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Ben and Ian will be playing a gig tonight, Thursday February 22nd at Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles. Tickets will be available at the door and their set begins at 9pm. Check out the Hotel Cafe website for full details.

Gomez continues their steamroll across the U.S. when they play the Wiltern tonight in Los Angeles. Reports from the road have been stellar - lots of old songs are finding their way into the set. They even played "Rosalita" for the first time ever in Petaluma the other night.

We are extending our Australasian "Southern Nights" tour a couple extra days in April for some New Zealand gigs, our first in three years! We'll be playing the Civic in Christchurch, the appropriately named San Francisco Bath House in Wellington, and the Powerstation in Auckland.

We are also doing a short run of dates in the U.S. this July supporting the Fray in a handful of amphitheatres - some of the venues, as you can see below, are still TBD. Playing with The Fray allows us to play New Mexico for the very first time. There are still states out there that we must deflower, and we will get there. One. By. One. Following those July dates, we will be taking some time off before we begin work on our next studio album this fall.

As we head down the congested freeways of the Southern California highway system, our bus exhales a smell not unlike french fries. Once again, we have teamed up with our friends at CLIF Bar and their GreenNotes program to green our tour and reduce the environmental impact that we have out on the road. Since October, we're filling up the tour bus with biodiesel and offsetting the remainder of our carbon dioxide emissions, among other things.

To date, Gomez and GreenNotes supporters have pledged to remove over 8.8 Million lbs of CO2, the primary greenhouse gas causing global warming (that's the same amount of CO2 that would have been produced by over 700 cars or 358 homes this past year based on EPA estimates).

As a way to create more awareness about what we're doing, we're offering a nightly contest each show of the tour at the merch booth. There's also a grand prize, the "El Gomez Verde Grande Prize", that we will award at the end of the tour. The prize package includes a new commuter bike, a Timbuk2 messenger bag made from recycled materials, signed Gomez goods and lots of other fun stuff. For more info, and to enter to win the grand prize, please go to http://clifgreennotes.com. There's also a little vid up on YouTube that the CLIF Bar peeps made when we were in San Francisco in October.

The band will be doing an in-studio performance at Seattle non-commercial radio powerhouse KEXP tomorrow, February 15 at 4:30 PM Pacific. You can hear the broadcast online at http://kexp.org.

On Wednesday, February 21, Gomez will be the musical guest on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The band will be playing "See the World" -- check local listings for exact airtimes.

*Except to our friends in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. We have put a bulletin out to the Royal Canadian Police and are looking into it immediately. To our fans in Oz (and NZ we think), the session will be available on February 24. Click here for more info on the EP.

We are pleased to announce the U.S. release of the Five Men In a Hut DVD. The DVD contains over 2 hours of Gomez including music videos, live performance and interview footage. All orders will ship on or around February 16, 2007. Within the U.S., you can select express shipping to guarantee arrival on the release date of February 20. If you order any other items from the store with this pre-order item, your whole order will wait and ship when the pre-order ship. Every order will include a free Five Men In A Hut poster while supplies last (yes, it's the same one available with the 5 Men CD - we had extras!). Click here to pre-order now

The DVD is already available outside of the U.S. in most territories. (how's that for a change - U.S. fans get it last!)

The Five Men In a Hut CD that was released last fall is also available for purchase through the online store. The 2 disc set features 36 tracks -- all of the band's "singles" that were released in the UK and elsewhere and many of the B-sides, most that were never released in the U.S.

We recorded a version of The Band's "Up on Cripple Creek" for "Endless Highway: The Music of The Band", the tribute record that came our this week. We recorded the track last June at a studio outside Philly, and Tom was essentially rotten drunk by the time it came to record his verse. Somehow it works just fine. For more information please visit: http://www.429records.com/endlesshighway/

We are pleased to announce the last two remaining dates on our February/March tour will be a two-night stand at The Vic Theatre in Chicago on March 1st and 2nd. Both shows are co-headline dates with Ben Kweller with Gomez closing each show with a full set. Tickets go on sale to the general public next Saturday, January 27, but are available NOW through Gomez's secure ticketing site.

We are pleased to announce two additional shows on our February/March tour at Webster Hall in New York on March 8th & 9th. Both shows are co-headline dates with Ben Kweller. Tickets go on sale to the general public next Wednesday, January 17, but are available NOW through Gomez's secure ticketing site.

