artist Five Blank Pages

Dear friends, family, and those who have followed our musical adventures,

After seven years and hundreds of performances, it has come time to play our final show as Five Blank Pages. Since 2003, we’ve worked very hard and done so much. Our lives are now moving on to place other priorities ahead of the band. It was only a matter of time until the scales would tip, thereby putting Five Blank Pages behind us.

It would only feel right to signal the end of the band with a celebration of what we’ve accomplished, who we’ve had the pleasure of working with, and the music we’ve created. We want you to join us for the last Five Blank Pages show. We’ve worked hard to make it as special as possible and for everyone to be able to attend. The details are:

Over The Top Fest 2009 presents:

Sat, May 23^rd, 2009 at The Mod Club Theatre

722 College Street, Toronto, ON M6G 1C4

http://www.themodclub.com/

Five Blank Pages (final show) @ 9:00pm sharp

With special guests:

Oh No Forest Fires @ 8:00pm

http://www.myspace.com/ohnoforestfires

&

Boys Who Say No @ 7:15pm

http://www.myspace.com/boyswhosayno

The show is All Ages/Licensed.

$10 in advance / $12 at the door

Tickets available now at Rotate This and Soundscapes in Toronto.

Or buy tickets online now at: http://www.ticketweb.ca/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1329114

Doors open at 6:30 pm. The show starts at 7:15pm.

Five Blank Pages play their final set at 9pm sharp. The show will be over at 10pm.

POSTER: http://fiveblankpages.com/images/FBP-May23-09_small.jpg

As you can see, the show is open to all ages, but will also be licensed for those who would like to drink. We did this so all of you under 19 can make it, as we have not been out in the suburbs for too long. It would mean lot to us if you came to us for this show!

The show will be part of Over The Top Fest (www.overthetopfest.com), which is run by our good friend, Eric Warner. This would mark the 4^th time we’ve played in the festival since 2004. It’s a festival we’ve always supported- watching it grow from year to year has been amazing.

The band in its current and final form is myself, Pinar and Michael Reles on drums. Rajiv, who previously played bass with us for 2 years, will be helping us out on bass for the night (thanks, Jeeber!). Rob Shortill (from This Is Picture) who played bass with us for our most recent will also be helping out on a few new songs as well (Thanks, Rob!). We will have a few more familiar faces join us that night; my sister and our drummer for 5 years, Chelen Hilmi will be singing harmonies and also playing drums on a few songs (!). We will also have our friends Peyton Leung, Reg McLean, Marcius Extavour and Dave Kates join us on violin, cello, trumpet and trombone respectively. We also have a few other surprise guests helping us out. Opening for us will be Rajiv’s (fantastic) band, Oh No Forest Fires, and Boys Who Say No. We’re excited and honoured that both bands can join us for this show.

On top of all of this bittersweet hoopla, we will be releasing a new 4-song EP entitled “Young Glow” for you that night. This mini-album will come in numbered limited edition packaging. Three of these songs were recorded in December 2008 as rough demos, for which we owe many thanks to our friend Rob Shortill for recording at his home. The recordings turned out much better than we had planned, so we thought you should hear them. The fourth track “Cardigan” was recorded during the Last Blush sessions by Jose Contreras. The song has not been released, until now. These are the last musical episodes to remember us by, so hopefully you’ll pick one of these CDs up. All of our previous releases and merchandise will be available on this night on a Pay What You Can basis. We’d rather you have the music and merch than have it collect dust in our closets! Can't make it to the show but still want Young Glow? Or do you want to hear it before anyone else? BUY "YOUNG GLOW" DIGITALLY HERE for only $3.96: http://citymouserecords.downloadcentric.net

We cannot thank you enough for all of your support over the last few years- it’s been a fun and interesting ride and we hope we can share this one last night with you.

Til May 23^rd,

xo noyan & pinar