NEW YORK (Staind Official Website/ www.staind.com) - Over 10,000 rabid fans turned out for STAIND's free show at Boston's City Hall Plaza on Tuesday as part of the "Fusion Flash Concerts" Series. This special performance in the band's home state coincided with the release of their new CD CHAPTER V (Flip/Atlantic).

This surprise show was announced only five days in advance, via the "Fusion Flash Concerts" Series, employing text messaging as a means of alerting and gathering fans for shows. The band performed a set that included tracks from CHAPTER V, along with some of the band's hits including: "Right Here," "So Far Away" and "Mudshovel."

Following their free performance in Boston, Staind headed to New York for a performance on the Howard Stern Show. The band performed "Right Here" and did a stirring rendition of the "Beetlejuice" song, written by one of Howard's multiple casts of characters.

CHAPTER V is Staind at their best. Writing in the New York Post (8-7-05), Dan Aquilante noted: "On this disc, storming guitars give way to calm strumming; singer Aaron Lewis bends his pipes to make both gutter screams and sweet coos. The album is forceful, but rarely displays anger in the lyrics. Instead there is emo introspection in these confessionals." The album's first single "Right Here" is a Top Five on both the Modern Rock (No 4) and Active Rock (No 3) charts.

STAIND-singer AARON LEWIS, guitarist MIKE MUSHOK, bassist JOHNNY APRIL and drummer JON WYSOCKI-are presently on a cross-country tour with 3 Doors Down and receiving critical praise for their live performances.
The band's last two releases-2003's critically acclaimed platinum 14 shades of grey and 2001's quintuple platinum BREAK THE CYCLE-both entered the Billboard "200 album chart" at No 1.