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<p align="center" style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b style=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><br>
UNVEILS NEW SINGLE “BEGGIN FOR THREAD” <br>
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</span></b><a href="http://vevo.ly/uvdtzV" target="_blank"><b style=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><b style=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">
to LISTEN </span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""> </span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b style=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">THE WORLD’S MOST BLOGGED ABOUT ARTIST
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ACCORDING TO <i style="">HYPE MACHINE</i>’S MID-YEAR 2014 ZEITGEIST</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">
</span><b style=""><span style="font-size:14.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""></span></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span style=""><img src="cid:image004.jpg@01CFA513.8EB5BB30" height="355" width="355" border="0"></span><br>
<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">(Single Artwork: Photographed by Barnaby Roper & Designed by Studio
<span class="SpellE">Moross</span>) </span></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">BANKS</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black"> has revealed her next
single “<span class="SpellE"><b style="">Beggin</b></span><b style=""> For Thread</b>” via a new lyric video that premiered today on
<b style=""><i style="">VEVO</i></b><i style=""> </i>(<b style="">embed link below</b>).
</span><a href="http://vevo.ly/uvdtzV" target="_blank"><b style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><b style=""><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">
to watch.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black"> It was created by graphic designer
<b style="">Kate <span class="SpellE">Moross</span> </b>who also designed the songstress’ debut album cover for<b style="">
<i style="">GODDESS</i></b><i style=""> </i>(<b style="">out September 9<sup>th</sup> on Harvest Records</b>). Visually the video fittingly plays off of
<b style="">BANKS</b>’ LP artwork, using a black and red color scheme and incorporates
<b style="">BANKS</b>’ signature logo. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">BANKS
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">explains the meaning behind the new track saying,"</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D"> ‘</span><span class="SpellE"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Beggin</span></span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">
For Thread’ is about embracing your scratched edges. At times I feel crazy, but I wrote this song because sometimes I like that feeling.”</span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">In other news,<b style=""> BANKS</b> has been named “<b style="">2014's Most Blogged Artist in the World</b>” according to
<b style=""><i style="">Hype Machine</i></b>’s mid-year Zeitgeist. <i style="">Hype Machine</i> tracks 825 of the most interesting and influential music blogs around the globe. Pervious artists who have topped this mid-year chart was
<b style="">Disclosure</b> in 2013 and <b style="">Grimes </b>in 2012. <b style="">
<i style="">BBC Radio 6</i></b> produces a special 2-hour show dedicated to counting down the list and <b style="">BANKS</b> recently talked with
<b style="">Host</b> <b style="">Tom Robinson</b> about her achievement. </span><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/nowplaying/posts/Blog6Music-BANKS-is-named-2014s-most-blogged-artist-in-the-world" target="_blank"><b style=""><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">PRESS
HERE</span></b></a><b style=""><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""> to listen to the interview.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">
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<p style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt"><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/goddess-deluxe-version/id866276916" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#1155CC">PRESS HERE</span></b></a><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">
to pre-order <i>GODDESS </i></span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">Embed Link // “<span class="SpellE">Beggin</span> For Thread” Lyric Video:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black"><<span class="SpellE">iframe</span> width="575" height="324"
<span class="SpellE">src</span>="</span><a href="http://cache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=USUV71401311" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">http://cache.vevo.com/m/html/embed.html?video=USUV71401311</span></a><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">"
<span class="SpellE">frameborder</span>="0" <span class="SpellE">allowfullscreen</span>></<span class="SpellE">iframe</span>></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><img src="cid:image006.jpg@01CFA513.8EB5BB30" height="349" width="624" border="0"></span><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""><br>
(</span><b style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">Screen shot of “<span class="SpellE">Beggin</span> For Thread” Lyric Video. Created by Kate
<span class="SpellE">Moross</span>) </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-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:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">9/20 Orlando, FL @ The
<span class="SpellE">Beacham</span> Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ticketfly.com%2fpurchase%2fevent%2f607765%3futm_medium%3dbks" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","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:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">9/21 Miami, FL @ Grand Central
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fticketfly.com%2fevent%2f602935" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#1155CC">http://ticketfly.com/event/602935</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">9/24 Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><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" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#1155CC">http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=5090555&pl=mercylounge&REFID=artist</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">9/26 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ticketfly.com%2fpurchase%2fevent%2f609583%3futm_medium%3dbks" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#1155CC">http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/609583?utm_medium=bks</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">9/27 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ticketfly.com%2fpurchase%2fevent%2f603685%3futm_medium%3dbks" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#1155CC">http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/603685?utm_medium=bks</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">9/29 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club –
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:red">SOLD OUT</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">9/30 New York, NY @ Terminal 5
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ticketmaster.com%2fevent%2f00004CCDF83DD249" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#1155CC">http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/00004CCDF83DD249</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">10/2 Montreal, OC @ Virgin Mobil Corona Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><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" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#1155CC">https://wroom.centrebell.ca/eventShopperV3.html?lang=en&preFill=1&skin=corona&wr=fba1a22a-2070-416c-81a9-1e1f26839610
</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">10/3 Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><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" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#1155CC">http://tktwb.tw/1pamvxi</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">10/4 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews Hall</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="https://mail.pressherepublicity.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=dd26eaaaaa674f14aefe0caf5e847a6e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.ticketmaster.com%2fevent%2f08004CCDE48EA147" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#1155CC">http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/08004CCDE48EA147
</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">10/7 Chicago, IL @ Metro</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><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" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#1155CC">http://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1823867&cobrand=metrochicago</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">10/8 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><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" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#1155CC">https://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1821691&cobrand=first-avenue</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">10/10 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue</span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.axs.com/events/251845/banks-tickets?aff=usaffbandsintown" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">http://www.axs.com/events/251845/banks-tickets?aff=usaffbandsintown</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">10/11 Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><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" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:#1155CC">http://foxtheatre.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?a=1&lid=95371&eid=106567</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black"></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">PRAISE FOR BANKS:</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"; color:black">“Banks makes yearning seem like a worthwhile pastime when she sings about it in her seductive
voice. The singer marries her R&B inflected tunes and warm vocals with big production and electronic beats to create magnetic pop songs. Her debut album isn’t due out for months, but the singles released so far warrant setting Spotify on repeat.” –
<b>Time.com</b></span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-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:
<span class="SpellE">Goldenage</span> R&B may be looking at a renaissance. The 25-year
<span class="SpellE">old’s</span> throaty vocals have been compared to those of Lauryn Hill and
<span class="SpellE">Erykah</span> Badu, a torch she carries with pride.” – <b>ELLE Magazine</b></span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""></span></p>
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“BANKS is poised to finally take her homeland in 2014. “ – <b>V Magazine</b></span></i></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><i style=""><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">“…the buzz for her debut LP, “</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">Goddess<i style="">”
(out Sept. 9 on Harvest Records) is growing. The BBC and MTV have already called out the self-taught singer — whose sound is a smoldering mix of hip-hop beats and sultry-voiced R&B — as one to watch in 2014.” –
<b style="">T Magazine</b></i></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center"><a href="http://www.hernameisbanks.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif"">http://www.hernameisbanks.com</span></a><span style="font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif""></span></p>
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