Live at the Iveagh Gardens is available today! The 2 CD + 1 DVD set is available from the Josh Ritter webstore, Amazon, your local indie record store, or on Itunes (audio only).

On 20th July 2010, Josh Ritter & The Royal City Band performed a two hour show at the Iveagh Gardens in Dublin, Ireland spanning Josh’s full catalog.

This two CD & Single-DVD set is the result of that show.

The Iveagh Gardens is a set of beautiful public gardens in Dublin, Ireland. This was the first time there had ever been a rock show there.

Check out the 6 videos from the DVD that are streaming online below:

Lantern (watch on YouTube)

Change Of Time (watch on YouTube)

Harrisburg (watch on YouTube)

The Curse (watch on YouTube)

Bright Smile (watch on YouTube)

Me and Jiggs (watch on YouTube)

Kathleen (watch on YouTube)

Order Live at the Iveagh Gardens:
Josh Ritter webstore
Amazon
Itunes (audio only)

Surprise Black Friday! The ‘Live at the Iveagh Gardens’ DVD/Double CD is now available for pre-order in North America! The first 150 preorders will receive signed copies and free bags of popcorn! Click here to pre-order!

The CD/DVD set officially hits stores on December 13th. We’ll be posting two videos from the DVD every week from now until after the release of the DVD! Check out the first two to be posted, the performance of “Lantern” and “Change of Time”.

The coupon code RITTER2011 does not apply to Iveagh Gardens pre-orders, but does work for all other items in the Josh Ritter store – until December 31, 2011.

From now until December 31, 2011 you can use coupon code RITTER2011 to save 10% on all items in the Josh Ritter webstore. We’ve got some special items coming soon, so be on the look out!

Here’s the beautiful tour poster we’ll have for sale at the merch table on tour starting this Friday. Designed and printed by our friend Drew Binkley @ Monkey Ink Design/Grand Palace Silkscreen. 3 colors, 150 hand numbered copies, 9.5″ x 25″.

If you’re coming to one of the shows and want to win a signed copy of this poster, send an email to joshritterontour@gmail.com with your name and what show you’ll be attending. One winner for each show will be notified by this Friday, November 11th. You must be attending the show you specify, posters cannot be mailed out. See you soon!

Update: The contest is now over.

On Tuesday December 6, Josh will appear together with Wesley Stace and Steve Earle to discuss their shared love of music and literature with LIVE from the NYPL director Paul Holdengräber. The event takes place in the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library (42nd Street at 5th Avenue) at 7PM. Tickets and information can be found here.

To get ready for the Mostly Solo, Mostly Acoustic Tour in November we’ve put together a free sampler of music from Josh’s catalog with our friends at NoiseTrade.com. Download the sampler we hope to see you at one of the shows this fall!

Here’s a must-read for any other writers out there, and for fans who’d appreciate a revealing glimpse into Josh’s writing process, mainly what his father taught him about editing.

It’s a wonderful little piece, and you can read it here.

We’re happy to announce that Golden Age of Radio (remastered too!) and The Animal Years have been repressed on vinyl and should all be at your local record store now, and in the Josh Ritter on-line store.

They both include a bonus CD of Josh playing that album solo acoustic. We’ll be reprinting Hello Starling shortly, and getting started on Historical Conquests vinyl as well. Stay tuned! Happy shopping and enjoy.

Do you follow Josh on Twitter?

You should. Since we just hit 15k followers, we’re going to give away a never released before recording of a recent solo acoustic show – tomorrow – to everyone via download. But only on Twitter.

So go follow!

PROCEEDS FROM THIS SHIRT GO TO THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOOD BANK!

Order your shirt here!

Josh saw this article in the New York Times about the city of Harrisburg going bankrupt, and we thought we’d try to do what we can to help.

When you purchase this limited edition tee, all proceeds will go to the food bank that serves the Harrisburg area.

Additionally, every order comes with a digital download of 5 different versions of Harrisburg (studio, solo acoustic, live) and guitar tab for the song.

Enjoy and thanks for helping out!