Before we head out on the road with O.A.R. in a few weeks time, we will be playing at the flagship Borders store in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The event happens on January 17 at 12:30 PM and will include a 30 minute performance followed by a signing. The store is located at 612 E. Liberty and more info can be found here: http://www.bordersstores.com/events/event_detail.jsp?SEID=133992

We're pleased to announce another seven dates for GOMEZ's February/March U.S. tour. All of these new shows are co-headline dates with Ben Kweller (Gomez closes all shows with a full set) and includes stops in Dallas and Baltimore, where we haven't been in quite some time, as well as our debut appearance in Northampton, MA.

Tickets for these newly announced shows are now onsale directly through our secure ticketing system and will be going onsale to the public as early as next weekend.

There are four more shows (two two-night stands, no less) on March 1/2 and March 8/9 that we will be announcing in the next week or two. Sorry for the dribs and drabs but we figured we'd send the plates out of the kitchen while they were good and hot.

Many of the West Coast shows go onsale to the public this weekend - scroll down for the full dates and ticketing info.

Hope all of you are in the middle of restful and cheery holidays. We're kicking it with our feet up in front of the fire, the bellows within arms' reach.

The night before the band played San Francisco's Warfield Theatre last October, they went into Soundworks Studios and laid down some tracks. One thing led to another and at about 6 AM, the band ventured into the daylight with a nice EP under their belts. The 6 track set, is now exclusively available for purchase at the U.S. iTunes store (you need a US credit card to get it). The EP should be available shortly after the New Year in Europe and Australia - we are just as frustrated with this as you may be..the bureaucracy is maddening, but it will be available soon!

Click here to go directly to the EP.

The track listing is as follows:

1) Get Miles (Ben solo)
2) Rex Kramer
3) How We Operate
4) A Song For Lovers in Between The Wars (Tom solo)
5) See the World
6) Whippin' Piccadilly

Some notes: Get Miles is just Ben solo and it's wicked. The radically rearranged Rex Kramer, How We Operate and Whippin' Piccadilly features our crack horn combo (as seen at NYC's Bowery Ballroom shows and the Warfield), and A Song For Lovers in Between the Wars is a brand new song, composed and performed solo by Tom.

We are pleased to announce the first dates of a co-headliing tour with ATO Records labelmate Ben Kweller. Gomez will be closing each show and playing a full set, but definitely get there early and catch BK - he is the real deal.

The tour begins in mid-February with a string of dates on the West Coast - we are returning to places we haven't been to since last spring like Portland, San Diego and Los Angeles, as well as returns to Vancouver and Seattle (we love it there, we just couldn't stay away). We play several dates sans Ben Kweller - a return to the Mystic Theatre in Petaluma and (hopefully) snowy Park City and Aspen - before meeting up with him again in Texas and playing dates in the Midwest and East Coast. Those dates will be announced in early January. Colorado fans - note the Aspen date is our sole appearance in your lovely state.

We have also added one date January 23 in Charlottesville, Virginia. It is our only headlining appearance in the middle of the O.A.R. tour.

TICKETS for all West Coast (and Park City/Aspen) shows are available NOW in a limited presale. All shows go on sale to the public on the weekend of January 5/6 except Vancouver, which goes on sale Thursday, December 21 via Ticketmaster and all the usual outlets.

The remaining U.S. Tour merchandise is now available online in our U.S. store along with a couple new items for the smallest of 'Mez fans. Check out the new Kids' section - both items feature a glow-in-the-dark Moon design (we replaced the beer with milk). Event posters and shirts for grown ups are also now available by clicking here. For those of you in the U.K. not to worry, the remaining tour stock will be up no later than the end of this week.

We have seen the message board concerns for our health as we continue to tour the globe. We appreciate the sympathy, but we take good care of ourselves, more than we let on. Are you aware of the pure oxygen pumped into our tourbus sleep pods every night? Did you know about our personal trainer Rajiv, who puts us through a rigorous calisthenics routine every morning? And Olly's bionic arm has been working great since the operation. Plug it in for a couple hours and she's just like new, and none of those tempo issues. With these advantages under our wings, we head onwards into 2007 with new dates a plenty.

