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Chance to Meet Jackson Rathbone and 100 Monkeys

August 25, 2009

We just heard the following from the 100 Monkey’s publicity team:

“We’re going to be picking two lucky fans from our September 12th Vancouver show for a private meet & greet with Jackson and the band.”

So if you are going to be in Vancouver that weekend buy your tickets for the show now before it sells out!

The show is at The Rickshaw Theater, and is a class above the local pubs the band played in last time they had a Vancouver gig (not that there’s anything wrong with a pub band location). The Rickshaw has a great stage and a relatively new sound system so it should be a great show.

The warm up band is Thee Manipulators and the tickets are $20.00. You can purchase your tickets right here.

The new Create Control Live Sessions album is now available at 100MonkeysMusic.com in the Monkey Mart.

It’s also available in MP3 format for you iPod & player junkies

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100 Monkeys Album Now Available

August 13, 2009

The new Create Control Live Sessions album is now available at 100MonkeysMusic.com in the Monkey Mart.

It’s also available in MP3 format for you iPod & player junkies

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100 Monkeys Play at TwiCon

August 2, 2009

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100 Monkeys Add Dallas Autograph Signing

August 1, 2009

This just in from 100 Monkeys management:

“If you can send something out to let your readers
know that we’ve added an autograph signing to
tonight’s concert at the Palladium with Jackson and
the band.

Doors open at 7pm and tickets are $19.99 and everyone
that comes to the show gets a free CD. For people
that are at the convention, tickets are available at
the 100 Monkeys Merhcandise area or online at
https://100monkeys.ticketleap.com

If people have tickets to the ball, they can come to
the Palladium to get their autograph before the show
and then head to the ball. Two bands are opening up
for them, so they won’t go on stage until 10:30.”

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100 Monkeys Concert Dates and More

July 30, 2009

Remember the other day when we first learned via Contact Music that Jackson Rathbone and the band were going to grant the wish of a Make-A-Wish Foundation child? Now we have more information from the band on that and their upcoming dates.

According to their press release:

“Jackson Rathbone, who plays Jasper Hale in the blockbuster movie, Twilight, is coming to Dallas. He’ll be in town for TwiCon, the largest Twilight Convention in the country. While he’s there, Rathbone is also taking time to meet with a very dedicated fan.

Fourteen year-old Dorothy has loved Twilight since the day she read the book. Then, after seeing the movie, she was really hooked. Like many teenagers, she dreams of meeting Robert Pattinson, falling in love and living happily ever after. She didn’t get quite that lucky but when Jackson Rathbone and his band, 100 Monkeys, heard her story they invited her to join them this weekend at their concert in Dallas, Texas.

Due to terminal cancer, Dorothy hasn’t been able to do much lately but one of her childhood dreams came true last week. She and her family were given a vacation of a lifetime at Disney World in Orlando. They get back this Friday just in time for the concert. She and her family are getting tickets to the show and backstage passes to meet the band this Saturday at The Palladium. “We’re all very lucky people and helping others makes us who we are,” said Rathbone.

100 Monkeys recently completed a two-month, East Coast tour, with every show sold out. The band has been featured on MTV, VH1, Entertainment Tonight and in People Magazine. The thing that makes the band so unique is that each member can play every instrument. In between songs, one of them yells ‘switcharoo’ and they all switch instruments. “It’s amazing to see musicians that can play six or seven different instruments without missing a beat. We’ve booked them at venues all over the country and they never fail to amaze me,” said Tim Crockett of New Castle Entertainment.

The all ages concert at The Palladium promises to be their biggest event ever. The band is also releasing a new, live CD this weekend and everyone who attends the show gets a free copy of the CD. Tickets are only $19.99 and are available at TicketMaster.com.

After the concert on Saturday, 100 Monkeys are hosting a party at Sambuca to benefit the Spencer Bell Legacy Project. Spencer was a dear high school friend of the band who died of adrenal cancer in December of 2006. For more information about the Spencer Bell Legacy Project, visit www.SpencerBellMemorial.com.

To learn more about 100 Monkeys, visit www.100MonkeysMusic.com”

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100 Monkeys & Jackson Rathbone Respond to Make A Wish

July 29, 2009

According to the Canadian site Contact Music 100 Monkeys, the band that Jackson Rathbone is a part of, is not just all about themselves and potential fame.

“…when Rathbone heard that a Twilight fan is suffering from terminal cancer, he vowed to make her dreams come true.
He’s offered to let 14-year-old Dorothy hang out backstage with the band at Saturday’s (01Aug09) show in Dallas, Texas – and the star is convinced the selfless act is the least he could do.”

