M83 is pleased to announce new UK dates for the summer, including a headline show at KOKO on 7th July 2009, followed by an appearance at T in the Park on 11th July.
The dates in Brighton, London, Leeds and at T in the Park follow May's tour which included several headline shows and a fan-voted appearance at this year's All Tomorrow's Parties: The Fans Strike Back – described by the NME as “heaven's house band”.
Fellow Mute label mates Maps are very special guests on the tour.
JULY DATES
6 July – Brighton, Concorde 2
7 July – London, Koko
8 July – Leeds, Cockpit
11 July – T in the Park, Balado, Kinross-shire

We got a brand new music video: We Onw The Sky. It was a challenge for everyone and we got plenty of amazing videos. To watch the winning video, visit our official YouTube channel.

After the long and arduous process of watching all the entries for the "We Own the Sky" video contest, a winner has been chosen. Congratulations to Young Replicant! Their entry has been chosen as the official video for "We Own the Sky" by M83.
Young Replicant is a teenage director's label and design collective hailing from Los Angeles. It consists of Alex Takacs (Director, DP), Joe Nankin (Director, Producer), Adam Kauper (DP, Camera Operator), and Jackson Siedenberg (Special Effects)
Their goal with this video was to interpret the pure, emotional essence of We Own the Sky, and then communicate it through a simple story about young love, lens flares, and a confetti party. They set out to capture the beauty that lies between the daunting uncertainty and eternal optimism of youth, a theme they felt was prevalent in Saturday=Youth and one which resonated in their own lives.
Anthony Gonzalez (aka M83) says of this video:
"I like the atmosphere of it cause it fits perfectly to the music and the lyrics. It's exactly what I had in mind when I wrote the song."
Congratulations also goes to our runners up:
SpanielProductions (Spencer Dennis and Daniel Spangler)
Chewviewer (Jason Chiu and Chris Amos)
wpk01 (Warren Kommers)
eSub (Eric Sobczak)
nyez123 (Ian Larsson)
plasticheart8 (Mark Pariselli)
MateiMocanu (Matei-Alexandru Mocanu)
mattrileyalcom (Matthew Alcorn)
NeonRoboticStudios (Justin Giritlian)
WhiteTree101
And many thanks to all the entrants for their hard work and creativity. We were so pleased to see all the videos!
Stay tuned for the video's debut on Pitchfork, coming later this month!

In celebration of M83 hosting MTV2 Subterranean the blog's hosting a free MP3 of "We Own the Sky" (Maps Remix).
Check it out at http://www.subterraneanblog...com/2009/03/02/free-download-..m83-we-own-the-sky-maps-remix/

M83 announce Australian Tour
31-Mar BRISBANE THE ZOO
1-Apr MELBOURNE PRINCE of WALES
2-Apr SYDNEY METRO

Chicago's JBTV has posted a video interview with Anthony and Morgan as a free podcast on iTunes

Following a 2008 UK tour with Kings of Leon, their own sold-out North American tour, their recent support slot on The Killers' US arena tour, and their television debut on Late Night With Conan O'Brien (1/27/09) M83 announce new US dates, including Sasquatch Music Festival. In addition, M83 will perform with the LA Philharmonic in a sold out concert sponsored by at the Walt Disney Concert Hall March 7th and on March 9th M83 will perform their current single "Kim and Jesse" on Last Call With Carson Daly.
Describing the live show as "propulsive" and "hypnotic," The New York Times proclaims M83 mastermind Anthony Gonzalez as the "electro pop wizard of a fragile dream world" (1/26/09). Rolling Stone says Gonzalez wins their award for "Our favorite French musician ever" (2/5/09).

The M83 interview on MTV2 Subterranean blog is live now:
http://www.subterraneanblog.com

Fans have voted M83 to play this year’s All Tomorrow’s Parties: The Fans Strike Back. The festival, taking place in Minehead from 8th – 10th May, sees M83 appear in very good company on a bill featuring, amongst others, Devo, Young Marble Giants, Spiritualized and The Jesus Lizard.
8th – 10th May - Minehead
For line up, festival information and ticket details, visit:
http://www.atpfestival.com/atp/Events/TheFansStrikeBack.php

Kim & Jessie the new single from M83’s fifth studio album, Saturdays=Youth comes backed with remixes from Data and Montag and is available to download here on iTunes

The atmospheric sweeps and chiming astro-pop of France’s M83 share the stage with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in a very special performance on March 7.
More informations here
Buy tickets here

