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  • FREE Remix EP now available!

    Happy Harry Potter Movie day!

    Movie releases are always a special time in our hearts. To mark the occasion, we want to give you a gift for being really awesome. We really appreciate all the support that you’ve given us over the years. Thanks for coming to our shows and buying our albums and stuff. Seriously. Your awesome generosity with time and money that has enabled us to keep rocking for all these years and we’re really thankful for that opportunity.

    So here’s a little reward!

    We’ve just released a FREE Remix EP via our new Bandcamp page.
    Check out this cool tracklist:
    1. Harry and the Potters & Lauren and Kate - Felix Felicis [Best Person Alive Mix]
    2. Harry and the Potters & Erwin Beekveld - Phoenix Tears [Burning Day Remix]
    3. Harry and the Potters & Dawlish and the Archies - Hermione Screws Up the Polyjuice Potion [Gato's Lesson Plan]
    4. Harry and the Potters & Paradise Dan - Felix Felicis [Dumbledore's DS Mix]
    5. Harry and the Potters & Erwin Beekveld - New Wizard Anthem [Roonil Wazlib Beat Mix]
    6. Harry and the Potters & Dobby and the House Elves - Gryffindor Rocks [House Elf Mix]
    7. Harry and the Potters & Erwin Beekveld - Felix Felicis [Eight Clockwise Stir Mix]
    8. Dumbledore’s Chorus - Save Ginny Weasley [a capella]

    Bandcamp is awesome because you can listen to complete versions of all of our songs and then, when you download, you can purchase the lossless version at no additional charge! Plus, all our stuff is priced a bit cheaper than iTunes. Nothing against iTunes. We love those dudes, but this is a great alternative if you want higher quality songs at better prices.

    So there you go. Check it out. The remix EP is priced as “Name Your Price,” but feel free to enter in $0.00. If you want to keep supporting us, we are definitely cool with whatever you want to throw our way, or you can just explore the bandcamp page and buy some of our other releases. But don’t feel obligated. We really just wanted to give you a little treat to share the HP love. Listen to these jams on your way out to the movie tonight!


    Also, if you’re awoke early, our tunes could be heard yesterday on NPR’s Morning Edition. Andrew Slack and I were interviewed about the Harry Potter Alliance. Nothing I said made it into the final piece, but it’s still cool. You can hear us yelling about love in the background. Listen to it here!

    Enjoy the movie!
    Paul and Joe
    2:31 AM

  • Harry and the Potters' SCANDINAVIAN TOUR starts August 3rd!

    Hej and hallo!

    Good news my friends! The hour is nearly upon us: this Tuesday marks the beginning of Harry and the Potters' first SCANDINAVIAN TOUR!

    Yes, that is correct! The wizard gods and the rock gods have held consul with the Norse gods and determined that THIS is the path that humanity must follow! The whole of human history points to this: Harry and the Potters have shows next week in Norway, Sweden and Denmark and YOU MUST ATTEND!
     
    If you don't live in Scandinavia, make sure you tell all your friends that do! Let them know that lighning-scarred wizards of rock are nearly upon them and they should either take shelter or clear their calendars and plan to join us for the most EPIC and AWESOME night of SUMMER!
     
    Here's the quick list of our tour dates!

    Aug 3 - Trondheim, Norway - Øksendal Libris Bokhandel
    Aug 4 - Östersund, Sweden - Tingshuset
    Aug 5 - Bäsna, Sweden - Bäsna Bygdegård
    Aug 6 - Göteborg, Sweden - Lokal Sinnet
    Aug 7 - Oslo, Norway - Litteraturhuset
    Aug 8 - TBA (looking for something in southern Sweden)
    Aug 9 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Osram Culture Centre
    Aug 10 - Växjö, Sweden - Musikhuset / Bergendahlska gården
    Aug 12 - Stockholm, Sweden -Rågsveds Nya Folkets Hus
     
    Full details!!!!!
     
    Trondheim, Norway
    August 3
    Øksendal Libris Bokhandel
    Dronningens gate 30 (corner of Dronningens gage and Munkegata)
    7412 Trondheim
    15.00 | ALL AGES | FREE! |
     
    Östersund, Sweden
    August 4
    Gamla Tingshuset
    Samuel Permans Gata 13
    831 31 Östersund
    19.00 | ALL AGES | 60 kr advanced, 70 kr at show | Tickets |
     
    Bäsna, Sweden
    August 5
    Bäsna Bygdegård
    Bygdegårdsvägen 3
    Bäsna, Sweden
    21.00 | ALL AGES | 40 kr | Tickets |
     
    Göteborg, Sweden
    August 6
    Gamla Varvsgatan 1
    Majorna, Göteborg
    19.00 | ALL AGES | 50 kr |

    Olso, Norway
    August 7
    Litteraturhuset
    Wergelandsveien 29, 0167 Oslo
    19.00 | ALL AGES | 50 kr |
     
    Copenhagen, Denmark
    August 9
    Osram Culture Centre
    Valhalsgade 4, 2200 Copenhagen N.
    21.00 | ALL AGES | FREE! |
     
    Växjö, Sweden
    August 10
    Musikhuset / Bergendahlska gården
    Liedbergsgatan 16-18
    19.00 | ALL AGES | 50 SEK | Tickets |
     
    Stockholm, Sweden
    August 12
    Rågsveds Nya Folkets Hus
    Rågsveds Torg 11
    18.00 | ALL AGES | 100/120 kr | Tickets |
     
    Please tell ALL your friends! We've never played in any of these places before and we want it to be TOTALLY AWESOME!

    And if anyone wants to help us get a show in southern Sweden (maybe Malmö/Lund area) on August 8th, we still have that date free and we're will to play pretty much anywhere! Just email us if you have ideas!

    Also, we are ready to eat lots of excellent local foods and delicacies! If you have recommendations, please pass them along!

    Seriously though: DO NOT MISS THIS TOUR! It's going to be so much fun!

    Thanks, as always! We hope to see you soon!
     
    Paul and Joe
    Harry and the Potters


    3:19 AM

  • Harry Potter Alliance FTW!


    Dear friends,

    Five years ago a sweaty dude named Andrew Slack came to one of our shows with an idea would profoundly change the way Harry Potter fans could interact with the magical world created by JK Rowling. No, he wasn’t proposing a theme park. Instead, he wanted to take a cue from the books and create an actual Dumbledore’s Army. He wanted to harness the enthusiasm and dedication of Harry Potter fans everywhere and put it to practical action here in our own world. His idea was to form an Alliance of Harry Potter fans.

    I immediately started working with Andrew on his idea for the Harry Potter Alliance. Just as these books had inspired us to start a band and make art, they also inspired us to be better people. They taught us that the powers of love and friendship and courage are enough to overcome seemingly insurmountable evil. Harry and his friends proved that it doesn’t matter how old you are: you can still play a huge role in shaping the world. We hoped to create an organization that would help facilitate and empower Harry Potter fans everywhere, to bring them together, and to help them transfer a little of the magic of Harry’s world into our own.

    Five years later, I am truly honored to be a part of the organization that the Harry Potter Alliance has become. It is certainly a testament to the impressive character and unyielding generosity of Harry Potter’s fanbase that we have been able to grow so large and accomplish so much. Earlier this year, we partnered with various segments of the Harry Potter fandom and beyond to raise over $123,000 for Haiti disaster relief. Through Partners in Health, we were able to send five full cargo planes filled with food and medical supplies to Haiti! Then a few months later, our members donated over 50,00 books to the Mississippi Delat! These statistics blow my mind!

