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June 23, 2008
Oh man! We are SO PUMPED for this summer tour!
Yesterday we celebrated our 6th BANDIVERSARY! That's right, 6 years of Harry and the Potters! Wow! I can't really even belive that, but I'm just gonna roll with it. As always, thank you so much for your continued support. Being in this band has been a truly special and unbelievable experience for us. As we prepare to embark on our 5th straight summer of touring, we do hope that you'll find an evening to join us. We don't tour much anymore, so this is really your only chance to see us in 2008. If you've seen us before, come see us again! If you've never seen us, DON'T MISS IT! This summer's show is gonna be INCREDIBLE!!! We've got all sorts of awesome stuff lined up and even a new song or two!
I'm also really happy to announce our participation in something I've been working on for the past few months. The Harry Potter Alliance and Wizard Rock community have together organized Wizard Rock the Vote. We are looking for two volunteers (of any age...it's okay if you're under eighteen to volunteer) at every Wizard Rock concert across the country to help register audience members to vote. You'll get to work with the bands and help talk to awesome people at the concert and register them to vote!
As a volunteer, the bands will provide you with a clipboard and registration forms before the concert to sign people up to vote for the November election.
If you are interested in being one of these awesome volunteers, check out concerts near you and fill out the form or send an email directly to samantha@thehpalliance.org - and check out the participating bands we have so far (more coming), and participate in a lively forum discussion around who's volunteering. I've posted a list of all our summer tour dates below, and there are dates from many other bands listed on the HPA website. Our tour starts next week so volunteer NOW!
You can also help support this campaign by putting up these Wizard Rock the Vote banner ads on your myspace and facebook profiles:
Joe and I also made this awesome promo video for the campaign! OMG!
Also, this is an awesome sand castle we built after practice one day last week. We have Unlimited Enthusiasm for sand castles!
Yours in the revolution,
Paul DeGeorge
Harry and the Potters/the HP Alliance
June 13, 2008
ALL OUR SUMMER DATES ARE CONFIRMED!!!! COME SEE US THIS SUMMER!
We also wanted to let you know that we made a promo video for the Unlimited Enthusiasm Expo. The video features a NEW SONG from their upcoming submission to the Wizard Rock EP of the Month Club which will be released towards the end of summer.
Harry and the Potters Promo for Unlimited Enthusiasm
See you soon!
paul
May 9, 2008
We are pumped to announce our 2008 Summer Tour!
We've organized the Unlimited Enthusiasm Expo '08 and we're hitting the road with some of our best pals. We fully expect that this tour will change the paradigm of what a rock and roll show can and should be. But to accomplish that, we'll need your help! Please go to www.unlimitedenthusiasm.com to find out more!
June 25 | Cambridge,
MA | Middle East Downstairs
June 26 | Portland, ME | the Space
June 27 | NYC, NY | Bowery Ballroom
June 28 | Brooklyn, NY | Southpaw (matinee)
June 29 | Philadelphia, PA | First Unitarian Church
June 30 | Washington, D.C. | Black Cat
July 1 | Carrboro, NC | Cat's Cradle
July 2 | Athens, GA | 40 Watt
July 3 | Gainesville, FL | Common Grounds
July 4 | Tampa, FL | Crowbar
July 5 | Orlando, FL | the Social
July 6 | Atlanta, GA | Eyedrum
July 8 | Houston, TX | Walter's on Washington
July 9 | Dallas, TX | Granada Theater
July 10 | Austin, TX | Mohawk
July 11 | El Paso, TX | El Paso Museum of Art
July 12 | Tucson, AZ | Club Congress
July 13 | Phoenix, AZ | Modified Arts
July 14 | San Diego, CA | Epicentre
July 16 | Pomona, CA | the Glass House
July 17 | Los Angeles, CA | the Troubador
July 18 | San Francisco, CA | Bottom of the Hill
July 19 | San Francisco, CA | Bottom of the Hill (matinee/BBQ)
July 21 | Portland, OR | Wonder Ballroom
July 22 | Olympia, WA | Capitol Theatre
July 23 | Seattle, WA | Neumo's
July 24 | Vancouver, BC | Ukraine Hall
July 26 | Salt Lake City, UT | Kilby Court
July 27 | Boulder, CO | Fox Theatre
July 28 | Denver, CO | Hi-Dive
July 29 | Lawrece, KS | the Granada
July 30 | Omaha, NE | the Slowdown
July 31 | Minneapolis, MN | the Triple Rock Social Club
August 1 | Chicago, IL | Stas Mansion
August 2 | St. Louis, MO | the Bluebird
August 3 | Bloomington, IN | Rhino's
August 4 | Cleveland, OH | the Grog Shop
August 5 | Ann Arbor, MI | the Blind Pig
April 15, 2008
Lots of awesome news!
We playing at both screenings of We Are Wizards in Boston next week!
April 24 | 7:30pm
| Coolidge Corner Theatre | followed by short acoustic set | Tickets
April 26 | 4:00pm | Somerville Theatre | followed by 5:45pm rock show
featuring all the bands from the film: Harry and the Potters, Draco and
the Malfoys, the Whomping Willows, and the Hungarian Horntails | please
note separate tickets required for screening and concert | Movie
tickets | Rock
show tickets
And then in June, we're heading down to Philadelphia to open for Boston's own monster-wrestling darlings, Kaiju Big Battel. We are thrilled to accompany them as Dr. Cube and his Posse of mischievous mutants invade downtown Philadelphia. We will be performing first, so be sure and get there EARLY!
June 1 | 3:00pm | the Trocadero | $18.50 | All Ages | Ticketmaster
See you soon!
-paul
April 2, 2008
The post below this is an April Fools joke! Haha!
April 1, 2008
Sad news everyone. After nearly 6 years as Harry and the Potters, we've decided to call it quits. It has been an incredible journey and we want to thank each and every one of your for being a part of it!
We always knew our band had a finite time-frame in which to work, and with the publication of the 7th and final Harry Potter book last summer, Joe and I found ourselves split on a future direction for the band. So even though creative differences have torn us apart as a band, we want you to know that we're still best pals and we're still brothers, so everything will be OK. There is just no more Harry and the Potters to look forward to.
But, it's not all bad news! Freedom from the constraints of HATP has allowed creativity to again flourish, and I'm happy to report that Joe and I will both be releasing solo records!
Both albums will be available starting June 25th. Watch our website for details.
Thank you again for 6 awesome years! We will miss you!
Your friends,
Paul and Joe (x-Harry and the Potters)