New Recording Projects

March 29, 2023  /  Miles Zuniga

Lots of new things going on over here.

First off, “Out Of My Head” is featured in the latest episode of Ted Lasso (Season 3, Episode 3).

The band has just finished not one but two recording projects. They reconvened at The Sonic Ranch in Tortilla TX with David Garza at the end of February and recorded 9 new tunes.

They also just finished recording a live album at the Saxon Pub during SXSW. The show was filmed by Nigel Dick (whose list of credits include Guns N Roses, Oasis, Tears For Fears, Britney Spears, and many more).

Both records should be out this year.

On tour with the Fixx!

October 12, 2021  /  Miles Zuniga

Hi Everyone -

We're excited to let you know that we’re hitting the road this month and going on tour with the Fixx!

The first two shows in Texas will be with the full band, and the remaining shows will be Miles & Tony playing as a duo.

Get tickets —>> http://www.fastballtheband.com/tour

Also, this past weekend, Miles & Tony were interviewed and performed for Paste Magazine’s ‘On the Road’ at Arlyn Studios in Austin, TX.

Watch the session here —>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymjVBC123qA

And a reminder that the band launched a Patreon campaign last month and are exclusively releasing new music thru the platform. Sign up to hear the music as well as watch the ‘Making Of’ videos and hear the original demos.

Sign up here —>> www.patreon.com/fastball

Sincerely,

Fastball

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Patreon Campaign

September 16, 2021  /  Miles Zuniga

Hi, we’re the band Fastball.

We recorded some new songs this summer and wanted to try releasing them in a different way than we have been, so we've decided to launch a Patreon campaign. We will post a brand new song every month, along with an accompanying demo or previously unreleased recording from our archives. The new music is some of the best music we've ever made and it won’t be released anywhere else. Steve Berlin, who produced our last album (The Help Machine), produced some of the songs, and we produced some of the songs ourselves. And for the first time in our career, we recorded a selection of cover songs, which will be part of this, and we think you'll be pleasantly surprised by some of the choices.

And we took a lot of video footage thru out the recording process, which we'll be sharing with you.

It's exciting to be releasing music to you shortly after recording it and right now this feels like the right thing to do and we hope you agree and join us. Any money made will help with future recordings, which we hope to continue to offer on our Patreon campaign.

So please check out the page and join us, will you? The first offering is a blistering new single called 'Chump Change' that Tony wrote. Here's a little video trailer of the making of it.

https://www.patreon.com/fastball

Sincerely,

Fastball

Fastball Live from 3TEN

December 03, 2020  /  Miles Zuniga

Hi Everyone -

Tonight at 7pm Central, Live from 3TEN will be airing on our Facebook and YouTube pages:

www.facebook.com/fastballtheband
www.youtube.com/FastballTheBandOfficial

Filmed and recorded with no audience recently at 3TEN in our hometown of Austin, TX, it was the first time the band had gotten together since the quarantine started in March.

And tomorrow, Friday Dec. 4th, the audio of the entire 11 song set will be available exclusively on our bandcamp page (http://www.fastball.bandcamp.com).

And finally, if you haven't yet checked out our online store to find new merch items, please do! You can still get orders shipped out in time for Christmas: https://shop.bandwear.com/collections/fastball-shop

Love,
Fastball

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Play music again

November 20, 2020  /  Miles Zuniga

Hi Everyone - 

We have some exciting news! 

We filmed and recorded a performance recently at 3TEN in our hometown of Austin, TX. It was the first time the band had gotten together since March and it was so great to play music again. We’re excited for you to see and hear it. 

Two of the songs will be featured this Saturday, November 14th at 7pm Central Time for Thundergong!, a benefit concert for Steps of Faith, raising funds for amputees in need. The online concert will be hosted by Jason Sudeikis and feature an incredible lineup of music (Foo Fighters, Camila Cabello, Blake Shelton, etc). You can watch it all at thundergong.org. 

