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You Could Be The Designer of Brian Setzer's New Album Cover!!!

Brian has finished recording his new album and now we need artwork! Brian wants to see if you can design it for him! If you can come up with the album artwork that Surfdog Records ends up using for the cover of the commercial release of The Brian Setzer Orchestra's "Songs From Lonely Avenue" CD, you will win a brand-new Gretsch Brian Setzer Model guitar, personally signed by Brian to you!

The contest starts now and we'll be accepting submissions until 11:59pm on July 10, 2009.

Here's how it works:

1. Create an original (has to be original—no ripping off of published or unpublished artwork or photos!!) illustration or photograph, complete with the Brian Setzer Orchestra name and album title, "Songs From Lonely Avenue." For "Brian Setzer Orchestra," you can either use logos that we've used before, or come up with your own.

2. Email a jpeg of your album cover idea to lonelyavenue@surfdog.com along with a jpeg of a scanned signed copy of the Terms of Agreement, which you can download [here].

3. Surfdog will go through all of the submissions and decide if we think one of them is the best option for the actual album cover. Of course, Surfdog has other artists working on ideas and it's very possible that one of their designs will be used. So, just to be clear, we may not use any of the submissions, but we hope one of you comes up with “THE” design and we get our cover from the fans—that's Brian's whole idea behind this.

4. If there is a winner among the contest entries, that person will be notified within 7 days of the contest ending. Provided that the artwork from the winning entry can be used, that person will win the autographed Gretsch Hot Rod Guitar!

5. All entrants must be 18 years old or older and a contest like this needs to be legal where you live.

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

GREENVILLE, SC SHOW FAN PRE-SALE STARTS THURSDAY, JUNE 18TH!!

Pre-sale tickets for the Greenville, SC show go on sale Thursday, June 18 at 10AM EST!

Dec. 7 @ Greenville, SC - Peace Center - Pre-sale tickets

Hi everybody. I'm just checking in to say hello. First off I'm looking forward to seeing everyone in Canada. It's been 14 years since the B.S.O. has been there! Maybe the promoters realize I just live next door now. I'm also looking forward to playing the Pori Jazz Festival and Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam.

I have just completed all the rhythm tracks for our new album which will be out in the Fall. It will feature 12 new original songs all written by me. Nine of the tracks will feature the entire Big Band with orchestrations by Frank Comstock. The sound of the album is very "Film Noir". It could really be a soundtrack album for an unwritten film, which is how I approached the song writing. If you liked previous songs I have written like "Switchblade 327"," Drive Like Lightning"or "Ignition", I think you'll like this record. Oh, by the way, the album title is, "Songs from: Lonely Avenue". Don't worry, there's plenty of guitar on it!

See you this summer!

Brian

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The BSO adds Amsterdam to its summer itinerary!

The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Live In Amsterdam

On July 15th, the Brian Setzer Orchestra will be rockin' the Heineken Music Hall before heading up to Finland for the Pori Jazz Festival. We don't anticipate adding any additional European dates this year, so here's your chance to see the BSO live in Europe for the first time in 9 years!

July 15 @ Amsterdam, NL - Heineken Music Hall - Tickets

Attention Citizens of Finland!

The Brian Setzer Orchestra has just been added to the line up at this year's Pori Jazz Festival on July 18. Tickets are now on sale!

July 18 @ Pori, Finland - Pori Jazz Festival - Tickets

NEW NASHVILLAINS SHOW FOR 2009!

Brian Setzer & The Nashvillains will be co-headlining a show with Chris Isaak at the Ironstone Amphitheatre in Murphys, CA. The venue is situated in the Sierra foothills about 85 miles southeast of Sacramento. Tickets go on sale to the general public on May 8th.

Sept. 6 @ Murphys, CA - Ironstone Amphitheatre - Tickets

July 10 @ Montreal, PQ - Montreal Jazz Festival - Tickets
July 11 @ Ottawa, ON - Ottawa Bluesfest - Tickets
July 12 @ Quebec, PQ - Quebec City Festival - Tickets

Nov. 20 @ Detroit, MI - Motor City Casino - Tickets
Nov. 21 @ Waukegan (Chicago), IL - Genesee Theater - Tickets
Nov. 22 @ Prior Lake, MN - Mystic Lake Casino
Nov. 23 @ Wausau, WI - The Grand Theater
Nov. 25 @ Reading, PA - Sovereign PAC - Tickets
Nov. 27 @ North Bethesda, MD - Music Center at Strathmore
Nov. 28 @ Atlantic City, NJ - Taj Mahal - Tickets
Nov. 29 @ Glenside, PA - Keswick Theater - Tickets
Nov. 30 @ NYC, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom - Tickets
Dec. 2 @ New Brunswick, NJ - The State Theatre - Pre-sale tickets
Dec. 3 @ Easton, PA - State Theatre
Dec. 4 @ Ledyard, CT - Foxwoods Resort Casino
Dec. 7 @ Greenville, SC - Peace Center - Pre-sale tickets
Dec. 9 @ Nashville, TN - Ryman Auditorium
Dec. 11 @ Robinsonville, MS - Bluesville Showroom
Dec. 12 @ Thackerville, OK - Winstar Casino - Showroom
Dec. 14 @ Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Casino Showroom
Dec. 15 @ Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theater
Dec. 16 @ Coachella, CA - Spotlight 29 Casino
Dec. 18 @ Universal City, CA - Gibson Ampitheater
Dec. 20 @ San Francisco, CA - Warfield
Dec. 22 @ Friant, CA - Table Mountain Casino
Dec. 23 @ Las Vegas, NV - Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
Dec. 26 @ Santa Rosa, CA - Wells Fargo Center For the Arts
Dec. 27 @ Santa Rosa, CA - Wells Fargo Center For the Arts
Dec. 29 @ Snoqualmie, WA - Snoqualmie Casino

More to come, stay tuned!

Photos from the Brian Setzer Orchestra's Japan Tour 2009!

Brian Setzer Orchestra :: Japan Tour 2009

BRIAN SETZER GUITAR LESSON

There's a "Brian Setzer Guitar Lesson" video out there on YouTube that has become extremely popular. Here's a longer and much better version of that clip which we didn't want you to miss. Now go get your guitar and start practicing!

Stray Cats have new merch in the shop!

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Check out the latest Nikon Coolpix commercial starring Ashton Kutcher and featuring "Man With The Magic Touch" from BSO's "Guitar Slinger" album.

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Buy album at Amazon: Guitar Slinger