THE BLACK CROWES ‘ONE NIGHT ONLY’ SHOWS INSTANT SELL-OUTS

DATE:  JANUARY 22, 2008

FROM:  MITCH SCHNEIDER/TODD BRODGINSKI

THE BLACK CROWES

‘ONE NIGHT ONLY’ SHOWS IN NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO,  BOSTON AND ATLANTA ARE INSTANT SELL-OUTS

‘WARPAINT,’ DUE MARCH 4, WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AS A LIMITED EDITION VINYL PACKAGE

 
MARCH 4 ALSO MARKS THE DAY WHEN THE BAND’S PRIZED
AMERICAN RECORDINGS CATALOG WILL BE AVAILABLE DIGITALLY
FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER

Tickets for the THE BLACK CROWES’ special “One Night Only” shows in New York, New Jersey, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and Atlanta all sold out within minutes, with some of the venues reporting record sell-outs.

For the first time in their 18-year career, THE BLACK CROWES are performing an album of theirs in its entirety.  On a special run of these “One Night Only” shows beginning March 2 and wrapping March 20, fans will experience WARPAINT–the group’s first album of all new studio material in seven years–in its entirety onstage, after which the band will perform songs from their catalog and selected surprises. 

Due out March 4, WARPAINT will also be available on the same day as a limited edition vinyl package.  The album is being released via the band’s own newly formed label Silver Arrow Records through Megaforce/Sony Red BMG. “Goodbye Daughters of the Revolution” is the album’s first single, with a video currently running on their website.

March 4 is not only the day that WARPAINT hits stores; it’s the day when THE BLACK CROWES’ prized American Recordings catalog will be available digitally for the first time ever via iTunes. The catalog includes their first five studio albums beginning with 1990’s six-million selling SHAKE YOUR MONEY MAKER, a pivotal work that kick-started an authentic style of rock and roll in America, with the U.K.’s Melody Maker promptly hailing them as “The Most Rock n’ Roll Rock ‘n’ Roll Band In the World.”  The catalog also encompasses SOUTHERN HARMONY AND MUSICAL COMPANION, AMORICA, THREE SNAKES AND ONE CHARM, BY YOUR SIDE and the 1998 box set SHO’ NUFF, which included a 5-song live EP, plus last year’s previously unreleased double disc THE LOST CROWES.

In a BLACK CROWES cover story in the new issue of Relix magazine, Anthony DeCurtis hails WARPAINT as “The group's most confident and instantly appealing album since the raw, raucous Shake Your Money Maker first brought the group national attention in 1990."

WARPAINT marks the recording debut of two new band members–second guitarist Luther Dickinson, of North Mississippi Allstars, and keyboardist Adam MacDougall–who join CHRIS and RICH and drummer Steve Gorman and bassist Sven Pipien–and builds compellingly on the band’s trademark adventurous brew of rock, blues, country, soul and gospel.

THE BLACK CROWES launch their overseas tour March 24 when they headline the East Coast Blues & Roots Festival in Australia.  They’ll continue their Down Under trek–their first since 1991–through April 5, and conclude with exclusive performances in London, UK at Brixton Academy April 9 and The Amsterdam Music Hall April 11.   A major market multiple night U.S. tour will begin in May, with cities and venues to be announced in the near future.

Catch up with the band at www.blackcrowes.com.

ONE NIGHT ONLY SHOWS PERFORMING ENTIRE NEW ALBUM

*Note: Owensboro is not part of the “One Night Only” shows.

AUSTRALIAN TOUR

LONDON AND AMSTERDAM

MORE U.S. SHOWS

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THE BLACK CROWES ‘ONE NIGHT ONLY’ SHOWS IN NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO,  BOSTON AND ATLANTA ARE INSTANT SELL-OUTS; ‘WARPAINT,’ DUE MARCH 4, WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AS A LIMITED EDITION VINYL PACKAGE; MARCH 4 ALSO MARKS THE DAY WHEN THE BAND’S PRIZED AMERICAN RECORDINGS CATALOG WILL BE AVAILABLE DIGITALLY FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER