The Hold Steady Wiki:Current events
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10/03/2009 - Cambridge date announced, tickets on sale tomorrow. Details here: http://www.junction.co.uk/date/2009/05/15/
08/03/2009 - The Hold Steady announce a date in Cornwall, UK. May 22nd. Details on http://www.seetickets.com
07/03/2009 - Loads of news. Loads of new tour dates, details of the dates in the USA are on the myspace: http://www.myspace.com/theholdsteady and on the new official website (details below).
Also, Tad Kubler is in the new issue of Rolling Stone talking about his photography and doing a wee bit on Leonard Cohen. Well worth a view. This also reveals that Kubler will be releasing a book full of photos of his days with THS. Sounds exciting!
Guys are playing with Dave Matthews Band too! And there be loads of joy from the 'Positive Rage' trailer. All of which can be found on the Myspace, as ever.
06/02/2009 - New THS website, soon to be official here: http://theholdsteady.net where you can find a link to the wiki Myke made, the Flickr group, lyrics, news, tours, merch, the live compendium and all the other fun stuff the guys have got going on.
Also, head to http://spin.com/articles/exclusive-song-hold-steady-cover-springsteen to hear the boys cover of Bruce Springsteen's 'Atlantic City' which has been recorded for the new 'Heroes' disc in aid of War Child. You should head to http://www.warchild.org.uk/heroes/buy to get your hands on a copy!
04/02/2009 - The band have announced a live and album and documentry DVD, set to be released on April 7th. 'A Positive Rage'. Details here: http://www.nme.com/news/the-hold-steady/42511
20/01/2009 - The Hold Steady will be supporting the Counting Crows on their rescheduled UK/Ireland dates. For more information check out the official website here: http://www.theholdsteady.com/ where all the dates and ticket info is available for your eyes!
01/01/2009 - HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MEMBERS! Now, the news. The Hold Steady will be releasing a Live DVD/album package sometime this year. We'll let you know when we know more! Also, THS rocked Jools Holland's Hootenanny last night. This can be seen on iPlayer if you missed it. All the best for 2009 guys and girls, it's gonna be rockin'.
29/12/2008 - Sorry this is epically late! We hope you all had lovely holidays, whatever you were celebrating and here is some news to top it all off. The Hold Steady have announced a few dates in 2009 over the USA. Find out where and when at the myspace: http://www.myspace.com/theholdsteady sincere apologies for the delay!!
I am also gonna take this opportunity to wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR too. Or I'll forget... Have a good one whatever you are up to. If you are planning to stay in and you are in the UK then do check out our boys on Jools Holland on New Year's eve. It's bound to be awesome. Obviously, if you're out then hit iPlayer the next day...
19/12/2008 - Official release date for that 'War Child' benefit albumc16th February 2009! The Hold Steady are contributing their cover of 'Atlantic City' by the Boss himself. Info here: http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2008/springsteen-shows-love-for-the-hold-steady
18/12/2008 - The UK tour is over! The Hold Steady will, however, be appearing on Jools Holland's Hootenany on New Year's Eve. Craig Finn was also on Steve Lamacq's 6music show today for Roundtable. You can check that out on BBC iPlayer from tomorrow...
6/12/2008 - The UK tour kicks off TOMORROW NIGHT in Sheffield. If you're going to any of the gigs then I'll see you all at the rock show...
26/11/2008 - The new video for 'Stay Positive' is up on the myspace NOW!!! It is awesome, but don't take my word for it: http://www.myspace.com/theholdsteady
30/10/2008 - The Hold Steady kick off their tour with The Drive-By Truckers TONIGHT in Louisville, KY. To everyone who will be there and at all tour dates across America: have a great time at the rock show(s)!!!
18/10/2008 - The Hold Steady will be down under from the 31st Jan 2009! They will be playing the Laneway Festival in various cities. Check out http://www.myspace.com/theholdsteady for more details of where and when.
Also, we are sorry to confirm that the European dates have been cancelled and are not to be rescheduled. Refunds will be offered by your ticket supplier. However, we are sure that the boys will be back to make it up to you all!
03/10/2008 - European Tour is cancelled (for now) but the UK tour is rescheduled. The dates look like this:
7 Dec - Leadmill Sheffield, UK
8 Dec - Academy Oxford, UK
9 Dec - Rock City Nottingham, UK
10 Dec - Academy Manchester, UK
12 Dec - Anson Rooms Bristol, UK
14 Dec - Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth, UK
15 Dec - Wulfrun Hall Wolverhampton, UK
17 Dec - Roundhouse London, UK
Hope to see you at a few of the new dates! Keep sending those get-well-soon thoughts out to Tad!!
