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To celebrate two decades of ‘Give Up’ and ‘Transatlanticism’, The Postal Service & Death Cab for Cutie have joined forces for an unprecedented 20th anniversary co-headline tour. Each night, Benjamin Gibbard, the co-founder of both bands, will pull double duty performing with The Postal Service – comprised of Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello, and Jenny Lewis – as well as with Death Cab for Cutie (alongside Nick Harmer, Dave Depper, Zac Rae, and Jason McGerr). The extraordinary live run will see both iconic groups performing their seminal 2003 albums in full.

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Due to popular demand, The Postal Service & Death Cab for Cutie add another show in Seattle on Friday, Oct. 6 for an unprecedented 20th anniversary co-headlined tour.

Each night, Benjamin Gibbard, the co-founder of both bands, will pull double duty performing with The Postal Service – comprised of Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello, and Jenny Lewis – as well as with Death Cab for Cutie (alongside Nick Harmer, Dave Depper, Zac Rae, and Jason McGerr). The extraordinary live run will see both iconic groups performing their seminal 2003 albums in full.

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The triangular Ben Gibbard-shaped silhouette feverishly rocked and swayed as a wave of guitar distortion slowly grew in force. The Death Cab for Cutie frontman and his mates were only faintly visible on the giant low-lit stage, but it was impossible not to see and feel Gibbard’s adrenaline mounting as the band launched into “The New Year” in front of a virtually sold-out Climate Pledge Arena — a big stage, even by Death Cab standards — on Friday.

The track is one of the Seattle indie rock greats’ most explosive songs and the ready-to-blow crowd reciprocated as the blustery rocker came crashing in with those swelling guitars and Nick Harmer’s stabbing bass lines.

Conveniently, the fuse-lighting fan favorite is the opening track off Death Cab’s seminal “Transatlanticism,” which the band is playing in full on its current tour with another Gibbard-led band, The Postal Service. The co-headlining run marks the 20th anniversary of “Transatlanticism” and The Postal Service’s lone record “Give Up” — two era-defining indie rock albums, for Seattle and the genre more broadly.

For fans of a certain age, the album anniversary tour has become commonplace, both a crowd-winning serving of nostalgia and a savvy marketing move. The strong response to the Gibbardpalooza tour even surprised the man himself, who didn’t expect to play two nights at the hometown arena Death Cab helped christen in 2021. There isn’t a babysitter in Seattle with the weekend off, as another millennial-heavy crowd is expected to pack Climate Pledge for the second show on Saturday, exactly 20 years to the date since “Transatlanticism” was released on Seattle’s Barsuk Records.

But Friday night wasn’t just another stop on a ticket-selling anniversary run.

“Seattle, oh my God, we’re so [expletive] happy to see you guys,” Gibbard exclaimed before another fan favorite, “Title and Registration.”

Really, he didn’t need to say anything. His body language made it clearer than a translucent vinyl record. Gibbard, as pensive and eloquent a songwriter as his generation’s produced, isn’t necessarily thought of as a dive-headfirst-into-the-drum-set sort of rocker. But early on, the amped-up frontman furiously paced and stomped around the outsized stage like he could smash his guitar at any second, even during the delicate “Title and Registration.”

Unlike The Postal Service, Gibbard’s one-off collaboration with electronic producer Jimmy Tamborello that played a reunion run a decade ago, Death Cab has steadily toured and recorded over the past 25 years. With a number of songs off “Transatlanticism” — Death Cab’s commercial breakthrough that officially made the band indie-famous — ingrained in its set lists over the years, it was the deeper cuts, like acoustic closer “A Lack of Color” that made for the most memorable moments.

As the album’s title track, a set-list staple that’s one of the band’s more subtly dramatic numbers, segued seamlessly into the less common “Passenger Seat” (just as it does on the album), the crowd seemed to savor the moment. The audience, one of the most attentive and engaged that arena’s ever seen, was frequently pindrop-quiet when songs like the stripped-down piano ballad — performed by Gibbard and multi-instrumentalist Zac Rae — called for it.

