for everyone like me who has been wondering what’s going on with the +44’s, here’s the deal. this whole time we’ve been continuing to write and demo ideas on our own. the only thing is we’ve been waiting for the label to fund the recording, and this just came through. i understand everyone wondering what’s the deal, and believe me a lot has happened that i haven’t posted the minutia of. do you like how i ended that last sentence in a preposition? in any case, all is good. we’re just guys writing songs. but we’re gonna flip it this time around. now just for fun i’m going to really confuse the issue and go back to saying we’re recording an electronic album with me, travis, and carol. and we’re recording the album in brazil. but truthfully, thanks for the support and interest and know that we’re here working as always, and as always we’re creative people with a lot of ideas and energies. but nothing is closer to our hearts than recording our own music.

i saw something today that said that +44 is playing a show this weekend [New +44 show]. i’m here to tell you that is not the case. we’re still writing the next record, and have no shows planned for a minute. so unless you see it on our site or here, chances are it’s not for real. all is good.

Greetings Humans,

Craig from +44 here, I'm auctioning off a bunch of signed +44 stuff for SCARLETT FEVER 2. My friend Scarlett is a beautiful little girl living with Rett syndrome, and I'm trying to raise some cash I can donate to her second annual benefit. To learn more about Miss Scarlett, SCARLETT FEVER 2, and Rett Syndrome, go to her myspace page by clicking HERE.

There's autographed kick drum heads, cymbals, posters, drumsticks, and a seven inch single! You can view all the stuff by clicking HERE. Thank you to everybody thats been bidding so far and showing Scarlett so much LOVE!

Be well,
CRAIG- +44 MySpace Bulletin

I know people are waiting to hear from +44, but all I can say right now is patience is a virtue...

Lastly, a good friend of mine, Scarlett, is having a benefit this month, called SCARLETT FEVER. Scarlett has Rett syndrome, I've known her since she was tiny and she's the toughest little lady I know! Her Daddy, Bob, gave me my first couple of tattoo's. I'm going to be auctioning a TON of signed +44 stuff for Scarlett, including one of Travis' cymbals, kick drum heads, a limited edition +44 7 inch, tour posters, tons of cool shit. Keep an eye out for another bulletin/blog about this. You can learn more about Scarlett by clicking HERE. We love you Scarlett!

it turns out i wasn’t able to make it to barcelona this week, as travis and i were called back into the studio to record a song for a movie. more details on that later on.

he was recording a cover of the Adolescents' "Amoeba" with former Blink partner — and (+44) bandmate — Mark Hoppus for inclusion on an upcoming Vans Warped Tour compilation.

Greetings Humans,

As some of you may know I've been offering guitar lessons in Orange County the past month or so. Due to high demand from people that can't make it to Los Angeles, I've decided to offer guitar lessons online. I gave my first lesson online yesterday and it totally worked! All you need is a webcam, headphones, a decent internet connection, and a guitar :)

If you're interested and would like more details, you can contact Katerena at Teachmetoshred@gmail.com. Teach Me To Shred is a new company I'm working with. Our goal is to offer lessons from "career" musicians, people that have experience playing in bands. People that can offer you much more than your local music teacher that may have never even graced a stage. Beyond giving guitar lessons, we hope to take the company to a level where the proceeds can go to charitable causes to save the arts and music in a society that increasingly puts less emphasis on the importance of art and music.

Be well,
CRAIG

also, for those of you keeping score, we have more than 20 songs in various stages of demo’ing for the new +44 record. awesome.

here’s a photo from yesterday of me signing on the contract with interscope records for us to record the next +44 album. now everyone else is signing it, and it’ll be all set and going. hopefully this will put any “band break up” rumors to rest. craig always has and always will have mercy killers, travis always has and always will produce and collaborate with other artists, i always have and always will produce other bands and write music for other projects, and shane always has and always will do whatever it is that shane does. but we are all coming back together to do what we all truly love: playing as a band. right now we’re in the process of writing and recording songs that will develop into an album. we’re not rushing it, and we’re not lagging. we’re making an album. our way. cool. i hope that sets it all straight. thanks to all of you who support +44.

Lastly, just to quell all the anxious fans of +44. Yes, Shane is playing guitar with MERCY KILLERS now, in *addition* to +44. Shane playing guitar with us affects nothing in regards to +44. As we have time off to write a new 44 record, I like to keep busy and play with MERCY KILLERS. And now we have another member pulling double duty with both bands, in Shane.

Former Blink 182 band cancel due to studio commitments

+44 have cancelled their appearance at Carling Weekend: Reading And Leeds Festivals.

The band are also cancelling their upcoming European tour dates to focus on the follow up to their debut 'When Your Heart Stops Beating'.

In a statement the band said: "We want to start writing new songs and we are really excited about the direction we have planned".

"So we're going into the studio instead of playing these few dates. We hope our fans will forgive us for the cancellation; in the end, this will make for an even better live show when we come back."

The band were also due to play London, Wolverhampton, Bristol and Leeds ahead of their festival appearance.

while we were on tour this summer, our friend haven came out on the road and created this video for 155. check it out.

back to +44, we’re all really bummed that we can’t go to europe for the festivals and shows over there this summer. we were all looking forward to the tour. we’ll be back soon.

1. When Your Heart Stops Beating (Live)
2. Lycanthrope (Live)
3. Baby Come On (Live)
4. Little Death (Live) [Chris Holmes Remix]

We regret to inform you that tonight's show in Bakersfield and tomorrow's show in Sacramento have both been cancelled.