From the moment we heard about the devastating earthquake in Haiti on January 12th we've wanted to figure out a way to participate in the relief efforts. With the help of the fine folks at Hello Merch, we have designed a new t-shirt. These shirts, which will be sold for $15 exclusively at SteelTrainMerch.com, will be printed on American Apparel shirts. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Oxfam's Haiti Earthquake Response Fund.

Oxfam America has been on the ground in Haiti delivering clean water and sanitation to the people since the earthquake. For more information on Oxfam's efforts, not only on the ground in Haiti, but all over the globe, head over to Oxfam.org.

We're happy to announce that we will be joined by Barcelona for a series of shows between March 7th and March 13th. As we previously mentioned, we will spend March 17th through the 21st in Austin, TX for South by Southwest. We will then play a show in Omaha at the Waiting Room on March 23rd with It's True and Holly Miranda before reconnecting with Tegan and Sara for the second leg of dates.

The headlining shows are:
Mar 7 - San Luis Obispo, CA, Downtown Brewing Co.
Mar 9 - Tempe, AZ, The Clubhouse
Mar 11 - Albuquerque, NM, Launchpad
Mar 13 - McAllen, TX, McAllen Creative Incubator
Mar 17 - 21 - Austin, TX, South by Southwest (TBD)
Mar 23 - Omaha, NE, The Waiting Room

Steel Train will be appearing at the 2010 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, CA on Saturday, April 17th, 2010. Tickets for the festival go on sale on Friday, January 22nd at 10:00 am pst through the official site.

We couldn't be more excited about the opportunity to perform at this incredible event. Other acts on the bill include Muse, Faith No More, MGMT, Dead Weather, Devo, Dirty Projectors, RX Bandits...and that is just Saturday's line-up.

Jay-Z, LCD Soundstyem, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Grizzly Bear and La Roux are a sampling of Friday's activity. Sunday has Gorillaz, Pavement, Thom Yorke, Phoenix, Spoon, Sly! and Sunny Day Real Estate among others...yeah.

We're from Jersey, as you may have heard. We're playing the biggest fest in our home state, Bamboozle 2010 (see below)...and now we are also confirmed to play the Hoodwink Festival on Friday, April 30th, where we will be putting together a set of Saves the Day songs. Definitely cool and definitely a nod to our home.

Grab your tix here.

We are thrilled to report that we will be joining Tegan and Sara on their upcoming US Tour. The run of dates begins on February 12th in Northampton, MA and runs through April 8th in Portland. There is a short break in March (that will allow us to head down to South by Southwest - see news item below). We'll be covering most of the US. Holly Miranda will be performing at all of the dates as well.

If, for some weird reason, you haven't heard the new Tegan and Sara record yet ("Sainthood"), then go get it now. It's insanely good. Same goes for Holly Miranda, you can grab her EP at hollymiranda.com. WE ARE SO EXCITED FOR THIS TOUR!

All shows are on sale now and you can check out all of the details at our OFFICIAL SITE.

As we've stated below, we are letting the fans determine our fate on the second night of our Steel Train Christmas Vacation run at Maxwell's. On December 30th, we will be performing the songs selected by all of you for the entire concert. Has your voice been heard?

The voting booths are now open, so head on over to YOUR NEAREST POLLING PLACE (hint - click the link) and vote today.

Casey Crescenzo of The Dear Hunter will be opening the show for us with a special solo acoustic performance on 12/30.

Some tickets are still available for this show, as well as the show on December 29th, which will see the debut of many of the band's newest songs, so head on over to Ticketweb today and purchase your tickets for both nights. For more information regarding these shows, head over to MaxwellsNJ.com.

After our Christmas Vacation shows at Maxwell's to send off 2009, we will be crossing bridges and ringing in 2010 with a Saturday Night Special at the Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg.

The "Rock n Bowl" performance will take place on Saturday, January 2nd, 2010. Tickets are available now for $5. This show is a 21+ performance.

On Sunday, May 2nd, we are thrilled to announce that we will be back in New Jersey, participating in The Bamboozle 2010 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. We will be joining a stellar lineup that includes Weezer, Mute Math, Girl Talk, fun. and many, many more incredible artists.

Tickets for The Bamboozle are available now.

We will be returning to Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ, on December 29th and 30th for a very special two-night engagement at our home away from home.

We have something special in store for these performances, as the band will be revisiting many chestnuts in our catalog. On December 29th, we will be performing songs from Trampoline and our new yet to be released record. On this night we will be debuting many new songs that we've been working on all year.

How do we follow that up on December 30th, you ask? Evan (aka Clark Griswold, aka Santa Claus) and his elves, Jack, Daniel, Justin, and Jon, are currently putting together a list of their favorite tracks, both naughty and nice. The songs on this list will include Steel Train material from For You My Dear, Twilight Tales, Trampoline, 1969, unreleased b sides and demos and about 10 of our favorite covers. We will then ask you, the fans, to vote for your favorite songs from the selections offered. The band will pick the 15 most popular choices and craft a setlist from that material. We've never done anything like this before, so this will definatly be a magical night.

We will send the ballot out to our mailing list first, so if you haven't yet signed up, get to it. We will then put the ballot up on our site for a limited time.

Tickets are $13 per show in advance, and $15 per show if there are any left by the day of show and will go on sale on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14th at NOON through Ticketweb.com.

Also.... You can expect some very special guests on both nights.... See you all there!!

Please note that these two shows will be the only NY/NJ area shows until at least May, 2010, so come out and celebrate the holidays Steel Train style.

