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Posted April 18, 2005

THE HIVE IS ALIVE:
311 are making solid progress recording at the band's studio, The Hive, in Los Angeles. 311 are very excited with the evolution of the new songs. The band will continue recording through the end of April, followed by mixing and mastering in May. We hope to release a single to radio in June and to release the album in late July 2005. The production on the new album is sounding amazing.

As of now, there is no confirmation on a new album title, what song will be selected as the first radio single or how many songs will make the final album. We'll share these details as they come more into focus.

The summer tour will span late July through mid September. At this time, there are no specific confirmed dates / cities. Everything is in the works and we hope to have tour news soon. Hang tight, we're just as excited and anxious as you to get the tour dates firmed up and announced. Stay tuned.


WORDS FROM NICK:
Greetings from the Hive!
We're humming right along here. Fourteen songs are completed instrumentally and six have completed vocals. How to describe the new tunes? Eclectic as always. There are a handful of reggae influenced tracks, but they're more up-tempo and funky than our reggae has been in the past. There's a fast punk song Tim and SA wrote called "It's Getting OK Now" and a super slow and heavy rap rocker called "Solar Flair." With a schedule (that it looks like we'll stick to) of completing the album in four months when Evolver took ten months, this one feels straight forward and natural. Drums, bass, two guitars, and two vocals. Pretty much how we sound live. We're just trying to not over think things and let the music flow naturally. Hope you like it. I'm really excited for the world to hear it. See ya this summer!!!
Nick
3-11 DAY RECAP:
On 3-11 (March 11), 311 and their fans again celebrated 3-11 Day. While this year, there was no special concert (since the band is in the studio recording), the band offered a special 311 Press Conference; Live at the Hive, at 311.com. Over 70,000 unique viewers tuned into the 3-11 Day Conference on 3-11 Day!! And many more since then. The website had 1.5 million page hits that day, proving 311 fans are alive and kickin'. Thank you!!
(the press conference has now been moved to the Q&A page of the website).

311 bandmembers did 35 phone interviews on 3-11 Day with radio stations nationwide and later Tim, SA and P-Nut hosted KROQ-LA “Live from Hollywood and Highland”; where the guys did an interview and took questions from fans in the audience. Later that night, we celebrated at the Viper Room where Zack Hexum played a show.
TICKET WINNERS:
In honor of 3-11 Day, we have now selected four random winners from the 311 Email Database to be on 311's Guest List for two free tickets each for any show on the upcoming summer U.S. tour. The winners are:
Ty Mortensen of Logan, Utah.
Pamela Henry of Sidney, Ohio.
Brian Sherman of Mesa, Arizona.
Christina Frank of South Portland, Maine.
311 STORE CELEBRATES 4-20 WITH LOTS OF SPECIALS:
Did you miss 3-11 Day at 311merch.com? Not to fear, the Store at 311.com is celebrating 4-20 with some of the most popular specials of 3-11 Day. We'll also be adding sleeveless shirts for guys and 3 new styles for girls. Many styles will be discounted to $11 for the day. ALL online orders placed on 4-20-05 will receive a FREE 5 PACK of STICKERS. Be sure to also check out the new Ringtone and Wallpaper page of the store to get your cell phone hip to the sounds of 311. And on 4-20 our Auction section will be as busy as ever. 11 Auctions will end on 4-20, and 11 more auctions will begin at 4:20 on 4-20 and end 3 days and 11 hours later. Some of the auctioned items will include: drum heads signed by the band, large pieces of portrait art signed by the band, original posters (with pictures of the band from the original Hive in Omaha, Nebraska which are over ten years old, and in pristine condition), autographed posters from more recent times, rare cd and tape singles from past years, lithographs hand-signed and numbered by the band and/or the poster artists, etc. A portion of the proceeds from some of the 4:20 Auctions will go to several charities, including MusicForRelief.org. FREE SHIPPING for orders over $40 will continue throughout 4-20-05. Also on 4-20-05 only, all online orders over $100 (auctions included) will get a FREE 311 T-shirt included with their order! The shirt will be a surprise and will be of the same size as the first shirt in your order. One free shirt per online order only.

Happy 4-20 from the store at 311.com, and www.311merch.com !!! Where you can always find a great 311 T-shirt starting at just $11.

As always you may place orders by phone 617-666-8843 (10-6 eastern time), fax 617-623-7232 or order securely online 24-7-365 days a year. Thanks for shopping at the Store at 311.com and at 311merch.com, and remember we insist that you like the stuff you buy, your satisfaction is guaranteed.

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Peter
311 management office