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WELCOME TO AMPLIFIER!

Amplifier are sneaking out of the Mystoria studio
and will be playing the following shows:

24/6 w/ Monster Magnet / Astoria - London
25/6 w/ Monster Magnet A/B club - Brussels
27/6 Biel Barbarie Festival Switzerland
28/6 Pratteln, Z7 (Switz)
30/6 Zurich Abart (Switz)
1/8 Lott Open Air Festival, Germany
2/8 Krach Am Bach Festival, Germany

March 2008

Even as we speak, Amplifier are in the process of recording tracks for their next 2 albums.

Entitled "Mystoria" and "The Octopus", they will be done and dusted towards the end of the year.

When asked why they decided to record two albums at once, they replied that it was easier and less of a effort than having to concentrate on merely one.

The band are currently available for comment, but won't.

More news as it emerges<...

href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/bruce_dickinson/"target="_BLANK">http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/bruce_dickinson/

Check out new Amplifier songs: As premiered on Saturday night at the BBC Electric Proms with Bruce Dickinson. Hear and see Amplifier perform at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/electricproms/2007/artists/amplifier/

Plus you can catch more, including Bruce interviewing Sel, on Friday night (2nd November) on Bruce's 6 Music show between 10pm and 1am:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/bruce_dickinson/

AMPLIFIER are currently writing their third album.

They have constructed large swathes of it and are really quite pleased.

AMPLIFIER are currently NOT taking requests and suggestions about which direction their new material should follow.

However, they do appreciate the put in, and would like to offer thanks to their everyone.
Especially thems who thinks they know the best.

By the way,
Keep open your eyes open for some one off shows of the autumn(nal)

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Remember.

AMPLIFIER will be supporting the mighty Porcupine Tree on these UK dates:
Apr 18 2007 GLASGOW, UK: ABC
Apr 19 2007 NEWCASTLE, UK: Academy (0870 771 2000)
Apr 20 2007 PRESTON, UK: 53 Degrees (01772 893000)
Apr 22 2007 NOTTINGHAM, UK: Rock City (08713 100000)
Apr 23 2007 WOLVERHAMPTON, UK: Wulfren (0870 320 7000)
Apr 24 2007 BRISTOL, UK: Academy (08713 100000)
Apr 25 2007 CAMBRIDGE, UK: Junction
Apr 26 2007 LONDON, UK: Forum (0870 060 3777)
Thanks to Steven Wilson for the invite - these will be fantastic shows. Book now...

Joy! The first AMPLIFIER dates of 2007 are confirmed including European dates and 1 London show.
Support for all European shows will be the excellent Swiss band Cloudride (www.myspace.com/cloudride).

So: Get yourself to those ticket offices for the full on Amplifier experience. It's incendiary.

Tour as follows:
Please note that Colos-Saal on 27th is in Aschaffenburg not Dachen...

21-Feb-07 Abart Music Club, Zurich
22-Feb Chelsea, Vienna
24-Feb Alter Schlachthof, Lingen
25-Feb Substage, Karlruher
26-Feb Roxy, Saarbruchen
27-Feb Colos Saal, Aschaffenburg
28-Feb Star Club, Dresden
02-Mar Doornroosje, Nijmegan, Wymega
03-Mar BWH, Deventer, Deverke
05-Mar La Scene Bastille, Paris
06-Mar AB Club, Brussels
07-Mar Underworld, London

---------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are pleased to announce that AMPLIFIER have been invited as guests to do a live session for Radio 1 on the Zane Lowe show.
The session will be broadcast on 24/1/07 after 7pm
Radio 1 have a listen again facility on the internet for those who miss the show

So, bedlam + mayhem ensue... Get yourself to one of the European shows, it's all kicking off.
Amplifier are on fire. And Europe is rolling over.

We can confirm the following tour dates with the marvellous Opeth in December

2-Dec GER Berlin Columbia Club
3-Dec GER Cologne Live Music Hall
5-Dec FR Paris Elysee Montmartre
6-Dec FR Lyon Transbourder
7-Dec SP Barcelona Sala Apolo
8-Dec SP Madrid Heineken hall
9-Dec PT Lisbon Paradise Garage
10-Dec PT Porto Hard Club
12-Dec SP Bilbao Sala Santana
13-Dec FR Montpellier Le Rockstore
14-Dec FR Strassbourg La Laiterie
15- Dec ITY Milan Live Club
16- Dec ITY Ravenna Kojak
17- Dec ITY Rome Alpheus
18- Dec ITY Treviso New Age

