, please e-mail Jason at jason@umelt.com">jason@umelt.com.
U-MELT VIDEOS
Our videographer Ali Holmes has put together some amazing videos from U-Melt’s New Year’s Eve performance at the Highline Ballroom in New York City and we have made them available for streaming in the Videos section of U-Melt.com, under the Music tab HERE: http://www.umelt.com/video.shtml
While there, you can also find a trailer to U-Melt’s current DVD release “Visions of Sound Vol. 1”, which is available at our merchandise stand at all shows and by e-mailing Ali at ali@umelt.com">ali@umelt.com.
FREE DOWNLOADS AND STREAMING OF NYE & HALLOWEEN SOUNDBOARDS ON LMA
We have made available for free downloads and streaming soundboard recordings of U-Melt's New Year's Eve (http://www.archive.org/details/umelt2007-12-31.sbd.flac16) performance at the Highline Ballroom in New York City, as well as our Halloween show (http://www.archive.org/details/umelt2007-10-31.sbd.flac16) featuring the Bad Mother Fucker Horns at Revolution Hall in Troy, NY. You can find these recordings on the Live Music Archive along with many other free U-Melt recordings by clicking HERE: http://www.archive.org/details/U-Melt . Thanks to our friends at the Live Music Archive for providing such a wonderful service, and thanks so much to all of you who joined us for these two amazing nights.
U-MELT ON FACEBOOK
We hope you will all check out the brand new Official U-Melt Facebook Page! Please click HERE: http://www.facebook.com/pages/U-Melt/6534339071 and click on the "Become A Fan" link on the right side of the page so we can better keep in touch with you. Please also click on the "I Am Going" link on every show/event listing you plan on attending! We have now incorporated Facebook event listings into our tour dates page so you can simply click on the link and let everyone know you will be making it to a particular show. It's a great way to stay updated on show details and talk with other fans about plans for the show. U-MELT STREET TEAM
As always, if any of you can help promote any of U-Melt's upcoming shows, please send Jason an e-mail at jason@umelt.com. We always need help in new and old markets and very much appreciate any help you or someone you know might be able to give. We will, of course, be happy to guest list you to shows which you help promote!
Take care and be well,
a, g, r, z, & j2