What a success! Sydney & Melbourne shows are now SOLD OUT! What's that? You didn't hear me? Those cool dudes The Grates have sold out the Sydney & Melbourne shows for their upcoming tour. 

Not as excited as we are cos you feel a little like rose_petal63...? 

rose_petal63 says "Dear ThA Grates. I saw yous last t1me u played Sydney & now that shooow iz SOLD OUT. Plz do me a solid and put another show on! Sincerely, rose tattoo". 

Don't despair (and no need to resort to begging thinly veiled by funky spelling. Show some self respect, don't cry in front of chicks). We are announcing a second show in each of those cities. 

These wonderful 2nd and FINAL9 shows are...

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11TH: HI FI BAR, MELBOURNE

Tickets from The Hi Fi Bar: (03) 9654 7617, www.thehifi.com.au, Missing Link (03) 9670 8208, Polyester (03) 9419 5137

TICKETS ON SALE TOMORROW 29TH AUGUST

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16TH: METRO THEATRE, SYDNEY

Licensed ALL AGES

Tickets from www.metrotheatre.com.au or (02) 9550 3666, Ticketek: 132 849 or www.ticketek.com.au

TICKETS ON SALE THURSDAY SEP 4 

Shirts, Hankies And Your Dad.

Who here needs more shirts and hankies? Your Dad. Well for the next 2 weeks we have a marvelous fathers day Special. Buy any shirt from our online store in any size and receive a free hankie.  

The Shirts Off Our Backs

If you own one of our shirts and want to show it off to the world, let us help you. Go to the P.Y.T. thread on our message board HERE and upload a Picture of Yourself wearing your Grates T. John (or someone) will then put the picture of you modelling our shirt in the SHOP > SHIRTS part of our website. Just like this cute little tough guy.

• JB-HIFI
• ITUNES AUSTRALIA
  
• ITUNES NEW ZEALAND
  
• PLAY4ME (signed copy)

photo by daniel boud - boudist.com

The anticipation is growing and growing, it feels like Christmas to me. All the excitement surrounding this weekend, with Splendour and the release of our album on Saturday... I have butterflies in my stomach (and glitter in my eyes)!

COME SAY HI IF YOU'RE AT SPLENDOUR

We'll be singing copies of 'Teeth Lost, Hearts Won" on Splendour Saturday, 3:30 in the afternoon, at the merch stand. 'Teeth Lost, Hearts Won" will be available to buy at the merch stand for a very, very special price of $15!

IF YOU'RE NOT AT SPLENDOUR Tune into triple j at 5:30 on Splendour Sunday for a live broadcast of our set.

WHAT IF....

I pose this question. What if Saturday comes and you still don't have our album? You may cry. FACT: JB HI-FI have the album at a special price, for a limited time, in stores. What if you live on a Desert Island with only a coconut and the internet? You could pre-order it from JB HI-FI and receive a bonus hanky. Dry your tears, get it heres: http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/Product/332538/TEETH-LOST,-HEARTS-WON-(Digipak)-(Bonus-Grates-Hanky)

Or get it from iTunes Australia or the Nokia online store. Nokia has a bonus of B-side 'Cast Me Aside'. iTunes has bonus of B-side 'Hide N' Die'. What if you're from Quebec? Easy. You can buy it directly from Dew Process on Saturday from midday Australian Eastern Standard Time. http://www.dew-process.com/shop/artistview.cfm?id=3

Q:

I'm not going to Splendour but would love to see you play. Is there anything I can do? Emily, 20, Byron Bay, N.S.W. Good question Emily. I may have the solution. We're playing the Dew Process Party at The Great Northern in Byron Bay on Friday night. Some tickets are still available from Qjump: http://www.qjump.com.au/event/2862/Dew-Process-Pre-Splendour-Party or Oztix http://www.oztix.com.au.

TOUR-IFIC!

Don’t forget the ‘Teeth Lost, Hearts Won’ tour is going on sale next Friday 8th August. The venues we are playing at for this tour are relatively small compared to the last tour, so make sure you snap up your ticket quickly and like a crocodile. Speaking of crocodiles Dan, our keyboard player, showed me this ad the other day. Kid number 3 is a cracker. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouY2yw5-sRU

Until next time! nah-nah BATMAN!

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