AJC played in Edmonton tonight at The Rev, and then off to Calgary tomorrow. There have been no new dates added as of yet. The last date is Oct. 2nd in Winnipeg and then back home to Ottawa for some time off. The band will be playing some dates in Eastern Ontario and area, and hopefully Pittsburg, Cleveland and some other American dates, that should be announced soon. The band also did an interview for the A-channel in Edmonton, so hopefully you will see it if you haven't already.

AJC is back in Canada and played at Richard's on Richards last night in Vancouver, this was their first show in Canada in months. After the show last night Richard's was the place for the after show party for "The Artist," unfortunately the band's set was moved early to accomodate "The Artist." If you missed the show the band plans on playing Vancouver again some time. Also at the club last night was guitarist Steve Vai who came over after his show with G3.

The band is off to Victoria tonight, and then Edmonton early in the week.

The band is on their way back to Canada to play Vancouver tonight, the whole band is really looking forward to playing in Canada to all the fans who have bought the CD and e-mailed the band. Seattle last night was great at the Colourbox, the band played a very short and tight set, and made some new fans.

AJC is in Portland, Oregon today after a long drive from San Hose, California. Matt, the band's tour manager got pulled over for speeding on the Interstate by the CHP. Other than that the band is playing at EJ's tonight in downtown Portland.

AJC is on their way to Portland today after a great show in San Hose last night, it was the 59th show since June 28th. The band will be doing another radio interview tomorrow and an probably doing an acoustic version of "Psychic Man." Everyone in the band says "Hi again" to everyone who's been coming out to the shows and e-mailing. The band is also looking forward to get back and play in Canada by the end of this week.

The AJC merch stuff for the web site should be up by the end of the week. And we are also working on a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) from questions that people have mailed, so keep sending those e-mails into us.

The band just played another awesome festival in Pheonix, Arizona with the Offspring, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Our Lady Peace, Goldfinger, Buck-O-Nine and more. The band said it was a great show and they did a great set for all the fans in the scorching heat!

And if you haven't noticed you are now at www.artificialjoyclub.com, new as of today, the e-mail address will stay the same for now, but will change soon. We will send a newsletter out soon to all of you who have sent mail so far.

Once we have a couple of days to sort stuff out we will add a merchandise section to the web site for you to order T-shirts and stuff.

As for touring the last Canadian date for now is October 2nd in Winnipeg, then the band has a week off and starting another tour, we will post the dates and the details when we have them.

The New Rock 104 Birthday Bash in Fresno, CA; was rocking the other day with ten awesome bands (Fiona Apple, Social Distortion, Cake, Sugar Ray, Smash Mouth, Buck-0-Nine, Goldo, Spies and AJC). The band said that it was a great turn-out and the fans were insane, Steve from Smash Mouth told the audience the AJC was awesome and all sorts of good stuff about Sal, of course. The band also did a lengthy autograph session after their show.

The band also performed at Hard Rock Café in Sacramento on Friday night, then are going to San Francsico, Reno and taking a couple of days off in Las Vegas next week.

And finally for all our Canadian fans some Western tour dates have been added, up to Winnipeg on October 2nd. Don't worry more will be coming soon, including a show in AJC's home town of Ottawa.

Again check out the Ultimate Band List page on AJC, it will bring you to the AJC discussion group where you can post messages, and buy the album online from CD Now.

As for the web site changes, we must apologize for the slow connections using Sympatico, once the domain registration goes through the whole site will move to another server and be faster for all of us:)

AJC is back on the road today after a couple of days off in LA , after driving from Tulsa on Monday. If you caught the band last weekend in Tulsa or Omaha you probably had a great time like the band. There were so many great bands at the two shows. There was over 30,000 people in attendance at each show. Thanks to the radio stations for putting those shows on.

New and updated tour dates were also added today, more Canadian dates will be coming soon.

Everyone in AJC says “Hi !” to all you who check out the web site. Again changes will be coming to the web site once the domain name application is accepted.

AJC is just outside of Nashville, TN today for a show at 527 Mainstreet. All you AJC fans in Nashville better go and check it out.

If anyone has found reviews or articles (print or web) about AJC, let us know, we don't always see all the press that we get. Feel free to send it along to us. Also if you have any photos from shows you can send those along to us as well.

The band finally has a day off today, they're in New Orleans and then going to Talahassee, Florida tomorrow. The last week has been intense for the band, playing Oklahoma City at the Boar's Head, Odessa, TX; Austin, TX; the Spirit Festival in Kansas City; Houston at the KTZB Buzz Festival; and finally New Orleans. The band is resting after all the driving and flying that they did this week.

For all of you that have been asking for AJC merchandise, it is coming soon to the web site. The band has been selling out T-shirts at most shows so they are trying to keep stocked up. We will have T-shirts, Baby T's and stickers available soon.

If you would like to buy the CD online, you can do it at CDNow, CDNow should also have the Sal's Birdland "Nude Photos Inside" CD available for those who have been asking where to get it. Also check out the AJC discussion group at CDNow.

You can request the video for "Sick and Beautiful" on Much Music at rsvp@muchmusic.com, make sure you put the video title in the subject line. Also you can e-mail MTV's 120 minutes, minutes120@aol.com; and M2 M2MUSIC@aol.com.

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