Los Angeles, CA (13 June 2012) – EVANS BLUE announced today the full schedule of dates on their summer GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES 2012 TOUR. The tour kicks off July 6th at The Machine Shop in Flint, Michigan, where the band will also film a live video for the song “Halo.”
Drummer Dusty Saxton will be joining Dan, Parker, V and Pitter on tour. Saxton is from Austin, Texas and has played with a multitude of different bands across multiple genres including Alpha Rev, Brandon Rhyder, and Ember.
State Your Cause (www.facebook.com/stateyourcause) will support the entire run with the exception of July 29th. Bobaflex (www.theofficialbobaflex.com) will be joining the line up for the GA and FL dates while 7th Cycle www.facebook.com/7thcyclemusic will be a part of the shows July 6th – 15th.
July 6th
The Machine Shop
Flint, MI (Banana 101.5 WBBN Presents)
July 7th
The Intersection
Grand Rapids, MI (97.9 WGRD Presents)
July 8th
Frankies Inner City
Toledo, OH
July 11th
The Blind Pig
Ann Arbor, MI (89X Presents)
July 13th
Alrosa Villa
Columbus, OH
July 14th
McGuffy’s HOR
Dayton, OH (103.9 The X Presents)
July 15th
Altar Bar
Pittsburgh, PA
July 17th
Higher Ground
S. Burlington, VT
July 18th
Port City Music Hall
Portland, ME
July 19th
The Chance
Poughkeepsie, NY
July 20th
The Rock Juntion
Coventry, RI
July 21st
Mill St Brews
W. Greenwich, RI
July 22nd
Wally’s Pub
Hampton Beach, NH
July 24th
Baltimore, MD
The Recher Theatre
July 25th
The Studio @ Webster
NYC, NY
July 26th
Ollie’s Point
Amityville, NY
July 27th
The Note
West Chester, PA
July 28th
NY State Fair Infield
Syracuse, NY (WKRL 17th Annual K-ROCKATHON)
July 31st
Capones
Johnson City, TN
August 1st
120 Tavern & Music Hall
Marietta, GA
August 2nd
Jack Rabbits
Jacksonville, FL
August 3rd
57 West
Orlando, FL
August 4th
The State Theatre
St Petersburg, FL
August 7th The Varsity Theatre
Baton Rouge, LA
August 8th
Southport Music Hall
Jefferson, LA
August 9th
Cambridge @ HOB
Dallas, TX
August 10th
Emo’s
Austin, TX
August 11th
House of Blues
Houston, TX
August 14th
George’s Majestic
Fayetteville, AR
August 15th
Newby’s
Memphis, TN
August 16th
TBD
Nashville, TN or Joplin, MO
August 17th
Pop’s
Sauget, IL (KPNT Presents)
Evans Blue’s 4th album Graveyard Of Empires, was released on April 17th via Sounds+Sights. The first singles are “This Time It’s Different” and “Halo”. Both can be heard on radio now!
The entire album can be streamed here: www.soundcloud.com/soundsandsights.
ABOUT/ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Evans Blue debuted at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart in 2006 with The Melody and the Energetic Nature of Volume, which spawned the Top 5 single “Cold (But I’m Still Here).” They were nominated for a 2006 Juno Award for Best New Group. Their second album, THE PURSUIT BEGINS WHEN THIS portrayal OF LIFE ENDS, was released in July 2007 and debuted at #44* on the Billboard Top 200. Album 3, the self-titled evans|blue, was released independently in June 2009, and “Erase My Scars” went to #23* on the Billboard rock charts in 2010. Evans Blue has sold 1 million units worldwide.
For more information, check out the Evans Blue website: www.evansblue.com
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