Between Gibbard’s upshifting falsetto on the back half and the crowd’s perfect response, concisely howling with appreciation during Gibbard’s first few vocal pauses, it was as bone-chilling as a Seattle January.

As intimately as Seattle has come to know Death Cab and Gibbard — the Capitol Hill OG seen around town stumping for the Showbox or catching Treepeople at the Croc — over the years, it was almost a little strange (in a good way) to see their faces blown up on the arena’s big screens. No doubt a major reason the co-headlining run is drawing crowds so large is the opportunity to see The Postal Service for the first time since Gibbard, Tamborello and singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis reunited for a 10th anniversary run in 2013.

Released on Sub Pop eight months before “Transatlanticism,” “Give Up” became a certified indie smash — the second highest selling album in the homegrown label’s esteemed history, trailing only Nirvana’s “Bleach.” That’s some serious company, and appropriate considering that the two landmark albums helped ensure that Seattle and the Pacific Northwest would play a prominent role in the indie-rock boom of the 2000s, after the grunge era’s sunset.

“There started to bubble up this, I would like to think unpretentious, but very literate, emotive, earnest music that was coming from the Northwest,” Gibbard said in an interview before the shows, referencing bands like Modest Mouse and Portland’s The Shins and The Decemberists. He continued: “These weren’t, like, cool records. People weren’t writing about them as if they were cool, because I think that earnestness is often uncomfortable for some people.”

There’s a high degree of humility in those words, as the critical consensus on the well-aged indie classics (and those PNW bands collectively) has certainly been favorable over time. And when the just-enough stage and arena lights brightened to illuminate the packed-out upper levels during The Postal Service’s set, it was a clear testament to the staying power of two records Gibbard wrote in an attic apartment on Mercer Street 20-some years ago.

After a brief intermission, The Postal Service — dressed in all white and bolstered by Dave Depper and pop-ins from drummer Jason McGerr, both of Death Cab — took the stage with the humming synths that open one of the band’s more recognizable tunes, “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight.” As the clacking electronic beats swept in and Lewis’ airy backing vocals signaled the crew was ready for liftoff, the crowd erupted in response.

Even with all the glitchy, bleeping electro notes twirling about, there’s a stillness at the center of “The District” and so many Postal Service songs that make them feel like standing in the middle of an 8-bit snow globe.

While hardly uncommon today, The Postal Service’s melding of indie rock and electronic music was still a novel concept back in the early 2000s. What sets the band apart even to this day is the synergy between Tamborello’s warm tones and Gibbard’s poetic heart-on-sleeve lyricism, delivered with a gentle breeze. It’s a wonder how well-worn the songs felt, even back then, considering the long-distance collaboration between Gibbard and Tamborello that had the two snail-mailing each other demo CDs (hence the band name). That tender harmony was on full display with songs like “Sleeping In” and a slow-drifting “Recycled Air.”

As well-received as Death Cab’s brisk run through “Transatlanticism” was, prompting a standing ovation, the crowd was even giddier for the once-in-a-decade chance to see The Postal Service. The rarity of the performance and more danceable fare made the reunited act the de facto headliner of what’s technically a co-headlining tour, all told roughly a two-hour show, including the intermission.

For a special Seattle treat, The Postal Service was joined by local singer-songwriter Jen Wood to sing her buzzing and buoyant duet with Gibbard on “Nothing Better,” a gleeful rendition that put a whimsical spin on a love denied.

While Lewis, a prominent indie rock singer-songwriter in her own right, is a little underused in The Postal Service, she received a larger share of the spotlight during the encore, joining Gibbard for a second, acoustic-only pass through “Such Great Heights.” The penultimate duet — mimicking an indie-folk version fellow Sub Pop vets Iron & Wine recorded years ago — set up a walk-off cover of Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy the Silence,” featuring the rest of the Death Cab crew.

Dedicating the endearingly lo-fi “Brand New Colony” to the hometown a few minutes earlier, Gibbard harked back to the songs’ attic-apartment origins, sounding a little astonished to be playing them on the Climate Pledge Arena stage two decades later. “I never in a million [expletive] years would have ever thought that you guys would have been here tonight. So Seattle, this song is for you.”

As successful as the anniversary run has been, perhaps we’ll see ’em in another 10.

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The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie Announce 2023 Tour

The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie have announced a co-headlining tour taking place next fall. The 2023 dates will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their respective 2003 records: Give Up and Transatlanticism . Bandleader Benjamin Gibbard will pull double-duty each night of the tour, as his bands perform the albums front-to-back. The trek also marks the first live performances from the Postal Service in a decade. Find the full tour schedule below and scroll down for a trailer video.

“I know for a fact I will never have a year again like 2003,” Gibbard said in a press release. “The Postal Service record came out; Transatlanticism came out. These two records will be on my tombstone, and I’m totally fine with that. I’ve never had a more creatively inspired year.”

Give Up is the most recent studio album from the Postal Service, although the group did issue a soundtrack to the 2014 concert film, Everything Will Change , back in 2020. Death Cab for Cutie shared their latest LP, Asphalt Meadows , earlier this year. They are currently on tour behind the release.

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Who Is Opening The Postal Service And Death Cab For Cutie’s 2023 Tour?

Death Cab For Cutie and The Postal Service just kicked off their joint tour in Washington DC last night (September 5), and it’s a real 2003 indie rock dream trek. There’s star power even beyond those two Ben Gibbard bands, though, as there’s a pretty strong roster of openers joining them on tour. So, who’s tagging along?

Opening various dates on the Postal Service/DCFC tour are Chvrches singer Lauren Mayberry , Warpaint, The Beths, Pedro The Lion, Built To Spill, and Iron And Wine. Mayberry is currently opening the first few shows, then Warpaint and The Beths will have extended opening runs of their own before the latter three acts wrap up by opening for a night each.

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09/06/2023 — Washington, DC @ The Anthem * 09/08/2023 — Portland, ME @ Cross Insurance Arena * 09/09/2023 — South Kingstown, RI @ Ryan Center * 09/10/2023 — New Haven, CT @ Westville Music Bowl * 09/12/2023 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway * 09/13/2023 — Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway * 09/14/2023 — Washington, DC @ Merriweather Post Pavilion * 09/16/2023 — Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest 09/17/2023 — Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheater ! 09/19/2023 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden ! 09/20/2023 — New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden ! 09/21/2023 — Philadelphia, PA @ Mann Center for the Performing Arts ! 09/23/2023 — Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed ! 09/24/2023 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory ! 09/26/2023 — Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom ! 09/27/2023 — Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom ! 09/28/2023 — Denver, CO @ The Mission Ballroom ! 09/30/2023 — Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater # 10/01/2023 — Grand Prairie, TX @ Texas Trust CU Theatre # 10/03/2023 — Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre # 10/04/2023 — Las Vegas, NV @ The Theater at Virgin Hotels # 10/06/2023 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena # 10/07/2023 — Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena # 10/09/2023 — Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre # 10/10/2023 — Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre # 10/11/2023 — Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre # 10/13/2023 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl # 10/14/2023 — Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl ^ 10/15/2023 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl % 10/17/2023 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl ~

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The Postal Service & Death Cab for Cutie: Give Up & Transatlanticism 20th Anniversary Tour. To celebrate two decades of ‘Give Up’ and ‘Transatlanticism’, The Postal Service & Death Cab for Cutie have joined forces for an unprecedented 20th anniversary co-headline tour. Each night, Benjamin Gibbard, the co-founder of both bands, will pull double duty performing with The Postal Service – comprised of Gibbard, Jimmy Tamborello, and Jenny Lewis – as well as with Death Cab for Cutie (alongside Nick Harmer, Dave Depper, Zac Rae, and Jason McGerr). The extraordinary live run will see both iconic groups performing their seminal 2003 albums in full.

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The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie are taking the stage together for a North American tour next year, celebrating the 20th anniversary of each of the band’s landmark albums.