    Like all non-profit organizations, the Harry Potter Alliance is in constant need of financial support. For the past few years, we’ve survived on a few grants, proceeds from various wizard rock compilations, and member-organized drives and donations. Other activist organizations have marveled at our ability to accomplish so much on a nearly non-existent budget. I know this sounds like I’m gearing up to ask you for some cash, but I’m happy to report that’s not the case.

    Instead, I’d like to ask you to take just a little bit of time to lend your support to the Harry Potter Alliance as we enter the final days of the Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook. We are currently in first place and we have a really legitimate shot at winning $250,000, but no lead is insurmountable and we need all-hands-on-deck in this race to the finish. I can’t even being to tell you about the incredible things we can do with that kind of money, but rest assured that an already awesome organization will be able to continue being awesome at all new levels of extreme awesomeness!

    So here’s what you can do to help:

    1) Please go vote for the Harry Potter Alliance RIGHT NOW on Facebook


    It can be a bit confusing, but here’s all you need to do to vote for the HPA:
         1. Click “Get started to vote” (the second green button, top right)
         2. Allow access and then click “Like”
         3. Click “Vote now” (green button, top right)

    2) Once you’ve voted, please repost, retweet, blog, dance, shout, etc. Do whatever it takes to get as many of your friends and family to cast a vote for the Harry Potter Alliance. I can’t emphasize how important this is! This is your chance to help round up the votes we’ll need to win this competition. Be a hero! Is your mom on Facebook? It’s weird, I know, but now’s your chance to really share something with her. She loves HP too and I’m sure you can convince her to lend the HP Alliance a vote. And bonus points if she can get some of her own friends to vote too!

    3) Gift votes! You’re only allowed to vote for the HP Alliance once, but if you vote for 5 different organizations in this contest, you’ll receive one gift vote to send to a friend. We recommend using the BUDDY SYSTEM! Find a buddy, exchange gift votes, and then use them to vote for the Harry Potter Alliance. Using this gift vote is like casting a patronus and having it fight alongside you! EXPECTO PATRONUM!

    4) If you want to help out some more, check in with our staff to find out more tricks and tips to help us win this contest. Email hpaftw@thehpalliance.org for details!

    If you’ve ever read a Harry Potter book or seen a movie, if you’ve ever sorted yourself into a Hogwarts house or put on a pair of round glasses, if you’ve ever been to a wizard rock show or played in a wizard rock band, or if you’ve ever wished that magic was real, now is your chance to make it so. Now is your chance to be a wizard! Now is your chance to support our real-world Dumbledore’s Army! Now is the time to raise that magic wand-of-an-index finger and click over to http://hpaFTW.com. Now is your chance to help the Harry Potter Alliance and Harry Potter fans everywhere continue to bring the magic of these stories to life.

    Thanks for your support!

    Sincerely,
    Paul DeGeorge
    Harry and the Potters
    the Harry Potter Alliance

    10:26 PM

  • Show this weekend in AMSTERDAM & IRELAND! Midwest in July! Scandinavia in August!

    Hello friends!

    Lots of news to report as we prepare to rush out the door for the airport, so lets get to it!

    Here's a helpful index to navigate the massive quantity of information in this email!

    1) Bandiversary!
    2) Shows this weekend in Amsterdam and Ireland!
    3) Midwest tour June 30 - July 15!
    4) Scandinavian tour Aug 1 - Aug 13!

    Are you ready? Summer is going to be AWESOME

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    Part 1:

    Earlier this week, we celebrated the 8 year anniversary of our first show! Happy Bandiversary to us and THANK YOU to all of you who have supported us over the past 8 years. You have no idea what it means to us! Read more here!

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    Part 2:

    AMSTERDAM and IRELAND shows this weekend!

    NETHERLANDS

    We just scheduled a last-minute show in Amsterdam. It is happening TOMORROW!

    Friday, June 25th
    Harry and the Potters
    Vondelpark, Amsterdam
    4pm, FREE!
    Meet at Blauwee Teehius
    If anyone has a glockenspiel we can borrow, please bring it! You will be our hero and we'll give you a free t-shirt. The show is free, but we will gladly accept stroopwafels as a voluntary admission.

