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June 17, 2014
YES! The Tour Dates
We are thrilled to announce the first ‘YES!’ 2014 Tour Dates!
We’re so excited to kick off our world tour this summer and take the #jasonandjane acoustic evening to a city near you! We begin with a special hometown show in San Diego on August 21 (and our fan pre-sale begins today, June 17 at 10am!) before heading across the country and on to Europe in the fall. Stay tuned for next week, when we’ll be announcing the next batch of U.S. shows.
It’s an honor and a joy to perform in some of Europe’s most beautiful venues, the first of which include London’s Royal Albert Hall and Amsterdam’s Carre Theatre. Tickets for these shows (plus more across the UK and France) go on sale this Friday, June 20 – and our special fan pre-sale begins tomorrow, June 18! See below for dates, venues, and ticket information:
21 Aug – San Diego, CA at Civic Theatre – pre-sale Tue, June 17 at 10am PDT
26 Sep – London, UK at Royal Albert Hall – pre-sale Wed, June 18 at 9am BST
27 Sep – Cambridge, UK at Corn Exchange – pre-sale Wed, June 18 at 9am BST
28 Sep – Manchester, UK at Lowry Theatre – pre-sale Wed, June 18 at 9am BST
30 Sep – Paris, FR at Casino de Paris – pre-sale Wed, June 18 at 10am CEST
01 Oct – Amsterdam, NL at Carre Theatre – pre-sale Wed, June 18 at 10am CEST
Fan pre-sale password: lovesomeone
Please be advised that our fan pre-sales have limited ticket inventory.
All times reflect local time at venue.
Remember: This is the first of several tour announcements we’ll be making over the upcoming weeks, so be sure to visit JasonMraz.com for the latest info!
June 13, 2014
Everyone needs Inspiration
As excited as I am about my new album coming out, and grateful to be having yet another opportunity to share music all around the world, I am also nervous, and a little melancholy about the upcoming promotional tour, largely because I’m leaving home just as my grapes are beginning to red. It’s as though the fruits of my labor in the garden will be lost to a laborious life on the road. Goodbye yellowing squash. So long heirloom tomatoes. May you be multicolored, oddly shaped, and uniquely you. Farewell seeding sunflowers. I look up to you.
I’m being dramatic, but I do admit the promotional aspect of releasing an album is my least favorite part of the process. I assume songs speak for themselves, but people still want interviews. And after many interviews, one can start to feel like a product and less like a real person.
Ironically, it is this challenging part of the journey that I get to use the very medicine that I put in the music; the tools of transformation to turn a heady workday into a heart centered day full of possibility. After all, when you love someone it comes back to you. And I love that I get to travel and sing and I know all the love I share will come back to me.
Everyone needs inspiration.
A few years ago one of my sound engineers, Tricia Huffman, created a new job backstage. She began to focus on the quality of life for others, making sure each of us on the road, band and crew, were not succumbing to tired thoughts and were continually inspired, truly “owning” our awesomeness. I learned a lot from her in how to make each day the best and brightest it can be.
Tricia has recently launched a kickstarter campaign to produce new items intended to support us on our inspiring journeys through life. The first item being a 52 card deck of affirmations. Follow the link below and watch the video I recorded for the project. http://kck.st/1o5job4
If you’re like me, and love little reminders and nuggets of wisdom to keep you present, you will love what Tricia is up to. http://kck.st/1o5job4
I will be traveling this year without her, but I will take what I learned and own my awesome everyday.
Meanwhile, I hope and pray aphids don’t settle on my kale.
June 8, 2014
Greatest wastes of time: part one
surfing serves no purpose. it does however, float as a metaphor for life should you to give your mind the time to analyze. in order to surf, be it on a board or your belly, one must throw ones self over the falls. one must take the inevitable risk and go, to truly experience beingness in the flow. One must not be afraid of looking stupid. one’s breath and watchful eye must be calm and controlled, ready to welcome wave after wave, from mountain to molehill. one needs balance and one must constantly adapt to the conditions and the slightest changes in the weather, knowing well each set, each swell, each season, each tide will rise to each’s own occasion. one can’t stop the waves, but one CAN learn to surf.
in songwriting, as in life, one must throw ones self over the falls, taking the inevitable risk of being heard, possibly saying something stupid, or looking stupid. one’s breath must be calm and controlled as well as one’s watchful eye, ready to welcome wave after wave of thought, heart beat after heart beat, to speak and ultimately sing the truth that wells up inside and often times rises without warning. one needs balance and one must adapt to the conditions of the room and ideas of other writers or listeners. one must be brave, buoyant, and benevolent in the lofty space of singing in order to make it safely back to shore. to sing or surf is to impossibly walk on water, dance on glass, and intimately interact with God, to strengthen, enliven, and make wiser the soul.
June 1, 2014
May 30, 2014
Gettin It Done. A Spotify Playlist by Jason Mraz
Whether you’re charging on a bike trail, surfing with headphones, or just raging in the desert, “gettin it done” is my personal mix for gettin’ it done. Enjoy.
May 27, 2014
Live from the Artists Den Taping
We are excited to announce that Jason will be taping an episode of Live from the Artists Den in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 4th!
Tickets for the taping are free and distributed through a ticket lottery. Enter here.
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