SKILLET ASCENDS
WITH “AWAKE”;....
LATEST FROM
GRAMMY-NOMINATED ROCK OUTFIT....
DEBUTS AT #2 ON
SOUNDSCAN/BILLBOARD 200;....
“MONSTER” ROCKING
ACTIVE ROCK RADIO, ....
WHILE ALSO SCORING
HIGH PROFILE PLACEMENTS WITH
NBC, NFL, MTV and MORE;....
“AWAKE & ALIVE”
HEADLINE TOUR TAKES OFF....
ON SEPTEMBER 24TH
IN FORT WAYNE, INDIANA....
“AWAKE,” the
acclaimed new album from Atlantic recording group Skillet, has made a
blockbuster chart debut, entering the SoundScan/Billboard 200 at #2,
with sales in excess of 67,000. ....
The album is
also shaping up as a digital phenomenon, with the Deluxe Version reaching the
#1 spot on the iTunes Store’s “Top Albums” chart and “Top Rock Chart” within 24
hours of its release. The “AWAKE”
Deluxe Version is currently #3 on iTunes’ “Top Rock Albums” chart. ....
Produced by
Howard Benson (Daughtry, Flyleaf), “AWAKE” is highlighted by the electrifying
new single, “Monster.” The track
is currently approaching the top 20 at Active Rock outlets nationwide, while a
companion video will premiere today on AOL’s Noise Creep. Album listening parties are also
currently featured on AOL and MSN. In addition, the band’s performance of
“Monster” will be heard as the official theme song each week during the upcoming ACC College
Football season, as well as on the soundtrack to MTV’s new hit series, Bully
Beatdown. NBC recently aired the song
during The 25th Anniversary of
WrestleMania special, and along with “Hero,” will be a part of the video
game, WWE® SmackDown® vs. Raw® 2010.....
What’s more,
“Hero” is featured in the promotional campaign heralding the new season of NBC
Sunday Night Football. A
companion video for “Hero” is also in production, with a premiere date to be
announced soon.....
One of
America’s hardest working live acts, Skillet will celebrate the breakthrough
success of “AWAKE” with the 50-city “Awake & Alive Tour,” set to launch on
September 24th at Fort Wayne, Indiana’s Embassy Theater (see
attached itinerary). The headline
tour will then travel the country through early December. Skillet’s special guests on the “Awake
& Alive” tour will be Hawk Nelson, Decyfer Down, and The Letter Black.....
Skillet
frontman John Cooper and producer Brian Howes recently collected two BMI Music
Awards for “The Last Night” and “The Older I Get,” both featured on 2006’s
Grammy Award-nominated “COMATOSE.”
That album proved Skillet’s most popular work to date, with sales now
approaching RIAA gold certification.
“COMATOSE” followed the band’s 2003 label debut, “COLLIDE,” which
launched Skillet into the mainstream while also garnering their first Grammy
Award nomination. ....
For
up-to-the-minute news and information, visit www.skillet.com
or www.myspace.com/skilletmusic.
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(TOUR ITINERARY ATTACHED)....
SKILLET....
“AWAKE & ALIVE TOUR 2009”....
.. ..
All Dates w/Special Guests Hawk
Nelson, ....
Decyfer Down, and The Letter
Black....
.. ..
SEPTEMBER....
24 Fort
Wayne, IN Embassy
Theater....
25 Columbus,
OH Grace
Brethren Church....
26 Leesburg,
VA Awakening
Music Festival ....
27 Atlanta,
GA The
Tabernacle....
29 Johnson
City, TN Freedom
Hall....
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OCTOBER....
1 Albany,
NY Washington
Avenue Armory....
2 New
York, NY Manhattan
Center Studios ....
3 Worcester,
PA The
Palladium....
4 Philadelphia,
PA The
Electric Factory....
6 Salem,
VA Salem
Civic Center....
8 Memphis,
TN Minglewood
Hall....
9 Little
Rock, AR Riverfest
Amphitheater....
10 Cullman,
AL Youthquake
@ Cullman County Fairgrounds....
11 Mobile,
AL Mobile
Civic Center....
15 Tulsa,
OK Spirit
Bank Event Center....
16 Lubbock,
TX South
Plains Fair Coliseum....
17 El
Paso, TX Abraham
Chavez Theater....
18 Albuquerque,
NM Kiva
Theater....
20 Farmington,
NM McGee
Park-Memorial Coliseum ....
22 Phoenix,
AZ Celebrity
Theater....
23 Los
Angeles, CA Club
Nokia....
24 Bakersfield,
CA Fox
Theater....
25 Fresno,
CA Warnors
Theater....
27 Redding,
CA Redding
Convention Center Auditorium....
29 Central
Point, OR Medford
Armory....
30 Salem,
OR OSF
Pavilion....
31 Seattle,
WA Showare Center....
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NOVEMBER....
1 Spokane,
WA INB
PAC....
3 Kennewick,
WA Toyota
Center....
5 Boise,
ID Qwest
Arena....
6 Salt
Lake City, UT The
Great Salt Air....
7 Denver,
CO Paramount
Theater....
10 Casper,
WY Casper
Events Center....
12 Kansas
City, MO The
Midland by AMC....
13 Ames,
IA Stephens
Auditorium - ISU....
14 Minneapolis,
MN Convention
Center Auditorium....
15 Chicago,
IL House
of Blues....
17 St.
Louis, MO The
Pageant....
19 Longview,
TX Maude
Cobb Center....
20 Dallas,
TX Palladium
Ballroom....
21 Cypress,
TX The
Berry Center....
22 Abilene,
TX Abilene
Civic Center....
27 Springfield,
MO Remingtons
28 Davenport,
IA Adler
Theater
29 Duluth,
MN Duluth
Entertainment Convention Center....
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DECEMBER....
3 Chattanooga,
TN Memorial
Auditorium....
4 Troy,
OH Hobart
Arena....
5 Cleveland,
OH Agora
Theater....
6 Grand
Rapids, MI Deltaplex....