The Silent Sound installation that J Spaceman is providing a soundtrack to can be heard live on Resonance FM this Sunday March 7th at 6.30-7.30pm.

http://resonancefm.com/listen or 104.4FM.

Schedule info: http://bit.ly/cVHTP7

Silent Sound by Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard
Music by J. Spaceman. Introduced by Dr. Ciarán O'Keeffe.

More info: http://www.silentsound.info

Silent Sound first took place in 2006 in Liverpool. There will be a second performance on Sunday 7th March 2010 in Middlesbrough at the gothic Town Hall.

Conceived by British artists Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, Silent Sound is an otherworldly experiment using controversial mind control technology to transmit a subliminal message during a live music performance. The artists joined forces with J. Spaceman from Spiritualized, commissioning him to create a new composition for the project to carry their subliminal message.

Sunday 7th March
Doors 6.30pm

Middlesbrough Town Hall,
Albert Street, Middlesbrough TS1

Tickets £8, £6 concessions
Available from 01642 729 729
or http://www.avfestival.co.uk/programme/10/events/silent-sound

Places are strictly limited.

Silent Sound sets out to warp your perception and stage a remarkable experience loaded with potential which intensifies your experience of being in the here-and-now. Drawing on the powerful psychological set-up of 19th century Spiritualist public performances and inspired by Victorian entertainers The Davenport Brothers who were famed for attempting to contact the souls of the dead using their ‘spirit cabinet’, the artists perform inside their own specially created soundproof cabinet. From the stage inside their cabinet they repeatedly broadcast a spoken 'message', this signal is fed into a custom-made Silent Sound machine, which subliminally embeds the message within the music and transmits it throughout the performance.

The event will be recorded live and a limited edition CD will be available.

Silent Sound 2010 is part of the AV Festival
http://www.avfestival.co.uk

In their only UK festival appearance of 2010, Spiritualized will be playing Ladies and Gentlemen after a special request from Matt Groening. The weekender takes place in Minehead, Somerset on May 7th-9th.

Ticket info at <www.atpfestival.com>

Barbican 8.30pm both nights

Sage 8.15pm

Last chance to have your collectors edition personally named ends at midnight tonight...

Label:     ATP Recordings
Cat No:  ATPRCD36
Format:  Collectors Edition CD Box set

Pre Sale Date: Monday 23rd November 2009
Release Date: Wednesday 16th December 2009
Label: ATP Recordings / Spaceman
Catalogue No: ATPRCD36
Format: Collectors Box Set / Strictly Limited Edition of 1000

Boxset Contains:
 . 12 x 3” Prescription Pack CD’s packaged in a foil tray
 . 2 x 5” CD’s containing 35 unreleased versions & outtakes
 . Digital Download Code for the original album
 . Individual Prescription Cards signed by J.Spaceman
 . Strictly Limited Edition of 1000
 . Brand New Artwork by the original designers Farrow & Spaceman

ATP Recordings / Spaceman are pleased to be able to offer the very limited collectors edition. This includes 12 x 3” Mini CD’s of the complete album track-by-track, a homage to the original release. This will be accompanied by 2 bonus discs.
For those who don’t wish to open the blister pack, each unit will come with a code to download the original album in MP3 format.

Limited to just 1000 units, each collectors edition will come with a prescription numbered out of 1000 and signed by J Spaceman. Anyone who pre-orders the collectors edition before November 30th can have their own name, or name of their choosing printed on the prescription.

The Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space Collectors edition, will be sent out from the UK on December 16th. If you do not wish to pay postage and handling, there will be an option to pick it up from the Barbican show on December 16th or 17th.

Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space Collectors edition is available for £125 + postage and handling.

AVAILABLE FROM 3PM GMT MONDAY NOVEMBER 23RD AT www.lagwafis.com

The release date for the Sony re-issue of the standard cd and the deluxe edition is Nov 30th.

The release date & full press release for the collectors edition will be announced on Friday Nov 20th.

Box office open 6pm - all overseas tickets to be collected there.

Dj Ashley Wales  7pm -8.30pm

The band will be onstage at approx 8.30pm.

An additional 50 tickets for each night have been made available for the shows on Oct 12th /13th at the RFH. Contact the venue box office.

‘LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WE ARE FLOATING IN SPACE’

Release Date: November 16

Label: Sony Music


“This album is so precise and everything on it sounds amazing; it's arranged so nicely. Jason Pierce is a genius”
Ben Goldwasser, MGMT

“I had a job cleaning a private golf course from 4am to 6am. My boss was a fucking idiot.
What got me through that job was listening to [Ladies and Gentlemen]”
Guy Garvey, Elbow


Spiritualized will re-issue their classic album ‘Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space’ on Monday 16th November on Sony Music.

The album release co-incides with the upcoming live performances of the entire album; part of All Tomorrow’s Parties  ‘Don’t Look Back’ series, as previously announced. The band were approached two years ago to perform the album live on its 10th anniversary.  It took a while for  J.Spaceman to finally agree to the idea. ‘It was a decision made at altitude’ he says referring to being on top of Mt. Buller in Australia at the time. The live performances will see the regular band augmented with strings, brass and choir.

It is now 12 years since ‘Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space’ made a profound impact in the summer of 1997, both critically and commercially, with its psychedelic soundscapes and heart-rending lyrics. It has influenced a whole range of musicians ever since. It was NME’s album of the year for 1997 and reached No.4 in the official charts.  Originally packaged as a giant pill offering a written prescription, the concept was creatively inspired reflecting the depth of emotion and trauma laid bare on this truly remarkable work.
 
