FROM: AMANDA CAGAN/ MAGGIE WANG
CAN GOD EXPLAIN?: En route to Los Angeles for a video shoot, SPLENDER--WAYMON BOONE (lead vocals, guitar), JONATHAN SVEC (lead guitar), JAMES CRUZ (bass) and MARC SLUTSKY (drums)--had two guitars stolen off their American Airlines flight. One was a Fender Telecaster 1952 re-issue model and the other was a one-of-a-kind bass guitar that was custom-built for JAMES. The band--whom are offering a reward for the return of the guitars, with no questions asked--were traveling from New York to L.A. to shoot a video with director Chris Applebaum (Lit, Semisonic, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Luscious Jackson) for their new single "I Think God Can Explain." Taken from their HALFWAY DOWN THE SKY (C2/Columbia) debut album, the song was the #1 most added track at Adult Top 40/Hot AC radio the week of March 13 and continues to gain momentum at stations including KYSR/Star 98.7 (Los Angeles) and WPLJ (New York City). SPLENDER will tour the East Coast in April and May with various radio show events and festivals--such as the prestigious Music Midtown Festival in Atlanta on May 6--as well as a string of dates with Vertical Horizon, including a gig May 16 at Irving Plaza in New York City.
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