DT: JANUARY 19, 2012
FR: ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/JOHN OCHOA
MSO

STEVE AOKI
DEBUTS ON iTUNES OVERALL ALBUM CHART AT #9
WITH WONDERLAND
VIDEO FOR “LADI DADI” FEATURING WYNTER GORDON
AVAILABLE NOW
ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK PRESENTS DIM MAK’S DEADMEAT TOUR 2012
POWERED BY SOL REPUBLIC WITH STEVE AOKI AND DATSIK
LAUNCHES TODAY, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19
AT COMERICA THEATRE IN PHOENIX
NEW DATES ADDED IN CHARLOTTE, LONG ISLAND, BUFFALO, TORONTO,
SPOKANE AND SACRAMENTO
A milestone in his extensive career as an industry entrepreneur, DJ and producer, STEVE AOKI’s WONDERLAND (Ultra Music/Dim Mak) hit #9 on the iTunes Overall Album Chart upon its exclusive release January 10 with the digital retailer last week. It also made its debut at Billboard this week at #54 on the Top 200 Album Chart and #6 on the Dance/Electronic Album Chart.
Meanwhile, the ROCKSTAR ENERGY DRINK PRESENTS DIM MAK’S DEADMEAT TOUR 2012 powered by Sol Republic, featuring AOKI along with dubstep’s hottest new producer and Dim Mak label mate Datsik, launches today at the Comerica Theatre in Phoenix, AZ. It’s set to travel across North America throughout winter 2012 and visit some of the most renowned theaters and concert arenas. New dates are set for Charlotte at The Fillmore February 10, Long Island, NY at The Paramount February 12, Buffalo at The Town February 28, Toronto at Kool Haus March 2, Spokane at the Knitting Factory March 12 and Sacramento at UC Davis/Freeborn Hall March 14. The complete tour routing is listed below.
While on the Deadmeat Tour, AOKI will release his next single, the pop-skewing “Ladi Dadi” featuring Wynter Gordon, on January 24 as well as a package including remixes from Autoerotique, Angger Dimas and Tommy Trash on January 31. The official video for “Ladi Dadi” featuring AOKI and Gordon is available now at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_m-iHG5pWU
Catch STEVE AOKI on tour in support of WONDERLAND:
with Datsik on the DEADMEAT Tour:
DATE | CITY | VENUE | |
Thu | 1/19 | Phoenix, AZ | Comerica Theatre |
Fri | 1/20 | Santa Barbara, CA | Earl Warren Showgrounds |
Sat | 1/21 | San Francisco, CA | Bill Graham Civic Auditorium |
Sun | 1/22 | Chico, CA | Senator |
Mon | 1/23 | Reno, NV | Knitting Factory |
Tue | 1/24 | Salt Lake City, UT | The Complex (Grand) |
Wed | 1/25 | Aspen, CO | Belly Up |
Thu | 1/26 | Denver, CO | The Fillmore |
Fri | 1/27 | Albuquerque, NM | Sunshine Theater |
Sat | 1/28 | El Paso, TX | County Coliseum |
Sun | 1/29 | San Antonio, TX | Club Rio |
Mon | 1/30 | Tulsa, OK | Cain’s Ballroom |
Tue | 1/31 | Kansas City, MO | Uptown Theater |
Wed | 2/1 | St. Louis, MO | The Pageant |
Thu | 2/2 | Houston, TX | Verizon Theatre |
Fri | 2/3 | Dallas, TX | Palladium |
Sat | 2/4 | New Orleans, LA | Sugar Mill |
Mon | 2/6 | Tallahassee, FL | The Coliseum |
Tue | 2/7 | Charleston, SC | The Music Farm |
Wed | 2/8 | Athens, GA | The Bad Manor |
Thu | 2/9 | Atlanta, GA | Tabernacle |
Fri | 2/10 | Charlotte, NC | The Fillmore |
Sat | 2/11 | Silver Spring, MD | Fillmore Silver Spring |
Sun | 2/12 | Long Island, NY | The Paramount |
Mon | 2/13 | Greensboro, NC | Greene St Club |