The album will be released with new artwork on special limited edition formats with bonus content. These bonus tracks were in storage and subsequently forgotten about until Jason Pierce moved house and discovered the ‘lost’ recordings from 12 years ago. The tracks give a valuable insight into the artist’s work-in-progress – demos, instrumental versions, sessions mixes – and highlight an aim for perfection prior to recording the definitive version.

The formats include:

The Collector’s Edition. This will include 12 x 3” Mini CD’s of the complete full album track-by-track, an homage to the original release. This will be accompanied by 2 bonus discs (as per tracklisting below). Only 1,000 of these sets will be made, making these extremely limited.

The Special Edition will include the original album in the legendary and unique pill pack style packaging, alongside the 2 bonus discs. This Special Edition will also will be a limited, one-off release.

The original album with new artwork and a revised version of  opening track ‘Ladies & Gentlemen’ (now including “Can’t Help Falling In Love” as originally intended for this album), will also be released as a Standard 1CD Version. 

Track Listing is as follows:

Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
1. Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space
2. Come Together
3. I Think I’m in Love
4. All of My Thoughts
5. Stay With Me
6. Electricity
7. Home of the Brave
8. The Individual
9. Broken Heart
10. No God Only Religion
11. Cool Waves
12. Cop Shoot Cop


Bonus CD 1
1. Ladies And Gentlemen (A Cappella)
2. Ladies And Gentlemen (Demo)
3. Ladies And Gentlemen (Strings)
4. Ladies And Gentlemen (Kate Telephone Call)
5. Ladies And Gentlemen (Moles Studio Mix 7)
6. Ladies And Gentlemen (Original Oratone Ideas)
7. Ladies And Gentlemen (A Cappella w/ Lead Vocal)
8. Come Together (Instrumental Demo)
9. Come Together (Demo In Lower Key)
10. I Think I'm In Love (Original Demo Idea)
11. I Think I'm In Love (Demo)
12. I Think I'm In Love (Drums/Wah)
13. I Think I'm In Love (A Cappella)
14. I Think I'm In Love (Vocal Demo Jan 96)
15. I Think I'm In Love (Gospel Choir Session)
16. All Of My Thoughts (Demo)
17. All Of My Thoughts (Strings)
18. Rocket Shaped Song

Bonus CD 2
1. Electricity (Demo)
2. Electricity (January 96)
3. Electricity (June 96)
4. Home Of The Brave (Demo)
5. Home Of The Brave (Panned Vocal)
6. Beautiful Happiness
7. Broken Heart (Demo)
8. Broken Heart (Strings)
9. Broken Heart (Vocal Harmony/Angel Corpus Christi)
10. Broken Heart (Early Vocal)
11. No God Only Religion (Demo)
12. No God Only Religion (Horns)
13. Cool Waves (Demo)
14. Cool Waves (String Session Mix)
15. Cop Shoot Cop (Demo)
16. Cop Shoot Cop (Dr. John 'The National Anthem)
17. Cop Shoot Cop (String Session Mix)

Spiritualized are set to perform the album in its entirety at the following venues:

12 / 13 October
Royal Festival Hall – London
SOLD OUT

14 December
Apollo – Manchester
£25 + booking fee via 0844 4777677 / giggsandtours.com

16 / 17 December
Barbican – London
£32.50 + booking fee via www.barbican.org.uk

19 December
Sage Centre - Gateshead
£32.50 + booking fee via www.tickets.thesagegateshead.org

The re-issue is now scheduled for the second half of November, exact release date is tbc.The artwork has changed, some of the packaging is similar to the original release.

There will be 3 formats released:

Ltd Collectors Edition - 12 disc pill pack + 2 additional cd's of previously unreleased material in new artwork.

Deluxe pack - 3 cd's in one blister pill pack. The original album plus the 2 additional cd's of unreleased material.

Standard jewel case of the original album in new artwork. The old design will no longer be manufactured.

Additional cd track listings information to follow. Pack shots of new design available nearer release date.

That's all for now...

Apologies, the press release has been delayed for a few days until formats are decided upon. Content will be the original album plus 2 bonus cd's of out takes & versions. There will be new artwork.

The band will be onstage at 9.45pm on Saturday night in the Uncut Arena.

There will be a press release next week detailing formats / content / packaging / release date for the re-issue in the Autumn.

Tickets on sale for both these new shows:

Nottingham July 17th -  www.alt-tickets.co.uk  08713 100 000

Galway Big Top July 24th -

http://galwayartsfestival.ticketsolve.com/shows/853049/events

These are NOT Ladies & Gentlemen shows.

This is the final Ladies & Gentleman show in 2009

Saturday 19th December 2009
The Sage Gateshead
7.30pm
 
Tickets: 0191 443 4661 and at www.thesagegateshead.org

Confirmed show at the OFF Festival, Myslowice, Poland on Friday Aug 7th. Ticket info on the gig page.

A second night has been added in December. All ticket info etc is at:  www.atpfestival.com/NewsView/0904091504.php

The band are playing the Latitude Festival weekend of July 17-19th, more info to follow.

This is not a Ladies & Gentlemen show.

Ticket and box office information will be posted later today.

Pre sale tickets go on sale on Thursday April 2nd at 10am with general sale Friday April 3rd at 10am.