Each band will return to their 2003 discography for the upcoming tour: The Postal Service’s platinum-certified “Give Up” and Death Cab’s fourth studio LP “Transatlanticism.” As the frontman and co-founder of both bands, singer-songwriter Ben Gibbard will take on double-duty throughout the North American jaunt, performing with both bands back-to-back for each show.

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8 – Portland, ME – Cross Insurance Arena

9 – Kingston, RI – The Ryan Center

10 – New Haven, CT – Westville Music Bowl

12 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall

13 – Boston, MA – MGM Music Hall

14 – Washington, DC – Merriweather Post Pavilion

17 – Detroit, MI – Meadow Brook Amphitheater

20 – New York, NY – Madison Square Garden

21 – Philadelphia, PA – The Mann Center

24 – Minneapolis, MN – Armory

26 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom

27 – Denver, CO – Mission Ballroom

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4 – Las Vegas, NV – The Chelsea Ballroom at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas

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Give Up and Transatlanticism will be performed in full

Ben Gibbard is set to pull double duty on The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie ’s 2023 co-headlining tour. During the fall run, the groups will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their respective albums Give Up and Transatlanticism by performing them in full.

Marking the first live performances from The Postal Service in over a decade, the trek will kick off on September 5th in Washington, DC ahead of stops in Boston; New York City; Philadelphia; Seattle; and more. It will wrap in Los Angeles on October 17th.

Tickets to the tour are sold out. However, fans can still find tickets via Stubhub  — where your order is 100% guaranteed through Stubhub’s FanProtect program.

Gibbard will be accompanied by Jimmy Tamborello and Jenny Lewis for The Postal Service performances, with Nick Harmer, Dave Depper, Zac Rae, and Jason McGerr filling out the Death Cab lineup.

CHVRCHES singer Lauren Mayberry will open the initial dates of the tour. Warpaint and The Beths will then take turns serving as the tour’s primary support. Pedro the Lion will open the October 14th show at the Santa Barbara Bowl, while Built to Spill and Iron & Wine will close out the final two nights at the Hollywood Bowl.

“I know for a fact I will never have a year again like 2003,” Gibbard said in a statement. “The Postal Service record came out, Transatlanticism came out. These two records will be on my tombstone, and I’m totally fine with that. I’ve never had a more creatively inspired year.”

While Death Cab has put out new music as recently as September with their latest album, Asphalt Meadows , The Postal Service have only ever put out one studio LP and a 2014 live album titled Everything Will Change . Revisit our recent interview with Gibbard and Harmer about the latest Death Cab release here .

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to note the tour’s openers. Additionally, The Postal Service and DCFC have added a September 23rd show at the Salt Shed in Chicago.

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The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie 2023 Tour Dates: 09/05 – Washington, DC @ Merriweather Post Pavilion ! 09/06 – Washington, DC @ Merriweather Post Pavilion ! 09/08 – Portland, ME @ Cross Insurance Arena ! 09/09 – Kingston, RI @ The Ryan Center ! 09/10 – New Haven, CT @ Westville Music Bowl ! 09/12 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall ! 09/13 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall ! 09/14 – Washington, DC @ Merriweather Post Pavilion ! 09/16 – Chicago, IL @ Riot Fest 09/17 – Detroit, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheater # 09/19 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden # 09/20 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden # 09/21 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Mann Center # 09/23 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed 09/24 – Minneapolis, MN @ Armory # 09/26 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom # 09/27 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom # 09/28 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom # 09/30 – Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater % 10/01 – Grand Prairie, TX @ Texas Trust CU Theatre % 10/03 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre  % 10/04 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Theater at Virgin Hotels Los Angeles % 10/06 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena % 10/07 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena % 10/09 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley % 10/10 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley % 10/11 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley % 10/13 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl % 10/14 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl & 10/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl ^ 10/17 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl $

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Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service will come together for a co-headlining 2023 tour celebrating the 20-year anniversaries of their respective albums, Transatlanticism and Give Up , and tickets will treat audiences to full performances of both.

Ben Gibbard , who co-founded and fronts both groups, shared in a statement: “I know for a fact I will never have a year again like 2003. The Postal Service record came out, Transatlanticism came out. These two records will be on my tombstone, and I’m totally fine with that. I’ve never had a more creatively inspired year.”

