SHAKE/SHIVER/MOAN, FIRST ALBUM WITH NEW LINEUP OUT JUNE 8 ON tbd records

“Latest Heartbreak” Studio Version Available Now for Free Download at http://the22-20s.com/
On Tour Through April Supporting Band Of Skulls & The Whigs

22-20s are a British rock band, originally formed in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, who disintegrated scarcely two years after their acclaimed 2004 self titled debut LP. In 2008, a reconstituted version of the band reformed around the founding nucleus of singer/guitarist Martin Trimble, bassist Bartup and drummer James Irving, adding Dan Hare on guitar and backing vocals.

Secretly touring the UK under the alias of one their new song titles “Bitter Pills,” 22-20s showcased a wealth of radically new material ranging from the uptempo rock of single and digital live EP namesake “Latest Heartbreak” and album title track “Shake/Shiver/Moan” to the classic morning-after bluespop of “Let It Go” and “4th Floor.” The studio version of “Latest Heartbreak” is available for free download now at http://the22-20s.com/

The new lineup and broader musical horizons of 22-20s debut this month with the digital only Latest Heartbreak EP, released March 9 through tbd records (U.S. label home to Radiohead, Underworld, White Rabbits and others), featuring four tracks record live at last year in Reading UK.

Shake/Shiver/Moan, the first 22-20s album to feature the Trimble/Bartup/Irving/Hare lineup, will be released by tbd in the U.S. on June 8, and will feature the studio versions of the tracks from the live EP and six other brand new 22-20s numbers. The album’s release will be preceded in the States by an extensive run opening for Band of Skulls and The Whigs’ co-headlining tour and will be followed by further North American touring throughout the summer.

The 22-20s with Band Of Skulls & The Whigs
31-Mar WED – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom
01-Apr THU – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
02-Apr FRI – Philadelphia, PA  – North Star Bar
03-Apr SAT – Allston, MA – Harper’s Ferry
04-Apr SUN – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar
06-Apr TUE – Lexington, KY – Cosmic Charlie’s
07-Apr WED – Nashville, TN – Exit/In
08-Apr THU – Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
10-Apr SAT – Birmingham, AL – WorkPlay Theatre
12-Apr MON – Kansas City, MO – Riot Room
13-Apr TUE – Boulder, CO – Boulder Theatre
15-Apr THU – Scottsdale, AZ – Martini Ranch
16-Apr FRI – Los Angeles, CA – Echo
19-Apr MON – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
20-Apr TUE – Portland, OR  – Doug Fir Lounge
22-Apr THU – Seattle, WA  – Crocodile Café

EXCLUSIVE BONUS FEATURES GALORE ON iTUNES LP AND DELUXE EXPERIENCE EDITION
“STYLO” SETS RECORD AS MOST SUCCESSFUL MUSIC VIDEO PREMIERE IN YOUTUBE HISTORY

“…some of the most forward-looking music you’ll  hear this or any other year… Plastic Beach is more than the sum of its  big-name parts”-Q

“From the Thriller-infused electro-funk of “Stylo” to  the bubbly grooves of “Superfast Jellyfish” and “Some Kind of Nature,” there’s  something for everyone, and often in the same song… Plastic Beach exudes  fun.”-NPR Music

“Gorillaz’s third excellent  album in a row”-Rolling Stone

“[Gorillaz] has returned, once again  gilding their four-character core with a delightfully random roster of guest  stars… its songs sound like dispatches from a crew of hip-kid astronauts,  unmoored in some space-dust ether… they do it with  style.”-Entertainment Weekly

“Befitting an album about an  ocean, the collection gains momentum via the song-to-song ebb and flow… It  works both as a conceptual piece and also as a collection of danceable pop…   for a bunch of cartoon characters, it does feel especially alive and  human.”-Stereogum

Gorillaz’ third album, the already globally acclaimed Plastic Beach, is released today in the U.S. on EMI’s Virgin Records.

The physical and digital deluxe editions of Plastic  Beach promise to surpass anything previously hatched from the Gorillaz  imaginarium: The iTunes LP  version of Plastic Beach includes the record-breaking “Stylo” video and a Making of “Stylo”  documentary;  a video collection of Gorillaz animation, Plastic Beach trailers and six exclusive films set to album tracks; a still gallery featuring original Gorillaz art and images exclusive to iTunes; a Gorillaz interactive game; and an Online Extras section providing  access to Gorillaz live concert performances and additional exclusives. The iTunes deluxe edition of the record also features the bonus tracks “Pirate’s  Progress: and “Three Hearts, Seven Seas, Twelve Moons.”

The physical  “Experience Edition” of Plastic Beach includes such bonuses as a Making of  Plastic Beach DVD, ability to stream live Gorillaz performances, and a special  access card unlocking a world of exclusive and interactive online content to  be revealed over time.

Having already been hailed with a 4-star Rolling  Stone review and an Entertainment Weekly Must List plug, Plastic Beach’s first  single, “Stylo,” was unveiled in its video incarnation Tuesday March 2 on  YouTube. The “Stylo” world premiere instantly became the most successful  official music video premiere in YouTube Music Tuesday history, generating  over 900,000 views in its first 24 hours, since breezing past the million view  mark and surpassing previous record holders U2 and Weezer. The “Stylo” video  can also be seen on VH1, MTV, MTV2, MTVU, Logo, and Fuse.

Elsewhere,  the NPR Music Exclusive First Listen for Plastic Beach was the #1 most popular  story on NPR.org in its first 24 hours.

Plastic Beach is the first Gorillaz album  produced entirely by Damon Albarn and features a roster of guest stars  including Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, Mos Def, Lou Reed, The Clash’s Mick Jones  and Paul Simonon, The National Orchestra for Arabic Music and many more.  Gorillaz a/k/a Murdoc Niccals, 2D, Noodle and Russel Hobbs were co-created by  Albarn and visual artist Jamie Hewlett over ten years ago, and unleashed on  the world with their self-titled 2001 debut album, which has sold nearly two  million copies in the U.S. The band’s 2005 follow up, Demon Days, featured the  Best Pop Collaboration with Vocal Grammy winner “Feel Good Inc.” and sold in  excess of two million copies in America. Gorillaz will headline the April 18  final day of this year’s Coachella festival in Indio CA, which will be the  first live Gorillaz experience in the States since the Demon Days Live sold  out five-night run that took place in April 2006 at Harlem’s Apollo  Theater.

For further developments in the ongoing Gorillaz saga, check  back hourly at the all new http://gorillaz.com, follow the  band’s own Murdoc Niccals at www.twitter.com/murdocgorillaz, or check out the Gorillaz YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/gorillaz.

ALBUM TO BE RELEASED ON MAY 18TH BY BROWN RECORDS/FAT POSSUM RECORDS/COLUMBIA RECORD

Band of Horses, the Low Country’s premier rock n’ roll outfit, will release their third full length LP, entitled Infinite Arms ,on May 18th through Brown Records/Fat Possum Records/Columbia Records.

The album package will feature the photography of the band’s long time collaborator Christopher Wilson.

Produced by Band of Horses with additional production from Phil Ek, mixed by Dave Sardy,  and recorded over a 16-month period, the songs on Infinite Arms project the essence of the different locales across America that became the setting for the recording and songwriting process behind the album.  The rich musical heritage of Muscle Shoals, AL, the sublime beauty of Asheville’s Blue Ridge Mountains, the glamorous Hollywood Hills and the vast Mojave desert all influenced the sounds on Infinite Arms and helped yield the group’s most focused and dynamic recordings to date. The serene woods of Northern Minnesota and the band’s native Carolinas inspired the songwriting,  lending the compositions an air of comfort and familiarity.

Band of Horses are Ben Bridwell, Creighton Barrett, Ryan Monroe, Tyler Ramsey and Bill Reynolds. Long time touring members of the group, Infinite Arms marks the recording debut of Ramsey and Reynolds, while Barrett and Monroe graced the last album, Cease to Begin. Through touring together in support of Cease to Begin and during breaks in the Infinite Arms recording process, the band have become a cohesive force with all members making invaluable contributions to the unmistakable sound that founder Bridwell has crafted since the band’s inception. As Bridwell himself concedes, “in many ways, this is the first Band of Horses record.”

Look for the band to support Infinite Arms with tour dates across the globe in 2010. A current list of dates is below, with many more to be announced very soon. Visit www.bandofhorses.com for ticketing information.

March 15th – Boulder, CO – Fox Theater
March 16th – Denver, CO – Ogden Theater
March 18th – Austin, TX – Stubbs BBQ (SXSW)
March 19th – Austin, TX Central Presbyterian Church (SXSW)
April 8th – Paris, France – La Fleche D’or
April 9th – Brussels, Belgium – Orangerie
April 10th – Rotterdam, Netherlands- Motel Mozaique, Schouwburg
April 12th – London, UK – Koko
April 14th – Koln, Germany – Kulturkirche
April 16th – Oslo, Norway – Rockefeller
April 17th – Gothenburg, Sweden – Tradgarn
April 18th – Copenhagen, Denmark – Vega
April 23rd – Raleigh, NC – Walnut Creek Amphitheater (with Widespread Panic)
April 24th –  Raleigh, NC – Walnut Creek Amphitheater (with Widespread Panic)
April 27th – Gainesville, FL – Rion Ballroom
April 28th – Miami, FL – Fillmore
April 29th – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
May 1st – New Orleans, LA  – Jazzfest
May 2nd – Memphis, TN – Beale St. Music Festival
May 27th – Davis, CA – UC Davis Freeborn Hall
May 30th – Bend, OR – Les Schwab Amphitheater (with She & Him)
May 31st – George, WA – Sasquatch Festival
June 5th – Bangor, IE – Ward Park (with Snow Patrol)
June 9th – London, UK – Roundhouse
June 12th – Glasgow, Scotland – Bellahouston Park (with Snow Patrol)
June 19th – Toronto, ONT – Olympic Island Concert (with Pavement and Broken Social Scene)
September 25th – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theater

Coachella, Sasquatch, Bonnaroo, Pitchfork U.S.  Festival Dates Confirmed
UK/Euro Headline Dates Continue To Sell  Out

LCD Soundsystem has confirmed May 18 as the U.S release date  of its as yet untitled third album. The record will be released on  DFA/Virgin in the U.S. and will consist of the following  songs:

Dance Yrself Clean
Drunk Girls  *
One Touch
All I Want
Change *
Hit  *
Pow Pow
Somebody’s Calling Me *
What You  Need

The above were recorded at The Manshun in Los Angeles and the DFA  studios in New York and mixed at DFA from April 2009 through February 2010.   TBD was written and produced by James Murphy. Additional mixes were done  by Dave Sardy as indicated (*).

The new album is LCD Soundsystem’s  first full offering of new studio material since 2007’s Sound Of  Silver, which was named best album of the last decade by NPR, ranked #1 in the 2007 Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll, landed at #12 and #17 respectively in Rolling Stone and Pitchfork’s best albums of the decade, and like its predecessor 2005’s  LCD Soundsystem received a Grammy nomination for Best Electronic/Dance  Album. Sound Of Silver also featured “All My Friends,” ranked #4 by Time in its  Best Songs of 2007 and named single of the year by Pitchfork, and Entertainment Weekly #8 song of 2007 “Someone Great.” In 2008, LCD  Soundsystem contributed the track “Big Ideas” to the soundtrack of the movie  21. The bandhas since released the 45:33: The Remixes EP  and a cover of Alan Vega’s “Bye Bye Bayou,” issued to commemorate Record Store  Day 2009 and earning LCD its fifth NME single of the week. The album  will be preceded by the March 23 release of the soundtrack to Noah Baumbach’s  Greenberg, which features both composition’s from James Murphy’s  original score for the film and the new LCD Soundsystem song “Oh You  (Christmas Blues).”

The record’s release will be supported by a  world tour beginning with an April 16 penultimate slot at the Coachella  festival in Indio CA and continuing with a run  of UK/Europe headline  dates (several of which have sold out well in advance and necessitated added  dates) and further worldwide festival appearances. For a full itinerary, see  below and continue to check http://lcdsoundsystem.com/  for additions going forward.

