NASHVILLE |ALANIS MORISSETTE ANNOUNCES
‘JAGGED LITTLE PILL ACOUSTIC TOUR’;
THE “LIVE @ VH1.COM PRESENTS” DATES
WILL VISIT DISTINGUISHED VENUES STARTING JUNE 7;
‘JAGGED LITTLE PILL (ACOUSTIC)’ ALBUM OUT JUNE 13; EXCLUSIVE SIX-WEEK AVAILABILITY AT STARBUCKS
ALANIS MORISSETTE will launch her first-ever acoustic tour June 7 in Toronto, a multi-city trek visiting distinguished venues throughout North America before wrapping July 17 in Costa Mesa, CA. Billed as the “JAGGED LITTLE PILL ACOUSTIC TOUR,” the 27-date “Live @ VH1.Com Presents” jaunt coincides with the June 13 release of JAGGED LITTLE PILL (ACOUSTIC). The Maverick album is a new acoustic studio version of the seven-time Grammy Award winner’s groundbreaking 1995 release. In a unique agreement between Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) Hear Music and Maverick Records, the album will be sold exclusively in Starbucks Company-operated stores in North America and via www.starbucks.com/hearmusic beginning June 13, 2005–ten years to the date of the original recording’s release–and throughout the six weeks of the acoustic tour, after which it will also be sold at traditional retail outlets.
For the upcoming dates–produced by Concerts West, an AEG Live company–the singer, songwriter and musician will be backed by her current touring band. It’s in this acoustic setting where ALANIS’ vocal intensity brings her lyrics to a new dimension. Tickets for the “JAGGED LITTLE PILL ACOUSTIC TOUR” begin going on sale Friday, April 22.
“I am having so much fun playing these newly interpreted songs, some of them with different harmonic tracks altogether,” says ALANIS in the midst of her European tour. She adds: “I notice that different layers of emotions emerge with these songs being broken down and re-visited. I can’t wait to tip my hat to this record in a way that also references the present and the future.”
ALANIS has re-teamed with Jagged Little Pill’s producer and co-composer Glen Ballard–for the first time since 1998’s Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie–to record the new acoustic album. JAGGED LITTLE PILL (ACOUSTIC) will feature all the songs that appeared on the original recording–including such global hits as “You Oughta Know,” “Ironic,” “Hand In My Pocket,” “You Learn” and “Head Over Feet”–in the same order as they did on the 1995 album, including the hidden track “Your House.” The 10th anniversary package–to be released June 13, 2005, ten years to the date of the original recording’s release–will include special footage from that era plus other bonus features.
The original album’s monumental success earned ALANIS four GRAMMYÒ awards: Album of the Year, Best Female Rock Vocal Performance (“You Oughta Know”), Best Rock Song (“You Oughta Know”) and Best Rock Album. At 21, she became the youngest artist to win the “Album of the Year” category and influenced a whole new generation of female singer/songwriters.
Here are the “JAGGED LITTLE PILL ACOUSTIC TOUR” dates:
Date City Venue
Tue-Jun-07 Toronto, ONT Hummingbird Centre for Perf. Arts
Wed-Jun-08 Detroit, MI Masonic Temple Theatre
Fri-Jun-10 Minneapolis, MN Orpheum Theatre
Sat-Jun-11 Chicago, IL Auditorium Theatre
Tue-Jun-14 Philadelphia, PA TBD
Wed-Jun-15 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall
Fri-Jun-17 Boston, MA The Wang Theatre
Sat-Jun-18 Baltimore, MD Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Mon-Jun-20 Cincinnati, OH Aronoff Center for Perf. Arts
Tue-Jun-21 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
Wed-Jun-22 Atlanta, GA The Fox Theatre
Fri-Jun-24 Miami, FL Jackie Gleason Theater
Sat-Jun-25 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall
Sun-Jun-26 Orlando, FL Bob Carr Perf. Arts Centre
Tue-Jun-28 New Orleans, LA Saenger Theatre
Wed-Jun-29 Houston, TX Jones Hall
Thu-Jun-30 Ft Worth, TX Bass Performance Hall
Sat-Jul-02 St Louis, MO Fox Theatre
Sun-Jul-03 Kansas City, MO Midland Theatre
Tue-Jul-05 Denver, CO Paramount Theatre
Fri-Jul-08 Portland, OR Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
Sat-Jul-09 Vancouver, BC Orpheum Theatre
Sun-Jul-10 Seattle, WA The Paramount Theatre
Tue-Jul-12 Oakland, CA The Paramount Theatre
Wed-Jul-13 Los Angeles, CA Walt Disney Concert Hall
Fri-Jul-15 San Diego, CA Copley Symphony Hall
Sat-Jul-16 Phoenix, AZ Dodge Theatre
Sun-Jul-17 Costa Mesa, CA Orange County Perf. Arts Center
About Starbucks Hear Music