The entire 12 song set that we performed at 3TEN will debut via our Facebook and Youtube pages on Thursday, Dec. 3rd at 7pm Central Time. Featuring songs from our career as well as our recent album, 'The Help Machine', it will be be a chance for people all over the world to tune in together and watch Fastball perform. Please mark it in your calendars! 

We have new merch! Check out our online store to find two new hoodies and a facemask, just in time for Christmas! Purchase now and they will ship in mid-December: https://shop.bandwear.com/collections/fastball-shop 

And we want to let you know that Miles will be playing a solo show this Saturday, November 14th on the Terrace at W Austin. Right outside the gates to ACL Live!, it will be a limited outdoor, patio-style seating with distancing enforced. Pick up tickets here: 
https://www.universe.com/events/miles-zuniga-with-kelley-mickwee-and-buffalo-hunt-tickets-84Z6K0

And finally for those of you who missed it, we’ve uploaded the Zoom ‘Fastball in Conversation with Producer Steve Berlin’ that we did recently. Watch it in its entirety to find out more about making of our latest record, 'The Help Machine':  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aommOK42ANY

Stay safe, 
Fastball
xoxo

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New video: "White Collar"

August 27, 2020  /  Miles Zuniga

Hello Everyone - 

We're pleased to announce that our new video for the song 'White Collar' off of our latest album, 'The Help Machine', is now available everywhere. 

You can watch it here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQLFEaGfMvo

To celebrate the release of the video we have two special events planned: 

- At 1pm CT today, Aug. 28th, Tony Scalzo will be having a live discussion with the director of the video, Alex Chod, on the band's Instagram page (https://www.instagram.com/fastballtheband/). 

- At 1pm CT on Saturday, Aug. 29th, Tony Scalzo will be hosting a Q&A session on the band's Twitter account (https://twitter.com/FASTBALLTHEBAND) to discuss the video and song. Use hashtag #AskScalzo to participate. 

Below are the credits to the White Collar video:

Produced by Tony Scalzo
Directed/Edited by Alex Chod
Cinematography by Alex Chod, Tony Scalzo & Henry Scalzo
Written by Alex Chod, Bruce Smith Jr. & Tony Scalzo
VFX by Alex Chod & Charles R Pearce
Set Construction/Props/Wardrobe Assist by Bruce Smith Jr. & Kimarie Sky
Special Thanks to Blake Nelson, Andrew Dalton & Tory Sage


If you haven't listened to or purchased the latest album, 'The Help Machine', you can do so here: https://ffm.to/helpmachine

Thanks for listening, 
Fastball

An Update From Fastball

April 03, 2020  /  Miles Zuniga

Greetings Everyone -

Crazy times. We hope you are all safe.
As I'm sure you've realized, our Spring and Summer tour dates have been postponed or cancelled and we'll let you know when things are re-scheduled. We're not sure when that will be just yet but we hope to be able to get out and play for you again sooner than later. In the meantime, Miles has been doing a 'Tuesday's with Miles' live Facebook stream at 7pm CST over at facebook.com/mileszunigalovesyou. Please mark it in your calendar and check it out if you can.

Yesterday was the anniversary of our debut album, 'Make Your Mama Proud'. It was originally released on April 2nd, 1996. We don't have any special plans to re-release it but encourage you to give it a listen this month in honour of it's birthday....you can find it on your favourite streaming site or maybe you still have the CD?!

And finally, we lost our friend Adam Schlesinger a couple of days ago. Adam was a co-founder of the band Fountains of Wayne and a friend of Fastball's who produced the songs 'Someday' and 'Red Light' from our 2004 album, 'Keep Your Wig On.'

