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NORTH AMERICAN TOUR GETS OFF TO A STAR-STUDDED START
OTTAWA DATE CANCELLATION
NEW WEDDING PRESENT VIDEO ON YOUTUBE

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR GETS OFF TO A STAR-STUDDED START

The Wedding Present's 2008 tour of North America has kicked off with a bang in Southern California with concerts in San Diego and bass player Terry de Castro's home town of Los Angeles. The band's rocking new live set was incredibly well received in both cities and a gang of Hollywood celebrities attended the Los Angeles show. Actors Keanu Reeves and Dawson's Creek's Joshua Jackson joined Joe Matt [one of David Gedge's favourite comic book writers] and Jeff Spear [writer for Jay Leno] in the audience. Keanu Reeves was especially wowed by the concert and was later seen chatting to both David and guitarist Chris McConville as paparazzi photographers clicked away.

The North American tour continues into October and the remaining dates are listed below:

September 2008

21 : San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
23 : Eugene, OR - John Henry's
24 : Seattle, WA - Neumo's
25 : Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
26 : Vancouver, BC - Media Club
29 : St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
30 : Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon

October 2008

1 : Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
2 : Pontiac, MI - Pike Room
3 : Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace [early concert]
5 : Montreal, QC - Le National [early concert]
6 : Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs
8 : New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
9 : Brooklyn, NY - Southpaw
10 : Philadelphia, PA - North Star
11 : Washington, DC - Black Cat
12 : Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
13 : Asheville, NC - Rocket Bar
14 : Atlanta, GA - Earl
15 : Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
17 : Austin, TX - Mohawk

Support groups for these concerts are:

Earlimart : September 23 - 26; Dirty On Purpose : September 29 - October 3; The Jealous Girlfriends : October 6  & 10 - 17; Taxi Taxi : October 9; & Teen Getaway : October 15. In Montreal on October 5th., The Wedding Present will be supporting Wire, one of David Gedge's favourite bands.

With any tour dates there can always be last minute changes, so please check with the venue before making travelling arrangements. Following these dates the band will be touring in Europe. For more details, please visit the tour page of our web site : www.scopitones.co.uk

OTTAWA DATE CANCELLATION

We regret to announce that The Wedding Present's concert at Babylon in Ottawa on 4 October 2008 has been cancelled due to reasons beyond our control and we would like to apologise for any inconvenience that this might cause.

NEW WEDDING PRESENT VIDEO ON YOUTUBE

You can watch Tim Middlewick's cool new video for The Wedding Present's DON'T TAKE ME HOME UNTIL I'M DRUNK on YouTube here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-eMNU3qsTo

If you have any questions or concerns please contact Jessica : ScopitonesUK@aol.com

Enjoy the ride!