bad idea. I hate it when musicians do this. He'l go on to be huge and Death Cab won't ever get back together, dammit!

Is he selling out?

hahahahah selling out. FYI - He was doing this before DCFC were together, and has been doing solo shows for the better part of a decade while they've been together.

Check out All-Time Quarterback or his solo stuff he did for the Post Parlo Home Series.

i'll keep him company.

i mean erm, singing backup and stuff...yeah...

Mmm Gibbard-licious...

between this and the killers everything is happening just when I am out of seattle. just great. next pearl jam will announce a small show for ten club members only on the same day.

If he's been doing it the whole time, does that really make him a sell out?

plus selling out would be for the money. maybe he just feels he can be more expressive by himself.

Death cab for cutie, eh the whole pop scene, just sucks anyways. I think it would be good to get some new blood into the scene.

I must mark May 19th on my calendar!

Wow I can't believe that! I am kind of pissed off at him.

oh goody now all we need is someone calling him a poser.

Not to be a prick, but you're pretty out of it if you don't realize that Death Cab is already a really popular band, and the Postal Service isn't doing too shabby either. I think your concern that he'll somehow garner more success solo and overshadow his band is somewhat unfounded. As other people have pointed out, he's been doing solo shows for a while, and he's already got solo stuff released on CD.

Also, this is perhaps an unfair thing to say about his bandmates, who I feel are all quite talented musicians, but doesn't the term "Ben Gibbard solo" seem redundant to anyone else? My understanding is that Death Cab started out as a solo project back in the early days. Correct me if I'm wrong.

somehow I felt like this was going to happen.

for anyone who's interested, he put out a split EP with Andrew Kenny (from the American Analog Set) entitled Home: Volume 5 which is a really beautiful record if you're into acoustic songs.

i see a few of you know what's going on.. but most of you are hurting my head. SO FUCKING WHAT?! people in established bands do solo tours all the time (can you say dan and matt of alk3?) he's just doing a solo tour.. dcfc isn't breaking up, and he isn't putting postal service by the wayside either.. just go to the show and enjoy his musical stylings (plus he does some acoustic death cab songs too most of the time).

He is not selling out. When Postal Service first parted he started a solo project, Death Cab. Death Cab got too popular and difficult to manage on his own after a while so he acquired band mates. He originally wanted a solo project.