Miles wrote this about Adam:

"I remember his dedication most of all.
He worked tirelessly on the music.
He was glued to the mixing desk.
We’d go to lunch or dinner and Adam would say “I’m gonna stay here, just bring me something back.”
His enthusiasm never flagged.
The last time I saw him was in New York, several years ago.
We had dinner together.
I was telling him about a song Tony and I were working on called Andrea.
It’s the story of a guy who goes to a class reunion hoping to see a girl he had a crush on way back when.
The protagonist does indeed see his beloved Andrea at the reunion but she’s now a man named Andy.
I was afraid to go through with my idea, thinking it would turn the song into a novelty song.
“Novelty songs are great!” Adam replied.
He was fearless that way, he wasn’t worried about being cool.
He was very practical and clear-eyed about the business we were in as songwriters.
He could balance the commerce AND the craft.
He was so versatile, he could write jingles, comedy bits, musicals, big radio hits, you name it.
It was all just songwriting to Adam and he was great at it.
I really hate that I’ll never get to see him again."

Stay safe everyone,
Fastball

Our new album,“The Help Machine” isavailable everywhere: https://ffm.to/helpmachine

Greetings from Fastball HQ

December 17, 2019  /  Miles Zuniga

The end of the year is once again upon us and we wanted to touch base one last time to say thanks for supporting us - we’ve been having a great year and we hope you have too. It’s been a pleasure seeing our new record, The Help Machine, pop up on some year end best of lists this week….wow….thank you!

In case you missed it, we were recently on KUTX 98.9 doing an After Hours session with Jody Denberg - you can view it here: https://kutx.org/studio1a/fastball-after-hours-12-10-19

The 3 shows we were scheduled to do with Phantom Planet this week in California were unfortunately cancelled but we’re ending the year now in beautiful Marfa, TX for a special New Years show and kicking the new year off in Houston before making our way to the 30A Songwriters Festival in Florida. Come out and see us on the road…we’ll be adding more dates shortly:

Dec. 31 - Marfa, TX @ Saint George Hall *

Jan. 14th - Houston, TX @ Shoeshine Charley’s Big Top Lounge *

Jan 17-20 - Walton County, FL @ 30A Songwriters Festival *

Jan 21st - West Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern *

Jan 23rd - Atlanta, GA @ Smith’s Olde Bar *

Jan 24th - Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Abdo NRR - Broward Center *

Jan 25th - Stuart, FL @ Lyric Theatre

Feb. 5th - Boston, MA @ City Winery Boston 

Feb. 6th -  Laconia, NH @ Granite State Music Hall

Feb. 7th - Hampton Beach, NH @ Wally's

Feb. 8th - Poughkeepie, NY @ The Chance

Feb. 10th - Philadelphia, PA @ City Winery

Feb. 12th - Washington DC @ City Winery

Feb. 15th - Bossier, LA Riverdome at Horseshoe Bossier w/ Gin Blossoms 

April 25th - Dodge City, KS @ Wireless Arena w/ Everclear 

* Indicates duo show with Miles & Tony. 

Tickets to all shows can be found at: http://www.fastballtheband.com/shows

Our new album, “The Help Machine” is available everywhere now: https://ffm.to/helpmachine

To see all the press, podcasts, radio sessions we’ve been doing, etc please check us out and follow us on our socials (Instagram/Twitter/Facebook).

Happy New Year,

Fastball

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The Help Machine :: West Coast Tour Dates w/ Phantom Planet

November 05, 2019  /  Miles Zuniga

Our new album, “The Help Machine” is available everywhere now: https://ffm.to/helpmachine

“Finds the Texan trio hitting their stride….a record that benefits from the craft Fastball has cultivated over the years."
- AllMusic

“As emotionally direct, sonically offbeat and weirdly beautiful as anything the band has recorded”
- Magnet

“Pop perfection”
- Pop Matters

 “Fastball’s new music is a lot more enjoyable than that of most of their peers” 
- Brooklyn Vegan

 "Lifts this band high above it's power-pop origins…firmly ranks as one of the best rock bands ever to call Austin home."
- Austin American-Statesman

