The Automatic U.S. Tour Dates

The Automatic (or The Automatic Automatic...but I hate calling them that) are heading out on their first U.S. headlining tour ever in the States.

After playing two fantastic nights at Pianos and catching the band as well at SXSW they are pretty amazing live. Just don't get in Pennie's way...

Here are the tour dates:

New York, NY Bowery Ballroom (July 26)
Hartford, CT Sweet Janes (27)
Washington DC Rock N Roll Hotel (28)
Boston, MA Great Scotts (30)
Philadelphia, PA Northstar (31)
Toronto Mod Club (August 1)
Detroit, MI Shelter (3)
Chicago, IL Subterranean (4)
Grand Rapids, MI Intersection (6)
Columbus, OH Basement (7)
Cincinnati, OH 20th Century Theatre (8)

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SXSW Day #2 - A Late Recap

It takes a long time to recover from SXSW but finally this weekend I got some proper sleep, relaxed and finally had time to actually remember what the hell I did in Austin.

First day was a bit crazy...visited a friend of mine in Austin and stayed with her the night before the festival started. That was great and all but it took 75 MINUTES to get a cab that went downtown. Finally I checked into the hotel, got ready and headed to the Fader house (free Southern Comfort!) and quickly went straight over to the NME showcase to see The Automatic, Jamie T, Lily Allen, Razorlight and SOMEHOW SOMEONE (you know who you are!) convinced me to stay for The Bravery late night. I missed The Sunshine Underground which sucked a bit but I was already burnt out by the time I got to Stubbs.

All the bands were great and it was fantastic finally seeing The Automatic and Jamie T for the first time. Lily Allen slagged off the NME fantastically ("did I tell you I fucking hate the NME") and Razorlight were of course fantastic...its like watching a veteran rock band playing on a small stage.

The thing I was actually pleasantly surprised about was The Bravery and actually enjoying them! Now, they are really just a bunch of old men that used to be in a ska band and picked up a keyboard...but I let all that be forgotten and actually found them to be quite enjoying.

Heres a few videos of each band's performance for your enjoyment (relive Austin!)

The Automatic:


Jamie T:


Lily Allen:


Razorlight:


and even The Bravery!:


Viva La Austin!

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The Automatic Play New York and Warped Tour

My absolute favorites (well one of them) The Automatic are playing Pianos on March 19th.

You can purchase tickets at the venue day of for $8.

Its going to be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If you haven't heard The Automatic check out their MySpace page and get ready to have their music stuck in your head ALL day

They'll also be playing The Warped Tour this summer...

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The Automatic Beat Fans Up

First Pennie kicks off the week by accidentally breaking a fan's glasses in Belfast. Then he just beats one up in Dublin...

An Automatic fan at the show told NME.com: "Some guy from the audience managed to climb up on one of the speaker stacks and lit a cigarette, thus flouting the smoking ban. Pennie just went mental and went up after him where the pair of them engaged in some wrestling before it all spilled over onto the stage.

"Pennie looked to have hit your man a slap before Rob Hawkins (The Automatic frontman) intervened and turfed him out. It was weird, there was no bouncers to be seen, and the 'fan' was brought backstage, leading many to believe he might have been Peter (Reilly, guitarist) from The View, but I don't think he was.

Pennie then bizarrely apologised for the incident. It was strange. Just before that Rob had fallen on his arse after leaping in the air during 'By My Side'."

Whoa...don't fuck with The Automatic!

Rumour has it that the band is playing SXSW too...WOOHOO!

Here is a photo of the incident last night from Drowned In Sound



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