Ben Ottewell played his first solo gig to a sold out crowd in Brighton, UK last summer, and he'll play a handful of solo dates in Europe in early January - four gigs in the Netherlands and a date at The Borderline in London. He'll be playing mostly Gomez material, some choice covers, and who knows what else. Ben's also playing a gig in his hometown of Derbyshire on December 29 in at the Fishpond.

The band then comes over to the States for eight dates supporting the band O.A.R. at different theatres and arenas, ending in at Madison Square Garden in New York CIty on January 27. In addition, we'll be doing a run of headlining U.S. dates in February and March, to be announced in a couple weeks.

We've also just announced our return to Australia in April. We'll be playing a mix of headlining dates and festivals including the East Coast Blues & Roots Festival in Byron Bay, the West Coast Blues & Roots Fest in Perth, and the Great Escape in Sydney. We'll also be hitting Canberra for the first time and are trying to arrange for a return to New Zealand. We'll advise on this shortly.

Full show info on the GIGS page.

Friday, November 10th at 6pm GMT Ben Ottewell will be a guest on Steve Lamaq's Roundtable on BBC 6. You can participate in the roundtable by emailing in or by joining the chatroom. Full details on the program are listed here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/roundtable/

Gomez performs not one, but TWO songs tonight on Last Call with Carson Daly. The band will be playing See the World and Hamoa Beach. The show airs tonight on NBC at 1:36am - be sure to double check your local listings.

Hello UK Fans (and others that want to lend a hand!). Hamoa Beach is a contender on this week's BBC6 Music Rebel Playlist. To vote for Gomez, please go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/steve_lamacq. The winning track will be announced on Monday November 6th. steve_lamacq

N.B. one person one vote. Any additional votes will not be counted. Enjoy!

Don't miss it - Gomez will perform on the U.S. show "Late Night with Conan O' Brien" on NBC TONIGHT Monday, October 9.

With the help of Clif Bar (a natural food company in the U.S.), we're trying to reduce the environmental impact of our tour. We're using biodiesel to fuel our tourbus, and we're purchasing wind energy credits to offset the carbon dioxide emissions created from our tour. This is something we're very excited about, but the real potential for collective change lies with you - please visit http://www.clifgreennotes.com/c to learn more, join us in action, and download an exclusive live Gomez track.

a note from Tom:

Aloha my friends!

We love the ukulele. No Gomez bus travels without said weapon. At the moment we have a bright red uke-guitar that rides proudly amongst us, ready to be plucked at any moment of carefree willing. Ukulele love is shared by many a musician. The late George Harrison would travel with two as he believed you can always find someone to play with.

The power of the uke should never be underestimated. Wars avoided, worlds collide. The ukulele was the first musical instrument in space. Today musical miles are straddled: Gomez and Jimmy Buffett, an unlikely musical partnership, but one infused with a love of the humblest of musical tools. A gentle strum and simple song. All hail the ukulele!!

Jimmy Buffett will release his 32nd record, "Take the Weather With You," Oct. 10 on RCA Records. The album reportedly features guest vocals from Gomez on the title track.

Gomez will be performing How We Operate on the U.S. show "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on NBC on Friday night, September 22. It's our first time on the show - be sure to tune in.

A 2-CD 36-track compilation "Five Men In A Hut (A's, B's and rarities: 1998-2004) will be released worldwide in the first week of October. The set includes all of the band's "singles" that were released in the UK and elsewhrere and many of the B-sides included on those singles, most that were never released in the U.S. The B-sides were picked by the band (with much feedback from fans thank you!!). In addition, the set includes two previously unreleased tracks "Old China" and the Olly Peacock-penned "Diskoloadout".  A full track listing is available HERE

The set won't be in stores for several weeks, but you can preorder the album directly from Gomez's U.S. store.  When you order with express shipping, you can guarantee the CD will arrive on your doorstep on the official U.S. release date of October 17.

In addition, the first 500 pre-orders  will automatically receive an autographed booklet signed by all five band members. All pre-orders will receive a poster featuring album art designed by longtime Gomez design comrades The Love Police. Finally, by pre-ordering 5 Men In a Hut, you can also order How We Operate at a reduced price. The preorder is waiting for you HERE

The album is available in stores in the following countries on these dates:

Australia - September 30 (CD & DVD)
United States - October 17 (CD only, DVD to be released in January)
United Kingdom - October 2 (CD & DVD)
Germany - September 30 (CD only)

Other countries releasing CD & DVD:
Slovenia, Czech Rep, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Holland, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Israel, Latvia, Russia and let us not forget ICELAND.