“The band’s time-tested creative rapport is as potent as ever”
- Tinnitist

“These guys are still doing it on a very high level”
- The Maine Edge

“The musicianship is as tight as ever”
- The Second Disc

“A contender for my favorite album of 2019”
- Musoscribe

“A fine album that is well-produced with an enjoyable sound”
- Glide Magazine

“The underrated band just got even better...4.5 out of 5 stars”
- Cryptic Rock

“As nearly perfect a modern rock album as you could ask for”
- CD HotList

"25 Years on, and this Texas trio continues to strike a balance between sly spontaneity and impeccable craftmanship.”
-Coachella Valley Weekly 

‘One of the year’s best new albums’.
- Rock ’n' Roll Truth 

 "Chock full of excellent tunes and first-rate music-making” 
- Cool Dad Music

 “Intelligent pop songs with smart melodies and lyrics"

- BlindedBySound

“Chock full of smart hummable songs”
- Babysue 


"brimming with addictive hooks, taut power chords and a steady rhythm section"
- Blurt

"a strange and glorious wonder."
- Elmore Magazine

Below is a list of our upcoming tour dates, including a run of dates on the west coast in December with Phantom Planet:


Dec 18 - San Francisco, CA @ August Hall w/ Phantom Planet 

Dec 19 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda Theatre w/ Phantom Planet & Ryan Ross 

Dec 21 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues w/ Phantom Planet 

Jan 17-20 - Walton County, FL - 30A Songwriters Festival (Miles & Tony Duo Performance)

Jan 21st - Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern (Miles & Tony Duo Performance) 

Jan 24th - Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Abdo NRR Broward Center (Miles & Tony Duo Performance)

Jan 25th - Stuart, FL @ Lyric Theatre

Tickets to all shows can be found at: http://www.fastballtheband.com/shows

As always, please check us out and follow us on our socials (Instagram/Twitter/Facebook) for more reviews on the album and updates.

 Love,

Fastball

 

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’The Help Machine’:  the release date is very soon now…

October 09, 2019  /  Miles Zuniga

Hey Everyone - 

Thanks for all your continued support with our forthcoming album, ’The Help Machine’. The release date is very soon now…October 18th!

We had a blast playing in NYC last month and doing some promo for the album, including a session at Paste and a visit to Sirius XM. And we have released a third single from the album, ’White Collar’, which is available NOW on all your favourite streaming sites. The Austin Chronicle premiered the song and did a recent interview with Tony which you can read right here:

https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2019-09-30/a-portrait-of-privilege-in-fastballs-new-song-white-collar/

Please check us out and follow us on our socials (Instagram/Twitter/Facebook) for more reviews on the album.

Below is a list of our upcoming tour dates, including a hometown record release show at the Saxon Pub in Austin, TX next Saturday, October 19th at 8pm:

Oct. 11th - Red River Rivalry - Dallas, TX 

Oct 18th - The Colony, TX @ Lava Cantina w/ Deep Blue Something

Oct 19th - Austin, TX @ Saxon Pub **The Help Machine Album Release Show

Oct 26th - Alpharetta, GA @ Halcyon Forsyth w/ Everclear

Jan 17-20 - Walton County, FL - 30A Songwriters Festival (Miles & Tony Duo Performance)

Jan 21st - Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern (Miles & Tony Duo Performance)

Jan 24th - Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Abdo NRR Broward Center (Miles & Tony Duo Performance)

Jan 25th - Stuart, FL @ Lyric Theatre

Tickets to all shows can be found at: http://www.fastballtheband.com/shows

Last chance to pre-order the ’The Help Machine’: https://bit.ly/2K7VU7d

Thank you,

Fastball

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Hey Everyone

September 10, 2019  /  Miles Zuniga

Thanks for all your support with our forthcoming album, ’The Help Machine’.

