BURBANK, Calif. (Top40 Charts/ Judi Kerr Public Relations) - On December 15th, Warner Bros. Records will release
Sounds Like This Live 2, an EP featuring stripped-down versions of five songs from Eric Hutchinson's full-length debut,
Sounds Like This, which entered Billboard's Heatseekers chart at No. 1 in
September of 2007. More than two years later,
Sounds Like This is the second best-selling album on the Heatseekers chart.
Sounds Like This Live 2 follows Hutchinson's
Sounds Like This Live EP, which features live versions of five different songs and was released in April of 2009.
'I wanted to continue the approach I had on the first EP, getting the songs back to their purest form - the way they were when I wrote them,' he explains. 'We had a day off in Minneapolis so I went into a studio and played through the songs in one take.'
'OK, It's Alright With Me,' a Top 5 hit at Triple A radio earlier this year, is now climbing the charts at the Hot AC format, where it's already No 31* after only a month. Hutchinson joins Gavin Rossdale, David Cook and Lady GaGa in the short list of new artists to have a second single chart at Hot AC in 2009.
Hutchinson has played over 400 shows since the release of Sounds Like This. In December, he'll wrap up a three-month North American tour with Kelly Clarkson. While spending the holidays in his hometown of Takoma Park, MD, he'll play a special acoustic show at an intimate venue he's played numerous times before - Jammin' Java in nearby Vienna, VA. Proceeds from the concert will go to the S.O.M.E. Soup Kitchen (https://www.some.org/), which serves the homeless and extremely poor citizens of the District of Columbia. For details on the benefit show, visit
https://jamminjava.com/home/events/an-evening-with-eric-hutchinson.
The "Inspire An Eric Hutchinson Song" contest is accepting suggestions from fans via email at [email protected]. Eric will pick his favorite ideas and the new songs will be posted as a video on www.erichutchinson.com every Monday for four weeks beginning Nov 30th.
In 2010, Hutchinson will open for Clarkson in Australia and New Zealand, where his first single, 'Rock & Roll,' went platinum and hit No. 1 at Pop radio earlier this year. 'Rock & Roll' topped the Triple A radio chart in the U.S. last December, where Hutchinson was the only new artist to score a No. 1 hit at the format in 2008. 'Oh!,' his latest single, is now climbing the charts at Triple A radio.
The track listing for Sounds Like This Live 2 is as follows:
1. Ok, It's Alright With Me
2. Outside Villanova
3. Food Chain
4. You Don't Have to Believe Me
5. It Hasn't Been Long Enough
Eric Hutchinson - Tour Dates:
2009 - North America
11/20 Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome opening for Kelly Clarkson
11/22 Boise, ID Knitting Factory headlining
11/23 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
11/24 Seattle, WA WaMu Theatre opening for Kelly Clarkson
11/29 San Jose, CA Event Center at San Jose University
12/1 Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
12/3 Las Cruces, NM New Mexico State University
12/5 Beaumont, TX Ford Park
12/6 Dallas, TX House of Blues - Cambridge Room headlining
12/7 Corpus Christi, TX American Bank Center opening for Kelly Clarkson
12/9 Birmingham, AL Workplay Theatre headlining
12/10 Columbus, GA Columbus Civic Center opening for Kelly Clarkson
12/11 Pensacola, FL Pensacola Civic Center
12/13 New Orleans, LA Kiefer UNO Lakefront Arena
12/20 Vienna, VA Jammin' Java headlining - special acoustic evening with proceeds going to S.O.M.E. Soup Kitchen
2010 - New Zealand/Australia
4/11 Auckland, NZ Vector Arena opening for Kelly Clarkson
4/13 Brisbane, QLD Brisbane Entertainment Centre
4/15 Newcastle, NSW Newcastle Entertainment Centre
4/17 Sydney, NSW Sydney Entertainment Centre
4/19 Melbourne, VIC Rod Laver Arena
4/22 Perth, WA Challenge Stadium