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM On Tour  2010

April 16    Indio CA     Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
April 20     Dublin       Tripod * SOLD OUT
April 21    Dublin        Tripod * SOLD OUT
April 23     London      Brixton Academy * SOLD  OUT
April 24    London       Brixton Academy *SOLD OUT
April 26     Birmingham  Academy
April 27     Leeds   Academy * SOLD OUT
April 28     Glasgow Barrowlands
April 29     Glasgow Barrowlands * SOLD OUT
May 1    Manchester  Academy * SOLD OUT
May 2    Bristol  Academy * SOLD OUT
May 4    Amsterdam   Paradiso * SOLD OUT
May 5    Brussels    Ancienne Belgique * SOLD OUT
May 6   Berlin  WMF
May 7    Luxembourg  Den Atelier
May 8   Paris    Bataclan * SOLD OUT
May 9   Paris    Bataclan
May 30  George WA   Sasquatch  Festival
June 11 Manchester TN   Bonnaroo  Festival
July 10 Lisbon  Alive Festival
July 17 Chicago  IL  Pitchfork Music Festival
September 12    Isle  of Wight   Bestival

LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN MARCH 4
JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE  APRIL 15

Radio City Music Hall Sold Out Five Weeks In Advance
Boston, Multiple Nights in Washington DC and Minneapolis SOLD OUT
April 12 Eugene OR Show Added

Having just completed a largely sold out UK/Europe trek, the dudes of Spoon are gearing up for a 2010 North American tour, which commences with a March 17 South by Southwest kick off show at Stubbs in Austin, with Spoon headlining a bill featuring Broken Bells, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, The Walkmen and more.

The tour will be preceded by a March 4 appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman. Spoon will also make its first visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live April 15, just prior to the April 17 conclusion of this run at the Coachella festival in Indio CA.

Spoon’s March 26 debut headline engagement at New York’s legendary Radio City Music Hall sold out over a week ago joining March 27 at Boston’s House of Blues, April 2-3 at Minneapolis’ First Avenue, and March 22-23 at Washington DC’s 9:30 Club on the list of Spoon shows that have completely sold out more than a month in advance.

Spoon has also added a date to the current tour: April 12 at the McDonald Theater in Eugene OR. Tickets for this show will go on sale March 6.

SPOON ON TOUR 2010

17-Mar Stubbs – Austin, TX
18-Mar Republic – New Orleans, LA
19-Mar Workplay Soundstage – Birmingham, AL
20-Mar Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
22-Mar 9:30 Club – Washington, DC * SOLD OUT
23-Mar 9:30 Club – Washington, DC * SOLD OUT
24-Mar The National – Richmond, VA
26-Mar Radio City Music Hall – New York, NY * SOLD OUT
27-Mar House of Blues – Boston, MA, USA * SOLD OUT
29-Mar Sound Academy – Toronto, ON
30-Mar Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal – Oak, MI
1-Apr Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL
2-Apr First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN * SOLD OUT
3-Apr First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN * SOLD OUT
5-Apr Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
6-Apr Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
7-Apr In the Venue – Salt Lake City, UT
9-Apr Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
10-Apr Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
11-Apr Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, BC
12-Apr McDonald Theater – Eugene , OR
13-Apr Fox Theater – Oakland, CA
17-Apr Indio, CA – Coachella

30-April Melbourne – Billboard
1-May Bendigo – Groovin’ The Moo
2-May Townsville – Groovin’ The Moo
3-May Brisbane – The HiFi
6-May Coolangatta – The Cooly Hotel
7-May Sydney – The Forum
8-May Maitland – Groovin’ The Moo
9-May Canberra – Groovin’ The Moo
13-May Adelaide – Fowlers
14-May Perth – The Astor
15-May Bunbury – Groovin’ The Moo

*Deerhunter direct support on all North American dates
*New Orleans – Royal Oak w/ The Strange Boys
*Chicago – Oakland w/ Micachu & the Shapes

PLASTIC BEACH NPR FIRST LISTEN FULL ALBUM PREVIEW MARCH 1
COMPLETELY NEW GORILLAZ.COM LIVE NOW

“We’ve been waiting since ’05 for the cartoon band that brought us hits like ‘Feel Good Inc.’ and ‘Clint Eastwood’ to regroup. And now we know what’s taken them so long: Gorillaz’ sublime new single sounds like Kraftwerk backing and old-fashioned soul revue” — Entertainment Weekly

