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Did you guys know James Brown had the best funeral ever? Definitely google that if you're young. Ok, honey bees we are psyched to be announcing some shows in America and Canada! 2/3rds of the band are leaving this weekend while 1/3rd of the band is already livin' la vida loca in Brooklyn. Once we're reunited we plan on practicing our ears off in preparation for the fun times to be had in, at & around the following places...

July 12th - Ottawa, ON - Live 88 Lounge
July 15th - New York, NY - Piano’s - Tickets Here
July 22nd - New York, NY - Piano’s - Tickets Here
July 24th - 26th - Guelph, ON - The Hillside Festival
July 28th -  Toronto, ON - The Legendary Horseshoe (free!)
July 29th - New York, NY - Piano's - Tickets Here
September 13th - Morrison, CO - The Monolith Music Festival

+ More dates to be announced!

So please come one, come all. Patience might even attempt to dance in some of her vintage ballet costumes she picked up at a steal. Of course they are very fussy so who knows. The clothes constantly complain of sore feet and say camp things like 'I can't even think straight' and 'gay by nature absolutely fabulous by choice'. Actually, they're hilarious. Crazy costumes, they spent too much time in the closet! Ha! (I thought of that last one myself, could you tell?).

OK, OK, I have to go pack. Keep in touch, and come out for the good times.

<3 The Grates

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Hi there peopi!

We are knee deep in tour and let me tell you, it's a cracker! Brisbane was one of the most intense and excitable crowd we've ever had the pleasure of playing to. And we weren't alone in those thoughts....

"Yeah, that was really fun, there were so many people" - DZ's thoughts on Brisbane (DZ are such a great band. You should buy your Mum their demo for Mothers Day).

and Canberra was a curve ball, selling our days before we arrived, they pretty much slayed any preconceptions I had of a Canberra audience!

"That was awesome" - Johnny Children Collide on Canberra (BTW it's actually really confusing going on tour with two Johns. Especially now that John Grates also answers to Johnny).

We are super pumped to get ourselves to a town near you so better get your tickets now for Adelaide, Melbourne and Hobart as we have sold out all other shows and there's limited tickets left in each of those cities! Woo Hoo!

HQ, Adelaide, SA
Sunday 10 May 2009
Tickets available through Venuetix:  www.venuetix.com.au or (08) 8225 8888
or Oztix:  www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545

Hobart Uni, Hobart, TAS
Thursday 14 May 2009
Tickets available through Hobart Uni Contact Centre: (03) 6226 2495
or Roughcut Records: (03) 6234 8600 or Oztix: www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545

The Forum, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 15 May 2009
Tickets available through Ticketek:  www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849

In other news... OMGSHAUNMICALLEFISATOTALLEGEND! Yes, that's right, I bet you've been hearing Shaun Micallef's name whispered on every whispering wind. He's back on the screen and back in the scene hosting new game show 'Talkin' 'bout Your Generation'. It aired last Tuesday and nailed the ratings... but how will it rate this coming week when Patience goes on and fights for her right to party as a member of Generation Y! I'm not sure if they have invented anything better than first place yet, but I reckon that's what they'll have to do Wednesday morning, after our gal makes her prime time debut LOL

You can see Patience on 'Talkin' 'bout Your Generation'
Channel 10. 7:30pm
with Peter Rosethorn and Dylan Lewis.

And we're off to a flying start! Catch you round the traps on our touring adventures tiger!

H E A R T The Grates!

www.thegrates.com
www.twitter.com/thegrates

Hi brothers and sisters! This is The Grates comin' at yo from The States!

Wee wee pooh pooh, we we, play ROVE! On April 5th and would love love love it if you wanted to come down & help warm the place up with us. Controversial! Rove is no longer filmed at night OMG so this would be a day thing, after church though of course, so it would all begin around 3pm. Go to the Rove website for more info and tickets   http://www.rovedaily.com.au/get-tickets-april-may-2009.htm  We haven't completely decided how we are going to tackle this performance yet but if you have any attire in the theme of Aw Yeah at home feel free to dress up :)

The May Tour - just wanted to reiterate the support bands who will be helping us open up your ears, minds and hearts on this May tour. They are all a very good up and coming Australian music makers!

