The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie extend their landmark 20th anniversary co-headline “Give Up Transatlanticism” tour with new UK and Euro dates.
Glasgow, Cardiff and Barcelona accompany the previously announced dates at London’s All Points East on 25th August 2024 and Meo Kalorama in Lisbon, Portugal. Support at the Glasgow and Cardiff dates comes from Teenage Fanclub.
The extension comes in response to massive demand from fans, following the joint tour’s critically acclaimed and wildly-successful 2023 dates. That run was entirely sold-out and included back-to-back shows at NYC’s Madison Square Garden, three nights at LA’s Hollywood Bowl, and marquee dates in many other major cities – bringing more than 250,000 fans together at iconic venues across the US.
This extraordinary live run celebrates the 20th anniversaries of each band’s seminal 2003 album, The Postal Service’s Platinum-certified “Give Up” and “Death Cab for Cutie’s” Platinum-certified breakthrough fourth studio LP “Transatlanticism” – two classics released within eight months of one another, and created with a total recording budget of just $20,000.
Benjamin Gibbard, co-founder of both bands, will continue to pull double duty, performing “Give Up” and “Transatlanticism” in full alongside his respective bandmates. he said: “I know for a fact I will never have a year again like 2003. The Postal Service record came out, ‘Transatlanticism’ came out. These two records will be on my tombstone, and I’m totally fine with that. I’ve never had a more creatively inspired year.”
The Postal Service is comprised of Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello, and Jenny Lewis; Death Cab for Cutie is comprised of Gibbard, Nick Harmer, Dave Depper, Zac Rae, and Jason McGerr.
Formed in 1997, Death Cab for Cutie immediately entered the ranks of the era’s most definitive bands, thanks in large part to the remarkable power of co-founder, vocalist, guitarist, and lead songwriter Ben Gibbard’s complex, often bittersweet songcraft.
The band made their worldwide popular breakthrough with “Transatlanticism”. Fueled by critical acclaim, an array of high profile soundtrack placements, and such hit singles as “The Sound of Settling” and “Title and Registration”.
2003 also saw Gibbard and Los Angeles, CA-based multi-instrumentalist Jimmy Tamborello (Dntel, Figurine) unite as The Postal Service, a long distance collaboration named for their working method of exchanging tracks via the US Mail. The duo – joined by a number of friends including singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis – proved a phenomenon with the February 2003 release of their one and only studio LP, “Give Up”.
It earned worldwide applause and eventual Platinum certification thanks to infectious electro-pop smashes like “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight”, “We Will Become Silhouettes”, and the Gold-certified “Such Great Heights.”
The album’s stature continued to grow in the years following its original release, ultimately spending 19 non-consecutive weeks at #1 on Billboard’s “Top Electronic Albums” chart. In 2013, The Postal Service reunited to mark the 10th anniversary of “Give Up” with their biggest headline tour ever, along with top-billed performances at such international festivals as Coachella, Primavera Sound, Lollapalooza, and Sasquatch.
Photos: The Postal Service (credit: Autumn de Wilde) | Death Cab for Cutie (credit: Jimmy Fontaine)