We wanted to let you know that we’ve released a second single from the album, ’The Girl You Pretended To Be’, which is available NOW on all your favourite streaming sites.

PopMatters premiered the song and did a recent interview with Tony which you can read and also watch an exclusive video on the making of the album with producer Steve Berlin (Los Lobos) right here:

https://www.popmatters.com/fastball-girl-you-pretended-2640271595.html

And in case you missed it, our friend Kyle Meredith at WFPK did a great interview with Miles, talking about the new album, as well as included two earlier interviews for a brilliant 54 minute piece on the band which you can listen to right here:
https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/08/kyle-meredith-with-fastball/

We’re heading back out on the road this week, starting in New York City on Friday night with Jill Sobule playing before us.


Sept 13th - New York, NY - Le Poisson Rouge w/ Jill Sobule Sept 14th - Everett, MA - Village Fest Fest 2019 Sept 20th - Lawrenceburg, IN - Lawrenceburg Event Center, DUO SHOW (Miles & Tony) w/ Eve 6 & Vertical HorizonOct 5th - Hill Country Galleria - Bee Cave, TX Oct. 17th - Waco, TX Hippodrome w/ Deep Blue Something Oct 19th - Austin, TX Saxon Pub **The Help Machine Album Release ShowJan 24th - Fort Lauderdale, FL Abdo NRR Broward Center DUO SHOWJan 25th - Stuart, FL Lyric Theatre
Tickets to all shows can be found at: http://www.fastballtheband.com/shows


And if you haven’t already done so, please pre-order ’The Help Machine’: https://bit.ly/2K7VU7d

Thank you,

Fastball

New Album: The Help Machine

July 31, 2019  /  Miles Zuniga

FASTBALL’S SEVENTH ALBUM, THE HELP MACHINE, OUT OCTOBER 18, GETS ASSIST FROM PRODUCER STEVE BERLIN (LOS LOBOS)

Grammy-nominated band’s special guests include Bruce Hughes (Cracker), Charlie Sexton, Wye Oak’s Andy Steck, and Gordy Quist and John Chipman (The Band of Heathens)

AUSTIN, Texas — “In the past, we’d make a record and then everybody would go their separate ways for awhile,” says Fastball's Miles Zuniga. "But now, we're feeling so excited about the music that it’s ‘How soon can we make another record?’ We’re feeling a sense of urgency about the music that’s really refreshing.”

Fastball’s new album The Help Machine follows on the heels of their acclaimed 2017 release Step Into Light. The 11-song set, on the Austin, Texas trio’s own 33 1/3 label and due out October 18, 2019, once again demonstrates the distinctive songwriting, expressive vocals and inventive melodic sensibilities of Zuniga and his bandmate Tony Scalzo. With drummer Joey Shuffield completing the longstanding lineup, the band’s time-tested creative rapport is as potent as ever on such tunes as Scalzo’s “White Collar,” “All Gone Fuzzy,” and “The Girl You Pretended To Be,” and the Zuniga compositions “Friend or Foe,” “Holding the Devil’s Hand,” and the album's enigmatic title track.

The Help Machine’s original compositions gain added sonic resonance from the production of Los Lobos member and versatile Grammy-winner Steve Berlin, whose studio resume includes work with the likes of Alejandro Escovedo, Faith No More, Rickie Lee Jones, and the Tragically Hip.

PRE-ORDEN NOW >> https://bit.ly/2K7VU7d

“Steve became an integral part of the team,” Shuffield asserts. “He’s a really positive guy, he’s got a great ear, and he helped us come up with some great sounds. His personality fit right in to what we were doing, and he understood where each of us was coming from. He just about drove us into the ground; it would be one or two in the morning and he’d say, ‘All right, what do you guys want to do next?’”

“Steve was the perfect guy to produce this album,” adds Zuniga. “We worked really fast. We did it in ten days, and we didn’t really need the last three.”

