As you might know we will be on the road in November in Denmark, Liverpool, Belgium, Istanbul, Spain, Lisbon, Russia & Uppsala. But we also just announced a full European tour in February and March 2011.

This will be the absolute last chance to see Efterklang perform live for a considerable amount of time. After this tour we will take a break and when we get back together we will begin the work for our 4th album and we have decided that there won’t be any Efterklang concerts before this album is finished.

The tour in 2011 will be special as it is the last, but also because of the first 4 shows that will be very special and then we have a very special support act/event lined up for the rest of the tour. We look forward to announce this soon.

Once this last tour is over we will have played more than 340 concerts since October 2007. It feels like we have been on tour almost constantly. We have loved every second of it and would just like to say thanks for the ride!

FINAL MAGIC CHAIRS TOUR 2011
for the November & December concerts 2010 click here

CROSS LINX Festival TOUR as:
Efterklang + Daniel Bjarnason & their Messing Orchestra
17.02 Utrecht, NL / Vredenburg / info w. The National & Owen Pallett
18.02 Eindhoven, NL / Frits Philips / info w. The National & Owen Pallett
19.02 Groningen, NL / De Oosterpoort / info w. The National & Owen Pallett
20.02 Rotterdam, NL / De Doelen / info w. The National & Owen Pallett

FINAL MAGIC CHAIRS TOUR with the 7-piece live band:
22.02 – Cardiff, UK / The Globe / tickets
23.02 – Sheffield, UK / Queens Social Club / DrownedinSound Events / tickets
24.02 – Glasgow, UK / Oran Mor / tickets
25.02 – Manchester, UK / Academy 3 / tickets
26.02 – Newcastle Gateshead, UK / The Sage Gateshead, Hall Two
27.02 – London, UK / Scala / tickets

March
01.03 – TBA
02.03 – TBA
03.03 – Lyon, FR / Epicerie Moderne
04.03 – Aarau, CH / KIFF
05.03 – Chur, CH / Kulturhaus
06.03 – Zürich, CH / Stall 6
08.03 – Vienna, A / Szene / tickets
09.03 – Kosice, Slovakia / Tabacka Kulturfabrik
10.03 – Prague, CZ / Meet Factory
11.03 – Leipzig, DE / Centraltheater
12.03 – Bremen, DE / Lagerhaus
13.03 – Berlin, DE / Volksbühne
14.03 – Frankfurt, DE / Brotfabrik / tickets
15.03 – Dortmund DE / Konzerthaus / tickets
16.03 – Hamburg, DE / Knust /
17.03 – Rostock, DE / Mau

And here is a new Efterklang photo!

photo taken by Luca Venter

We are happy to confirm that one of our favorite new bands from Denmark will play support on Efterklang’s 6 upcoming Danish concerts in November

04.11 – Århus, DK / Voxhall / Tickets / supp: Sleep Party People
05.11 – Fredericia, DK / Ungdommens Hus / Tickets / supp: Sleep Party People
06.11 – Kolding, DK / Godset / Tickets / supp: Sleep Party People
11.11 – Herning, DK / Fermaten / Tickets / supp: Sleep Party People
12.11 – Viborg, DK / Paletten / tickets / supp: Sleep Party People
13.11 – Albertslund, DK / Forbrændingen / Tickets / supp: Sleep Party People

Here is video of Sleep Party People playing live:

www.EFTERKIDS.com has been online for a week now and we already got a lot of nice coverage (like: DrownedinSound, Filter, Pitchfork). Thanks to all you guys who have spend time watching the videos and shared the info.

We don’t have an recent update on how much have been donated (as this is managed by 4AD in NYC) but we are expecting that we are close to the first goal which is a new computer and composer software for the Special Music School. Any donation no matter size is still welcome via www.efterkids.com

In the recent week we have also been in contact with good people in Brussels and Eindhoven. It looks like two new Efterkids performances are close to be confirmed! We look forward to share those news with you soon.

We also just uploaded the Efterkids performances to YouTube. But we still prefer you watch the videos at www.EFTERKIDS.com

It´s an honour for us to introduce our new project EFTERKIDS!

This weekend www.efterkids.com launched and same time our open invitation for talented kids around the world to join Efterkids.