Link for the Barbican is:

https://www.barbican.org.uk/eticketing/performancelist.asp?shoid=16863

Box office tel: 020 7638 8891

&

http://www.seetickets.com?s=spiritualized&filler2=presale

Manchester Apollo:

Presale (24hrs @ 10am Thurs 2 April)
http://www.gigsandtours.com/?s=spiritualized&site=spiritualized

Onsale (10am Sat 4 April)PLEASE USE WHEN PRE-SALE EXPIRES
http://www.gigsandtours.com/?a=spiritualized&site=spiritualized

We are aware of some concern about the distribution of tickets, especially from those outside the UK. The promoter, ATP, are also aware of this and have said:

See have a policy that all international tickets cant be mailed out as to avoid fraud.  They will all be held at will call at the venue that our staff will be looking after.

Hope that puts some minds at rest.

Both nights are now sold out.

This show is now sold out, do not buy tickets from ebay as the promoter will be voiding those tickets where possible and re-selling them at face value.

There are still tickets available for the Tuesday Oct 13th show.

We are aware that tickets are already being sold on ebay and it is being dealt with by the promoter. Tickets being bought or sold via ebay will be voided. Please don't waste your money.

A second night at the RFH has indeed been added, Tuesday Oct 13th and is now on sale.

There are no further nights held at the RFH.

Ticket link is:
http://www.seetickets.com/?s=SPIRITUALIZED&filler2=presale

password: cop shoot cop

its been divulged on some other sites  so its no secret, but beat the touts...

It seems some people did not receive this newsletter. We will post pre sale info late on Tuesday prior to Weds am sale.

'LADIES & GENTLEMAN WE ARE FLOATING IN SPACE'  ROYAL FESTIVAL HALL OCT 12TH

Live in its entirety at London’s Royal Festival Hall on Monday 12th October 2009.
 
The event is presented by All Tomorrow’s Parties as part of their Don’t Look Back series and this special show will feature a choir, string and horn sections and special guests.
 
It is 12 years since the release of this album set the summer of 1997 alive.
 
Receiving massive critical acclaim, it was NME’s album of the year in 1997, and reached No.4 in the charts.
 
Tickets for the event go on sale at 10am on Thursday 19th March, priced £32.50/ £27.50,  and will be available from: 0871 663 2500/ southbankcentre.co.uk/ seetickets.com/ ticketmaster.co.uk

“To tie in with the live performance, Sony Music will be releasing an expanded Legacy Edition of "Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space" in October with added content and new packaging.  More details tbc.”

It would be of benefit to anyone interested in attending a unique performance to be registered on the mailing list before next Monday, March 16th, when an announcement will be made.

Sydney Metro club will be streamed at www.moshcam.com

Brisbane : http://stripedsunlight.blogspot.com/

This show has been moved back 24 hours to Friday May 8th.

Tonight at the final ATP show on Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour, J Spaceman joined Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds during the encore for a storming rendition of "Stagger Lee". Spiritualized had been the special guests of Nick Cave as he curated the first Australian ATP.

All the confirmed shows for 2009 have now been added to the gigs section. There will be more to follow...

All shows will be 9pm unless otherwise posted.

They are finally available, nearly, but can be ordered:

Order Songs in A & E - USA vinyl

Order Songs in A & E - USA deluxe book

Support on all UK shows will be The Shortwave Set

www.theshortwaveset.com

Archie Bronson Quartet are also on the bill at the London Roundhouse show.

Shows are being announced at www.atpfestival.com   more info to follow.

 
"Spiritualized live from the ACL Music Festival. Check out their performance on the ACL Music Festival webcast at 5:30PM on Saturday, September 27th."

Watch it Here:  http://www.aclfestival.com/webcast

That's 22.30pm in UK / 23.30pm Europe

The World Cafe will be broadcasting the session on Wednesday, September 24th, 2008. This session was recorded at the end of July in Philadelpia with the current 'electric' line up.
 
National Public Radio’s World Cafe with host David Dye can be heard on nearly 200 stations nationwide. Fans can find their local station by scrolling to the bottom & choosing their state under "Find a Program Broadcast Time" at the following link:
 
National Public Radio's World Cafe - Find a Programe Broadcast Time
 
…or worldwide they can listen online to the WXPN/Philadelphia stream Monday through Friday, 2pm to 4pm Eastern Standard Time by going to:
 
National Public Radio's World Cafe - WXPN/Philadelphia Stream
 
Late in the day of broadcast, the audio will be available on the National Public Radio website if permission has been granted for this session:
 
National Public Radio Website

Echo

1822 Sunset Bvd

LA Ca 90026

Doors at 8pm, first come first served.

Band onstage 9pm

If you live in the LA area it would be worthwhile becoming a friend of the myspace secret show or <www.myspace.com/spiritualized>

That's all that can be said at the moment.

Archie Bronson Outfit are confirmed as the main support for the London Roundhouse show on Oct 16th. The opening act for the rest of the tour will be announced next week.

On October 8th at the ABC.

The support on the non festival shows in September will be Grand Ole Party - www.myspace.com/grandoleparty

A limited stock of 'Songs in A & E' on green vinyl will be available from the pharmacy from Monday 11th August at 2pm.

A problem with the buidling authorities:

Hello, this is Ticketmaster Customer Service with an important alert for your upcoming event. Spiritualized scheduled at Wilbur Theatre on Wednesday, July 30, 2008, at 7:30PM, has changed to a new venue. The event will now take place at the Roxy, located at 279 Tremont St, Boston, MA, same time & date. Original tickets will be honored for the new venue.

If you have any questions, please contact us online at:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/h/asktm.html

Spiritualized will be appearing on the Letterman programme next

Tuesday evening, Aug 5th.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/radcliffemaconie/picknmix.shtml


 
 

The next single to be released will be a double A (&E) side of 'You Lie You Cheat / Sweet Talk'. A video has just been completed by renowned Brit artist Jake Chapman, his first video. Link to follow.

