Toronto, CA. (Kindling/Warner Music) -- Toronto rockers Dearly Beloved are about to hit the road again in support of their debut album You Are The Jaguar (Kindling/Warner Music). Since the release this past summer, Dearly Beloved has been collecting critical acclaim from Canada�s best magazines and newspapers. John Kendle of Uptown Magazine states that You Are The Jaguar is “a vital indie rock record” while
Lorraine Carpenter of Exclaim! calls the music “hard-hitting, hook-heavy rock�n�roll.”
Performing live is where the Dearly Beloved magic happens and is not to be missed. The band recently filmed their second video for “Butler Routine” and is eager to get back on the road in November and December. “Dearly Beloved were gathered in front of the crowd this night to rock and fucking roll, and nothing else,” says Phil Villeneuve of Chartattack. “With the help of a female vocalist and a frontman with enough spark to light a fireworks show, this band put on a solid show.”
With influences from 70�s UK punk to early 80�s pop to Detroit rock and roll, Dearly Beloved features lead vocalist and bassist Rob Higgins (ex. Change of Heart & Doctor), vocalist Niva Chow, drummer Alex Oreilly (ex. Doctor) and two guitarists Damon Richardson (ex. Change of Heart & Danko Jones) and John Pogue.
www.dearlybeloved.ca
www.myspace.com/robhiggins
Tour Dates: more tbc, see website for updates
November 16 –Toronto, Ontario, The Bovine Sex Club w/ Slute
November 25 - Oshawa, Ontario, The Atria
November 26 - Sudbury, Ontario, The Townhouse - opening for Pilot Speed
November 30 - Regina, Saskatchewan, The Lazy Owl
December 2 - Grand Prairie, Alberta, BJ�s Showroom
December 4 - Lethbridge, Alberta, The Slice
December 5 - Calgary, Alberta, Broken City
December 6 - Edmonton, Alberta, Sidetrack Café
December 9 – Thunder Bay, Ontario, The Apollo
Press Reviews:
"One minute they might be a snarling, drunken rock machine, the next a dreamy, quirky alt unit. Either way, the music stays fresh, which is why Toronto's Dearly Beloved is onto something with their full-length debut, " - Evan Davies, NOW Magazine
“like a pack of junkies playing for their smack…… a short and sweet set aided vocally by rock tigress Niva Chow…..hard-hitting, hook-heavy rock�n�roll.” -Lorraine Carpenter, Exclaim!
“the grit of old-school punk, the guitars of the new rock revival and a touch of The Velvet Underground….a worthy addition to the indie scenester�s collection.”- Paul Budel, Chart Magazine
“An artful and dynamic melodic rock unit combining elements of Higgins� past projects into a fresh, distinct new sound.”- Chuck Molgat, Prairie Dog Magazine
“People better start paying serious attention to Dearly Beloved. They just might be the most original rock band going in Toronto right now.” -Erin Taylor, Scene and Heard Magazine
“Perhaps the best songs he�s ever done. There are some slow songs on the album, but it mostly rocks with an intensity that�s more joyful than woeful.” - Mary Dickie, The Toronto Sun
“His masterpiece resplendent with heavy bass riffs, hard-rockin� guitar licks and passionate he/she vocals, this musical venture goes far beyond the typical turning lemons into lemonade scenario.”- Christine Leonard, FFWD Weekly
“a five-piece rock outfit whose debut album pairs jagged, chug-chug riffs with male/female call-back vocals that at first feel derivative but eventually take hold after repeated listenings. Dearly Beloved can ably kick out the jams -- see Queens of the Stone Age-styled highlights "The Ride" and "Manifesto" -- or turn the tables without warning for pretty, melancholy ditties like "The Butler Routine" and "Noise Submitted to Order."
- Andrea Miller, EYE Magazine
*More Dearly Beloved Press Links here https://www.dearlybeloved.ca/press.htm
Media Inquires Contact:
SKYLAR ENTERTAINMENT - Publicity
https://www.skylarentertainment.ca/
** KT Tunstall Joins The Hitmakers Of 2006 In Grammy Nominations Announcement 
(Virgin Records) -- Taking a well-deserved place alongside the artists who most defined the music of 2006, Virgin Records singer-songwriter KT TUNSTALL will be among the announcers of the 49th Annual Grammy Awards nominations. The nomination announcements will take place in Los Angeles on Dec. 7, 2006. Among Tunstall's scheduled fellow announcers are Mary J. Blige, James Blunt, Rascal Flatts, and Justin Timberlake. Winners will be awarded at Grammy ceremonies at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 11, 2007, to be televised on CBS.
With album sales and public demand driven by continuing radio and television exposure of her album, Tunstall will also be touring the U.S. in early December (see dates below.) Tunstall's EYE TO THE TELESCOPE album has sold over 1 million copies in the U.S, and is certified quintuple-platinum in Tunstall's native U.K. Worldwide sales have exceeded 3.5 million copies.
Tunstall has been viewed as a Grammy frontrunner ever since the U.S. release in of her album in February 2006, when the unique pop-blues kick-off single "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" immediately became one of the year's most durable radio and video hits. It held the national No. 1 spot at the Hot AC format through most of July and August, and, months later, remains Top 5 in national Adult Contemporary airplay.
The follow-up smash, "Suddenly I See," is now in the Top Ten in Hot AC airplay, and is also continuing to rise in Top 40 airplay. Numerous tracks from the album have also been featured in the country's highest-rated television programs, including Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy, American Idol and Will and Grace, as well as in the smash film comedy, The Devil Wears Prada.
In mid-October, Virgin Records released Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza, a special CD/DVD package containing new acoustic songs, "unplugged" versions of two album tracks, and in-studio documentary video footage. The million-selling EYE TO THE TELESCOPE album has also been released in a special deluxe CD/DVD package, adding a new track, "Immune" to the CD. The DVD collates every music video from the album (including both U.S. and U.K. versions of the "Suddenly I See" clip), and adds five exciting live performances from her concerts in Washington D.C. and New York.
Over the course of the year, the singer-songwriter also took a leadership position among concerned artists by adopting a broadly eco-conscious approach to her career, announcing at the outset of her U.S. headline tour that she would travel in a bus modified to run on environmentally-friendly biodiesel fuel.
KT TUNSTALL TOUR DATES, DECEMBER 2006
12/07/06
Key Club
West Hollywood, CA
12/08/06
Chicago Theater
Chicago, IL
12/09/06
Arena at Gwinnett Center
Duluth, GA
12/12/06
Hartford Civic Center Coliseum
Hartford, CT
12/14/06
Paul E. Tsongas Arena
Lowell, MA
12/16/06
Mizner Park Amphitheater
Boca Raton, FL
