Gomez on Tour (again)

From GOMEZ HQ:

GOMEZ 2007

TOURDATES – BEN OTTEWELL SOLO, O.A.R., AUSTRALIA

We have seen the message board concerns for our health as we continue to tour the globe at breakneck speed. We appreciate the sympathy, but we take good care of ourselves, more than we let on. Are you aware of the pure oxygen pumped into our tourbus sleep pods every night? Did you know about our personal trainer Rajiv, who puts us through a rigorous calisthenics routine every morning? And Olly’s bionic arm has been working great since the operation. Plug it in for a couple hours and she’s just like new, and none of those tempo issues. With these advantages under our wings, we head onwards into 2007 with new dates a plenty… Ben Ottewell played his first solo gig to a sold out crowd in Brighton, UK last summer, and he’ll play a handful of solo dates in Europe in early January – four gigs in the Netherlands and a date at The Borderline in London. He’ll be playing mostly Gomez material, some choice covers, and who knows what else. Ben’s also playing a gig in his hometown of Derbyshire on December 29 in at the Fishpond. The band then comes over to the States for eight dates supporting the band O.A.R. at different theatres and arenas, ending at Madison Square Garden in New York City on January 27. In addition, we’ll be doing a run of headlining U.S. dates in February and March, to be announced in a couple weeks.We’ve also just announced our return to Australia in April. We’ll be playing a mix of headlining dates and festivals including the East Coast Blues & Roots Festival in Byron Bay, the West Coast Blues & Roots Fest in Perth, and the Great Escape in Sydney. We’ll also be hitting Canberra for the first time and are trying to arrange for a return to New Zealand. Stay tuned our Kiwi friends. Tourdates below, and full show info on the GIGS page.

2007 TOURDATES

**BEN OTTEWELL SOLO** EUROPE TOUR

Dec 29 Fishpond, Derbyshire, UK J

an 9 Borderline, London, UK

Jan 11 Eurosonic, Groningen, NL

Jan 12 Club 013, Tilburg, NL

Jan 13 Paradiso, Amersterdam, NL

Jan 14 Tivoli, Utrecht, NL

**U.S.** TOUR

Jan 18 U.S. Bank Theatre, Cincinnati, OH

Jan 19 UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL

Jan 20 AJ Palumbo Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA

Jan 21 Bryce Jordan Center, State College, PA

Jan 24 Tweeter Center, Camden, NJ

Jan 25 Alumni Hall, Fairfield, CT *private college show

Jan 26 Patriot Center, Fairfax, VA

Jan 27 Madison Square Garden, New York, NY(

Gomez supports O.A.R. on these dates)**AUSTRALIA** TOUR

Mar 30 HQ Complex, Adelaide, AU

Mar 31 West Coast Blues & Roots, Fremantle, AU

Apr 3 The Palace, Melbourne, AU

Apr 4 Anu Bar, Canberra, AU

Apr 6 East Coast Blues & Roots, Byron Bay, AU

Apr 8 The Great Escape, Sydney, AU

Apr 11 The Tivoli, Brisbane, AU

Apr 13 Panthers, Newcastle, AU

(Jan 18 through Jan 27 Gomez supports O.A.R. Jan 25 is closed to students only)