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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:115%">CAGE THE ELEPHANT Announce May 2014 North American Tour<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%">Includes Coachella and Firefly Festivals<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:14.0pt;line-height:115%">Third Album,
<i>Melophobia</i> Out Now (RCA) <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img width="337" height="337" id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CF168F.A4A33ED0"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Cage the Elephant </b>will embark on an extensive North American tour this Spring, kicking off at
<b>Coachella</b> on <b>April 12<sup>th</sup></b>, and wrapping in <b>Oakland, CA</b> on May 20<sup>th</sup>. The tour includes a mix of headlining shows with J Roddy Walston & The Business as support, and co-headlining dates with Foals. The band is supporting
the release of their critically acclaimed third album <b><i>Melophobia</i></b>, which was released on
<b>October 8<sup>th</sup>, 2013</b> via <b>RCA Records</b>. The triumphant album picks up where the Kentucky boys left off on their 2<sup>nd</sup> LP
<i>Thank You Happy Birthday -</i>which debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200<i>-</i> with a committed songwriting vision equal parts punk and psychedelic. The first single from the album,
<b>“Come A Little Closer”</b> soared onto the <b>Billboard Hot 100 </b>upon its release, and has held its place as the
<b>#1 Alternative Song </b>for the last<b> 10 weeks</b>. This is the longest standing number 1 on the Alternative Chart the band has achieved to date<span style="color:#1F497D">.</span>
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q4Q5tPeJ8A"><b>PRESS HERE</b></a> to watch the band perform “Come A Little Closer” on
<b><i>Late Show with David Letterman</i></b>, and check out the music video for the track
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVYup3Qwh8Q"><b>HERE</b></a><b>.</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cage the Elephant is Matt Shultz (vocals), Brad Shultz (guitar), Daniel Tichenor (Bass) and Jared Champion (drums). For more information on the tour and to purchase tickets, visit
<a href="http://www.cagetheelephant.com/tour/">www.cagetheelephant.com/tour/</a>.
<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u>Praise for <i>
Melophobia</i>:<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“<i>Melophobia </i>
may mean ‘fear of music,’ but there’s nothing to be afraid of: Its glorious chaos makes for thrilling listening.” –
<b><i>USA Today<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“The album fortifies its scrappy riffs with more lavish textures, drawing upon instruments that wouldn’t sound out of place on a Tom Waits record.” –
<b><i>Consequence of Sound<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“Songwriting smarts and sophisticated arrangement cement Cage The Elephant’s status as one of tday’s most relevant pop-smiths.” –
<b><i>Drum! Magazine<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“<i>Melophobia</i> is a glitter-flecked triumph of banging power pop. Propulsive choruses, a musical cacophony that whirls and a melodic sense that secedes nothing to the rhythms, the scrappy quintet’s
third album is a focused, frenzied affair.” - <b><i>Paste<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“<i>Melophobia</i> is all gooes sonority, one fuzzy pop nuggest bumping against the other like bubbles in a screen saver.” –
<b><i>Electronic Musician<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">“sexy shimmy and seductive pshychedelia” -
<b><i>People</i><o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Spring 2014 Tour Dates:<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">April 12 | Indio, California | Coachella | Sold Out</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">April 14 | San Diego, California | Belly Up </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">April 18 | Ventura, California | Ventura Theater </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">April 19 | Indio, California | Coachella | Sold Out</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">April 21 | Tucson, Arizona | Rialto Theatre ^</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">April 22 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | Sunshine Theatre ^</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">April 24 | San Antonio, Texas | White Rabbit ^</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">April 25 | Houston, Texas | House of Blues ^</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">May 2 | Raleigh, North Carolina | Red Hat Amphitheater | Free Admission % ^</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">May 4 | Boston, Massachusetts | Orpheum Theatre % ^</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">May 6 | New York, New York | Terminal 5 * ^</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">May 9 | Atlanta, Georgia | Shaky Knees Festival | Get Tickets</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">May 10 | Richmond, Virginia | The National | Get Tickets % ^</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">May 13 | Toronto, Ontario | Kool Haus * ^</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">May 14 | Chicago, Illinois | Aargon Ballroom % ^</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">May 15 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Myth Live % ^</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">May 17 | Denver, Colorado | Ogden Theatre % ^</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">May 18 | Salt Lake City, Utah | The Complex % ^</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">May 20 | Oakland, California | Fox Theater * ^</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">% indicates with Foals {</span><a href="http://www.foals.co.uk/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://www.foals.co.uk/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">}</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">* indicates Foals is headlining</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">^ indicates with J Roddy Walston & The Business {</span><a href="http://jroddywalstonandthebusiness.com/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://jroddywalstonandthebusiness.com/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">}</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Tickets available Friday, January 24th, except where noted. Stay tuned for ticket links. To view all tour dates, please click here {</span><a href="http://cagetheelephant.com/tour/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">http://cagetheelephant.com/tour/</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">}.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">For high res publicity photos, cover art and more visit
</span><a href="http://www.rcarecordspress.com"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">www.rcarecordspress.com</span></a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">.
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>For More on Cage the Elephant, Contact:<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>PRESS HERE<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>Gina Schulman//Stephanie Williams<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>Sarah Weinstein Dennison
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>RCA Records Publicity<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="mailto:Sarah.Weinstein@rcarecords.com"><i>Sarah.Weinstein@rcarecords.com</i></a><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>212-833-5593<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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