Efterkids is an attempt to raise awareness of the need for music education in public schools and same time collaborate with talented kids across the globe. We are also hoping to raise some money for the cause and maybe you would consider donating? It would make us and a lot of kids very happy.

None of us in Efterklang have ever studied music on a higher level. Had it not been for encouraging music teachers in our public schools we would never have been where we are today. However that’s just one little positive outcome of music education in public schools. Several studies show that music education in schools has a major impact on kids. It fosters success in school life, social life and just life overall in fact. If you want to read up on this subject, then this link is a good place to start.

Efterkids took its beginning in February 2010. Here we collaborated with 6 talented kids from the Special Music School (P.S. 859) in New York. The collaboration can be seen on video at www.efterkids.com. You can watch Efterklang & Efterkids perform Full Moon and Natural Tune. All very high tech as we were projected on a screen behind the kids and the communication took place via Skype.

As mentioned we are hoping to raise some money and the first project is to help The Special Music School to raise money for a computer and composer software for the kids. If you feel this is something you would like to donate money for, then please visit www.efterkids.com and simply press the donate button and select an amount you wish to donate.

Besides the two videos and the donation part www.efterkids.com also holds course material (scores, mp3s with string and without strings) for Natural Tune and Full Moon. And we are hereby inviting string playing kids and their teachers around the world to join Efterkids. Since our collaboration with the kids from The Special Music School we have collaborated with 6 kids from the Duisburg area for this years Traumzeit Festival and we have several other Efterkids events coming up. We would love to have more kids involved. You can play with us in your classrooms or at a special Efterkids event. Everything goes. Its all for fun, free and a good cause.

That’s it about Efterkids for now! We hope you will welcome this new project!
PLEASE VISIT THE EFTERKIDS SITE AT WWW.EFTERKIDS.COM

We are very excited to share these news. In February we will take part of the annual Cross-Linx Festival in The Netherlands together with The National and Owen Pallett. The festival takes place in concert halls in 4 different cities (Utrect, Eindhoven, Groningen & Rotterdam) and one of their objectives is to let the alternative rock scene cross with the classical scene.

Therefore we have been invited to create a very special orchestra for these four concerts. We will be 16 musicians on stage plus our new friend Daniel Bjarnason (Bedroom Community) who will conduct and also do the arrangements for this special concert. It is too early for us to share all the details, but we can let you know that our band for these 4 shows will include a saxophone quartet!

The tickets go on sale tomorrow (Saturday) and if you would like the chance to attend one of these unique Efterklang concerts then we recommend you to book tickets fast. As mentioned the line-up include our good friends from The National and also Owen Pallett who is equally brilliant! Its gonna sell out and most likely very fast!

TICKETS HERE: Ticketmaster (the Rotterdam show should be added here before tomorrow)

THE DATES
17.02 Utrecht, NL / Muziekcentrum Vredenburg
18.02 Eindhoven, NL / Muziekcentrum Frits Philips
19.02 Groningen, NL / De Oosterpoort
20.02 Rotterdam, NL / De Doelen

HERE ARE OUR TOUR DATES FOR THE REST OF THIS YEAR

October
14.10 – Reykjavik, Iceland / Iceland Airwaves

November
04.11 – Århus, DK / Voxhall / tickets
05.11 – Fredericia, DK / Ungdommens Hus
06.11 – Kolding, DK / Godset / tickets
07.11 – Liverpool, UK / Liverpool Music Week @ O2 academy Liverpool / Tickets
11.11 – Herning, DK / Fermaten / tickets
12.11 – Viborg, DK / Paletten / tickets
13.11 – Albertslund, DK / Forbrændingen / tickets
17.11 – Madrid, Spain / Teatro Lara
18.11 – Sevilla, Spain / Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo
19.11 – Lisboa, Portugal / MusicBox / Tickets
24.11 – Brussels, BE / AB Club (Spot on Denmark) / Tickets
25.11 – Hasselt, BE / Cultuurcentrum Hasselt / Tickets
26.11 – Roeselare, BE / Cultuurcentrum De Spil / Tickets
27.11 – Istanbul, TR / Babylon / tickets

December
04.12 – Uppsala, SE / Uppsala Koncert Kongress