THE POSTAL SERVICE AND DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE JOIN FORCES
FOR UNPRECEDENTED 20TH ANNIVERSARY CO-HEADLINE TOUR
BENJAMIN GIBBARD TO PULL DOUBLE DUTY WITH COMPLETE LIVE PERFORMANCES OF TWO LANDMARK 2003 ALBUMS â THE POSTAL SERVICEâs GIVE UP & DEATH CAB FOR CUTIEâs TRANSATLANTICISM
TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT TRAILER OUT TODAY â WATCH HERE
DATES KICK OFF SEPTEMBER 8, 2023 IN PORTLAND, ME â INCLUDING STOPS AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN + THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL + CLIMATE PLEDGE ARENA
PRESALES START WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14 AT 10 AM (LOCAL)
GENERAL ON-SALE STARTS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16 AT 10 AM (LOCAL)
âThe Postal Service was a band for a generation â the soundtrack to romance, tears and friendship.â
â NPR â
âFew records open themselves up to be a formative emotional and listening experience, pushing you to feel what youâre thinking, daring to be universal enough to allow you to see yourself in it⦠thatâs why Transatlanticism stands out over Death Cabâs impressive catalog â they were always great at telling you stories, but here, they proved even better at helping you understand your own.â
â PITCHFORK â
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press photos: The Postal Service (credit Autumn de Wilde) | Death Cab for Cutie (credit Jimmy Fontaine)
Indie rock titans The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie have today announced plans for a landmark 20th anniversary co-headline North American tour. The extraordinary live run will see both iconic groups performing their seminal 2003 albums in full â The Postal Serviceâs RIAA Platinum-certified Give Up and Death Cab for Cutieâs RIAA Gold-certified breakthrough fourth studio LP Transatlanticism â two classics released within a mere eight months of one another that year.
Benjamin Gibbard, the co-founder of both bands, will pull double duty throughout the tour, performing with The Postal Service â comprised of Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello, and Jenny Lewis â as well as with Death Cab for Cutie (alongside Nick Harmer, Dave Depper, Zac Rae, and Jason McGerr).
âI know for a fact I will never have a year again like 2003. The Postal Service record came out, Transatlanticism came out. These two records will be on my tombstone, and Iâm totally fine with that. Iâve never had a more creatively inspired year.â â Gibbard
The tour was announced this morning via an exclusive trailer on the bandâs socials (watch HERE).
The sure to be highly-anticipated run will kick off September 8, 2023 at Cross Insurance Arena in Portland, ME and continue through mid-October, with highlights including shows at New York Cityâs famed Madison Square Garden, Berkeley, CAâs Greek Theatre, and Los Angeles, CAâs Hollywood Bowl.
Pre-sales begin Wednesday, December 14th at 10 am (local) and continue through Thursday, December 15 at 10 pm (local). Sign-up for early access to tickets here. For the Hollywood Bowl show, American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Tuesday, December 13th at 10am PT through Thursday, December 15th at 10pm PT.
All remaining tickets will be released to the general public on Friday, December 16th at 10 am (local). For complete details and ticket information, please visit postalservicemusic.net or www.deathcabforcutie.com.
The upcoming tour will mark the first live performances from The Postal Service in over a decade, following 2013âs hugely successful 10-year anniversary reunion tour for Give Up â an album which still stands today as Sub Popâs second highest-selling album in the labelâs history, second only to Nirvanaâs Bleach. The reunion tour was captured for posterity on a live concert film, Everything Will Change, released in 2014 and subsequently on a live audio album released in 2020 to digital streaming platforms.
Also in 2020, the trio joined forces to support HeadCountâs âMake Your Vote Countâ campaign via a star-studded videos of âZoom Auditionsâ for new band members which featured appearances from fans including Anne Hathaway, Kenny G, âWeird Alâ Yankovic, Slash, Huey Lewis, Caroline Polachek, Michelle Zauner, Big Freedia, and J Mascis, to name a few.
