'Hurley International Presents Sub City Take Action! Tour' Internet Pre-Sale Tickets Available Friday, December 10

LOS ANGELES (Hurley Internetional/ www.takeactiontour.com) - The HURLEY INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS SUB CITY TAKE ACTION! TOUR is gearing up for an Internet ticket pre-sale for the 2005 trek. Beginning Friday, December 10, a limited amount of pre-sale tickets will be available for purchase at www.takeactiontour.com. The tour has partnered with Cinder Block Ticketing to host the ticket pre-sale event.
In a strong showing of their commitment to the tour, Cinder Block Ticketing will offer TAKE ACTION! fans a super-low service fee for buying their tickets early. As an added bonus, during the pre-sale event, TAKE ACTION VOL. 4 - a 41 track, two-disc compilation set of today's hottest acts in rock, punk, emo, indie and hardcore - will be available on the site for a sale price of $4.50.

Artists confirmed for the fifth annual tour--kicking off February 2 in Washington, DC - include headlining act SUGARCULT, with THE EARLY NOVEMBER, HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, HEAD AUTOMATICA, ANBERLIN, MAXEEN, PLAIN WHITE T's and HOPESFALL rounding out a rotating schedule. The two-month trek - a nationwide tour where cutting-edge musical artists join together to promote social consciousness and awareness - raises funds for the National Hopeline Network, a suicide prevention and crisis hotline (1-800-SUICIDE) and the new Youth America Hotline!
1-877-YOUTHLINE (1-877-968-8454), a peer-to-peer line pairing youth callers up with youth crisis workers in their area.
Over the past four years, the TAKE ACTION! TOUR and CD compilations have raised over $170,000 for the National Hopeline Network. Since its inception, Sub City has raised over $470,000 for multiple charities.

In other news, the tour has partnered with mtv-U--the music channel's college network - as an official trade sponsor to help promote this year's trek. mtv-U will support the tour with on-air programming featuring tour promotional spots and TAKE ACTION! TOUR facts will be available on the website www.mtvu.com.