New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Atlantic Records) Atlantic Records recording group
Straight No Chaser has announced an array of activity surrounding the release of their eagerly anticipated new album. "UNDER THE INFLUENCE" arrives today in stores and at all leading DSPs.
Straight No Chaser will celebrate this evening with a very special concert event for fans and contest winners on the Southwest Airlines Porch at New York City's Bryant Park. The acclaimed a cappella group will then perform live on the upcoming Mother's Day episode of NBC's TODAY: Weekend Edition, scheduled for Sunday, May 12th (check local listings). SNC heralded "UNDER THE INFLUENCE" earlier this week with an appearance on Bravo's highly rated Watch What Happens Live.
"UNDER THE INFLUENCE" sees the acclaimed a cappella group reimagining a selection of their all time favorite songs alongside many of the superstar artists and undisputed music icons that made them famous. Produced by Mark Kibble -- a founding member of the legendary a cappella group Take 6 and one of Straight No Chaser's primary influences -- the album includes unprecedented collaborations with some of popular music's best and brightest -- including Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Dolly Parton, Rob Thomas, Seal, and
Jason Mraz -- as
Straight No Chaser put their distinctive and inimitable spin on songs known and loved the world over.
The album is highlighted by the new single, "
I Want You Back" featuring Sara Bareilles. A companion video for the inventive take on the
Jackson 5 classic -- as well audio clips for an array of additional album tracks -- are streaming now at the official
Straight No Chaser YouTube channel, located at www.youtube.com/sncmusic.
"UNDER THE INFLUENCE" has quickly won
Straight No Chaser critical applause from all corners. Perez Hilton declared "I Won't Give Up (Feat. Jason Mraz)" to be an "intoxicating concoction," while Broadway World noted that "the tremendously talented ten men that make up
Straight No Chaser are ideally matched by (Elton John)... especially memorable." "One a cappella group, Straight No Chaser, was way ahead of the trend," declared Entertainment Weekly, "and given their devoted fanbase and a caholics, it's likely that they'll be around long after (a cappella) fades out of the pop culture forefront -- if, in fact, it ever does."
Long hailed as an especially thrilling and engaging live act,
Straight No Chaser has scheduled a series of special release week concerts, kicking off May 9th at the
State Theatre in New Brunswick, New Jersey (see below itinerary). The group's "Summer of Influence Tour" kicks off June 21st at Hampton Beach Casino in Hampton Beach, NH and then travels through mid-August. The "Under The Influence North American Tour" will then get underway October 16th at the Missouri Theatre in Columbia, MO. The fall trek will culminate with seven shows in five days in their home state of Indiana, including four closing shows on December 21st and 22nd at the Murat Theatre at Old
National Centre in Indianapolis. For up to the minute news and tour information, please visit www.sncmusic.com/tour.
As if that weren't enough,
Straight No Chaser will also travel to The
Pearl Theater at Palms Casino Resort in Las
Vegas for four special shows, slated for
September 26th through 28th. "The Chaser Summit" will offer fans the chance to come together for three days of concerts and special events as a part of an exclusive weekend residency. Packages including tickets to all four concert events and three nights of hotels at the Palms Resort are available now -- please see www.sncmusic.com/tour for details.
The upcoming dates mark a milestone for
Straight No Chaser as they feature the return of founding member Steve Morgan, who rejoins the group after the departure late last year of Ryan Ahlwardt. Fans can meet the newest/oldest member of SNC at Straight No Chaser's official YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/sncmusic.
For more, please visit www.sncmusic.com, www.facebook.com/StraightNoChaser, twitter.com/SNCmusic, and www.myspace.com/sncmusic.
(TOUR ITINERARY BELOW)
STRAIGHT NO CHASER On Tour 2013
*denotes two shows on listed date
#UnderTheInfluence Album Release Week Shows
MAY
9 New Brunswick, NJ
State Theatre
10 York, PA Strand-Capitol Performing Arts Center
11 Sewell, NJ TD Bank Arts Center
12 Allentown, PA Miller Symphony Hall*
#SummerOfInfluence Shows
JUNE
21 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Ballroom Casino
22 Chautauqua, NY Chautauqua Institution
23 Portsmouth, VA nTelos Wireless Pavilion
28 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheater
29 Manteo, NC Roanoke Island Festival Park
30 Vienna, VA Filene Center at Wolftrap
AUGUST
15 San Diego, CA Humphrey's by the Bay
16 Modesto, CA Gallo Center for the Arts
17 Saratoga, CA Mountain Winery
#ChaserSummit
SEPTEMBER
26 Las Vegas, NV The
Pearl Theater at the Palms Casino Resort
27 Las Vegas, NV The
Pearl Theater at the Palms Casino Resort
28 Las Vegas, NV The
Pearl Theater at the Palms Casino Resort*
#UnderTheInfluence Tour 2013
OCTOBER
16 Columbia, MO Missouri Theatre
17 Ames, IA Stephens Auditorium
18 Davenport, IA RiverCentre Adler Theatre
19 Omaha, NE Omaha
Music Hall
20 Sioux City, IA Sioux City Orpheum
22 Billings, MT Alberta Bair Theater
23 Casper, WY
Casper Events Center
24 Loveland, CO Budweiser Events Center
25 Colorado Springs, CO Pikes Peak Center
26 Denver, CO Ellie Caulkins Opera House
27 El Paso, TX Plaza Theatre
29 Odessa, TX Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center
30 San Antonio, TX Majestic Theatre
NOVEMBER
1 Houston, TX Bayou Theatre
2 Dallas, TX McFarlin Auditorium
3 Kansas City, MO AMC at
Midland Theatre
7 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
8 Dayton, OH
Schuster Performing Arts Center
9 Normal, IL Braden Auditorium
10 Louisville, KY Kentucky Center
11 Bowling Green, KY Southern Kentucky Performing Arts Center
13 Memphis, TN Cannon Center
14 Knoxville, TN Civic Auditorium
15 Roanoke, VA Roanoke Performing Arts Center
16 Chattanooga, TN Memorial Auditorium
17 Richmond, VA Carpenter Theatre
19 Pensacola, FL Saenger Theater
20 Jacksonville, FL Florida Theater
21 Melbourne, FL King Center
22 Gainesville, FL University of Florida
23 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall
24 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center
29 Grand Rapids, MI Devos Performance Hall
30 Chicago, IL The
Chicago Theatre*
DECEMBER
1 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre
5 Montreal, QC Place des Arts - Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
6 Reading, PA Reading Eagle Theatre at the Sovereign Center
7 Hershey, PA Hershey Theatre*
8 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
10 Boston, MA Wang Theatre
11 Pittsburgh, PA Benedum Theatre
12 Baltimore, MD Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
13 Cincinnati, OH Aronoff Center for the Arts
14 Cleveland, OH Palace Theatre*
15 St. Louis, MO Fox Theatre
17 Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee Riverside Theater
18 Ft. Wayne, IN
Embassy Theatre
19 South Bend, IN Morris Performing Arts Center
20 Evansville, IN The Centre
21 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre at Old
National Centre*
22 Indianapolis, IN Murat Theatre at Old
National Centre*
*denotes two shows on listed date.