A new AMPLIFIER e-card is now on line, promo-ing the new AMPLIFIER album - INSIDER

http://www.spv.de/eng/amplifier/insider/

AMPLIFIER feature in this months Rocksound.
AMPLIFIER also feature on the cover mount - with "O Fortuna" on the CD

Out now

New Album INSIDER to be released on October 2nd

Autumn Tour Dates as follows

Europe OCT / NOV

sun 22-Oct COLOGNE PRIME
mon 23-Oct MUNICH AMPARE
wed 25-Oct ZURICH HAFENKNEIPE
thur 26-Oct MILAN TRANSILVANIA
fri 27-Oct RONCADE NEW AGE
sat 28-Oct OBERENTFELD BOROM POM POM
sun 29-Oct BIEL-BIENNE GASKESSEL
tues 31-Oct HAMBURG KNUST
wed 01-Nov BERLIN LIDO
thur 02-Nov COPENHAGEN LOPPEN
fri 03-NovGHENT CHARLATAN
sat 04-Nov DEN BOSCH W2

UK Nov 2006

wed 08-Nov-06 Derby Victoria Inn
thu 09-Nov-06Sheffield Corporation
fri 10-Nov-06 Cardiff Barfly
sat 11-Nov-06 Cambridge Portland Arms
sun 12-Nov-06 Wolverh'ton Little Civic
tue 14-Nov-06 London Barfly
wed 15-Nov-06 Manchester Academy 3
thu 16-Nov-06 Glasgow Barfly
fri 17-Nov-06 Newcastle Academy 2
sat 18-Nov-06 Bradford Market Tavern
sun 19-Nov-06Southampton Joiners

JUNE 2006 AMPLIFIER play 3 European festivals.
DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL - Donnington Park (UK) 9/6/06
GREENFIELD MUSIC FESTIVAL Interlaken (CH) 17/6/06
ROSKILDE MUSIC FESTIVAL Roskilde (DK)

New Album INSIDER due for release end of summer 2006

Until then - Adieu!


NOV. 05 AMPLIFIER play the 8th Eclipsed Festival on 19/11 at Aschaffenburg - Colos-Saal, Germany
featuring:- AMPLIFIER plus - RIVERSIDE (from Poland)- THE BRIMSTONE SOLAR RADIATION BAND
www.colos-saal.de, doors open: 6.30pm, first band on stage: 7.30pm
stage time AMPLIFIER: ~10.30pm
tickets: EUR 17,-/19, ; Ticketservice (Colos-Saal): phone: ++49-(0)6021-27239
reservations: www.colos-saal.de : infos eclipsed: www.eclipsed.de

NB AMPLIFIER are making a new album as you read. Thought you might like to know...

OCT. 17th / OCT. 17th / OCT. 17th / OCT. 17th
Well... Meant to be Oct. 17th...
The Astronaut Dismantles HAL, the new AMPLIFIER EP, is released on Oct. 17th

Everyday Combat video: http://www.spv.de/eng/amplifier/default.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
So: AMPLIFIER a new EP. Out Oct. 17th (Oct. 14th in Germany, owing to change in German release date policy). The Astronaut Dismantles Hal.
New songs, surprises, keep an ear and eye out for Everyday Combat and video. More info soon.

An AMPLIFIER show too:
Nov. 19th AMPLIFIER headline Eclipsed-Festival (Colos-Saal in Aschaffenburg). Eclipsed is a very cool German music mag. They love Amplifier, so we're headlining their show. Easy.
Further shows probably in the New Year now; laboratory experiments are already underway for the 2nd album so that'll be the AMPLIFIER focus for a while. That is going to be a storm.
If any shows do grab our fancy in the meantime we'll let you know. And there will be UK shows in the New Year, we promise. Various necessities have kept AMPLIFIER largely in Europe, but we know there are plenty of you wanting to see the band again. Patience. Thanks. FTM.

AMPLIFIER Video In Germany
VIVA Plus - Get The Clip - Rock
Hier kannst du am Mittwoch, 25.05. (HEUTE!!!) von 20-22h per Telefon deinen Wunschclip voten.
Wähl einfach 01378 - 4000 - 24

Ein Anruf kostet 49 Cent aus dem deutschen Festnetz.
24 steht für die Nummer deines Wunschclips! (AMPLIFIER "The Consultancy" = 24)

Oder schick eine SMS ( 24 für das AMPLIFIER Video) mit der Kennnummer deines Wunschclips an die 85555 (49c/SMS).

Danke.

Video voting...Tonight's the first night....

Also, watch AXT on Viva Plus on Sunday night starting at 21:00 until Midnight
AMPLIFIER "The Consultancy" in for voting on that show as well!

