If you haven't had a chance to check out D-Tour, the documentary that follows Rogue Wave's drummer Pat Spurgeon and his experiences with kidney failure and his passion for music, the film will be screening around the country this October and November. See below for upcoming dates and locations:

October 15-24, 2009
Indianapolis, IN | Heartland Film Festival

October 20-24, 2009
New York City, NY |CMJ Music + Film Festival

October 22-29, 2009
Austin, TX | Austin Film Festival

November 3, 2009
San Francisco, CA | Roxie Theatre

November 5, 2009
San Rafael, CA | Rafael Film Center

Gram Lebron, former guitarist for Rogue Wave, released his debut solo record, Master of None. Check it out now at iTunes and Amazon!

Keep up-to-date with Zach and Rogue Wave on Twitter. You can click the Twitter tab on the Rogue Wave facebook page to read the latest updates or click here to view and follow @roguewaveband on twitter.com.

Keep up-to-date with Zach and Rogue Wave on Twitter. You can click the Twitter tab on the Rogue Wave facebook page to read the latest updates or click here to view and follow @roguewaveband on twitter.com.

Check out Pat, Patrick, Steve, Cameron and their side projects for the Rogue Wave Monster Band Night this Friday, August 14, 2009 at Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco, CA. Doors open at 8PM and tickets ($10) are available online and at the door. For more information, visit the Cafe Du Nord website and RSVP on the event page on Facebook.

On September 3rd at 7pm, Rogue Wave will be performing an acoustic set after the screening of D Tour, at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The documentary follows Pat's experiences with kidney failure, touring and dialysis, and the struggle with art and life.

Tickets are $10 for general admission and $7 for SFMOMA members, students, and seniors. Tickets are available at the Museum or online at: http://www.sfmoma.org/events/1468

Watch the D Tour trailer at the official site: http://dtourmovie.com

This summer, President Obama is asking all Americans to serve their country as part of the "United We Serve" campaign. The "United We Serve" campaign is one of the key on-going initiatives from the White House designed to make it easy to get involved, to build communities, and move the nation forward.

The website www.serve.gov provides opportunity for citizens to easily get involved in their individual communities nationwide, as part of this historic summer of service.



“We need your service, right now, at this moment in history. I’m not going to tell you what your role should be; that’s for you to discover. But I am asking you to stand up and play your part. I am asking you to help change history’s course.”

-President Obama, 4/21/2009

Click here to visit www.serve.gov and find out more about "United We Serve".

Although it may seem as though we have disappeared into the ether, don't fret! We are still here and working very hard on our new record. It does not yet have a title, but that will be coming pretty soon (you can even send us some ideas to MySpace if you feel like it). We have been recording in Oxford, Mississippi since April and we are just about ready to start mixing.

The reason it has taken us so long is that after I injured my neck last fall, I knew that if I was even able to keep this band together, it was really important that we try new things in the studio (my hand is still sort of numb, so I had to re-work how I play guitar and other instruments). As we have found out, this takes time! But we are really excited to share this new record with you and it is my hope that it will be something you guys are into.

What does it sound like? Hmm. That is hard to say at this point. But I do know that I used to feel the weight of the world on my shoulders when we were recording the last couple of records and this time we are just having fun. Yah, the record sounds, for lack of a better word, fun. Our records have traditionally been sort of boring with respect to the shaking of the booty, so we have tried this time to make a more body-moving album. Boom boom boom. It's not all dance party USA or anything, but it promises to be more rhythmic for sure.

Our loving record label is telling me we are shooting for a release date of early next year. So, I'm hoping that means we will be touring this spring. We'll be sure to keep you posted.

Tune in to San Francisco's KFOG tomorrow (April 30th) at 8AM PDT and catch Zach and Pat on the radio, discussing the D Tour documentary, screening this week at the San Francisco International Film Festival.

For those of you in the Bay Area, you can tune in to 104.5FM or 97.7FM, or listen online from anywhere at www.kfog.com.

Following the initial success Pat Spurgeon's kidney transplant 13 years ago and the subsequent transplant failure, a new documentary, "D tour" is in the works that chronicles Pat's search for a living organ donor.

The film reflects on Pat's choice to keep touring while working toward the band's goals, the absolute need to perform dialysis daily, and the focus on his health being top priority while on the road. At an even deeper level, D tour addresses issues with the healthcare system, the lack of affordable insurance, the importance of organ donation, and much, much more.

D tour also features live performances from Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), Nada Surf, Ryan Miller, John Vanderslice, The Moore Brothers, and of course, Rogue Wave.

Directed by Jim Granato, the film is a labor of love both creatively and financially. A brand new song by Rogue Wave (with Japonize Elephants) called "Positive Hero Worship" is a free download to anyone who donates to the film at www.dtourmovie.com.

To find out more about the film, see the trailer, and find out how to become an organ donor, visit www.dtourmovie.com.