The single will be available on 2 x 7in including a set of 4 postcards which, uniquely  comprise a Japanese style belly band around the packaging. Release date is end of August.

The B sides will be unreleased session versions of  both tracks.

It will of course also be released digitally.

J Spaceman has taken the keys of the broadcast booth at XM Satellite Radio's Channel 43, XMU, the station for college, indie, and unsigned music. At least on Tuesdays for the month of July, starting each night at 10 PM ET, for the station's artist-in-residency show, XMU A.I.R. Time.

You can catch an encore broadcast of each episode on Wednesdays, 2-4 PM ET, and Thursdays, 6-8 AM.

http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=43

Further shows have been added to the gigs section.

There's approx 30 minutes from the Glastonbury show Sunday June 29th from the John Peel stage at:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/glastonbury/2008/artists/spiritualized/

Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Oxford, Portsmouth, Birmingham, London - see gigs page for details.

Spiritualized's A&E: Bumped, Expanded, Deluxe-ified (Pitchfork Media)

Soul on Fire video (Pitchfork Media)

Soul on Fire video (Tripwire)

Spiritualized Return (IGM.com UK)

Spiritualized will be headlining the Green Man Festival on Friday August 15th. www.thegreenmanfestival.co.uk/home

Spiritualized are delighted to announce a very special performance and signing at Rough Trade East, London E1, on Monday 26th May, 7pm.

Free admission is limited to the first 200 fans who collect a wristband from Rough Trade East, midday Thursday 24th April onward. Fans simply ask for a wristband at the main counter - strictly one wristband per person, allocated on a 'first-come-first served' basis.

Fans will also be available to pre-order the album 'Songs In A&E' from Rough Trade East, including a limited edition green vinyl LP, only available to buy from Rough Trade East and the Spiritualized website. Rough Trade East address: Rough Trade East Old Truman Brewery 91 Brick Lane London E1

The USA release dates are now confirmed:

April 29th - digital single & i-Tunes EP
May 27th - cd album and digital album
June 17th - Double gatefold black vinyl & deluxe book cd
All formats will have the same track listing

Spiritualized will be playing the Austin City Limits Festival on Saturday Sept 27th. More info to be found at www.aclfestival.com

The Wire decamps to The Whitechapel for another evening of outsider sounds, this time programmed in collaboration with the Treader label featuring a rare solo guitar set by J Spaceman (aka Spiritualized’s Jason Pierce), sets from clarinettist Alex Ward and drummer Mark Sanders and The Wire Sound System DJs.

All ticket holders will get a free hand made and numbered Treader CD-R featuring music by all the musicians appearing on the night. London Whitechapel, 18 April, 7pm, £6/£5,

www.thewire.co.uk

Spiritualized will be playing at the Connect Festival on Saturday Aug 30th.

Ticket info and full line up www.connectmusicfestival.com

The latest edition of Uncut is running an interview with J Spaceman, it has Led Zeppelin on the cover.

Next weeks NME will also be running a feature.

The video for Soul On Fire is currently being shot in Iceland. There will be clips / stills up  on the site in the coming weeks.

Virgin Festival - Toronto, Toronto Island Park
September 6th, 2007, Gates: 1pm
All Ages

Tickets:

Two-day tickets are $145.00 (including all sales taxes), plus $2.00 for Virgin Unite and $12 for the ferry to and from Toronto Island.

Single-day tickets are $80.00 (including all sales taxes), plus $1.00 for Virgin Unite and $6 for the ferry to and from Toronto Island.

Available at all Ticketmaster outlets, ticketmaster.ca, select Future Shop locations, futureshop.ca, or by calling (416) 870-8000.

Onsale Saturday March 29th 12:00PM EST

Additional artists: Foo Fighters, Bloc Party, Wintersleep, Constantines many more! visit www.virginfestival.ca/toronto for more information

Address: Tripod, Old Harcourt St. Train Station, Dublin 2
Tel: 00 353 1 4763374
Website: www.pod.ie

Ticket Master 0818 719 300, www.ticketmaster.ie
Sound Cellar: 003531 677 1940
Road Records: 00353 1 6717340
City Discs: 00353 1 6330066

Ticket Prices: €22 standing / €26 seated

We have been told by i-tunes that there is a minor technical hold up which has delayed the EP going out today, we'll know more later when America wakes up. The plan is for the EP to be available to all territories simultaneously we believe. As soon as there is any further information it will be posted here. No conspiracy theories necessary...

Following its radio debut on the Zane Lowe show on Radio 1 from 7pm this evening, March 17th, there will be consecutive plays on BBC 6Music's Tom Robinson show and XFM's Music Response show

www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/zanelowe

www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/tom_robinson

www.xfm.co.uk/onair/shows/the-break-in

Observer Music Monthly feature

The Observer Music monthly magazine will be running the first interview  / feature this Sunday March 16th. For those outside the UK it should available online at: observer.guardian.co.uk

Radio 1's Zane Lowe will be the first to play the new single 'Soul On Fire' on Monday March17th. His show is broadcast from 19.00 - 21.00 uk time and is available online: www.bbc.co.uk/radio1

The Pitchfork Festival appearance on July 20th is the first date of a North American tour which will be split over two periods.

The first run will end at the beginning of August when the band will be flying to Japan for the Summer Sonic festival.

After more festival shows in the UK & Europe in August Spiritualized will return to North America for a further month throughout September.

There is a Goldfrapp v Spiritualized remix included on the cd & digital release of the next Goldfrapp single, 'Happiness', released by Mute Records in April.

