NASHVILLE |DATE: JUNE 12, 2013
FROM: MITCH SCHNEIDER/TODD BRODGINSKI/MARCEE RONDAN
JOHN FOGERTY’S
‘WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE’
CONTINUES TO EARN CRITICAL PRAISE
ADDITIONAL TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED
VIDEO FOR FIRST SINGLE ‘MYSTIC HIGHWAY’ IS #2 MOST PLAYED
ON CMT PURE
“The result is some of the best new music Fogerty has made since, well, Creedence. His singing is strong and engaged, even scalding when he goes up against Kid Rock in ‘Born on the Bayou,’ and the current state of Fogerty’s guitar playing is summed up in his shootout with country picker Brad Paisley in ‘Hot Rod Heart’…Looking back at these songs, in this company, has brought out a fire and nerve in Fogerty. He sounds as renewed in these performances as the riffs and stories.” (Five star review) – ROLLING STONE
June 12, 2013 – JOHN FOGERTY’s new album WROTE A SONG FOR EVERYONE continues to build critical momentum, receiving one stellar review after another. The media is hailing the FOGERTY-produced album–which marks the Grammy Award-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee’s highest-debuting album (#3 on Billboard’s Top 200 Album chart) of his career (including Creedence Clearwater Revival releases)–as one of his finest works. Click here for what critics are saying.
A celebration of FOGERTY’s iconic songbook, the album is a collection of 14 songs: 12 classics and deep tracks (Creedence Clearwater Revival and solo material) from his remarkable canon of hits recorded in collaboration with today’s biggest superstars from the country, pop and rock worlds, plus two brand new solo songs.
FOGERTY is also receiving wide exposure in the country world via his single and video “Mystic Highway,” which is the #2 most viewed video on CMT Pure. Click here to view.
Fogerty’s music is getting a wide array of radio airplay. Every song on the album was heard on-air from its very first week of availability at radio—a rarity in today’s radio paradigm. Fogerty participated in an hour long iheartradio concert which was simulcast by Q104.3 in New York City and promoted across 133 stations across the US, an unprecedented partnership. His entire release night concert in Los Angeles was simulcast by KLOS and telecast by AXS-TV. Multiple SiriusXM channels have featured interview and music content with John about Wrote a Song for Everyone. Fogerty was featured in an extended interview on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast. The single “Mystic Highway” is getting airplay across formats and has become the #1 Most Requested Song at tastemaker station KCSN in Los Angeles. Album cut “Fortunate Son” with guest artists Foo Fighters is currently up to #4 on the Classic Rock singles chart.
On the concert front, JOHN FOGERTY—one of rock’s most important artists and a national treasure who’s sold over 100 million albums–will be rockin’ all over the world in 2013 and 2014. Additional tour dates were announced including a three night stint at New York’s Beacon Theater in November. More dates to come soon. In addition, FOGERTY has two festival sit-ins with Widespread Panic and Zac Brown Band.
JOHN FOGERTY TOUR DATES:
DATE CITY VENUE
9/5-8 Arrington, VA Interlocken Festival w/ Widespread Panic
(exact dateTBA)
9/27-28 Nashville, TN The Lawn at Riverfront Park w/ Zac Brown Band
(exact date TBA)
10/10 Los Angeles, CA Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE
10/11 Paso Robles, CA Vina Robles Amphitheatre
10/12 Berkeley, CA Greek Theatre
10/15 Denver, CO Fillmore Auditorium
10/17 Tulsa, OK Hard Rock
10/18 Dallas, TX Verizon Theatre
10/19 Austin, TX ACL Live
10/20 Houston, TX The Woodlands Pavilion
10/29 Hollywood, FL Hard Rock
10/30 Orlando, FL Hard Rock
11/01 Salisbury, MD Wicomio Civic Center
11/02 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata
11/03 Durham, NC Durham PAC
11/05 California, PA Cal U Convention Center
11/06 Baltimore, MD Lyric Theatre
11/08 Washington, DC DAR
11/09 Wallingford, CT Oakdale Theatre
11/10 Albany, NY Times Union Arena
11/12-14 New York, NY Beacon Theater
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About John Fogerty:
John Fogerty–singer, songwriter and guitarist–has sold over 100 million records, earning 18 Gold Albums and 10 Platinum Albums. He was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1993, won the Grammy Award for his album Blue Moon Swamp in 1997 and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005. He is also a BMI Icon Award Winner. In addition, Fogerty and his #1 phenomenal recording “Centerfield” were honored during the 2010 National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies–the first time the National Baseball Hall of Fame has immortalized a musician or song as part of the annual ceremonies. He’s also called the “Father of the Flannel Shirt.”
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