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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:24.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">K.FLAY Announces Spring Headlining Tour</span></b><i><span style="font-size:24.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:22.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Plus SXSW, Bonnaroo and Governors Ball performances!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><img width="367" height="244" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CCF558.29302510" alt="K Flay_general2_Jason Barbagelott HR"></span><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Photo credit: Jason Barbagelott<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“A fascinating, complicated rhyme maven: anxious yet strong willed, simultaneously listless and driven, brilliantly
literate but not too highfalutin to salute her favorite TV shows.” – <b>Dazed & Confused</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“So onstage, she brings her lab with her, constructing beats live with some bone-shaking backing from her powerhouse
drummer. Her new EP showcases her skill for deceptively simple production along with her incredibly quick tongue.” –
<b>SPIN.com <o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“She's become one of hip-hop's most intriguing new talents”
<b>– LA Weekly<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-left:1.0in;text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“A Bay Area indie-rap heat seeker with an irresistible online presence – check out her Book Reports, where she dishes
unpretentiously on recent highbrow reads – brings her spunky, self-deprecating rhymes chez Andrew W.K.” –
<b>Time Out New York<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Genre-defying rapper/singer/songwriter
<b>K.Flay </b>has a full Spring season ahead of her with performances at <b>SXSW, Bonnaroo, NYC’s Governors Ball
</b>and a headlining tour through March and April. She is touring in support of her brand new EP,
<b><i>Eyes Shut</i></b>, which <a href="http://www.spin.com/articles/first-spin-download-k-flays-eyes-shut-ep-watch-her-tangle-puppets">
premiered</a> at <i>SPIN.com </i>and is available for free download via <a href="http://www.KFlay.com">
www.KFlay.com</a>. At <b>SXSW </b>you can catch <b>K.Flay </b>at <b>Antone’s on March 14 (8:00 PM) for the Pandora Party
</b>alongside Big KRIT and Theophilus London, and at the <b>Red Eyed Fly on March 16 (2:15 PM) for the Noise Pop Party.
</b>After SXSW <b>K.Flay</b> will be taking her show on a headlining run across the West coast hitting LA, San Francisco, Boise’s Treefort Festival, Portland and Seattle along the way before taking the stage at
<b>Bonnaroo </b>and <b>Governors Ball </b>in June. <b>Full list of dates is below!<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">In the months surrounding the much anticipated release of
<b><i>Eyes Shut, </i>K.Flay </b>completed run of dates with <b>Theophilus London</b>, made her national television debut on
<b><i>Last Call with Carson Daly </i></b>(watch <a href="http://www.nbc.com/last-call-with-carson-daly/video/k-flay/1386778">
HERE</a>), and garnered praise from the likes of <i>Billboard, SPIN.com, </i>and the
<i>New York Times</i>, who called her “more skilled and perhaps more interesting” than her peers (read
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/25/arts/music/white-female-rappers-challenging-hip-hops-masculine-ideal.html?pagewanted=all">
HERE</a>). There is no question that <b>K.Flay </b>has solidified her status as one of the most exciting new acts of 2012.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">WATCH:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">K.Flay’s
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Spotlight segment on
<b><i>Last Call with Carson Daly </i><a href="http://www.nbc.com/last-call-with-carson-daly/video/k-flay/1386778">HERE</a><o:p></o:p></b></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Official video for
<b>“We Hate Everyone” </b>at <b><i>SPIN.com </i><a href="http://www.spin.com/articles/first-spin-download-k-flays-eyes-shut-ep-watch-her-tangle-puppets">HERE</a><o:p></o:p></b></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">LISTEN:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“Sunburn”
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">premiere at Consequence of Sound
<b><a href="http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/01/check-out-k-flay-sunburn-cos-premiere/">HERE</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Official Remix of Beastie Boys’ “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win”</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">
(featuring Santigold) <b><a href="http://www.kflay.com/site/blog/official-beastie-boys-remix">HERE</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l2 level1 lfo3"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“Lost in the Sun”
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">with Grieves & Budo
<b><a href="http://potholesinmyblog.com/grieves-budo-k-flay-lost-in-the-sun-potholes-premiere/">HERE</a></b><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">K.Flay 2012 Tour Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 14 Austin, TX @ SXSW - Antone's @ 8pm (Pandora Party w/ Big KRIT, Theophilus London)
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 15 Austin, TX @ SXSW<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 16 Austin, TX @ SXSW - Red Eyed Fly 2:15pm (Noise Pop Party)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 17 Austin, TX @ SXSW<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 23 Boise, ID @ Treefort Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">March 24 Reno, NV @ Cargo
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">April 5 San Francisco, CA @ PopScene @ Rickshaw Stop
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">April 6 Sacramento, CA @ Luigi’s Fun Garden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">April 7 Los Angeles, CA @ Paid Dues Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">April 9 Las Vegas, NV @ The Royal House
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">April 10 Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">April 13 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">April 15 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">April 16 Missoula, MT @ Top Hat<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">April 18 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">April 20 Vancouver, BC @ Media Club<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">April 22 Seattle, WA @ Crocodile<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">June 7-10 Nashville, TN @ Bonnaroo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">June 23 New York, NY @ Governors Ball<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="http://www.kflay.com">www.kflay.com</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="http://www.youtube.com/kflay">www.youtube.com/kflay</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="http://www.facebook.com/kflaymusic">www.facebook.com/kflaymusic</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="http://www.twitter.com/kflay">www.twitter.com/kflay</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">For more information on K.FLAY contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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