Recording at Austin’s Treefort Studios with engineer Jim Vollentine, who’d worked on Fastball’s 2004 release Keep Your Wig On, the band and Berlin maintained an organic creative atmosphere that allowed the band members to break out of their respective comfort zones. Scalzo didn’t even play his usual instrument, bass, on the sessions, instead tackling new challenges on keyboards and guitar. The group brought in old friend Bruce Hughes (formerly of Cracker and Poi Dog Pondering) to handle the album’s bass parts. Other guest players include Austin legend Charlie Sexton, who adds guitar on “The Girl You Pretended To Be"; Wye Oak member Andy Steck, who plays multiple instruments on a pair of tracks; andBand of Heathens members Gordy Quist and John Chipman.

“We had a great time in the studio, and the whole thing was a very creative experience,” Scalzo notes. “When Fastball started out, we were almost like two different bands, and Miles and I tended to be careful to keep our hands off of each other’s songs. But now, we just view them all as Fastball songs, and we generally feel free to mess with them. It works better that way.”

With nearly a quarter-century of music-making under their collective belt, the members of Fastball continue to extend and expand the band’s widely loved body of work, which encompasses such memorable albums as their 1996 debut Make Your Mama Proud, their 1998 platinum breakthrough All the Pain Money Can Buy (which spawned the Grammy-nominated Top Five hit “The Way”), 2000’s The Harsh Light of Day, 2004’s Keep Your Wig On, 2009’s Little White Lies and 2017’'s Step Into Light.

"When I look at our catalog, there’s not a bad record in there," Shuffield opines, adding, “We’ve been through our ups and downs, but I think we’ve really found our groove over the last few years. We spent a lot of time on a major label, so initially the transition back to being an indie band was a little bumpy. But now it feels comfortable being responsible for everything ourselves, because that way we’re more likely to get it right. We’re all so into the music now, and I think you can hear that on the last couple of albums.”

“It’s only natural,” Scalzo adds, “that you get better at what you do as you get older and more experienced. But you can't always figure that out when you’re in your 20s. Now that we’re on our own label, the pressure’s all on us, and that’s fine. All I ever really wanted was a consistent creative outlet, and we've got that now.”

The ongoing resonance of Fastball’s music is reflected in the personally charged passion of Fastball’s ardent fan base. Shuffield: “We’re always meeting people who tell us how we helped them get through college, and we have whole families that come to the shows now. At nearly every show, we’ll meet people who’ve flown in from other states, or other countries, to see us play. That kind of thing really warms the heart, and makes us feel like we're doing something right.”

“We’d love to have another massive hit single,” Zuniga reflects, “but you can’t really plan that. We’re living in a different world now, and all we can do is just make the best music we can. When you're young, you’re insecure and trying to get attention for yourself. But when you get a little more mature, you start to care more about what's right for the music. When I was in my 20s, I was always trying to impress people. But now all I care about is making great music, and I think that the whole band feels that way.

“We’re all grown-ups with kids now, so there's more of a sense of urgency now,” Zuniga concludes. “We’re all still here, everyone’s healthy, and we all still feel like if we’re going to do something, we should do it now. I don’t want to wake up ten years from now and wonder what I did with my time. We’ve still got things we want to do, and I think that our attitude now is ‘Let’s get this stuff done, there's no time to waste.’”

Tony Scalzo - vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards

Joey Shuffield - drums

Miles Zuniga - vocals, guitar

Tracklist:

1. Friend or Foe

2. White Collar

3. Holding the Devil’s Hand

4. Redeemed

5. All Gone Fuzzy

6. Help Machine

7. Surprise Surprise

8. The Girl You Pretended to Be

9. I Go South

10. Doesn’t it Make You Feel Small

11. Never Say Never

Digipak CD / Limited Edition Vinyl (500) / Digital.

PRE-ORDER NOW >> https://bit.ly/2K7VU7d

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Greetings Everyone

April 30, 2019  /  Miles Zuniga

 Hope your Spring is off to a great start - we just wanted to send out a quick update. 

