NASHVILLE |FROM: LIBBY HENRY/KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON
‘HURLEY INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS SUB CITY TAKE ACTION! TOUR’;
INTERNET PRE-SALE TICKETS AVAILABLE
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10;
SIX-WEEK TREK KICKS OFF FEBRUARY 2 IN WASHINGTON, DC;
LINE-UP INCLUDES SUGARCULT, THE EARLY NOVEMBER, HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, HEAD AUTOMATICA, ANBERLIN, MAXEEN, PLAIN WHITE T’S, HOPESFALL AND MÊLÉE;
mtv-U SIGNS ON WITH TOUR
The HURLEY INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS SUB CITY TAKE ACTION! TOUR is gearing up for an Internet ticket pre-sale for the 2005 trek. Beginning Friday, December 10, a limited amount of pre-sale tickets will be available for purchase at www.takeactiontour.com. The tour has partnered with Cinder Block Ticketing to host the ticket pre-sale event. In a strong showing of their commitment to the tour, Cinder Block Ticketing will offer TAKE ACTION! fans a super-low service fee for buying their tickets early. As an added bonus, during the pre-sale event, TAKE ACTION VOL. 4–a 41 track, two-disc compilation set of today’s hottest acts in rock, punk, emo, indie and hardcore–will be available on the site for a sale price of $4.50.
Artists confirmed for the fifth annual tour–kicking off February 2 in Washington, DC–include headlining act SUGARCULT, with THE EARLY NOVEMBER, HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, HEAD AUTOMATICA, ANBERLIN, MAXEEN,MÊLÉE, PLAIN WHITE T’s and HOPESFALL rounding out a rotating schedule. The two-month trek–a nationwide tour where cutting-edge musical artists join together to promote social consciousness and awareness–raises funds for the National Hopeline Network, a suicide prevention and crisis hotline (1-800-SUICIDE) and the new Youth America Hotline! 1-877-YOUTHLINE (1-877-968-8454), a peer-to-peer line pairing youth callers up with youth crisis workers in their area. Over the past four years, the TAKE ACTION! TOUR and CD compilations have raised over $170,000 for the National Hopeline Network. Since its inception, Sub City has raised over $470,000 for multiple charities.
In other news, the tour has partnered with mtv-U–the music channel’s college network–as an official trade sponsor to help promote this year’s trek. mtv-U will support the tour with on-air programming featuring tour promotional spots and TAKE ACTION! TOUR facts will be available on the website www.mtvu.com. mtv-U can been seen on over 700 college campuses nationwide, reaching more than 6.1 million students.
The confirmed tour dates and line-up schedule so far is as follows:
DATE CITY VENUE
Sugarcult, The Early November, Hawthorne Heights, Hopesfall, Gym Class Heroes
Wed 2/2 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
Sugarcult, The Early November, Hawthorne Heights, Head Automatica, Hopesfall
Thu 2/3 Richmond, VA Canal Club
Fri 2/4 Charlotte, NC Tremont Music Hall
Sat 2/5 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
Sun 2/6 Nashville, TN Rocketown
Sugarcult, The Early November, Hawthorne Heights, Head Automatica, Maxeen
Tue 2/8 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Revolution
Wed 2/9 Tallahassee, FL Union Ballroom
Thu 2/10 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues
Fri 2/11 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
Sat 2/12 San Antonio, TX White Rabbit
Sun 2/13 Houston, TX Engine Room
Mon 2/14 Dallas, TX Gypsy Ballroom
Sugarcult, Hawthorne Heights, Anberlin, Head Automatica, Melee
Tue 2/15 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater
Wed 2/16 Scottsdale, AZ Venue of Scottsdale
Fri 2/18 West Hollywood, CA House of Blues
Sat 2/19 San Diego, CA Soma
Sugarcult, Hawthorne Heights, Anberlin, Head Automatica, Plain White T’s
Sun 2/20 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
Mon 2/21 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
Wed 2/23 Portland, OR The Meow Meow
Thu 2/24 Seattle, WA Graceland
Fri 2/25 Boise, ID The Big Easy
Sat 2/26 Salt Lake City, UT Lo-Fi Cafe
Sun 2/27 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
Tue 3/1 Minneapolis, MN The Quest
Wed 3/2 Chicago, IL House of Blues
Sugarcult, Hawthorne Heights, Anberlin, Head Automatica, Hopesfall
Thu 3/3 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
Fri 3/4 Detroit, MI Clutch Cargo’s
Sat 3/5 Cincinnati, OH Bogarts
Sun 3/6 Millvale, PA Mr. Smalls
Mon 3/7 Rochester, NY Water Street Music Hall
Tue 3/8 Boston, MA Roxy
Wed 3/9 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
Thu 3/10 New York, NY Irving Plaza
Fri 3/11 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Sat 3/12 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory
The TAKE ACTION! TOUR is made possible through the support of title sponsor Hurley International as well as Hot Topic, MTV- U, Tower Records, Etnies, Trustkill Records, Alternative Press, Fanscape, Cinder Block, Downloadpunk.com and the National Mental Health Association.
Check out www.takeactiontour.com and sign up for the email list to receive automatic updates about the tour.
For more information, contact: MSO 818-380-0400.
Libby Henry 818-380-0400 ext. 224
lhenry@msopr.com
Kristine Ashton-Magnuson 818-380-0400 ext. 233
kashton@msopr.com
www.youthline.us
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