Tue | 2/14 | Wallingford, CT | Dome at Oakdale |
Thu | 2/16 | Boston, MA | House of Blues |
Fri | 2/17 | New York City, NY | Roseland Ballroom |
Sat | 2/18 | Atlantic City, NJ | Borgata Arena |
Sun | 2/19 | Sayreville, NJ | Starland Ballroom |
Tue | 2/21 | Indianapolis, IN | Egyptian Room |
Wed | 2/22 | Madison, WI | Orpheum |
Thu | 2/23 | Minneapolis, MN | Epic Events Center |
Fri | 2/24 | Chicago, IL | Aragon Ballroom |
Sat | 2/25 | Detroit, MI | Fillmore |
Sun | 2/26 | Grand Rapids, MI | Orbit Room |
Tue | 2/28 | Buffalo, NY | The Town |
Wed | 2/29 | Albany, NY | Northern Lights |
Thu | 3/1 | Ottawa, ON | Civic Centre Salon |
Fri | 3/2 | Toronto, ON | Kool Haus |
Sat | 3/3 | Montreal, QC | Metropolis |
Fri | 3/9 | Seattle, WA | The Paramount |
Sat | 3/10 | Vancouver, BC | PNE Forum |
Sun | 3/11 | Eugene, OR | McDonald Theater |
Mon | 3/12 | Spokane, WA | Knitting Factory |
Tue | 3/13 | Portland, OR | Roseland Theater |
Wed | 3/14 | Sacramento, CA | UC Davis Freeborn Hall |
Fri | 3/16 | San Diego, CA | TBD |
Sat | 3/17 | Los Angeles, CA | Beyond Wonderland @ NOS Events Center |
Sun | 3/25 | Miami, FL | Ultra Music Festival @ Bayfront Park |
About Steve Aoki:
STEVE AOKI broke bands such as Bloc Party, The Bloody Beetroots, Klaxons and The Gossip through deftly marketed single and full-length releases on his Dim Mak label, which he began in 1996 and now has over 250 releases. Those releases often dovetailed into performances at his weekly Dim Mak nights including Dim Mak studios (still going strong every Tuesday night in the heart of Hollywood). As a label owner and shrewd curator of talent from around the world, those club nights have hosted the debut U.S. performances of hundreds of acts over the last decade from Lady Gaga to Ed Banger Records & Justice, Ke$ha, Skrillex, Kid Cudi, Kaiser Chiefs, No Age to Boys Noize. AOKI’s become a force of nature who has helped turn underground house, electro and harder-edged EDM with rap and rock leanings into the phenomena it is today: regularly pulling in 150,000+ fans at events such as Las Vegas’ Electric Daisy Carnival and the debut of the IDentity national electronic touring festival. AOKI’s punk roots go back to the art of the house party, when he was just a student at UCSB and was already booking bands such as The Rapture, !!!, Jimmy Eat World, Hot Water Music and At the Drive-In at his Pickle Patch bash and forging relationships with big names that would end up serving him well in the future (he met Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo at a secret show in college). Now, AOKI is readying the next stage of his incredible music career with his first proper full-length release with WONDERLAND, bringing a lifetime’s worth of passion for bands, DJs and artists of all stripes he has met and/or worked with over the past two decades to the forefront.
For more information, please visit:
www.steveaoki.com
www.facebook.com/djaoki
www.twitter.com/steveaoki
www.myspace.com/steveaoki
www.youtube.com/steveaoki
www.dimmakrecs.com
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For more information on STEVE AOKI, contact:
MSO PR 818-380-0400
Alexandra Greenberg x223, agreenberg@msopr.com
John Ochoa x230 (Tour), jochoa@msopr.com