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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";letter-spacing:.15pt">KICKING DAISIES Complete Master Class for VH1 Save the Music<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";letter-spacing:.15pt">Performing at the L.A. County Fair on September 17 with
<b>Victoria Justice<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";letter-spacing:.15pt">PLUS: Check Out Their Performance on SO RANDOM<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";letter-spacing:.15pt">Kicking Daisies
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";letter-spacing:.15pt">are non-stop this summer! After headlining at the Troubadour in LA and performing at NYC’s famed Hard Rock Café with Cody Simpson last month, the band will be performing
as part of <b>Radio Disney’s “Next Big Thing - On Tour” </b>at the <b>3<sup>rd</sup> Avenue Community Benefit Festival in NYC TOMORROW, September 10<sup>th</sup>
</b>and<b> </b>at<b> </b>the <b>L.A. County Fair </b>on <b>September 17<sup>th</sup>
</b>with <b>Victoria Justice. </b>They are performing in support of the recent release of their
<b><i>Keeping Secrets </i>EP</b>, out now exclusively via Walmart. Check out their performance of the EP’s title track from
<b>So Random </b>last weekend <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGwzf8sVvo&feature=youtu.be">HERE</a></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";letter-spacing:.15pt">Additionally,
<b>Kicking Daisies’ </b>phenomenal drummer, <b>Caitlin Kalafus</b>, participated in a Master Class for VH1 Save the Music this week. Check out her Master Class and a couple smash solos from one of the country’s fastest and youngest female drummers
<b><a href="http://wp.me/pN8km-6OY">HERE</a></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";letter-spacing:.15pt">Produced by two-time Grammy-winner
<b>Mike Mangini </b>(The Jonas Brothers, Joss Stone) and mixed by <b>David Bendeth</b> (Paramore, Taking Back Sunday, Vertical Horizon) and
<b>Howie Beno</b> (Little Jackie, We the Kings, Diane Birch), the <b><i>Keeping Secrets
</i>EP </b>is full of fresh, summer ready pop gems. From the soaring chorus of first single,
<b>“Breathing” </b>to the synth-heavy sing-along, <b>“Dangerous”</b>, their songs put a smile on your face and dare you not to dance.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";letter-spacing:.15pt">WATCH:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";letter-spacing:.15pt">-Acoustic performance of their single “Breathing”<b>
<a href="http://www.jsyk.com/2011/08/03/kicking-daisies-breathing-acoustic/">HERE</a><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";letter-spacing:.15pt">-Performance of “Keeping Secrets” on
<b>So Random</b> <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKGwzf8sVvo&feature=youtu.be">HERE</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:110%"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";letter-spacing:.05pt">Kicking Daisies
</span></i></b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;line-height:110%;font-family:"Cambria","serif";letter-spacing:.05pt">are a tour-de-force of talent made up of guitar prodigy
<b>Ben Spremulli</b>, charismatic frontman <b>Duran Visek</b>, one of America’s fastest drummers
<b>Caitlin Kalafus </b>and her sister <b>Carly Kalafus</b> rounding out the group as bassist and second lead vocalist. Check out their profile in the
<b>New York Times </b>for more details on the band <b><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/nyregion/27musicct.html">HERE</a></b>.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";letter-spacing:.15pt">Check in at
<a href="http://www.KickingDaisies.com">www.KickingDaisies.com</a> for additional dates and other updates!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";letter-spacing:.15pt">Announced Kicking Daisies Tour Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">September 10 New York, NY @ Radio Disney’s 3rd Avenue Community Benefit Festival (3<sup>rd</sup> Ave btwn 80<sup>th</sup> & 81<sup>st</sup>
Streets)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">September 17 Los Angeles, CA @ L.A. County Fair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">September 23 Ridgefield, CT @ The Ridgefield Theater</span><br>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";letter-spacing:.15pt">October 1 Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";letter-spacing:.15pt">October 2 Rockville Centre, NY @ Vibe Lounge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">For more on Kicking Daisies, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Press Here:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Jamie Sherman // Carleen Donovan<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="mailto:Jamie@pressherepublicity.com">Jamie@pressherepublicity.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">212-246-2640<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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