O.A.R. Set To Kick Off New Year With Winter Tour

New York, NY. (Atlantic Records) -- O.A.R. has announced details of its upcoming winter tour. The January 2007 concert dates will culminate in a much-anticipated return to New York�s world-famous Madison Square Garden, a venue the band sold out earlier this year. O.A.R.�s winter trek will kick off on Thursday, January 18th at Cincinnati�s US Bank Arena, then hit the road for shows in Illinois, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Virginia. The tour, which will also feature support act Gomez, will conclude in New York City on Saturday, January 27th. Tickets for all dates will go on sale December 2nd.

The Maryland-via-Ohio-based band - which recently reached a milestone moment in their extraordinary career, achieving cumulative record sales in excess of 1.2 million - has also unveiled details of HEARD THE WORLD, an all-new iTunes-exclusive EP. Released this week, the EP features four previously unreleased tracks: a radio edit of the title track - originally found on 2005�s STORIES OF A STRANGER - as well as an acoustic take on 'Love and Memories,' a demo version of 'Lay Down,' and a live rendition of 'Heard The World,' recorded at New York�s Nokia Theatre last October.

In other O.A.R. news, the band�s companion video clip for 'Lay Down' has just been honored with the 'Streaming Woodie' - presented to the year�s Most Downloaded Video - at this year�s mtvU Woodie Awards.

Tour Dates (w/ Gomez opening)
1/18 Cincinnati, OH - US Bank Theatre @ US Bank Arena
1/19 Chicago, IL - UIC Pavilion
1/20 Pittsburgh, PA - AJ Palumbo Theatre
1/21 State College, PA - Bryce Jordan Center
1/24 Camden, NJ - Tweeter Center @ the Waterfront
1/26 Fairfax, VA - GMU Patriot Center
1/27 New York, NY - Madison Square Garden