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An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall (2013)

project history · status: completed · last event: outcome (2013-01-18) · last mentioned: 2021-09-14

An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall was the brothers' show for the first anniversary of The Fault in Our Stars, announced in November 2012 with Penguin renting the hall and the Mountain Goats playing. It was held sold out and livestreamed on 15 January 2013, and John later called it the highlight of his professional career.

Parts: Live Question Tuesday at Carnegie Hall: electric shock for whoever is talking when time runs out (2012) · John asks Nerdfighters without tickets to watch the Carnegie Hall livestream at local gatherings (2013) · Hank and Katherine's 23-hour trip from Missoula to New York for Carnegie Hall, with lost baggage (2013)

Told alongside: John: he will probably never again see Hank in a tuxedo (2019)

About: An Evening of Awesome, Carnegie Hall, Housing Works, John Darnielle

date event what video
2012-11-16 announced Hank's description announces that the brothers are playing Carnegie Hall, with a link to the Carnegie Hall event page. We're all Scared video description
2012-11-20 announced John reports that, for the first anniversary of The Fault in Our Stars, Penguin has rented Carnegie Hall for the brothers' evening of awesome, with the Mountain Goats playing. Great at Being Terrible: The Florence Foster Jenkins Story 00:01:33
2013-01-08 (said on 2013-01-05, implied) announced John says hundreds of gatherings around the country and the world are now listed where Nerdfighters without tickets can watch a livestream of the Carnegie Hall event. Addicted to the Internet 00:01:59
2013-01-15 (said on 2013-01-14, implied) milestone John reports that the first rehearsal for the Carnegie Hall show, at Housing Works, is done and went well, with another to follow. North Korean Chicken, Stagecoach Travel, and other Thoughts from before Carnegie Hall 00:01:32
2013-01-15 launched The brothers open An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall, celebrating TFIOS's first and Nerdfighteria's sixth anniversary. An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 00:35:42
2013-01-15 outcome At the finale John calls the Carnegie Hall evening one of the coolest things that has ever happened to the brothers, maybe top two. (playful) An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall 02:47:21
2013-01-18 outcome After the Carnegie Hall show Hank celebrates ('We did it!') and says the Evening of Awesome is preserved on the vlogbrothers channel for those who missed it. → refers to An Evening of Awesome at Carnegie Hall Thoughts from Carnegie Hall 00:01:44
2013-01-22 looked back John thanks Nerdfighters who attended or watched the Evening of Awesome at home and calls it the highlight of his professional career, made fun and surprisingly relaxing by Hank. How to Be More Than Friends: Question Tuesday 00:02:41
2013-11-19 (happened 2013) looked back John recalls the sold-out show the brothers played at Carnegie Hall earlier this year (2013), and John Darnielle's soundcheck message to his 16-year-old self. On Middle School Misery 00:00:16
2019-12-17 (happened 2013-01-15) looked back John's very favorite day of the decade was January 15, 2013, when he and Hank played a sold-out show at Carnegie Hall in rented tuxedos. The Best Days of My Decade 00:00:19
2021-09-14 looked back John's best professional day was January 10, 2013, when he, Hank, Kimya Dawson, the Mountain Goats, Neil Gaiman and others played Carnegie Hall; he uploaded a video that morning. (slip of the tongue: January 10th, 2013) I do this every. single. tuesday. 00:00:29

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