Meanwhile, 8x GRAMMY® Award-nominees Death Cab for Cutie are currently celebrating the release of their critically acclaimed 10th studio album, Asphalt Meadows. Produced by GRAMMY® Award-winner John Congleton (St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, Wallows), the new LP includes the explosive âRoman Candlesâ and chart-topping âHere to Forever,â the latter of which reached #1 at Alternative radio in October, after spending a record-setting nine weeks atop the AAA airplay chart this summer. The album received tremendous praise from outlets including the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Vulture, SPIN, Stereogum, and Pitchfork, who lauded the record as âa late career masterwork⦠a restoration of their creative momentum when a mere âreturn to formâ would have sufficed.âAhead of the dates with The Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie will continue their Asphalt Meadows world tour in January 2023, traversing North America, Europe, and the UK through June, with support from Momma, Slow Pulp, and Lomelda on select dates. This follows their much-celebrated headline tour this past Fall at venues including Forest Hills (NYC) and The Greek Theatre (LA). For remaining tickets and complete details, please visit giveuptransatlanticismtour.com
THE POSTAL SERVICE // DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE
SEPTEMBER 2023
8 â Portland, ME â Cross Insurance Arena
9 â Kingston, RI â The Ryan Center
10 â New Haven, CT â Westville Music Bowl
12 â Boston, MA â MGM Music Hall
13 â Boston, MA â MGM Music Hall
14 â Washington, DC â Merriweather Post Pavilion
17 â Detroit, MI â Meadow Brook Amphitheater
20 â New York, NY â Madison Square Garden
21 â Philadelphia, PA â The Mann Center
24 â Minneapolis, MN â Armory
26 â Denver, CO â Mission Ballroom
27 â Denver, CO â Mission Ballroom
OCTOBER 2023
3 â Phoenix, AZ â Arizona Financial Theatre
4 â Las Vegas, NV â The Chelsea Ballroom at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
7 â Seattle, WA â Climate Pledge Arena
10 â Berkeley, CA â Greek Theatre â UC Berkeley
13 â Los Angeles, CA â Hollywood Bowl
Formed in Bellingham, WA in 1997, Death Cab for Cutie immediately entered the ranks of the eraâs most definitive bands, thanks in large part to the remarkable power of co-founder, vocalist, guitarist, and lead songwriter Ben Gibbardâs complex, often bittersweet songcraft. The band made their worldwide popular breakthrough with 2003âs RIAA gold certified Transatlanticism, later named by NPR as one of âThe Decadeâs 50 Most Important Recordings.â Fueled by critical acclaim, an array of high profile soundtrack placements, and such hit singles as âThe Sound of Settlingâ and âTitle and Registration,â the album debuted among the upper half of the Billboard 200 â Death Cab for Cutieâs first ever entry on the overall chart. A 10th anniversary edition of Transatlanticism containing previously unheard demos and outtakes arrived in 2013, prompting NPR to write, âFor all its ubiquity and imitators, Transatlanticism holds up as an exquisitely produced, largely flawless record in which every song is bound to serve as someoneâs favorite.â
2003 also saw Gibbard and Los Angeles, CA-based multi-instrumentalist Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel, Figurine) unite as The Postal Service, a long distance collaboration named for their working method of exchanging tracks via the US Mail. The duo â joined by a number of friends including singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis â proved a phenomenon with the February 2003 release of their one and only studio LP, Give Up, earning worldwide applause and eventual RIAA platinum certification thanks to infectious electro-pop smashes like âThe District Sleeps Alone Tonightâ (a top 3 sensation on Billboardâs âHot Dance Singlesâ chart), âWe Will Become Silhouettes (which reached the top 3 on the Canadian Singles Chart), and of course, the magical RIAA gold certified âSuch Great Heights.â The albumâs stature continued to grow in the years following its original release, ultimately spending 19 non-consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboardâs âTop Electronic Albumsâ chart. In 2013, The Postal Service reunited to mark the 10th anniversary of Give Up with their biggest headline tour ever, along with top-billed performances at such international festivals as Coachella, Primavera Sound, Lollapalooza, and Sasquatch. In addition, a commemorative 10th anniversary edition of Give Up saw the singular collection expanded with 15 bonus tracks, including two brand new songs, âA Tattered Line of Stringâ and âTurn Around.â