Other countries releasing CD:
Japan, Malaysia, Colombia (huge Gomez fanbase there), Singapore, Taiwan

Even if we only sell 4 CDs in Latvia, it's still a nice looking list.

In addition to the 2-CD set, we're releasing a companion DVD also titled Five Men In a Hut. The DVD retrospective chronicles all of the videos the band made during their Hut Records years. The DVD includes twelve music videos, plus some additional live performance and interview footage. The DVD is being released at different times around the world - see above for more info.

Independiente Records has released two different 7" singles of See the World this week in the U.K. The first single includes an edit of See the World and a b-side "Little Lucifer Love". The second single includes an album version of See the World and b-side cover of the Rolling Stones "I'm Free". Single is available in shops and online

Ben and Ian are teaming up to play Hotel Cafe in lovely Los Angeles on Thursday September 21. Hotel Cafe is 21+ over and tickets will be available at the door.

After playing a whopping 13 times at The Fillmore at San Francisco, it's time to dance with another bird in town. We're pleased to announce that Gomez will be playing The Warfield on October 25 with Matt Pond PA and Rodrigo y Gabriela on the bill. Bay Area 'mezzers, do not miss this show!

We're also announcing three other West Coast shows. We'll be playing the Rialto Theatre in Tucson, Arizona on Friday, October 27, the Belly-Up in Aspen, Colorado on October 30 and a very special co-headlining show at The Fillmore in Denver with Robert Randolph & The Family Band on Halloween.

A limited number of tickets for SF, Tucson and Aspen are available NOW exclusively at Gomez's online ticketing site before they go onsale to the general public. The Denver presale begins tomorrow Tuesday at 12 NOON EST. For public onsale and other show info, please check out the Gigs page.

Following their US dates in October, Gomez will play eleven shows in the UK and Ireland beginning November 16 in Whitehaven. Highlights include a return to Barrowlands in Glasgow and Hammersmith Apollo in London. We are very pleased to have Josh Ritter and his band as support for all of the UK dates (support for Irish dates TBA). Tickets for these shows are on sale NOW - full details are on the GIGS page. The UK tour is also listed with the tourdates below. Also, most headlining shows for Gomez's US tour are still available directly from the band's secure ticketing site.

After a short break following the September dates, Gomez return with a proper headlining tour beginning October 3 in Burlington, VT. Highlights include the previously announced Bowery Ballroom trifecta, a return to Western Canada, and some new venues in Milwaukee, Vancouver, and Seattle. We're pleased to announce that Matt Pond PA will be supporting the October dates beginning in Philadelphia. ATO labelmates Rodrigo y Gabriela will be also on the bill in Vancouver and Seattle.

Presales for all these dates are available NOW on Gomez's secure ticketing site. For full show information, including public onsale dates, please visit the GIGS page.

We will be announcing some additional West Coast dates, as well as another UK tour, sometime next week.

We've confirmed the addition of The Double Agents to the bill at the HiFi Bar on Tuesday August 29th. Gomez will be performing a late set at 11:15pm due to scheduling conflicts with the "Rove Live" taping earlier that evening.

As the band hurtles across the globe on a 23 hour flight to Australia, heavily sedated by whatever sleeping aids weren't confiscated in the security queue, we thought it we be a good time to announce a three-night stand in NYC!

Gomez will be performing three nights at New York City's venerable Bowery Ballroom -- October 5, 6 and 7. As we head towards the end of 2006, Gomez will be coming on ten years of performing together and so the time is nigh for a couple of throwdown gigs. These will be unique shows -- a deep immersion into the Gomez repertoire, additional musicians perhaps, and plenty of mayhem. In a couple weeks we'll be announcing a special West Coast event as well, so stay tuned.

We are offering a limited number of three-night tickets - a reduced price for all three nights - exclusively at Gomez's online ticketing site. These tickets are available beginning tomorrow TUESDAY at noon EST. Individual show tickets go on sale to the public via TicketWeb beginning Wednesday, August 23 at 12 NOON EST.

We'll be announcing the rest of our fall tour -- both U.S. and U.K. dates -- over the next week. And if you're in Australia, tickets still remain for Gomez's third show in Melbourne, third show in Sydney and their Newcastle gig, but we expect them to sell out within the week.

