May 9, 2008
Venice's Netherlands theater tour dates are now posted.  Thanks to Astrid for helping me out with the addresses!


May 8, 2008
The promoters of the Topanga Days Festival are looking for volunteers in the Los Angeles area to put up posters for the event around your home, office or school.  If you'd like to help out, please e-mail me at matt@venicecentral.com and I'll put you in touch with them.


April 27, 2008
So here's the news, in official-speak:  "For The Arts and Artists for the Arts Foundation is delighted to bring you an unforgettable evening of music!  For the 5th year in a row, Jackson Browne and Venice will perform in an intimate setting (only 1200 seats) to benefit arts education. This year we have amazing SPECIAL GUESTS who will join Jackson and Venice. The night will also feature an exciting LIVE AUCTION that will help raise funds for the arts in our public schools. Come, enjoy and be generous!  VIP tickets at $1,000 each will include a pre-party, post-party and parking. Call 310-396-4557 to purchase VIP tickets.  $250 tickets will include parking on the high school campus. All other tickets DO NOT include parking. Parking is available in parking structures near the campus.  Late arrivals will NOT be seated during songs.  NO PHOTOGRAPHY IS PERMITTED.  NO FOOD OR ALCOHOL OR ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES ARE PERMITTED ON THE CAMPUS OR IN THE THEATER."

Here's the part that's just for you guys.  Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Tuesday morning, here.  However, tomorrow morning (Monday), starting promptly at 9am, a special pre-sale will take place, where the first 50 callers who phone (310) 450-5959 will be able to purchase $50 tickets for pairs of seats scattered throughout the expensive sections.  These will go very quickly, so get your redial button ready!

And now, here's a short video that explains about the charity and about the show.  As I've mentioned before on this site, in real life, I'm a DVD producer, and I did enjoy creating this piece for them, because it's pretty rare that I get to combine my work and my hobby like this.  Hope you like it!

April 24, 2008
Yesterday, we posted two new shows in Holland.  This morning, one of the venues informed us that they can't take us on the night that they had agreed to, so we've had to move that show back a night.  Therefore, the show at Grote Kerk Apeldoorn, which had been scheduled for Saturday, May 17, will now take place on Friday, May 16.  All reservations will be honored, and of course, if this creates a scheduling conflict for you, refunds will be given.  We apologize for the confusion and the inconvenience.

On the plus side, the gig at Pius X in Volendam has sold so well, they've added a second show on the night that's just opened up -- Saturday, May 17.  Which brings the number of Netherland concerts this trip over to three.


April 18, 2008
Great news!  Venice's first concert in England has sold so well, we've just added a second one.

Tuesday, May 20, 2008
The Jazz Café
Madejski Stadium
Bennet Road, Reading  RG2 OFL
For tickets, e-mail info@thejazzcafe.co.uk or phone 01189 681442
£15

Now that there are two gigs set, we'd like to lift our restriction about Dutch fans attending.  If any of our friends from Holland would like to travel over and be a part of either of these historic shows, we would be thrilled to have you join us.

Meanwhile, Venice is trying like mad to book a show in Holland between May 16 and 19.  We're not 100% sure yet we can make this happen, but we wanted to let everybody know where things stand.


April 9, 2008
Tickets are now on sale for Venice's first ever concert in the U.K.!  We're told that this is a small club that only holds 200 people, so get your tickets now, because when they're gone, they're gone.

If you live in England, you won't want to miss this. Or if you have any friends or family out there, please let them know!

Friday, May 23, 2008
Bush Hall
310 Uxbridge Road
London, W12 7LJ
02082226955
General Admission
Doors Open at 7:30pm
£19.50

Tickets can be purchased online from Bush Hall, Ticketmaster UK , Ticketweb, and most leading ticket outlets.

We would like to ask that out Dutch fans please do not travel to attend this show. There will be a gig in Holland on this trip that you can go to. (Announcement forthcoming.) This show is intended for new fans to come and see the band for the first time, and for Venice to start to develop a fanbase in the U.K. But if our Dutch friends bought up all the tickets, we'd be much less successful in that effort. Thank you for understanding!


April 3, 2008
Back in January, Venice was featured in a cool podcast about their family history.  Kipp, Michael and Pat were interviewed, and now you can listen to that show, Lisa Cooke's "Genealogy Gems," right here.

March 28, 2008
Hey all you Los Angelenos, have you got any plans for the weekend?  Want to hear some great music?  Here are a couple of suggestions:

On Saturday, March 29, The Daily Routine (featuring Charlie Vaughn, Matt Puccio, and Venice's Michael Lennon and Mark Harris) will perform at the Malibu Inn Bar and Restaurant, at 22969 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA  90265.  They'll play a 45 minute set, previewing tracks from their forthcoming album.

Then on Sunday, March 30, John Vester will be joined by Venice's Kipp, Mark, Michael and Pat Lennon when he headlines at McCabe's Guitar Shop, at 3101 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405.  The show starts at 7pm, and you can order tickets by calling (310) 828-4497.


March 10, 2008
A quick note from Mark Lennon: