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'''''[[A User's Guide To They Might Be Giants: Melody, Fidelity, Quantity]]''''' is released by [[Rhino]] on CD. The greatest hits compilation serves mostly as a condensed version of the two-disc ''[[Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants|Dial-A-Song]]'' set from three years earlier. | '''''[[A User's Guide To They Might Be Giants: Melody, Fidelity, Quantity]]''''' is released by [[Rhino]] on CD. The greatest hits compilation serves mostly as a condensed version of the two-disc ''[[Dial-A-Song: 20 Years Of They Might Be Giants|Dial-A-Song]]'' set from three years earlier. | ||
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| + | The Royal Festival Hall, part of London's [http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/ Southbank Centre] is officially opened. 59 years later, in 2010, the band perform there twice in one day - a [[Shows/2010-06-26a|family friendly show]] and a [[Shows/2010-06-26b|show for adults]]. | ||
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1
Happy May Day! Celebrate with the Puppet Johns via YouTube.
2
2002 – Gigantic (A Tale Of Two Johns), the full-length documentary about They Might Be Giants, has its first screening in New York at the 59th Street East Cinema in Manhattan.
3
2005 – A User's Guide To They Might Be Giants: Melody, Fidelity, Quantity is released by Rhino on CD. The greatest hits compilation serves mostly as a condensed version of the two-disc Dial-A-Song set from three years earlier.
1951 – The Royal Festival Hall, part of London's Southbank Centre is officially opened. 59 years later, in 2010, the band perform there twice in one day - a family friendly show and a show for adults.
5
1988 – (She Was A) Hotel Detective, the second single from They Might Be Giants' first album is released.
1992 – I Palindrome I, the second single from Apollo 18, is released.
6
1960 – John Flansburgh is born.
1992 – TMBG play their last ever UK show as a duo at London's Town & Country Club.
12
1990 – They Might Be Giants play "Your Racist Friend", a single from Flood, on Late Night with David Letterman. Watch the performance via YouTube.
15
2007 – The Else, They Might Be Giants' twelfth studio album is made available for download on iTunes, approximately two months ahead of the CD release.
16
2000 – Working Undercover For The Man, an MP3 extended play, is released through eMusic, though, as in the case of Long Tall Weekend, there are some physical copies available. In addition to the title track, it features a number of previously unreleased recordings.
19
1992 – They Might Be Giants play "I Palindrome I", a single from Apollo 18, on Late Night with David Letterman. Watch the performance via YouTube.
1998 – It's Fun To Steal, Mono Puff's second album, is released.
23
1788 – South Carolina becomes the 8th state. It will prompt the writing of the State Songs track "South Carolina".
26
2003 – Gigantic (A Tale Of Two Johns) begins screening in a limited number of theaters.
28
1930 – Istanbul was Constantinople, now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople: Constantinople, and other old variants for the name of the Turkish city, which were still in use internationally, are officially declared obsolete, in favor of the name Istanbul, by the Turkish Postal Service Law.
30
Dan Hickey is born.
