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Railroad Revival Tour 2011

JPG - 3-7-2011 at 03:21 PM

Via Edward Sharpe e-mail subscription

This April, Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, and Old Crow Medicine Show will embark on a tour unlike any in recent memory. Traveling exclusively in vintage railcars, the three bands will journey across the American Southwest over the course of a week. The aptly titled Railroad Revival Tour will feature the three bands playing concerts at six unique outdoor locations along the route, beginning April 21st in Oakland, California.

The Railroad Revival train is 1,500 feet long and consists of 15 vintage railcars from the 1950s and 60s, pulled by two locomotives. The bands will eat, sleep, and record on the train as they travel across the American Southwest, bringing their collaborative vision to fans from California to New Orleans. The bands will have equal billing and equal time on stage, in an environment that encourages creativity and cross-pollination. The entire tour will be the focus of a documentary that captures the spirit of the journey and gives intimate insights into the creative process.

When asked about the inspiration for putting on a tour like this, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros commented, "From hobos to the wild west, trains have always been a fascination of mine. This tour is going to be rad."

Tickets to The Railroad Revival Tour go on sale to the public Wednesday, March 9th at 9 am PST at http://railroadrevivaltour.com . An exclusive pre-sale will be available Tuesday, March 8 at 9 am PST via the links below using the provided pre-sale codes. Each ticket will include an MP3 download of live recordings from the tour as well as a commemorative ticket custom-designed for each site, with no additional service fees.

The Railroad Revival Tour Dates and Pre-Sale links:
April 21 Oakland, CA @ Middle Harbor Shoreline Park (Ticket Pre-Sale Link) Code: 89TTPM
April 22 San Pedro, CA @ Ports O'Call Village (Ticket Pre-Sale Link) Code: WSX5MS
April 23 Chandler, AZ @ Arizona Railway Museum (Ticket Pre-Sale Link) Code: WS3GQH
April 24 Marfa, TX @ El Cosmico (Ticket Pre-Sale Link) Code: ACLYCG
April 26 Austin, TX @ 4th and Waller (Ticket Pre-Sale Link) Code: ZBTGLN
April 27 New Orleans, LA @ Woldenberg Park (Ticket Pre-Sale Link) Code: VUFM2N

[Edited on 3-7-2011 by JPG]

imarob2 - 3-7-2011 at 03:40 PM

That's it. I'm quitting my job and hopping on that train.

neckbeard - 3-7-2011 at 07:33 PM

Quote: Originally posted by imarob2

That's it. I'm quitting my job and hopping on that train.

acalliopemusical - 3-8-2011 at 06:16 AM

ok, i really want to go to this. but i just got on to buy tickets....i knew they'd be expensive but.....$55 dollhairs for the crummier ticket?!!? am i cheap, or is this expensive? ahhhh i remember when i saw them for free at sxsw....i wanna goo sooooo badddddd

acalliopemusical - 3-8-2011 at 06:19 AM

i don't have enough doll hairs in my life?!?!?!!? am i cheap or is this expensive? i don't remember the last time i paid that much for a show. personally, i blame the grammy-playing mumford & sons.

i want to go sooo baddddd.

i think i need to break up with my average boyfriend and find a rich old man to fund all of my musical desires. we should all do that, in fact.

neckbeard - 3-8-2011 at 07:16 AM

hahahaha, i would totally go if i LIVED NEAR THERE. frickin rip off.
yeah it's expensive, but i'd pay at least for one ticket.

imarob2 - 3-8-2011 at 08:47 AM

Let's all pool together to buy one of the expensive ones so we can get the recordings at least.

acalliopemusical - 3-8-2011 at 11:31 AM

so we share the recordings....but....WHO ATTENDS THE SHOW?

dum dum dum. that shit would get ALLLLLLLLLL lord of the flies.

Sarbear - 3-8-2011 at 11:40 AM

It would be the person closest to the venue to attend the show in my eyes.

JPG - 3-8-2011 at 12:14 PM

Quote: Originally posted by imarob2

Let's all pool together to buy one of the expensive ones so we can get the recordings at least.

