Konichiwa!!  Happy to announce that I will be doing my first ever tour of Japan in March-April of 2012 with my friend Jim Bianco.  Check out the TOUR page for venues and show details.  Thanks very much to Keiji Matsumoto from Cafe Goatee for all his help in planning.

Hope to see you again in 2012.  In the meantime check THIS out and be grateful for EVERY holiday season that doesn’t involve a trip to the drunk tank.

NEWSFLASH:
SUPER OBSCURE NUMBER OF HIPSTERS SAYS:  CD’S ARE THE NEW VINYL!!
And just in time for the holidays, all GJ CD’s are on sale for $10 at CDBaby.com!!  BUT THAT’S NOT ALL!!!!  You get a free protective cover for each CD with pictures and drawings and words on it!  Besides being cool, artist CD’s are SO […]

Sincere thanks to all of the nearly 42,000 people who “liked” my new music page on Facebook.  It’s a very cool way for us to keep you informed about new releases, tour dates, tv and radio appearances, and whatever else is going on.  If you haven’t already, you can go to the new page HERE […]

Gary Jules benefits the San Diego Museum of Man Friday October 21st at the 2nd Annual “An Evening Under the Dome with Gary Jules”.  Tix and information are available HERE.  Come on down.  Last year’s show was amazing.  Official press release follows:

San Diego Museum of Man presents  
Under the Dome - An Evening With Gary […]

Greetings –
I’ve spent a lot of this summer in Los Angeles recording a new record.  No title or release date yet.  But should be out in early 2012.  Can’t tell you how excited I am about it.
In the meantime, I’ve started recording some stuff with my friend Justin Glasco who’s been playing live shows with […]

This is important.  Awesome, and important.  More on why coming soon!!
(Copied without permission from Rolling Stone hoping that they’ll contact me to remove it.)
Arcade Fire, Black Keys and the Beatles lead in LP sales
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Tickets for Gary Jules’ “An Evening Under the Dome” benefit concert at the San Diego Museum of Man on December 10th are now available online HERE.  It’s going to be a beautiful evening, and for a great cause.  See you there!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 
San Diego Museum of Man hosts Gary Jules Benefit Concert
Live performance part of SDMoM’s
‘An Evening Under the Dome…’ benefit concert series
 
San Diego, Calif. (November 1st, 2010) – The San Diego Museum of Man (SDMoM), a cultural and physical anthropology museum in Balboa Park, proudly presents a live performance by acclaimed singer/songwriter and […]

Gary’s episode of Stripped Down Live with Curt Smith (original singer of “Mad World” from Tears for Fears) is currently at #16 on iTunes top 100 podcast charts!  Help us break the top 10 by clicking HERE and subscribing for FREE.

Friends of gj.com are invited to to a private concert  in Santa Monica/Pacific Palisades benefitting the LA Surfrider/Dillon Henry Foundation.  Please read below for more info about this important event:
As you may know from a recent Making Waves article (available here: http://www.surfrider.org/makingwaves/makingwaves24-2/8-9.pdf) in 2007 Steve Henry and Harriet Zaretsky created the Dillon Henry Memorial Endowment […]

Gary’s performance on NPR’s nationally syndicated show “Mountain Stage” will air next weekend (beginning August 13th) on NPR stations nationwide.  Check HERE for stations and air times in your area.  If you miss it, his set will be posted at NPR.org/mountainstage the following week.  Other performers include Jill Hennessey and the Indigo Girls.  The show […]

GJ will play the Hotel Cafe two Tuesdays in August.  On August 10th the show starts at 9pm with Holly Conlan.  If you haven’t seen her yet, you should.  Holly sang with Gary Jules and the Group Rules in 2007 - 2009, and will be out on the road opening for Sara Bareilles later this […]

Happy to announce that GJ will be in Los Angeles starting next week, and will do a very intimate solo acoustic set at the Hotel Cafe at 9pm on July 1st with the amazing Garrison Starr at 8pm.  Advance tickets available HERE.
Summer 2010 tour dates with Jim Bianco start August 26th in Charlotte, NC.  Complete […]

Gary Jules is claiming to be the last human being on earth to start tweeting.  Follow him at www.twitter.com/garyjulesmusic.

Gary Jules’ “The Old Days Are Gone” will be on ABC’s ‘Private Practice’ (Grey’s Anatomy spin-off) tomorrow night, Thursday January 21st, at 10pm.  Hallelujah!
Also, “Falling Awake” was on the premiere episode of CW’s ‘Life Unexpected’ on January 19th.  Both the show and the song were apparently very well received, although we wouldn’t actually know because […]

This auspicious date in the history of the universe marks the opening night of the GJ Fall Tour dates with good friend and skyrocketing singer songwriter Joshua Radin.  Shows are now posted in the TOUR section of the website. Click HERE for venue and ticket information.

A solo live recording of 7 songs, including 4 brand new previously un-released Gary Jules tunes is now available HERE. The session took place in New York City on July 23rd for LimeWire’s ‘Live at Lime’ series. Full band versions of the new songs — Fated, Horses, Shatemuc, and The Lighter Things — […]

The following shows have recently been added to the East Coast Tour that starts July 20th in NYC:
July 25 — Ithaca, NY (details tba)
August 3 — Iron Horse in Northampton, MA w/ DF
August 5 — Ram’s Head Tavern in Annapolis, MD
August 8 — Jammin Java in Vienna, VA
August 16 — Grey Eagle Tavern in Asheville, […]

Hi everyone –
The inclusion of a version of Tears For Fears’ Mad World on American Idol last night has drawn a lot of attention in the last 24 hours.
As grateful as I am for the interest in the song and for the folks who have said such nice things about me, I feel like I […]

Gary Jules’ road to repute has taken several twists and turns over the past decade or so . . . MORE.

A low-ish res version of Tony Clavelli’s claymation and paper video for “Beautiful” from Gary Jules & the Group Rules’ “Bird.” is online at HERE and in the video section of the Gary Jules MySpace page. Many thanks to Tony for wonderful work and an insane amount of patience. An HD version of the […]