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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Announces Upcoming Tour Dates and Performance on
<i><u>The Tonight Show with Jay Leno</u></i> January 18th<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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a whirlwind 2011 that included a <b>#1 album on the iTunes Rock Chart</b>, national TV performances, a tour with the
<b>Goo Goo Dolls</b> and a <b>Top 15 smash hit</b> with “Something To Believe In,”
<b>Parachute</b> is kicking off the new year with a performance on <b><i>The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
</i></b>and a run of west coast live shows with <b>O.A.R</b>. Tune in to <b><i>Leno</i></b>
<b>January 18<sup>th</sup> </b>on <b>NBC </b>to catch <b>Parachute</b> performing their
<b>Top 20 hit “Kiss Me Slowly,”</b> an infectious song co-written with Grammy-winners
<b>Lady Antebellum</b>. After two headline shows in <b>Oklahoma City, OK</b>, and
<b>Albuquerque, NM</b>, Parachute hits west coast cities with <b>O.A.R</b>. from January 25 through February 3 and wraps up their winter dates with four additional headline shows in
<b>Kennewick, WA, Denver, CO, St. Louis, MO,</b> and <b>Winston-Salem, NC</b>. A full list of dates is below!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Parachute</span></b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">’s current album
<b><i>The Way It Was</i></b>, out now on Mercury Records, was produced by <b>John Fields</b>
<span style="color:black">(Goo Goo Dolls, Switchfoot, P!nk) and debuted in the <b>
Billboard Top 20</b>. </span> <span style="color:black">In addition to performances last year on
<b><i>The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Jimmy Kimmel Live</i></b> and <b><i>The ESPY Pre-Show on ESPN,
</i></b></span>the band had two incredible sold out headlining tours. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="http://www.weareparachute.com">www.weareparachute.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="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-family:"Cambria","serif"">Parachute Upcoming U.S. Tour Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">*with O.A.R.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">January 22<sup>nd</sup>
<span class="location">Oklahoma City, OK</span> @ <span class="venue">Diamond Ballroom
</span>(headline)<br>
<span class="notes">January 24<sup>th</sup> </span><span class="location">Albuquerque, NM</span> @ Launch Pad (headline)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">January 25<sup>th</sup> Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">January 26<sup>th</sup> Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues *<br>
January 27<sup>th</sup> West Hollywood, CA @ Foundation Room at House of Blues *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">January 28<sup>th</sup> San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">January 31<sup>st</sup> Spokane, WA @ The Knitting Factory Concert House *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">February 1<sup>st</sup> Eugene, OR @ McDonald Theater *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">February 2<sup>nd</sup> Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">February 3<sup>rd</sup> Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theater * <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">February 4th<span class="apple-tab-span"> </span>Kennewick, WA @ The Rock Reactor (headline)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">February 7th<span class="apple-tab-span">
</span>Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre (headline)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">February 9<sup>th</sup> St. Louis, MO @ Firebird (headline)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">February 25<sup>th</sup> Winston-Salem, NC @ Ziggy’s (headline)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">For more information on<b> Parachute</b>, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Press Here<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">212-246-2640<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Carleen Donovan /
<a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=4dd92d6d0da842a49dac1f4a5df3bc63&URL=mailto%3acarleen%40pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank">
carleen@pressherepublicity.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.25pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Carla Senft /
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Mercury Records<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6.25pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Lauren Schneider /
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:purple">Carla Senft</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium","sans-serif";color:purple">New York, New York 10001</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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