Harptallica Gears Up For Second Full 2008 U.S. Tour

NEW YORK (Top 40 Charts/ Harptallica Official Website) - In answer the extraordinary response from fans to their 2007 tour and the release of the clasically trained harp duo's album, "Harptallica - A Tribute", Harptallica is taking their harps on the road once again with tour dates across the Midwest, South and West Coast in April and May.

APRIL-MAY 2008 TOUR DATES :
4/27 (SUN) METAIRIE, LA @ KEYSTONES LOUNGE
4/28 (MON) LITTLE ROCK, AR @ JUANITA'S CANTINA
4/29 (TUE) KANSAS CITY, MO @ THE RECORD BAR
4/30 (WED) ST. LOUIS, MO @ VINTAGE VINYL (IN-STORE)
4/30 (WED) ST. LOUIS, MO @ THE UNDERGROUND
5/1 (THU) LINCOLN, NE @ BOX AWESOME
5/2 (FRI) LAWRENCE, KS @ THE GASLIGHT TAVERN
5/3 (SAT) DENVER, CO @ QUIXOTE'S
5/4 (SUN) SALT LAKE CITY, UT @ BURT'S TIKI LOUNGE
5/6 (TUE) SPOKANE, WA @ THE BLVD
5/7 (WED) SEATTLE, WA @ THE FUNHOUSE
5/9 (FRI) PORTLAND, OR @ HAWTHORNE THEATER
5/11 (SUN) FAIRFAX, CA @ 19 BROADWAY
5/12 (MON) SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ ELBO ROOM
5/13 (TUE) RENO, NV @ TONIC LOUNGE
5/14 (WED) MALIBU, CA @ THE MALIBU INN
5/15 (THU) LOS ANGELES, CA @ THE MINT
5/16 (FRI) LONG BEACH, CA @ DIPIAZZA'S
5/17 (SAT) TUCSON, AZ @ CLUB CONGRESS
5/18 (SUN) MESA, AZ @ HOLLYWOOD ALLEY
5/19 (MON) ALBUQUERQUE, NM @ ATOMIC CANTINA
5/21 (WED) DALLAS, TX @ THE CURTAIN CLUB
5/22 (THU) BATON ROUGE, LA @ THE NORTH GATE TAVERNA

Ashley Toman and Patricia Kline, both recipients of Master of Music Degrees from Rochester, NY's Eastman School of Music, formed Harptallica originally to perform a series of arrangements based on the music of Metallica.

The duo's arrangements bring the famed metal band's songs into a new light, illuminating the comfortable transition metal makes into classical music theory and opening those songs to a wider array of listeners.

In bringing their harps on the road, Harptallica hopes both to introduce audiences to new and original combinations of musical styles and to of course give tribute to a band they were both introduced to as a 'musical giant': Metallica!