Spiritualized are now confirmed for the Sunday night, as originally listed.

After much anticipation, and a longer than expected wait, Spiritualized are set to release their long-awaited 18 track sixth studio album, ‘SONGS IN A&E’, on Spaceman Records on May 26th. The US release will be announced this week.

The album will be preceded by the single, “Soul On Fire”, available on 7in vinyl and digital on May 19th.

Since the release of the last studio album, ‘Amazing Grace’, there followed a lengthy period of touring but this was unfortunately curtailed by a serious illness which struck main man Jason Pierce in 2005. Time spent in intensive care interrupted the writing and recording of the follow up record both prior to, and after his illness. Inevitably perhaps, this setback turned into an inspiration…

Following the completion of the A&E recording sessions there was a period of label uncertainty in 2007 so Spiritualized presented their acclaimed Acoustic Mainlines live show, during which they previewed ‘acoustic’ versions of new & old material, at many and various festivals and revered venues, including the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem, NY.

Acoustic Mainlines will play their last few shows at the i-Tunes festival on March 2nd at Air studios and a handful of US west coast shows including the Coachella Festival in April.

The band will be touring with the full line up and additional gospel singers in May followed by extensive touring around the world including shows at Benicassim in Spain, Summer Sonic in Japan and extensive tours & festivals in the UK, Europe and USA.

J Spaceman has also recorded the soundtrack to the film, ‘Mr. Lonely’, directed by Harmony Korine, which is released in the UK in March with a soundtrack on Drag City.

All shows go on sale tomorrow, Friday Feb 22nd.
A Dublin show is likely to be confirmed in the next few days.

Sun 18 May, Cambridge Junction, Doors 7pm, £15, b.o. 1223511511, www.junction.co.uk

Mon 19 May, Sheffield Plug, Doors 7pm, £15, b.o  0114 241 040, www.the-plug.com/shop

Tue 20 May, London, Koko, Doors 7pm, £17.50, b.o. 0844 5765483 www.livenation.co.uk

Fri 23 May, Athens, Greece, Gagarin Club

Sat 24 May, Bristol, Dot to Dot Festival, Doors 2pm, b.o. 08713 100100 www.gigantic.com

Sun 25 May, Nottingham, Dot to Dot Festival, Doors 2pm, b.o. 08713 100100 www.gigantic.com

Thu 29 May, Belfast, Mandela Hall, Doors 8pm, b.o. 0870 2434455, www.wegottickets.com/event/27444

The Acoustic Mainlines slot has still not been confirmed and may be moving back to the original Sunday. Confirmation will be posted as soon as it is received.

Spiritualized Acoustic Mainlines will be taking part in the i-Tunes London session festival on Sunday March 2nd at Air Studios. The show will be recorded and released soon after on i-Tunes. Nick Cave will be playing at the same session. Tickets are not on sale but we will have a limited amount available via the site in the coming weeks.

There are also competitions at www.ituneslive.co.uk/lineup

Spiritualized Electric Mainlines will be playing the Benicassim Festival on July 18th. www.fiberfib.com

There will be two additional Acoustic Mainline dates prior to the show at Coachella on April 26th (change of day to that advertised).

April 23rd, Santa Barbara - Lobero Theatre www.loberotheatre.com

April 25th, San Diego - 4th & B www.4thandb.com

Electric Mainlines tour will begin in May.

Spiritualized Acoustic Mainlines will be playing the Coachella Festival over the weekend of April 25th-27th. There may be one or two other dates in California at that time but they are not confirmed as yet.

A more extensive Electric Mainlines tour will take place in July / August following the release of the new album.

Just a short message to say happy new year to all out there. It's been a good year for the Spaceman but it wouldn't've counted for nothin' without you guys. Thanks for all the support, records, chat and stuff. We've been sittin' on a finished (and mastered) record here for months now while Universal try to sort out their shit so with luck it should be resolved early this year and you can have it.

The shows were a real high, too many good times -Edinburgh, Traena, the Apollo, , too much and more, gonna miss this stuff. We maybe got Vancouver down to Palm Springs in a few months but that's it for acoustic mainlines, after that we're going electric ...

Also this year, Harmony Korine's truly beautiful "Mister Lonely" film is released to cinema with an o.s.t.  to follow on Drag City Records. It was an honour and trip to work on that one and probably one of the things that was most instrumental in me finally finishing the Spiritualized album so we all got Harmony to thank for that one. Go see his film.

"Spaceshipp", a new duet recorded at Abbey Road with Mathew Shipp for the Treader label is also coming out sometime soon.

Anyways, you should check in here for updates and stuff
Best show of last year was probably Roky or Gruff or Lone Pigeon or maybe John Tchikai or something else i forgot.

Favourite records of the year, all on the same label from mississippi (Mississippi Records) are the compilations -
"I don't feel at home in this world anymore" 1927 - 1948,
"Lipa Kodi Ya City Council"
"Life is a problem"

Special Thanks to ;  Mick Paterson, Rob Holden, Harmony and Rachel Korine, Tony Doggen Foster, Richard Knowles, Tim Lewis (thighpaulsandra), Kate, Gibby, Mark Lanegan, Ari the artist , Rupert, The Sian Alice Band, J.C., Sam Kirby, Ben Crook, James Alderman and Boswell, Brian Flores, Tom Edwards, Tim Holmes, Malcolm Carson, Bruno, Jeanette lee, Anthony, Matt Connor, Juliette, Yvonne and Travis
And the Mainline band, UK - (all members at some point) Violins - Nikki Gleed, Ellie Stanford, Caroline Simms, Jenny Christie;  Viola - Rachel Robson, Henrietta Ridgeon;  Cello - Anna Mowat, Laura Anstee, Helen Rathbone, Kath Jenkinson;  Choir - Carla-marie Williams, Carleen Graham, Claudia Smith, Sheena White, Lena, Annette Bowen, Yolanda Sutherland, Lorraine Smith, Joy Malcolm, Adeetoun Anibi, Wendi Rose

