Matt and Rb will be playing at the Calapooia Brewing Company this Friday May 29th. We hope to see some old friends and make some new ones.

In January The Matt Lewis Band will travel to Barrow Alaska to play for a non profit orginization. I watched a special on nightline last week concerning the growing problems of polar bears within the city limits of Barrow Alaska, and i must admit that this has me pretty excited. I have played in Alaska enough to know that this is usually people in the lower 48 hyping things up but needless to say i am pretty stoked. If luck has it, i will be posting a few photos of the Matt Lewis band within safe distance of a big white bear in the next few weeks.

On our way to the Artic Circle we will be stopping in Fairbanks to play a show at the Blue Loon. I just got off the phone with my buddy Coop and he informed me that it was -44 there so i am packing Long Johns. Fairbanks is one of out favorite places to play and we have a lot of close friends there so it will be good to see everybody.

I am also trying to work out some shows in Corpas Cristi TX for mid January so that might be really fun. If everything works out, we be traveling from one of the lowest cities in North America to the highest within 4 days of each other.

We will be holding a CD release party Thursday, October 9th @ Velour in Provo.  Please come hang out with us, we are really excited to be playing our “home venue” with all of our friends!

The new Matt Lewis Band album Vague Concern will be released in Alaska July 16th, 2008!

The album will be available everywhere else, including online outlets in mid August, and there will be a local Utah CD Release party in August as well.  We’ll keep you updated with exact dates.

We have pre-released all of the material available immediately online for listening at Last.fm.  Go here to check it out now:

http://www.last.fm/music/Matt+Lewis+Band/Vague+Concern

Matt will be playing songs from the upcoming album on X 96 tonight at 9:30 MST. Listen to it live on X96.com

We have recently confirmed all of the dates for our trip through Alaska this year! We’ll be out in July, from the 15th - 27th. For exact dates, and more information about the shows please check out the tour page. See you soon.