LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - Warner Bros. Records recording artist
Eric Hutchinson will perform his Top 10 single 'OK, It's Alright With Me' on 'The
Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien' this Friday, July 24th. The appearance comes the day after Hutchinson concludes the West Coast leg of his headlining tour with a show at Los Angeles' El Rey theatre. Hutchinson, who's played to sold-out audiences in New York, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and numerous other cities, will play Washington, DC with
Jason Mraz on Saturday, July 25th, and will open on select dates for
Kelly Clarkson beginning next week. (See below for a tour itinerary.)
Sales of 'OK, It's Alright With Me' have jumped 25% in the past two weeks. The song is the second single from Hutchinson's debut album, Sounds Like This, which has sold more than 120,000 copies. With the success of his previous single, 'Rock & Roll,' Hutchinson became the only new artist to score a No 1 single at Triple A radio in 2008. 'Rock & Roll' was used in the trailer for the feature film Away We Go starring John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph as well as in the television advertising campaign for the film and TLC Cable channel is using the track in its current promotional campaign, which airs all summer long.
'Rock & Roll' is also an international hit, going to No 1 in Australia (where it's been certified Platinum) and New Zealand and No 2 in Norway (where it's achieved Gold status) and Japan. Reviews have come in from as far afield as Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, where The Times recently said:
'Seemingly effortlessly, ERIC HUTCHINSON's skittish rhythms beg to be played over and over again on his disarming debut album Sounds Like This. Cleverly constructed pop songs mixed with blue-eyed soul groove oh-so-sweetly...It doesn't get much more quirkily upbeat than this. Watch out: it may improve your mood.'
In the States, Hutchinson (https://www.erichutchinson.com/) has been praised by The Washington Post ('undeniably charismatic'), Boston Globe ('soulful'), popmatters.com ('refreshingly inventive'), USA Today ('a knack for hooks and melody') and numerous other outlets. He has performed on 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,' 'The Bonnie Hunt Show,' 'The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,' 'Late Night with Conan O'Brien' and 'Jimmy Kimmel Live.'
Eric Hutchinson Tour Dates:
7/21 Santa Barbara, CA Velvet Jones
7/22 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
7/23 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
7/25 Washington, DC Merriweather w/Jason Mraz
7/29 Columbus, OH Ohio State Fair opening for Kelly Clarkson
8/1 Harrington, DE Delaware State Fair
8/7 Clearfield, PA Clearfield County Fair
8/8 Pomfret, VT Suicide Six Ski Resort
8/15 Springfield, IL Illinois State Fair opening for Kelly Clarkson
8/22 Des Moines, IA Iowa State Fair
8/23 Mt. Pleasant, MI Central Michigan University
8/28 Atlanta, GA Emory University
8/30 St. Paul, MN Minnesota State Fair opening for Kelly Clarkson
9/3 Allentown, PA The Great Allentown Fair
9/5 Seattle, WA Bumbershoot Festival
9/6 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
9/10 Utica, NY Mohawk Valley Community College Theatre
9/11 York, PA York Fair opening for Kelly Clarkson
9/25 St. Louis, MO St. Louis University
9/26 Pittsburgh, PA Duquesne University
11/6 Vincennes, IN Vincennes University