Mainline band USA west coast - Vioins - Julie Carpenter, Paloma Udovic; Viola - Heather Lockie;  Cello - April Guthrie;  Choir - Sj Selby, Melonie Nyema, Laura Dickenson.
Mainline band USA East coast -  Violins - Julie Carpenter, Paula Yoo;  Viola - Heather Lockie; Cello - Jessica Catron;  Choir - Chastidy Elliot, Angialou Dixon, Lakeithsha Williams, Ramona Dunlap, Leisa Smith.

And the fans (you know who you are)

Xspaceman

The final show to be confirmed on the Acoustic Mainlines tour will be Toronto Nov 17th at the Phoenix Theater.

Tickets go on sale on Saturday morning Oct 26th:

www.emerge.ca/shows/543/

Final show of this brief North American tour has been announced as the Museum of Fine Arts, Remis Auditorium, Boston on Nov 19th.

Tickets are on sale now: click here

Extra tickets have been released for all four shows at the LA Vista Theater & Union Chapel.

San Francisco show on Nov 11th goes on sale on Tuesday Oct 9th at 10am EST: click here for tickets

Los Angeles Vista Theater Nov 12-13th on sale Oct 12th link for tickets to follow.

Spiritualized Acoustic Mainlines finally makes it way across the Atlantic to North America.

We are very pleased to announce a show at New York's legendary Apollo on friday the 16th of november.

Tickets go on sale friday 5th october at 10.00am EST

www.apollotheater.com

Other dates to be announced shortly...

Spiritualized Acoustic Mainlines will be playing their last show for some time on Dec 9th & 10th at the Union Chapel, London, N1 2XD.

Tickets, £19.50 on sale Monday Sept 17th from: Box Office 0870 400 0688 & www.livenation.co.uk

Spanish shows:
Oct 6th, Multusos, Fiz Festival, Zaragoza
Oct 10th, Razzmatazz 2, Barcelona
Oct 11th, Cormoran, Valencia
Oct 12th, Joy Eslava, Madrid
Oct 13th, Santana 27, Bilbao

Denmark:
2 Nov, Voxhall - Recession Aarhus

31st May – Primavera Sound – Barcelona - www.primaverasound.com

22nd June – Glastonbury – Somerset - www.glastonburyfestivals.co.uk

8th July Roskilde, Danemark  www.roskilde-festival.dk

15th July Indian Summer Festival, Glasgow www.indiansummerglasgow.com

21st July Slottsfjell, Oslo www.slottsfjellfestival.no

27th July Emmaboda,Sweden www.emmabodafestivalen.se

3rd August Haldern, Germany www.haldern-pop.de

12th August Summer Sundae, Leicester www.summersundae.com

1st September Electric Picnic, Dublin www.electricpicnic.ie

The Complimentary Medicines section now features free MP3 and AIFF downloads of outtakes, demos and rehearsals.

More to come shortly...

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We are pleased to announce that supporting at the Leeds and London shows will be Sian Alice Group. Click here to find out a little more about them. Click NEWS to where you can download the track "Contours".

Both Leeds and London are now sold out.

Support for Glasgow and Wolves to announced shortly...

The London show is now sold out but a few tickets remain for the following shows...

23rd Glasgow Academy / £17.50 / 7pm / 08700 600 100 www.pclpresents.com

24th Leeds City Varieties / £16 / tbc / 0113 244 4600, 0871 2200 260 www.gigsandtours.com

25th Wolverhampton Wulfren / £16 / 7pm / 0870 320 7000 www.wolvescivic.com

28th Minehead Butlins – All Tomorrows Parties
www.wegottickets.com
www.seetickets.com

As noted on the forum, more Acoustic Mainlines shows are being added. The following shows have just been announced for April...

April 23rd Glasgow Academy / £17.50 / doors 7pm / 08700 600 100, http://www.pclpresents.com/

April 24th Leeds City Varieties / £16 / 0113 244 4600, 0871 2200 260, www.gigsandtours.com

April 25th Wolverhampton Wulfren / £16 / 7pm / 0870 320 7000, www.wolvescivic.co.uk

April 26th London Shepherds Bush Empire / 7pm / 0870 771 2000, www.ticketweb.co.uk

April 28th All Tomorrows Parties Minehead Butlins
www.atpfestival.com
www.wegottickets.com
www.seetickets.com

Hello

Our server has been down, hence the lack of communication, but good news will be coming you way thick and fast....

yours www.spiritualized.com

...there's an interview with Spaceman about the new record.

It's in the "In the Studio" section at the front of the magazine.

Friday's Guardian

and

Drowned in Sound

BIYT Presents

Other Dimensions In Music

The legendary New York free jazz quartet perform tonight with Spring Heel Jack.

Doors at 8pm

£5 / £3 concessions

See you down the front...

Another date has been added to the Acoustic Mainlines tour.

26th October St. Mary's Church, Nottingham.

Only 400 tickets available, as part of the NOW festival.

More info at www.beherenow.org.uk.

The Coral Sea Sessions - Patti Smith and Kevin Shields.

Patti Smith and Kevin Shields revisit the project conceived for Patti Smith's Meltdown, this time committing the work and other original pieces to tape.

Featuring a very special guest...

