Hey Everybody,

Our New Zealand tour is now well underway! Thanks to everyone that made it to the South Island shows, as always, you guys were great!

Our next show is this Friday 6^th November at the Wellington Town Hall! It's our first hometown show since March and after a couple of months overseas it's great to be back in Wellys! Tickets on sale at Real Groovy & Ticketek

You can also follow us on the road through our tour blog. We’ll be uploading lots of stuff, including pics and videos, so checkout at xtra.co.nz or http://theblackseeds.blogspot.com/

THE BLACK SEEDS LIVE. VOL 1: NOW ON SALE:

Our first ever live album is now on sale in NZ/Aus, and available in both physical and digital formats. (Euro release date comig soon!)

The physical deluxe edition features 12 live tracks that we’ve recorded from around the world since 2003, each with personal comments from us. The montage style artwork is made up from hundreds of our favourite photos from past years, and the DVD has heaps of videos & docos, as well as photo galleries, wallpaper downloads & postcards.

We’re stoked with it, and we hope you guys like it too. Available now from:

BUY CD/DVD: http://www.theblackseedsmerch.com/#music

BUY MP3: iTUNES

Thanks for your support guys. More soon!

Hey everyone,

‘The Black Seeds Live: Vol 1’ is being released this Wednesday, and for the next 48 hours ONLY, we’re offering you an EXCLUSIVE FREE DOWNLOAD of ‘Fire - Live @ Homegrown’!

Get it Here Now:

http://BLACKSEEDS.amplifier.co.nz/track/popup/default/52311/fire-live.html

This live CD/DVD deluxe package includes 12-live tracks that we’ve recorded from around the world, as well as unreleased doco’s, our new Take Your Chances music video, desktop wallpapers, photo galleries and heaps more. Its only available through our website, or at our New Zealand shows – tour starts next Wednesday! Order it now @ www.theblackseedsmerch.com.

We’ve just got back to NZ after an awesome tour throughout the U.S and Europe. It’s great to be home and we can’t wait for our tour to start next week! We’re joined by the amazing John Brown’s Body. Get show & ticketing details from http://www.theblackseedsmerch.com/#tickets

As always, thanks for your support guys and hope to see you at one of our NZ shows over the next few weeks. 

Enjoy the live track!

Cheers, The Black Seeds 

Hey everyone,

Solid Ground has been released in ..North America.. today through Easy Star Records and is now available from all good record stores and digital outlets!! Yay!

The North American version includes two bonus tracks - the funk/soul instrumental “Year of the Pig” and a dub version of “Strugglers” mixed by Mike Fab. 

The album has just been loaded onto ..AOL.. Spinner http://www.spinner.com/new-releases#/21, so have a listen here first or get it now from the links below. 

The release comes at the end of what has been an amazing 12-show U.S tour with John Brown’s Body. Huge thanks to John Brown’s Body, Easy Star Records, and to everyone that came the shows. We’ll definitely be back in 2010, and hopefully with some Canadian dates too!

In the meantime, please help spread the word in ..North America..!

Thanks for your support, we sincerely appreciate it.

More soon, 

The Black Seeds

BUY HERE: AMAZON http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002LWJ58I/ref=dm_dp_cdp?ie=UTF8&s=music

BUY HERE: iTUNES: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=327866170&s=143441

Hey everybody. We have two exciting announcements …..

At long last, we’re pleased to announce the release of our first ever live album on 28/10 coinciding with our NZ tour! A beautiful CD/DVD deluxe edition will be available exclusively from our website, at live shows; and for a special discounted price with NZ tour tickets! It includes 12 live tracks recorded in venues around the world plus a Bonus DVD featuring new material and a selection of some of our finest audiovisual content to date. This is a must have Black Seeds release!  As a Seeds Community member, get exclusive access now to pre-order offers. See below for details, or for more info visit: www.theblackseedsmerch.com

NZ TOUR ANNOUNCED: We’re also excited to announce an 11-show tour this Oct/Nov with top U.S reggae act JOHN BROWN’S BODY! Renowned for their killer 8-piece live show, John Brown’s Body regularly sell-out tours throughout North America, and in 2008 their latest album, Amplify, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Reggae Charts.  We welcome them here for the first time supporting the release of Amplify here. Check them out at www.johnbrownsbody.com & www.myspace.com/johnbrownsbody

As a ‘Seeds Community’ member get exclusive access now to special pre-order offers before the public. Purchase tour tickets online and get the live album for a special price ($8-12 savings! Limited numbers available), & the first 100 albums sold will be signed by the band.  

