The unofficial website has just been updated with some new news bits.

* Upcoming show dates... 12/13/03 at the House of Blues in Las Vegas
(a
benefit concert for the Shade Tree women's shelter), and 1/29/04 at
Jilly's
American Grill in Scottsdale, AZ.

A promotional poster for the Shade Tree benefit is available at
http://
www.ginblossoms.info/shadetree.pdf (it's a 4 mb file). More info
about the
benefit:

Sallie Mae's 300-person call-center in Summerlin, Nev. is hosting
"Shade
Tree V," a benefit concert to raise money for The Shade Tree
Women's
Shelter, a local non-profit organization that provides services to
more than
4,000 homeless women and children each month.

The concert will feature headliners, the Gin Blossoms; host, British
rocker
John Waite; and a performance from Grammy award winning singer Jody
Watley. Las Vegas hip-hop artist Bonafied will also perform.

Sallie Mae employees have elected to forgo their holiday party for
the fifth
consecutive year in order to host this benefit for The Shade Tree
Women's
Shelter.

TICKETS: The concert is open to the public. General admission
tickets are
$30 and reserved seats are $40. A limited number of $100 host tickets
and
$400 reserved host tables are available and include admission to the
private
after-show party with Waite, the Gin Blossoms and Watley at The House
of
Blues. All tickets can be purchased by contacting the House of Blues
ticket
office at 1-702-632-7600. Infinity Broadcasting is a media co-sponsor
for the
event and will conduct ticket promotions on Las Vegas radio stations
Mix 94.1
and Lite 100.5.

All ticket proceeds will go to The Shade Tree Women's Shelter. In
addition,
The Sallie Mae Fund, a charitable organization sponsored by Sallie
Mae, is
contributing a dollar-for-dollar match of up to $30,000 of the
proceeds from
the event. Last year's concert raised more than $70,000 for the
shelter.

* Robin, a huge PlayStation 2 fan, agreed to take part in a Karaoke
Revolution story</a> in the December issue of the Official U.S.
Playstation
Magazine, now on shelves. The game scores players on their pitch and
rhythm via a headset, and "Hey Jealousy" is one of the songs in the
game. In
the article, Robin is "competing" with R.E.M., Hoobastank, and
Barenaked
Ladies. The issue is on newsstands now, or you can read the article
online:
http://www.playstationmagazine.com/article2/0,4364,1393422,00.asp

Starting in January, Robin will also be contributing a regular column
to the
magazine. And the February issue will include a demo disc (playable
in any
PlayStation 2) with a feature on Robin and his love for games.