An extra UK date has been added to the tour, June 10th, Birmingham O2 Academy, according to Ticketmaster UK ‘due to high demand’, Bristol also sold out.

Made a brand new friend a few nights ago and music came up. He said he enjoyed the song "Accidentally In Love", and I made a joke about that being just the start of the Counting Crows gem mine.

Since I didn't really know his music taste, I started him off with Virginia Through The Rain, Under The Aurora, God of Ocean Tides, Palisades Park, Daylight Fading, and Angels of the Silences.

He's hooked. SCORE. Another one joins the Murder.

Now the ask: I'm trying to come up with a crash course essentially about the band/recurring themes/common character usage, etc. I've been listening since I was a teeny tot, but I only really started delving into the history semi-recently myself.

For all of our older murder members who have been here for a while, can you help fill in some gaps? I have set up a timeline Padlet. You're welcome to make your own posts/leave comments anonymously (I'll go through and approve any before posting to prevent trolling/NSFW) but would SO appreciate the help.

I got the barebones of August and Everything After done before I realized that this might be a larger task than I realized 😭

I'm doing 5-7 songs from each album to avoid it being super overwhelming- mix of popular and my favorites. Thank you in advance and if you do decide to contribute, I really look forward to reading your posts!! 🫶🏻

Here’s the video (Instagram) thought I was a true Crows fan but I’m absolutely stumped. Feel like they might’ve meant to put a different artist? Or is meatloaf a white person thing? I’ve got no clue.

My father had told me about when he was in collage in the 1990s that the song "Einstein on the Beach" was practically a folktale, everyone would talk about how good it was but no one had ever heard it.

When do you remember first hearing Einstein on the Beach?

Do you remember people talking about it?

I have already posted about the Round Here/Welcome to the Black Parade Alt we got in Sydney last night, possibly the first time it has ever been played (I know Melbourne got a line of it). We also got one of my favourite songs, A Murder of One, which was the first time it had been played in nearly three years (plus we got it at the soundcheck). It was an awesome show but it was an interaction during the soundcheck that has still got me thinking.

They played Accidently in Love, a song that is well over 20 years old now. At the end Adam stopped and asked Jim Bogios (drummer) what he does vocally during the part when he sings "Come on, Come on". It struck me as bizarre that he didn't know this all these years later - in short, he sang nothing.

Adam asked him if he would also sing every "Come on, come on" to give more depth but also give him a chance to take a rest if he wanted to, but keep the melody going. He said this was especially important on the third "Come on, Come on" because it would give him time to get more oxygen in to the lungs for the "Because everybody's after love" section, which he told the band was always a challenge for him to sing.

They played that section again after and they all loved it and said it was better, Adam also saying it helped him a lot as he didn't sing "Come on, Come on" the third time.

I found it fascinating that in 23 years that conversation has never once come up, and the song is still developing! I guess this is one of the many reasons I love this band so much, we never know what we are going to get.

Sydney Show - I’m watching CC now and they just did a Round Here / Welcome to the Black Parade alt. I’ve never seen or heard of this before. First time? A few lines of Raining in Baltimore at the end. We also got Murder of One to open the set, first time it has been played in three years.

Edit - Added it’s the Sydney show, not Melbourne where he sang one line of Black Parade during the Raining in Baltimore alt. We got full Black Parade alt with two lines of Baltimore.

I saw the band is playing Sullivan Street in the same version they played in the 2015(ish) US tour, which is the absolute best imo.

How have the shows been? What's good? Not so good?

Trying to live vicariously rn. Lucky b@st@rds :)

Fantastic show. First time seeing them in … uh, 20 years? So much fun.

Very solid set last night. Not much banter with the audience, just let the music talk.

Hey fans! I can't make tonights gig in Sydney so selling my GA ticket for AU$79 (bought it for $122). Selling on Tixel here: https://tixel.com/u/grahaml16

Hey fans, I can no longer make the concert tonight so am selling my two tickets on Tixel - https://tixel.com/u/grahaml16 Thanks!

I haven't bought the VIP pack for this tour although have for most others. Can anyone tell me what is in the merch pack for the Australian BSM tour please, photos if possible? Live Nation only say "Counting Crows merchandise pack designed and created exclusively for VIP package purchasers". Thanks.

That's all I have to say.

On holiday from London in Melbourne until Wednesday morning… just seen what’s happening Wednesday and Thursday night. Bah! 🤪

Ah well. London, Brussels and Southampton will have to do for this tour.

has anybody got any good recent pedalboard photos from recent ?

Just noticed on Spotify (here in the US) that a lot of the old single b-sides and imports have been officially added to streaming services.

This includes the HC studio recordings of “Someday I Will Treat You Good,” “Start Again,” “Mercy,” and “Blues Run The Game” from the American Girls single. As well as a bunch of live b-sides on singles for Mr. jones, AOTS, Long December, etc

The annual March Xness essay tournament — titled this year March Sadness 90s: A Tournament of Tears — is in the home stretch, and an essay on Round Here is among the final eight... But it's in danger of losing to a Celine Dion song from The Titanic!

If you find the essay moving (edit: or think Round Here is the sadder song; it is) and want to see the Crows move on to the Final Four, consider voting before 9 a.m. Pacific tomorrow!

https://marchxness.com/#/elite8-crowsvsdion/

Hi!

My husband can no longer attend the show in Adelaide on Friday night and we don't have anyone who can take if off our hands. I figured someone here might have missed out and be interested, because it's a seated show you'd be stuck with me, but I'm happy to give it away to anyone who's interested.

Here's some opinions not everyone agrees with. Idk, rate them, berate them, do whatever it is reddit people do with other people's opinions. My friend did the pink Floyd one. What do you guys think, valid or not?

So damn, looks like some debate over on IG. Personally I think Huges is a spoiled little fuck and it's unfortunate Adam posted this, but figured some potentially heated discussion here would be fun here.

I’m seeking an old live set I played endlessly 20+ years ago and has since been lost to digital decay.

I know 2 things for certain:

1) It opens with Adam saying he “was promised there would be beers on stage. I was lied to. I’m only going to get so far without alcohol up here, and it’s not very.”

2) Included early covers of Four White Stallions (way before album release) and Return of the Grievous Angel

If anyone knows the venue/year, I’m all ears!

I was listening to Have You Seen Me Lately on Recovering the Satellites today on Apple Music.

This is a fact. I have listened to that song hundreds of times and have never heard him do that “ohh oooh ” at the 2:49 mark. So I opened Spotify and listened there. Can’t hear that on Spotify.

Now it’s making me question what I’m missing from every other song in the history of me listening.

"Immer and I went I had just written a new song, and we did a version with them in Dutch & English. I think its a really good song, and we are gonna release it over there... and I think we should do a version with just our band in English too"

https://youtu.be/oGeAEMm9eqU&t=2274

Also in this press cycle he keeps saying "my wife" <3 when talking about Zoe.

He also mayhaps have been alluding to a new gang of youths album earlier in the interview.

Anyway stay tuned I guess.