Parachute Adds June Headlining Shows to Summer Tour & Set To Perform on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno' on May 19th!
Carleen Donovan
Carleen at pressherepublicity.com
Thu May 5 14:13:23 CDT 2011
Parachute Adds June U.S. Headlining Shows to Summer Tour
Set To Perform Top 20 Hot AC Hit Single on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno May 19th
NEW Videos for Album Tracks "Kiss Me Slowly," co-written with Lady Antebellum, and "You and Me"
Sophomore album 'The Way It Was' out May 17th on Mercury Records
Parachute has added June U.S. headlining tour dates to their summer tour, which will kick off on June 4th with a very special show in their hometown of Charlottesville, VA. The band will then hit the road once again in July for a North American summer tour with the Goo Goo Dolls and Michelle Branch.
The band will perform their new radio hit "Something To Believe In" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on May 19th. Currently Top 20 on the Hot AC Chart and climbing, the song - called "a surefire hit" by Billboard - is the lead single from Parachute's forthcoming sophomore album The Way It Was, due out May 17th on Mercury Records and produced by John Fields (Switchfoot, the Goo Goo Dolls, P!nk).
Additionally, Parachute has released two new songs from The Way It Was exclusively on iTunes - "Kiss Me Slowly," co-written with Grammy winners Lady Antebellum, and the bright pop-rock track "You and Me," which AOL Music just called a "Bonnie-and-Clyde themed tune." The "Kiss Me Slowly" video can be seen here <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXqYw_II6Pc> . Check out the charming video for "You and Me" here <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQzFZPEs020> .
The band - magnetic frontman Will Anderson (guitars, piano, lead vocals), Kit French (saxophone, keyboards, vocals), Alex Hargrave (bass), Johnny Stubblefield (drums), and Nate McFarland (lead guitar, vocals) - are on tour now with Plain White T's, treating audiences to a preview of several new songs from The Way It Was, including "You and Me," "Halfway," "What I Know," and "White Dress."
The Way It Was is the follow-up to the band's 2009 debut album Losing Sleep (Mercury Records), which shot to #1 on the iTunes and Amazon digital albums charts and received praise from the likes of Billboard, People, Seventeen and Marie Claire. Since their debut, Parachute has performed on Good Morning America, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Early Show and their songs have been featured on MTV's The City and the CW's One Tree Hill, Vampire Diaries and 90210. In the live arena, the past two years have seen the band playing headlining shows and opening for the likes of Kelly Clarkson, The Script, Plain White Ts, O.A.R., 3 Doors Down and Secondhand Serenade.
Praise for Parachute and "Something To Believe In":
"A choir bolsters Will Anderson's urgent vocals on this romantic tune ['Something To Believe In']..." - USA Today
"...a surefire hit... 'Something to Believe In' could have Parachute poised for the stardom it deserves..." - Billboard
3 songs from The Way It Was Available on iTunes now!
"Something To Believe In <http://idj.to/e4T8d4> "
"Kiss Me Slowly <http://idj.to/iparachutekms> "
"You and Me <http://idj.to/iYouandMe> "
Parachute U.S. Tour Dates:
newly announced dates in bold
*supporting Plain White T's
^headlining show
# supporting Goo Goo Dolls and Michelle Branch
May 5th Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
May 6th Erie, PA @ Mercyhurst College*
May 7th El Paso, TX @ Grace Gardens - KSII Radio Show
May 8th Virginia Beach, VA @ Diesel Rock 'N' Country Bar*
May 10th Raleigh, NC @Lincoln Theatre
May 11th Charleston, SC @ Music Farm*
May 12th Jacksonville, FL @ Free Bird Café*
May 13th Orlando, FL @ Beacham Theatre*
May 14th Treasure Island, FL @ Treasure Island Yacht Club*
June 4th Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theatre ^
June 9th Little Rock, AR @ Rev Room/Stickyz ^
June 11th Columbia, MO @ Mojo's ^
June 12th Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews ^
June 13th Minneapolis, MN @ Cabooze ^
June 15th Grand Rapids, MI @ Intersection ^
June 17th Detroit, MI @ Fillmore Theatre - 93.9FM Riverfest 2011
June 18th Fort Wayne, IN @ Piere's ^
June 20th St Louis, MO @ Firebird ^
June 22nd Colorado Springs, CO @ Black Sheep ^
June 23rd Salt Lake City, UT @ Gallivan Center
June 24th Springdale, UT @ Tanner Amphitheatre ^
July 7th Muskegon, MI @ Heritage Landing #
July 8th Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest #
July 13th Cincinnati, OH @ PNC Pavilion at Riverbend #
July 15th Council Bluffs, IA @ Harrah's Council Bluffs #
July 16th Chicago, IL @ Charter One #
July 17th Rochester, MI @Meadowbrook #
July 19th Boston, MA @ Bank of America #
July 20th Walllingford, CT @ Oakdale Theatre #
July 22nd Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center #
July 24th Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater #
July 26th Vienna, VA @ The Filene Center #
July 27th Columbus, OH @ The LC Pavilion Outdoor Amphitheatre #
July 29th Darien Center, NY @ Darien Lake Performing Arts Center #
July 30th Bethel, NY @ Bethel Woods Center for the Arts #
July 31st Saratoga Springs, NY @ Saratoga Performing Arts Center #
August 2nd Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE #
August 3rd Portsmouth, VA @ nTelos Wireless Pavilion #
August 5th Pompano Beach, FL @ Pompano Beach Amphitheater #
August 7th Alpharetta, GA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park #
August 9th Charlotte, NC @ Uptown Amphitheatre #
August 10th Raleigh, NC @ Raleigh Amphitheatre #
August 12th Memphis, TN @ Live at the Garden #
August 17th Denver, CO @ 1st Bank #
August 18th Park City, UT @ Deer Valley Ski Resort #
August 20th Mammoth Lakes, CA @ Mammoth Mountain Ski Area #
August 21st Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Winery #
August 23rd Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater #
August 25th Reno, NV @ Grand Sierra Resort & Casino - Summit Pavilion #
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