AMPLIFIER CONFIRM DEBUT FRENCH SHOW. May 30th @ Paris, Le Nouveau Casino.

AMPLIFIER HEADLINE EUROPEAN TOUR CONFIRMED:

AMPLIFIER play Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Holland. More to come soon.

MAY
23 BRUSSELS AB BOX (1 show only with Mondo Generator)
24 GENT CHARLATAN
25
26 THUN CAFÉ MOKKA
27 CHUR SAFARI
28 ZURICH DYNAMO
29
30 PARIS, LE NOUVEAU CASINO
31 AMSTERDAM PARADISO
JUNE
1 HANOVER FAUST
2 DRESDEN STAR CLUB
3
4 BASEL IMAGINE FESTIVAL
5 MUNICH AMPER
6 COLOGNE UNDERGROUND
7 BERLIN MUDD
8
9 FRANKFURT BATSCHKAPP
10 NEUHAUSEN SOUTHSIDE FESTIVAL
11 SCHEESEL HURRICANE FESTIVAL
12 BREDA: BREDA BARST FESTIVAL (Netherlands)

More details as soon as we can.

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24 March - AMPLIFIER confirm UK dates with Open Hand
Oxford Zodiac April 10th
Leeds Cockpit April 11th
London Barfly April 12th

AMPLIFIER confirm a return trip to Southside/Hurricane in Germany. What a great Festival this is. Everybody go!

More shows + Festivals to be announced shortly. Rolling forward.

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Hi all, sorry for recent lack of news, AMPLIFIER have been getting some new things sorted out and there should be news soon for a busy 2005. Thanks for your patience.
In the meantime:
Thanks to our German fans - AMPLIFIER are 7th in the Visions Magazine Best Newcomers Poll.
Given that Franz Ferdinand won + AMPLIFIER have played less than a dozen times in Germany with the record barely promoted there yet the band are delighted.
Europe has been good to AMPLIFIER! They'll be back soon. Thanks.

Anyone intending to see AMPLIFIER on Saturday 29th of Jan at LONDON ASTORIA 2, please make sure you get there in plenty of time: Please be advised that the show is apparently SOLD OUT, and as a consequence it might take awhile to actually get inside the building - so get there EARLY... Enjoy!

****MESSAGE BOARD BACK ON-LINE NOW. THANKS FOR YOUR PATIENCE
TOTAL APOLOGIES
to anyone who has been trying to get into the site since last week.
We had a complete system collapse + couldn't even get on the site ourselves to let you know. Sorry about that.
AMPLIFIER

*AMPLIFIER play the Mean Fiddler on Jan. 29th with Apocalyptica / Breed 77
Doors 6.45, Amplifier onstage 7.05pm

AMPLIFIER would like to hear what you think.
If you've been to an AMPLIFIER show please leave a review in the CONTACTS section.

*2005 is upon us...
1st AMPLIFIER gig of the year:
Thursday 13th January AMPLIFIER play Eurosonic Festival, Holland.
Vera Theatre, Groningen, Netherlands> AMPLIFIER onstage at 1.15 in the morning.

***NEWS: CHECK OUT THE NME BEST 50 ALBUMS OF THE YEAR FOR AMPLIFIER'S DEBUT

AMPLIFIER play Christmas hometown show.
December 16th Amplifier headline @ Manchester Academy 3 (formerly The Hop 'n' Grapes).
Tickets from the Student Union or Piccadilly Box Office 0161 832 1111.
www.ticketline.co.uk
Will be a great night.

And another thing...
Re. AMPLIFIER/Helmet offer for Sunday, please RE-SEND your request. Apologies if you had sent re. this offer, but please can you re-send to info@amplifiertheband.com AND sel@amplifiertheband.com because our email has been playing up today. Sorry.
This has been a week of strange internet stuff; oh well...

****It has come to our attention that there is a rumour of an AMPLIFIER show in Chatham.
This is not true.
Genuine shows will be put on the board as soon as they're confirmed by AMPLIFIER.
Anything else, ignore. Well you can believe NME, Kerrang! etc but you know what we mean...
If you speak to AMPLIFIER management by any means other than this board + it's email addresses please can you inform us, because it's very unlikely to have been a legit conversation.

SURPRISE GIG: HELMET have just asked AMPLIFIER to support them @ Bristol Academy this Sunday, 5th December.
As a special concession for AMPLIFIER fans,
if you send your name (plus guests' names) to info@amplifiertheband.com by 3pm on Sunday 5th
you will be able to get into this show for £6 instead of £13.50.
Fire away!

NB PLEASE NOTE DEC. 10th SHOW @ CAMDEN BARFLY WITH Kaiser Chiefs IS CANCELLED.