    Please spread the word about this show! We just scheduled it this morning and it is happening so soon! Tell all your friends and HP crew. Tell your mums and dads.Tell you wizard pals and muggle bros. Tell your websites and your blogs and your flickrs and your facebooks and your myspaces and your twitters and your friendsters and your itunes and your uncles. SEE YOU THERE!!!

    IRELAND

    This will be our first show ever in Ireland! And it happens THIS SUNDAY!


    Sunday, June 27, 2010
    Cork City, IRELAND
    Cork Midsummer Festival
    Pavilion, Carey’s Lane off Patrick St, Cork City, Ireland
    1:00pm | €7.50 | Tickets | our first show ever in Ireland with Siriusly Hazza P and Romilda Vane and the Chocolate Cauldrons!

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    Part 3:

    MIDWEST TOUR

    Here's a quick rundown of where we'll be and when. Please see our show listings or follow the facebook links for more details! These shows are going to be FUN!

    June 30 | Pittsburgh, PA | Most-Wanted Fine Arts |
    July 1 | Cincinnati, OH | Cincinnati Public Library - Norwood Branch |
    July 2 | Springfield, MO | Randy Bacon Gallery |
    July 6 | Kansas City, MO | Salt Water Taffy House |
    July 7 | Lawrence, KS | Lawrence Public Library |
    July 8 | Cedar Radids, IA | Cedar Rapids Public Library - Westdale Mall |
    July 9 | Minneapolis, MN | Bedlam Theatre |
    July 10 | Davenport, IA | Davenport Public Library - Easter Avenue Branch (early) |
    July 10 | Chicago, IL | the Moving Castle (late) |
    July 11 | Bloomington, IN | Cat and Andrew’s Resplendent House of Rock |
    July 12 | Ypsilanti, MI | Dreamland Theater |
    July 13 | Cleveland, OH | Mac’s Backs |
    July 14 | Erie, PA | Presque Isle - Rotary Pavilion |
    July 15 | Rochester, NY | Neil's Garage |
    July 31 | Palmer, MA | Diamond Junction Bowling Lanes

    Details for all these gigs are listed on our shows page. A few more shows will be announced soon.

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    Part 4:

    SCANDINAVIAN TOUR!

    Aug 2 - Reykjavik - TBA
    Aug 3 - Trondheim - TBA
    Aug 4 - Östersund - Tingshuset
    Aug 6 - Gothenburg - TBA
    Aug 7 - Oslo - Litteraturhuset
    Aug 8 - Denmark/Sweden - TBA
    Aug 9 - Denmark/Sweden - TBA
    Aug 10 - Växjö - Musikhuset / Bergendahlska gården
    Aug 11 - Sweden/Stockholm - TBA
    Aug 12 - Sweden/Stockholm - TBA

    I'm sorry there are still so many TBAs on the list. We're still working hard to get those shows confirmed. Not all of them may actually happen, but we're going to try our best to play as many shows as possible. If you live in some of the TBA locations, please get in touch and maybe you can help us get some of these shows confirmed. We are ready to play ANYWHERE!

    Here are the details for our confirmed shows!

    Östersund, Sweden
    August 4
    Gamla Tingshuset
    Samuel Permans Gata 13
    831 31 Östersund
    19.00, ALL AGES, 70 SEK

    Olso, Norway
    August 7
    Litteraturhuset
    Wergelandsveien 29, 0167 Oslo
    19.00, ALL AGES, 50 NOK

    Växjö, Sweden
    August 10
    Musikhuset / Bergendahlska gården
    Liedbergsgatan 16-18
    19.00, ALL AGES, 50 SEK

    We hope to see many of you soon! Be sure and tell everyone you know about these shows!

    This summer will RULE!

    Your friends,
    Paul and Joe

    6:37 PM

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