I like this.

neckbeard - 3-8-2011 at 12:28 PM

Quote: Originally posted by acalliopemusical

so we share the recordings....but....WHO ATTENDS THE SHOW?

dum dum dum. that shit would get ALLLLLLLLLL lord of the flies.

hahahhaha

MESinc. - 3-8-2011 at 02:05 PM

Quote: Originally posted by acalliopemusical

so we share the recordings....but....WHO ATTENDS THE SHOW?

dum dum dum. that shit would get ALLLLLLLLLL lord of the flies.

for realz!

sabetti01 - 3-8-2011 at 09:35 PM

Good god. The last one that was in town was only 25 dollars >.<

acalliopemusical - 3-8-2011 at 10:55 PM

Quote: Originally posted by Sarbear

It would be the person closest to the venue to attend the show in my eyes.

BRILLIANT idea! i'm not naming names but.......... :smilegrin:

her names carrie and she has two thumbs. (if you could see my cheeky gesture you'd giggle.)

i mean, do we thinks we could get a sssacfatap (that is to say, a super secret special access code for all the awesome people---"awesome people" of course being...us.)

imarob2 - 3-9-2011 at 06:04 AM

I'm pretty sure you made up that confusing acronym...

acalliopemusical - 3-9-2011 at 05:24 PM

it isn't confusing in the least if you know your ABC's! come on, i'm from texas and even I can get it! haha. do you need to see the jort-budweiser pic again? :bigsmile:

imarob2 - 3-10-2011 at 06:04 AM

Hahaha! Im actually going to make my own version of that photo, but it's not quite jorts weather in michigan yet, sadly.

What exactly would the sssacfatap DO?

acalliopemusical - 3-10-2011 at 08:38 AM

i can not wait to see that for real. you need to bring it to texas and float the river with us. the river is the best place to effortlessly humiliate yourself. it's magic, really.

the sssacfatap would allow us "special access" to the railroad revival recordings, of course! that shit sold out so fast, now all the rich a-holes are selling them for $200. how do they sleep at night? moreover, why didn't i think of that? i keed i keed. but seriously.

listen to the (too little too late) plan that i made up in my brain just now: we could have bought all the tickets, sold them at vomitingly high prices, used the money to buy the best video equipment ever, made a video of the magnetic zeros on the train, then sold the videos, then used the dollars to build a house where we could all live, with the band of course, out of cupcakes (or some other awesomely impractical material), and lived happily ever after.

but that's only if we were a-holes.

imarob2 - 3-11-2011 at 08:40 AM

That's quite the plan there. I was born a rich a-hole, so I don't feel like partaking.

Shouldn't you be hard at work typing something important?

acalliopemusical - 3-11-2011 at 10:46 AM

don't you mean "shouldn't you be at worked receiving the equivalent of the dementor's kiss?"

sorry i really like harry potter.

acalliopemusical - 3-11-2011 at 10:48 AM

i'm listening to baby on a plane on repeat. by the way.

imarob2 - 3-11-2011 at 11:03 AM

What a great song. Who is harry potter? Is he in a band?

Sarbear - 3-11-2011 at 05:06 PM

Harry Potter? That got my attention.

lamisa - 3-12-2011 at 03:41 AM

hahhaha whata song
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MESinc. - 5-9-2011 at 08:19 PM

Aaron's piano. AWWW.
http://www.ocweekly.com/slideshow/the-railroad-revival-tour-...

CheriseFastic1706 - 5-16-2011 at 12:36 AM

So,how was the tour?was it a success.As per your expectations.

Sarbear - 5-16-2011 at 11:10 AM

I would like to say it was a success, but I also didn't go. I was there in spirit though.

MESinc. - 5-16-2011 at 09:24 PM

@CheriseFastic1706 do you really have your actual address listed on your info?! i wouldnt do that on the interwebz if i were you.

JPG - 5-17-2011 at 06:06 AM

Quote: Originally posted by MESinc.

@CheriseFastic1706 do you really have your actual address listed on your info?! i wouldnt do that on the interwebz if i were you.

pretty sure they are spam bots.

MESinc. - 5-18-2011 at 08:53 AM

Quote: Originally posted by JPG

Quote: Originally posted by MESinc.

@CheriseFastic1706 do you really have your actual address listed on your info?! i wouldnt do that on the interwebz if i were you.

pretty sure they are spam bots.

really? huh, i totally thought they were real since they were posting things that were actually relevant.

JPG - 5-18-2011 at 10:18 AM

Well one, they will never post again. Two, they put ads in there signature.

Sarbear - 5-18-2011 at 02:30 PM

mmmm...Tis the truth.

Outatime - 5-20-2011 at 12:37 AM

Those bots are getting pretty good....me thinks Skynet is not far off