“‘Stylo’ boasts cameos by R&B vet Bobby Womack, testifying like a Harlem storefront preacher, and Mos Def, sounding like he Skyped in his 16 bars from an interstellar Internet café. Yet Albarn himself shines brightest, crooning like a proper soulman…” – Rolling Stone

‘Stylo,’ the first video from the hotly anticipated third Gorillaz album Plastic Beach, will premiere globally on YouTube on March 2nd, 2010. The video premiere will follow the March 1 launch of a streaming full album preview as part of NPR Music’s Exclusive First Listen series at www.NPR.org/music

Directed by Jamie Hewlett and produced by Cara Speller for Zombie Flesh Eaters, with live action by HSI Productions in Los Angeles, and animation by Passion Pictures in London, “Stylo” follows Gorillaz bass demigod Murdoc Niccals through a dangerous trip to the mainland from his new home on the Plastic Beach namesake of the new record. Something goes badly wrong and Murdoc, guitarist/Cyborg Noodle – who has replaced her (its?) flesh and blood counterpart since the original’s apparent demise in the previous Demon Days’ final video “El Manana” — and vocalist 2D end up in a high speed car chase with a local cop and an unknown assailant. Cyborg Noodle’s circuits start failing and 2D fears for their lives as the gun toting bounty hunter draws ever closer….

Murdoc recalls of the video shoot (no pun intended), “Someone was chasing me through the desert! Luckily I had my camera crew following me and they captured it all on film, so I’ve cut it up and stuck it back together for my Stylo video! That’ll learn me not to leave the safe, toxic, isolated haven of Plastic Beach…”

Murdoc’s new stomping grounds can be explored at the all – new all-different Gorillaz.com. The completely new site, which has just gone live, has been relocated from the now defunct Kong Studios (RIP) to the newly constructed complex at Point Nemo, Plastic Beach.

The “Stylo” single is on sale now and has already received a 4-star review from Rolling Stone and a Must List plug from Entertainment Weekly. Plastic Beach will be released by Virgin in the U.S. on March 9th. Plastic Beach is the first Gorillaz album since 2005’s Demon Days which featured the Best Pop Collaboration with Vocal Grammy winner “Feel Good Inc.” and, like its predecessor 2001’s Gorillaz, sold some six million copies worldwide. Gorillaz will headline the April 18 final day of this year’s Coachella festival in Indio CA, which will be the first live Gorillaz experience in the States since the Demon Days Live sold out five-night run at Harlem’s Apollo Theater.

For further developments in the ongoing Gorillaz story, check back daily at http://gorillaz.com/

MARCH 9 LATE SHOW WITH DAVID  LETTERMAN APPEARANCE CONFIRMED
MARCH 11 LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON  ALSO CONFIRMED
Live Shows On Sale Now in New York, Los Angeles,  Austin
NPR Music First Listen and MySpace Listening Previews Commence  March 1

“The year’s coolest left field pop disc (4  stars)”–Rolling Stone

James Mercer and Brian Burton a/k/a  Danger Mouse release the self-titled first album by their new band Broken  Bells on Columbia Records March 9, 2010. The band will make its first ever  television appearance that same day on The Late Show with David Letterman.

The record’s release will be previewed by full length streaming  previews NPR.org/music and Myspace.com beginning March 1, marking the first time the two  sites have shared such a debut event.

In addition to standard CD, LP and digital versions, Broken Bells will also be released in a limited edition one-of-a-kind music box configuration available at finer music retailers. The record will also be available at Starbucks locations.

Broken Bells’ release week  will continue apace with another TV appearance and two special intimate live performances: The band will make its New York live debut March 10 at Brooklyn’s  Music Hall of Williamsburg,  followed by a March 11 appearance on Late Night with Jimmy  Fallon, and a March 14 one-off at the Troubadour in Los Angeles. The  following week the band will play NPR’s SXSW opening night gala at Stubbs  in Austin TX alongside Spoon, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, The  Walkmen and more.

Broken Bells’ release has been preceded  by overwhelmingly positive critical response, with Rolling Stone awarding  the album a 4-star lead review and and previously running a Hot List lead  on the single “The High Road,” while Wired called it “crazy good stuff,”  Laist.com remarked of the band’s recent live debut “Try to imagine what  (Broken Bells) might sound like and your expectations would be met and  likely exceeded.”

