Whats up y'all its been a minute but I'm back on it again. I hope all of you had a great winter I sure did! I am stoked for sping and summer cause you all know what that means concert time boo yeah. So Im kicking it off right by going to John Butler's first major solo set in the US at the legendary Filmore in San Francisco. Im heading out on Tuesday and should be back with a report and some pretty cool vids and such on Wed. So till then stay cooler than a polar bears toenails!

Respect
Aaron

Wednesday 9th
April Pipeline Cafe Honolulu, HI
USA
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
+ support by Paula Fuga

Tickets:
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GREEN TICKET OPTION + .40c

General Public Tix on sale March 1st thru venue.
ALL AGES


Saturday 12th
April Commordore Vancouver, BC
CANADA
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
+ support by Mama Kin

Tickets:

SOLD OUT

Age 19 + Only


Sunday 13th
April Telus Ski Festival Whistler, BC
CANADA
JOHN BUTLER TRIO

Tickets:
FREE FESTIVAL !

ALL AGES


Monday 14th
April Starlight Room Edmonton, AB
CANADA
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
+ support by Mama Kin

Tickets:
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GREEN TICKET OPTION + .40c

General Public Tix on sale March 1st thru venue.
Age 18 + Only


Tuesday 15th
April MacEwen Ballroom Calgary, AB
CANADA
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
+ support by Mama Kin

Tickets:
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General Public Tix on sale March 1st thru venue.
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Friday 18th
April Wilma Theatre Missoula, MT
USA
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
+ support by Mama Kin

Tickets:
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General Public Tix on sale March 1st thru venue.
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Saturday 19th
April Big Easy Spokane, WA
USA
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
+ support by Mama Kin

Tickets:
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General Public Tix on sale March 1st thru venue.
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Monday 21st
April Big Easy Boise, ID
USA
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
+ support by Mama Kin

Tickets:
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General Public Tix on sale March 1st thru venue.
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Tuesday 22nd
April The Fillmore
1805 Geary Blvd San Francisco, CA
USA
The first major solo performance in the USA!
JOHN BUTLER - SOLO ACOUSTIC
+ support by Mama Kin

Tickets:
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GREEN TICKET OPTION + .40c

General Public Tix on sale March 30th thru www.livenation.com

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Wednesday 23rd
April Catalyst Santa Cruz, CA
USA
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
+ support by Mama Kin

Tickets:
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GREEN TICKET OPTION + .40c

General Public Tix on sale March 1st thru venue.
Age 16 + Only


Friday 25th
April Coachella
Empire Polo Field
81-800 Avenue 51 Indio, CA
USA
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
+ many other artists including: Jack Johnson, The Verve, Portishead, Kraftwerk, Roger Waters...

Tickets:
Online: www.ticketmaster.com
http://www.coachella.com/tickets

Ful info at: www.coachella.com
ALL AGES


Saturday 26th
April McDowell Mtn Music Festival Scottsdale, AZ
USA
JOHN BUTLER TRIO

Tickets:
http://www.mmmf.net/2008/lineup.php
ALL AGES


Tuesday 29th
April House of Blues Dallas, TX
USA
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
+ support by Will Hoge

Tickets:
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GREEN TICKET OPTION + .40c

General Public Tix on sale March 1st thru venue.
ALL AGES


Wednesday 30th
April Stubbs Austin, TX
USA
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
+ support by Will Hoge

Tickets:
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GREEN TICKET OPTION + .40c

General Public Tix on sale March 1st thru venue.
ALL AGES


MAY 2008
Friday 2nd
May The New Orleans Jazz
& Heritage Festival
Fair Grounds Race Course
Gentilly Blvd New Orleans, LA
USA
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
+ many other top artists over this week long festival

Tickets:
Online: www.ticketmaster.com
Ph: (504) 522-5555 or (800) 488-5252

Full info at: www.nojazzfest.com
ALL AGES


Saturday 3rd
May Beale Street Memphis, TN
USA
JOHN BUTLER TRIO

Tickets:
http://www.thebealestreetmusicfestival.com/

Well here we are at the beginning of the end of a great tour. The final three days started at the Moore Theatre in Seattle. The guys caught me a bit off-guard when they started with Better Than but I thought it was a great opener and set a great mood for the rest of the show. A comical part in the evening came when John invited out Brett Dennen and his band to do Come Together but only Randy, Brett's drummer, showed up as the rest of the guys were MIA. John called on the crowd to help tease Brett for missing the song with a big AWWW.

The next day was very fun. We went to a park cleanup event put on by Earthcorps, Green Seattle, and Clif Green Notes. There was a great turnout of people to help cleanup the park and enjoy solo performances of Brett and John. The day ended with a show in Bellingham at a very cool venue the Nightlite. The venue was very small in comparision to others that they have played this tour but made for a super high energy level. I took the time to enjoy this so as it is probably going to be my last chance for a while

The bittersweet end comes tonight the last show in Portland, but keep an eye on our pages as we still have some cool stuff to share.

Peace

Aaron

I don't even know where to start... this whole day was amazing! The day started at Ocean Beach to help clean up the beach. A lot of cool organizations were there including: Surfrider Rock the Earth Save the Bay and Clif Bar all of these organizations help to put on the beach clean up and solo sets of Brett Dennen and John Butler. Quite a few people turned out to help clean the beach and even more for the sets. It is great to see people coming together toward a common goal!

The solo sets were awesome John came out and interacted with Brett during his set, they have a natural chemistry. They played Come Together and it was sweet. John's set was equally great he played Treat Your Momma, Daniella, Somethings Gotta Give breaking into songs by Arrested Development and the Police, Peaches and Cream, and Funky Tonight. Very very cool experience.

Then the show later was one of the best I've ever been to. The guys seemed on a mission. They gave so much energy to the show and almost seemed like they were trying to out do each other. The setlist to a JBT newbie would not be appreciated fully. They still played many Grand National songs such as: Caroline, Groovin Slowly, Used to Get High, Better Than, Good Excuse, Fire in The Sky, and Funky Tonight. They also put in some older songs that are well known like: Treat Your Momma, Pickapart, Ocean, Zebra, Somethings Gotta Give, and Come Together w/Brett Dennen and band. The absolute highlight of this whole tour for me were two songs that they played off of John's first two CD's Sista and Take. I've been to many shows and I do many and I have never heard either of those songs let alone on the same set. I am so thankful... if you made it to this show you got a treat. I hope they play them again and I'll try and get a recording up.

Off to Seattle in a week.

Peace

Aaron

Back in action in LA. The Orpheum Theatre is a beautiful venue and loved seeing the guys there. Although the highlight of the day for me wasn't the show. Just before the show John asked me if I wanted to see something cool. Needless to say I said yes! One of the kind gentleman that worked the venue took us to see the old organ and purcussion sound system. We were getting a look at history. Back when these old Theatres showed silent movies they were competing for crowds. It was expensive and used a lot of space to have a full orchestra to draw people in. This is where this setup comes in one person could control it and it took up far less space. This particular on was built in 1928. I've got some pics of it!

Peace

Aaron