Gomez recorded a segment for U.S. radio show "World Cafe" when they were in Philadelphia in June. The show can be heard on more than 180 stations in the U.S., and can also be heard online at 2 PM EST at http://www.xpn.org/listen.php. For a station list, check out http://worldcafe.org.

Gomez will be featured on a bunch of high-profile TV appearances over the next couple of months in the U.S., U.K. and Australia.

This Sunday, the band will perform an acoustic performance of "See the World" from backstage at the V Festival in the UK - check it at approximately 1:30 pm on Channel 4 in the UK.

They'll be performing "See the World" on Australia's biggest talk show "Rove Live" on Tuesday, August 29. Finally, after wrapping up their September dates in the U.S., Gomez will head out to L.A. and performing "How We Operate" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on September 22.

We've added a new show on Sunday, September 17th at the Music Farm in Charleston, SC and are offering a limited allotment of tickets through Gomez's secure online ticketing site. Tickets are also still available for the Sacramento show on September 11 (with Mike Doughty) and for the Soul Kitchen gig in Mobile, Alabama on September 16. Click here to purchase tickets. Full details are available on the GIGS page. October tour dates will be announced in the next week.

Due to airport closings in London, Gomez has to regretfully cancel their appearance tomorrow at Sziget Festival in Hungary.

Gomez is confirmed to play the second annual Vegoose Festival in Las Vegas, NV. Gomez will play the second day of the festival, Saturday, October 28th. Other confirmed artists include Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, The Killers, The Raconteurs, Fiona Apple, Built to Spill, and many more. Tickets for Vegoose go on sale Saturday August 19th at 10am PST. For more information and complete lineup visit www.vegoose.com

Dearest Australian friends, we are pleased to announce a third show in both Melbourne and Sydney. The two new dates are Thursday August 31 at the HiFi Bar in Melbourne and Thursday September 7 at The Forum in Sydney. Both shows are on sale now.

We've added a show in lovely Sacramento at the Empire on September 11, and Mike Doughty will be joining us on the bill. After the Austin, TX double header, we head south - way south - to Mobile, Alabama for a Saturday night gig at the Soul Kitchen on September 16. A very limited number of tickets are available for both shows NOW in a pre-sale through Gomez's secure online ticketing site.

Ian returns to Los Angeles' Hotel Cafe for a solo acoustic set on Friday, August 4th. Show starts at 10 pm and tickets can be purchased at the door.

Ben will be playing his first ever solo gig next Thursday, July 27th at the Sussex Arts Club in Brighton, England. The set is part of a regular series called "They Built Me For This" and also features Brighton trio The Robot Heart as well as a slew of DJs. Big Ben says to expect some obscure Gomez b-sides and some covers as well. The club is small, so get your tickets early. Tickets available from Rounder Records in Brighton (01273325440). Doors open at 8 pm.

After two epic festival sets at Oxegen (Ireland) and T in the Park (Scotland) last weekend, and the decidedly more mellow Latitude Festival a couple days ago, the Gomez touring machine winds down for a three week holiday. It takes that much time to build up stamina for far-off shows in exotic locales like Hungary, Portugal, and...Australia.

Yessir, we'll be heading to Australia playing nine dates from August 24th through September 6th. The band will take in all capital cities, plus play Darwin and Newcastle for the first time. Special guests for all shows will be The Vasco Era. Tickets for the tour are on sale now.

After Australia, we head back to the States for a bunch of shows, most notably the Austin City Limits Festival, a band favorite. In Austin, we play not once but twice --- a daytime set as well as a nightime show with Guster at La Zona Rosa that goes on sale this weekend. We'll also be supporting a couple of shows with Matisyahu and playing a couple of headline dates as well (to be announced next week).

Then a quick break and we're touring through the States (and Canada!) through the month of October. There's a few very special events happening during the October tour, and we look to announce those dates in early August.

It's like that line was written for this email blast. In all seriousness, we hired a bunch of great poster artists to make limited edition posters for a handful of US tourdates as well as a tour poster for the UK tour. Most of them are signed and numbered by the poster artist. We have also created a special offer for a limited time. Buy any two poster and get a third one for free. Check 'em out.

Also, check out the Sound Check Volume 1, a FREE digital download sampler featuring 10 bands, including Hamoa Beach from How We Operate. Spend $20 in the Gomez store and you'll receive the FREE sampler. Click here for more info.