Broken Bells features Mercer on vocals,  guitars and bass while Burton plays organ, drums, piano, synths and bass.  The pair play all the instruments on the album with the exception of a  full string section arranged by Daniele Luppi. Broken Bells was  recorded by Todd Monfalcone and Kennie Takahashi at Mondo Studio in Los  Angeles and produced by Danger Mouse.

Each a long-time fan of the other’s  work, Burton and Mercer first met face-to-face backstage at the 2004  Roskilde Festival in Copenhagen. The pair immediately hit it off and kept  in touch over the prevailing half decade and in May 2008 seized the  opportunity to finally collaborate on original music together. Broken  Bells was pared down from more than 20 pieces of new music written and  recorded to the 10 songs that coalesced together the most seamlessly.

Mercer and Burton will continue to work as a band in the  future.

For more information, please contact Laura Eldeiry at nasty  little man e: laura@nastylittleman.com

For online inquiries, please  contact Arbell Camron at Sony Music e:  arbell.camron@sonymusic.com

THOM YORKE
???? BAND RENAMED ATOMS FOR PEACE
PRE-COACHELLA DATES CONFIRMED IN NEW YORK, BOSTON, CHICAGO, OAKLAND, SANTA BARBARA

Thom Yorke announced today at http://www.radiohead.com/deadairspace/ that his band Atoms For Peace (previously billed as ????) will play a series of eight U.S. shows leading up to its April 18 appearance at the Coachella festival in Indio CA.

The Atoms For Peacelead4sure exam lineup remains the same as when the band performed three shows in Los Angeles last October: Yorke, Flea, Mauro Refosco, Joey Waronker and Nigel Godrich. See below for full itinerary and check http://www.waste.uk.com/ for on sale CCNP 642-902 exam details.

Thom Yorke/Atoms For Peace
(Flying Lotus Supports New York Through Oakland)

April 5 & 6 New York Roseland Ballroom
April 8 Boston Citi Wang Theatre
April 10 & 11 Chicago  Aragon Ballroom
April 14 & 15 Oakland Fox Theatre
April 17 Santa Barbara Bowl
April 18 Coachella

PAUL MCCARTNEY
UP AND COMING TOUR

MORE SHOWS ADDED TO PAUL MCCARTNEY’S FORTHCOMING TOUR

SUN LIFE STADIUM, MIAMI – 3RD APRIL 2010
COLISEO DE PUERTO RICO, PUERTO RICO – 5TH APRIL 2010

SECOND SHOW ADDED AT HOLLYWOOD BOWL BY POPULAR DEMAND

Hot-off-the-heels of announcing the first two concerts of Paul McCartney’s forthcoming ‘Up and Coming Tour’ (Glendale AZ on 28th March and Hollywood CA on 30th March), the rumour mill has gone into overdrive predicting where Macca and his band will turn up next.

The speculation ends today with the announcement of two shows that are set to be his hottest of the year.  The first is at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami on the 3rd of April; the only Florida appearance of the tour, the April 3 gig is also Paul’s first show in Miami since he launched his massive 2005 ‘US Tour’ at Miami’s American Airlines Arena five years ago.  On April 5th Paul will play his first ever show in Puerto Rico.

In addition, unprecedented response to the presale for Paul’s March 30 return to the Hollywood Bowl has necessitated the addition of a second show on March 31. Both shows will go on sale to the general public this Sunday, February 28.

These new dates are in keeping with Paul’s huge headline making concerts over the last few years, where the world’s biggest rock star has played to millions of people across the globe. These concerts have taken Paul to places he’s never been before, unique settings, venues and locations, and these new dates are no exception.

The Arizona and California dates will be Paul’s first US shows since his five – week Summer Live ’09 tour last year, which was prefaced by a triumphant sold out headline set at the 2009 Coachella festival and a surprise performance for the Late Show with David Letterman on the marquee of the Ed Sullivan Theater (inside which The Beatles made TV history decades ago) that drew throngs packing Broadway from Columbus Circle to Times Square. The ‘Summer Live ’09’ tour began in earnest with an already legendary inaugural run of shows at New York’s Citi Field Stadium, the site of the former Shea Stadium where The Beatles played the 1965 concert that set the precedent for the modern day stadium rock show. Critics hailed the Citi Field performances, seen by over 100,000 people, as the concert experience of a lifetime. Those performances were immortalized on last year’s RIAA gold – certified multi – disc CD/DVD Good Evening New York City.

