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Temple Beautiful Tour Dates

SAT FEB 11 - AUDIE’S OLYMPIC/CLUB FRED, FRESNO CA

SUN FEB 12 -ARMANDO’S, MARTINEZ CA

FRI FEB 17 - THE STATE ROOM, SALT LAKE CITY UT

TUES FEB 21 - GREEN FROG CAFE ACOUSTIC TAVERN, BELLINGHAM WA

WED FEB 22 - THE TRACTOR TAVERN, SEATTLE, WA

FRI FEB 24 -WHITE EAGLE, PORTLAND OR

SAT FEB 25 - COZMIC, EUGENE OR

(All dates below are supporting The Jayhawks solo)

TUE FEB 28 ROCKEFELLER OSLO - NORWAY

WED FEB 29 BYSCENEN TRONDHEIM - NORWAY

THU MAR 01 DEBASER STOCKHOLM - SWEDEN

FRI MAR 02 TRADGAM - GOTHENBURG -SWEDEN

SAT MAR 03 VOX HALL- ARHUS - DENMARK

SUN MAR 04 KB MALMÖ - SWEDEN

MON MAR 05 TIVOLI - UTRECHT - NETHERLANDS

TUE MAR 06 - ANCIENNE BELGIQUE -BRUSSELS - BELGIUM

THU MAR 08 BARBICAN - LONDON - UNITED KINGDOM

JUST ADDED!!!!!!! March 9 - Maidstone solo house show mailto:housegigs@gmail.com

Chuck Prophet and the Mission Express dates:

FRI MAR 30 - GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL, SAN FRANCISCO CA

APRIL 10 LEICESTER - THE MUSICIAN

APRIL 11 MANCHESTER - THE DEAF INSTITUTE

APRIL 12 LONDON - DINGWALLS

APRIL 13 LAUGHARNE - LITERARY FESTIVAL

APRIL 13 OXFORD - THE BULLINGDON ARMS

APRIL 14 - WINCHESTER - THE RAILWAY (TWO SHOWS 3:00PM AND 8:00PM)

APRIL 15 BRIGHTON - THE HAUNT

APRIL 16 BRISTOL - THE TUNNELS

APRIL 17 HASSELT, BE - MUZIEKODROOM

APRIL 18 ERFURT, DE - MUSEUMSKELLER

APRIL 19 BERLIN, DE - QUASIMODO

APRIL 20 NORDERSTEDT (NEAR HAMBURG) - MUSIC STAR PRESENTS

APRIL 21 HALLE, DE - OBJECT 5

APRIL 22 VIENNA, AT - CHELSEA

APRIL 23 ZURICH, CH - EL LOKAL

APRIL 24 COLOGNE, DE - BLUE SHELL

APRIL 25 KORTRIJK, BE - DEN TRAP

APRIL 26 AMSTERDAM, NL - THE PARADISO

APRIL 27 OTTERSUM, NL - ROEPAEN

APRIL 28 BLUES NIGHT GRONINGEN, OOSTERPOORT, NL

APRIL 29 NOTTINGHAM - THE MAZE

APRIL 30 SHEFFIELD - THE GREYSTONES

MAY 1 LEEDS - BRUDENELL SOCIAL CLUB

MAY 2 GLASGOW - KING TUTS WAH WAH HUT

MAY 3 NEWCASTLE - THE CLUNY

MAY 4 BILBAO, ES - KAFE ANTZOKI

MAY 5 SAN SEBASTIAN, ES - BUKOWSKI

MAY 6 SPAIN TBC

MAY 7 MADRID, ES - EL SOL

MAY 8 VALENCIA, ES - EL LOCO

MAY 9 BARCELONA, ES - SIDECAR

FRI MAY 11 - BAMBOO ROOM, LAKE WORTH FL

SAT MAY 12 - TROPICAL HEATWAVE, YBOR CITY FL -THE CUBAN CLUB

THURS MAY 24 - WORLD CAFE LIVE PHILADELPHIA PA - WORLD CAFE LIVE

SAT JULY 14 - THE GREEN RIVER FESTIVAL, GREENFIELD, MA

fresh air

I woke up to a kind of cool surprise: Temple Beautiful being reviewed today on Fresh Air, by Ken Tucker himself. I checked my medications and they hadn’t expired, so I guess it was real. Somebody tell my mom!

Check your local listings.

Oh, and the One-Time-Only Temple Beautiful San Francisco Bus Tour and after party are history - the right kind of history, a night to remember kind of thing - thanks to YepRoc and a sterling cast and crew who know who they are. . . Check out a full and spirited account here, all hail the S.F. Weekly:

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2012/02/chuck_prophet_takes_fans_and_f.php

Last but by no means least, you may have noticed we’ve got more gigs stacking up everywhere. So an Overdue Shout-Out to Dan Kennedy at the Mummyhead Home Office and ‘over there” to Chris Metzler. These two Indispensables work miracles for me and many others on a daily basis. Chris pulls overseas tours together and arranges for the band and me to sleep indoors. Thanks to Chris, we don’t even have to drive the van ourselves or change the oil.

Hope to see you soon.

Go easy,

-CP

Used to bend spoons, now I only bend notes.

Hi,

Chuck here. Today is the m’official release date of my new record Temple Beautiful. Turns out Van Halen’s release date is today too. Still fighting it out on the charts with Diamond Dave after all these years. That’s me, kids! Okay, I kid.