First off, thanks to all of you who came out to see us in Spain and England back in February and March. It was a pleasure to be back playing for you and we hope we can do it again soon. 

While we prepare to release our next studio album, we do have some select tour dates this summer in the USA:

May 18th - Bastrop, TX - Bastrop Music Festival 

May 24th - Bonita Springs, FL - SWFL Event Centre 

May 26th - Madison, WI - Bratfest 

June 15th - Corbin, KY - The Corbin Arena  w/ Spin Doctors and Smash Mouth 

June 21st - Lancaster, PA - American Music Theatre w/ Everclear

July 13th - Hutchinson, MN - Riversong Music Festival 

For tickets please visit http://www.fastballtheband.com/shows

And this month marked the 10 year anniversary of our 5th studio album, Little White Lies - it was released on April 14, 2009. And we’re happy to report that it is now available digitally WORLDWIDE for the first time. So give it a listen to today on your favourite streaming device. 

We’ll have news on the new studio album very soon.

Till then, 

Fastball

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Happy New Year Everyone! 

January 01, 2019  /  Miles Zuniga

We hope you had a good one. We thought we’d start the year off right by letting you know some news from Fastball HQ.

We are pleased and happy to announce we will be returning to tour Spain this February/March. 

Here are the confirmed dates so far and we’ll be announcing more shortly. This will be the band’s first visit to Spain in roughly 10 years so please spread the word and come out out to see us! 

Thursday Feb 28th Bilbao @ Nave Museo Maritime Bilbao:
MUTICK: https://mutick.com/es/events/entradas-concierto-fastball-bilbaoTICKETEA: https://www.ticketea.com/entradas-concierto-fastball-bilbao/

Friday March 1st Madrid @ El Sol:
MUTICK: https://mutick.com/es/events/entradas-concierto-fastball-sol-madridTICKETEA: https://www.ticketea.com/entradas-concierto-fastball-madrid/

Saturday March 2nd A Coruña @ Garufa:
https://sonestrellagalicia.masgalicia.net/entradas/musica-fastball-en-coruna

Wednesday March 6th Sevilla @ Sala X:
https://www.ultimaentrada.com/comprar-entradas/concierto/fastball-en-sevilla

Thursday March 7th Granada @ Lemon Rock Hostel:

https://mutick.com/events/fastball-usa-en-lemon-rock-granada

Friday March 8th Murcia @ Microsonidos:
https://www.compralaentrada.com/microsonidos-2019/conciertos 

Saturday March 9th Valencia @ Loco Club:
https://www.notikumi.com/channel/alta-tension/2019/3/9/concierto-de-fastball-en-valencia 

And if that’s not enough, we are equally as pleased and happy to announce that we’ll be returning to the UK for the first time in 20 some years!!! It’s been so long, none of us can remember when we were last there! But we are correcting that in 2019 and looking forward to being back. The first date confirmed that will be announced and on sale soon is March 13 in London, England at the O2 Academy Islington…with more UK dates to follow. As always the best place to check for confirmed dates, including a couple dates in the USA this month is http://www.fastballtheband.com/shows/.

Thanks for all the love and support for our 20th anniversary release of ‘All the Pain Money Can Buy’, we were overwhelmed with all the positive reviews that kept pouring in….it’s been fun revisiting and we can’t wait to get out on the road to play songs from it. If you haven’t yet picked up a copy, you can do so by visiting our online store: https://shop.bandwear.com/collections/fastball-shop.

That’s all for now. Bring on 2019. 

Love, Fastball

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Happy Thanksgiving!

November 22, 2018  /  Miles Zuniga

We hope you are enjoying the day.

Just a few things to let you know about:

First and foremost, we’re having a merch sale at our online store, EVERYTHING is 15% off from now till Dec. 1st, code FAST15 will be applied at checkout. Get shopping!