The new tour will feature a typically diverse set list, drawing on two hours plus worth of selections spanning the catalogues of The Beatles, Wings and Paul’s solo career – including tracks from The Fireman’s 2008 album ‘Electric Arguments’. There will be some never-before-played-on-US-soil songs added to the set list, as well as the US live premiere of ‘(I Want To) Come Home’, Paul’s Golden Globe nominated track from the Robert De Niro movie ‘Everybody’s Fine’.

More live shows to be announced soon. Keep checking http://www.paulmccartney.com

To purchase tickets, go to Ticketmaster.com or call 800-745-3000.

Up and Coming Tour

Dates so far:

Sunday 28th March – Jobing.com Arena, Glendale AZ
Tuesday 30th March – Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles CA
Wednesday 31st March – Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles CA
Saturday 3rd April – Sun Life Stadium, MiamiFL
Monday 5th April – Coliseo De Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 23, 2010

Upcoming New York, Philadelphia and Chicago Shows and More SOLD OUT

Limited Edition Alkaline Trio-Designed Hurley Line Available Online Now, In Stores March 1

This Addiction, Alkaline Trio’s seventh album and first through its new Heart & Skull label venture with Epitaph, is out today. The record’s release has been preceded by the release of its title track as first single, which the band will perform March 10 on The Late Show with David Letterman.

Currently in the midst of a tour that has already sold out stops in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Philadelphia and a pair of homecoming shows in its native Chicago among others, the members of Alkaline Trio have somehow found the time to design a limited edition line for the Hurley clothing company. The very limited collaborative Hurley Alkaline Trio is now available online at https://shop.hurley.com/department/alkaline-trio-10092.cfm and will debut at retail March 1.

Alkaline Trio first emerged from Chicago in 1996 and has since released the full length studio albums Goddamnit, Maybe I’ll Catch Fire, From Here To Infirmary, Good Mourning, Crimson and last year’s Agony & Irony, which was the highest charting record of the band’s career to date. The band is comprised of guitarist/vocalist Matt Skiba, bassist/vocalist Dan Andriano and drummer Derek Grant, all of whom are partners in the Heart & Skull label.

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For More Information:
www.alkalinetrio.com
www.myspace.com/alkalinetrio
www.epitaph.com

ALKALINE TRIO ON TOUR:

02/23/10 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
02/24/10 – Salt Lake City, UT – In The Venue
02/25/10 – Englewood, CO – The Gothic Theater SOLD OUT
02/26/10 – Lawrence, KS – Granada
02/27/10 – Chicago, IL – The Metro SOLD OUT
02/28/10 – Chicago, IL – The Metro SOLD OUT
03/02/10 – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theater
03/03/10 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
03/04/10 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
03/05/10 – Pittsburgh, PA – Club Zoo
03/06/10 – Toronto, CAN – The Phoenix Concert Theater
03/08/10 – Clifton Park, NY – Northern Lights
03/09/10 – Hartford, CT – The Webster Theater
03/11/10 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero SOLD OUT
03/12/10 – New York, NY – Nokia Theatre Times Square SOLD OUT
03/13/10 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
03/14/10 – Providence, RI – Lupos Heartbreak Hotel
03/16/10 – Towson, MD – Rocher Theatre
03/17/10 – Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southend
03/18/10 – Charleston, SC – Music Farm
03/19/10 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
03/20/10 – Jacksonville Beach, FL – Freebird Live
03/22/10 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
03/23/10 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
03/25/20 – New Orleans, LA – House of Blues
03/26/10 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live
03/27/10 – Dallas, TX – The Palladium Ballroom
03/28/10 – Austin, TX – Emo’s
03/30/10 – Tempe, AZ – The Marquee Theater
04/01/10 – San Diego, CA – House of Blues
04/02/10 – West Hollywood, CA – House of Blues
04/03/10 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues