Damn! I leave Chicago on the 25th. Missing Ima Robot by one day.

Here's the news:
American Eagle Outfitters Kicks Off Back-to-School With Coast-to-Coast Events Guaranteed to Rock You The Donnas, Ima Robot, The Walkmen, DJ Danger Mouse and DJ Green Lantern to Perform in Three Flagship Cities Guitars From Gibson Guitar Designed by Top Musicians to be Auctioned on ae.com Benefiting VH1 Save the Music Foundation
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18 August 2004
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- To celebrate the AE Jeans Will Rock You campaign and kickoff the back-to-school season, leading lifestyle retailer American Eagle Outfitters (AE) will host coast-to-coast events in three flagship cities: Los Angeles, New York, and Chicago. Each event will feature performances by some of the hottest bands in music and marks the kickoff of an auction of customized guitars from musical giant Gibson Guitar by some of AE's target customers' favorite musicians.

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On Tuesday, Aug. 24th, girl-rockers The Donnas and hip-hop producer DJ Danger Mouse will perform to a celebrity crowd at an undisclosed location in Hollywood. Two days later, New York City and Chicago will host simultaneous blowouts when The Walkmen team up with Danger Mouse in New York, while Ima Robot and DJ Green Lantern rock crowds in Chicago.

Customers can go to ae.com to bid on one-of-a-kind Gibson guitars customized by musical artists such as The Donnas, The Black Eyed Peas, N.E.R.D., Danger Mouse, The Mooney Suzuki, D12, The Darkness, and Ima Robot. Bidding on these rock-star guitars begins August 24th and ends September 2nd. All proceeds from the auction will go to the VH1 Save the Music Foundation.

"Music has always been an essential element of the AE brand," said Michael James Leedy, chief marketing officer, executive vice president of strategic planning and e-commerce. "These artists draw from every genre of current popular music and represent the diversity of our customers and their eclectic taste in music. We are proud to support VH1 Save the Music as its mission matches that of the AE Foundation, to embrace diversity and encourage youth development through its support of music programs for teens."

These exclusive events were inspired by the AE Jeans Will Rock You marketing campaign for which the Company secured rights to the lyrics and soundtrack of the 1977 classic Rock anthem "We Will Rock You" by Queen. In addition to having a presence in-store and online, the song serves as the backdrop for AE's back-to-school :30 second TV spot which is currently airing on MTV through September 13th, 2004.

"WE WILL ROCK YOU" by Brian May(c) 1977, 1978 QUEEN MUSIC LTD. All rights for the U.S. controlled & administered by BEECHWOOD MUSICCORP.(BMI). All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Used By Permission. "WE WILL ROCK YOU" by Brian May

(C) 1977, 1978 QUEEN MUSIC LTD. All rights for the U.S. & Canada controlled & administered by BEECHWOOD MUSIC CORP. (BMI). All rights for the rest of the World controlled and administered by EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD. All Rights Reserved. International Copyright Secured. Used By Permission.

About American Eagle Outfitters

American Eagle Outfitters is a leading lifestyle retailer that designs, markets, and sells its own brand of relaxed, casual clothing for 15- to 25-year-olds, providing high-quality merchandise at affordable prices. AE's collection includes modern basics like jeans, cargo pants, and graphic Ts as well as a stylish assortment of cool accessories, outerwear and footwear. AE's Canadian subsidiary, Bluenotes/Thriftys, offers a more urban/suburban, denim-driven collection for 12- to 22-year-olds. American Eagle Outfitters currently operates 758 AE stores in 49 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, 68 AE stores in Canada, and 107 Bluenotes/Thriftys stores in Canada. AE also operates via its Web business, http://www.ae.com/, which offers additional sizes and styles of favorite AE merchandise.

About VH1 Save the Music

Since VH1 Save The Music was created in 1997, more than $25 million worth of musical instruments has been donated to 1,000 public schools in 80 cities, improving the lives of more than 500,000 children. VH1 Save The Music's many honors include the Governors' Award (a special Emmy Award), the George Foster Peabody Award for broadcast and cable excellence, and many Beacon Awards.

About Gibson Guitar

Gibson is known worldwide for producing classic models in every major style of fretted instrument, including acoustic and electric guitars, mandolins and banjos. Gibson's digital guitar, introduced in 2002, represents the biggest advance in electric guitar design in over 70 years. Founded in 1894 in Kalamazoo, MI, and headquartered in Nashville since 1984, Gibson Guitar Corp.'s family of brands now includes Epiphone, Dobro, Kramer, Valley Arts, Steinberger, Tobias, Slingerland, Maestro, Baldwin, Hamilton and Wurlitzer. Visit Gibson's website at http://www.gibson.com/.

Web site: http://www.gibson.com/

Web site: http://www.ae.com/

[Edited on 8-19-2004 by draconian]

Ick..I hate American Eagle..They try so hard to be Abercrombie and Fitch.. BUT, whatever gets the guys some exposure!

super for um... ta bad ya be missin Phob... one day darn

My lil sisters LOVE AE they think its like the coolest thing ever ! Which it's not cause i am.

I'm not one for AE either, it's boring as hell. Damn, this show is on my birthday. If only I could get to Chicago.

Chicago is the best city.. damn, I wish I lived there!

AE sucks. I really don't like all those prep high-class brand names. Why spend so much for regular jeans and tees when you can get them for half the price somewhere else? I don't like that style anyways..boring.

Does anybody have a clue where this is gonna be in Chicago, and I'm guessing its free?

where are they playing???

happy bday evil

Good call, Turtle! I didn't even notice the date!

Happy Birthday! :duh:

I know I've already told you a million times in person, but... HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVILMOTIVATOR!!!!!!!!1 How does is feel to be as old as me? And only a year younger than Mike. Woo hoo!!

hey thanks. oh man, juno, you barely made it. one minute later and you would have been screwed. literally. not. hahaha. anyway, i wish i could've seen ima tonight. i hope everyone who went had a good time for me.

Happy Happy Birthday!

So did anyone go? who wha where when?

i didnt go. i would have but i didnt know where it was. it didnt say on .com either.

Damn thats effed up sorry you didn't get to go.

I like the jeans at AE...

thanks, turtle. i was disappointed too. still dont know where it was.

I attended. It was private show by invite so it turned out, but my friends and I happened to run into the boys at a bar the night before and they got us in. It was held in the parking lot in front of the AE store in the city (north and sheffield). Nobody seemed to care they were playing when they took the stage except my two friends and myself. It was like a private show and so badass. A couple members of Kill Hannah were there as well. Good times.

Oh man, that's sweet. I wish I could've been there.

don't we all

I would have cared, we all would have cared! So if you guys never ran into the guy at a bar, there would'nt have been anyone there ? Strange....

Yeah IMa was telling me about it and how no fans would be there and it was going to suck. they weren't very happy to play it. but "it's a gig"

if I had the $ I so would have gone