Get tickets here , and read on for more details.

Is It Too Late To Get Tickets to Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service’s Tour?

Tickets for newly announced dates in Texas go on sale March 3rd via Ticketmaster . The rest of the tour’s tickets are currently available to purchase via Stubhub — where your order is 100% guaranteed through Stubhub’s FanProtect program.

What Is Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service’s Tour?

The 28-date run will kick off in Washington, DC on September 5th and 6th. The collective will then travel to Portland, Main, Kingston, Rhode Island, and New Haven, Connecticut before playing two nights in Boston on September 12th and 13th. They’ll perform outside of Washington, DC at Maryland’s Merriweather Post Pavilion on September 14th, then head to Detroit on September 17th. The bands will co-headline New York City’s Madison Square Garden on September 19th and 20th.

Following a stop to Philadelphia on September 21st, the two groups head west via Minneapolis to Denver for three nights on September 26th, 27th, 28th. They’ll open October in Phoenix, then play Las Vegas; Seattle; and Berkeley, California. The 20th anniversary tour wraps at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Bowl on October 13th, 15th, and 17th.

Who Is Opening for Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service on Tour?

Warpaint and The Beths will serve as the tour’s primary support, with the exception of the tour’s final two nights at the Hollywood Bowl, which will feature Built to Spill and Iron & Wine, respectively.

What Are Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service’s 2023 Tour Dates?

See Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service’s full list of tour dates below, and get tickets to all of their upcoming concerts here .

The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie 2023 Tour Dates: 09/05 – Washington, DC @ Merriweather Post Pavilion 09/06 – Washington, DC @ Merriweather Post Pavilion 09/08 – Portland, ME @ Cross Insurance Arena 09/09 – Kingston, RI @ The Ryan Center 09/10 – New Haven, CT @ Westville Music Bowl 09/12 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall 09/13 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall 09/14 – Washington, DC @ Merriweather Post Pavilion 09/17 – Detroit, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheater 09/19 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden # 09/20 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden # 09/21 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Mann Center # 09/24 – Minneapolis, MN @ Armory # 09/26 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom # 09/27 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom # 09/28 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom # 09/30 – Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater % 10/01 – Grand Prairie, TX @ Texas Trust CU Theatre % 10/03 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre  % 10/04 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Theater at Virgin Hotels Los Angeles % 10/06 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena % 10/07 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena % 10/09 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley % 10/10 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley % 10/11 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley % 10/13 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl % 10/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl ^ 10/17 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl $

# = w/ Warpaint % = w/ The Beths ^ = w/ Built to Spill $ = w/ Iron & Wine

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Ben Gibbard will be working double shifts next summer when the two groups he fronts, Death Cab for Cutie and the Postal Service , embark on a double-anniversary tour. Each act will perform the album it released in 2003 — Death Cab’s Transatlanticism and the Postal Service’s influential Give Up — on each tour date.

The tour’s general on-sale begins Dec. 16 at 10 a.m. local time. Various presales begin earlier in the week. Details are on the tour’s website .

Death Cab’s Transatlanticism followed on Oct. 7, 2003, and became the band’s mainstream breakthrough, making it up to Number 97 on the albums chart and going gold. The single “The New Year” became one of the band’s set-list staples, and “The Sound of Settling,” “Title and Registration,” and the title track became canon for the group, which released its latest album, Asphalt Meadows , this year.

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Death Cab for Cutie/The Postal Service tour dates:

Sept. 8 – Portland, ME @ Cross Insurance Arena Sept. 9 – Kingston, RI @ The Ryan Center Sept. 10 – New Haven, CT @ Westville Music Bowl Sept. 12 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall Sept. 13 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall Sept. 14 – Washington, DC @ Merriweather Post Pavilion Sept. 17 – Detroit, MI @ Meadow Brook Amphitheater Sept. 20 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden Sept. 21 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Mann Center Sept. 24 – Minneapolis, MN @ Armory Sept. 26 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom Sept. 27 – Denver, CO @ Mission Ballroom Oct. 3 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre Oct. 4 – Las Vegas, NV @ The Chelsea Ballroom at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Oct. 7 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena Oct. 10 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theatre – UC Berkeley Oct. 13 – Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl

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The Postal Service and Death Cab For Cutie ‘grateful’ to close festival

Alternative rock bands The Postal Service and Death Cab for Cutie closed out All Points East with an emotional and electric set, celebrating the 20th anniversaries of their respective albums Give Up and Transatlanticism.