Brisbane - DZ - http://myspace.com/dzparty
Sydney - Tom Ugly - http://myspace.com/tomuglymusic
Melbourne - Washington - http://myspace.com/meganwashington
Perth - The Harlequin League - http://myspace.com/harlequinleague
Adelaide - The Shiny Brights - http://myspace.com/theshinybrights

Of course, Children Collide are the main support for all the shows... Ticket Details and Dates HERE:  http://thegrates.com/shows.cfm

If you don't have a copy of our album let me tell you about the tour edition of our album which will be released in April. It features all the hits you've always loved plus a DVD of our performance at the Sydney BDO, making of the album, film clips etc and just a tiny bit of pron*.

Want to go overseas but can't afford to? Well take a holiday with The Grates on http://gratesontour.tumblr.com +  http://twitter.com/thegrates and you'll never need to leave home again!

Thanks bros & hoes!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr8z!

*pron, did I write that? I meant fun. Also, for those of you who already have our knife stabbin' album I reckon we'll figure out a way to package all this bonus stuff separately too, stay tuned :D

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Cooltastic hello to y'all!

We begin intensive practice tomorrow in preparation for our 'Biggest And Longest Adventure Ever Tour', so as you can imagine, we're all very nervous. Not about the tour, about the preparation for tour. Preparing must be thorough and scary! That way you know no matter what happens on tour, no matter what gets thrown your way (be it dagger, dog or human), or how little sleep you get, that you will not once have a poop in your pants. It is important that your pants (and you only get one lucky pair to wear the whole time) remain unsoiled and unspoiled. Which is a hard thing to do especially when you get told you've got your first SELL OUT! Yes, Brisbane is sooooold oooooout & other cities aren't far off so don't wait too long to get tix :)

The Biggest and Longest Adventure Ever Tour with Children Collide !

Friday, May 1st: The Hi Fi, Brisbane
SOLD OUT!
with DZ opening.

Wednesday, May 6th: ANU Bar, Canberra
Tickets available through Ticketek: www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849
with Tom Ugly opening.

Friday, May 8th: The Forum, Sydney
Tickets available through Moshtix: www.moshtix.com.au or 1300 (GET TIX) 438 849
with  Tom Ugly opening.

Sunday, May 10th: HQ, Adelaide
Tickets available through Venuetix: www.venuetix.com.au or (08) 8225 8888
or Oztix: www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545
with The Shiny Brights opening.

Tuesday, May 12th: Capitol, Perth
Tickets available through Moshtix: www.moshtix.com.au or 1300 (GET TIX) 438 849 or Heatseeker: www.heatseeker.com.au or outlets: Star (Perth), Mills (Fremantle) Planet (Mt Lawley)
with The Harlequin League opening.

Thursday, May 14th:  Hobart Uni
Tickets available through Hobart Uni Contact Centre: (03) 6226 2495
 or Roughcut Records: (03) 6234 8600
or Oztix: www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545

Friday, May 15th: The Forum, Melbourne
Tickets available through Ticketek: www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849
with Washington opening.

Things begin 9am tomorrow (that's one of the scary challenges, getting up before 9am). If you have any suggestions which could help better prepare us for our May tour please feel free to tweet them on our twitter (@thegrates).

Now, just a reminder that we have a cool tour edition of our Academy Award winning album 'Teeth Lost, Hearts Won' available now for purchase. It has lots of bonus stuff on it including a DVD of our BDO Sydney show. *SPECIAL* You can order it here: http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/Product/418825

Patience is on the front cover of Yen this month looking like a super rocker. Yes, the blonde one, that's her, yes, she went blonde for easter. Here's a pic of the cover! http://gratesontour.tumblr.com/post/96721123/patience-is-on-the-cover-of-yen-in-stores-this

Peace OUT! We hope to see you all front row of our May tour!

<3 The Grates!
http://www.thegrates.com

h00dy d00dy,

START: *This is Patience typing* When I was young one of my friends (boyfriends) made a truly intelligent crack about my birthday which is May 4th. He said MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU. Pretty good, right? I have shared this knowledge with you for several reasons.

1) 4 is a really friendly number.
2) May is the best month of the year.
3) May is the month which we, The Grates, will be doing our final tour for this album! I know!!! What a coincidence, two awesome things at once, like pooping and eating at the same time! But there will be nothing shitty about our tour, as we'll be taking one of the finest, young bands Australia has out on the road with us. Tighten your butt holes... I'm about to make you shit...

