NOAH & THE WHALE CANCEL TOUR (including 12/3 @ Johnny Brendas)

"Some of the most dedicated, blog-aware North American friends of Noah and the Whale have correctly identified North American tour dates circulating on the internet.

It is with no little remorse and disappointment that we are compelled to cancel these dates. These words are being typed in the studio as we make progress on the next Noah and the Whale album. Between commitments in hereto-neglected Europe, we have made the sad but important decision to take time to develop these recordings over the winter months.

Despite this unavoidable necessity we would like to apologise to all the wonderful friends we made on our most recent American adventure, to anyone who has bought tickets or was preparing to do so.

The whole band enjoys an ongoing love affair with the US. The autumn tour was one of the most intense and heartening experiences of our lives and we were bristling with seasonal anticipation at the prospect of old faces and venues, not to mention new American audiences and experiences too. But there is simply not enough time in the world and we are sure that this next record will justify this difficult call.

With new songs to disseminate and even more America-famished, we will cross the pond to tour across the continent from March 2009. This is a promise, a published, globally-viewable promise.

Once again we want to express our most sincere gratitude for everyone who has seen us play, said they would see us play, or said two good words about the band. Noah and the Whale will be back and we will be back many times".


All internet tickets will be fully refunded. All in-person box office sales can be brought back to Deep Sleep for a full refund. Sorry !

R5 Text Alerts - Sign Up & Get Into Shows For Free !

It's almost 2009 and we are trying to embrace the future and technology as best as possible. Now that everyone is married to their cell phone, we have added a new feature which we think will be handy for those who enjoy our shows.

We have been testing a new "text alert" system to let you know about show / ticket specials. For instance free shows, 2 for 1 tickets, special last minute DJ nights or parties, drink specials, cheap ticket presales, last minute venue changes etc.

We are taking the next step in rolling this out and will be trying it out with actual real live people (aka you). To give you incentive to sign up we are going to begin giving away free tickets for most of our shows in November.

What will happen is you once you sign up (and confirm that you actually did sign up) every few days you will receive a simple text with instructions on how to get the free tickets.

Something along the lines of "Be one of the first 3 people to show this text at the door and get in w/ a friend to tonight's show "

We are going to start w/ the H20 show on Saturday and Henry Rollins show on Sunday.

We promise to NOT flood you with tons of messages and you can remove yourself at ANY time.

We want to see if this is a more effective way to let people know about our upcoming shows, and we'll reward your participation w/ free tickets.

To sign up simply text "R5" to 46786 (that's the "phone number" to send it to).
Or you can sign up online by visiting this easy link :
http://r5productions.com/text.html

It costs NOTHING to join. It is a FREE service. However if you cell provider charges you per received text message you will obviously have to pay the cost of receiving a text message.

Any questions just ask us !

New Shows : Man Man Halloween * Only Philly Dr Dog Show * El Guincho & More !

NEW SHOWS ADDED THIS WEEK !




Friday October 31st 8:00pm
At The Starlight Ballroom (460 N 9th Street - Just Below 9th and Spring Garden)
All Ages / 21+ To Drink / $12 w/ costume - $15 w/o costume
Tickets On Sale At R5Productions.com & Deep Sleep (3rd & Arch)

MAN MAN
(holy halloween show! you have to dress up and act like a crazy person! fun drunk times! anti records)

TIM FITE
(totally weird but good mix of folk and something sort of like hiphop. from brooklyn. anti records)
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Friday October 31st 9:00pm
At Johnny Brendas (At Frankford and Girard Aves, Philadelphia, PA)
21+ / $14 / Tickets On Sale At R5Productions.com & Deep Sleep (3rd & Arch)

HOOTS & HELLMOUTH
(halloween weekend of fun! back to back evenings of stampy folky philly fun)

O'DEATH
(banjos, fiddles, gas cans, chains and broken cymbals. super blog hyped from nyc)

PEPI GINSBERG
(new park the van signing. rec release show! singer/songwriter from ny/philly produced by dr. dog members)
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Saturday November 8th 8:00pm
At The Chapel Of The First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA)
A Small Seated Room That Only Holds 50 People ! Crazy Intimate !
All Ages / $10 / Tickets On Sale At R5Productions.com & Deep Sleep (3rd & Arch)

FRIDA HYVONEN
(from sweden! member of jens lekman's band. singer/songwriter piano stuff. secretly canadian)

ONE MORE TBA
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Thursday November 20th 9:00pm
At Johnny Brendas (At Frankford and Girard Aves, Philadelphia, PA)
21+ / $10 / Tickets On Sale At R5Productions.com & Deep Sleep (3rd & Arch)

SUBTLE
(best new music feat. dose one and jel from anticon. full live band. pop/hip hop and film score music. lex)

PATTERN IS MOVEMENT
(philadelphia two piece that's finally getting the hype they have long deserved)
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Saturday November 22nd 8:00pm
At The Chapel Of The First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA)
A Small Seated Room That Only Holds 50 People ! Crazy Intimate !
All Ages / $10 / Tickets On Sale At R5Productions.com & Deep Sleep (3rd & Arch)

