NASHVILLE |DATE: AUGUST 17, 2007
FROM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON
EXCLUSIVE TELEVISION PERFORMANCE OF NEW SINGLE “THE LAST FIGHT”
SET FOR ‘LETTERMAN’ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22;
Creative sparks are flying every night when VELVET REVOLVER–one of rock’s most electrifying bands–take the stage on their in-progress major North American tour of outdoor amphitheatres with Alice In Chains supporting. Armed with material from their three million seller Contraband and the new and critically acclaimed LIBERTAD–a blast of “bruising hard-rock euphoria,” according to USA Today’s Edna Gundersen–the Grammy-winning band are that rarity in rock who play a brand of music that is smart, virtuosic and dangerous all at once.
In exciting news, VELVET REVOLVER–lead vocalist SCOTT WEILAND, guitarist SLASH, bassist DUFF McKAGAN, drummer MATT SORUM and guitarist DAVE KUSHNER–has just been confirmed as a special guest at KROQ’s massive “L.A. Invasion” Saturday, September 15 at the Home Depot Center, where they’ll perform along with such artists as The Smashing Pumpkins and Foo Fighters.
On a day off from their tour, VELVET REVOLVER will appear on The Late Show With David Letterman Wednesday, August 22 for an exclusive television performance of LIBERTAD’s newly released second single “The Last Fight.”
The melodically transcendent and emotionally cathartic “The Last Fight” is one of the songs inspired by the recent passing of SCOTT’s brother Michael. In an August 3 interview with The Sun (UK newspaper), SCOTT explained: “Libertad is dedicated to Michael. It is a fitting album title as my brother was certainly searching for his own liberty and freedom up to the way he died. I was really angry at him at first, for my parents and our family but I was able to channel this anger and grief into songs as ‘The Last Fight’ and ‘For A Brother.’ It made me come to terms with how sad I was.”
LIBERTAD (RCA Records), released July 3, debuted at #5 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart amidst a field of rap, pop and country music. The album’s first single, “She Builds Quick Machines,” has been dominating the rock charts, hitting the Top 3 at Active Rock and Top 4 at Mainstream Rock.
Here’s a sample of the wave of critical acclaim that VELVET REVOLVER has received for their incendiary live performances:
“Velvet Revolver pulled the trigger on a killer concert…a terrific night of music…When its new album, Libertad, drops, appropriately on Independence Day, Revolver will be poised to elbow rock music back into today’s hip-pop mainstream…Weiland moved like a young Mick Jagger while displaying the vocal command of Iggy Pop. Certainly Slash was in fine form, playing his guitar leads with unique physicality.”
–Dan Aquilante, New York Post, May 24, 2007 (pre-album release show)
“…the band rocked…’She Builds Quick Machines,’ the introductory single from Libertad, was a straight rocker with a gripping, half-tempo bridge…The main ear-opener was ‘The Last Fight,’ which mixed a Creedence-like country sway with nasty midrange jangle and a soaring chorus.”
–Greg Burk, Los Angeles Times, May 5, 2007 (pre-album release show)
“…probably the style’s most skillful working band.”
–Jon Pareles, New York Times, May 24, 2007 (pre-album release show)
“…Velvet Revolver played the sort of rock that doesn't take a qualifier. Built on power chords and driving rhythms and played in 4/4 time, it was straight-ahead rock…Front and center was Slash, still wearing that top hat and playing muscular, rhythmic guitar leads. He took blistering solos early and often, whether on Velvet Revolver originals (‘Slither,’ ‘She Builds Quick Machines’) or covers (‘Vaseline,’ from Stone Temple Pilots).
–J. Freedom du Lac & David Malitz, Washington Post, August 6, 2007 (Virgin Festival)
“…Velvet Revolver revved up the energy on the south stage…During the well-paced hour-long set, Velvet Revolver dipped almost equally into both albums, opening the show with the rollicking ‘Let It Roll,’ the first song on the new release…Scott Weiland…is a charismatic frontman, and he shone on the surging rock ballad ‘Fall to Pieces,’ a big hit from Contraband.”
