Hey there!

Now it’s time to start with the part of the blog we all waited for…right? The tour kicks off!

Meet & Greet

The travel to Aschaffenburg was a little adventure itself, thanks to Deutsche Bahn. Trains getting delayed and delayed is always a lot of fun. Not. And dragging around what feels like ten tons of luggage in a bag that’s barely holding together is not so funny either. But I’ll stop complaining, I arrived and that’s the most important thing. And if I hadn’t managed to catch a cold exactly today, I’d be completely satisfied.

Elias & Daniel

By the way, the merchandise looks awesome, it’s totally worth spending your money on. Which I will do. I can already hear my wallet crying. Aside from a Hoodie and two shirts there’s a really cool looking tote bag, Death to Analog and the new Dreamland single. But today, the merch is not the most interesting part. What’s really important: How did the show go?

Mayfield, who filled in for Murder.fm, opened the show with a grunge performance that bore a distinct resemblance to Nirvana before My Passion took over a warmed up the crowd for the things that were yet to come. And how they came.

Around 10 pm Julien-K hit the stage and began their first performance ever in Europe. If you didn’t know, you wouldn’t have noticed for a second that Ryan is actually sick. He performed at full power just like everyone else. I won’t tell you the setlist cause I know that some people like to be surprised and I don’t want to be a spoilsport. I’m just going to say this much: It’s a long, nicely chosen set and the four new songs fit in there really well. The people liked them as well which is a good sign for the new album. According to Amir they’ll try to finish the new stuff until the end of the year and that’s quite a nice prospect, isn’t it?

Ryan

And if you wondered who is doing the back-up voals now that Brandon is not a part of the band anymore: It’s not Fu who took over, but Elias. And he’s doing a great job!

And now, I’ll get back to my hotel and try to get rid a little of that stupid cold before we hit the road to Munich tomorrow. From tomorrow on there’ll be something new to the shows: The Austrian DJ iPunk is the official tour DJ and he’ll do a set before, between and after the bands. If that’s not a nice addition, huh? And we want to see you dance! All of you!

See you tomorrow!

Laura

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Hi everybody!

Merchandise

Less than a week until the tour starts and as many of you might have already seen on Twitter, the guys are already in Germany – Hamburg to be exact which they like a lot – to prepare the last bits for the shows like press and rehearsals. Today was the first day of rehearsals and the band practices hard, these are the first concerts in Europe after all. It’s actually been a while since Julien-K played live and this tour is the first with the “new” line-up. No doubt that Fu will do a great job on stage!

The new merchandise just arrived at Tiefdruck’s and awaits its buyers. There will be more than just hoodies and t-shirts but no telling. That’s gonna remain a surprise!

Something else found its way to Tiefdruck Musik: The Dreamland singles! Those are available from Friday on Amazon Germany and a number of stores. It should be mentioned again that the CD is limited to only 1000 pieces, so you shouldn’t ponder too long whether to buy it or not. For only 3,99€ there’s nothing to think about anyways. Buy it!

Dreamland

Julien-K are not the only ones working hard. Tiefdruck is busy as hell, too because they’re in the middle of the last preparations for the tour. Tour books and passes are in the works just like another million things. I have a load of things to do as well and I doubt it’s gonna change before the shows start. Keep your fingers crossed for my Germany flag – I hope it’ll arrive until Monday at the latest ot else we have JULIEN-K GERMANY without a flag on tour and that’s a big no-no!

And now, I shall go and prepare food for my sister’s birthday tomorrow. See you soon!

Laura

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Ohayou.

That was Japanese. It might sound strange, but whatever So today we’ve got an amazing announcement for you that will especially please the people that have already bought a Julien-K ticket in the presale. *drum roll*

Julien-K tour dates

It is true – every day from August 5 to August 27, Tiefdruck-Musik will be giving away an exclusive meet & greet with the Julien-K guys during the upcoming tour!

So what do you have to do to win? Not much, actually. Just take a picture of you with your Julien-K ticket (it must be clearly identifiable) and send it to jk@tiefdruck-musik.com. Sending it will get you into the lottery wherein you will remain until the bitter end! This means, the earlier you participate, the higher are your chances to win. Of course you will be taken out of the lottery after winning but that should be pretty self-explanatory

Can you only participate once? NO. If you attend three shows, then just send in three pictures and you will be entered into the competition thrice. More tickets = more chances.

The winners will be announced every day at the official Facebook and Twitter profile of JULIEN-K GERMANY. Of course the lucky winners will also be notified via e-mail.

This initiative has been set up in order to reward the people who purchase their tickets in the presale, since the presale is a really important issue. You know it is the band’s first tour in Europe, therefore the labels, organizers, promoters, etc. can only know what to expect and how to plan things by watching the presale. So if you have the possibility to buy your tix earlier, please do so! With this, you not only help the band and the other parties involved, but you also save money compared to buying the ticket at the box office AND on top of that, you might now also be rewarded with a meet & greet.

In this connection, I also want to appeal to you again to promote the tour in the best possible way. We Julien-K fans need to activate all our powers and do everything  in order to make the tour a success so that the guys will be able to come to Europe for a second time in the future!

Good luck!

Laura

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Hi folks!

Today we want to provide you with some more exciting news straight from the Julien-K tour headquarter!

tour posters

First and foremost, as of right now the Tiefdruck office in Hamburg is completely filled with tons of tour posters that are neatly being packed into boxes and then sent out to various recipients, in order to once again draw attention to the upcoming tour. Of course we hope to stumble upon these in all tour cities soon! Here’s an impression of the posters for you – the motif should be familiar to you

What might also be of interest for you is the news that the show in Cologne was registered for presale today; therefore the impatient ones amongst you will finally be able to purchase their tickets soon. And some great news for those of you who want to attend the Schwäbisch Hall show: You can now order your tix at Eventim.de: http://bit.ly/bVktFv

In other news, the “rent drumkit” for Elias has been ordered now, because you know it would be quite difficult and expensive for him to carry his own drumkit across the pond. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hi everyone!

That's me.

This is the cornerstone for the Julien-K tour diary. With the help of Tiefdruck-Musik you can get you daily fix for background information, pictures, videos, news etc from on- and offstage. But first things first: Who writes this stuff?

My name is Laura and some of you might already know me as the co-leader of JULIEN-K GERMANY. Since I’m crazy enough to attend every show on this tour, I ended up with the job as your personal field reporter. Read the rest of this entry »

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