Getting back out on the road gives everybody in the band some time to explore new fascinations. Jack and Justin study INSANITY. Evan is busy channeling his inner Charlie Kaufman, Shiffman is running through exercises on his drum pad (how do you think he pulls this stuff off?!), and our very own Daniel Silbert has become quite the shutterbug.

Daniel has been posting some of his work to the band's new photoblog. Head on over to SteelTrain.tumblr.com to see what we've been up to out on the road with Hanson, hellogoodbye, and Sherwood ... and west coasters, don't miss your chance to catch this wonderful tour as we wind it up this week.

Tune into WRGW, GW Radio tomorrow at 12noon for a live performance by STEEL TRAIN as part of GW Radio's Ocktoberfest.

You can expect to hear a new track or two in addition to some of our favorite cuts off of Trampoline.

Head on over to www.gwradio.com and click on LISTENLIVE to tune in. If you want to see us, you can click on the Live Video Stream. The choice is yours.

We've just been informed that you will once again be able to get two tickets for the price of one for select Hanson shows at Live Nation venues for one day only via LiveNation.com. This time they've hipped us to which shows will be included so if you still haven't grabbed your tickets for the following markets, what are you waiting for:

October 23rd, Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
October 24th, Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues
October 28th, Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
October 30th, Houston, TX - House of Blues
November 1st, Dallas, TX - House of Blues
November 8th, San Diego, CA - House of Blues

The promotion continues at 12:01 AM on Wednesday, October 14th and ends at the end of the day ... so stay up late, "camp out" online and be the first to grab yourself and a friend a couple of tickets to some upcoming USE YOUR SOLE shows with Hanson, hellogoodbye, Steel Train and Sherwood. It'll be just like those times before the Interwebs existed and people waited in line all night at their favorite record stores to get a coveted spot in line ... yeah, just like that.

Sparked from an internal Twitter debate that has escalated to an "Everybody Choose a Side" battle royale, we have run off a limited edition #TeamJack / #teamevan tshirts. They are available at SteelTrainMerch.com. Are you a Twilight Junkie who prefers Broadway adaptations over "Back to the Future?" or a "District 9" fan who loves the "Shawshank Redemption." Choose your side today!

A flurry of activity this week. First, we offer a sneak peak of the new album, by offering "You and I Undercover," and then we follow it up with an assortment of new merchandise available at SteelTrainMerch.com.

We've got bunnies ... need we say more?

We are so excited to be out on the road playing some new music and while the album won't be released until 2010, we wanted to give everybody a preview of what we've got coming your way.

So, we are offering a free download of "You and I Undercover." Just head on over here and fill out the applicable fields and you'll be listening to some brand new Steel Train music in moments.

Check back real soon for some more news from the band.

We are pleased to announce that we will in fact be playing at the Nokia Theatre in New York City on October 15th with Hanson, hellogoodbye, and Sherwood. All of the ticketing info and show details can be found on our Shows page as well as over at the UseYourSole official site or the Nokia site. We'd imagine that set would not be rained out.

After spending most of 2009 in the studio recording the follow-up to Trampoline, we are ready to get back out on the road and spend some quality time with you! With that, we are thrilled to announce that we will be heading out on tour with Hanson, hellogoodbye and Sherwood on the Use Your Sole Tour. Tickets for the tour go on sale to the public on Saturday, July 25th, unless otherwise noted. Check out our TOUR PAGE for more detail

In addition to hitting the road with a diverse package of friends, both new and old, this tour carries some extra significance, as we will be joining Hanson, Tom's Shoe's and the other bands on the bill in ensuring that many less fortunate children receive new footwear with each pair of Tom's shoes that are sold. We will deliver more details regarding the band's participation as the tour nears, but in the meantime, head on over to the official Tom's Shoes website to find out more about the company's mission.

Hey Everybody, we wanted to give y'all a heads up that we will be performing at the All Points West Festival at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, NJ on Sunday, August 2nd (which you probably already knew). We also wanted to let you know that we will be performing on the Main Stage at 2:30 PM. Also on the bill on Sunday are Coldplay, MGMT, The Black Keys, Silversun Pickups and many more great bands and comedians. On top of that, the festival just added Jay-Z to the line-up to replace the Beastie Boys, who had to cancel due to MCA's illness (only wishing the best to the Beasties family while they rally 'round Adam Yauch).

Weekend passes and single-day tickets are still available HERE for the festival. Buy your's today and catch us debuting some new music, as well as plenty of your favorite Steel Train tunes.

Check out Steel Train's dates this month with GOMEZ. Just announced, and on sale now.

Steel Train has officially started a Twitter page! Follow the band at : www.twitter.com/steeltrain
Get the latest news, exclusive updates, and more. All personally updated by the band members themselves.

www.twitter.com/steeltrain

Hope you all watched Steel Train on Conan O'Brien last night! In case you missed it, check it out here :

http://www.idobi.com/media.wml?vid=469

Check out Steel Train's backstage interview with SPIN from this past weekend's BONNAROO Music Festival in TN.

http://spin.com/articles/backstage-bonnaroo-steel-train

The NEW official music video for "I Feel Weird" has now been posted!
Check it out on our myspace page, or on YouTube :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NS_heK6iZaU

Check out SPIN.COM now for an exclusive feature on Steel Train!

They are "Artist Of The Day" and Spin is premiering the BRAND NEW VIDEO for "I Feel Weird." You can't see it anywhere else yet, so get over to the site and watch it now!!!

http://spin.com/articles/steel-train

Check out a live video of FIRECRACKER, now on Punkrockvids.com