BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Sire Records) - The
Veronicas - Aussie twin sisters
Jessica and Lisa Origliasso - will hit the road later this month as very special guests of chart-topping British songstress
Natasha Bedingfield for a 20-city tour sponsored by Verizon Wireless. The tour, which also includes singer-songwriter Kate Voegele, begins May 21st in Myrtle Beach, FL, and will criss-cross the country through July 10th. The girls will perform in select cities in addition to the VIP tour along the way with Bedingfield (tour dates below).
The Veronicas will be performing songs from their debut album "The Secret Life Of..." which has gone platinum four times and scored three Top 5 singles in their native Australia, making the 23-year-old sisters international stars. They will also introduce songs from their upcoming sophomore release, the beat-driven "Hook Me Up" - a dance-friendly electro-rock sizzler that showcases The Veronicas' expert songcraft, organic vocal chemistry, and sophisticated sensibilities.
Already on its way to double-platinum status Down Under thanks to its two Top 5 singles, "Hook Me Up" will be released in the U.S. by Sire Records later this summer. The first single, "Untouched," will impact radio in May. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, where Lisa and Jess are now based, with a host of top notch hitmakers, including Shelly Peiken (Christina Aguilera), Greg Wells (Mika), John Feldmann (The Used, Good Charlotte), Billy Steinberg (Madonna), and their "Secret Life" collaborator Toby Gad, who also wrote Fergie's 2007 hit "Big Girls Don't Cry."
The Veronicas have earned raves for their recent live shows in Los Angeles and New York. As Blender.com noted of an April show in Manhattan: "These girls can sing. And they flip off rock-star moves with the ease of stadium-trained pros." For more on Lisa and Jess, please visit their official website at www.theveronicas.com.
The routing for The Veronicas VIP Verizon tour with Natasha Bedingfield and Kate Voegele is as follows; (*) denotes an additional tour stop with Natasha Bedingfield:
May 21 Myrtle Beach House of Blues
May 23 Orlando House of Blues
*May 24 Clearwater Ruth Eckherd Hall
May 27 Atlanta Variety Playhouse
*May 28 Charlotte Whiskey River
*May 30 Savannah Forsyth Park
*May 31 Norfolk Norva
June 2 Cleveland House of Blues
June 3 Indianapolis Egyptian
June 4 Detroit St. Andrews
June 6 Cincinnati Bogarts
June 8 St. Louis The Pageant
June 10 Dallas House of Blues
June 11 Houston Verizon Wireless Theater
*June 12 New Orleans House of Blues
June 16 Philadelphia TLA
June 17 Baltimore Rams Head Live
June 20 Atlantic City Borgata Music Box
*June 22 Hampton Beach Club Casino
*June 24 Boston Paradise
June 25 New York City Irving Plaza
June 30 Denver Gothic
July 2 Las Vegas House of Blues
July 5 San Diego House of Blues
July 7 Anaheim House of Blues
July 9 Los Angeles House of Blues
July 10 San Francisco Fillmore
