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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><img width="243" height="53" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image006.jpg@01CE91D9.B4D60A20" alt="Ryan Star Logo"></span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Premieres “Impossible” Video on Fuse.tv<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Newsday Debuts New Song “Bullet”
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Animals</span></u></i></b><b><u><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> EP Out Today on iTunes<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">NYC EP Release Shows August 6-9<sup>th</sup>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">(Photo Credit: Meredith Truax)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“[‘Impossible’ is] one of the standouts from the new set...” –
<b><i>Billboard.com</i></b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“[‘Bullet’ is] best song of his career so far, as well as one of the best songs of the year…Star stretches more than ever before, creating a stunning anthem with its epic scope, while keeping the raw, emotionally
direct storytelling…” - <b><i>Newsday</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“…</span></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">he channels an immediately palpable spirit over
the course of the collection's five songs. Nodding to everybody from Pearl Jam to Peter Gabriel, it's a heartfelt, honest, and hypnotic offering. It shows the real Ryan Star, and that's a wonderful thing.” –
<b><i>ArtistDirect.com<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“…raw and unburdened…<b><i> - SheKnows.com<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Today brings the release of acclaimed rock artist<b> Ryan Star’s
<i>Animals </i>EP. </b>The video for the lead single<b> “Impossible”</b> just premiered on
<b>Fuse.tv</b>. </span><a href="http://www.fuse.tv/videos/2013/07/ryan-star-impossible-video-premiere"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">PRESS HERE</span></a><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> to watch the video, which captures a turbulent</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">
relationship and depicts the battle between light and dark inside all of us. It was directed by
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">DONALD/ZAEH.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">
</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">The song, inspired by the quote “humans are a hybrid between angels and animals,” recently premiered on
<b><i>Billboard.com</i></b>. </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<h3><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";font-style:normal">Two other songs off of R. Star’s EP made their way to our ears recently –
<b>Newsday</b> showed Long Island-native Ryan some love when they premiered the indie gem
<b>“Bullet,” </b>which begins as a<b> </b>stripped-down slow-burn before <span class="vkans">
crescendoing into a powerful ending </span>– </span><a href="http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/backstage-pass-1.811987/hear-the-new-ryan-star-song-bullet-exclusive-1.5818694"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";font-style:normal">PRESS
HERE</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";font-style:normal"> to check it out. The moody, coming-of-age track
<b>“F*ck’n Up” </b>premiered on <b>ArtistDirect.com</b> - </span><a href="http://www.artistdirect.com/entertainment-news/article/ryan-star-teams-up-with-artistdirect-com-to-debut-f-ck-n-up-song/10662779"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";font-style:normal">PRESS
HERE</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";font-style:normal"> to listen.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">After taking the music world by storm during the last three years and signing to Island Def Jam in 2012, Ryan is reclaiming his art and choosing to self-release his new EP,
which he executive produced. Recorded entirely analog with his touring band, many times in just one take,
<i>Animals</i> is an intimate EP with a cinematic flare and boasts the kind of understated yet moving power that only R. Star can deliver.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Ryan has had his music featured prominently in more than 50 films and TV shows, including
<b><i>P.S. I Love You</i></b>, <b><i>The Vampire Diaries</i></b> and the opening theme song to
<b><i>Lie To Me</i></b>. Given his live prowess, he's been tapped to open for many of today’s chart-topping artists and has even shared the stage with childhood idol and friend
<b>Steven Van Zandt.</b> His 2010 full-length major label debut, <b><i>11:59</i></b>, landed at
<b>#10 on <i>Billboard</i>'s Rock Albums Chart</b> and <b>#4 on the Tastemakers Chart</b>. Then, his 2012 hit
<b>"Stay Awhile"</b> lit up airwaves and quickly amassed over <b>2 million YouTube views,
</b>earning him a performance on<b> <i>The Tonight Show with Jay Leno</i>. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Ryan, who is known for his raw and electric shows, will perform special EP release shows in
<b>New York City </b>this week<b> August 6 at Joe’s Pub</b>, <b>August 7 at Rockwood Music Hall</b>,
<b>August 8 at Piano’s</b> and <b>August 9 at Mercury Lounge</b>. He is revisiting the stages where it all began for him with up-close-and-personal shows. Be sure to catch him live!</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Ryan Star NYC EP Release Shows:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">8/6 | Joe’s Pub<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">8/7 | Rockwood Music Hall<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">8/8 | Pianos<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">8/9 | Mercury Lounge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.rstar.net"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">www.rstar.net</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> /
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