30/09/2008 - Drowned in Sound have reported that the whole UK tour has been cancelled due to Mr Tad Kubler in hospital with Pancreatitis, which my flatmate informs me is seriously painful. Although there's still no official word from the band, NME have also reported the whole tour is off and venues are cancelling like dropping flies. The gigs are postponed to an indefinite date, so hold on to your tickets and join us in wishing the Koob a speedy recover.
24/09/2008 - The boys are recording a cover of Springsteen's 'Atlantic City' for an album called Heroes - a collection of covers in aid of the chairty War Child. The album comes out Nov 25. http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/145860-beck-hold-steady-hot-chip-on-benefit-covers-comp
22/09/2008 - A music video is being filmed early this week for the song Stay Positive. Filming takes place in New York and Jake Davis is directing.
30/08/2008 - The Hold Steady are to support The Pretenders in Baltimore! Details can be found right here: http://www.sonarbaltimore.com/
19/08/2008 - The Drive-By Truckers and The Hold Steady on the same tour anyone? The dates lare available here: http://www.drivebytruckers.com/tourdates.html get 'em while they're hot!!
15/08/2008 - The Hold Steady are said to be playing dates with The Drive-By Truckers in America, in November (more as we get hold of it).
News just announced: The Hold Steady will be at the NME signing tent at V Festival; 3.30pm in both Staffs and Chelmsford!!
25/07/2008 - You can see a video of The Hold Steady performing 'Stay Positive' live at Pitchfork Festival on the Pitchfork website here: http://pitchfork.tv/live/pitchfork-music-festival-08/hold-steady-stay-positve
24/07/2008 - European dates have been added to the myspace page. More info provided here: http://www.myspace.com/theholdsteady
ALSO, the guys are playing a SECRET MYSPACE SHOW TONIGHT IN BILLINGS, MT. If you can go, do it. Note that this is a free, all-ages show!
23/07/2008 - MORE UK DATES ADDED. They look a little like this:
Mon Sep 29 - Oxford Academy Tue Sep 30 - Manchester Academy Wed Oct 1 - Glasgow ABC Thur Oct 2 - Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall Sat Oct 4 - Bristol Uni Sun Oct 5 - Nottingham Rock City Mon Oct 6 - Portsmouth Pyramids Wed Oct 8 - London Roundhouse
21/07/2008 - Some UK dates are starting to pop up. Manchester Uni 30th Sept, London Roundhouse 8th Oct and Wolverhampton Wulfrun 2nd Oct. Tickets availble from http://www.aloud.com and http://www.seetickets.com as of Wednesday 9am. More as we get it.
15/07/2008 - 'Stay Positive' is out NOW in the UK and the US (no word about Ireland and Oz yet... if you know please contact me!) and I hope you guys have gone out and bought copies for you and yours!!
13/07/2008 - The Hold Steady will be doing a show at HMV Oxford Street in London tomorrow to celebrate the release of their new album, 'Stay Positive'. Details can be found here: http://hmv.com/hmvweb/navigate.do?pPageID=1080
04/07/2008 - The Hold Steady will be playing a session in BBC 6music's hub on Monday morning around 11.30am UK time. There will be a 'listen again' feature for anyone unable to catch it!
24/06/2008 - The Hold Steady confirmed for this year's V Festival in the UK. The guys will play Chelmsford on the Saturday and Staffordshire on the Sunday!
23/06/2008 - For those of you off to Leeds on July 10th, the support has been confirmed as the wonderful New York Fund. Check out their tunes here: http://www.myspace.com/thenewyorkfund I hope you'll agree these guys are gonna provide a great support!
17/06/2008 - If you missed the full album streamed on Myspace (its now down to 6 songs), you can still catch it on their Imeem profile: http://www.imeem.com/holdsteady
Better yet, Buy it on Itunes or Napster. Its released in the US, and presumably worldwide today.
16/06/2008 - Stay Positive available for UK iTunes download today.
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=282243640&id=282243525&s=143444
Those of you buying a physical copy will have to wait until July 14 BUT will be rewarded with bonus tracks: "Ask Her For Adderall" on the vinyl and CD, and "Cheyenne Sunrise" and "Two Handed Handshake" on the CD only. That's limited edition though, so the bonus tracks won't be there forever, so buy it early.