Due to overhelming demand, the deadline for entries has been pushed back a month to February 20th. More time to get your entries in!
After working on the first two videos for SATURDAYS=YOUTH with Matthew Frost (Graveyard Girl) and Eva Husson (Kim&Jessie), M83 is now extending an open call to fans to submit their best video interpretations of "We Own The Sky", their latest single from SATURDAYS=YOUTH.
Anyone who wants to submit an entry has until Feb 20, 2009 to produce a video for "We Own the Sky" and upload it onto the youtube contest page youtube.com/group/m83 The winning entry will have its Pitchfork TV debut early next year + Converse prizes

In the midst of touring with The KIllers, M83 will do a very special solo show in NYC at Irving Plaza!
January 24th
Irving Plaza, NYC
Get tickets here: http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/401905/
This show will open with a special ambient set by M83
For sale at this show ONLY will be a very limited edition screen printed poster!

M83 confirmed to tour with THE KILLERS in january and February 2009.

Listen into BBC6Music on Saturday night from 9.30pm to hear Anthony in interview and spinning some of his favourites tunes on the 6 Mix.
Listen live at http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/

SATURDAYS = YOUTH - VOTE FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR
here : http://www.polldaddy.com/poll.aspx?p=1163925
VOTING CLOSES 18 DEC

WE OWN THE SKY VIDEO CONTESTclick here for more infohttp://www.youtube.com/group/m83

"Kim and Jessie" is the #1 song of 2008 and Saturdays = Youth is #7 album of the year at Under the Radar magazine.

La tournée mondiale de M83 fera escale à Boulogne Billancourt le 29 octobre pour le festival BB Mix. Pour gagner des invitations pour deux, participez au concours !

The Dell Summer Rocks promo is now up online
M83 - We Own the Sky (Maps remix) is included.

http://www.delllounge.com/summerrocks/mixtape

Due to technical reasons, we changed the access for the digital download for "Digital Shades". Vinyl owners of "Digital Shades" having a free download code must go to the following link now. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Watch "Kim é Jessie", the brand new music video clip from M83 here

M83 also performed on KCRW, Los Angeles most famous radio broadcast ! Watch it here.

M83’s new single “KIM & JESSIE” (from latest album ‘SATURDAYS=YOUTH’) is released Monday July 21st (Tues July 22nd in North America). Incl. remixes from datA & Montag.
On vinyl & download
Get the vinyl here >> Mute Bank:

M83's Anthony Gonzalez Talks Saturdays = Youth, his Ode To Teenage Life on MTV with John Norris
Watch the piece here or here

Heralded as M83’s first “proper pop song”, Kim & Jessie comes backed with mixes from DatA and Montag and will be released on 21st July 2008 (22nd July in North America) as digital download and 12”
Says Anthony Gonzalez (aka M83) of new single, Kim & Jessie: "A lot of people always tell me that M83 is always about melancholy music, so I wanted to write something happy with hooks”

Get the official startpage for your browser with the new Netvibes M83 page. Click Here to get it now!

Check out M83 on XLR8R TV discussing the teen films that inspired him while making the new record. www.xlr8r.com. to embed go to: revision3.com/xlr8rtv/m83/

Anthony Gonzales performed songs from Saturdays=Youth at the KRCW studio earlier this week.
The session first aired on May 20. Listen again on this here.

Visit widget.nabbr.com and get the brand new M83 widget. Click Here to Get It Now!

Anthony's interview on - Rob Da Bank Show (Radio 1) - sunday night/monday morning pl. Listen live here and plugged here : http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/robdabank/

M83 soundtracks latest Urban Outfitters’ ad with ‘We own the Sky’ (from the new lp ‘Saturdays=Youth’). Click Here to see it.

Graveyard Girl graces Urban Outfitters’ Summer Essential mix along the likes of Hercules & Love Affair, The New Puritans, The Teenagers, Holy Fuck, The Kills and many other über cool acts ! Click Here for more.

New free M83 widget here !

Participez au concours pour gagner vos places pour la maroquinerie le 29 mars prochain. Cliquez-ici

But it now ! iTunes Europe - US
AMAZON US - AMAZON UK / Mute Bank UK - play.com UK

Graveyard Girl - Directed by Matthew Frost : Check out the video now on youtube.com/m83 !

Visit M83 official YouTube Channel and watch "Graveyard Girl", the brand new music video clip: www.youtube.com/m83

Saturdays=Youth, M83 new album is coming out soon! Registrer today to our newsletter and we will let you know once it's out in your country.

Visit YouTube.com/M83 for all videos from the band.