By sheer coincidence, we broadcast a whole slew of our shows the week following Bonnaroo on the Interweb. Fortunately, a lot of the content is still available for your viewing or listening pleasure:

JUNE 17, Bonnaroo (just one video here)
http://blueroom.att.com/mainstage/index.php

JUNE 21, Webster Hall, New York City
http://wfuv.venaca.com/archive/5878.asx

JUNE 22, 9:30 Club, Washington, DC
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5496361

Tune in tonight, June 21 at 9:30pm EST (NYC local time) to hear Gomez being broadcast live from Webster Hall in New York City thanks to our good friends at WFUV. You can hear the show in it‚s entirety by tuning into 90.7 FM if you are in the Big Apple listening area or listen online at www.wfuv.org

The new full length Gomez album was released in stores and online in the UK and Ireland yesterday. If you don't see it in record shops in your town, please let us know by emailing us at and we will have (uk label) Independiente fire the cannons.

The album is available digitally on iTunes' UK store and is also available from 7 Digital

There's a couple more that we expect to add next week, but here's the rundown of festivals Gomez wil be playing this summer (more info on the Gigs page):
**EUROPEAN FESTIVALS**
July 8 Oxygen Festival, Balado, Scotland *SOLD OUT*
July 9 T in the Park, Punchestown, Ireland *SOLD OUT*
July 15 Latitude Festival, Suffolk, UK
Aug. 12 Summer Sundae, Leicester, UK
Aug. 15 Paredes de Coura, Paredes de Coura, Portugal
Aug. 18 Beautiful Days, Devon, UK *SOLD OUT*

GOMEZ ON THE TELLY / ONLINE (U.K.)
This weekend, Gomez will be playing three songs on the Album Chart Show. The show was filmed last week in front of a live audience at the legendary Koko Club in Camden, London and is broadcast midnight Friday on E4 (repeated 2pm Saturday) and 1:45am Saturday on Channel 4. Check out http://www.thealbumchartshow.com/thisweek/ for more information.

Also on Channel 4, they aired some interviews and live clips as part of their 4-Play program last week. You can view the episode here: Quicktime * Real Audio * Windows Media

A performance by Ben, Ian and Tom, recorded in March is now up on The Blue Room. Check it at http://www.blueroom.att.com.

Independiente welcomes home Gomez with an assortment of exclusive content. On Monday 29th May 2006 - Girlshapedlovedrug will be released in the UK on CD & 7" and starting NOW you can pre-order HOW WE OPERATE by clicking here.

Details for the UK are:
CD: Girlshapedlovedrug will include extra tracks "Caravan" & "Troubleshooting"
7": Girlshapedlovedrug will include the b side "How We Operate" Acoustic version recorded live at the Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles, 23rd March 2006
Digital: Girlshapedlovedrug Acoustic (recorded live at the Hotel Cafe, Los Angeles, 23rd March 2006)
Girlshapedlovedrug Demo (Early demo version of the song!)
Girlshapedlovedrug Album Version (The full unedited version of the song)

Links to these goodies will be posted soon, but in the meantime you can....

Download Girlshapedlovedrug

Download from Sunday / Monday (all formats, for all players)

Get it from iTunes

Gomez will be performing live in the studio on fabled public radio powerhouse KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" TODAY. The full band will squeeze into KCRW's Santa Monica studio and play a handful of songs off of the new album at around 11:15 AM Pacific Time. You can hear it live on the web at http://kcrw.org.

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson performance has been rescheduled to air on Friday, May 26 12:35 AM ET/PT on the CBS network. For more info, visit http://www.cbs.com/latenight/latelate/

Gomez plays a live set on Boulder, Colorado's KBCO-FM tomorrow, May 16 at approximately 1:15 PM Mountain Time. You can hear it locally at 97.3 FM or online at: http://www.kbco.com/pages/listenonline-index.html

It's been an exciting week - How We Operate was released in the States, Australia and beyond last week and response has been fantastic. Thanks to all of you that picked it up so far -- for what it's worth, we had a higher chart debut than we've ever had in the States. We'll take it. And if you haven't picked it up yet, well what's holding you back? Pick up the CD at our online shop.

