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Bullet for My Valentine
Halestorm
Young Guns
TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED TODAY FOR 5TH ANNUAL HARDDRIVE LIVE TOUR
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE TO HEADLINE
WITH HALESTORM AND YOUNG GUNS
(New York- January 22, 2013) United Stations Radio Networks’ nationally syndicated radio show
hardDrive announces today upcoming tour dates for their fifth annual 2013 hardDrive Live “Five Tour”
with headlining Welsh rockers Bullet For My Valentine, main support Halestorm, special guests Young
Guns and openers Stars In Stereo. The tour will kick off April 12th in Denver, CO at the Fillmore. The tour
is produced by Ledge Entertainment. Tickets go on sale this Friday, January 25th. Find tour dates listed
below and visit www.harddrivelivetour.com for more information, tour updates and more.
Comments Matt Tuck of Bullet for My Valentine: “We’re super stoked to be touring America again. We’re
going to be bringing the big hits and big guns. With the new album (TEMPER TEMPER), our fourth, we’ve
got loads of songs to choose from. Thanks to hardDrive, sky’s the limit in the States! “
Lzzy Hale of Halestorm says “hardDrive has been such a huge part of us breaking in the last couple of
years. The show has always supported us and what we do. We can’t wait to get back on the road in front
of real rock fans with our friends in Bullet, Young Guns, and Stars in Stereo. It’s going to be a great time.”
'We did one of our very first US interviews with HardDrive’s Roxy Myzal last year,” says Gus Wood, lead singer for
Young Guns. “It was so exciting to be speaking to someone that was aware of our band, even at that early stage for
us in the States. Since then everyone at HardDrive has been supportive and instrumental in helping us to progress
as quickly as we have. We're super grateful and honoured to be involved with this tour, and we can't wait to get
started. See you down front!”
And Stars in Stereo comments: "We can't wait to be a part of this hardDrive tour. With our first album
coming out right beforehand, we couldn't ask for better company to release it in and couldn't imagine a
better tour to support it with. We won't waste the opportunity to learn a thing or two from Bullet for My
Valentine, Halestorm, and Young Guns either. You can expect a lot of energy and excitement coming from
SinS!"
Bullet for My Valentine is gearing up for the release of their brand new album TEMPER TEMPER on
February 12th (RCA). Fans can pre-order their new album now at www.bulletformyvalentine.com .com
which also includes an exclusive limited edition t-shirt and access to tickets for the tour prior to the on-sale
date for the general public. The album’s first single “Riot” was just released at all digital providers to
overwhelming critical raves: In a 5 out of 5 star review Artist Direct writes “‘Riot’ stands out as one of the
most incendiary sonic grenades in Bullet For My Valentine's well-stocked arsenal.”CLICK HERE TO
WATCH RED HOT NEW “RIOT” VIDEO. Bullet for My Valentine’s album TEMPER TEMPER was
produced by Don Gilmore (Linkin Park / Pearl Jam) who worked with the band on their previous album,
2010’s Fever, and was recorded in Thailand and Wales. Fever debuted in the Top 10 in the UK (#5), USA
(#3), Japan (#1), Australia (#5), Austria (#2), Canada (#4), Germany (#3) and Switzerland (#7). The metal
giants recently headlined the UK’s Radio 1’s Rock Week at the BBC Maida Vale studios where they
debuted the title track. They have also announced a UK tour for March which is already sold out.
www.bulletformyvalentine.com, www.facebook.com/BulletForMyValentine, www.twitter.com/bfmvofficial.
Press photos and more available at www.rcarecordspress.com.
Upon its release last spring, THE STRANGE CASE OF…, the second album from Atlantic Records artist
HALESTORM, shot to the #1 slot on Billboard’s Hard Rock Albums chart. The first single, “Love Bites (So
Do I),” marked the first song by a female fronted group to top the active rock chart, and earned the band a
Grammy nomination for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance. Halestorm will perform the song, which was
the #1 song of 2012 on SiriusXM’s Octane, on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Tuesday, January 29th. Last year,
frontwoman Lzzy Hale appeared on the cover of Revolver, who named her their #1 “Hottest Chick In Hard
Rock.” True road warriors, Halestorm spent much of 2012 on tour, including countless headline dates
around the world, support slots alongside Avenged Sevenfold, Godsmack, Staind, and the one and only
Alice Cooper, and festival tours like the Carnival of Madness 2012 Tour with Evanescence. For more
information on Halestorm, visit www.halestormrocks.com, www.facebook.com/halestormrocks, and
www.twitter.com/halestorm.
Buzz continues to build for UK rock band YOUNG GUNS, who recently made headlines when Kerrang!
awarded their new single ("Bones") the No. 1 spot on its list of the "250 Greatest Rock Songs of 2012."
Thanks to “Bones,” a song whose companion video (http://bit.ly/QKP5ch) has racked up more than 1.3
million YouTube views, Young Guns also hold the distinction of being the highest charting new band at
Active Rock Radio in 2012. Their full-length Wind-up debut, also titled BONES, has drawn rave reviews
from the likes of Revolver, Q Magazine, the BBC and Alternative Press, who wrote, “Young Guns are
making waves the old-fashioned way – writing great songs and playing their hearts out every night.” Over
the course of the past few years, the London-based quintet (vocalist Gustav Wood, guitarists Fraser Taylor
and John Taylor, bassist Simon Mitchell and drummer Ben Jolliffe) has emerged as one of the UK's most
electrifying new bands, garnering heavy radio play and chart success while playing to packed-house
crowds all across Europe, including a main stage performance at the Reading Festival, where they were
part of a lineup that included Arcade Fire, Queens of the Stone Age, Guns N' Roses and Modest Mouse.
For more info, please visit www.weareyoungguns.com, www.facebook.com/younggunsuk and
@YoungGunsUK.
Stars in Stereo is wasting no time getting back on the road in the new year and bringing their self-titled
debut album with them. They had a busy 2012, releasing "The Broken" single on
iTunes<https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-broken-single/id529205075>, and touring with the likes of
The Used, Blue October, Hoobastank, and Foxy Shazam. The band will be hitting the road in 2013, starting
off with a nationwide tour with hard rock heavyweights Drowning Pool and Flyleaf and continuing on to the
fifth annual hardDrive tour, directly after, with heavy hitters Bullet for My Valentine, Halestorm, and Young
Guns. SinS is ready to bring their own brand of non-stop energy and exciting performances to any city they
can get to. Having developed their live show into something that is not to be missed, SinS says they want
audiences to “leave shows feeling like they are a part of something. Something they can be proud to
represent. We want them to leave exhausted, sweating, and ready for more... an army of the broken.” The
buzz around Stars in Stereo is no less electric. With a rapidly growing following of SinnerS and a growing
anticipation of their first album, Stars in Stereo is a band to keep an eye on in 2013.
HardDrive with Lou Brutus debuted on July 5, 1996. With 120 radio stations broadcasting the show,
HardDrive is America’s longest running new rock show supporting the careers of hundreds of groups from
Korn to Five Finger Death Punch. Multi-platinum metal band Slipknot received some of their first national
airplay on the two-hour weekend syndicated show. United Stations acquired the series in 2001, and in
2007 originator / producer Roxy Myzal developed the much longer, five-night-a-week brand extension,
HardDrive XL, also featuring Lou Brutus. Myzal has been awarded RadioContraband's Non-Traditional
Rock Programmer of the year for 2011 & 2012.
United Stations Radio Networks, Inc. (“USRN”) is America's leading independently owned and operated
radio network. USRN currently produces and distributes dozens of format-specific programs and services
accounting for over 5000 affiliations with commercial radio stations across the country. The New Yorkbased company maintains programming, sales and affiliate marketing offices in New York, Los Angeles,
Chicago, Dallas, Washington and Nashville. USRN was founded in 1994 by radio pioneers Dick Clark and
Nick Verbitsky.
hardDrive Live “Five” Tour Dates:
Fri
4/12/2013
Denver, CO
Fillmore
Sat
4/13/2013
Salt Lake City, UT
Great Salt Air
Sun
4/14/2013
Boise, ID
Revolution Center
Tue
4/16/2013
Reno, NV
Grand Sierra Theater
Wed
4/17/2013
San Francisco, CA
Warfield
Fri
4/19/2013
Pomona, CA
The Fox
Sun
4/21/2013
Tempe, AZ
Marquee
Tue
4/23/2013
Dallas, TX
HOB
Wed
4/24/2013
Houston, TX
Warehouse Live
Tue
4/30/2013
New York, NY
Roseland
Wed
5/1/2013
Worcester, MA
The Palladium
Fri
5/3/2013
Silver Spring, MD
The Fillmore
Sun
5/5/2013
Philadelphia, PA
Electric Factory Outdoors
Tue
5/7/2013
Toronto, ON
Sound Academy
Wed
5/8/2013
Ft. Wayne , IN
Expo Center
Fri
5/10/2013
Buffalo, NY
Town Ballroom
Sat
5/11/2013
Grand Rapids, MI
Orbit Room
Wed
5/15/2013
Minneapolis, MN
Myth
Fri
5/17/2013
Pittsburgh, PA
Stage AE
Sun
5/19/2013
Stroudsburg, PA
Sherman Theater
Tue
5/21/2013
Chicago, IL
Riviera
Wed
5/22/2013
Milwaukee, WI
Eagles Ballroom
Tour site: See
www. harddrivelivetour.com
Media Contacts:
Bullet For My Valentine
Sarah Weinstein Dennison/RCA Records
212-833-5593 [email protected]
Halestorm:
Ashley White/Atlantic Records
212-707-2050 [email protected]
Young Guns:
Tickets on sale Friday, January 25th, 2013
Michael Moses
B|W|R Public Relations
310-248-6171 | [email protected]
Stars in Stereo:
Dylan Sosa/Hundred Handed Inc.
818-337-8482
[email protected]
hardDrive:
Roxy Myzal/United Stations Radio Networks
212-536-3666/ [email protected] www.harddriveradio.com