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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:red">**MEDIA ALERT**<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt">MAYER HAWHORNE WILL HOST THE INAUGURAL LIVE TWITTER CHAT AND LISTENING PARTY ON
<i>NPR’S FIRST LISTEN</i> AT <u>3PM EST/12PM PST</u>.<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>FANS CAN LISTEN TO HIS NEW ALBUM, <i>WHERE DOES THIS DOOR GO</i>, <a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/07/03/198451531/first-listen-mayer-hawthorne-where-does-this-door-go">HERE</a> AND TWEET MAYER WITH HASHTAG
<u>#NPRHAWTHORNE</u> TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CHAT.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">"Hawthorne has long been a student of the music that precedes him, with skills as a composer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist that take him well beyond mimicry. Along the way, Hawthorne has carved
out a contemporary niche for himself as a musician with a gift for fusing past and present sounds in ways that render them indistinguishable from each other."-
<b><i>NPR</i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Mayer Hawthorne</b> is the <b>first</b> artist to host a live twitter chat during the week long
<i>NPR First Listen</i> streaming program. His third album, <b><i>Where Does This Door Go</i></b><span style="color:#1F497D">,</span> will be released on July 16<sup>th</sup> via Republic Records. To celebrate, Mayer will play two special shows in New York
City at the <b>Bowery Ballroom on July 15th</b> and Los Angeles at the <b>Troubadour on July 17th</b>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWkjcq_N2YQ" target="_blank"><b>PRESS HERE</b></a> to watch the music video for the first single off the album, “Her Favorite Song.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">**<b><u>SET YOUR DVR’s</u></b> to <i>Today</i> on July 15<sup>th</sup>,
<i>Late Night with Jimmy Fallon</i> on July 16<sup>th</sup> and <i>Jimmy Kimmel Live</i> on August 7<sup>th</sup> for a performance by Mayer Hawthorne.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For tour information, and to purchase tickets, visit:
<a href="http://www.mayerhawthorne.com/events/" target="_blank">http://www.mayerhawthorne.com/events/</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Pre-Order <i>Where Does This Door Go:</i></span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Amazon: <a href="http://smarturl.it/MayerWDTDGAMZSP" target="_blank">HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">iTunes: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/where-does-this-door-go/id659595020" target="_blank">HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">ITunes Deluxe Edition: <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/where-does-this-door-go-deluxe/id659601749" target="_blank">HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">D2C Bundles: <a href="http://www.myplaydirect.com/mayer-hawthorne" target="_blank">HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black">For more on Mayer Hawthorne, please contact:</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black">PRESS HERE</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black">Linda Carbone//Gina Schulman//Stephanie Williams</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:linda@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank"><i>linda@pressherepublicity.com</i></a> // <a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank"><i>gina@pressherepublicity.com</i></a><i> // </i><a href="mailto:stephanie@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank"><i>stephanie@pressherepublicity.com</i></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black">Republic</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black">Kimberly Harris</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/OWA/redir.aspx?C=8a065a6862d84558a024fb04ff0c0616&URL=mailto%3aKimberly.harris%40umusic.com" target="_blank"><i>Kimberly.harris@umusic.com</i></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black">212-373-0701</span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#C00000">PRESS HERE </span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">(Los Angeles)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">8105 West Third St.,<b><span style="color:#C00000"> </span></b>Los Angeles, CA 90048<b><span style="color:#C00000"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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