JIMMY EAT WORLD ANNOUNCES FALL TOUR DATES

NEW ALBUM CHASE THIS LIGHT IN STORES OCT.16
FIRST SINGLE ‘BIG CASINO’ AVAILABLE ONLINE NOW

Jimmy Eat World has announced a North American US tour to coincide with the Oct. 16 release of its new album, Chase This Light. The Mesa AZ quartet has covered a good chunk of the globe over the past few months, debuting songs from the forthcoming album and airing both standards and seldom-heard fan favorites alike. The band’s recent U.S. dates generated some of the best live reviews of the band’s career (”a captivating performance that spanned and sometimes re-imagined its catalog”–Arizona Republic) and were followed by a debut tour of South Africa, and finally a string of European festival appearances that culminated at Reading/Leeds in the UK this past weekend.

“Big Casino”, the first single from Chase This Light, is now available at all online music retail, and the album can be pre-ordered at iTunes.

Chase This Light is the band’s first full length studio album since the gold-certified Futures, which landed on ROLLING STONE, BLENDER and SPIN’s Best of 2004 lists. Executive producer Butch Vig (Nirvana, Sonic Youth) recently described the album as “Quite eclectic. There are three or four songs that sound like classic Jimmy Eat World, with angular, razor-sharp guitars. There are a couple that are a lot more dreamy, and some that are very groove-acious.”

Confirmed tour dates listed below. Look for more U.S. shows to be announced in the coming weeks. For further information on the tour and Chase This Light contact Steve Martin or Eliot Wadsworth at nasty little man Phone: 212.343.0740 email: eliot@nastylittleman.com

Sept 29 – Queen Creek AZ – Schnepf Farms (KEDJ Edgefest) * ON SALE NOW
Sept 30 – Redlands CA – Greek Amphitheatre
Oct 2 – Santa Cruz CA – The Catalyst
Oct 3 – San Francisco CA – The Fillmore
Oct 4 – Reno NV – Grand Sierra
Oct 6 – Salt Lake City UT – Utah State Fair Park (X96 show) * ON SALE NOW
Oct 7 – Missoula MT – Wilma Theatre
Oct 8 – Calgary AB – MacEwen Hall
Oct 10 – Vancouver BC – Commodore Ballroom
Oct 11 – Seattle WA – Showbox Showroom
Oct 12 – Bellingham WA – Performing Arts Center Main
Oct 14 – Davis CA – Freeborn Hall
Oct 16 – Los Angeles CA – The Wiltern
Oct 18 – Anaheim CA – House Of Blues
Oct 19 – San Diego CA – House Of Blues
Oct 20 – Las Vegas NV – The Joint