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April.27.2008 - Redesign

Despite the site looking like I haven't done anything to it in forever, I am working on a re-design. I can't say for sure when it'll go up, but I'm hoping for less than a month from today.

Thank you for your continued support. With the launch of the re-design will come more frequent updates again.
TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED

Tegan and Sara have announced new 2008 tour dates for the US.

Tickets for all shows will go on sale to the public this Friday, Jan.18 at the outlets listed beside each show below.

An internet ticket pre-sale for select shows through Music Today begins this Wednesday, Jan. 16, at 10:00A.M. For details go to: http://teganandsara.tickets.musictoday.com.

  • 17-Apr Salem, OR - Elsinore Theatre - www.ticketswest.com
  • 19-Apr Arcata, CA - Kate Buchanan Room - HSU Box office
  • 21-Apr Davis, CA - Freeborn Hall @ UC Davis - www.tickets.com
  • 22-Apr Santa Cruz, CA -The Rio Theatre - www.ticketweb.com
  • 28-Apr Phoenix, AZ - The Marquee - www.luckymanonline.com
  • 29-Apr Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre - www.ticketmaster.com
  • 30-Apr Aspen, CO -The Belly Up - www.etix.com
  • 2-May Tulsa, OK - Cains Ballroom - www.gettix.net
  • 4-May St. Louis, MO -The Pageant - www.ticketmaster.com
  • 6-May Madison, WI - The Barrymore Theatre - barrymorelive.com
  • 7-May Milwaukee, WI -The Pabst Theatre- www.tickets.com
  • 8-May Indianapolis, IN - The Egyptian - www.ticketmaster.com
  • 9-May Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's - www.ticketmaster.com
  • 10-May Pittsburgh, PA - The Palace Theatre - www.ticketmaster.com
  • 12-May New York, NY - Terminal 5 - www.ticketmaster.com


    The Condiscography and lyrics have also been updated on the website.
    • Contest Contest Contest

    Alternative Press magazine is putting Tegan and Sara on the cover of their March 2008 “fan issue.” The issue will feature a full interview with Tegan and Sara.

    So, here’s what we’re asking you: What makes you a Tegan and Sara fan?

    You can tell us about how you first heard of Tegan and Sara, seeing them play, meeting them after the show, merch collections you have, people you’ve met because of the fan community... We want to hear it all!

    Start a new topic in the special section created on the [dot]org message board to post your “fan story.” Submissions are due by January 31st, 2008. We will pick our favourite entry that weekend and the winner will receive a copy of the March 2008 issue of Alternative Press magazine featuring Tegan and Sara as well as other Tegan and Sara goodies.
    January 6, 2008

    +Update+ I added a google search feature to the website. I don't think it's quite perfect yet, but hope it will make finding information a bit easier. Please send any feedback on it to me at frozenheavy@yahoo.com
    Previous Updates

    +Update+ Tegan and Sara play an exclusive live acoustic set for AOL Spinner. Go to Spinner.com or straight to the following clips:
    Back in Your Head :: Nineteen :: The Con :: Dark Come Soon :: Tegan and Sara Interview

    +Update+ Tegan & Sara "The Drop" will air on MTV2 during the Rock Block on August 11th, from 7pm to 10pm (EST/PST).

    +Update+ FUSE will air the "Back In Your Head" video on their indie show "The Dive" on Sunday, August 12th @ 2am EST (Saturday night).

    +Update+ The current round of MTV.com's Battle of the Videos features Tegan and Sara, Chamillionaire, and The Last Goodnight. Go to www.mtvbattleofthevideos.com

    +Update+ Tegan and Sara are currently featured in Rolling Stone, Spin, Alternative Press, and Filter.

    May 8, 2007

    FILTER Magazine's Impressions of "The Con" at FILTER Magazine
    April 8, 2007

    From FILTER Magazine :: www.filter-mag.com



    Grassroots Tegan and Sara: 5 Things You Can Do To Help Spread the Word
    1. When you go to your local record store, take one or two of the Tegan and Sara albums and put them on the rack with the New Releases or the current Bestsellers.
    2. If you record store doesn't carry Tegan and Sara, find the manager and ask him or her to start stocking Tegan and Sara's albums.
    3. Make sampler cd's with your favorite 4 or 5 Tegan and Sara songs and give them out to family, friends, or random people who look like they might be ready for a good dose of the TnS.
    4. Mention TnS on message boards you frequent, or go to places like MTV and start threads on them.
    5. Whenever you are at a restaurant that serves fortune cookies, have everyone give a lift to their fortune by adding the phrase "with Tegan and Sara" at the end of their fortune. For example, "Help, I'm being held prisoner in a Chinese bakery...with Tegan and Sara." Please note that is text of an actual fortune cookie found at weirdfortunecookies.com.
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    Tegan Raine and Sara Keirsten Quin were born in Calgary, Alberta, on September 19th, 1980. Tegan, who's labret piercing makes it easy to tell the identical twins apart, is the older of the two by eight minutes.

    They both studied piano as kids, but didn't get serious about music until they were about 15 when Tegan fell ill and Sara picked up a guitar that their mother's boyfriend had left laying around at their house. They taught themselves to play guitar and almost immediately began writing their own music.