Founded in 1990, and acquired by Starbucks Coffee Company in 1999, Starbucks Hear Music is the voice of music at Starbucks. Starbucks Hear Music is dedicated to creating a new and convenient way for consumers to discover, experience and acquire all genres of great music through its unique editorial voice, CD compilations, and music programming for Starbucks coffeehouses worldwide, as well as its innovative partnerships with other music labels to produce, market and distribute both exclusive and non-exclusive music. In 2004, Starbucks Hear Music launched a 24-hour digital music channel with XM Satellite Radio (XM Channel 75), the Starbucks Hear Music™ Coffeehouse in Santa Monica where customers can select from over 15,000 CDs or burn their own custom mixes, and the Starbucks Hear Music™ media bars, a service that offers custom CD burning at select Starbucks retail locations in Seattle and Austin. Starbucks Hear Music™ CDs are featured at Hear Music and Starbucks retail locations, as well as www.starbucks.com and www.hearmusic.com.
About Starbucks Coffee Company
Starbucks Coffee Company is the leading retailer, roaster and brand of specialty coffee in the world, with more than 9,000 retail locations in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific Rim. The Company is committed to offering the highest quality coffee and the Starbucks Experience while conducting its business in ways that produce social, environmental and economic benefits for communities in which it does business. In addition to its retail operations, the Company produces and sells bottled Frappuccino® coffee drinks, Starbucks DoubleShot™ coffee drink, and a line of superpremium ice creams through its joint venture partnerships. The Company’s brand portfolio provides a wide variety of consumer products. Tazo Tea’s line of innovative premium teas and Hear Music’s exceptional compact discs enhance the Starbucks Experience through best-of-class products. The Seattle’s Best Coffee® and Torrefazione Italia® Coffee brands enable Starbucks to appeal to a broader consumer base by offering an alternative variety of coffee flavor profiles.
About AEG LIVE
AEG LIVE, the live-entertainment division of Los Angeles-based AEG, is a collection of companies dedicated to all aspects of live contemporary music performance, touring for a variety of programming and multi-media production. AEG LIVE, the nation’s second largest concert promotion and touring company, with five regional offices, is comprised of stand-alone affiliate divisions including: AEG LIVE Events, creators and producers of special events of all sizes; AEG-TV, devoted to creation and marketing of live events for television, DVD, pay-per-view, cinema and other electronic media and AEG Radio, developers and packagers of national and regional radio programming. AEG LIVE Tours & Special Events and AEG LIVE Exhibitions, the company’s national promotion divisions are currently producing tours and productions including Celine Dion. A New Day…Presented By Chrysler now appearing at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and the recently announced “Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs,” an international tour of the artifacts of King Tut. Recently promoted concert tours have included artists such as Prince, Usher, Kenny Chesney, Rod Stewart, Paul McCartney, Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera and Dixie Chicks. Goldenvoice, the company’s southern California-based regional promotion division created and operates the award-winning annual Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival. AEG LIVE is a partner with Queen Latifah and Usher in separate joint ventures, which include merchandise, touring, CD and long-form DVD releases. The company operates NOKIA Theatre at Grand Prairie (Texas) and will be opening a 2,100-seat Theater in Times Square in 2005.
About “Live @ VH1.com”:
A stripped down program, showcasing music and musicians in a relaxed setting, is available online on VH1.com and on-air on VH1. VH1 connects viewers to the music, artists and pop culture that matter to them most with series, specials, live events, exclusive online content and public affairs initiatives. VH1 is available in 87 million households in the U.S. VH1 also has an array of digital services including VH1 Classic, VH1 Soul, VH Uno, VH1 Mega Hits and VH1 Country. Connect with VH1 at http://www.VH1.com.
Contacts:
ALANIS MORISSETTE STARBUCKS ENTERTAINMENT
MSO Emily Glassman
818 380 0400 206 318 7933
Mitch Schneider (ext 235) emily.glassman@starbucks.com
Marcee Rondan (ext 248)
Lathum Nelson (ext 227)
mschneider@msopr.com
marcee@msopr.com
lnelson@msopr.com
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