Tickets £20-25

Click here to visit the RFH website

Silent Sound, by artists Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard, begins life as a live performance at St. George's Hall in Liverpool on Thursday 14th September.

J. Spaceman has written a new original score for the project, which he will perform live at the event in front of an invited audience of just 300.

We have ten pairs of tickets to give away. Send an email with your name, address and phone number and 'SPIRITUALIZED' as the subject line to tickets@silentsound.info.

A pair of tickets will go to the first ten people to email. Tickets are not transferrable so please make sure before you email that you are able to attend, you will need to make your own arrangements for travel and accommodation.

For more information on the project visit www.silentsound.info

Thanks to everyone who attended the Daniel Johnston show. It was a great success and we raised a lot of cash for Daniel. Maybe even made a few more people aware of his songs and pictures. Thanks also to the string quartet and choir and to Tom Edwards for the scores. Keep up the support..., the new album ,"Lost and Found" (sketchbook), is released on May 1st and a compilation ,"Welcome to my World", is coming later in the year. Also an exhibition of Daniel's artwork opens at the aquarium, no. 10 Upper Woburn Walk this friday (28th April). ................... dont play cards with satan, x s p a c e m a n

Treader have made a further pressing of the Guitarloops album due to demand. ( the record is even getting airplay in the us ) These are NOT signed or numbered copies, Also posted up the last few copies of the 100 bars flexi ............... Pharmacy

We have a small quantity of white label test pressings of the medication 12". These are the first of a number of rarities, white labels and flexi discs for sale in the pharmacy. All the music is available on The Complete Works discs but these are the original vinyl copies. Most are signed and personalised by Spaceman. We have very limited stock. More to follow... Pharmacy.

All copies of the guitarloops cd were mailed out this morning...enjoy Pharmacy

Apologies for having to confirm sales via the news section but we dont seem to be set up to email people individually. Anyone who received confirmation from paypal WILL receive a copy of the guitar loops cd. (the sold out sign went up as soon as we received the 500th order). All copies were supposed to be mailed out this weekend (4th feb) but we just heard from john coxon that there have been delays and the record has been removed from his site until they receive finished copies. Your copy will be mailed as soon as we get them. more soon. Thanks for your patients. keep calm.....Pharmacy

Guitar Loops will be released for ordering at 900 on monday evening not friday as previously stated . will have to be 1st come 1st served but a small number will be retained for late orders coming in from japan , australia or anywhere where 9 is not too friendly . Pharmacy

chefo alonso - soprano saxophone , tony bevan - tenor and bass saxophones , alan wilkinson - alto and baritone saxophones , ingrid laubrock - tenor saxophone , harry beckett - trumpet and flugelhorn , frank charlton - cornet , john coxon - electric guitar , j. spaceman - electric guitar , tony marsh - drums , john edwards - double bass , ashley wales - electronics the red rose 129 seven sisters road n7 ( finsbury park tube br ) £5 - £3 concessions 8.30 p.m.

getting the forum fixed turned out to be so so easy (1 tel. call, thanks phil ) but then we never did the easiest thing in fastest way , its all yours again to use and abuse ... thanks to all who made it to han's show at the red rose last night .was a blast and i'm gonna do another next month , ( will post details for show and radio broadcast ) ..... guitarloops is gonna be available in about seven days and will be v. limited . this is NOT a spiritualized record but part of john coxon and ashley wales' improv series for their treader imprint { all are worth checking out }. its gonna have to be first come first served. release 27.1.06 at 9pm gmt so yr all awakeish , s p a c e m a n

J spaceman Guitar Loops; John Tchicai with Strings; Coxon / Prevost / Wales Acoustic; The next three releases in the treader series coming soon....

We're still trying to get the Outpatients area fixed up. Unfortunately it's proving impossible to track down the original software; thanks for everyone's suggestions and helpful tips. It's still accessable by the links in the previous news item.

As soon as I hear anything I'll let you know.

Couple more things coming online in the next few days. Very limited numbers again!

We've dug out a box of tees made by design / fashion house Product 250. Baring the slogan "And My Soul Has Been Spiritualized", they come on a custom-made 3/4 sleeve fitted tee. Sizes and colours to follow, but they're isn't many...

Plus, a set of 5 Amazing Grace Pin Badges featuring the heads from the album artwork treated in a Warhol style. They come on a printed cardboard mount.

Available from the Pharmacy very very shortly...

New stock will be available from early next week! First off, a brand new t-shirt design, an illustrated version of the classic Spaceman® print. We've used American Apparel tees this time; slightly more expensive (especially in the UK), but far, far superior fit and colours in our opinion, ethically made and cruelty free. Features Spiritulized® armprint. Available in silver ink on white and silver on pale blue. Very limited numbers, so order early to avoid missing out.

We've also been digging in the archives and found some awesome deadstock; both items originally from the Ladies & Gentlemen... tour. Again, numbers are strictly limited. We've got a glow-in-the-dark on navy tee; the artwork is from the limited edition 12 CD boxset. Size large only. Plus we've some found L&G mugs! Large "Spiritualized®" logo with "Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space B P" below it. Silver foil on navy mug.

Prices to follow...

So. We're still unable to access the menu page of the forum thanks to our hacker friends; the good news is there are ways to access it.

Thanks for the emails notifing us of the situation and especially to those of you who supplied the information below. Greatly appreciated.

Here's how to get into the Outpatients...

You can kind of access the forum in Internet Explorer simply by going to http://www.spiritualized.com/outpatients/ but only in IE.

