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The Postal Service to Go on Hiatus

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  1. Melody Bot Sep 17, 2024
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    The Postal Service have announced an indefinite hiatus after this run of shows.

    “As we bring the Transatlanticism / Give Up Tour to a close, I want you all to know that getting the opportunity to perform these two albums live has been one of the greatest thrills and honors of my entire life. On behalf of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service; Thank you so much for coming out and singing along. We will see you all again somewhere down the road.”  – Benjamin Gibbard     

The Postal Service has confirmed that the final date of the wildly successful and critically celebrated Transatlanticism / Give Up Tour — this Saturday, September 21 at HFStival in Washington DC — will mark the beginning of an indefinite hiatus for the band.
Since making their long awaited return to stages last September, The Postal Service have toured across North America, the UK and Spain, drawing nearly half a million fans to one unforgettable show after another — including a pair of sold-out shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden, three sold-out nights at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, and more recently, headlining the closing night of the All Points East festival in London.

"In the crowd, tears are shed, clusters of people dance, and memories are rekindled. The show as a whole serves as a reminder of Gibbard’s endurance, too." - The Independent  

Extended into 2024 by popular demand, this extraordinary run celebrated the 20th anniversaries of both The Postal Service’s lone masterpiece Give Up and Death Cab for Cutie’s breakthrough Transatlanticism – two RIAA Platinum-certified indie classics released in 2003 within a mere eight months of one another, and created with a total recording budget of just $20k.
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  2. kiguel182 Sep 17, 2024
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    I’m happy I got to see this tour. Fantastic show overall
     
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  3. Nick Martin Sep 17, 2024
    Nick Martin

    There are no answers. Only choices.

    Managed to catch The Postal Service's 10-year anniversary tour and it was, for lack of better phrasing, magical. I'm sad that I missed this 20th anniversary tour, especially so because of Transatlanticism.

    I'll admit that, in my younger years, I wanted more from Ben and Jimmy as a duo; however, growing older and reflecting on it further, I think their one-and-done approach to their material worked out for the best. Could they honestly ever top Give Up?
     
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  4. Frank Lapidus Sep 17, 2024
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    For as long as I have wanted to hear a follow up to see where they would take it, I appreciate this move so much more. They created a seminal record, one that could never be topped.

    I hope the 'see you again somewhere down the road' means that we will get this tour every 10 years which, honestly, I think is such a great path for them to take. The friends I saw it with in 2013 are the friends I saw it with in 2023 and I can only hope that they will be the same I'll see it with again in.....gulp....2033.
     
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  6. rbf737 Sep 17, 2024
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    No surprise there; they've made it very clear that they have no intention of doing anything outside of the rare 10 year tour.

    Like others here, I caught the 10th anniversary tour. I guess I made the mistake of getting tickets in the "pit" up front because the sub bass was so loud and violent it felt like my organs were rattling; REALLY an uncomfortable and strange feeling.

    I've been to over a hundred shows in my life and have never experienced anything like that, but that's all I can remember about it. I happened to run into Ben randomly at an unrelated show he wasn't even performing at a couple years later, didn't mention that bit when I talked to him, ha.
     
  7. SuNDaYSTaR Sep 17, 2024
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    I am incredibly jealous of anyone who got to see this tour, as I was away both times they came near me.

    At least I got to see Death Cab on a random date off the tour.
     
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  8. somethingliketj Sep 17, 2024
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    And that's why you always leave a note.

    An incredible experience, this one. Glad I got to see it... and twice!
     
  9. Stevie Sep 17, 2024
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    Was supposed to go to the Transatlanticism/Give Up show in London, friend got me a ticket months ago and same friend sold it to someone else two days before without telling me - devastating!... Would have been up there with when Jimmy Eat World played Clarity and Bleed American in full in the same night...
     
  10. theasteriskera Sep 17, 2024
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    I'm grateful I made it to this tour, & that they're at a place financially where they're able to have/give us this ideal scenario; it comes up time & time again on this site that bands like Thursday/Hawthorne Heights/Taking Back Sunday play their career defining albums in full entirely too much
     
  11. metallikunt Sep 17, 2024
    metallikunt

    I'm in love with the ordinary

    Damn, seems like a long time touring, they've definitely earned a break. Got to go to the first show at the Hollywood Bowl with my wife (we met because of DCFC) and it was incredible! Getting to see two of my favorite albums back to back was really something special. I definitely won't be forgetting it any time soon.

    See y'all for the 30th anniversary .... maybe.
     
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  12. ixigojerrygoixi Sep 18, 2024
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    So glad I made it to this tour. Even happier I was able to bring my wife and kids.
     
  13. Ryan Sep 18, 2024
    Ryan

    Might be Spider-Man...

    That second album makes Chinese Democracy look like Childs play now.
     
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