Parachute @ The GRAMMY Museum May 18th - Backstage Pass

[Carla Senft]

***Media Alert***Media Alert***Media Alert*** Media Alert***

 

Please join us for BACKSTAGE PASS: PARACHUTE

Music &  Conversation with Mercury Records artists Parachute and
producer John Fields

 

May 18th @ The GRAMMY Museum - 11am PST

 

 

 Who: PARACHUTE, whose single "Something To Believe In" is currently Top
20 at Hot AC!

 

What: In Los Angeles to perform on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,
Parachute will offer a unique look into the making of their album during
"Backstage Pass" just one day after the release of their sophomore album
The Way It Was (Mercury Records). Children from local schools will
attend the conversation between Parachute and the album's producer John
Fields (Goo Goo Dolls, P!nk, Switchfoot), moderated by Red Light
Management executive Bruce Flohr. Along with a peak behind the music,
Parachute will intertwine select acoustic songs from The Way It Was
throughout the hour-long event.

 

Where: The GRAMMY Museum

800 W Olympic Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90015

 

When: May 18th / 11am-Noon PST

 

RSVP: Carleen Donovan - carleen at pressherepublicity.com 

             Carla Senft - carla at pressherepublicity.com 

 

 

 

About Parachute:

Charlottesville five-piece Parachute will release their sophomore album
The Way It Was on May 17th and perform their new Top 20 Hot AC radio hit
"Something To Believe In" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 19th.
The band will be headlining June U.S. tour dates before hitting the road
in July for a North American summer tour with the Goo Goo Dolls and
Michelle Branch. The Way It Was is the follow-up to the band's 2009
debut album Losing Sleep (Mercury Records), which shot to #1 on the
iTunes and Amazon digital albums charts and received praise from the
likes of Billboard, People, Seventeen and Marie Claire. Since their
debut, Parachute has performed on Good Morning America, Jimmy Kimmel
Live! and The Early Show and their songs have been featured on MTV's The
City and the CW's One Tree Hill, Vampire Diaries and 90210. In the live
arena, the past two years have seen the band playing headlining shows
and opening for the likes of Kelly Clarkson, The Script, Plain White Ts,
O.A.R., 3 Doors Down and Secondhand Serenade.

 

Praise for Parachute and "Something To Believe In":

"A choir bolsters Will Anderson's urgent vocals on this romantic tune
['Something To Believe In']..." - USA Today 

"...a surefire hit... 'Something to Believe In' could have Parachute
poised for the stardom it deserves..." - Billboard

 

About The GRAMMY Museum:

Paying tribute to music's rich cultural history, this one-of-a-kind,
21st-century Museum explores and celebrates the enduring legacies of all
forms of music, the creative process, the art and technology of the
recording process, and the history of the premier recognition of
excellence in recorded music - the GRAMMY Award. The GRAMMY Museum
features 30,000 square feet of interactive and multimedia exhibits
located within L.A. LIVE, the downtown Los Angeles sports, entertainment
and residential district. Through thought-provoking and dynamic public
and educational programs and exhibits, guests will experience music from
a never-before-seen insider perspective that only The GRAMMY Museum can
deliver.

 

Grammy Museum Media Contact:

Andie Cox

213-763-2133 / acox at grammymuseum.org

 

Carla Senft

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