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Archive 2008
25 Jan New Album Updates
30 Jan Pre-Order Deadline Extended
5 Feb From Steve Hogarth
8 Feb A Glimpse at Album 15
11 Feb Podcast and Festivals
15 Feb Rothery Radio This Weekend
28 Feb Deadlines This Saturday
12 Mar Album 15 Has a Name
3 Apr The Next Stage of 'Happiness'
7 Apr Marillion Weekend 2009
18 Apr Mark at Home
23 Apr Racket Records Spring Cleaning
28 Apr New Ideas for 'Happiness'
30 Apr Icing on the Cake
12 May What a Scorcher
20 May More Studio Updates
22 May Happy Thursday
2 Jun Adding to the Melee
20 Jun Bring it On
27 Jun Something for the Weekend
7 Jul British Motor Show
23 Jul New Song and Video Contest
29 Jul The Plan
5 Aug Happiness is Almost Finished
11 Aug Keep Watching
2 Sept Another £5000 for Videos
8 Sept Carry On Spreading the Word
19 Sept New Stock at Racket Records
2 Oct Marillion Weekend Getting Close
15 Oct Pre-Orders Begin Shipping
27 Oct Happiness IS the Road
30 Oct Happiness ON the Road
13 Nov Happiness FROM the Road
17 Nov Monday Updates
5 Dec Job Opening at Racket Records
9 Dec Last-Minute Rush
17 Dec Last-Minute Rush
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15 October 2008 - Pre-Orders Begin Shipping!

Well everybody, exciting news from the Racket Club. The 2CD deluxe campaign editions of "Happiness is the Road" are rolling out. The printers have brought the first box to us and they look amazing. As quickly as they're coming off the presses, the teams at the mailing house are assembling them and getting them out in the post... in fact we've had reports on the forums (and even a video on YouTube!) that some of you have received them, too.

The 'standard' individual jewel-case edition pre-orders will also begin shipping this week. This is a massive undertaking that will span several days, but the shipping has started, so watch your doormats - you should be getting yours soon.

It's a very exciting but very busy time here at Racket Records so please bear with us. As always we are working as fast and as hard as we can to ensure that everything goes as smoothly as possible - but because we are using an outside company to ship most of the pre-orders, any online order status in 'My Account' and shipping confirmation emails from Racket Records may be a bit out-of-sync with what is actually happening.

If you HAVEN'T pre-ordered the special edition, these will still be available as long as supplies last (we do have extra copies) - and the 'standard' editions will be available from Racket indefinitely.

Also, a reminder that the new album - in either the deluxe or standard CD formats - will NOT be available in retail shops (outside of the US and Poland); it is is ONLY available from www.marillion.com

Finally, we'd like to say thank you again on behalf of the band (who are all in Europe this week doing promotion for the album and the tour!) for helping us do what we do.

From all of us at Racket Records