Children Collide!!! and many more local supports. Tickets go on sale Friday March 13th at 9am. The dates of the tour are awesome!

Friday, May 1st: The Hi Fi, Brisbane
Tickets available: online at www.thehifi.com.au or 1300THEHIFI (1300 843 4434)

Wednesday, May 6th: ANU Bar, Canberra
Tickets available through Ticketek: www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849  

Friday, May 8th: The Forum, Sydney
Tickets available through Moshtix: www.moshtix.com.au or 1300 (GET TIX) 438 849

Sunday, May 10th: HQ, Adelaide
Tickets available through Venuetix: www.venuetix.com.au or (08) 8225 8888
or Oztix: www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545

Tuesday, May 12th: Capitol, Perth
Tickets available through Moshtix: www.moshtix.com.au or 1300 (GET TIX) 438 849 or Heatseeker: www.heatseeker.com.au or outlets: Star (Perth), Mills (Fremantle) Planet (Mt Lawley)

Thursday, May 14th:  Hobart Uni
Tickets available through Hobart Uni Contact Centre: (03) 6226 2495
 or Roughcut Records: (03) 6234 8600
or Oztix: www.oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545

Friday, May 15th: The Forum, Melbourne
Tickets available through Ticketek: www.ticketek.com.au or 132 849

MIDDLE: I'm not sure if you are familiar with the GFC (Grates Fever Cat, d'uh) but America pretty much asked us to come and save them from it. America was like "Oh pls pls pls The Grates can you come over and save us from this huge monster cat that always sings 192020?" and ve vere like "Ok OK, no need to beg". So we're heading to SXSW (again, yes!) for another 4 days of non stop music and ribs. We're playing a whole bunch of incredible shows, some so good we're not allowed to brag about them..

AUSTIN, TEXAS FOR SXSW
Wed March 18th: 11.00PM My Old Kentucky Blog Showcase
THE RADIO ROOM – 508 E 6TH ST

Thurs March 19th: 1pm -8pm My Old Kentucky Blog/Aquarian Drunkard’s “Vaya Con Tacos!” Day Party
PECKERHEARDS ON 6th, 402 E. 6th STREET

Fri March 20th: 3:10pm Aussie BBQ in Brush Square Park
BRUSH SQUARE PARK

Sat March 20 12:30pm – 5:30pm Hot Freaks Day Party
CLUB DEVILLE 900 RED RIVER

Sat March 20 1pm -7pm 91.7 Radio San Antonio Music For Listeners Day Party
THE RED HOUSE PIZZERIA 1917 MANOR ROAD
1:00: The Lovely Sparrows
1:45: Marcos Rubio and the Gospel Choir of Pillows
2:30: Mumford & Sons
3:15: Laura Marling
4:00: Buttercup
4:45: Dios
5:30: Let’s Wrestle  
6:15: The Grates

We pretty much go Austin, TX to New York, NY in the blink of an eye, so if you're around come get your fever cat on with us at...

NEW YORK
March 23rd @ Mercury Lounge 9:30 
March 25th @ Pianos
March 26th @ 9.20pm – Stagemother Presents - THE BELL HOUSE – BROOKLYN – 149 7th Street. Brooklyn.

Then off to Los Angeles, CA to tell Ed Hardy his clothes look cheap and rock some Australian Nut Bush City Limits dance moves at...

LOS ANGELES
March 28th @ Silverlake Lounge The Early Show
March 30th @ Spaceland 10pm

END: And now for our final piece of love advice. Instead of going out this weekend how about 'Be Tempted'? "Be tempted?" you say? Yes, by... Rockwiz Salutes The Bowl from 9:20 on SBS.

Those who are familiar with our twitter or tumblr will already be aware that recently I had the delight of singing in a Paul Kelly, Glen Richards (Augie March) sandwich. RocKwiz Salutes The Bowl was a huge success with 10,000 people at The Myer Music Bowl to witness a spectacular night's entertainment. I preformed on rockwiz not so long ago but if you missed it you can catch my duet with Brod Smith from The Dingos here:

http://www.sbs.com.au/rockwiz/past/304/Patience-Hodgson-and-Broderick-Smith

Thanks for making it this far into the mailout, catch you in May if not before!

<3 The Grates.

