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Recent News October 31, 2026 They Might Be Giants performed three songs for Saturday Sessions on CBS Saturday Morning, "Get Down", "Let Me Tell You About My Operation" and "Wu-Tang." Watch them on YouTube. October 28, 2026 Graphic designer and School of Visual Arts professor Paul Sahre is featured alongside his students in an article about collaborating with They Might Be Giants, in the latest issue of the school's magazine, Visual Arts Journal. October 27, 2026 They Might Be Giants will be touring the West Coast in March and June 2027. See the Shows page for details and sign up for the TMBG mailing list to get a code for Thursday's presale. October 6, 2026 They Might Be Giants will be releasing a new live album on vinyl, Live On KEXP, featuring their performance on KEXP last year for Record Store Day Black Friday. See the official RSD site for more details. October 2, 2026 They Might Be Giants were briefly interviewed about their current tour in The Local: Twin Cities Newsletter from The New York Times. John and John also appeared on Minneapolis radio show The Current yesterday. September 25, 2026 TMBG appeared on a Studio Milwaukee Session on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, where they introduced new trio accordion arrangements of "Eyeball" and "Hit The Ground." September 24, 2026 Paste Magazine has published a new Q&A interview with John & John about songwriting and being in a band. TMBG also recorded an appearance for CBS Saturday Morning slated to air around the end of October. September 22, 2026 St. Cloud, MN university radio station KVSC 88.1 FM aired an interview with John Linnell on The Menu today in advance of the band's Minnesota shows (should soon be uploaded here), and John Flansburgh spoke to OnMilwaukee about the upcoming shows and 1992 Milwaukee stage collapse. September 15, 2026 John Linnell spoke to Kansas City paper The Pitch about songwriting, performing and TMBG's upcoming tour dates. September 10, 2026 They Might Be Giants have released a new song, "Milwaukee In 14 Days", to celebrate their tour kicking off in two weeks. Check it out on YouTube or tmbgshop. September 6, 2026 Milwaukee newspaper Shepherd Express has interviewed John Flansburgh about TMBG's latest album and current tour. September 4, 2026 A deluxe edition of My Murdered Remains on "translucent elderberry" vinyl has been released on tmbgshop.com featuring two LPs, with the second disc containing the vinyl debut of More Murdered Remains. We'll meet at the end of the tour. (News archives...)

This Day in TMBG Events of November 4: 1986 – They Might Be Giants, the band's self-titled first album, is released. The album contained the band's first singles, "Don't Let's Start" and "(She Was A) Hotel Detective", and spawned music videos for those songs and "Put Your Hand Inside The Puppet Head". 2003 – They Might Be Giants perform "Wicked Little Critta", "Another First Kiss" and "Au Contraire" on The Screen Savers. The appearance can be seen in three parts via YouTube here, here, and here. View all days • Edit this month Shows of November 4: Nov 4, 1985 - The Cat Club, New York, NY Nov 4, 1987 - The Bog, Brooklyn, NY Nov 4, 1988 - Bogart's, Cincinnati, OH Nov 4, 1994 - Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH Nov 4, 2000 - Recher Theatre, Towson, MD Nov 4, 2001 - Pearl Street, Northampton, MA Nov 4, 2003 - A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, San Francisco, CA Nov 4, 2005 - Bimbo's 365 Club, San Francisco, CA Nov 4, 2007 - Newby's, Memphis, TN Nov 4, 2011 - KENZ, Salt Lake City, UT Nov 4, 2011 - The Depot, Salt Lake City, UT Nov 4, 2015 - The Gov, Adelaide, Australia TMBW's Daily Game: Play Wiki Detective 🔎 to guess the daily TMBG song based on its TMBW song themes. Getting Started This wiki is for They Might Be Giants fans. Feel free to add/edit any page as you see fit. There are a zillion TMBG web sites on the internet, but we're pretty sure this is the only one that you (yes, you) can edit. Go crazy. If this is your first time here, check out these pages: What Is A Wiki - Info on wikis for beginners. Mission Statement - Why are we here? Help - Tips on wiki editing, formatting, and style for both advanced users and beginners.

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