A Gomez interview and CD review aired last week on the National Public Radio (U.S.) show Day to Day. Hear it online at: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5376776

The title track from HWO can be heard in the States this Monday, May 15 on the second part of the season finale of the ridiculously popular TV drama Gray's Anatomy (ABC). We haven't seen the show, but we are told that the Gomez track will be included for nearly three minutes, which seems like a lifetime in television time. Please check your local listings in other countries for exact airdates -- all we know is the season is just beginning in the U.K.

Gomez will perform on the American show The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on Monday evening, May 22 12:35 AM ET/PT on the CBS network. For more info, visit http://www.cbs.com/latenight/latelate/

VH1 has added Tom Gray's directorial debut video for "How We Operate" into rotation. Starting tomorrow at 8pm, you can vote the video into the VH1 Top 20 Countdown. It won't be up until Friday at 8 pm, but what the heck, vote us in if you have a moment: http://www.vh1.com/shows/series/top_20_countdown/.

Lots of reviews are beginning to flow in...here's a sampling of what the U.S. and Australian press are saying about the album:

"How We Operate" is the finest and most listener-friendly album of Gomez's 10-year career. The disc buoys with clipping rhythms, infectious lyricism, country infusions and distinctive vocal harmonies is what makes "How We Operate" so exceptional is the simple brilliance of the songs." - Billboard

"Gomez embrace the art of chilling out from the easy-breezy vibe of the opener 'Notice' to the reserved elegance of 'Charlie Patton Songs,' the guys let their seasoned songwriting and warm melodies stand alone." - Filter Magazine

"Above all, this is most certainly a Gomez record, one they couldn't possibly have created earlier; its maturity and confidence offer a new dimension to a sound that's already full of complexity, paradox, and a pronounced, now intractable, identity." - Allmusic

"The record is a perfect example of Gomez at their best, the sort of orgasmic rock that builds with gentle acoustic foreplay before building to soaring, anthemic feel-good climaxes." Brisbane Courier Mail (sorry - had to include that one for laughs).

With our new website up and running, we finally can shower some attention to our online store. There's a bunch of older stuff that some of you may have seen before, from track jackets to a winter beanie. Everything must go! We've put it all on sale as we're making room for some new designs coming in the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned for updates on an online U.K. and Australian store.

How We Operate will be released in the UK on Independiente Records June 5, a week later than previously announced. A commercial single of Girlshapedlovedrug, with the b-sides Caravan and Troubleshooting will come out in the UK on May 29

Nearly 40 "How We Operate" listening parties will take place all across the U.S. over the next ten days or so. Held at bars, art galleries, restaurants, record stores, these are parties thrown by and for Gomez fans. Listen to the new album, meet some good people, and drink a few pints. Check out the full list of parties by clicking here

The good people at ATO Records also created an interesting little digital satchel (let's not call it an e-card) - please forward along to your mates!: click here for the e-card.

Finally, Gomez has dipped their toes into the world of podcasting. The debut Mezcast, the first of a two-part interview with Ben, Tom and Ian at NYC's heralded WFUV-FM, is now available here. Once the band is rolling on tour,we hope to post additional Mezcasts -- soundcheck snippets and live tracks, found audio and other tour detritus.

When the band was at home in Brighton rehearsing for their SXSW performance and subsequent U.S. dates, budding auteur Tom Gray rented a HD camera for 100 quid and made a video for the title track of the band's new album. One camera. One take. We've put it online for the world to see - it's right on the homepage down left.

Hark, all Mez fans of the American Southwest. We have added two new gigs to our May run, one at Suede in mountainous Park City, Utah on May 17 and the other at the Marquee Theatre in Tempe, Arizona on May 19. Both of these dates go onsale to the public this Saturday, but are available now via a fan presale by clicking here.

Our apologies for the multiple emails that some people received last night, we are looking into what happened and will fix the problem shortly.

We've squeezed in a run of nine dates around the release of How We Operate, out May 29 on Independiente Records in the UK and Ireland. Full details can be found on the GIGS page. Supporting us on this run are Tunng, The Elected (featuring Blake from Rilo Kiley), and Clayhill.

There will be a short pre-sale before shows are advertised beginning Tuesday April 11 at 11am GMT. Links can be found on the GIGS page and shows should activate once it turns 11am.

We'll be playing a handful of festival dates in the UK and mainland Europe in July and August and hope to announce soon...

How We Operate is now available for pre-order directly from the band by clicking here. It works something like this: When you order with express shipping, you can guarantee the CD will arrive on your doorstep on the official release date of May 2.

