<html><head><base href="x-msg://2/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 2.45pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Laura Marling Returning Stateside To Support Andrew Bird<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 2.45pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">April 2012</font></span></b><b></b></div></div></div></span></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 2.45pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 16pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 2.45pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img width="263" height="175" id="_x0000_i1025" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCB4CB.E4803530"></span></b><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 10.5pt; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Laura Marling</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>is currently on her second sold out North American tour of 2011, a series of intimate solo dates and some of the seasons’ most exciting holiday parties.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Marling</b>is now pleased to announce that she will be returning stateside in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>April</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>2012<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>to lend support to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Andrew Bird</b>, full list of tour dates are below.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Her third album<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b><i>A Creature I Don’t Know</i></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>was released on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Ribbon Music</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>in the fall and has garnered the most enthusiastic reviews of her career. 10 original compositions of intricate and captivating story-telling, buoyed by Marling’s rich voice, evocative lyrics and the precise, confident instrumentation on every track.<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Laura Marling will be making her<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><u>second</u><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>appearance on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Last Call With Carson Daly<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>on<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>December 22<sup>nd</sup></b>.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Check out this rousing version of “I Was Just A Card” recorded for UK program,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Live From Abbey Road</font><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSkxLY3IJ3M" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">HERE</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">Laura Marling<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></u></b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">on tour (new dates in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>bold</b>)<b>:<o:p></o:p></b></span></u></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">12/7 Toronto, ON@ Camera Bar<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">12/9 Philadelphia, PA @ Grindcore House ^<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">12/11 New York, NY @The McKittrick Hotel ^<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">4/9 Seattle, WA @Paramount Theatre*<br>4/10 Vancouver, BC @ The Vogue *<br>4/11 Portland, OR @Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall *<br>4/13 Oakland, CA @Fox Theater *<br>4/18 Mesa, AZ @Ikeda Theater at Mesa Arts Center*<br>4/19 Santa Fe, NM @Lensic Performing Arts Center *<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">4/20 Tuscon, AZ @ Rialto Theatre*</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">^There will be two performances<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">* w/ Andrew Bird<o:p></o:p></font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Praise for Laura Marling’s Live Show:<o:p></o:p></font></span></u></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">"</span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">We are spellbound, pulled in by invisible strings'<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>- The NME</b></span></i></span><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></i></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">“…she had come armed with something more vital, a passel of well-crafted songs and a dusky, supple voice with which to sing them… you had a night that confirmed just why Marling has been building major buzz in her native United Kingdom since she was a teenager.”</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>– Boston Globe<o:p></o:p></b></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></i></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="apple-style-span"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">"Marling is a formidable songwriter who is only getting better; and the acuity of her observations is matched by the precision of her performance... Marling makes you feel as though, in line with the songs' narratives, you are completely alone."</span></i></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>The Guardian</b></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">“…Marling's smoky voice reverberated across the pews and soared upward toward the dome of the sanctuary…It was a show that worked on all emotional levels, full of rage and gorgeous, tear-jerking music, but also a refreshing sense of lightness…she expertly left the crowd begging for more.”</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>– NPR</b></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></i></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; ">"Live, her hauntingly still stage presence enraptures...She continues to be both inspired and inspiring."</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Time Out London</b><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">“…<i>a stirring solo set....her sprightly guitar work sounded wonderful all evening…</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Marling's gentle vocals and muted guitar soared through the stone silent room</i>…<i>leaving all of us satisfied and stunned, but still wanting more</i>.”</font><b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>– Minneapolis City Pages</font><o:p></o:p></b></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><b><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Georgia, serif; "><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://www.ribbonmusic.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.ribbonmusic.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.lauramarling.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.lauramarling.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">More information contact: Chloe Walsh or Perri Cohen at Press Here – 212 246 2640<o:p></o:p></font></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center; "><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 10pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Chloe(at)</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000ff"><u><a href="http://PressHerePublicity.com">PressHerePublicity.com</a></u></font> <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><a href="http://PressHerePublicity.com//">//</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Perri(at)</font><a href="http://PressHerePublicity.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">PressHerePublicity.com</a></span></b><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; "><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; 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