Thursday, November 14, 2013

Pentatonix Announces 2014 North American Tour Dates
New Album PTX Volume 2
Available Now
Group Performs on “Ellen” to Kick Off 
Album Release Week
Pentatonix Won a YouTube Music Award for 
Cover of  “Radioactive”
At Peabody Opera House on March 19


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  – Vocal sensations Pentatonix, who are about to embark on their very first – and completely sold out – European tour, have announced dates for their upcoming North American headline tour.  The initial run of dates will begin February 4, 2014 and go through April including shows at The Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles, as well as Oakland’s Fox Theater and New York City’s Beacon Theatre.    All tickets, as well as limited VIP Packages – including meet & greets, access to soundcheck, exclusive merchandise and even a private performance – are available at http://www.ptxofficial.com/tour
Pentatonix comes to the Peabody Opera House on March 19th.  Tickets for the St. Louis show are $35 and $25 and go on sale Friday, Nov. 8th at 10am at the Ford Box Office at Scottrade Center, Ticketmaster outlets, by phone at 800-745-3000 and online at ticketmaster.com.
Pentatonix will also release their second album – PTX Volume 2 – today, November 5th, exclusively on iTunes. The iTunes release features a 7-song Daft Punk medley, its video just released via the group’s YouTube Channel, as well as a mash-up of Swedish House Mafia hits “Save The World” and “Don’t Worry Child” as an album-only bonus track. 
Listen  to Billboard’s exclusive album stream Here: http://bit.ly/HuLFWL
Watch “Daft Punk” Here: http://youtu.be/3MteSlpxCpo
Watch “Save The World / Don’t Worry Child” Here: http://bit.ly/SHMCptx
PTX Volume 2 follows the group’s two 2012 Madison Gate Records Releases – PTX Volume 1 and PTXmas – both debuting on Billboard’s Top 200 and selling more than 125,000 albums to date.  The new release will feature 8 brand new tracks, including 3 original songs, 4 covers and a modern twist on the classic “Hit The Road Jack.”
Pentatonix have also won the YouTube Music Award in the “Response of The Year” category for their cover of “Radioactive” alongside Lindsey Stirling.  The video has garnered almost 45 million views.  The first-ever YouTube Music Awards were held in NYC Sunday night and winners were chosen based on fan views and social media shares of the nominated videos. 
Watch “Radioactive” here: http://bit.ly/ZHpPFg
Pentatonix kicked off their PTX Vol. 2 release week with a performance on Ellen.  The performance can be seen here:http://www.ellentv.com/2013/11/04/pentatonix-performs-evolution-of-beyonce/
Online, Pentatonix’s YouTube channel boasts almost 160 million views, buoyed by nearly 1.9 Million subscribers, and is one of the Top 100 most subscribed-to music channels. The group also has more than 550,000 Facebook fans and nearly 150,000 Twitter followers.  The band’s latest video release, a cover of Lorde’s #1 hit “Royals,” has garnered more than 11 million views and is the most-viewed YouTube cover of the New Zealand star’s highly-duplicated indie anthem. 
Watch “Royals” Here: http://bit.ly/RoyalsPTX
Additionally, the group’s a cappella opus – “Evolution Of Music” – has now eclipsed 22 million YouTube views, after gathering nearly 5.5 million in its first week. The video spans 1,000 years of music in just 4 minutes, includes some of the most popular songs from the last dozen centuries and has been featured by The Huffington Post, Mashable and the Yahoo! homepage.
Watch “Evolution Of Music” Here: http://bit.ly/EvolutionPTX
Pentatonix have appeared on countless television shows, including Ellen, the American Music Awards red carpet show, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and Larry King Now, and have been chosen to appear in an upcoming episode of the new season of “Sesame Street,” which will air on February 7, 2014.
Full track listing for PTX Vol 2
1
Can’t Hold Us
2
Natural Disaster
3
Love Again
4
Valentine
5
Hey Momma
6
I Need Your Love
7
Run to You
8
Daft Punk
9
Save The World / Don't You Worry Child [iTunes Exclusive Bonus Track]

2014 U.S. Tour Dates
February
4                         Midwestern State University          Wichita Falls, TX
5                         Cain’s Ballroom                              Tulsa, OK
6                          Gillioz Theatre                               Springfield, MO
7                              Sesame Street airs
8                             Chicago Theatre                         Chicago, IL
9                             Egyptian Room                            Indianapolis, IN
11                           Milwaukee Riverside Theatre      Milwaukee, WI
12                           State Theater                               Minneapolis, MN
15                           Paramount Theatre                      Denver, CO
17                           The Complex-Rockwell                Salt Lake City, UT
19                           Vogue Theater                            Vancouver, BC
20                           Paramount Theatre                     Seattle, WA
22                           Fox Theater                                 Oakland, CA
23                          Grand Sierra Resort                     Reno, NV
25                           Soma                                           San Diego
26                           House of Blues                            Las Vegas, NV
27                           Rialto Theatre                              Tucson, AZ
March
1                             Orpheum Theatre                        Los Angeles, CA
19                           Peabody Opera House               St. Louis, MO
20                           Robinson Center Music Hall       Little Rock, AR
22                           Ryman Auditorium                      Nashville, TN
23                           Iron City                                      Birmingham, AL
25                           Hard Rock Live                           Orlando, FL
26                           Georgia Theatre                          Athens, GA
27                           The Fillmore                               Charlotte, NC
29                          DAR Constitution Hall               Washington DC
30                          The Electric Factory                   Philadelphia, PA
April
1                             The College of New Jersey        Ewing Township, NJ
3                             Beacon Theatre                          New York, NY
5 & 6                       House of Blues                           Boston, MA
8                             Danforth Music Hall                     Toronto, ON
9                             Univ. of Buffalo Center                Buffalo, NY

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