Today as I was doing my morning internet business, you know the sort, coffee, email and your favourite blog, I noticed my inbox filling up rapidly with emails. This is normal cos I have a lot of business I need to attend to (and am on a lot of mailing lists for things I have lost interest in, like Facebook for example. No I'm kidding, how could anyone lose interest in a social networking site?) BUT one email was v.v. important. The email telling me that the Fire And Flood benefit gig we're playing next week with Powderfinger, Robert Forster, The  John Steel Singers, The Boat People and Dan Parsons sold out in minutes this morning.

Australians have already given so much to the cause and continue to give. I can only imagine that the Sound Relief concerts in Melbourne and Sydney are going to have the same response.

So good on you if you bought a ticket, good on you if you gave to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal or the Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal, good on you if you've helped those in need. This is a wonderful response! Thanks for being a part of it. 

Take care :)

Member of the grates

We will be playing 'Fire And Flood,' a benefit gig on March 6 at the Tivoli in Brisbane.

We will be performing along side Powderfinger, who have put their new album on hold for the show, Robert Forster, The John Steel Singers, the Boat People and Dan Parsons. Quite a line up!

Profits raised be donated evenly across The Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal and the Queensland Premier's Disaster Relief Appeal.

We have all been doing what we can individually but now it's time to come together and raise money and spirits as a comunity :)

So if you're in town, I hope to see you there, everytime we smile something good will happen!

FIRE AND FLOOD
THE TIVOLI, BRISBANE. FRIDAY 6 MARCH 2009
Doors at 6pm sharp
Powderfinger, The Grates, Robert Forster,
The John Steel Singers, The Boat People and Dan Parsons
All proceeds raised will be donated to The Red Cross Victorian Bush Fire Appeal and The Queensland Premier’s Flood Disaster Relief Appeal.

TICKETS ON SALE FRIDAY, 27 FEBRUARY@ 9am Brisbane time
$60.00 + booking fee
Tickets Available from Ticketek.
http://premier.ticketek.com.au/shows/Show.aspx?sh=FIREFLO09 or 132 849

Take care :)

Howdy Cowboys Of 2K9,

This week we'll be discussing hot topics...Triple Js Hottest 100, Photo Blog For BDO, The Highly Anticipated Arrival Of Political Troubadour Tim Fite! And What Rock Tragics Think Of Patience's Performance On RockWiz.

Triple Js Hottest 100 : Voting closes this Sunday so if you haven't voted yet, please do it now. Here http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hottest100/ I heard that if any songs you voted for get in the top 10 God gives you an orgasm for free and 'Burn Bridges', 'Aw Yeah' and 'Carve Your Name' were voted 1,2 and 3 'Best Songs To have An Orgasm To' by The Angels. OKool?

Photo Blog : The Big Day Out begins this Sunday and to co-incide with this minor event The Grates are staging a major event, the 3rd Grand Opening of their Photo Blog. Not to be missed! We will be uploading new pictures daily of the interesting and hilarious world around us, including any nasty or innocent backstage BDO experiences... http://gratesontour.tumblr.com + http://twitter.com/thegrates

Tim Fite : The best thing to come out of Brooklyn since Aaliyah (1979-2001), The Notorious B.I.G (1972-1997) or Neil Diamond (he's still alive?), Tim Fite and his brother will be with us soon to play Laneway Festivals around Australia and few side dates of their own. There are lots of great bands playing Laneway this year and Tim Fite is worth the cover charge alone. So I think your getting a good deal. It's like seeing every other band for free, which is the same price as an orgasm you *might* win of god.

Catch him here...

31 Jan 2009    Laneway Festival    Brisbane, Queensland
1 Feb 2009    Laneway Festival    Melbourne, Victoria
3 Feb 2009    Vanguard         Sydney, New South Wales
4 Feb 2009    Toff In Town         Melbourne, Victoria
6 Feb 2009    Laneway Festival    Perth, Western Australia
7 Feb 2009    Laneway Festival    Adelaide, South Australia
8 Feb 2009    Laneway Festival    Sydney, New South Wales

Hear him here http://www.myspace.com/timfite OR if you own our break out, crunchy like cereal album 'Teeth Lost, Hearts Won' skip to track 10 'Not Today' for his sophisticatedly rube vocals.

Rock Tragics Review Patience On RockWiz : "I heard you got a brain transplant and the brain rejected you!" Bob, Cosgrove NSW, "Mum, you look hot" Little Billy, Gray park, Vic.

Well, another day, another dog house! Talk again soon,

The Grates