Last week iTunes launched Ping, its new social network for music. And now, we want to invite you to follow The New Pornographers on Ping. Follow us to see the latest updates (including recent music recommendations from Carl), upcoming shows, music, videos, photos, and more.

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Tickets for our Australian and New Zealand tour dates are on sale now! Click here to visit the LIVE page for the latest ticket links and show information.

Nov. 09 - Brisbane, AU - The Zoo
Nov. 10 - Sydney, AU - Manning Bar
Nov. 12 - Hobart, AU - The Republic Bar
Nov. 13 - Melbourne, AU - The Hi Fi
Nov. 14 - Adelaide, AU - Fowler's Live
Nov. 16 - Perth, AU - Rosemount Hotel
Nov. 20 - Auckland, NZ - The Kings Arm
Nov. 21 - Wellington, NZ - San Francisco Bathhouse

Check out the ABC News Amplified interview with Carl and Kathryn. Watch the video below, or click here and watch it on the Amplified website.

New general admission ticket links are up now on the live page for our Mid-October tour!

Here are the dates again for our August mini tour!

August 27th - Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground tickets
August 28th - Canandaigua, NY @ CMAC (w/My Morning Jacket) tickets
August 29th - Kingston, ON @ The Ale House tickets

Here's the link to buy your Pre-Sale tickets from etix which will go live at 10am PST this Wednesday the 11th of Aug:

PRE-SALE TIX!!

General admission tickets on sale Friday!

Oct 13 - Bloomington IN - Buskirk-Chumley Theatre +
Oct 14 - Chicago IL - Riviera Theatre
Oct 15 - Grand Rapids MI - Calvin College Chapel
Oct 16 - Baltimore MD - Ram's Head Live *
Oct 17 - Washington DC - 9:30 Club *
Oct 18 - Richmond VA - The National *
Oct 19 - Cheswick PA - Ches Arena *
Oct 20 - Halifax NS - Halifax Forum w/My Brightest Diamond

w/ My Gold Mask +
w/ Tokyo Police Club *

JUST ANNOUNCED: More New Pornographers tour dates! October 13th-20th.

Pre-Sale starts this Wed. @ 10am PST. General tickets go on sale this Friday, Aug 13th.

We’re heading back out to the east coast/mid west to do a week long tour in October, which means returning to some of our favorite cities and will also include our first ever trip to Halifax for The Halifax Pop Explosion! Limited quantity Pre-Sale tickets will go on sale at 10am PST on Wed, Aug 11th from etix. The link to purchase those tickets will be posted here in the News section of our website in the next day or two but the link will not go LIVE until Wed @ 10am PST.

Oct 13 - Bloomington IN - Buskirk-Chumley Theatre +
Oct 14 - Chicago IL - Riviera Theatre
Oct 15 - Grand Rapids MI - Calvin College Chapel
Oct 16 - Baltimore MD - Ram's Head Live *
Oct 17 - Washington DC - 9:30 Club *
Oct 18 - Richmond VA - The National *
Oct 19 - Cheswick PA - Ches Arena *
Oct 20 - Halifax NS - Halifax Forum w/My Brightest Diamond

w/ My Gold Mask +
w/ Tokyo Police Club *

We will be playing tomorrow, July 31st at noon PST live on KEXP!

Listen live in Seattle at 90.3FM and worldwide at KEXP.org

We're playing the 27th of August in Burlington, VT! Buy tickets!

We're also playing the 28th of August in Canandaigua, NY with My Morning Jacket! Buy tickets!

Tune in tomorrow (Wednesday June 30th) to the Late Show with David Letterman to see us perform Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk!

"Crash Years" can now be downloaded to play on Rock Band for XBOX360! It will be opened up to the other platforms shortly, and there will also be more songs from 'Together' coming shortly! Click Here for more info!

Just added: June 20th at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY. All tickets are on sale exclusively here on our site on the Live Page. On Sale on June 15th, at 10:30 am sharp. Capacity is tight so get your tickets quick. See you there!

We present to you our very own Download store! Think of it as our own private Itunes. This is just the beginning, eventually more music will be going up for sale (and maybe an exclusive here or there)! We also realize that many of you have purchased "Together" through Itunes and might not have gotten the ARTWORK for it. Well go to our Download store to get the artwork for FREE so you'll have the complete package! Click on the DOWNLOAD Tab to check it out!

Thank you all for coming out to the Electric Ballroom show! We've just confirmed our first appearance at Shepherd's Bush Empire on December 9th! Get your tickets on the Live Page!

Check out the New Pornographers Debut on BBC 6 with Marc Riley! Click Here

Check out our live page for more confirmed tour dates in Europe, including our first visit to Finland!

Carl has been moonlighting for Rollingstone.com blogging about songs, music, and everything else under the sun Click Here

ATTN SEATTLE! We are looking forward to seeing you out at Sasquatch, but it wouldn't be very fair unless we had OUR OWN party right? NOW ON SALE, tickets for JULY 31st and AUGUST 1st. Go to the live page for discounted tickets until the general tickets on sale this Friday May 14th! We will be playing two very distinctly different sets each night (that goes for all of the two night stays in markets) so come to both!

He called us "Indie Rock Icons," but we're a little too young for that claim. You can check out the performance of "Crash Years" here!

