NASHVILLE |FM: KRISTINE ASHTON/LIBBY HENRY/JENNIFER SHELLER/MITCH SCHNEIDER
COLD
DEBUTS AT #3 POSITION ON BILLBOARD CHART
WITH ‘YEAR OF THE SPIDER’ ALBUM
CONFIRMED TO JOIN MAINSTAGE OF LOLLAPALOOZA
ON THIRD LEG OF TOUR
AND WILL HEADLINE SECOND STAGE DURING FESTIVAL’S SECOND LEG
A serious COLD front has just moved in.
Rigorous touring, a previous gold album and the top ten radio success of their current “Stupid Girl” single have paved the way for COLD to impressively enter the Billboard pop albums chart at #3 with their third album, YEAR OF THE SPIDER(Flip/Geffen), selling over 101,000 copies in one week.
In addition to their success at radio, the “Stupid Girl” video–directed by Marc Webb (Puddle Of Mudd, Green Day, Good Charlotte)–is spinning at MTV, MTV2 and MuchMusic USA. The band also performed the song Thursday, May 15 on the Jimmy Kimmel Live show in Los Angeles. Members of COLD’s diehard fanbase crowded into the show’s outside lot to watch the band’s performance, which included their signature song “Just Got Wicked” from their gold 13 Ways To Bleed Onstage album.
This summer, COLD—SCOOTER WARD (vocals), KELLY HAYES (guitar), JEREMY MARSHALL (bass), TERRY BALSAMO (guitar) and SAM McCANDLESS (drums)–have been invited to join the mainstage lineup for third leg of the Lollapalooza tour. They will also be headlining the second stage of the festival’s second leg.
Currently, the band is alternating headlining gigs with support slots for Staind and Godsmack as well as appearances on multi-act radio shows.
The band has emerged from a tumultuous personal year with the emotive and poignant YEAR OF THE SPIDER. “There were a lot of bad things that happened as soon as we went to Los Angeles to start our record, WARD told VH1.com (5/16/03). “Our guitar tech had passed away. KELLY’s (guitarist) wife’s brother passed away.” Soon after the recording began, WARD learned that his sister was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. “Everybody was just hoping that she’d go through chemo and everything would go away,” WARD added. “But once it started spreading…I was like, man I don’t know if I can even be here, let alone write lyrics. So I decided…I am gonna put all of my energy and emotion into the lyrics.”
This personal intensity is reflected throughout YEAR OF THE SPIDER, a moody, melodic and aggressive work that was produced by Howard Benson (P.O.D.’s current triple platinum Satellite). “This is the most emotional thing that we’ve done, and our fans seem to draw off that emotional music,” WARD elaborated to VH1.com. “Everyone has had their heart broken, felt suffocated, or had someone around them die at one point in their life. So everyone can relate to that kind of emotion.”
Check out www.coldonline.com.
Date City Venue
Sat 5/24 Minneapolis, MN KXXR 93X Show-Float-rite Park
Sun 5/25 Chicago, IL Metro
Mon 5/26 Pittsburgh, PA WXDX Show-Post-Gazette Pavilion
Tue 5/27 Detroit, MI St. Andrews
Wed 5/28 Toronto, ON Kool Haus w. Staind
Thu 5/29 Toronto, ON Press Day
Fri 5/30 Buffalo, NY WEDG Show- Dunn Tire Park
Sat 5/31 Milwaukee, WI WLZR Show-Marcus Amphitheatre
Sun 6/01 Cleveland, OH WXTM Show-Tower City Amphitheater
Tue 6/03 Columbus, OH Promo West Pavilion w. Staind
Wed 6/04 Grand Rapids, MI Orbit Room w. Staind
Fri 6/06 Louisville, KY Freedom Hall -WLRS Show
Sat 6/07 Kansas City, KS Verizon Wireless Amphitheater- KQRC show
Sun 6/08 St. Louis, MO UMB Bank Pavilion w. Staind
Tue 6/10 Oklahoma City, OK Bricktown Event Center w. Staind
Wed 6/11 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion w. Godsmack/Staind
Thu 6/12 El Paso, TX UTEP w. Godsmack
Sun 6/15 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheater -91 X-Fest
Tue 6/17 Las Vegas, NV The Joint w. Staind
Wed 6/18 Las Vegas, NV The Joint w. Staind
Fri 6/20 Spokane, WA Convention Center w. Godsmack
Sat 6/21 Seattle, WA KNDD Radio Show – Gorge Amphitheatre
Lollapalooza (second leg):
Tue 7/22 Buffalo, NY Darien Lakes Performing Arts
Wed 7/23 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
Fri 7/25 Boston, MA Tweeter Center
Sat 7/26 Boston, MA Tweeter Center
Sun 7/27 Philadelphia, PA Tweeter at the Waterfront
Tue 7/29 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Fri 8/1 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion
Sat 8/2 Raleigh, NC Alltel Pavilion
Sun 8/3 Atlanta, GA Hi Fi Buys Amphitheatre
Tue 8/5 West Palm Beach, FL Coral Sky Amphitheatre
Fri 8/8 Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Centre
Sat 8/9 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Lollapalooza (third leg):
Sun 8/10 Houston, TX The Woodlands
Tue 8/12 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
Wed 8/13 Denver, CO Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre
Fri 8/15 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
Sat 8/16 Los Angeles, CA Glen Helen Blockbuster Pavilion
Sun 8/17 San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheatre
Tue 8/19 San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
Thur 8/21 Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
Sat 8/23 Seattle, WA White River Amphitheatre
Wed 8/27 New York, NY Randall’s Island
Thur 8/28 New York, NY Randall’s Island
Fri 8/29 Hershey, PA Hershey Park Stadium
Sat 8/30 Syracuse, NY Vernon Downs Raceway
Stay tuned for more tour dates.
For more information on COLD contact:
MSO 818-380-0400
Kristine Ashton x 233 kashton@msopr.com
Libby Henry x 224 lhenry@msopr.com
Jennifer Sheller x 234 jsheller@msopr.com
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