New York (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) - Atlantic recording group NEEDTOBREATHE has announced details of its upcoming U.S. tour. The "Won't Turn Back Tour" is set to hit the road on March 3rd at the Varsity Theatre in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with dates continuing through mid-May (see below itinerary). Support comes from a wide range of like-minded artists, including Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, Will Hoge, Graham Colton, Seabird, and Atlantic labelmate Matt Hires.
The South Carolina-based rock outfit's biggest trek to date, the "Won't Turn Back Tour" follows last year's successful headline tour - dubbed "The Outsiders Live" - which included sold-out shows in virtually every market visited, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Seattle, Dallas, Minneapolis, Nashville, and Atlanta among others.
Tickets for dates running through April 24th will go on sale to the public on Friday, January 8th. That same day will also see pre-sale tickets made available for shows beginning April 27th and running through the tour's May 15th finale. In light of so many dates selling out last tour, pre-sale tickets for the "Won't Turn Back Tour" are a premium in itself. A second pre-sale option is "The Insiders" Fan Club Welcome Package, which includes a General Admission ticket, one-year membership in "The Insiders" (the official NEEDTOBREATHE Fan Club, set to launch later this month), access to a pre-show Meet & Greet with the band, and limited edition T-shirts and Commemorative Laminates exclusive to Fan Club members. All remaining tickets for dates between April 27th and May 15th will then go on sale to the public on January 29th. For further details, please visit www.needtobreathe.net or https://tixx1.artistarena.com/needtobreathe.
The "Won't Turn Back Tour" celebrates NEEDTOBREATHE's third album, "THE OUTSIDERS," which was released last summer to universal critical acclaim and a top 20 debut on the Billboard 200. Two singles are currently set for impact on January 25th, with "Hurricane" going to Modern Rock and "The Outsiders" hitting Triple A radio outlets nationwide. What's more, a companion video clip for "Hurricane" is now in post-production, with a premiere date to be announced soon.
For up-to-the-minute news and information, please visit www.needtobreathe.net or www.myspace.com/needtobreathe.
(TOUR ITINERARY BELOW)
NEEDTOBREATHE "WON'T TURN BACK TOUR 2010"
MARCH
3 Baton Rouge, LA The Varsity Theatre
4 Dallas, TX House of Blues
5 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
6 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
7 Austin, TX The Parish
9 Mobile, AL Soul Kitchen
11 St. Petersburg, FL The State Theater
12 Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues
13 Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
14 Jacksonville, FL Free Bird Live
16 Newport, KY Southgate House
17 Cleveland, OH Beachland Ballroom
18 Chicago, IL House of Blues
19 Madison, WI Majestic Theatre
20 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
22 Grand Rapids, MN Intersection
23 Pontiac, MI The Eagle Theater
25 Indianapolis, IN The Vogue Theater
26 Nashville, TN The Cannery Ballroom
27 Atlanta, GA Center Stage
APRIL
7 Philadelphia, PA World Caf� Live
8 Boston, MA Paradise Rock Club
9 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
10 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
11 Norfolk, VA Norva Theater
15 Knoxville, TN Bijou Theatre
16 Charlotte, NC Amos' Southend
17, 18 Charleston, SC Music Farm
22 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
23 Clemson, SC Little John Coliseum
24 Birmingham, AL Sloss Furnaces
27 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom
29 Tempe, AZ Clubhouse
30 Pomona, CA Glass House
MAY
1 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
3 San Luis Obispo, CA Downtown Brew
4 San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall
6 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom
7 Seattle, WA Showbox @ The Market
8 Spokane, WA Knitting Factory
10 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
11 Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound
13 Denver, CO Bluebird Theater
14 Omaha, NE Slowdown
15 Des Moines, IA People's Court