Directed by our very own Blaine Thurier

PLUS CHECK OUT THE VIDEO for "Your Hands (Together)" directed by our very own Blaine Thurier! Exclusively at AOL for today! MAY THE 4TH BE WITH YOU New Pornographers, 'Your Hands (Together)' -- Video Premiere

DETROIT, We have heard your calls! Just confirmed June 14th @ the Crofoot. Discounted pre-sale tickets available through our site until Friday when general tickets go on sale. Tell all your friends! Pack the house like you said you would!

Thanks to our friends at Exclaim! for featuring our new album, and lucky for all of Canada that you can listen to 'Together' at your favorite news source. Click Here

It is finally here for your listening pleasure. Or at least your listening pleasure at your computer. To take it out into the real world you'll have to pre-order the record and wait until next week, but in the mean time Click Here

Check out our Custom Merch store for two brand new snazzy designs that you can put on a variety of different gear!

Enter to win a spot right behind us for our performance on the Jimmy Fallon show on May 5th! Click Here We'll also be playing up in Woodstock, NY the next day if you want to stay up close and personal with us for a whole set!

Actor Adam Goldberg interviews members of the band and other guest musicians about the recording of 'Together.' This is about as behind the scenes as you can get!

ATTN VANCOUVER TICKET BUYERS! It was just recently brought to our attention that there was a mistake with the prices through our direct ticketing site (Etix)! This problem has been corrected for our July 14th show, and EVERYONE who purchased tickets through our direct Etix Ticketing will be receiving a $5.67 credit to your credit cards. That's a whole beer (or a couple of soft drinks!) Sorry about that, and now you all know how much you'd be saving by buying tickets now! Get your tickets for July 14th. THANKS!!

We've just confirmed a 2nd show in Vancouver on July 14th. Get your discounted pre sale tickets through us on our live page until this Saturday (when general sale tickets go on sale) See ya soon

Yes friends the gates are opening and we are inviting you to hear the new album. Check out 'Together' in it's entirety, have FREE drinks, AND get goodies at the same time?? Come to one of our "Get Togethers" over the next week in select cities. We'll be confirming more markets as well. Check out this link for RSVP info and more details! here

You know a release day is getting closer when Itunes puts up a pre-order link! Itunes Canada pre-order is now live! Pre-Order coming for North America and the rest of the world. Click here

You are all invited for a very special evening with the full lineup in Woodstock NY on May 6th @ The Bearsville Theater. Get your tickets now because space WILL be limited

Tickets available on the Live Page! Thank you for your support and love Washington DC!

Just confirmed an appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on May 5th!

Our direct Pre-Sale has closed. We will be changing over the ticket links on our site to the general tickets. Thanks everybody who bought your tickets so early. You make a band feel loved

Is now streaming up on our Facebook page!

We are floored to be giving you a lot of great news today. TOUR DATES with the full eight person line up for North America can be found on the LIVE page. It's true, you asked and we are delivering. Click on the link at the top of the page to get tickets before anyone else, and for cheaper. PLUS after you select your tickets you can also bundle your ticket order with a very cool 'Together' T Shirt. This won't last long so get on it.

Want to hear more music? "Crash Years," the second song from 'Together' is up on Itunes for you purchasing pleasure!

ATTN DESIGNERS! We need your help to come up with cool T Shirt designs! Winners will get $150, an autographed screen printed poster, a copy of our new album, and a ticket to our show (if you live in a city where we are playing)! Go to the Photo Page on our site, register, and upload your submissions to the T Shirt Contest folder. The contest will only last for 3 weeks so get your designs in. Can't wait to see them!

Hi there! You can Pre-Order the CD or LP of Together now and get some extra goodies as well! For the US and the rest of the world you can order here For Canada only, you can order here

Hi there everybody! The bad news is that we will not be playing down at SXSW. The good news is that Matador has set up a shuttle bus that you can schedule for a free ride from the airport to the Convention Center or select hotels. The BEST news is that they will be playing Together on the shuttle bus making the first opportunity for you to check out the record as a whole! For more details go here

A nice interview with Annie Clark about playing guitar on "My Shepherd." http://www.spinner.com/2010/03/05/st-vincent-guitar-new-pornographers-together/

Download "Your Hands (Together)", the first song from the new album HERE.

Hey everybody! We just confirmed an appearance at this year's Sasquatch Music Festival, plus a whole bunch of tour dates in Europe including an appearance at the Primavera Festival in Spain!

Welcome to our new website. We hope you like it. Have a look around.

Oh yeah, we have a new album coming out in May 2010 too! It's called: Together

Check out the Photos Section to see the album artwork and a bunch of photos from the making of the record. Sign up for email list. We hate SPAM too and promise not to load your inbox up. Keep on checking out the site because we're going to be constantly posting new news, photos, videos and everything in between.

a HUGE THANKS to Fanclub Media for doing such a terrific job with the site!

Hi all Carl will be performing as part of a really stellar line up for a benefit for Haitian Relief. The event will be happening on Jan 27th in Brooklyn at the Bell House. Check it out to do a small part for one of the biggest tragedies of our time, while having a really great night of music. http://www.thebellhouseny.com/

Grammys tonight! Everyone knock on wood for our girl!