New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) Atlantic Records recording group
Straight No Chaser has announced a massive 58-city, 66-show tour, dubbed "The Happy Hour Tour." Tour gets underway October 14th at the Rabobank Theater in Bakersfield, California and then travels through to an eagerly anticipated New Year's Eve finale at San Diego's San
Diego Civic Theatre on December 31st (see itinerary below). Fan Club tickets are available, and tickets will be available to the public this Friday, May 30 at 10:00am local. Full details - including regularly updated ticket information - can be found at www.sncmusic.com/tour.
Straight No Chaser's fourth full-length release, last year's "UNDER THE INFLUENCE" saw the vocal group reimagining a selection of their all time favorite songs alongside many of the superstar artists and undisputed music icons that made them famous. Produced by Mark Kibble (a founding member of the legendary a cappella group Take 6 and one of Straight No Chaser's primary influences), the album included unprecedented collaborations with some of popular music's best and brightest - including Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Dolly Parton, Rob Thomas, Seal, Sara Bareilles, and
Jason Mraz - as
Straight No Chaser put their distinctive and inimitable spin on songs known and loved the world over.
Long renowned for their trademark takes on Yuletide favorites,
Straight No Chaser celebrated Christmas 2013 by unwrapping an all-new cache of Christmas classics, titled "UNDER THE INFLUENCE: HOLIDAY EDITION." Among the EP's highlights were renditions of "White Christmas (Feat. Cee Lo Green)" and "Merry Christmas Baby (Feat. Otis Redding)," alongside new versions of standards like "Amazing Grace." The EP further included a timeless rendition of Paul McCartney's classic "
Wonderful Christmastime" featuring vocals by McCartney himself.
For more, please visit www.sncmusic.com, www.facebook.com/StraightNoChaser, twitter.com/SNCmusic, www.youtube.com/sncmusic, and www.myspace.com/sncmusic.
(TOUR ITINERARY BELOW)
STRAIGHT NO CHASER - THE HAPPY HOUR TOUR 2014
OCTOBER
14 Bakersfield, CA Rabobank Theater
15 Reno, NV Pioneer Center
16 Reno, NV Pioneer Center
17 Boise, ID Morrison Center
19 Denver, CO Paramount Theater (2 Shows)
21 Lincoln, NE Lied Center
22 Kansas City, MO Arvest Bank Theatre at the Midland
23 Manhattan, KS McCain Auditorium
24 Tulsa, OK Brady Theater
25 Austin, TX Dell Hall at The Long Center
26 Dallas, TX McFarlin Auditorium
28 New Orleans, LA Mahalia Jackson Center for Performing Arts
29 Conway, AR Reynolds Hall at Univ. of Central Arkansas
30 Wichita, KS Century II Convention Center Concert Hall
NOVEMBER
1 Greeneville, TN Niswonger Performing Arts Center
2 Grand Rapids, MI DeVos Performance Hall
3 Minneapolis, MN Northrup Auditorium
4 Appleton, WI Fox Cities Performing Arts Center
6 Cedar Falls, IA Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center
7 Dayton, OH Mead Theatre at
Schuster Center
8 Toledo, OH Stranahan Theater
9 Rockford, IL Coronado Theater
12 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
13 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center
14 Atlanta, GA Fox Theater
15 Birmingham, AL Alabama Theatre
16 Charlotte, NC Ovens Auditorium
19 Portland, ME Merrill Auditorium
20 Lowell, MA Lowell Memorial Auditorium
21 Buffalo, NY Shea's Performing Arts
22 Baltimore, MD Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
23 Providence, RI The VETS
28 Red Bank, NJ Count Basie Theater
29 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
30 Albany, NY Palace Theatre
DECEMBER
2 Columbus, OH Palace Theatre
3 Midland, MI Midland Center for the Arts
4 Erie, PA Warner Theater
5 New York, NY Beacon Theater
6 Hershey, PA Hershey Theater (2 Shows)
7 Cleveland, OH Palace Theatre at PlayhouseSquare (2 Shows)
9 Pittsburgh, PA Benedum Theater
10 Champaign, IL Virginia Theater
11 St Louis, MO Fox Theater
12 Detroit, Mi Masonic Temple
13 Cincinnati, OH Aronoff Center
14 Chicago, IL Chicago Theater (2 Shows)
16 Fort Wayne, IN Embassy Theater
17 Richmond, KY Eastern Kentucky University
18 Bloomington, IN Bloomington Auditorium
19 Muncie, IN Emens Auditorium
20 Evansville, IN The Centre
21 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theater at Old
National Centre (2 Shows)
22 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theater at Old
National Centre (2 Shows)
26 Seattle, WA Paramount Theatre
27 Portland, OR The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
28 San Francisco, CA Davies Symphony Hall
29 Thousand Oaks, CA Fred Kavli Theatre for the Performing Arts
30 Riverside, CA Fox Riverside Performing Arts Center
31 San Diego, CA San
Diego Civic Theatre.
