MYSPACE ANNOUNCES
FIRST NATIONWIDE CONCERT TOUR
MySpace Music Tour, Presented by Extreme Style by VO5, to Feature
Artists Hellogoodbye and Say Anything, MySpace Records Artist, Polysics, and
Other Special Guests
Pre-Sale Tickets
Available Exclusively for MySpace Members Beginning Aug. 31
Tour to Kick-Off Oct.
16 in Seattle, WA
LOS ANGELES—August 29, 2007—MySpace, America's most trafficked website,
today announced the official launch of the ‘MySpace Music Tour,’ a new series
of MySpace produced and branded concert events. The first MySpace Music Tour,
presented by Extreme Style by VO5, will kick off Oct. 16 in Seattle, WA, and
will be co-headlined by artists Hellogoodbye and Say Anything. Other bands will
include MySpace Records artist, Polysics, and to-be-announced special guests.
The Tour will include more than 30 shows across the United States throughout October
and November 2007.
"MySpace has served as a platform for countless bands and musicians around
the world to showcase and promote their music to millions of fans online,"
said Tom Anderson, president and co-founder of MySpace. "With the new
MySpace Music Tour concert series we are able to bring people face-to-face with
the bands and artists they’ve come to know and love on the site. The kick-off
tour has an amazing line-up of bands and I know the MySpace community will be
psyched to see them live.”
Presented by Extreme Style by VO5, the MySpace Music Tour will have a dedicated
online community on MySpace, where fans can find all tour information and
purchase tickets. The profile will also feature exclusive content, including
band blogs from the road, photo galleries and exclusive offers and sweepstakes
for MySpace users to win a chance to hang out backstage with the bands.
“Extreme
Style by VO5 is all about individuality and self-expression, making MySpace a
great partner and the MySpace Music Tour an ideal venue,” explained Rob Keen,
Marketing Director for VO5. “Music and style are the main vehicles for
self-expression, and we’re helping provide both with amazing music and styling
stations for men and women to achieve their personal looks.”
Co-headliners
Hellogoodbye (http://www.myspace.com/hellogoodbye)
and Say Anything (http://www.myspace.com/sayanything)
have made their names as popular MySpace Music artists. Hellogoodbye's first
full-length album, Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs! was released in
2006 featuring the platinum single, "Here in your arms." Alternative
rock band Say Anything will release its second album In Defense of the Genre,
in October 2007. Japan’s Polysics (http://www.myspace.com/polysics)
are touring in support of their first album for MySpace Records, Polysics or
Die: VISTA!!!, which comes out Oct. 9. Widely known for their hyper-kinetic
live shows, Polysics perform new wave punk in Japanese, English and even their
own space-language.
"Hellogoodbye
are big fans of MySpace, and I don't want to brag or anything, but I am a
pretty good blogger,” said Forrest Kline, lead singer and guitarist of
Hellogoodbye. “MySpace has allowed me to develop my blogging skills and I am
thrilled to be on the first ever MySpace tour and further refine those skills
by posting post-show blogs."
“We
are stoked as beans to be on the first MySpace tour with Hellogoodbye!! It’s
going to rock!” said Max Bemis of Say Anything.
The
MySpace Music Tour will kick off Oct. 16 in Seattle, WA and will wrap in Las
Vegas Thanksgiving weekend. Pre-sale tickets will be available for purchase
exclusively on MySpace for MySpace members only beginning Aug. 31. Ticket
sales for the general public will begin on Sept. 6. Full details about the
first ever MySpace Music Tour, including dates and tour stops, will be
available on MySpace. The next concert tour in the ‘MySpace Music Tour’ series
will take place in Spring 2008, with additional details to be announced in the
coming months.
To date, MySpace has more than eight million bands using the site. MySpace
music has allowed bands to share music and videos, announce tour dates and
communicate with fans and others in the MySpace community, seamlessly integrating
the web into shared online and offline experiences. MySpace Music has been the
launch pad for exclusive, high-profile album releases from artists such as
Gnarls Barkley, Panic! At the Disco, Lily Allen, Fall Out Boy, Timbaland,
Modest Mouse, The Used, and many more. Exclusive album releases recently
featured on MySpace include T-Pain (#1 Debut on Billboard), The Used (#5 Debut
on Billboard), Timbaland (#2 Debut on Billboard), Modest Mouse (#1 Debut on
Billboard), and The Shins (#2 Debut on Billboard).
# # #
About MySpace
MySpace,
a unit of Fox Interactive Media Inc., is the premier lifestyle portal for
connecting with friends, discovering popular culture, and making a positive
impact on the world. By integrating web profiles, blogs, instant messaging, e-mail,
music streaming, music videos, photo galleries, classified listings, events,
groups, college communities, and member forums, MySpace has created a connected
community. As the first ranked web domain in terms of page views(c), MySpace is
the most widely-used and highly regarded site of its kind and is committed to
providing the highest quality member experience. MySpace will continue to
innovate with new features that allow its members to express their creativity
and share their lives, both online and off. MySpace's international network
includes localized community sites in the United States, France, Germany,
Australia, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Mexico, Switzerland, Austria, Canada,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Japan, Sweden, Latin America and the United Kingdom.
Fox Interactive Media is a division of News Corp. (NYSE:NWS - News, NWS.A -
News; ASX:NWS - News, NWSLV - News).
*Among
the top 2000 domains comScore Media Metrix, July 2007. For more information on
comScore Networks, please go to http://www.comscore.com.
Contacts:
MySpace
Dani Dudeck
(310) 969-7148
ddudeck@myspace.com
Tracy Akselrud
(310) 969-2813
takselrud@myspace.com
Linda
Carbone / Colleen Gallagher / Dayna Ghiraldi
Press
Here (for MySpace Music Tour)
212.246.2640
linda@presshereproductions.com
colleen@pressherepublicity.com
dayna@coversmedia.net
MYSPACE
MUSIC TOUR DATES
*w/ Polysics as opener
10/16: Seattle, WA*
Showbox Sodo
10/17: Portland, OR*
Crystal Ballroom
10/19: Magna, UT*
The Great Salt Air
10/20: Denver, CO*
Paramount Theater
10/21: Wichita, KS*
The Cotillion
10/22: Milwaukee, WI*
The Eagles Ballroom
10/24: Chicago, IL*
Congress Theater
10/25: Detroit, MI*
The Fillmore
10/26: Covington, KY*
Madison Theater
10/27: tba*
10/28: Atlantic City, NJ*
House Of Blues
10/30: New York, NY*
Hammerstein Ballroom
10/31: Allentown, PA*
Crocodile Rock Café
11/1: Providence, RI
Lupos Heartbreak Hotel
11/2: Gettysburg, PA
Union Ballroom at Gettysburg College
11/3: Emmitsburg, MD
Knott Arena @ St. Mary’s Ballroom
11/4: Raleigh, NC
Disco Rodeo
11/6: Orlando, FL
Hard Rock Live– Universal City Walk
11/7: Miami Beach, FL
Fillmore Miami Beach
11/9: Houston, TX
Verizon Wireless Theater
11/10: Dallas, TX
Palladium
11/11: San Antonio, TX
Sunset Station
11/13: Tucson, AZ
Rialto Theater
11/14: Tempe, AZ
The Marquee Theater
11/16: San Francisco, CA
Warfield
11/17: San Diego, CA
Soma
11/18: Los Angeles, CA
Wiltern
11/19: Los Angeles, CA
WIltern
11/20: Anaheim, CA
The Grove
11/23: Las Vegas, NV
House of Blues