GLEE’s MATTHEW MORRISON
LAUNCHES NATIONAL SUMMER TOUR
ARTIST PRE-SALE BEGINS APRIL 4 AT
WWW.MATTHEWMORRISON.COM
REGIONAL GLEE CLUBS CAN COMPETE FOR CHANCE TO BE
OPENING ACT IN THEIR TOWN
DEBUT SINGLE “SUMMER RAIN” RELEASED ON MERCURY RECORDS

(April 1, 2011 - New York, NY) Gleeks everywhere are busy making summer plans as “Glee”
star and Mercury Records artist Matthew Morrison announced today a major summer tour that
will feature songs from his forthcoming album along with many of the Glee fan favorites. In
tribute to the great glee clubs across the country, the tour, in conjunction with the VH1 Save The
Music Foundation, will offer regional glee clubs the chance to compete for the ‘opening act’
performance slot. The VH1 Save The Music Foundation, which is a non-profit organization
dedicated to restoring instrumental music education programs in our nation’s schools, is a proud
partner in the competition and entries can be submitted at
www.matthewmorrison.com/gleeclubcontest.
Matthew has also teamed up with Funny Or Die, the award-winning website that has become one
of the top destinations for comedy on the web, to create original content for the tour. The videos
will premiere exclusively on Funny Or Die, and Funny Or Die is also producing original content
that will be incorporated into the live show.
Beginning June 18 in Minneapolis, the tour will hit 20 plus cities across the U.S. before
wrapping up in Los Angeles at the Nokia Theatre on July 23rd. Artist pre-sale tickets go on sale
April 4th at www.matthewmorrison.com. American Express cardmember pre-sale tickets go on
sale April 6th 10am at www.aeglive.com and are available through Thursday April 14th at 10pm.
General public tickets go on sale Friday, April 15th at 10am at www.aeglive.com. Several VIP
packages will be available and include artist meet-and-greets, reserved seating, priority venue
entrance, collectible memorabilia and more. A full listing of tour dates and cities is below.
Morrison recently premiered his debut single, “Summer Rain” on American Idol host Ryan
Seacrest’s nationally syndicated morning radio show on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles. And
Matthew will perform “Summer Rain” live on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on April 6th;
and on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on April 11th. “Summer Rain” is available on iTunes and
all digital partners.
Check out behind the scenes footage of the making of “Summer Rain” below:
http://www.vevo.com/watch/matthew-morrison/summer-rain-tour-rehearsal-behind-thescenes/
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“Summer Rain” was co-written by Matthew with Claude Kelly (Bruno Mars, Britney Spears,
Christina Aguilera, to name a few) and the Norwegian duo known as Espionage, who produced
the track in New York City. Espionage (Espen Lind and Amund Bjørklund), are respected for
their work with Train (this year’s Grammy Award-winning “Hey, Soul Sister,” iTunes’ topselling
song of 2010) and many others. “Summer Rain” is the first track from Morrison’s
upcoming debut album, set for May 10th release, which also features duets with Elton John and
Gwyneth Paltrow.
Matthew Morrison is best known to millions as the eternally optimistic high school teacher -
and de facto glee club director - Will Schuester, on the FOX television network’s runaway hit
comedy series “Glee.” The show ranks as the #1 entertainment program on broadcast television
among Adults 18-34, Teens and Female Teens.
Morrison has been nominated for Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe awards, and shared the 2009
SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble in a Television Series -
Comedy or Musical, for “Glee.”
Morrison is no stranger to musical theatre, vocal performance and dance, which he studied at
New York University’s renowned Tisch School of the Arts. His first big Broadway break came
as heartthrob Link Larkin in the hit Hairspray. Morrison was later nominated for a Tony Award
for his role in The Light in the Piazza. He received a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding
Actor in a Musical for 10 Million Miles. Morrison also starred in the Tony Award-winning
revival of South Pacific at New York’s Lincoln Center Theater.
A California native, Morrison divides his time between Los Angeles and New York.
MATT MORRISON Tour Dates
Saturday, June 18 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre
Sunday, June 19 St. Louis, MO Fabulous Fox Theatre
Tuesday, June 21 Rosemont, IL Rosemont Theatre
Wednesday, June 22 Columbus, OH Palace Theatre
Thursday, June 23 Detroit, MI Detroit Opera House
Monday, June 27 Philadelphia, PA Mann Center for the Performing Arts
Tuesday, June 28 Newark, NJ New Jersey Performing Arts Center
Wednesday, June 29 Boston, MA Citi Performing Arts Center Wang Theatre
Friday, July 1 New York, NY Beacon Theatre
Saturday, July 2 Atlantic City, NJ Caesar's - Circus Maximus
Wednesday, July 6 Washington DC DAR Constitution Hall
Thursday, July 7 Greensboro, NC War Memorial Auditorium
Friday, July 8 Duluth, GA The Arena at Gwinnett Center
Sunday, July 10 Tampa, FL David A. Straz Jr Center for the Performing Arts
Monday, July 11 Orlando, FL Bob Carr Performing Arts Center
Wednesday, July 13 Boca Raton, FL Mizner Park Amphitheatre
Thursday, July 14 Jacksonville, FL Moran Theater
Saturday, July 16 Grand Prairie, TX Verizon Theatre at Grand Prairie
Sunday, July 17 Austin, TX Bass Concert Hall
Tuesday, July 19 Phoenix, AZ Comerica Theatre
Wednesday, July 20 San Diego, CA Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay
Saturday, July 23 Los Angeles, CA NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE