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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">Blondie and Devo Announce Co-Headlining “Whip It To Shreds” Tour This September<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;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:14.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><img width="237" height="316" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image005.jpg@01CD47BD.01339080" alt="Blondie-1-F"><img width="328" height="314" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image006.jpg@01CD47BD.01339080" alt="image001"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">(Photo Credit: Blondie – F. Scott Schafer / Devo – Joshua Dalsimer)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">June 11, 2012 – <i>New York, NY</i> -<b> Blondie </b>and<b> Devo</b> are<b>
</b>thrilled to announce the <b>“Whip It To Shreds” tour</b>, a U.S. co-headlining run of dates kicking off
<b>September 7<sup>th</sup></b> and hitting 13 select cities before wrapping <b>September 26<sup>th</sup></b>. Tickets go on sale
<b>Friday, June 15th. </b>The full list of tour dates is below.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="color:black">Debbie Harry, Clem Burke and Chris Stein,
</span></b><span style="color:black">along with newer Blondie band members <b>Leigh Foxx</b>,
<b>Tommy Kessler</b> and </span><b>Matt Katz-Bohen</b>, will be playing the acclaimed songs from their most recent album
<b><i>Panic of Girls,</i></b> as well as the biggest hits from their storied four-decade career.
<b>Devo</b>, who released their first studio album in two decades with 2010’s highly praised<b><i> Something for Everybody
</i></b>and have been touring since, will mix up their set with their newer material and the classics. Original members
<b>Mark and Bob Mothersbaugh and Gerald and Bob Casale </b>will take the stage with tour drummer<b> Jeff Friedl
</b>rounding out the line-up.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">“We can’t wait to get out on the road with Devo. It’s going to be an incredible show and we’re excited to share it with our fans,” says
<b>Debbie Harry</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b>Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh</b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
</span><span style="color:black">says, “</span>We are looking forward to performing alongside Blondie and swapping costumes backstage.”<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Blondie</span></b><span style="color:black">’s 9<sup>th</sup> studio album<b><i> Panic of Girls
</i></b>was released in 2011 on the band’s own imprint exclusively via Amazon and was celebrated by the likes of
</span><b><i>New York Times, Spin, Billboard, USA Today, People, Entertainment Weekly, GQ, Marie Claire, Elle and Harper’s Bazaar.</i></b><span style="color:black"> Blondie received rave reviews during their sold-out North American tour and made two very special
national TV performances on the <b><i><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiADxzCgHgs">TODAY Show</a>
</i></b>and <b><i>The Tonight Show with Jay Leno</i></b> to perform single <b>“Mother, ”
</b>a nod to the legendary West 14th Street night club of the same name. Watch the video
<a href="http://www.blondie.net/video/">here</a>. <b><i>Panic of Girls</i></b> is colored with inspirations from New York City's roiling melting pot and street-level pop culture, featuring new wave dance gems, songs sung in French and Spanish and a reggae
cover are threaded together with a timeless pop sheen. <b>Blondie</b> was inducted into the
<b>Rock 'N' Roll Hall of Fame</b> in 2006 and has sold more than<b> 40 million albums</b> worldwide.</span><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">More than three decades after the release of their visionary debut,
<b><i>Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo</i></b>, and a full 20 years since their last studio album,
<b>Devo</b> released their 9<sup>th</sup> studio effort <b><i><span style="color:black">Something for Everybody
</span></i></b><span style="color:black">in 2010.</span> The lauded album was built on Devo's signature funky, mechanized swing, hearkening back to the revolutionary sound, style, and de-evolutionary philosophy that made them one of the most trailblazing bands
of the New Wave era. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u>Praise for Blondie & <i>Panic of Girls:</i></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“Harry, Stein and others tapped into a rich alchemical vein during those years in the Bowery lab. They located pop’s sacred ground, the eternal now, and have remained there against all ravages of time.
Maybe this is Blondie’s genius.” – <b><i>New York Magazine</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“…the latest reunion of this great New York band still holds many charms…synths buzzing like neon, reggae barely winking at dancehall, and Debbie Harry intoning lyrics in French and
Spanish…enough irresponsible momentum and guitar grime to erase the feeling that it would all sound better live.”</span> -<b><i>
</i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt">SPIN</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><u>Praise for Devo & <i>Something for Everybody</i>:<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“…frantic and wall-to-wall catchy.” –
<b><i>Rolling Stone</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;background:aqua;mso-highlight:aqua"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">“…their sonic instincts still intact, the wheezy synths and buzzing guitars sharp and modern. Devo still sit right up front of the good ship electronica.” -
<b><i>BBC</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><u><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Blondie and Devo U.S. Tour Dates:<o:p></o:p></span></u></strong></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">September 7 Woodinville, WA @ Chateau Ste. Michelle<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">September 8 Ridgefield, WA @ Sleep Country Amphitheater<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">September 10 San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">September 11 Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Winery<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">September 12 Los Angeles, CA @ Greek Theatre<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">September 14 Citrus Heights, CA @ Sunrise Marketplace Outdoor Pavilion<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">September 15 Newport Beach, CA @ Taste of Newport<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">September 18 Austin, TX @ Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">September 19 Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">September 21 Tampa, FL @ Stadium Green Iguana<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">September 22 St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">September 25 Carmel, IN @ The Center for the Performing Arts - The Palladium<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">September 26 Chicago, IL @ Chicago Theatre<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.blondie.net">www.blondie.net</a> //
<a href="http://www.clubdevo.com">www.clubdevo.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>For more information on Blondie, please contact Press Here:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center">Linda Carbone//Gina Schulman//Sarah Usher//Carla Senft<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="mailto:linda@pressherepublicity.com">linda@pressherepublicity.com</a> /
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carla@pressherepublicity.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>For more information on Devo, please contact The Agency Group:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center">Ian Fintak<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="mailto:ianfintak@theagencygroup.com">ianfintak@theagencygroup.com</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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