BURBANK, CA (Reprise Records) - Pop classicists
Guster have announced dates for a summer co-headlining tour with singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne. The quartet will hit the road to support its fifth album, "Ganging Up on the Sun," which will be released by Reprise Records on June 20th. The first leg of the tour begins July 11th in Baltimore and continues through the South and Midwest before heading to the East Coast and finishing up in Portland, Maine, on August 19th.
In addition, Guster, which now includes Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist Joe Pisapia as a full-time member alongside singer/guitarist Ryan Miller, singer/guitarist Adam Gardner, and percussionist Brian Rosenworcel, will perform their new single "One Man Wrecking Machine" on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on June 27th.
Drew Lightfoot, an animator who worked on Tim Burton's 2005 Oscar-nominated goth fantasy "Corpse Bride," is currently at work on the video for "One Man Wrecking Machine," which will feature stop-motion animation and live action footage. The visually childlike, playful clip tells the story of a social misfit ("played" by a necktie-wearing plush puppet) who makes good and stitches his torn cloth world back together.
Guster have also launched "Joe's Place" - a video podcast where visitors to the band's website can view a six-part documentary/sitcom about the making of "Ganging Up on the Sun" that was shot while the band were recording at Pisapia's home studio in Nashville.
Guster's upcoming solo dates are as follows:
June
18 Detroit, MI State Theatre (89X 15th Birthday Bash)
July
7 Minneapolis, MN Basilica Block Party
8 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest
Guster's co-headlining dates with Ray LaMontagne are as follows:
July
11 Baltimore, MD The Pier Six Pavilion
12 Brooklyn, NY Prospect Park
13 Philadelphia, PA Penn's Landing
14 Wallingford, CT Oakdale Theatre (Chevrolet Theatre)
17 Myrtle Beach, SC House of Blues
18 Raleigh, NC Regency Park
20 Knoxville, TN Tennessee Theatre
21 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheater
22 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
23 Birmingham, AL Alabama Theatre
25 Interlochen, MI Interlochen Center for the Arts - Kresge Auditorium
26 Detroit, MI Meadowbrook
28 Chicago, IL Charter One Pavilion
29 Indianapolis, IN The Lawn at White River
30 Dayton, OH Fraze Pavilion
August
1 Vienna, VA Wolf Trap
2 Richmond, VA Innsbrook
4 Cleveland, OH Tower City Amphitheater
5 Columbus, OH Promowest
6 Pittsburgh, PA Chevrolet Amphitheatre
8 Toledo, OH The Zoo Amphitheatre
9 Rochester, NY High Falls
11 Boston, MA Bank of America Pavilion
16 Burlington, VT Champlain Valley Fairgrounds
17 Saratoga Springs, NY SPAC
18 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
19 Portland, ME Cumberland County Civic Center
