Big Congratulations to Bright Eyes and Zack Nipper for winning the best record packaging grammy for 'Cassadaga'!

Bright Eyes will be joined by the LA Philharmonic Saturday September 29 at The Hollywood Bowl. Tickets go onsale this Saturday June 9 at 10AM by phone and web and 12 noon at the box office.

Fanclub presale for this spring's BRIGHT EYES tour will begin Sunday, March 11 at 12:00pm PST (West Coast time). Head to tickets.thisisbrighteyes.com and use the password "brakeman"

Bright Eyes is going on tour in Canada in June with special guest Gruff Rhys. Presale tickets for these Canadian dates go on sale Tuesday, April 25th at 12 PM Local Time. By buying tickets through our special fan presale, you'll be able to get your tickets first AND save some money on service charges.

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Bright Eyes joins a stellar line-up of today’s most acclaimed, provocative, and outspoken musicians, including Michael Stipe and Rufus Wainwright, and leading peace activist Cindy Sheehan for an historic New York City concert marking the third anniversary of the invasion of Iraq on March 20th.

Giving voice to the majority of Americans who now support the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq, the “Bring ‘Em Home Now! Concert” will also showcase Fischerspooner, Peaches, Chuck D, Steve Earle, and Devendra Banhart, and more artists to be announced in the coming weeks.

A who’s who of America’s leading artists, activists, and thought leaders have also signed on as the concert’s “Home Team” Host Committee including Jane Fonda, Tony Kushner, Margaret Cho, Matthew Barney, David LaChapelle, Alec Baldwin, Janeane Garafolo, Gore Vidal, Eve Ensler, Studs Terkel, Ross Bleckner, and Howard Zinn.

In addition to the musical performances, a highlight of the concert will be remarks delivered by Cindy Sheehan, the Gold Star Mom who re-ignited efforts to end the war last summer when she held a month-long protest outside of President George W. Bush’s ranch. Sheehan’s son, Casey, was a U.S. soldier who was killed in Iraq in 2004.

Organizers said the concert will serve as the kick-off for a national “Bring ‘Em Home Now!” speaking tour, sponsored by New Press, which will bring Cindy Sheehan and noted authors to 15 U.S. cities in April, including Chicago, Miami, and Los Angeles.

Benefiting Iraq Veterans Against the War and Veterans for Peace, two leading national organizations working to end the war in Iraq, the landmark concert will take place at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom.

Tickets are available through Ticketmaster at www.ticketmaster.com or 212-307-7171. Ticket prices are $28.00 and $35.00.There is also a special VIP reception hosted by Cindy Sheehan for $150. Doors open at 7pm and the concert kicks-off at 8pm.

Air America Radio will broadcast The Majority Report live from the Hammerstein Ballroom to all of its 46 affiliates nationwide. The show will feature interviews with concert performers and guests.

Bring ‘Em Home Now! is produced by Josh Wood and Chris Wangro, in conjunction with NY America (www.nyamerica.org), an organization of artists and producers committed to engaging the public in civic discourse through events that unite the arts, sciences, and humanities. The concert is co-produced by Ina Howard of New Press (www.newpress.org), a not-for-profit publishing house operated editorially in the public interest.

Bright Eyes is now offering a new service that allows Bright Eyes fans to save money by buying tickets with a reduced ticketing service charge compared to usual ticket outlets. Tickets for the following shows are available NOW through this new service:

Oct 22 - Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl
Oct 24 - Santa Cruz, CA @ Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium
Nov 2 - Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theater
Nov 4 - Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre
Nov 7 - Boulder, CO @ Boulder Theater
Nov 13 - Bloomington, IN @ IU Auditorium at Indiana University
Nov 15 - Louisville, KY @ Brown Theatre
Nov 16 - Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
Nov 20 - Portland, ME @ Merrill Auditorium at Portland City Hall
Nov 22 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium
Nov 23 - Concord, NH @ Capitol Center for the Arts
Nov 25 - Jersey City, NJ @ Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre
Nov 26 - Jersey City, NJ @ Landmark Loews Jersey Theatre

To buy tickets with a reduced service charge go to:

Bright Eyes' Front Gate Tickets page

There is a 6 ticket limit per customer, per show.

There are only a limited number of these reduced service charge tickets so when they sell out, it does not mean that the show is sold out. Check with the venue or promoter for further info on how to get tickets through the regular ticketing outlets.

The Dunkin Donuts Newport Folk Festival that is. Bright Eyes and M. Ward will join artists such as Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, & Jim James among others on Day 2 of the fest. Find out more here.

Bright Eyes' two new albums, I'me Wide Awake, It's Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn debuted on the billboard charts #10 and #15 respectively.

Billboard Charts

Entertainment - Reuters By Fred Bronson LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - Last week, the two highest debuts on Hot 100 Singles Sales were by Bright Eyes, the musical invention of 24-year-old Nebraskan Conor Oberst. This week, those two singles, "Lua" and "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)," move 18-1 and 7-2, respectively, to take over the top two spots on the survey. It is the first time in seven years that one artist owns the top two positions on this list. In August 1997, Puff Daddy (news - web sites) was No. 1 with Faith Evans on "I'll Be Missing You" and was featured with Mase at No. 2 on the Notorious B.I.G.'s "Mo Money Mo Problems. Get the full story here:

Yahoo News

Chris Rediske and Micah Harding report: It's like the lone ranger with two of his friends. Or the three musketeers without that D'Artagnan asshole. Or Crosby, Stills, and Nash before Neil Young had to stick his mutton chops into the mix and ruin everything. Anyway, here's the thing: three luminaries of the indie world are pounding the asphalt and playing nice together on the road this spring. Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, and M. Ward of, well, M. Ward, are playing a collaborative series of shows throughout February, culminating in a once-in-a-lifetime leap-year performance-- dare you miss it?

Each show will feature a (roughly) half-hour solo performance from each of the artists, followed by an (also roughly) hour collaboration featuring all three. No word on whose songs will be featured-- or hell, maybe it'll be all Crosby, Stills, and Nash covers (I think Jim James can hit all the high notes). Whatever the situation, it sounds interesting, so check it out if they're coming to a town near you. [Pitchfork]