Check out this awesome review of our set at the All Points West festival last weekend!
"Gogol Bordello took everyone by surprise. Their Euro-gypsy two step rhythm piqued everyone’s interest, their grimy guitar licks attracted even the purest Tool fan, and their eclectic cast of characters made it hard to look away. They really threw a wrench in the works. Probably the most unique act of the festival. Kudos."
– Philebrity.com , 3 August 2009
International Remembrance Day for Roma Victims of the Porrajmos (Holocaust) is on August 2nd.
On this day in 1944, thousands of Roma were gassed in Auschwitz-Birkenau. Jewish survivors said the sky was lit up all night by the crematory burning, and "the women were fighting for the life of their children". On August 3rd, Auschwitz–Birkenau was "Zigeunerfrei" (Free of Gypsies).
Romani groups have begun an international action day: ‘Together against Antigypsyism’.
PLEASE REMEMBER THEM.
We’re finishing up the US tour at All Points West festival. Watch the show for free here: http://www.iclips.net/apw2009.php. Showtimes are here: http://www.apwfestival.com/schedule/
ALRIGHTSVILLE, HERE IS ALL THE WINNERS YO!
THE FIRST ONE AS YOU CAN SEE IS JUST TOO DAMN CUTE NOT TO WIN! AND HAS ALL THE SPIRIT BEHIND IT! CONGRATULATIONS!
THE LAST ONE COMES IN AS NUMBER 11. PRECISELY BECAUSE WE ARE NOT SURE ABOUT SALLY THERE, BUT THAT CAT IS JUST TOO DAMN FUCKING ROCKING! CONGRATULATIONS.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THESE LITTLE SELECTION OUT OF HUNDREDS, MANY OF WHICH WERE WICKED AND VERY ELABORATE, THE BRAINSTORM ABOUT SALLY’S DESTINY WAS TRANSCONTINENTAL. WE THANK YOU ALL AGAIN AND AGAIN FOR SHARING YOUR CREATIVITY AND GIVING US AN INSIGHT IN WHAT’S IN YOUR COOKER.
AS WE PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED THERE WILL BE LIFETIME TICKETS TO GB SHOWS FOR ALL THE WINNERS, AND WE WELCOME YOU ABOARD AT ANY TIME, THANX AGAIN AND AGAIN, PARTY.
PS. LET US KNOW IF YOU WANNA SEE THE REST OF THE WICKED ENTRIES.
BROTHERS AND SISTERS,
HERE IS THE WORD ON SALLY CONTEST!
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE THE RESPONSE TO SALLY CONTEST WAS OVERWHELMING!
AND WE APOLOGIZE FOR TAKING SO LONG. THERE WAS SIMPLY NO WAY TO MEET THE DEADLINE ON WINNERS BY MARCH WHILE WORKING ON NEW RECORD AND TOURING.
AS A MATTER OF FACT SALLYS STILL KEEP COMING. SOME PEOPLE WENT ON AS FAR AS DRAWING THE WHOLE COMIC BOOK!
NEEDLESS TO SAY YOU BUSTED OUT A SUPER GENEROUS FLOW OF CREATIVITY AND IDEAS, SO WE CANT ANNOUNCE A ONE SINGULAR WINNER, EVEN 3 WONT DO IT. SO THERE WILL BE 10 WINNERS WITH A LIFE-TIME GB TICKET (PLUS ONE, OF COURSE) PLUS LIFE-TIME BACK STAGE LEMONADE PASSES. WE WANNA KNOW YOU, COME ON DOWN, LET’S PARTY!
WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED TOMORROW. THANK YOU, PARTY ON AND ON AND ON!
SEND US YOUR FAVORITE GOGOL LIVE PICTURES. We are working on the booklet and would love more photos to choose from … If we pick yours we will send you an autographed copy. Or Yuri will come play frisbee with you. Serious. Email your photos to gogolphotos@redlightmanagement.com.
BROTHERS AND SISTERS!
IT’S NOT ONLY TIME TO PLAY NEW SONGS, IT’S ALSO TIME FOR SOME NEW DANCE MOVES. THIS TOUR DEDICATED TO ‘GURAGE’ STYLE DANCING FROM THE HEART OF ETHIOPIA, AS YOU CAN GUESS BROUGHT TO US DIRECTLY BY OUR FEARLESS BASS LEADER THOMAS GOBENA. THIS JUST HAPPENS TO BE SOME OF THE HOTTEST FUCKING ETHNO PUNK ROCK MOVING ON THE PLANET!!!
YO, CHECK THE LINKS BELOW AND GET DOWN WITH GURAGE STYLE, WHICH CAN BE SO VICTORIOUSLY APPLIED TO GB MUSIC. GET DOWN AND BRING IT OVER TO THE SHOW! ALREADY TESTED BY TRULY YOURS FOR 5 NIGHTS STRAIGHT WITH A BOTTLE OF CASHASA IN THE FIST!
HUTZ AND GB, PARTY!
GURAGE TOUR IS KICKING OFF TUES JULY 21 IN NEBRASKA, HISTORICAL MOTHERLAND OF SALLY. LET’S SEE HER GURAGE.
GYPSY PUNK EVOLUTZIONE CONTINUES!
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