HURLEY INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS THE SUB CITY
TAKE ACTION! TOUR
SET TO KICK OFF FEBRUARY 2005;

SUGARCULT, THE EARLY NOVEMBER, HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS AND HEAD AUTOMATICA CONFIRMED FOR TREK SO FAR;

TAKE ACTION! VOL. 4 CD COMPILATION OUT NOW

Hurley International Presents The Sub City TAKE ACTION! TOUR is set to kick off in February 2005. Early line-up confirmations for the fifth annual tour–set to launch February 2 in Washington, D.C.–include headlining act Sugarcult with The Early November, Hawthorne Heights and Head Automatica supporting. More acts will be announced soon.

The two-month tour–a nationwide trek 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). This year’s TAKE ACTION! TOUR also benefits a new feature of the Hopeline: the 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.

The Hurley International-sponsored Sub City TAKE ACTION! TOUR 2005 offers fans the opportunity to educate themselves about the National Hopeline Network’s new Youth America Hotline! while checking out performances from their favorite music artists. In previous years, tour headliners have included Jimmy Eat World, Thrice, Thursday, Anti-Flag and Poison The Well to name a few. The national tour and its annual compilation CD serve as an extension of the Sub City concept (www.subcity.net) of raising funds and awareness for nonprofit organizations through music. The label and tour’s mission is “to create a better world; one voice and one action at a time” by empowering people to make educated choices.

Tour founder Louis Posen notes: “Now in our fifth year of putting together the TAKE ACTION! TOUR we’re extremely pleased with our support from the artists, our valued business colleagues and motivated individuals who want to spend their time and money to help raise awareness about these critical issues. With an incredible line-up for 2005, we look forward to reaching more people with this message than ever before.”

The TAKE ACTION VOL. 4 two-disc set compilation is a diverse array of today’s hottest acts in the worlds of rock, punk, emo, indie and hardcore with 41 tracks for a fan-friendly price of $5.99. Some of the dozens of bands that appear on this year’s compilation are: NOFX, Taking Back Sunday, Coheed and Cambria, Dillinger Escape Plan, Pedro The Lion, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Shadows Fall, Rufio, The Kicks, Hawthorne Heights, Underoath, Go Betty Go, Against Me, The Early November and Mae.

Fans can log on to www.takeactiontour.com and join the tour’s mailing list (in the SIGN-UP section) to receive the official newsletter for the TAKE ACTION! TOUR as well as news, ticket sales and information on how to get involved with the TAKE ACTION! Organization.

By teaming with sponsors in a grassroots fashion, the TAKE ACTION! TOUR continues not only to be successful, but also gives back to the community by donating to charities nationwide. This year, industry powerhouses Hurley International, Hot Topic, Tower Records, Etnies, Alternative Press, Fanscape, Downloadpunk.com and the National Mental Health Association are joining the TAKE ACTION! team as sponsors in bringing the TAKE ACTION! TOUR to the masses!

Check out the current tour routing (venues will be announced shortly):

DATE CITY

Wed 2/2 Washington, DC

Thu 2/3 TBA

Fri 2/4 Norfolk, VA

Sat 2/5 Charlotte, NC

Sun 2/6 Atlanta, GA

Mon 2/7 Jacksonville, FL

Tue 2/8 Ft Lauderdale, FL

Wed 2/9 Orlando, FL

Fri 2/11 Houston, TX

Sat 2/12 Dallas, TX

Sun 2/13 Austin, TX

Tue 2/15 Tempe, AZ

Wed 2/16 San Diego, CA

Thu 2/17 Los Angeles, CA

Fri 2/18 TBA

Sat 2/19 TBA

Sun 2/20 Anaheim, CA

Mon 2/21 San Francisco, CA

Wed 2/23 Seattle, WA

Thu 2/24 Portland, OR

Fri 2/25 Boise, ID

Sat 2/26 Orem, UT

Sun 2/27 Denver, CO

Tue 3/1 Minneapolis, MN

Wed 3/2 Chicago, IL

Thu 3/3 TBA

Fri 3/4 Detroit, MI

Sat 3/5 Toronto, ON

Sun 3/6 Montreal, QC

Tue 3/8 Boston, MA

Wed 3/9 Philadelphia, PA

Thu 3/10 New York, NY

Fri 3/11 Sayreville, NJ

Check out the complete track listing for the TAKE ACTION! VOL. 4 CD, in stores now:

Disc One
P.S.A by Andrew W.K.
NOFX-“Concerns of a GOP NeoPhyte” (Wrong Version)
Squad Five-0-“Lay it Down”
The Break-“The Wolves Are At The Front Door”
The Kicks-“Radar”
Against Me!-“You Look Like I Need A Drink”
Murder By Death-“Canyon Inn, Room 16”
Boys Night Out-“I Got Punched In The Nose For Sticking My Face In Other
Peoples Business”
Ever We Fall-“Three Wires In”
Hawthorne Heights-“Ohio is for Lovers”
Fear Before the March of Flames-“Consequences David, You’ll Meet Your Fate In the Styx”
Underoath-“Reinventing Your Exit”
Haste-“Stutter”
Shadows Fall-“The Power Of I And I”
Mastodon-“March of the Fire Ants”
Terror-“Keep Your Mouth Shut”
The Dillinger Escape Plan-“Panasonic Youth”
New Mexican Disaster Squad-“You’re Incorrect”
A Wilhelm Scream-“Famous Friends And Fashion Drunks”
V.P.R.-“Our Day In the Sun”
The Briggs-“All On Me”
Go Betty Go-“C’mon”

Disc Two
Coheed and Cambria-“The Crowing”
Taking Back Sunday-“Bonus Mosh Pt. II”
Rufio-“Don’t Hate Me”
Brandtson-“Little Birds and Spiders”
Roses are Red-“White and Gold”
The Early November-“Ever So Sweet”
Mae-“Embers and Envelopes”
Hidden In Plain View-“Bleed For You”
Brazil-“And So It Goes”
Kaddisfly-“Midnight in Shanghai”
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists-“Six Months In A Leaky Boat”
Pedro the Lion-“Discretion”
Now It’s Overhead-“Wait In A Line”
Melee-“The War”
ROY-‘Wipe That Brow”
Detachment Kit-“The Race”
Despistado-“A Stirsticks Prediction”
The Lot Six-“Autobrats”
Communique-“Perfect Weapon”