ENTER SHIKARI RETURN FOR FALL U.S. TOUR AFTER SOLD-OUT GIGS AND RAVE REVIEWS DURING NINE-COUNTRY TREK AROUND THE GLOBE

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DT: AUGUST 27, 2009

FR: LIBBY COFFEY/MITCH SCHNEIDER/BARI LIEBERMAN/JOHN OCHOA

ENTER SHIKARI

RETURN FOR FALL U.S. TOUR
AFTER SOLD-OUT GIGS AND RAVE REVIEWS DURING
NINE-COUNTRY TREK AROUND THE GLOBE

OVERSEAS DATES WITH THE PRODIGY
TO FOLLOW

BAND PERFORMS“JUGGERNAUTS” AND “ANTWERPEN”

FROM ‘COMMON DREADS’ DISC THIS WEEK

ON FUEL TV’s “THE DAILY HABIT”

Having wrapped sold-out shows in nine countries around the globe–U.S., U.K., Japan, Germany, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Belgium and the Netherlands–electronic, punk and hardcore alchemists ENTER SHIKARI return September 4 to the U.S. for a 20-city fall tour. Next, the St. Albans, England heavyweights–renowned worldwide for their incendiary live experience mixing arena-rock showmanship and punk theatrics–will continue their worldwide domination with an October headlining trek with The Devil Wears Prada supporting, to be followed by a high-profile November tour with electronic trailblazers The Prodigy.

ENTER SHIKARI have partnered with DGC/Interscope–through their own U.K. label Ambush Reality–to officially release their new album COMMON DREADS in U.S. stores this coming spring 2010. The group digitally released the album this past June, and ALTERNATIVE PRESS magazine offered up this praise in an early review:

"At their most ambitious (‘Solidarity’), ENTER SHIKARI manage some unholy amalgam of the Streets' Mike Skinner, the Prodigy, nü metal, screamo and what sounds like the London Boys Choir, with each element cranked to 11 on the bombast meter. Songs like ‘Juggernauts’ (one of the year's best singles, with singer Rou Reynolds sounding not just defiant, but terrified, as he goes toe-to-toe with imperialism) and "Wall" should not only turn stadiums into mosh pits–they throw the more abrasive stuff (the grime-through-a-cracked-looking-glass ‘Zzzonked’) into sharper relief. You'd have to be one black-hearted bastard not to smile when Reynolds bellows earnestly, ‘It's glorious outside.'"

(Dan LeRoy, August 2009)

For COMMON DREADS–the follow-up to their 2007 U.K.-gold-certified album Take To The Skies, which debuted at #4 on the U.K. charts–the group teamed with veteran producer Andy Gray (U2, Tori Amos, Korn, Gary Numan). The album is a soundtrack for the current generation on a mission to define the era in which it was born: one of recession, paranoia, state control and the fallout of decades of accelerated capitalism; and on the other side, an era of hope, creativity, humanity, hedonism, irreverence and fun. COMMON DREADS has already garnered the group new fans and widespread critical acclaim from outlets as diverse as the BBC and Absolute Punk:

BBC: “Highlights are fabulously catchy first single ‘Juggernauts,’ swelling grower ‘Wall,’ teenage anthem ‘Hectic’ with its computer-game-esque melody and the unexpectedly twinkly and lovely ‘Gap InThe Fence.’ The album is packed with anthems too–‘The Jester’ is Blur's Parklife… And ‘No Sleep Tonight’ is a hardcore reply to Faithless' ‘Insomnia.”

–Sophie Bruce, (6/8/09)

Absolute Punk: “Everything about COMMON DREADS is bigger and more realized. “Antwerpen” is catchy whilst still scraping our knees with pissed-off “La La Las”; “Hectic” moves forward on the legs of Reynolds’ much-improved electronics. It’s a dance party for the end of the world. And f**k me for typing that, but COMMON DREADS reminds me why loud music succeeds so readily. It’s an avenue to let it all go, and COMMON DREADS is an outlet of mammoth proportions.”

–Blake Solomon, (5/31/09)

Mojo: “A portentous Star Wars-styled spoken intro about the evils of consumerism segues into big metal riffs on ‘Solidarity,’ Mike Skinnerish raps on ‘Juggernauts,’ then drum’n’bass breaks, euphoric rave keyboards, church choirs and anthemic choruses, all sung with a committed vocal ferocity by Roughton Reynolds. The end effect is like an ADD-compiled mixtape about the ills of globalization, and therefore possibly the true sound of the British suburbs, 2009.”

–Ben Myers, (7/2009)

This week on FUEL TV’s “The Daily Habit,” the group–ROU REYNOLDS (lead vocals/electronics), RORY CLEWLOW (guitar/backing vocals), CHRIS BATTEN (bass/vocals) and ROB ROLFE (drums)–performed the COMMON DREADS lead single “Juggernauts” as well as the genre-bending “Antwerpen.” Check out the group’s two-song live performance on the show:

“Juggernauts”
http://www.fuel.tv/music?bcpid=5807873001&bclid=1390018585&bctid=35422301001

“Antwerpen”
http://www.fuel.tv/music?bcpid=5807873001&bclid=1390018585&bctid=35423788001

ENTER SHIKARI are veterans of both America and Europe’s top festivals including the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, the Download, Reading and Leeds Festivals and Summersonic, among many others. Recently, the band was nominated twice for “Best Live Band” and “Best British Band” at the 2009 KERRANG! Magazine Awards.

