STONE SOUR SET TO MAKE NATIONAL TELEVISION PERFORMANCE DEBUT WITH “BOTHER” ON ‘THE TONIGHT SHOW’ FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8

DATE:  NOVEMBER 7, 2002

STONE SOUR

SET TO MAKE NATIONAL TELEVISION PERFORMANCE DEBUT

WITH “BOTHER” ON ‘THE TONIGHT SHOW’

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8

AS SINGLE CONTINUES TO EXPLODE AT RADIO

            As the hit single “Bother” continues to explode at radio, STONE SOUR will make their national television performance debut this Friday, November 8 on NBC-TV’s The Tonight Show With Jay Leno.  “Bother” will be performed by vocalist COREY TAYLOR on guitar, accompanied by a string quartet.

"Bother," which is #4 on the Mainstream and Modern Rock charts, is the first single from STONE SOUR's self-titled Roadrunner Records debut album. The video for the track–directed by Gregory Dark (Linkin Park, Staind, Outkast)–is now the #10 video on MTV's Rock Countdown and can also be seen on MTV2 and MuchMusic USA.   Meanwhile, the album is currently at #68 on the Billboard Top 200 album chart.

STONE SOUR–which features vocalist COREY TAYLOR, guitarist JAMES ROOT, drummer JOEL EKMAN, guitarist JOSH RAND and bassist SHAWN ECONOMAKI–is in the midst of a nationwide headlining tour with Sinch and Chevelle supporting, which runs through late December.  The band performs at the House Of Blues in Los Angeles this Friday night.

        Check out www.stonesour.com and www.roadrunnerrecords.com for more information on STONE SOUR.  Current tour dates are as follows:

Date                            City                                         Venue

Fri       11/8                Los Angeles, CA                   House of Blues

Sat      11/9                Scottsdale, AZ                       Cajun House

Sun     11/10              Tucson, AZ                             Rialto Theatre

Tue      11/12              Lubbock, TX                          The Pavilion

Thur     11/14              McAllen, TX                           Villa Real

Fri       11/15              Corpus Christi, TX                Party on the Patio

Sat      11/16              Austin, TX                              The Back Room

Sun     11/17              Houston, TX                           Verizon Wireless Theatre

Tue      11/19              New Orleans, LA                   House of Blues

Sat      11/23              Atlanta, GA                            Earthlink Live

Sun     11/24              Winston-Salem, NC              Ziggy's

Wed    11/27              North Myrtle Beach, SC        House of Blues

Fri       11/29              Baltimore, MD                       Thunderdome

Sat      11/30              Old Bridge, NJ                       Birch Hill

Sun     12/1                Providence, RI                       Lupo’s

Tue      12/3                Boston, MA                            Avalon

Wed    12/4                Pittson, PA                             Staircase

Fri       12/6                Toronto, ONT                         The Warehouse

Sat      12/7                Montreal, QUE                       Club Soda

Sun     12/8                Poughkeepsie, NY                Chance

Tue      12/10              Clifton Park, NY                     Northern Lights

Fri       12/13              Cleveland, OH                       Agora Theatre

Sat      12/14              Pittsburgh, PA                       Metropol

Mon     12/16              Grand Rapids, MI                  Orbit Room

Wed    12/18              Springfield, MO                     Remington’s

Fri       12/20              St. Paul, MN                           Roy Wilkins Auditorium

Sat      12/21              Kansas City, MO                   The Beaumont

Sun     12/22              Omaha, NE                            Sokol Hall

Tue      12/31              Clive, IA                                  7 Flags Events Center

Contacts:       Kristine Ashton/Mitch Schneider at MSO (818-380-0400 ext. 233/ext. 235 or kashton@msopr.com/mschneider@msopr.com)

Maria Gonzales at Roadrunner Records (310-858-2676 or gonzales@roadrunnerrecords.com)

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