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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">ANNOUNCES THE GODDESS TOUR</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Tickets on Sale This Friday, June 20<sup>th</sup> </span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">Debut Album Out September 9<sup>th</sup> on Harvest Records
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black"> (Album Artwork Credit: Photographed by Barnaby Roper - Designed by Studio Moross)
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">“Governors Ball 2014: Top 10 Best Performances” –
<b>Billboard</b></span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">“The 14 Coolest Bands of Bonnaroo 2014”<b> – Time.com</b></span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">“She works hard on stage to articulate these emotions while retaining the smoothness of her voice… Yeah, she got hurt
and was once in the dark, but from her performance at Governors Ball, it's obvious that she's emerged from the shadows to tell the tale with the benefit of hindsight.” –
<b>Complex</b></span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">“Banks is undeniably a talent…Her voice is a fluid thing, slipping between Adele's smoky croon and a raw mid-range that's not unlike Rihanna at her most emotionally vulnerable.” –
<b>Village Voice</b></span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">Rising singer<b> BANKS</b> has announced
<b>THE GODDESS TOUR, </b>which will kick-off this Fall with North American dates coast-to-coast.<b>
</b>The headline tour will begin in September and will be making stops in <b>New York City, Chicago, Seattle, Los Angeles</b> and more. Tickets for the tour (all dates listed below with ticket buy links) go on sale this
<b>Friday, June 20<sup>th</sup></b>. Visit </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.hernameisbanks.com"><span style="font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:blue">www.hernameisbanks.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">
for more information and be on the lookout for more tour dates to be announced! </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">The tour run will be supporting her highly anticipated debut album
<b><i>GODDESS</i></b> (out <b>September 9<sup>th</sup></b> on <b>Harvest Records</b>). The LP’s title track can be heard now via
</span><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">NPR All Songs Considered
</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">– </span>
<span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2014/04/28/307506331/song-premiere-banks-goddess"><b><span style="font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:#1155CC">PRESS HERE</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">
to listen</span></b><span style="font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">. </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="h.gjdgxs"></a><b><span style="font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">BANKS
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">just completed her first, sold-out, headline North American tour this Spring along with captivating audiences with her bewitching live performances during her debut appearances at major festivals
such as <b>Coachella, Bonnaroo, Governors Ball</b> and <b>Sasquatch</b>. </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/goddess-deluxe-version/id866276916"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">PRESS HERE</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">
to pre-order <i>GODDESS </i></span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">THE GODDESS TOUR 2014 (w/ ticket buy links):
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">9/20 Orlando, FL @ The Beacham Theatre</span><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="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ticketfly.com%2fpurchase%2fevent%2f607765%3futm_medium%3dbks"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/607765?utm_medium=bks</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">9/21 Miami, FL @ Grand Central
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fticketfly.com%2fevent%2f602935"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">http://ticketfly.com/event/602935</span></a><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;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">9/24 Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom</span><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="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ticketweb.com%2ft3%2fsale%2fSaleEventDetail%3fdispatch%3dloadSelectionData%26eventId%3d5090555%26pl%3dmercylounge%26REFID%3dartist"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=5090555&pl=mercylounge&REFID=artist</span></a><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;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">9/26 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club</span><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="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ticketfly.com%2fpurchase%2fevent%2f609583%3futm_medium%3dbks"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/609583?utm_medium=bks</span></a><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;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">9/27 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer</span><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="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ticketfly.com%2fpurchase%2fevent%2f603685%3futm_medium%3dbks"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/603685?utm_medium=bks</span></a><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;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">9/29 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club</span><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="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ticketmaster.com%2fevent%2f01004CCFB7A2C79F"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01004CCFB7A2C79F</span></a><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;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">9/30 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ticketmaster.com%2fevent%2f00004CCDF83DD249"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00004CCDF83DD249</span></a><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;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">10/2 Montreal, OC @ Virgin Mobil Corona Theatre</span><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="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwroom.centrebell.ca%2feventShopperV3.html%3flang%3den%26preFill%3d1%26skin%3dcorona%26wr%3dfba1a22a-2070-416c-81a9-1e1f26839610"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">https://wroom.centrebell.ca/eventShopperV3.html?lang=en&preFill=1&skin=corona&wr=fba1a22a-2070-416c-81a9-1e1f26839610
