For Immediate Release Tuesday, October 15, 2013 Evenko and Live Nation proudly present Blue Rodeo: In Our Nature Tour January 30 – Credit Union Place, Summerside January 31 - Halifax Metro Centre, Halifax February 7 – Mile One Centre, St. Johns (Halifax, NS) – Evenko and Live Nation proudly present three Atlantic Canadian dates with one of Canada’s premiere bands, Blue Rodeo. Promoting their latest album, In Our Nature, the group will perform at Credit Union Place in Summerside on Thursday, Jan. 30, the Halifax Metro Centre on Friday, Jan. 31 and Mile One Centre in St. John’s on Friday, Feb. 7. After playing to over 70,000 fans across the country in celebration of their 25th anniversary this past winter, Blue Rodeo heads back out on the road for a 32-date national tour from coast to coast, which will visit 27 cities in nine provinces. Special guest for the tour is The Devin Cuddy Band. The bands thirteenth recording, In Our Nature (Warner Music Canada), is scheduled for release on Tuesday, October 29. Fans can pre-order the album now through iTunes or the band’s website bluerodeo/store. Blue Rodeo has been previewing a number new songs live for their fans at the band’s shows earlier this year. Fans are also getting an early preview of the new album through a lyric video for the track New Morning Sun. As a special offer for fans attending Blue Rodeos 2014 In Our Nature Tour, everyone who purchases a pair of tickets will have one CD copy of In Our Nature included with their purchase. Doing a lot of touring while making this record helped a lot, said Greg Keelor. Everybody was getting along and the band was playing well together. I think its a good crop of songs and everyone just played it right and they played it beautifully. In the mid-80s Blue Rodeo played the Toronto club scene relentlessly, building a dedicated following that would show up to every show. Close to three decades of constant touring and Blue Rodeo fans continue flocking to fill arenas all across the country. With the upcoming release of In Our Nature, the band is announcing what is estimated to be their 50th tour of Canada. It is a testament to their creativity that the band can endure a lifetime of challenges to continue to make music that all Canadians can call their own. With the addition of guitarist/singer Colin Cripps to the Blue Rodeo line-up, the band is now a seven-piece unit, including Jim Cuddy (vocals/guitar), Greg Keelor (vocals/guitar), Bazil Donovan (bass), Glenn Milchem (drums/vocals), Bob Egan (guitar/pedal steel, mandolin), Mike Boguski (keyboards) and Colin Cripps (guitar / vocals). For more information on Blue Rodeo, visit: bluerodeo, on Facebook at /BlueRodeo and on Twitter at /BlueRodeo Opening for Blue Rodeo on the national tour will be Cameron House recording group, The Devin Cuddy Band. Led by vocalist and pianist, Devin Cuddy, the band tips its collective hat to everything swinging from touches of country in the 50s, New Orleans in the 20s and Cab Calloway in the 40’s. Now Magazine wrote: This is a good-time sound, a few laughs, lots of rollicking playing, great music to groove to. For more information on The Devin Cuddy Band, visit devincuddy on Facebook at /Devin Cuddy and on Twitter at /DevinCuddy Tickets for the Summerside show go on sale Friday, Oct. 18 at noon. Tickets are $45.25 and $62.25 (including tax and applicable surcharge) and will be available at the Credit Union Place box office, by phone toll free at 1-855-985-5000 and online at cupevents.ca, evenko.ca and livenation Tickets for the Halifax show go on sale Friday, Oct. 18 at 10 a.m. Tickets are $41.00 and $64.00 (including tax and applicable surcharge) and will be available at the Ticket Atlantic box office at the Halifax Metro Centre, at participating Atlantic Superstore outlets, by calling (902) 451-1221 and online at ticketatlantic, evenko.ca and livenation Tickets for the St. John’s show go on sale Friday, Oct.18 at noon. Tickets are $39.00 and $64.00 (including tax and applicable surcharge) and will be available at the Mile One Centre box office, by phone at (709) 576-7657 and online at mileonecentre, evenko.ca and livenation About evenko: evenko is a Quebec company, which has become the most important independent promoter and producer in Canada. Presenting more than 1,000 musical, family and sporting events annually throughout the province of Quebec, Atlantic Canada and the eastern United States, evenko plays host to the biggest entertainers in the world and invests in the development and promotion of Quebec artists. evenko is also the creator and producer of two major festivals, the Osheaga Music and Arts Festival and Heavy MTL which are held at Parc Jean-Drapeau in Montreal. In January 2013, Pollstar, the industry’s most respected source, ranked evenko 8th worldwide in the Promoter category while the Bell Centre was ranked No.2 arena in North America and the 5th top arena worldwide in the category of top Arena Venues. The evenko trademark is the property of LAréna des Canadiens Inc. About Live Nation Entertainment: Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment and ecommerce company, comprised of four market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, Artist Nation and Live Nation Network. Ticketmaster is the global event-ticketing leader and one of the world’s top five ecommerce sites, with almost 27 million monthly unique visitors. Live Nation Concerts produces over 22,000 shows annually for more than 2,300 artists globally. Artist Nation is the world’s top artist management company, representing over 250 artists. These businesses power Live Nation Network, the leading provider of entertainment marketing solutions, enabling nearly 800 advertisers to tap into the 200 million consumers Live Nation delivers annually through its live event and digital platforms. For additional information, visit livenation/investors For photos, interviews and more information, contact: Wendy Phillips, evenko Atlantic Canada (902) 492-0960 / [email protected]
Posted on: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 10:31:47 +0000