Thanks to everyone for purchasing tickets so quickly for the two upcoming Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust benefit shows in Los Angeles. Amazing!

While both shows are now sold out, if you would like to donate to the cause or track the progress of our fund raising, please check out Glen’s page on Crowdrise (crowdrise.com/glenhansard). Crowdrise is a great new site which assists in logistics of personal fundraising and encourages a larger community of volunteers.

We’ll likely be unable to raise our entire goal with these two shows, so please keep an eye out for additional benefit events through the year.

Thank you again, for everyone’s generous support.

As the band gears up to head to New Zealand, Australia, and Korea for the next round of shows, we’re excited to announce that The Swell Season will return to the states for a round of dates during the last half of May 2010.

May 15 . Kalamazoo, MI . The State Theatre
May 16 . Nelsonville, OH . Nelsonville Music Festival
May 17 . Pittsburgh, PA . Byham Theater
May 18 . Nashville, TN . Ryman Auditorium
May 20 . Asheville, NC . Orange Peel
May 21 . Raleigh, NC . North Carolina Museum Of Art
May 22 . Charleston, SC . North Charleston Performing Arts Center
May 24 . Miami, FL . The Fillmore
May 25 . Orlando, FL . Hard Rock Live
May 26 . Birmingham, AL . Alys Robinson Stephens PAC – Jemison Concert Hall
May 28 . Atlanta, GA . Symphony Hall
May 29 . Louisville, KY . W.L. Lyons Brown Theatre
May 30 . Cleveland, OH . House Of Blues

Pre Sale Date: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
General Onsale Date: Friday, March 12 – Saturday, March 13, 2010
*Nashville General Onsale: Friday, March 19, 2010
Ticket purchasing details and links to follow.

Tuesday, March 16th . The Largo in Los Angeles (www.largo-la.com)

The Swell Season are pleased to announce two very intimate benefit shows in the Los Angeles area. Tickets for both shows will be $40 and all proceeds will go towards the purchase of a new truck for the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust. Last summer Glen had the honor of spending time in the company of the Maasai Tribe while traveling in Africa. While there it became apparent of their impending need for a new truck to haul medical supplies, food and other important goods. Glen was so moved by the experience that he offered to do whatever he could to raise both awareness of the tribe as well as funds to assist in the purchase a vehicle.

For these shows we will be matching the money generated by ticket sales in pursuit of our goal of $70,000. If you can’t make the show but would still like to donate you can do so thru the website www.crowdrise.com/glenhansard. We will also list all those who bought tickets on the site. Crowdrise is a great way to generate interest and support in various causes and a nice way for our fans to check in and see how the journey is going. The links below highlight the main page of Crowdrise, the official Swell Season/Glen Hansard Crowdrise page and further info on the Maasai.

Both shows currently sold out.

www.crowdrise.com
www.crowdrise.com/glenhansard
www.maasaitrust.org

Thank you for the amazing support!

Strict Joy songbooks are now available from Alfred music books. Featuring piano/vocal/chords of every song from the album, along with four bonus songs from Once, the songbook can be ordered as a paperback book or as individual song PDF downloads.

Alfred . Strict Joy Songbook (Paperback Mailorder)

Amazon . Strict Joy Songbook (Paperback Mailorder)

Total Sheet Music . Strict Joy Songbook (PDF Dowloads)

Limited edition, signed, TSS photo box set, now available for auction.

All proceeds to benefit Medecins Sans Frontieres relief work in Haiti.

Find more info – here.

Grey and green owl scarves are now available for mailorder.

Find them in theswellseason.com online store.

European Winter Tour (2010)
by Furturtle (Travis Bone)
One limited edition poster for this month’s European trek. Available at the merch booth each night (while supplies last).