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">10/3 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre</span><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="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.google.com%2furl%3fq%3dhttp%3a%2f%2ftktwb.tw%2f1pamvxi%26usd%3d2%26usg%3dALhdy2_mlFsCoBpf-bfBVOzMstfShEkmeg%23_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">http://tktwb.tw/1pamvxi</span></a><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;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">10/4 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall</span><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="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ticketmaster.com%2fevent%2f08004CCDE48EA147"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/08004CCDE48EA147
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">10/7 Chicago, IL @ Metro</span><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="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.etix.com%2fticket%2fonline%2fperformanceSearch.jsp%3fperformance_id%3d1823867%26cobrand%3dmetrochicago"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">http://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1823867&cobrand=metrochicago</span></a><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;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">10/8 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue</span><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="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.etix.com%2fticket%2fonline%2fperformanceSearch.jsp%3fperformance_id%3d1821691%26cobrand%3dfirst-avenue"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">https://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1821691&cobrand=first-avenue</span></a><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;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">10/10 Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre</span><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="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2ffoxtheatre.frontgatetickets.com%2fchoose.php%3fa%3d1%26lid%3d95371%26eid%3d106567"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">http://foxtheatre.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?a=1&lid=95371&eid=106567</span></a><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;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">10/11 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue</span><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://www8.ticketingcentral.com/V2/OfferInfo.aspx?t=B1DE5D6A8D157A5A7D4DEF3&og=-1"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:#1155CC">http://www8.ticketingcentral.com/V2/OfferInfo.aspx?t=B1DE5D6A8D157A5A7D4DEF3&og=-1</span></a><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;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">10/14 Seattle, WA @ The Showbox
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">10/15 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom</span><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="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ticketmaster.ca%2fevent%2f11004CC9E50A2865"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">http://www.ticketmaster.ca/event/11004CC9E50A2865</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.etix.com%2fticket%2fonline%2fperformanceSearch.jsp%3fperformance_id%3d1823766%26cobrand%3dmcmenamins"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">https://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1823766&cobrand=mcmenamins</span></a><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;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">10/21 Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern</span><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="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ticketmaster.com%2fevent%2f09004CCCDC5FC14E"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC">http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/09004CCCDC5FC14E</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">“She may have the delicate looks of a ’90s Calvin Klein billboard—all dark eyes and sleek middle-parted hair— but when
Banks opens her mouth, a different aspect of that decade comes to mind. Read it here first: Goldenage R&B may be looking at a renaissance. The 25-year old’s throaty vocals have been compared to those of Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu, a torch she carries with
pride.” – <b>ELLE Magazine</b></span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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“BANKS is poised to finally take her homeland in 2014. “ – <b>V Magazine</b></span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">“10 rising acts you should know now… Her new single, the simmering, candlelit ‘Brain,’ features the vocalist’s smoky
tone, crawling phrasing and sinister, Massive Attack-suggestive production from established beatmaker Shlohmo.” -
<b>Los Angeles Times</b></span></i><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.hernameisbanks.com"><span style="font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:blue">http://www.hernameisbanks.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>PRESS HERE</b><br>
Jen Appel //Tasya Swisko<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Questrial","serif";color:black">Lucy Robinson
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</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#C00000">PRESS HERE </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">(New York)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">138 W. 25<sup>th</sup> St., 9<sup>th</sup> Floor, New York, NY 10001</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">P: (212) 246-2640</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=d26ac2609dfd45bfb5a0c52e1736ce5f&URL=mailto%3aTasya%40pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:blue">Tasya@pressherepublicity.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">8105 West Third St.,<b> </b>Los Angeles, CA 90048<b> </b></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">P: (323) 556-9752 </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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