    According to an interview on Finnish radio, they took advantage of the facilities in their high school to begin recording and selling their work. As for live performance, they initially performed at local parties. In their own words, "We started playing guitar when we were 15, and we called ourselves PLUNK. We were kind of wussy punk [no drums or bass] and we were really bad. We had really funny garage band parties until some guy broke our P.A. Our mom wouldn't fix it and so PLUNK became Tegan and Sara."

    They made their first big splash onto the Canadian music scene in 1998 with the highest score ever in Calgary's Garage Warz Battle of the Bands. They used their prize, studio-time, to record a demo album, the Yellow Demo. Two more demo tapes were recorded under the band name Sara and Tegan. The Red Demo and the Orange Demo. [See the Discography for track listings.]

    They released their (independent) debut album, Under Feet Like Ours under the name Sara and Tegan in August of 1999. This album has been re-printed twice under the name Tegan and Sara (once with the song Frozen added as a bonus track).

    As for the name change Tegan says, "When we called ourselves Sara and Tegan, it didn't work because of they way our names blended together. 'Sarandtegan.' So we switched to Tegan and Sara. It wasn't like all of a sudden I had to have my name in front. It was just easier to pronounce that way.''

    In early 2000 they were signed by Neil Young's manager, Elliott Roberts, to Neil Young's label, Vapor Records. Working with producer Hawksley Workman, they released This Business Of Art in July 2000 and its follow-up, If It Was You, was released in August 2002. If It Was You was produced by John Collins and Dave Carswell who had previously worked with The New Porngraphers, the Smugglers, and the Evaporators, and with its release Tegan and Sara added musicians Chris Carlson (bass) and Rob Chursinoff (drums) to the band. 2004 saw the release of So Jealous and an increase in mainstream popularity for the band who scored a slot opening for The Killers. With So Jealous, Tegan and Sara again teamed up with producers John Collins and Dave Carswell and also added Ted Gowans (guitar, keyboard) to the band. 2007 will bring the release of The Con produced by Christopher Walla (Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists) and features Jason McGerr (Death Cab), Hunter Burgan (AFI), and Matt Sharp (Weezer, The Rentals). The Con opened to rave reviews across North America and is the first Tegan and Sara album to break the Billboard Top 40 - coming in at #34 during the first week of August 2007.

    As for personal musical influences, Tegan says they grew up with a lot of Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell being played in their house. Their musical tastes include U2, Bruce Springsteen, Led Zeppelin, and Phil Collins, as well as much punk music.

    Over the years, Tegan and Sara have played with the Lilith Fair Tour, and opened for such notables as Neil Young, the Pretenders, Rufus Wainwright, Bryan Adams, Joan Osborne, The Killers, and Ryan Adams. They've headlined countless shows, touring extensively in Canada and the United States, and to a lesser extent in Europe and Japan.

    Tegan currently lives in Vancouver, BC.
    Sara currently lives in Montreal, QC

    Portions of the Bio courtesy of This Is Everything
    TeganAndSara.org©2000-2008
    This Just In
    New Tour Dates Announced
    Discography Updated with THE CON
    Lyrics Updated with THE CON
    Calendar
    02.22.2008 :: Brighton, UK - Concorde 2
    02.23.2008 :: Leeds, UK - Metropolitan University
    02.24.2008 :: Nottingham, UK - Trent University
    02.25.2008 :: Wolverhampton, UK - Wulfrun Hall
    02.27.2008 :: Dublin, IRE - Button Factory
    02.28.2008 :: Belfast, UK - The Limelight
    02.29.2008 :: Glasgow, UK - Queen Margaret Union
    03.02.2008 :: Cardiff, UK - The Point
    03.05.2008 :: London, UK - Koko
    03.07.2008 :: Munich, GER - Backstage
    03.08.2008 :: Heidelberg, GER - Karlstorbahnhof
    03.09.2008 :: Hamburg, GER - Fabrik Hamburg
    03.10.2008 :: Cologne, GER - Gloria
    03.12.2008 :: Copenhagen, DEN - Lille Vega
    03.13.2008 :: Malmo, SWE - KB Club
    03.14.2008 :: Stockholm, SWE - Nalen
    03.15.2008 :: Goteborg, SWE - Sternhammarsalen
    03.17.2008 :: Berlin, GER - Postbanhof Berlin
    03.18.2008 :: Brussels, BEL - Botanique
    03.19.2008 :: Paris, FRA - La Maroquinerie
    03.20.2008 :: Amsterdam, NET - Melkweg
    04.17.2008 :: Salem, OR - Elsinore Theatre
    04.19.2008 :: Arcata, CA - Kate Buchanan Room
    04.21.2008 :: Davis, CA - Freeborn Hall @ UC Davis
    04.22.2008 :: Santa Cruz, CA -The Rio Theatre
    04.28.2008 :: Phoenix, AZ - The Marquee
    04.29.2008 :: Albuquerque, NM - Sunshine Theatre
    04.30.2008 :: Aspen, CO -The Belly Up
    05.02.2008 :: Tulsa, OK - Cains Ballroom
    05.04.2008 :: St. Louis, MO -The Pageant
    05.06.2008 :: Madison, WI - The Barrymore Theatre
    05.07.2008 :: Milwaukee, WI -The Pabst Theatre
    05.08.2008 :: Indianapolis, IN - The Egyptian
    05.09.2008 :: Cincinnati, OH - Bogart's
    05.10.2008 :: Pittsburgh, PA - The Palace Theatre
    05.12.2008 :: New York, NY - Terminal 5