Santa Monica, California, August 13, 2008 - Matt White is gearing up for a late summer tour hooking up with Kate Voegele on a month's worth of dates in support of his new single "Love" off his debut Geffen release Best Days.

Along the way, Matt will be performing acoustically at select Gap stores in support of the iconic brand's 'Vote' initiative, which gives people a platform to express their ideas and opinions via the classic Gap t-shirt. During the in-store events, people can customize a free Gap "Vote for ____" t-shirt with whatever they feel passionate about. Earlier this month, Matt White created his own "Vote for Love" t-shirt, which he'll wear throughout the tour. The t-shirt can also be seen in his upcoming video "Love," which was shot recently inside a New York City public bus and debuts this fall on video outlets.

Matt White's debut album Best Days was released on Geffen Records in the fall of 2007. Rolling Stone Magazine praised the set for "updating classic Billy-and-Elton-style Top Forty with Tears for Fears melodrama, Lovin' Spoonful sunshine, even a touch of Freddie Mercury-style falsetto theatrics." Details Magazine included "Best Days" in their "best new music bubbling from the underground" section while Elle Magazine applauded, "'Best Days' is an infectious record of blue-eyed piano-and-guitar soul that's expertly arranged." Entertainment Weekly raved Matt "echoes the bittersweet musings of Jeff Buckley."

Since the release of "Best Days," Matt has entered the Billboard Charts, the video for his single "Best Days" has been added to VH1 and MTV, Matt appeared on the "CBS Early Show" and "Last Call With Carson Daly" and various songs from his debut album have appeared in movies and tv shows including "Little Manhattan," "Because I Said So," "She's The Man," "The Hills," "Men In Trees," "Laguna Beach" and "One Tree Hill."

Below is a list of upcoming Matt White tour dates as well as acoustic performances at local Gap clothing stores (denoted by **):

August 11^th Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre

August 12^th Seattle, WA Neumo's

August 14^th Salt Lake City, UT Club Sound

August 18^th Milwaukee, WI The Rave Bar

August 19^th Grand Rapids, MI The Intersection

August 21^st Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen

**August 22^nd Chicago, IL Gap @ Michigan Ave

August 22^nd Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen

August 24^th Cleveland, OH House of Blues

**August 26^th Philadelphia, PA Gap @ Shoppes at Penn

August 26^th Philadelphia, PA World Café Live

August 27^th Norfolk, VA The Norva

August 29^th St.Petersburg, FL State Theatre

August 30^th Fort Lauderdale, FL Culture Room

August 31^st Orlando, FL The Social

**September 1^st Orlando, FL Gap @ Mall of Millenia

** September 3^rd Atlanta, GA Gap @ Lenox Square

September 3^rd Atlanta, GA The Loft

September 4^th Birmingham, AL WorkPlay Theatre

September 5^th New Orleans, LA Parish at House of Blues

September 6^th Houston, TX Warehouse Live

**September 7^th Dallas, TX Gap @ Northpark

September 7^th Dallas, TX The Loft

September 8^th Scottsdale, AZ Martini Ranch

**September 9^th Los Angeles, CA Gap @ The Grove

September 10^th West Hollywood, CA The Roxy

September 11^th San Francisco, CA Great American Music Hall

**September 12^th San Francisco, CA Gap @ Flood (Market & Powell)

Matt hits the road in support of his new single, "LOVE".  The tour starts tomorrow in Seattle (August 12th) and ends in San Francisco on September 11th.  Unfortunately, Kate Voegele had to cancel the show in Portland tonight (August 11th), but stay tuned for when that show will be rescheduled.  Make sure to check Matt out and say hi if he's in a city near you...

This year MTV is letting the fans decide who the nominees are for the VMA's! Voting is now open for the Best New Artist category. Make sure to go to vma.mtv.com to vote for the Matt White' video for "Best Days" now! Voting closes Wednesday 8/6 at 11 AM EST.

Vote For Matt White in the MTV VMA Nominations!

This year MTV is letting the fans decide who the nominees are for the VMA's! Voting is now open for the Pop Video categories. Make sure to go to vma.mtv.com to vote for Matt White's video for "Best Days" now! Voting closes Wednesday 7/30 at 11 AM EST.

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hey everyone!

first and foremost, i hope you're all enjoying your summer.

sorry, it's been so long since i've written, but there is lots to catch you all up on!

my record label is about to release my 2^nd single, which is "Love" and will be on your radio stations soon, so please make sure to start requesting it.  my song "Love" will also be featured in an upcoming mcdonald's commercial.  which is amazing!  i actually just got back from LA where I was filming my little cameo role in the spot.  everyone at mcdonald's and arnold (the ad agency) were super cool.  i'm pretty sure that the commercial starts airing on september 1^st.

i'm also about to shoot the video for "Love", which i'm so excited about, because we're shooting it in my hometown of new york city.

let's see, what else, oh yeah… i'm leaving on thursday for a little summer mini-tour, so make sure to check my website for all of the dates and come see me if you live in a city nearby the shows.  i'm completely honored to be opening for the legendary B.B. King at his show in new hampshire.  i'm also about to announce a bigger tour that goes from august 11^th – september 11^th, so stay tuned for those (and, yes!  i'm finally coming to the west coast!).

canada, here I come!  i'll be playing some shows with Sheryl Crow as well as some of mine own shows the last week of september/first week of october, so check out my website for those dates and more will be added soon.  i think my album comes out there on september 9th.

lastly, the people have spoken and selected a winner from salt lake city for the people's choice contest.  i'm so looking forward to getting into the studio and recording the new version of "New York Girls" and going to the people's choice awards show with the winner in january.

stay tuned for some more fun little videos from the road.

hope to see you all soon!

much love,

matt white

This year MTV is letting the fans decide who the nominees are for the VMA's! Voting is now open for the Best Male and Female Video categories.

Make sure to go to vma. mtv. com to vote for Matt White's video for "Best Days."

Voting closes Wednesday 7/23 at 11 AM EST.