Photo April 13 Copper Mountain, CO, courtesy of Avant/Chicago / Brent Kado.  For more wonderful photos of the CO run & Avant/Chicago please visit:
http://flowfeel.blogs.com/photos/72_hours_awake/

Hello hello everyone!

The Jammy Awards
Today (Friday May 2) is the last chance to vote in this year's Jammy Awards.  If you haven't heard, Lotus is nominated for Live Album of the Year for the double-disk Escaping Sargasso Sea.  If you feel like just voting for us, well, we won't complain :)  Head to this site to cast your ballot:
http://www.jammys.com/. 

While you are in the vicinity, check out the interview with Jesse Miller here:
http://www.jambands.com/Features/content_2008_04_25.02.phtml

Spring Tour Wrap-Up & Downloads
We cannot thank all of you enough for making this past Spring tour so incredible on all fronts.  The energy was through the roof, the crowds were bigger and more into it than ever seen, and the venues just seem to get nicer each time we go out.  Some great videos clips from the Colorado run, courtesy of Lotus Lighting extraordinaire Scott Huston, are up on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/LotusLD

All shows from the Spring Tour whose recordings met our quality standards are now available for purchase on Livedownloads.com - $9.95 per show for mp3's, $12.95 for lossless Flacs.  Newly added shows include:

4/09/08 Lawrence, KS
4/10/08 Ft. Collins, CO
4/11/08 Boulder, CO
4/12/08 Boulder, CO
4/16/08 Seattle, WA
4/17/08 Portland, OR
4/18/08 Eureka, CA
4/20/08 Crystal Bay, NV

And are available at:
http://www.livedownloads.com/live-music/3,101/Lotus-mp3-flac-downloads.html

Setlists for all these shows are available either on each shows page on Livedownloads.com or on the official Lotus Message Board:
http://lotusvibes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3682&sid=1ae78b9a82946f114fd6db6439750a2b

These join the previously available Spring Tour shows:
3/27/08 State College, PA
3/28/08 Northampton, MA
3/29/08 Burlington, VT
4/04/08 Troy, NY
4/05/08 New York, NY

New Summer Festival Announcements!
We have two more festivals to add to the summer 2008 Lotus schedule...

June 18th Lotus will head back to the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Downtown Pittsburgh, PA.  The annual free arts and music festival in downtown Pittsburgh will once again welcome back LOTUS for our own evening of music underneath the open sky. The event is free and open to all ages. Check out http://www.artsfestival.net/ for more information and a list of the performers on all other days.

July 23-26 - Add another amazing festival to the schedule this summer as we have been added to the annual 10,000 Lakes Festival in Detroit Lakes, MN. Lotus will be helping ya not get any sleep, taking a late night slot on Sat 7/26.

The 10,000 Lakes Festival is held annually in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota at the beautiful Soo Pass Ranch, a 600-acre state-of-the-art concert and camping venue with 4 stages, vendors, activities, huge restroom facilities with hot/cold running water and beautiful wooded and lakeside camping.

Take a look at http://www.10klf.com/ for complete details, camping info, tickets, and so much more.

ROTHBURY Festival
On July 4th weekend 2008, ROTHBURY emerges as a new American celebration. For this next generation of the rock and roll music festival, ROTHBURY sets forth as a huge party with a purpose. Hosted at the one-of-a-kind Double JJ Ranch in Rothbury, Michigan, the unique festival site offers trails, forests, fields, lakes and beachfronts, and even on-site lodging, bars and eateries. The four-day, environmentally sustainable music and camping festival promises to be an inspiring cultural assembly; one where music fans, artists and progressive thinkers gather to celebrate much more than music. We will be there, will you?
http://www.rothburyfestival.com/

the.tour.dates
05.23 | Kirkersville, OH | Hookahville w/ ekoostik hookah, Railroad Earth, Sam Bush Band, Emmitt Nershi Band, Outformation, and more.

05.24 | Chillicothe, IL | Summer Camp Festival w/ moe., Umphrey's McGee, The Flaming Lips, O.A.R., The Roots, G. Love & Special Sauce, The New Pornographers, STS9, George Clinton, Girl Talk, Tea Leaf Green, Future Rock and more.

05.25 | Philadelphia, PA | Jam on the River w/ Disco Biscuits, Deadmau5, Avett Brothers, American Babies

05.30-06.01 | Hunter, NY | Mountain Jam IV w/ Govt' Mule, Levon Helm Band, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Medeski Scofiled Martin & Wood, Drive-By Truckers, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Pnumo Trio and more

06.05-08 | Lawrence, KS | Wakarusa Music & Camping Festival w/ The Flaming Lips, Mickey Hart Band ft. Steve Kimock & George Porter, Cake, Zappa Plays Zappa, Keller Williams, Leftover Salmon, Galactic, Buckethead, Ozric Tentacles, Blackalicious, Dr. Dog, DVJ Mike Relm, EOTO, and many more

06.18 | Pittsburgh, PA | Three Rivers Arts Festival - Free in downtown Pittsburgh!

06.19-21 | Winter Park, CO | Sonic Bloom 2008 w/ host Zilla, Bassnectar, Praang (Kimock, Janover, Travis & Hann), Glitch Mob, EOTO, Sporque, Heavyweight Dub Champion, Bluetech and many more.

07.03-06 | Rothbuy, MI | Rothbury Festival w/ Thievery Corporation, Snoop Dogg, Modest Mouse, STS9, The Black Keys, Gogol Bordello, The Disco Biscuits, MMW, Ray Lamontagne, Of Montreal, Crystal Method, Bassnectar, Pnuma Trio, Diplo, Flosstradamus, The Juan Maclean - and DMB, WSP, John Mayer, 311, Phil, Primus, Spearhead, Mule, Keller, Yonder, and oh so very many more.

07.17-19 | Mariaville, NY | Camp Bisco VII w/ Disco Biscuits, Snoop Dogg, DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist, MSTRKRFT, Younger Brother Live, 2020 Soundsystem, The New Deal, !!!, Tea Leaf Green, Telepath, Grimace Federation, The Bridge, Future Rock, Orchard Lounge, and many more.

07.23-26 | Detroit Lakes, MN | 10,000 Lakes Music Festival w/ Phil & Friends, Flaming Lips, Spearhead, Leftover Salmon, George Clinton, The Bad Plus, Extra Golden, EOTO, WookieFoot, Dub Trio, and oh so many more

08.01-03 | Garrettsville, OH | Summerdance @ Nelson Ledges Quarry Park (~30 min from Cleveland) w/ Lotus headlining, EOTO, DJ Harry, Spam Allstars, The Macpodz, Papdosio, and more

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