Augustana has two brand new tour diaries (Part 1 & Part 2) from the Traveling Circus tour last year with Counting Crows and Michael Franti & Spearhead.

From the Austin Post: Counting Crows and Augustana at Austin Music Hall   Make sure to check out the gallery at the bottom!

From dallasnews.com: Concert Review: Counting Crows at Nokia Theatre

It was clear that Counting Crows was the big draw, but Augustana held its own with aplomb, earning its fair share of the crowd’s love.

That was apparent between the massed ensembles, as the groups appeared in their individual identities. Covering its own songs such as “Boston” and “Stars and Boulevards,” Augustana got a reaction nearly equal to the one garnered by the Crows when, on their own, they did the beloved “Goodnight Elizabeth.”

Always nice to read things like that!

In other news -

If anyone is going to be at the New Orleans headliner show tonight, consider yourself lucky! Jared posted a bulletin on Myspace last night saying this:

Hey y’all~

We’re going to be headlining a show at House Of Blues New Orleans tomorrow night… there’s going to be some really special surprises, so be sure not to miss it if you’re in town!! See ya then

Cheers,

Jared

To all of you that make it out – come let us know about these surprises in the forum!!

Reminder: Keep checking out Augustana’s tour blog! You don’t want to miss out on things like adventures in Berkeley or rollercoasters at Six Flags!

First off, this lovely little video needs to be checked out ASAP!  It’s a little ‘Stars and Boulevards’ action from the Circus’ rehearsal time in Seattle. 

Next, here’s an article from The Daily Californian on the Circus’ stop at Berkeley’s Greek Theater: Counting Crows Swoop Down On Berkeley’s Greek Theatre The site also has a slideshow with some pictures up HERE.

And last, Entertainment Weekly interviewed Adam Duritz from Counting Crows about the Circus. Check out the article HERE.  At the end of the article Adam discusses missing Michael Franti – For those that don’t know – Recently Michael’s appendix ruptured and he’s had to cancel some shows while he recovers. He is scheduled to rejoin the Circus at the 8/6 Biloxi show. Send him some well wishes at his twitter! (better late than never right?)

The Traveling Circus and Medicine Show has begun! If you didn’t know, there is a great site up with all the Circus info you could want! http://www.travelingcircusshow.com/ Make sure to check it out, because as of right now they have a free mp3 download up- including ”Twenty Years” from Augustana!

To all of you who make it to a show- stop by the forum and tell us all about it! We’d love to hear how amazing of a time you had!

As a reminder, we would also suggest checking out the site’s twitter if you don’t already: http://twitter.com/augustanafans (As it tends to be updated much much more frequently than this site right now! =))
We were lucky enough to have recently received a shout out on the band’s myspace! (HUGE thanks to them by the way!!)  

Don’t forget about dropping by Augustana’s tour blog either! http://augustanatour.tumblr.com/ There are some great pictures up!

*Big apology for the lack of updates lately! We kicked ourselves in the shins this time & promise to do better! =)

For those that weren’t able to catch it this morning, Numberonetvfanshow has it uploaded to YouTube. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRdDrhToly0

Also, in a Myspace Bullitan, the band says that they will also be on GMA tomorrow morning!

First of all, we wanted to let you know that tomorrow Augustana will be playing on Good Morning America along with Counting Crows so be sure to tune in!  Also…speaking of Counting Crows, Augustana will soon be hitting the road once again with Counting Crows.  In addition to Augustana and Counting Crows, the bands will be joined by Michael Franti & Spearhead on what is now being called “The Saturday Night Rebel Rockers Travelling Circus & Medicine Show” tour.  For more information about this tour, take a look at Adam’s 4/25/09 blog  here: http://www.countingcrows.com/?content=adams_blog

Today John was kind enough to write a blog on behalf of Augustana to let us all know what the guys are up to at the moment.  There is mention of the much anticipated 3rd record and a summer tour coming to a city near you…so be sure to stop by the band’s myspace at www.myspace.com/augustana to read their latest blog for more details.  Blog link: http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=13865839&blogId=472869284

Dan is a current artist on Yamaha All Access 360!!  Just mouse over the current artists area that will pop up at the bottom of the page and click on Dan Layus! His page will come up with a great video and other fun things if you click on the objects on the page! For example, HERE is his magazine spread!

First off, HAPPY NEW YEAR to Everyone!!! 2008 was a great year and here’s to all the best in 2009!

Now to some news. Augustana performed at 2009’s International Consumer Electronics Show and Sony has a video of “Sweet and Low” up!! Check it out HERE. (Scroll over to the right a bit and you can’t miss it! It was posted on January 9th and is titled Augustana Sways CES.)

Chad from Alternative Addiction also interviewed Jared in December with talk on a new album for Augustana. Read HERE. Be sure to listen to this full audio interview after the article! (Thanks to DreamMeDown on the forum!)

Augustana posted a new blog today saying they will be playing on Kink.fm tonight at 9:15pm PST. Be sure to listen and make sure you go to Kink.fm and NOT Kink.com, like was posted! The station also has ‘Sweet and Low’ and ‘I Still Ain’t Over You’ in rotation!!