EVANS BLUE ANNOUNCES FIRST LEG OF THE GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES 2012 TOUR

EVANS BLUE has announced  the first leg of their GRAVEYARD OF EMPIRES 2012 TOUR, which kicks off July 6th at The Machine Shop in Flint, Michigan, where the band will also film a live video for the song “Halo.” Columbus 5-piece State Your Cause will join the tour as direct support.

6-Jul
Fri
Machine Shop (Banana 101.5 Presents)
Flint, MI
7-Jul
Sat
The Intersection (97.9 WGRD Presents)
Grand Rapids, MI
8-Jul
Sun
Frankies Inner City
Toledo, OH
11-Jul
Wed
The Blind Pig (89X Presents)
Ann Arbor, MI
12-Jul
Thu
Peabody’s-1st
Cleveland, OH
13-Jul
Fri
Alrosa Villa
Columbus, OH
14-Jul
Sat
McGuffy’s House Of Rock (103.9 The X)
Dayton, OH
15-Jul
Sun
Altar Bar
Pittsburgh, PA
17-Jul
Tue
Higher Ground
Burlington, VT
18-Jul
Wed
TBA

19-Jul
Thu
The Chance Theater
Poughkeepsie, NY
20-Jul
Fri
Rock Junction
Coventry, RI
21-Jul
Sat
Mill Street Brews
Southbridge, MA
22-Jul
Sun
Wally’s Pub
Hampton Beach, NH
24-Jul
Tue
The Recher Theatre
Baltimore, MD
25-Jul
Wed
The Studio @ Webster Hall
NY, NY
26-Jul
Thu
Ollie’s Point
Amityville, NY
27-Jul
Fri
The Note
West Chester, PA
11-Aug
Sat
House Of Blues
Houston, TX

More August dates will be announced in early June. Evans Blue’s 4th album Graveyard Of Empires, was released on April 17th via Sounds+Sights. The first single “This Time It’s Different” has had over 735,000 views on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8nUHT1msYc&feature=share

ABOUT/ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Evans Blue debuted at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart in 2006 with The Melody and the Energetic Nature of Volume, which spawned the Top 5 single “Cold (But I’m Still Here).” They were nominated for a 2006 Juno Award for Best New Group. Their second album, THE PURSUIT BEGINS WHEN THIS portrayal OF LIFE ENDS, was released in July 2007 and debuted at #44* on the Billboard Top 200. Album 3, the self-titled evans|blue, was released independently in June 2009, and “Erase My Scars” went to #23* on the Billboard rock charts in 2010. Evans Blue has sold 1 million units worldwide.

For more information, check out the Evans Blue website:
www.evansblue.com