PHOSPHORESCENT
(sick singer/songwriter from brooklyn. dead oceans/secretly canadian)

ONE MORE TBA
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Friday November 28th 8:00pm
At The Starlight Ballroom (460 N 9th Street - Just Below 9th and Spring Garden)
All Ages / 21+ To Drink / $16 / Tickets On Sale At R5Productions.com & Deep Sleep (3rd & Arch)

DR. DOG
(their final local show of 2008! awesome beatles-y pop/rock from philly. park the van)

ONE MORE TBA
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Friday November 28th 9:00pm
At Johnny Brendas (At Frankford and Girard Aves, Philadelphia, PA)
21+ / $12 / Tickets On Sale At R5Productions.com & Deep Sleep (3rd & Arch)

THE KING KHAN & BBQ SHOW
(the legendary international showman kingkhan w/ garage superstar drummer bbq)

JACUZZI BOYS
(sick, spaces out and fuzzy garage rock from miami. please check them out!)
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Friday Novemmber 28th 7:30pm
At The First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA)
All Ages / $12 / Tickets On Sale At R5Productions.com & Deep Sleep (3rd & Arch)

STEEL TRAIN
(radio friendly fuzzed out piano pop stuff from new jersey. drive thru records)

DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS
(indie rock from arizona. equal vision records)

FORGIVE DURDEN
(from seattle. fueled by ramen)
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Sunday November 30th 6:30pm *all ages show*
At The Barbary (951 Frankford Ave / Frankford and Columbus Blvd In Philadelphia, PA)
All Ages ! / $10 / Tickets On Sale At R5Productions.com & Deep Sleep (3rd & Arch)

EL GUINCHO
(hot shit! fuzzy tropicalia psych dance music from barcelona. full band. best new music!)

LEMONADE
(laptop tropicalia electro punk from san fran. listen to him as well! good stuff)

MAGNET CITY KIDS
(the only band do ever be listed as a do and dont in vice. out there stuff. philly)
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Thursday December 4th 8:30pm
At The First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA)
All Ages / $13 / Tickets On Sale At R5Productions.com & Deep Sleep (3rd & Arch)

YEASAYER
(first philly show in almost a year! soft rock, gospel, disco, grizzly bear choral ecstatic chant music from brooklyn)

ONE MORE TBA
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Add / Join / Follow Us On Facebook & Twitter - Free Tickets & Shows !

We are probably about three years late on this - but R5 Productions is finally officially on Facebook. It's an easy and quick way to find out about our shows and more importantly - get last minute information like secret shows, band cancellations, venue changes etc. As an incentive to join our group / add us we will be giving away pairs of tickets to all of our shows in October - including the sold out ones! Just follow the link below and "add" / "join the group". There isn't much to look at but we will be updating it over the next few days ..

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=677289574#/group.php?gid=29302158421




In other social networking / web 2.0 news we have also started our own Twitter. It tooks us about 6 weeks to understand why anyone would ever want to do this but we finally figure out how to make it useful. Anyways, - please "follow" us on Twitter! We are going to post newly confirmed shows there (as soon as they get confirmed - be the first to know!), show updates (such as when shows get canceled or when get bands get added to shows) and other stuff like "Show This Twitter Message On Your Phone And Get In For Free". We'll also add juicy gossip and commentary such as what bands are being total pricks to us or what bands are acting like sweet apple pie. Also stuff like show reviews : "wow this band totally sux live" etc.

For those not in the know - Twitter is a way to stay continually informed with your friends and other interests such as bands, porn stars, local shops and businesses etc. Your friends post "micro blogs" which are under 160 characters which you can receive on your e-mail, phone or ye ol' world wide web. Unfortunately this could also lead to your friends frequently publishing every minute thought they have ever had as to why their pizza is late or an exciting play by play about them sitting at a corner bar. We promise to never ever bore you with useless nonsense.

In fact, we think it could be pretty useful (such as stuff like "more tickets released for tonight's show!"), interesting (as to how weird the bands are in real life) and funny if you are into our shows. Give it a shot - we promise only good stuff, no bullshit! So 'add' or 'follow' us at the link below:

http://www.twitter.com/R5Productions

New Shows : Times New Viking * Blacklisted * Mc Chris * Baroness & More !

Saturday October 11th 9:00pm
At The Kungfu Necktie (1248 N Front Street , Philadelphia, PA)
21+ / $10 / Tickets On Sale At R5Productions.com & Deep Sleep (3rd & Arch)

TIMES NEW VIKING
(murky, skuzzy garage pop from columbus. best new music. matador records)

LOVE IS ALL
(awesome female led poppy/rock from sweden – seriously awesome times!)

