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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">NEON TREES
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">RELEASE NEW SINGLE “EVERYBODY TALKS” TO ALTERNATIVE RADIO TODAY<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">FOR SALE DECEMBER 20<sup>th</sup> AT ALL DIGITAL RETAILERS – FROM NEW ALBUM DUE IN 2012!
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black">WRAPS UP BANNER YEAR AFTER RIAA DOUBLE PLATINUM #1 ALTERNATIVE HIT “ANIMAL,” AND #1 HEATSEEKERS DEBUT ALBUM, HABITS<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="color:black">Major tours in 2011 – with My Chemical Romance on their
<i>World Contamination Tour</i>, and with Duran Duran on their <i>All You Need Is Now</i> stadium tour</span></u></b><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <b>(Dec. 7, 2011 – New York, NY)</b> A banner year wraps up for Mercury Records group
<b>Neon Trees</b>, as they follow the success of their debut album <b><i><u>HABITS</u></i></b> – featuring their RIAA double platinum #1 Alternative debut single
<b>“Animal”</b> – with the announcement of a new album upcoming in 2012, and the release of a new advance single
<b>“Everybody Talks.”</b> The track blasts out to Alternative radio today, December 7<sup>th</sup>, and can be heard online thanks to RollingStone.com. Click
<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neon-trees-song-premiere-everybody-talks-20111207">
HERE</a> to listen to the track. Additionally, <b>“Everybody Talks”</b> will be for sale at all digital retailers on December 20<sup>th</sup>. This marks Neon Trees’ first project with producer
<b>Justin Meldal-Johnsen</b> (who has worked previously with Beck, Garbage, Nine Inch Nails, and M83).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <b>Neon Trees</b> was <i>
<u>the</u></i> alternative success story of 2010 and 2011, as <b>“Animal”</b> hit #1 Alternative
<u>and</u> #1 Hot AC and top 10 Pop, netting worldwide digital sales of more than 2 million copies.
<b>“Animal”</b> beat out <b>Mumford & Sons</b>, <b>Florence + The Machine</b>, and
<b>Linkin Park</b> as Top Alternative Song at the 2011 <u>Billboard</u> <i>Music Awards</i>, and had the distinction of being covered by both Taylor Swift and Train, as well as
<i>Glee</i>’s ‘Dalton Academy Warblers.’ The song was <i>everywhere</i>, and won Neon Trees A-list roadwork status with
<b>My Chemical Romance</b> on their <i>World Contamination Tour</i>; and <b>Duran Duran
</b>on their <i>All You Need Is Now</i> stadium tour. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> After being named Best New Band of 2010 by the influential website absolutepunk.net,
<b>Neon Trees</b> made a clean sweep of major daily television shows over the next year – NBC’s
<i>The Tonight Show</i> with Jay Leno (3 times!) and <i>Late Night</i> with Jimmy Fallon; CBS’s
<i>The Late Show</i> with David Letterman; ABC’s <i>Jimmy Kimmel Live</i> and <i>
Live with Regis & Kelly</i>; and TBS’s <i>Conan </i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <b>“Animal”</b> was followed up with two more single releases from
<b><i><u>HABITS</u></i></b>, <b>“Your Surrender”</b> and <b>“1983.”</b> The two songs were later featured in the movie soundtrack for
<b><i>Prom</i></b>, from Walt Disney Pictures (portraying “the precarious passage from high school to indepen­dence as some relationships unravel and others ignite”).
<b>Neon Trees</b> shot the video in Los Angeles for <b>“Your Surrender”</b> with the emerging ensemble cast of the movie.
<b>“Your Surrender”</b> was utilized in all the tv spots for <b><i>Prom</i></b>; while
<b>“1983”</b> was used in all the trailers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> Neon Trees bandmates <b>
Tyler Glenn</b> and <b>Elaine Bradley</b> also had a memorable session back in November 2010 on
<i>Live from Daryl’s House</i>, the free monthly webcast show. They joined host Daryl Hall for a six-song set that included “Adult Education” and “Head Above Water,” from the classic Hall & Oates album,
<i><u>Private Eyes</u></i>. Daryl and the band also performed four songs from <b>
<i><u>HABITS</u></i></b>, including “Animal,” “1983,” “Love and Affection,” and “Farther Down.” The complete show is archived at
</span><a href="http://www.livefromdarylshouse.com/archive.html"><span style="color:black">http://www.livefromdarylshouse.com/archive.html</span></a><span style="color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> It will be nearly two years since the March 2010 release of
<b><i><u>HABITS</u></i></b>, which went on to reach #1 on the <u>Billboard</u> Heatseekers chart, where it spent 73 weeks.
<b>Neon Trees</b> – <b>Tyler Glenn</b> (lead vocals, keyboards), <b>Chris Allen</b> (guitars),
<b>Branden Campbell</b> (bass), and <b>Elaine Bradley</b> (drums, vocals) – were featured on
<u>USA Today</u>’s influential “On The Verge” page (<i>“Maximum Wattage Beamed Out Of Provo, Utah”</i>). They were also named Artist Of The Week at RollingStone.com, which raved: “<b><i><u>HABITS</u></i></b> is filled with Eighties pop meshed with bombastic
alt-rock choruses – like the Killers playing backup for Duran Duran. <b>‘Your Surrender’</b> is a U2-style sing-along,
<b>‘1983’</b> is a bratty dose of keyboard-driven pop punk and Hot 100 single <b>
‘Animal’</b> is an irresistibly catchy lovesick dance tune.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For more information go to </span>
<a href="http://www.FameIsDead.com"><span style="color:black">www.FameIsDead.com</span></a><span style="color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u>For more on Neon Trees, please contact:</u></b><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">Lauren Schneider<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="mailto:Lauren.Schneider@umusic.com">Lauren.Schneider@umusic.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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