–Rashod Ollison, Baltimore Sun, August 6, 2007 (Virgin Festival)
Catch up with the band at www.velvetrevolver.com. The current tour dates are as follows:
| Date | City | Venue | |||||||
| Fri | 17-Aug | Holmdel, NJ | PNC Bank Arts Center | ||||||
| Sat | 18-Aug | Wantagh, NY | Nikon @ Jones Beach | ||||||
| Mon | 20-Aug | Camden, NJ | Tweeter Center @ The Waterfront | ||||||
| Tue | 21-Aug | Uncasville, CT | Mohegan Sun Arena | ||||||
| Thu | 23-Aug | Saratoga Springs, NY | Saratoga Performing Arts Center | ||||||
| Fri | 24-Aug | Scranton, PA | Toyota Pavilion @ Montage Mtn. | ||||||
| Sat | 25-Aug | Atlantic City, NJ | Borgata Hotel & Casino | ||||||
| Mon | 27-Aug | Clarkston, MI | DTE Energy Music Theatre | ||||||
| Tue | 28-Aug | Tinley Park, IL | First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre | ||||||
| Wed | 29-Aug | St. Paul, MN | Xcel Energy Center | ||||||
| Fri | 7-Sep | Vancouver, BC | Pacific Coliseum | ||||||
| Sat | 8-Sep | George, WA | Gorge Amphitheatre | ||||||
| Sun | 9-Sep | Portland, OR | Amphitheater @ Clark County | ||||||
| Tue | 11-Sep | Santa Barbara, CA | Santa Barbara Bowl | ||||||
| Wed | 12-Sep | Fresno, CA | Selland Arena | ||||||
| Fri | 14-Sep | Concord, CA | Concord Pavilion | ||||||
| Sat | 15-Sep | Carson, CA | Home Depot Center | ||||||
| (KROQ “L.A. Invasion”) | |||||||||
| Sun | 16-Sep | Chula Vista, CA | Coors Amphitheatre | ||||||
| Tue | 18-Sep | Phoenix, AZ | Cricket Pavilion | ||||||
| Thu | 20-Sep | Sacramento, CA | Sleep Train Amphitheater | ||||||
| Fri | 21-Sep | Las Vegas, NV | Mandalay Bay | ||||||
| Sat | 22-Sep | Tucson, AZ | Anselmo Valencia Amphitheatre | ||||||
| Mon | 24-Sep | Denver, CO | Coors Amphitheatre | ||||||
| Tue | 25-Sep | Albuquerque, NM | Journal Pavilion | ||||||
| Thu | 27-Sep | Dallas, TX | Smirnoff Music Centre | ||||||
| Fri | 28-Sep | Houston, TX | Woodlands Pavilion | ||||||
| Tue | 2-Oct | Birmingham, AL | Verizon Wireless Music Center | ||||||
| Wed | 3-Oct | Atlanta, GA | HiFi Buys Amphitheatre | ||||||
| Fri | 5-Oct | Mobile, AL | Bayfest | ||||||
| Sat | 6-Oct | Tampa, FL | Ford Amphitheatre | ||||||
| Sun | 7-Oct | West Palm Beach,FL | Sound Advice Amphitheatre | ||||||
| Tue | 9-Oct | Memphis, TN | Snowden Grove Amphitheatre | ||||||
| Thu | 11-Oct | Merrillville, IN | Star Plaza Theater | ||||||
| Sun | 14-Oct | Winnipeg, MT | MTS Center | ||||||
| Mon | 15-Oct | Saskatoon, SK | Credit Union Centre | ||||||
| Tue | 16-Oct | Edmonton, AB | Rexall Place | ||||||
MSO Press Contacts:
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Mitch Schneider mschneider@msopr.com, ext. 235
Chelsi Schriver (Tour Press) cschriver@msopr.com, ext. 231
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VELVET REVOLVER CONFIRMED AS SPECIAL GUESTS AT KROQ'S MASSIVE "L.A. INVASION" SHOW SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