A big thanks to everyone who came out to our ‘All the Pain Money Can Buy’ 20th Anniversary release party in Austin - it was a total blast and we’re happy and proud to now have this special edition of the record out to the world. We hope you’ve been enjoying it. Here’s a recent Q&A with Miles and Tony on the album from Magnet Magazine:

http://magnetmagazine.com/2018/11/19/qa-with-fastballs-miles-zuniga-and-tony-scalzo/

And finally the Austin Music Awards have opened up their poll ballot and we would love for you to vote for us in as many categories as possible - you have until Dec. 10th and you don’t need to vote in every category:

https://www.austinchronicle.com/vote-austin-music-awards/

And don’t forget to come see us out on the road!

December 14 Woodlands, TX @ Dosey Doe

January 25 Clearwater, FL @ REH On The Road

January 26 Newberry, SC @ Newberry Opera House

Get TIX —>>> http://www.fastballtheband.com/shows/

Love,

Fastball

Oct. 30th

October 30, 2018  /  Miles Zuniga

Hey Everyone - 

Lots to catch up on - the most important thing being that our 20th Anniversary re-relase of ‘All the Pain Money Can Buy’ is right around the corner, on November 9th! Available for the first time EVER on vinyl and both the CD and vinyl include (9) bonus tracks, including rare B-sides, compilation tracks, and four previously unissued demos. 

And to kick it all off, we’ve playing a very special hometown show at 3TEN ACL LIVE in Austin, TX that same night. Scott Reynolds of the band ALL will be playing before us and the show is presented by the fine folks at Sun Radio. We’ll be playing songs from the record and of course will have the new record for sale, as well as a new t-shirt.

Get your tickets here —>>> https://www.3tenaustin.com/event/1725201-fastball-austin/ or try to win grand prize here —>>> https://acllivecontest.squarespace.com/3ten/win-fastball?utm_source=contest&utm_medium=acll. 

Thanks to all of you who have pre-ordered the record thru our Pledge campaign, we’re still putting new items up and if you haven’t already done so, Newbury Comics is also now pre-selling it with an autographed booklet by the band right here —>> https://www.newburycomics.com/products/fastball-all_the_pain_money_can_buy_20th_anniversary_cd_with_autographed_booklet?variant=13634236743785

And we have two other shows - one to close out the year, and one in January 2019:

December 14   Woodlands, TX @ Dosey Doe —>> https://www.doseydoetickets.com/shows/301

January 26   Newberry, SC @ Newberry Opera House —>> https://www.newberryoperahouse.com/shows-and-events.html?show_name=fastball

That’s all for now - if you haven’t already done so, please follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook! 

https://www.instagram.com/fastballtheband/

https://twitter.com/FASTBALLTHEBAND

https://www.facebook.com/fastballtheband/

<<<— Fastball —>>>

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Hey Everyone

August 10, 2018  /  Miles Zuniga

Thanks for getting our Pledge campaign off to a great start - we're excited to re-release this record!

So two recent additions:

1 - You can own Tony’s Black Royale Epiphone ES-339 PRO guitar. It has a classic ES-style archtop similar in shape to the Gibson ES-335 but with a reduced body size. This guitar features custom wound Alnico Classic PRO™ humbucker pickups with coil-tapping plus Wilkinson™ Vintage Machine Heads. It was played by Tony during two recent Vegas dates. Comes with the sweet case, too! 

2 - A Brand New Epiphone Les Paul Special VE™ (Vintage Edition) electric guitar featuring the classic Les Paul profile with a lightweight Poplar body. This Les Paul Special VE is powered by Epiphone Open Coil humbuckers and is in beautiful “Vintage Worn” Cherry color. Signed by the entire band!

And there's not many Vinyl test pressings left so if you're thinking of getting one of those, now is the time before they are gone!

Happy Friday! 

Fastball

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