Arctic Monkeys Show Moved To Starlight Ballroom

yep, the biggest band across the pond, Artic Monkeys sold out the church more than two months before the show date (sunday march 26th) . We didn't even have time to put up a flyer yet. So to accomodate the overwelming hype and ticket requests, we have moved the show to a larger venue - The Starlight Ballroom. Tickets are on sale now in the usual spots. All previously purchased tickets for the church will be honored.

Awesome Philadelphia Show Listing Page !

Check out the above link, it's a great and updated show listing of all of the bands and venues across the Philadelphia area! Reminds us of Andrew Martini's old e-mail list. Anyways this is a easy way to see who is playing around town if your bored one night. CHECK IT !

Lastminute Circle Takes The Square / August Burns Red Shows Added

due to the shut down of The Syndicate the Sat Feb 4th show with Circle Takes The Square and Wed Feb 8th show with August Burns Red have been moved to The First Unitarian Church. Full details are avalable online at r5productions.com . Tickets are on sale now !

Arctic Monkey's - Festest Selling Debut Album EVER In The Uk

and they are playing the church in two months, might want to pick up tickets ASAP

(from nme.com)

Arctic Monkeys could sell over 350,000 albums in a week and have the "fastest selling debut album in recorded chart history", according to chart experts. Yesterday alone (January 23) the band's debut album 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' sold more than 100,000, 40,000 more than was originally predicted.

It is currently outselling the rest of the Top 20 album chart combined. Chart experts at HMV say that if this continues, the album will sell more than 350,000 copies - beating the record for a debut album currently held by Hear'say's debut 'Popstars' in 2001.

Spokesperson Phil Penman said: "We knew day one sales were going to be big, but nobody could have expected them to be this huge. It's pretty phenomenal really - It's as if they'd won the 'X Factor' (american idol), but achieving the same kind of sales without the benefit of a massive TV audience.

"They're well on their way to having the first million selling album of 2006. If it continues to sell at this rate, there's even a danger shops could sell out by the end of the week."

JENNY LEWIS from RILO KILEY To Play Solo Show In The Sanctuary !

Rilo Kiley singer/songwriter JENNY LEWIS will be playing a intimate solo show in the sanctuary of The First Unitarian Church on Monday March 25th. Tickets go on sale on January 25th. Get them quick - this is a sure sellout !

Philadelphia's The Spinto Band To Support Arctic Monkeys

Yep our own THE SPINTO BAND will be supporting The Artic Monkeys on their upcoming debut US tour. Which means they'll be playing with them on Sunday March 26th. Hurry though! Tickets are selling FFFASSSST !

The Lilys To Perform As A Full Band Again w/ Of Montreal (record release show!)

THE LILYS are back! Kurt Heasley and company will be performing again as a full live band to celebrate the release of their brand new full length record entitled "Everything Wrong is Imaginary". A perfect mix of that early 90s Lilys sound with the later up beat rock and pop. We have three sound clips of the new songs for you to enjoy on our website. They'll be playing a brand new set of material (with some old favorites) on March 2nd with Of Montreal and The Ms. Tickets are on sale now !

Lots Of New Shows - Holy Wow : Comeback Kid, Smoking Popes, Hot Cross, Jamie Lidell, Racebannon, Big Wig

We just added a bunch of new shows including :

Sunday February 12th 7:30pm
At The First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St. In Philly, PA)
All Ages / $8 / Tickets Available At R5Productions.Com and Spaceboy Music

HOT CROSS (ex-saeitia, jffb, you&i, etc. level plane records)
COLISEUM (motorhead + dischargey punk. level plane records)
LORDS (from lousiville. jade tree records)

riday February 17th 7:30pm
At The First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St. In Philly, PA)
All Ages / $8 / Tickets Available At R5Productions.Com and Spaceboy Music

BIG WIG (nj pop punk. first philly show in forever. fearless records)
OUTSMARTING SIMON (nj indie rock kind of stuff. triple crown records)
THE BANNER (from nj. ferret records)

Sunday March 5th 7:30pm
At The First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St. In Philly, PA)
All Ages / $10 / Tickets Available At R5Productions.Com and Spaceboy Music

SMOKING POPES (reunion show. legendary mid west pop punk/emo band that started all of "this")
BAYSIDE (from long island. victory records)
ONE MORE TBA

Thursday March 8th 7:30pm
At The First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St. In Philly, PA)
All Ages / $8 / Tickets Available At R5Productions.Com and Spaceboy Music

RACEBANNON (noise/scream/weirdo pants from indiana. level plane)
GOSPEL (ex IAMTHERESSURECTION. one of decibels top 15 records of 2005. level plane)
TWO MORE TBA

Saturday March 25th 3:00pm *Matinee*
At The First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St. In Philly, PA)
All Ages / $12 / Tickets Available At R5Productions.Com and Spaceboy Music

COMEBACK KID (positive straight edge hardcore from canada. victory records)
IGNITE (legendary old school so. cal hardcore. revelation records)
FIRST BLOOD (featuring two ex-members of TERROR. trustkill records)
THIS IS HELL (ex scraps and heart attacks. trustkill records)

Thursday April 24th 8:00pm
At The First Unitarian Church (2125 Chestnut St. In Philly, PA)
All Ages / $10 / Tickets Available At R5Productions.Com and Spaceboy Music

JAMIE LIDELL (wire magazine cover boy. legendary weirdo performer w/ fully developed live show. from the uk. warp records
TWO MORE TBA

Unicorns To Reunite At The Church (well kind of)

As you probably saw we added the heavily hyped ISLANDS (jamie and nick - 2/3 of Unicorns) to the METRIC show Sat March 11th show @ The First Unitarian Church.

Tonight we just booked a show for the last remaining member (the other 1/3) Alden and his new project : ADAM & ALDEN.

It will be taking place in the mini sanctuary/chapel room of the First Unitarian Church hurch that only holds 50 people. It's our new cozy, intimate performance space. If you are interested in attending - make sure to purchase your tickets in advance! Details for both shows are online now!

R5 Member Liam Wilson Is Even More Famous !

Check Out The New Peta Campaign with R5 Staff Member and Dillinger Escape Plan bassist Liam Wilson ! We are very proud of Liam and even though we have watched this at least a dzen times - we still have no idea what he is talking about.....

WE ARE FAMOUS ! MINI R5 DOC. ON AL GORE'S TV STATION

Check out the link below. This has been airing on Current TV (which is al gore's tv station). The movie was created, directed and produced by Philadelphia resident Andrew Watson

New Shows Announced This Week !

Lots of new shows added this week including :

ART BRUT
The UK band who released the #3 record of the year in Pitchfork's 2005 wrap up. They also had two singles in Pitchfork's Top 20 Singles of the year ! This will be their first philly show.
(friday april 9th @ the first unitarian church)

THANKSGIVING
The artists who got a great deal of attention because Phil Elvrum (microphones/mt. errie) started releasing his records and taking him on tour. All of his singles and LPs have sold out and are now out of print. The show will be taking place in the CHAPEL ROOM, which is a mini 50 person seated sanctuary. So purchase your tickets in advance !
(wednesday march 29th @ the first unitarian church's chapel room)

A.C.
The infamous grind band that has been offending, shocking and cracking metal fans up for 18+ years now. This will be their first show back since singer/founding member Seth Putnam suffered a stroke and awoke from a coma. Check out the A.C. link above for more information !
(friday march 17th @ the first unitarian church)