NASHVILLE |FR: LIBBY HENRY/KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON/AMANDA HALE
THE HURLEY INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS:
SUB CITY TAKE ACTION TOUR
TO PARTICIPATE IN CAPITOL HILL PRESS CONFERENCE
SET FOR FEBRUARY 2
TO KICK-OFF FIFTH ANNUAL TOUR
The HURLEY INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS: SUB CITY TAKE ACTION TOUR will participate in a press conference on Capitol Hill February 2 to kick off the fifth annual TAKE ACTION tour and support the launch of the new Youth America Hotline! (YAH!) 1-877-YOUTHLINE (1-877-968-8454). The press conference–hosted by the National Mental Health Association* and the Kristin Brooks Hope Center*–will take place at the Senate Dirksen Office Building inRoom SD-628 on Capitol Hill at 12:00PM EST.
For the conference** LOUIS POSEN, founder of the Take Action! Tour and president of Hopeless/Sub City Records; REESE BUTLER, founder and president of the Kristin Brooks Hope Center, YAH! 1-877-YOUTHLINE and the National Hopeline Network 1-800-SUICIDE; Take Action! Tour artists SUGARCULT and HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS; as well as CLARK FLATT, president and founder of the Jason Foundation will be on hand. Congressional leaders will participate and MICHAEL FAENZA, CEO of the National Mental Health Association, will moderate.
The full line-up for this year’s tour includes headlining act SUGARCULT, with THE EARLY NOVEMBER, HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, HEAD AUTOMATICA, ANBERLIN, MAXEEN, MÊLÉE, PLAIN WHITE T’s and HOPESFALLrounding out a rotating schedule through the 36-city run.
According to the National Mental Heath Association, suicide is the third leading cause of death for young people aged 15-24. The TAKE ACTION tour and organization educate millions of youth on depression, suicide and finding help in their area. 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 (1-800-SUICIDE), a suicide prevention and crisis hotline, and the Youth America Hotline! 1-877-YOUTHLINE (1-877-968-8454), a peer-to-peer line pairing youth callers with youth crisis workers in their area. In addition, the TAKE ACTION! VOL. 4 two-disc compilation CD was recently released on Sub City Records, a division of Hopeless Records.
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 Records has raised over $500,000 for multiple charities.
To RSVP for the Capitol Hill press conference or to request an interview, please 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
Amanda Hale 818-380-0400 ext. 238
ahale@msopr.com
*The National Mental Health Association (NMHA), the country’s oldest and largest nonprofit organization addressing all aspects of mental health and mental illness and the Kristin Brooks Hope Center (KBHC) have partnered to prevent youth suicide by advocating for increased investment in children’s mental health services and research and operating national hotlines such as 1-800-SUICIDE, Youth America Hotline! (YAH!) and the 877-GRADHLP line. The two organizations have also teamed up with the Hurley International Presents: Sub City Records Take Action Tour, which will visit 35 cities in an effort to educate youth about depression and suicide.
**The Capitol Hill Take Action! press conference will call on Congress to fully appropriate the $82 million funding for the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act which passed September 9, 2004. The Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act was introduced by Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) in memory of his son who died by suicide. The Garrett Lee Smith Memorial Act will help establish critical and needed support for mental and behavioral health services to students on college campuses. Further it acknowledges the significant toll that mental and behavioral health problems can take on a student’s ability to succeed in college. A majority of the funds authorized in the bill are dedicated to statewide Youth Suicide Early Intervention and Prevention Strategies.
The confirmed Take Action tour dates and line-up schedule are 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 (no Sugarcult)
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 (No Sugarcult; Don’t Look Down opens)
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, mtvU, Tower Records, Etnies, Trustkill Records, Alternative Press, Fanscape, Cinder Block, Downloadpunk.com Fearless Records, Tooth and Nail Records, National Mental Health Association and Flowerbooking, inc.
Check out www.takeactiontour.com and sign up for the email list to receive automatic updates about the tour.
www.takeactiontour.com
www.hopeline.com
www.youthline.us
www.subcity.net
www.hopelessrecords.com
www.hurley.com
www.flowerbooking.com
www.nmha.org
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