LOS ANGELES, CA. (Capitol Records) - Welcome home, OK Go! The band returns this week from a month-long UK tour to the good news that the video for their latest hit single, "Here It Goes Again," is currently the No 1 most-played video on MTV and VH1. The video has been No 1 on iTunes' US video music chart for the past four weeks and it's also a huge hit in the UK, where it's the No 1 video on iTunes and the No 2 video at MTV2.
OK Go will headline an extensive North American tour that commences on October 7th with a special free show at Ann Arbor's Pontiac Garage Stage before the University of Michigan vs. Michigan State football game. While on the West Coast, the band will perform on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on November 7th. After the tour concludes, OK Go will open for Death Cab For Cutie on a series of shows in late November.
"Here It Goes Again" is a multi-format radio smash and digital single sales are approaching 400,000 copies. The accompanying video, which features the band doing a synchronized treadmill routine, has been viewed over 8 million times already on youtube.com, where it ranked as one of YouTube's Top 10 videos of all time after only two weeks. It's in Big 10 rotation at MTV, and has been added by FUSE and mtvU.
OK Go was recently nominated for an MTV Europe Music Award for the video for their previous single, "A Million Ways." The MTV Europe Music Awards will be held November 2nd in Copenhagen, Denmark. The video, which simply features the band members dancing in their backyard, created a viral sensation documented by The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post and others, as fans worldwide posted their own versions of the dance on YouTube.com. OK Go's original version ranks as the most downloaded video in music history.
"Here It Goes Again" and "A Million Ways" are both from OK Go's Oh No, which topped Billboard's Heatseekers chart again on the first anniversary of its release (It debuted at No 1 on September 4, 2005). While maintaining an extraordinary online presence over the past year, the band has also toured incessantly and appeared on numerous television shows, including "Late Show with David Letterman," "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "Good Morning America," "Jimmy Kimmel Live," "Last Call with Carson Daly" and Fox's "MAD TV." "Invincible," another album track, has been tapped by ABC as one of two theme songs for its "Saturday Night Football."
Upcoming tour dates are as follows: OK GO - FALL 2006 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR (all dates are headlining unless otherwise noted)
10/7 Ann Arbor, MI University of Michigan/Pontiac Garage Stage (next to Michigan Stadium - free show - open to public)
10/8 Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Pavilion Buzzfest XVIII (KTBZ)
10/14 Cincinnati, OH Fountain Square
10/29 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
10/30 Los Angeles, CA Troubadour
11/1 Pomona, CA Glass House
11/2 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
11/3 Sacramento, CA The Empire
11/4 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
11/5 Seattle, WA Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room
11/8 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
11/9 Chicago, IL Logan Square Auditorium
11/10 Chicago, IL Logan Square Auditorium
11/13 Toronto, ON Mod Club
11/15 Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts
11/16 Boston, MA Avalon Ballroom WFNX Radio Show
11/17 Sayerville, NJ Starland Ballroom
11/18 New York, NY Irving Plaza
11/19 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
11/21 Charlotte, NC Amos'
11/26 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom with Death Cab For Cutie
11/27 St. Louis, MO The Pageant with Death Cab For Cutie
11/28 Memphis, TN Orpheum Theatre with Death Cab For Cutie
11/29 New Orleans, LA The Republic with Death Cab For Cutie
11/30 Houston, TX Hobby Center with Death Cab For Cutie