Thanks for your support. The Black Seeds

PRE-ORDER LIVE ALBUM:

http://BLACKSEEDS.amplifier.co.nz/addtobasket.do?id=50949

PRE-ORDER TOUR TICKETS:

AUCKLAND:

http://www.ticketmaster.co.nz/event/2400431A9BE90F88?did=myspace -

WELLINGTON:

http://premier.ticketek.co.nz/ppredirect.aspx?pp=QSEED&sh=BLACKSEE09

QUEENSTOWN

http://www.ticketdirect.co.nz/choose_seats.asp?ev=412**7&quickseatsButton.x=10

(no album combos available sorry!) 

ALL OTHER SHOWS:

http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/theme/2009/the-blacks-seeds-nz-tour-09

(PROMO CODE: BLCKSDS09)

Hey everybody. Barnaby here from The Black Seeds… Hi!

We’re really stoked to be launching our online Seeds Community.  As an existing member, this is our way of thanking you for your support by offering you things like discounts & priority access to our gig ticket, free and exclusive new Black Seeds music and content, as well as running competitions and give aways e.g. free festival tickets. 

EXCLUSIVE ....FREE DOWNLOAD THIS FRIDAY:

To launch the Seeds Community in style, for a limited time we’re offering a free download to ‘Come to Me’ Feat. Mighty Asterix and Desta. This unreleased, alternate version of the Solid Ground track was recorded last summer at the Surgery studio with legendary NZ Reggae MC’s Mighty Asterix and Desta.  We’ll send you the download link this coming Friday so look out for it.

If your friends that want access to these offers then let them know they can join the Seeds Community now – either by signing up on our website, becoming a fan on facebook, or a friend on myspace. Spread the word!

SEEDS BLOG:

This is the other major part of our online community, and is where we’ll be uploading info, photos and videos that me and the band make whilst we’re on tour, recording albums, making videos etc… and it also gives you the chance to chat with us, ask questions etc.

The blog will be getting into full swing in 2 weeks with a major upcoming announcement (!), and then, from the 10 Sept you’ll be able to see and hear the action unfold here as we tour around the U.S.A!! This is a really exciting tour for the boys and with the support of Easy Star Records; we’re hoping we can make some big inroads into ....North America. The blog will then continue as we travel through ....Europe from 29 Sept.  Check it out now via the ‘Seeds Community’ page at http://www.theblackseeds.com

Thanks guys for all your support and looking forward to hearing from ya! Peace!

Barnaby – The Black Seeds

http://www.facebook.com/theblackseeds

We are extremely pleased to announce that The Black Seeds will be heading to the U.S in September for a 12-show tour with U.S reggae band – John Brown’s Body.

The 12-show tour will see the band travel from coast to coast, from New York’s Bowery Ballroom’, to the ‘Heal The Ocean’ Festival in Santa Barbara, California. We’re extremely lucky to have been invited to play alongside John Brown’s Body – whose latest album ‘Amplify’ reached No 1 on the Reggae Billboard Charts last year. Check them out at www.johnBrown’sbody.com.

We’re also pleased to say that we’ll soon be announcing details of the North American release of Solid Ground. More information coming soon!

Its great to be doing a tour of the States and a big thanks to our U.S fans for their patience. We look forward to seeing you in September! See full dates & ticketing details below, or on the gigs page of the website.

Cheers!

THE BLACK SEEDS

www.theblackseeds.com