Now I know I’ve been talking about the new record here a lot. I promise to calm down soon. On to the next disaster!

HEY, THE TEMPLE BEAUTIFUL SAN FRANCISCO BUS TOUR IS TONIGHT. I HOPE I GET A TICKET.

Meanwhile for those of you working on the clock, we offer quality time killing cubicle content. I’m editing Magnet Magazine all week. As far as jobs go there are worse ones.

You can check in here all week: http://www.magnetmagazine.com/

I’ll be wrestling with the written word covering all kind of San Francentric subjects from Flipper, to Beth Lissick, klipschutz, Roy Loney, Jack’s Records, Songwriting tips, Sean Wilsey, SFO Airport diaries… and more stuff I can’t think of right now.

And there’s also a Magnet Q&A: http://www.magnetmagazine.com/2012/02/06/qa-with-chuck-prophet/

“Like I tell people, I’ve been duct taped back together so many times I don’t even know what I’m a part of.”

Go easy babies,

-CP

SIGN UP NOW - THE TEMPLE BEAUTIFUL SAN FRANCISCO BUS TOUR!

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CUT ALONG DOTTED LINE

NEW WEB SITE ((((IN FULL COLOR SOUND)))) http://chuckprophet.com

Hi,

Chuck here. Couple things. First off, I’m starting a rumor that my new record is coming out February 7th on Yep Roc. And secondly, I’m confirming a rumor that the record release party will take place on a full length bus tour of San Francisco with your guide Peter Finch (KFOG/KGO).

Is that something you might be interested in FOR FREE?

Sign up here. It’s on a first come first serve basis:

https://docs.google.com/a/redeyeusa.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE5HLVpRZEszenJRdlRJNE1qRTdYTkE6MQ

BUS TOUR DETAILS:

-a limited number of seats are available for this historic party on wheels

-your Guide: San Francisco radio legend Peter Finch (no relation to Stephanie) of KFOG (and now KGO)

-90 minutes of music, deep local lore and home-grown culture, starring San Francisco itself in all its embarrassment of riches of visuals and memories and sounds

-secret locations! surprise guests, TBA

- you’ll see the city lights - not to be confused with City Lights, which you may see too

Food and beverage to follow at an underground location as catered by a local brewery and pop-up cuisinery. Live music provided by CP and the MX plus a host of well and lesser known guests.

All good things,

—CP

ANNOUNCING THE TEMPLE BEAUTIFUL SAN FRANCISCO BUS TOUR!

Chuck here, so listen up girl scouts:

Now don’t say we didn’t warn you. You knew this day was coming. It’s here. Yessir, the Yep Roc Store now has a bevy of Temple Beautiful exclusive bundles that include album on 180 gram vinyl, digipak CD, plus an all-new Temple Beautiful t-shirt.

Is that something you might be interested in?

Here’s the pre-order specials here:

http://www.yeproc.com/news.php?articleId=7627

What else? Todos Santos Festival is around the bend and we’re still playing Armando’s in Martinez, CA every Sunday we can.

And now. . . ANNOUNCING THE TEMPLE BEAUTIFUL SAN FRANCISCO BUS TOUR!

ONE TIME ONLY!

-save the date: FEB. 7, 2012, 7:30 p.m., on the Official Release Date of Temple Beautiful

-a limited number of seats are available for this historic party on wheels

-your Guide: San Francisco radio legend Peter Finch (no relation to Stephanie) of KFOG (and now KGO).

-90 minutes of music, deep local lore and home-grown culture, starring San Francisco itself in all its embarrassment of riches of visuals and memories and sounds;

-secret locations! surprise guests, TBA;

-bring your camera, bring a date, don’t be late

[Details still in flux, but you’ll see the city lights - not to be confused with City Lights, which you may see too - and the liquor store where Janis Joplin purchased her first bottle of Southern Comfort.]

Food and beverage to follow at an underground location as catered by a local brewery and pop-up cuisinery. Live music provided by CP and the MX plus a host of well and lesser known guests.

All good things,

—CP

This Sunday Dec 18 we’re at Armando’s in Martinez

Folks,

We got gigs: Peter Buck’s Todos Santos festival. Also, this Sunday in Martinez, Ca.

Plus Jayhawks support dates over there and more. . . .

Some shows seem ready to announce themselves. I just can’t make them straighten up and fly right. Peter Buck, of Baseball Project (and R.E.M.) fame has invited me to play at his festival in Todos Santos, Baja California on January 21st. Come on down. Bring a surf board—I’m taking mine.

In February I’ll be heading back “over there” (Sweden, Norway, Holland, UK) to support the Jayhawks. Solo, but hey! Surfing, in Scotland? They do it you know.

And soon, Temple Beautiful will be available for pre-sale. And then we’ll really start ramping up into high gear with e-mail blasts. Get ready to be confused by indecipherable “bundles” and “Deluxe Packaging”. We working on that now. So if anyone has any ideas “outside the cage” please pass ‘em on. They will be contemplated deep into the night. For now, we’re thinking about an invite-only exclusive walking tour of San Francisco hosted by our own Ranger, John “I was born an urban park ranger!” Murry. Picture this: John Murry in a tuxedo, handing out freebies. He’s a dark guy. Be prepared: our motto, scouts.

This Sunday Dec 18 we’re at Armando’s in Martinez California. Then we resume our Sunday residency there on January 8.

Be true to your school,

—CP

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