To many that would be enough. But this transaction is rich with further opportunities for personal growth and musical satisfaction. Such as:
*The first 600 pre-orders orders will automatically receive an autographed booklet signed by all five band members.
*ALL pre-orders will receive a free Live EP with 5 tracks recorded from Ben, Ian and Tom's tour over the past month.
*Everyone who pre-orders will automatically be entered to win a framed printer's proof of the "How We Operate" album artwork AND 2 tickets to the Gomez show of your choice during their 2006 US or UK tour. One winner will be chosen at random. In addition, 5 runner-ups will win 2 tickets to the Gomez show of your choice during their 2006 US or UK tour.

In addition, you can add a limited-edition Gomez Cogs t-shirt to your order, featuring artwork from The Love Police. While supplies last.

The title track of Gomez's forthcoming release "How We Operate" is now available as a digital single from the iTunes Music Store (U.S. store only). It comes with a free B-side written and sung by Tom called Caravan that won't be available on the full-length album. To buy the single, click here.

After stripping down to a trio in march, Gomez further reduces to a sole ambassador in early April, as Ian crosses the globe to do two club shows in Melbourne and one in Sydney. Full show info is up on the GIGS page. The band expects to return to Australia in full later this year.

Gomez has added a benefit show at the HousingWorks Used Book Cafe in New York City on Tuesday, March 28. All proceeds from this concert benefit Housing Works, a non-profit organization that provides housing, health care, job training, advocacy and many other services for homeless New Yorkers living with HIV and AIDS. Tickets go on sale Monday, March 13 at the bookstore and on their website. David Ford will be opening up this show as well as the night before at Hiro Ballroom.

We're finally able to announce that HWO will come out in the UK and Ireland on May 29 on Independiente. Apologies to those of you who thought the band had completely abandoned their native land - it took a little longer than expected to make arrangements for the release. The American and Australian release are still on for May 2.

Like space junk floating, the detritus of nearly a decade of abandoned websites. Fired into the inky blackness by record companies hellbent on marketing their latest release. One Gomez site after the next. Champagne broken down its sides only to turn into a ghost site with no one at the helm.... but what's this sailing over the horizon, stretching the analogy to the edge of stupidity... GOMEZTHEBAND.COM! Our site, not the label's, not a fan's site. Content updated by us, regularly. We no longer have to ring someone up at business affairs to find out if we can play with some pixels.

Over the course of next month we'll be adding full band biographies (with gear lists for knob tweakers), an a/v gallery dripping with rare photos, audio and vids, and a completist's discography with all EPs, singles, soundtracks, etc. On top of all that there'll be a mini music player previewing tracks from the new album. Hazard! I know it all sounds too good to be true, but I promise you, this time the buck stops with us, so feel free to get on our backs if it's not living up to expectations. I think you'll find there's plenty of features to keep you up to date with our activity, but more importantly, use this space: check out the message boards in the community section, send site feedback to our webmistress, come back and visit often. The band lives here now.

Tally-ho me hearties! Away! love, Tom of HMS Gomez (still trying to work out if I'm the captain or the ship's cat)

ATO Records (U.S.) and Shock Records (Australia) will release Gomez's new studio album "How We Operate" on May 2. We'll be offering a pre-order directly from this website within the next couple of weeks. Chin up U.K. fans...a release date wil be forthcoming very soon.

"How We Operate" finds our venerable protagonists working with producer Gil Norton (Pixies, Foo Fighters). Recorded at RAK Studios in London last fall, this is an album focused squarely on songs -- melodies and words, with quintessential Mezness fully intact. Full tracklisting is up on the Disco page.

Gomez received a nomination for the 6th Annual Jammy Awards in the Live Album of the Year category for "Out West." There's strong competition for the award (Wilco, The Mars Volta), but as this is a populist affair, you can VOTE for GOMEZ and help anoint them in this most exalted category. The award ceremony will take place on April 20 at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Gomez will be doing some very limited dates in the U.S. this March in advance of a full-on headlining tour that will begin at the end of May.  The band will play at South by Southwest in Austin, TX and will do a handful of dates as a stripped down acoustic trio featuring Ben, Ian, & Tom including a performance at KCRW's An Evening Sounds Eclectic. Check out the tour dates page for full details on all the shows. We'll be doing a handful of radio tapings and in-store appearances as well and will update that info soon.