STONE SOUR’S “BOTHER” IMPACTS TOP 40 RADIO AS #3 MOST ADDED SONG AND MAINTAINS TOP 10 POSITIONS AT ROCK RADIO

DATE: DECEMBER 6, 2002

STONE SOUR’S

“BOTHER” IMPACTS TOP 40 RADIO AS #3 MOST ADDED SONG

AND MAINTAINS TOP 10 POSITIONS AT ROCK RADIO;

BAND TO TOUR EUROPE IN FEBRUARY 2003

Stone Sour's smash "Bother" is #3 most added in its first week out at Top 40 radio, having already impacted deeply as a Top 5 Modern, Active Rock and Mainstream Rock hit.  Bringing a much-needed rock poignancy to the Top 40 format, the song came in ahead of songs by Jay Z and Justin Timberlake and right behind songs by Vanessa Carlton and P. Diddy.  In addition, the band’s self-titled debut album (Roadrunner Records) sold 15,903 copies this week, a 14% increase from the previous week.

STONE SOUR–vocalist COREY TAYLOR, guitarist JAMES ROOT, drummer JOEL EKMAN, guitarist JOSH RAND and bassist SHAWN ECONOMAKI–is currently on a nationwide headlining tour with Chevelle supporting.  These dates also include a STONE SOUR performance at the KROCK Christmas  Show at Nassau Coliseum in New York on December 12 and a special headlining hometown-area New Year’s Eve show in Iowa.  After wrapping up their U.S. tour December 31, STONE SOUR will kick off a European trek in February.

Check out www.stonesour.com and www.roadrunnerrecords.com for more information on STONE SOUR.  Current tour dates are as follows:

Date                  City                           Venue

Fri     12/6          Toronto, ONT              Warehouse

Sat    12/7          Montreal, PQ               Club Soda

Sun   12/8          Poughkeepsie, NY        Chance

Tue   12/10        Clifton Park, NY            Northern Lights

Thur  12/12        Uniondale, NY              Nassau Coliseum (KROCK

 Christmas Show)

Fri     12/13        Cleveland, OH              Agora Theatre

Sat    12/14        Pittsburgh, PA            Amphitheatre at Station Sq.

Mon   12/16        Grand Rapids, MI         The Orbit Room

Tue   12/17         Peoria, IL                   Madison Theatre

Wed  12/18         Springfield, MO           Juke Joint

Fri     12/20         St. Paul, MN               Roy Wilkins Auditorium

Sat    12/21         Kansas City, MO          Memorial Hall

Sun   12/22         Lincoln, NE                 Royal Grove

Tue   12/31         Clive, IA                    7 Flags Event Center

Contacts:   Kristine Ashton/Mitch Schneider at MSO

(818-380-0400 ext. 233/ext. 235 or kashton@msopr.com/ mschneider@msopr.com)

Maria Gonzales at Roadrunner Records

(310-858-2676 or gonzales@roadrunnerrecords.com)

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