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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%">Announce Select Run of Fall West Coast Tour Dates
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>July 14<sup>th</sup>, 2014--</i><span style="color:black">Following a full summer of worldwide festivals and select shows supporting
<b>Jack White</b>, <b>The Black Keys</b> and <b>Arctic Monkeys</b>, <b>The Kills</b> will return to North America for a West Coast run this Fall. With headlining shows in <b>Seattle</b>, <b>Portland</b> and <b>San Francisco</b></span>, <span style="color:black">the
band will also join <b>Queens of the Stone Age</b> for a performance in <b>Los Angeles</b>. See full routing below and
<b><a href="http://www.thekills.tv/">PRESS HERE<span style="font-weight:normal"> </span></a></b>for more information. Tickets for their headlining shows will go on
</span>sale on <b>Friday, July 18</b><b><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%">h</span></sup></b><span style="color:black">.</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Jamie and Alison will play a short set at
<b>The Open Road Aperture Foundation Benefit Party</b>, <b>Oct. 21</b> at <b>Terminal 5</b> in
<b>New York</b>, an evening of art and entertainment in tribute to photographer and film maker Robert Frank, which also features performances by Billy Bragg, Alec Soth and Joe Purdy.<b>
<a href="http://www.aperture.org/benefit">PRESS HERE</a></b> for more information and to purchase tickets.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Kills most recent album <b><i>Blood Pressures</i></b>, was released in 2011 on Domino Records. The album saw <b>Jamie Hince</b> and
<b>Alison Mosshart</b> deliver their vivid and uniquely gritty post-blues, but with a new level of thoughtfulness and depth not yet explored by the duo. Tinged with wistfulness and vulnerability, <i>Blood Pressures</i> has an enduring sense of intricacy and
richness that intensely blends with their ever-compelling songwriting. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The band has been busy in 2014 exploring their other passion- visual arts. In June, Jamie opened "<b>Echo Home</b>", an exhibit of his photographic work at the <b>Morrison Hotel Gallery</b> in New York. </span><a href="http://dujour.com/gallery/jamie-hince-the-kills-echo-home-morrison-hotel-gallery-exhibit/44463" target="_blank"><b>PRESS
HERE</b></a><span style="color:black"> to his see some of his images featured on <b><i>Du Jour</i>.
</b> Several of Alison's </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;color:black">original paintings on paper, canvas and fabric</span><span style="color:black"> art were included in <b>“Push It,” </b>a 21-person group show devoted to female artists
at <b>ArtNowNY </b>in April. </span><a href="http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/on-view-the-kills-alison-mosshart-reveals-her-artistic-side/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0" target="_blank"><b>PRESS HERE</b></a><span style="color:black"> to learn more
about the exhibit and see some of the paintings featured in the <b><i>New York Times T Magazine</i></b>.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Kills are currently in the studio working on their fifth album – watch this space for more.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>The Kills Fall Tour Dates<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;line-height:115%">*with Queens of the Stone Age<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10/21 New York, NY @ Terminal 5 - The Open Road Aperture Foundation Benefit Party<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10/26 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10/27 Seattle, WA @ Neptune Theatre<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10/28 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10/29 San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">10/31 Los Angeles, CA @ The Forum*<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>For More Information on The Kills, contact:<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i>PRESS HERE<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>Gina Schulman//Stephanie Williams<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com"><i>gina@pressherepublicity.com</i></a><i>//</i><a href="mailto:stephanie@pressherepublicity.com"><i>stephanie@pressherepublicity.com</i></a><i>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>323-556-9752<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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