If you use Safari or Firefox, or if IE isn't working you can click

http://www.spiritualized.com/message2/viewforum.php?f=1
for MUSIC subsection

http://www.spiritualized.com/message2/viewforum.php?f=2
for GIGS

http://www.spiritualized.com/message2/viewforum.php?f=3
for OTHER

http://www.spiritualized.com/message2/viewforum.php?f=4
for SPACEMEN 3 section

or our new side-effect of a subsection
http://www.spiritualized.com/message2/viewforum.php?f=6
the HACKED page, kindly donated by our Turkish friends. Post in here what you think is appropiate.

Attention moderators; need to discuss the next steps... mail me at mail@spiritualized.com please.

We'll get this fixed up as soon as we can...

As you're probably aware we've been attacked by the Turkish Hackers. Even though we totally sympathise with the sentiments of our hijackers, the forum appears to be well and truly scuppered!

We were planning to redesign the Outpatients area in the spring; looks like we'll be doing that sooner then.

Can any of the moderators contact me to discuss the next steps?

Ben

Keven McAlester's documentary... 'is not only a great rock 'n' roll story, but a challenging portrait of mental illness and an affecting family drama'.

Part of the London Film Festival. Catch it on friday at the Ritzy in Brixton, or at the NFT on monday (the perfect halloween night out).

Click here for more info

Trio With Interludes (www.treader.org)

The Dirtbombs - if you don't already, have a look
(www.thedirtbombs.net)

Bettye Swann - (www.honestjons.com)

Furry Lewis - Good Morning Judge

Joe Callicot - Ain't Gonna Lie To You (both www.fatpossum.com)

Reverand Charlie Jackson - Gods Got It - The Legendary Booker and Jackson Singles (www.aumfidelity.com/casequarter.html)

Dub/More Bass Culture (www.metro-music.co.uk)

Dirty Laundry - The Soul of Black Country (www.klang-records.co.uk ...some great stuff here)

Down and Out - The Sad Soul Of The Black South (trikontus 0243)

Eddie And Ernie - Lost Friends (www.acerecords.co.uk)

Captain Beefheart - Little Scratch

Sonic Youth - Winners Blues

Don Covay - I'll Be Satisfied

Nathaniel Mayer - I'm In Love

Blind Willie McTell - Travelling Blues

Spaceman plays live on resonance fm radio (104.4 fm) www.resonancefm.com, tonight, as part of John Coxon and Ashley Wales' show from from 8.00 till 10. Free drones and stuff.

Apologies for the lack of updates, but there hasn't been that much to write about! Spaceman is making a fantastic recovery and getting stronger day by day. Thanks again for all your well wishing and happy vibes.

A few words about this site; don't worry, it ain't going the way of the old one! As soon as things start happening again, you'll hear about it. You can expect some new videos soon, both promos and tour footage, and maybe some video from the Sage show, fingers crossed. We're also going to finish the Discography and launch the Complimentary Medicine section.

Thanks to those of you who've purchased a tee shirt from the Pharmacy; they're now all gone. The shop will be closed shortly whilst we restock. When it reopens you can expect to see Ladies & Gentlemen mugs and at least one new tee shirt design. Other swag in the pipeline are a classic tee shirt design reissue, badges, a limited edition 7" and a few other special one-offs and superrare oddities, plus all the available album back catalogue.

More to come soon...

Thanks to those of you who have ordered merchandise since the launch. Your order should be on the way to you via the good people at the Royal Mail. The Highest Show t-shirts won't be available for much longer, so get your order in before it's too late.

Coming Soon... The now legendary Ladies & Gentlemen mugs and glow-in-the-dark tee, featuring the limited packaging artwork. Plus, some very special webshop only vinyl.

Mr. Pharmacist

Just wanted to say thankyou to everyone who sent messages of love and support over the last couple of months. As you may know by now i'm out of hospital and just tryin' to breathe on my own and get stronger. The new album has been delayed but a solo recording for Treader, recorded a few days before my illness, should be available in Sept. Thanks also to everyone who sent books and records and a big thankyou to Juliette, John Coxon, Bobby g, Katy, Rachael, Ben and Matt and all the staff on the icu at the London Hospital who put me up for 10 days and all the staff on the cc unit for the rest of my stay, love spaceman

So, here it is after months of discussion and hard work... the new and improved Spiritualized website. Thanks again for your patience and suggestions. It's gonna grow into a content heavy site, so please log-in once in a while to see what's new. And please make sure you check in at Admissions to gain access to the members-only section.

There's still some pages to be added and tweaked, and we're planning to add new media monthly; after we've fully stocked the Pharmacy, we'll be taking a long overdue overhaul of the forum.

In the meantime, click back and enjoy...

As rumoured on the forums both here and at NME.com, J.Spaceman was recently taken critically ill but has been allowed home after a prolonged stay in intensive care and critical care.

Jason contracted advanced periorbital cellulitis with bilateral pnuemonia with rapid deterioration requiring intensive care and c-pap for type 1 respiratory failure.

A truly massive "Thank You" to all the Medical Staff and Nurses at The Royal London Hospital A&E, Cambridge Ward, Intensive Care and Critical Care / Cotton Ward whom all worked so amazingly hard on his treatment and recovery. 

"Thank You" also to Intensive Care Dept at St Barts for his 2 day transfer there.

And thanks to all you for your good wishes and thoughts.

We have a small quantity of white label test pressings of the medication 12". These are the first of a number of rarities, white labels and flexi discs for sale in the pharmacy. All the music is available on the Complete Works discs but these are the original vinyl copies. Most are signed and personalised by Spaceman. We have very limited stock. More to follow, PHARMACY