The American bands, both fronted by 48-year-old Ben Gibbard, played the albums in full to a 35,000-strong crowd in East London’s Victoria Park.

Death Cab for Cutie opened the headline slot with the track The New Year, as frontman Gibbard announced: “We are Death Cab for Cutie, we are from Seattle , Washington – this is Transatlanticism.”

The indie rock band, who wore all black outfits, moved through the album track by track with the crowd particularly enjoying upbeat hit The Sound of Settling and the more sombre Tiny Vessels.

The album Transatlanticism explores the sadder side of relationships, with lyrics about lost loves, fleeting loves and loves that are not meant to be.

During the title track, the crowd sang along to the refrain “I need you so much closer”, bringing a depth of emotion to the mid-point of Death Cab for Cutie’s section.

Gibbard dedicated the track We Looked Like Giants to Oregon-based band The Decemberists, who played the same stage earlier in the day, reflecting on the festival’s line up by saying it felt like a north-western USA “family reunion” backstage.

After a 45-minute set, which closed out with an acoustic version of A Lack of Color, The Postal Service took to the stage, launching into their set with the electronic-tinged The District Sleeps Alone Tonight.

We are so unbelievably grateful to all of you.

Gibbard returned with the rest of The Postal Service dressed in all white, and fans sang and danced along to Give Up’s opening track.

The second half of the headline slot brought more upbeat, electronic-influenced tracks, with an engaged crowd dancing throughout as Gibbard proved his skills as a frontman.

“Ladies and gentlemen, hes, shes and theys,” he said. “This is The Postal Service and we are proud to present to you our album Give Up”.

Vocalist Jenny Lewis , wearing a flowing white dress, is note perfect and her bandmate Gibbard labels her a “queen”. He performed on the drum kit for several tracks to the crowd’s delight.

The frontman recalled first playing London in 2003, at a venue he described as “some dump – don’t even remember what its name was”.

“We are so unbelievably f****** grateful to all of you,” he said to the crowd, who lapped up the final tracks into the encore, before the band huddled together in thanks before fans headed home.

Festival goers on the final day of 2024’s All Points East also enjoyed sets from American indie rock favourites Gossip, fronted by Beth Ditto, playing hits from their indie- and dance-infused rock back catalogue.

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About Postal Service

The Postal Service is an American electronic musical group composed of vocalist Ben Gibbard (of Death Cab for Cutie) and producer Jimmy Tamborello (of Dntel and Headset) with Jenny Lewis (of Rilo Kiley) on background vocals/keyboards & samplers live.

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Give Up is the debut album by electronic pop duo The Postal Service. Released on February 19, 2003, it was the second Sub Pop Records release to receive platinum certification,... Read More

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The United States Postal Service (USPS) is considering cost-cutting measures that could result in slower mail delivery for long-distance and rural services. 

If the proposed changes are implemented, which wouldn't happen until after the November election, customers within 50 miles of the Postal Service’s largest processing facilities would get faster delivery service, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy told The Washington Post. Those customers account for most of the mail and packages, he said.

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The changes would save the postal service about $30 billion over the next 10 years.

However, the USPS’ revenues haven’t covered its expenses and debt for more than 15 years, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). Its expenses are outpacing revenues as it sees a continuing decline in volume of its most profitable product, First-Class Mail, according to the GAO. To cover its costs, the USPS has been increasing its debt and unfunded liabilities.

The changes align "with the organization’s mandate to be financially self-sufficient," the USPS said in a statement Thursday. This means the agency should be able to cover its expenses through the sale of its products and services. 

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