DATE: JULY 2, 2008
FROM: KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON/MARCEE RONDAN/MITCH SCHNEIDER
FILTER
ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL U.S. TOUR DATES;
POLITICALLY-CHARGED SECOND SINGLE “WHAT’S NEXT”
BUILDING AT RADIO
As FILTER continues to tour and announce additional U.S. dates in support of their compelling ANTHEMS FOR THE DAMNED album on Pulse Recordings, their politically-charged new single “What’s Next” is building at radio. “What’s Next” follows the group’s “pro-troops, anti-war” debut single “Soldiers of Misfortune,” a fixture at rock stations nationwide.
“What’s Next” lashes out at war barons and Bush hardliners as frontman RICHARD PATRICK sings: “They just keep holding us back/Wish I could just see the attack/They just keep beating us down, down/It's time we took up a stand…'Cause right now we just don't realize/What’s next…Take the soldiers and put them in sand/Pull the child right from the man/It's not hard to get swallowed up/George Bush is fucking us up/See the lies that he has sown/Wash us up and he has us done…We don't know who to trust/They just keep swallowing us, We've got each other to trust.”
Says PATRICK: “We’ve got two oil men in the fuckin’ White House that have destroyed our country. And we can’t seem to recognize that as a culture. It just astounds me. So it’s a call to arms.”
Meanwhile, FILTER has added an additional leg of tour dates (July 27-August 15) to their in-progress U.S. trek, which began in New York City on May 13, the day the Josh Abraham-produced ANTHEMS FOR THE DAMNED–their first album in five years–was released. On the road, FILTER is performing songs from the new album–including “Soldiers of Misfortune,” hailed by the New York Post as a “soaring and emotional song”–with the band’s classics like “Hey Man, Nice Shot” and “Take A Picture.”
Catch FILTER live at the following shows and look for more tour dates to be announced in the near future. Also check out www.officialfilter.com and http://www.myspace.com/filter1.
Date | City | Venue | ||
Wed | 7/2 | Indianapolis, IN | Music Mill | |
Thu | 7/3 | Flint, MI | The Machine Shop | |
Sat | 7/5 | Des Moines, IA | Balloon Field (KAZR Radio Show) | |
Mon | 7/7 | Denver, CO | Bluebird Theater | |
Tue | 7/8 | Salt Lake City, UT | Avalon Theater | |
Thu | 7/10 | Albuquerque, NM | Sunshine Theatre | |
Fri | 7/11 | Phoenix, AZ | Tempe Marketplace | |
Sat | 7/12 | Los Angeles, CA | The Roxy Theatre | |
Sat | 7/26 | Sayreville, NJ | Starland Ballroom | |
Sun | 7/27 | Altamont, NY | Altamont Fairgrounds | |
(WZMR Edgefest) | ||||
Tue | 7/29 | State College, PA | Lulu’s | |
Wed | 7/30 | Pittsburgh, PA | Diesel | |
Thur | 7/31 | Battle Creek, MI | Planet Rock | |
Sat | 8/2 | Omaha, NE | Westfair Amphitheatre | |
(KIWR radio show) | ||||
Sun | 8/3 | Duluth, MN | Bayfront Festival Park | |
Tue | 8/5 | Kansas City, MO | Voodoo Lounge | |
Wed | 8/6 | Little Rock, AR | Revolution Room | |
Fri | 8/8 | Bellefontaine, OH | Woodshock Music Festival | |
Sat | 8/9 | Grayslake, IL | Lake County Fairgrounds | |
Sun | 8/10 | Grand Rapids, MI | Intersection | |
Tue | 8/12 | St. Louis, MO | Pop’s | |
Wed | 8/13 | Lexington, KY | A1A Concert Hall | |
Thu | 8/14 | Lancaster, PA | The Chameleon | |
Wed | 8/15 | Philadelphia, PA | WMMR radio show |
MSO Press Contacts:
(818) 380-0400
Marcee Rondan marcee@msopr.com ext. 248
Kristine Ashton-Magnuson kashton@msopr.com ext. 233
Bari Lieberman (tour press) blieberman@msopr.com ext. 222
Mitch Schneider mschneider@msopr.com ext. 235
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FILTER ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL U.S. TOUR DATES; POLITICALLY-CHARGED SECOND SINGLE “WHAT’S NEXT” BUILDING AT RADIO