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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt">Bad Rabbits Join Kendrick Lamar and Steve Aoki<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>for<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>Karmaloop Presents The Verge Campus Tour
<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;color:black">New Single “Doin’ It”</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt"> Premieres<span style="color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="color:black">on Noisey</span> Today<span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><img width="494" height="327" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CE1B2E.D0408D20" alt="BR2.JPG"></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black">(Photo Credit: Jason Liu)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">“Go see Bad Rabbits. Just do it. Thank us later.” –
<b><i>Billboard</i></b></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">“</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;font-weight:normal">Bad
Rabbits</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"> is one of the most exciting bands out right now.” –
<b><i>Okayplayer</i></b></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">“<span class="bodytext">Bad Rabbits are a ticking time bomb…..[they] have been primed for national breakout…Dua and his Rabbits will be repping our city
all over the world. Bet on it.” – <b><i>Boston Phoenix</i></b></span></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">“It’s almost as if Michael Jackson, Pharrell Williams and Prince had some ridiculous three-way band love-child resulting in the birth of a sound that’s
familiar yet dripping with authenticity.” – <b><i>LA Music Blog</i></b></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">The genre-smashing musical force known as <b>Bad Rabbits</b> has just announced that they will join
<b>Kendrick Lamar, Steve Aoki</b> and <b>5 & A Dime</b> for the <b>Karmaloop Presents Verge Campus Tour</b>
<b>powered by emuze,</b> which kicks off <b>April 9, 2013</b><span style="color:#1F497D">,
</span>at the <b>UCF Arena</b> in <b>Orlando, FL</b>. See the full list of tour dates below.
<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Additionally, <b>Bad Rabbits</b> has premiered their brand new single
<b>“Doin’ It”</b> today on <b>Noisey.com</b>. <b><a href="http://noisey.vice.com/blog/listen-to-bad-rabbits-aggressive-boogie-joint-doin-it">PRESS HERE</a></b> to listen. The Boston five-piece will fully unleash their post-R&B futuristic funk-punk assault in
the form of their anticipated debut album <b><i>American Love</i></b> on <b>May 14, 2013</b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Since the release of their buzzed-about
<b><i>Stick Up Kids</i> EP</b> in 2009, <b>Bad Rabbits</b> have been making a name for themselves as one of the most compelling and eclectic groups to emerge on the music scene. Over the past four years, the</span><span style="color:#1F497D">y</span><span style="color:black">
ha</span><span style="color:#1F497D">ve</span><span style="color:black"> honed a sound that can be described as some kind of sonic
<i>Pulp Fiction.</i> It’s sexy, smooth and soulful, fusing together classic ’90’s R&B, post-rock, funk, punk and metal influences to create a futuristic new jack swing.
</span>Frontman <b>Dua</b> has a<span style="color:black"> chill-inducing </span>
falsetto and textured vocals that claim the space somewhere between Sly Stone and Prince, adding an otherworldly shine to Bad Rabbits that is unmatched.
<span style="color:black">With a high-octane live show that encompasses flashes of old-school synchronized dance moves and bone-rattling hardcore musical antics, the band has opened for the likes of
<b>Wu-Tang Clan, Passion Pit, Deftones, Mos Def, Travie McCoy, GlassJaw, Bad Brains, Foxy Shazam
</b>and played the <b>Vans<i> </i>Warped Tour</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">“We Can Roll” video - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GH4v94RuphA" target="_blank">
PRESS HERE</a> </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">“Fall In Love” video - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SH0GW-Fp3A">
PRESS HERE</a></span></b><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black"> </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Bad Rabbits Upcoming Tour Dates:</u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">March 7, 2013 Durham, NC @ The Motorco Music Hall<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">March 8, 2013 Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar (with Children of the Night)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">March 9, 2013 Northampton, MA @ The Iron Horse Music Hall<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">March 10, 2013 Providence, RI @ Simon’s 677<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Karmaloop Presents<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>
<span style="color:black">Verge Campus Tour Dates:</span></u></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>*with Kendrick Lamar, Steve Aoki and 5 & A Dime<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">April 9, 2013 Orlando, FL @ UCF Arena, University of Central Florida
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">April 11, 2013 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall, Ohio State University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">April 12, 2013 Rochester Hills, MI @ Meadow Brook Music Festival, Oakland University
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">April 13, 2013 Athens, OH @ University of Ohio
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">April 14, 2013 Buffalo, NY @ Baird Point, University of Buffalo
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">April 17, 2013 St Louis, MO @ Chaifetz Arena, St Louis University
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">April 18, 2013 Kent, OH @ MAC Center, Kent State University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">April 19, 2013 Storrs, CT @ Gampel Pavilion, University of Connecticut<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">April 21, 2013 Lowell, MA @ Tsongas Arena, U Mass Lowell
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">April 24, 2013 Durham, NC @ Duke University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">April 25, 2013 Williamsburg, VA @ Kaplan Arena, William & Mary<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">April 26, 2013 New Britain, CT @ Kaiser Gymnasium, Central CT State
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">April 27, 2013 Cortland, NY @ SUNY Cortland<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.badrabbits.com/">www.badrabbits.com</a> /
<a href="http://www.facebook.com/badrabbits">www.facebook.com/badrabbits</a> / twitter.com/BadRabbits<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">For more information on <b>Bad Rabbits</b>, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Press Here<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Carla Senft<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">212-246-2640<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:carla@pressherepublicity.com">carla@pressherepublicity.com</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">Carla Senft</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">138 W. 25<sup>th</sup> St., 9<sup>th</sup> Floor, New York, NY 10001</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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