ONE MORE TBA
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Wednesday November 12th 7:00pm
At The Chapel Of The First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA)
A Small Seated Room That Only Holds 50 People ! Crazy Intimate !
All Ages / $10 / Tickets On Sale At R5Productions.com & Deep Sleep (3rd & Arch)

JONAH MATRANGA
(from onelinedrawing, far, new end originals etc. acoustic/solo)
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Sunday November 16th 3:00pm *early matinee*
At The First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA)
All Ages / $10 adv - $12 dos / Tickets On Sale At R5Productions.com & Deep Sleep (3rd & Arch)

BLACKLISTED
(phily hardcore. deathwish records)

CEREMONY
(super fast, scary intense infest like hardcore from ca. deathwish)

HAVE HEART
(early 90s posi-hardcore from boston. bridge 9)

LET DOWN
(philly sxe hardcore)
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Tuesday November 18th 8:00pm
At The First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA)
All Ages / $12 / Tickets On Sale At R5Productions.com & Deep Sleep (3rd & Arch)

MARGOT & THE NUCLEAR SO & SOS
(chamber pop ala the arcade fire, broken social scene. 8+ members!)

ONE MORE TBA
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Thursday November 20th 7:30pm
At The First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA)
All Ages / $12 / Tickets On Sale At R5Productions.com & Deep Sleep (3rd & Arch)

MC CHRIS
(aka mc pee pants from aqua teen hunger force / adult swim new cd out now!)

TOTALLY MICHAEL
(jumpy, punky pop rap anthems from indiana. iheartcomix)
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Friday November 21st 7:30pm
At The First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA)
All Ages / $10 adv - $12 dos / Tickets On Sale At R5Productions.com & Deep Sleep (3rd & Arch)

BARONESS
(sludge metal mathy post rock prog shred from atlanta. new killer album on relapse!)

COLISEUM
(punk rock ala motorhead meets poison idea. members of black cross)
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Friday November 21st 6:30pm *early all ages matinee*
At The Barbary (951 Frankford Ave / Frankford and Columbus Blvd In Philadelphia, PA)
All Ages ! / $10 / Tickets On Sale At R5Productions.com & Deep Sleep (3rd & Arch)

MISCHIEF BREW
(eric peterson playing w/ a full band. folky west philly punk rock)

BRIAN MCGEE & THE HOLLOW SPEED
(featuring brian the singer/guitarist of plow)

LUSTS
(members of witchhunt playing garage rock)
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Defiance : Ohio - Two Shows Or One ?

Okay there has been some confusion with this upcoming Defiance:Ohio show on Friday August 22nd at The Barbary so here is the deal. Defiance : Ohio is really popular and The Barbary is really small. We decided to host two shows. We will only sell advance tickets to the first show (the one that starts at 5 and ends at 7).

If this first show sells out (which it looks like it will) then we will sell tickets to the second show at The Barbary on the day of the show - We will give you a wrist band to come back later for the second show (which starts at 7:30)

For those that want to see them play TWICE. If all the people who got shut out of the early show, get to go to the later show, and there is still room - THEN we will sell tickets to the people from the early show who want to come in again.

So if you want to guarantee your admission to the show - i would recommend getting tickets in advance at www.r5producitons.com or at Deep Sleep at 3rd and Arch-ish

Purchase Advance Tickets For This Show Right Now (click the tickets) :

Or CASH ONLY At Our New Box Office at Deep Sleep (54 N 3rd St / 3rd & Arch Streets)
Or Call 1-866-468-7619 (toll free)

Yay - finally!

Sorry for the wait but it took some time for us to get it all set up and working correctly.

You can now buy tickets to all upcoming R5 shows (except for the ones at The trocadero) at DEEP SLEEP which is located at 54 N 3rd St. / 3rd & Arch Streets in Olde City in Philadelphia.

Tickets are CASH ONLY (sorry no credit)

Deep Sleep is open Monday through Sunday.
Noon to 8pm (mon to sat)
1pm to 6pm (sundays)

http:/www.shopdeepsleep.com
http://www.myspace.com/deepxsleep
p.215.351.9124

They Also Have Some Awesome Events Coming Up - Check It !:

Thu July 10th 2008
Reign Supreme
Iron Age
Never Ender
$5

Wed July 16th 2008
Sex Vid
Deep Sleep
FNU Ronnies
$6

Sat July 26th 2008
Paul Bearer (of Sheer Terror) - Spoken Word
$6

New Box Office - Starts Monday July 7th !

As you probably have heard The RELAPSE RETAIL STORE has closed (as in no longer in business). So obviously our box office location is no longer there. Next Monday (july 7th) we are opening our first new location which will be at our good friend Phil's store DEEP SLEEP located at 54 N 3rd Street (just below 3rd and Arch on the left hand side)

Once we get things settled at that location we will be selling tickets at some other record store locations, as well at our own shows. Yes! Finally after all these years, you can now purchase tickets while you are at another show at the church, starlight etc.

I know we said the box office would open today (july 3rd) , but with the holiday weekend, we decided to wait till everyone isn't a crazy spazz pants. Sorry for the wait!