Let’s hear it for Jackson, Jerad, Ben, and Ben for thinking about more than themselves. They could easily have ignored the request, but they didn’t.

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Twilight Actors Go Indie

July 20, 2009

A number of Twilight actors are involved in, or about to be involved in, what you could term lower budget indie films. They are the type of thing you see at film festivals. If an indie film is really lucky and garners enough attention it’s possible for it to reach Blair Witch Project or Napoleon Dynamite recognition.

Mike Welch is currently shooting Unrequited in Kentucky. A recent set visit by the Lexington Herald Leader resulted in some fabulous behind the scenes images.

Get all the images here. What’s also great about indie films is, that unlike major studio productions, they have grasped the power of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. The Unrequited crew Tweets daily with updates from the silly to the mundane.

In fact, their most recent Tweet was really good news: “Contacted today by our first distributor inquery. Pretty exciting that word about this film is getting around.”

Check them out on Twitter here.

Jackson Rathbone is involved in more ways than one in the upcoming flick called Girlfriend. We first heard about the project when we interviewed 100 Monkeys in Allentown, PA. 100 Monkeys will be doing the soundtrack. Jackson is starring as well as producing. 100 Monkeys bandmate Jerad Anderson is also wearing the producer hat.

Jackson tells MTV’s Hollywood Crush(click here), “I’m actually producing my first film this year called ‘Girlfriend,’” he says. “New director Justin Lerner kind of made a splash at a couple festivals last year with a short film he did…It’s an exciting time,” he said. “I get to play a part in it and have a little bit more say behind the scenes, behind the camera, which is really interesting. It’s what I’ve always really wanted to get into. I love film. I love the art behind it.”

Now the good news is that the group has just set up a Twitter and is about to launch a facebook page (we’ll let you know when that happens.) Directors, producers, actors, etc will all be doing the on set tweets. One of the latest was teasing about info regarding who the co-star, AKA the girlfriend, is going to be:

“We’ve finally decided what actress will play Jackson Rathbone’s “Girlfriend” in our film. The lucky mystery girl will be announced soon!”

You really want to be following this group on Twitter because you never know when they might give out something special to a follower. Right now they have 489 followers. With Jackson Rathebone promised as one of the Tweeters surely that number will go up. So, sign up here to follow along!

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100 Monkeys Upcoming Gigs

July 14, 2009

100 Monkeys has a number of upcoming gigs. They are playing at Twi-con, so if you are going, you’ll have a chance to see them there. However, you could get to see them twice if you are in Dallas for the convention.

The band has a show booked at the Palladium in Dallas on Saturday, August 1 at 8:30pm. Now it’s more than just a concert, it’s also the Official LIVE cd release concert. Everyone who attends gets a FREE copy of the new full length Live cd. Tickets are $19.99 and can be purchased here https://100monkeys.ticketleap.com

Also, Starshine magazine caught up with the band back when they were in Allentown and has a new interview here.

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100 Monkeys Autographed CD Giveaway!!!

June 19, 2009

So now that you have seen some more of our footage from the Allentown show here is what you need to do win the Autographed CD leave a message in the comments and we will select a random winner. You have until 11:59 PM EST on June 19th to post a comment. Please make sure when you are posting you have a valid email listed.

For those of you who haven’t checked out the 100 Monkeys new website, what are you waiting for??? I highly suggest reading the guys bios, highly entertaining. You can also follow the Monkeys on Twitter.

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100 Monkeys Site Revamped

June 17, 2009

100 Monkeys has just redone their site. Kudos to them it looks great. You can catch up with news, buy merchandise, or add yourself in the social networking function.

They just launched their first email update too:

“Hello 100 Monkeys, Twilight, and Jackson Rathbone fans…this just in…

100 Monkeys to play the North Star Bar this Thursday, June 18th!

Last Philadelphia area show for some time (they are moving back to LA!)
Tickets are on sale now via www.northstarbar.com or www.ticketweb.com
The show info is as follows:
Thursday June 18th 2009
The Battle of The Blogs – Bags of Songs vs. Popwreckoning vs. Teenage Kicks
with live performances from 100 MONKEYS / VICTOR VICTOR BAND / SPLASH1 / LIMA RESEARCH SOCIETY
$8 / 8pm doors / 21 Plus
The NORTH STAR BAR is located at 2639 Poplar Street in Philadelphia
For more info and to purchase advance tickets go to the North Star’s website at www.northstarbar.com
All Shows are 21+ and require ID unless otherwise noted.

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