AWOLNATION ANNOUNCE 2013 SPRING U.S. TOUR!

TICKETS GO ON SALE THIS FRIDAY, JANUARY 18th

Los Angeles, CA -  - AWOLNATION has announced the dates of their upcoming Spring U.S. concert tour. The band has confirmed 30 new shows beginning in March and running through April. Blondfire will serve as the main support act on most dates with Mother Mother to open. Tickets go on sale this Friday, January 18^th. All confirmed U.S. shows are listed below. Recently, the band has been in the studio working on the eagerly anticipated follow up to their debut album Megalithic Symphony (Red Bull Records) and will be performing several new songs in their live set including "This Kid's Not Alright," "Some Kind Of Joke???," and "Cannibals," alongside their platinum-certified hit "Sail," and crowd favorites "Not Your Fault" and "Kill Your Heroes."

AWOLNATION is currently prepping for their first European tour of the new year slated to kick off January 16^th in Helsinki, Finland. The band will perform 23 dates overseas hitting Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, and the United Kingdom.

 

The band capped off a banner 2012 charting three Top 10 singles from their debut album while relentlessly working on the road for more than 250 days worldwide. Highlights include their sold-out headline "Never Let Your Fear Decide Your Fate" U.S. tour, an awe-inspiring performance at The Voodoo Festival in New Orleans, as well as massive festival slots at Coachella, Rock am Ring/Rock im Park in Germany, Bumbershoot and more.  

 

AWOLNATION's debut album Megalithic Symphony has been on the Billboard charts for 92 weeks, topping the Billboard Independent Albums chart seven separate times in 2012, having sold more than 330,000 copies. The debut smash single, "Sail" is fast approaching double platinum with nearly two million in digital sales. The track was also recently certified triple platinum in Canada - where the album is certified gold. 

 

Led by musical architect and vocalist Aaron Bruno, AWOLNATION features keyboard/guitarist Kenny Carkeet, drummer Hayden Scott and Drew Stewart on guitar. The band's debut album Megalithic Symphony is currently available in stores and online. 

 

AWOLNATION CONFIRMED SPRING U.S. TOUR DATES:

(All dates with Blondfire and Mother Mother except where noted*) 

 

DATE               VENUE                                          CITY/STATE

March 8           Wild West                                       Lubbock, TX   

March 9           The White Rabbit                             San Antonio, TX

March 10         Brewster Street Ice House                Corpus Christi, TX

March 12         House of Blues                                New Orleans, LA          * w/Mother Mother only

March 13         Florida Theatre of Gainesville            Gainesville, FL               * AWOLNATION only

March 15         Revolution                                       Ft. Lauderdale, FL

March 16         Ponte Verda Concert Hall                  Ponte Vedra Beach, FL

March 18         The Orange Peel                              Asheville, NC               * w/Mother Mother only

March 19         The Lincoln Theatre                          Raleigh, NC    

March 20         The NorVa                                       Norfolk, VA      

March 22         Crocodile Rock                                 Allentown, PA 

March 23         House of Blues                                Atlantic City, NJ

March 24         Rapids Theater                                 Niagara Falls, NY

March 26         The Intersection                               Grand Rapids, MI

March 27         House of Blues                                Cleveland, OH             * w/Mother Mother only

March 29         Marathon Music Works                     Nashville, TN  

March 30         Gillioz Theatre                                  Springfield, MO          

April 1              Blue Note                                       Columbia, MO            

April 2              Val Air Ballroom                               Des Moines, IA

April 3              Liberty Hall                                      Lawrence, KS 

April 5              The Cotillion Ballroom                       Wichita, KS    

April 8              Sokol Auditorium                             Omaha, NE     

April 9              The Vault                                         Sioux Falls, SD           

April 10             The Venue                                      Fargo, ND       

April 12             Babcock Theatre                             Billings, MT    

April 13             The Wilma Theater                          Missoula, MT  

April 15              Knitting Factory                             Spokane, WA  

April 16              McDonald Theatre                           Eugene, OR    

April 18              Knitting Factory                               Reno, NV        

April 25              Cain's Ballroom                               Tulsa, OK                    * AWOLNATION only 

 

For more information visit AWOLNATION online: www.AWOLNATIONmusic.com      

The Nation: http://nation.awolnationmusic.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/awolnation

YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/awolnation

Red Bull Records: http://www.redbullrecords.com 

 

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(PHOTO CREDIT: Harper Smith)