hey all,
Communique remains on indefinite hiatus as American Steel continues recording and touring. Here's the news for this month:

::NEW RECORD OUT::

Our fifth full-length, Dear Friends and Gentle Hearts, was released on July 21st, 2009 by our friends at Fat Wreck Chords. It's available in CD, vinyl, and mp3, and the vinyl includes a code good for one free download of the record.

Dear Friends page on the Fat site: http://www.fatwreck.com/record/detail/741


::EUROPEAN TOUR + FEST::

In a few days, we begin our 2009 European tour. Needless to say, we're very excited to be playing four new countries, as well as to return to Germany. All dates are with the All American Rejects unless otherwise noted:

Oct 14 2009 Shepherds Bush Empire - London, UK
Oct 15 2009 Manchester Academy - Manchester, UK
Oct 17 2009 Rock City - Nottingham, UK
Oct 18 2009 Barrowland - Glasgow, UK
Oct 19 2009 Purple Turtle - London, UK **no AAR; Amsteel headling show**
Oct 20 2009 Brussels AB - Brussels, Belgium
Oct 21 2009 Elysee-Montmartre - Paris, France
Oct 22 2009 Live Music Hall - Cologne, Germany
Oct 24 2009 Theaterfabrik - Munich, Germany
Oct 25 2009 Astra Kulturhaus - Berlin, Germany
Oct 26 2009 Grosse Freiheit 36 - Hamburg, Germany
Oct 27 2009 Melkweg - Amsterdam, Netherlands

All American Rejects website (includes ticket info): http://www.allamericanrejects.com


Right after Europe, we head to Florida for Fest 8:

Oct 30 2009 The Venue – Gainesville, Florida, with 7 SECONDS and many others. Our set is from 7:50-8:30.

Fest website: http://www.thefestfl.com


That's all for now - check back often for updates...
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