Check out ENTER SHIKARI on tour in the following cities and expect the U.S. invasion of ENTER SHIKARI to continue throughout 2010:

DATE		CITY	VENUE
Leeds Festival
Fri	8/28	Leeds, ENGLAND	Leeds Festival (2:00pm)
Reading Festival
Sat	8/29	Reading, ENGLAND	Reading Festival (2:00pm)
ENTER SHIKARI U.S. tour with Alesana, The Bled, Asking Alexandra and Broadway
Fri	9/4	Nashville, TN	Rockettown
Sat	9/5	Memphis, TN	New Daisy Theatre
Sun	9/6	Tulsa, OK	The Marquee
Mon	9/7	Columbia, MO	Blue Note
Tue	9/8	Omaha, NE	The Waiting Room
Wed	9/9	Des Moines, IA	Peoples
Thu	9/10	Sioux Falls, SD	Nutty’s
Fri	9/11	Fargo, ND	Aquarium
Sat	9/12	Milwaukee, WI	Rave
Sun	9/13	Lemont, IL	Jaguar Club
Mon	9/14	Grand Rapids, MI	The Intersection
Tue	9/15	Indianapolis, IN	Emerson Theatre
Wed	9/16	Louisville, KY	Headliners
Thu	9/17	Dayton, OH	The Attic
Fri	9/18	Toledo, OH	Headliners
Sat	9/19	Erie, PA	Forward Hall
Sun	9/20	Altoona, PA	Eldolyn Hall
Mon	9/21	Syracuse, NY	Lost Horizon
Tue	9/22	Winooski, VT	Higher Ground
Wed	9/23	Poughkeepsie, NY	The Chance
ENTER SHIKARI headlining U.K./Ireland tour with The Devil Wears Prada
Fri	10/2	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Mandela Hall
Sat	10/3	Dublin, Dublin	Academy
Mon	10/5	Norwich, ENGLAND	UEA
Tue	10/6	Southampton, ENGLAND	Guildhall
Wed	10/7	Bristol, ENGLAND	O2 Academy
Thu	10/8	Plymouth, ENGLAND	Pavilions
Sat	10/10	London, ENGLAND	Roundhouse
Sun	10/11	Oxford, ENGLAND	O2 Academy
Mon	10/12	Manchester, ENGLAND	Academy
Tue	10/13	Birmingham, ENGLAND	O2 Academy
Thu	10/15	Sheffield, ENGLAND	O2 Academy
Fri	10/16	Dundee, Scotland	Fat Sams
Sat	10/17	Glasgow, Scotland	ABC
Sun	10/18	Aberdeen, Scotland	Music Hall
Tue	10/20	Newcastle, ENGLAND	O2Academy
Wed	10/21	Nottingham, ENGLAND	Rock City
Thu	10/22	Liverpool, ENGLAND	O2 Academy
ENTER SHIKARI european tour with The Prodigy
Thu	11/12	Helsinki, Finland	Ice Hall
Sat	11/14	Oslo, Norway	Spektrum
Sun	11/15	Copenhagen, Germany	Docken
Tue	11/17	Hamburg, Germany	Sporthalle
Wed	11/18	Brussels, Belgium	Forest National Club
Fri	11/20	Dresden, Germany	Messehallen
Sat	11/21	Karlsruhe, Germany	Europehalle
Sun	11/22	Düsseldorf, Germany	Phillipshalle
Mon	11/23	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Heineken Music Hall
Wed	11/25	Berlin, Germany	Arena Treptow
Sun	11/29	Luxembourg	Rockhal
Mon	11/30	Zurich, Switzerland	Hallestadion
Thu	12/3	Barcelona, Spain	Sant Jordi Club
Fri	12/4	Madrid, Spain	Palacio De Deportes

For ENTER SHIKARI publicity contact MSO:

Libby Coffey 818-380-0400 x224 LCoffey@msopr.com

Bari Lieberman (tour press) 818-380-0400 x222 blieberman@msopr.com

John Ochoa 818-380-0400 x230 jochoa@msopr.com

ENTER SHIKARI assets:

Video for “No Sleep Tonight”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehzmr79ZCoE

Video for “Juggernauts”:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9055NLRl-6Y&feature=channel_page

Bio: http://www.msopr.com/?q=node/4674

www.entershikari.com

www.myspace.com/entershikari

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ENTER SHIKARI RETURN FOR FALL U.S. TOUR AFTER SOLD-OUT GIGS AND RAVE REVIEWS DURING NINE-COUNTRY TREK AROUND THE GLOBE; OVERSEAS DATES WITH THE PRODIGY TO FOLLOW; BAND PERFORMS“JUGGERNAUTS” AND “ANTWERPEN” FROM ‘COMMON DREADS’ DISC THIS WEEK ON FUEL TV’s “THE DAILY HABIT”.