12/06/2008 - The new album will be available on iTunes on Tuesday, June 17th. According to the most recent Myspace Bulletin.
10/06/2008 - The new album is now up on the Myspace for streaming. myspace.com/theholdsteady.
07/06/2008 - Clever kids in the UK can now pre-order 'Stay Positive' from HMV.com in CD and LP form, which I think you'll agree is very exciting!!: http://hmv.com/hmvweb/simpleSearch.do?searchUID=&pGroupID=-1&adultFlag=false&simpleSearchString=the+hold+steady&primaryID=-1
22/05/2008 - You can now PRE-order the 7" of 'Sequestered In Memphis' from Rough Trade, and it comes with a free 'Stay Positive' tattoo: http://www.roughtrade.com/site/shop_detail.lasso?search_type=sku&sku=301215
20/05/2008 - Sequestered in Memphis released on US Itunes. You can also hear it on the THS Myspace. Backing vocals by Ben Nichols from Lucero and additional guitar by Doug Gillard from Guided By Voices.
15/05/2008 - The website is effectively gone, and the myspace is being used in its place. But there has been an image overhaul for the new album.
US iTunes release date of 'Sequestered in Memphis' confirmed as May 20th.
ALSO, check the myspace for the AMERICAN TOUR DATES that have just gone up!
14/05/2008 - First single from album IV announced in Billboard. The single will be 'Sequestered In Memphis'. There are no details on when this will be released into the great wide open yet though.
Edit: UK Release date for the single is 7 July.
08/05/2008 - After much agony over the fact that 'Ask Her For Some Adderall' is not on the album tracklisting, whispers say that it will appear on the vinyl version of 'Stay Positive' this will be confirmed nearer the time we imagine.
Also, more shows have been uploaded on the myspace, check 'em out. Hints of that tour keep coming...
06/05/2008 - Rumours of a Missippi show on August 8th: http://proudlarrys.musictoday.com/ProudLarrys/calendar.aspx
04/05/2008 - Leeds and Newcastle dates announced for July in the UK: http://www.allgigs.co.uk/view/artist/51047/The_Hold_Steady.html
01/05/2008 - The Hold Steady announce the tracklisting to 'Stay Positive'!! It is confirmed that the album will hit July 14th in the UK and July 15th in the US. And we're VERY excited...
30/04/2008 - You may have read that The Hold Steady will be playing Glastonbury on the Pyramid Stage on the Saturday this year. This is, according to Koob, incorrect:
"Before this gets away from us, I just want to say, for the record, we will NOT be at Glastonbury this year."
So they aren't playing and someone somewhere got the wrong end of the stick. They will be playing the Philly show that day as scheduled.
25/04/2008 - 'STAY POSITIVE' ALBUM RELEASE DATE 14TH JULY 2008 [IN THE UK]!!!!!!!!!!! We assume the 15th July for America...
And a Chicago Pitchfork date is announced - 19th July at Union Park. See: http://www.chicagoist.com for more info.
AND... THS official for T in the Park in Scotland this summer! Check the myspace for more details.
21/04/2008 - THE HOLD STEADY ANNOUNCE THEY ARE SIGNED TO ROUGH TRADE FOR THE UK SIDE OF THINGS. And we're very pleased to hear it, they are now label mates with artists such as Arcade Fire and Jarvis Cocker. Exciting stuff, [sorry that's late].
18/04/2008 - The Hold Steady announced to play Non-Comm in Philadelphia: http://triplearadio.com/news/index.php (scroll down to the 17th March for line-up and info about registration)
16/04/2008 - THS to play McCarren Pool on the 29th June this year, with 'White Dennom'. It has also been announced that THS will be playing Capitol Hill Block Party in Seattle on the 26th July.
12/04/2008 - A Baltimore show is announced: http://www.inlandempiretouring.com/artist.php?ID=39
07/03/2008 - The Hold Steady will be at Liverpool arena with Counting Crows on the 8th of July. Tickets on sale now.[Note that this show is part of Liverpool's Summer Pops shenannigans].
22/02/2008 - The Hold Steady have been confirmed on the O2 Wireless Festival line-up for Hyde Park, London. Check the Myspace for ticket details and suchlike. Bold text Bold text Bold text
