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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt; color:black">Conor Oberst Unveils Music Video for “Common Knowledge”; New Single Release For Record Store Day's Black Friday</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt; color:black">Second Leg of U.S Tour Kicks Off NEXT WEEK</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Conor Oberst</span></b><span style="color:black"> has unveiled the third video from his critically acclaimed new album <b><i>Upside Down Mountain</i></b>.
</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omVj8Hplz2o&feature=youtu.be">PRESS HERE</a><span style="color:black"> to watch the enigmatic short for “<b>Common Knowledge"</b>, a companion piece to the album's first video, <b>"</b></span><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_kkfSqPONc">Zigzagging
Toward The Light</a></b><b><span style="color:black">"</span></b><span style="color:black">. The video's release comes just a few days before the acclaimed singer/songwriter embarks on the second leg of a coast to coast tour, beginning <b>September 14th
</b>in <b>Salt Lake City</b>. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Conor has also announced plans to release two previously unheard songs, “<b>Standing On The Outside</b>” and “<b>Sugar Street</b>” - recorded during the
<b><i>Upside Down Mountain</i></b> sessions - for this year's Black Friday <b>Record Store Day</b> on <b>November 28<sup>th</sup>.</b> Watch this space for details.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="color:black">Upside Down Mountain</span></i><span style="color:black">, his debut album for Nonesuch Records, was released in May and has been hailed by critics as a creative triumph for the Bright Eyes frontman.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The fall tour, featuring special guest Jonathan Wilson, will make stops in <b>Salt Lake City, Austin</b>, <b>Dallas</b>, <b>Seattle</b>, <b>Portland</b> and more. Los Angeles fans can see him play a very special
co-headline show with folk legend <b>John Prine</b> at the <b>Greek Theater</b> on <b>October 5<sup>th</sup></b>. All dates below.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Some praise for <i>Upside Down Mountain</i>:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">“A sumptuous immersion in Seventies California folk pop, it is the most immediately charming album he has ever made.” – <b><i>Rolling Stone</i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">“All of Mr. Oberst’s gifts align on <i>Upside Down Mountain</i>: his empathy, his unassumingly natural melodies, the quavery sincerity in his voice, the plain-spoken but
telling lyrics that he’s now careful to deliver clearly.” –<b><i>New York Times</i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">“This new collection shows Oberst has grown significantly as a craftsman, but he's held onto the elements that made his earlier writings so compelling, the wordy fever dream
verses, that perpetually troubled delivery. He calls this record <i>Upside Down Mountain</i>, but it sounds like a career peak.” – <b><i>NPR</i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="color:black">Upside Down Mountain</span></i><span style="color:black"> is an album to engage with. The characters and stories that Oberst sketches out have never been so fully realised.”
– <b><i>Q Magazine</i></b> (UK)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">“<i>Upside Down Mountain</i> is a great achievement and Conor Oberst’s best work to date.” – <b><i>Paste</i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="color:black">“Oberst is back to his sincere, melancholy best on his latest album. A trembling, nostalgic rumination on life and love with added hindsight.” – <b><i>NME</i></b> (UK)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Tour Dates
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sept 14 Salt Lake City, UT @ <a href="http://www.redbuttegarden.org/conor-oberst">
Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre</a> #</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sept 16 Boulder, CO @ <a href="http://bouldertheater.frontgatesolutions.com/choose.php?a=1&lid=93965&eid=105069">
Boulder Theater</a> #</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sept 18 Tulsa, OK @ <a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/568873">
Cain’s Ballroom</a><span class="MsoHyperlink"><span style="color:windowtext; text-decoration:none"> #</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sept 19 Houston, TX @ <a href="http://concerts.livenation.com/event/0C004CA6AA99C63B?dma_id=345">
House of Blues</a> #</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sept 20 Austin, TX @ <a href="https://stubbs.frontgatetickets.com/event/6lvmg8pd7fx98485">
Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater</a> #<br>
Sept 21 Dallas, TX @ <a href="http://www.axs.com/events/250659/conor-oberst-tickets">
AT&T Performing Arts Center – Annette Strauss Artist Square</a> #</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sept 23 Albuquerque, NM @ <a href="https://holdmyticket.com/checkout/event/168100">
Sunshine Theatre</a> #<br>
Sept 24 Aspen, CO @ <a href="http://bellyupaspen.frontgatesolutions.com/choose.php?a=1&lid=94011&eid=105118">
Belly Up</a> #</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sept 25 Bellvue, CO @ <a href="http://mishawaka.ticketforce.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=46">
Mishawaka Amphitheatre</a> #<br>
Sept 27 Boise, ID @ <a href="http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4232334&pl=kfiblank">
Knitting Factory</a> #<br>
Sept 28 Spokane, WA @ <a href="http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4232164&pl=kfsblank">
Knitting Factory</a> #<span class="MsoHyperlink"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sept 30 Seattle, WA @ <a href="http://www.axs.com/events/250699/conor-oberst-tickets">
Showbox at the Market</a> #<br>
Oct 1 Portland, OR @ <a href="https://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1816039&cobrand=mcmenamins">
Crystal Ballroom</a> #<br>
Oct 3 San Francisco, CA @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oct 4 San Francisco, CA @ <a href="http://concerts.livenation.com/event/1C004CF8CFEBA966">
The Fillmore</a> #</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Oct 5 Los Angeles, CA @ <a href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/john-prine-conor-oberst-los-angeles-california-10-05-2014/event/09004CA9D012BECA?artistid=1233312&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1">
Greek Theatre</a> (Co-Headline w/ John Prine)<br>
Oct 11 Mexico City, MX @ Corona Capital Music Festival</p>
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