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Saturday, May 3, 2014

"Say Something," It's "A Great Big World"

A Great Big World
A GREAT BIG WORLD TO EMBARK ON "A GREAT BIG WORLD TOUR"

NEW SINGLE "ALREADY HOME"

“ROCKSTAR” COVERED ON “GLEE” APRIL 1


Always remember: It's A Great Big World and you just live in it, carry on....


A Great Big World will be crisscrossing the globe this year when they launch an expansive international run, the appropriately titled "A Great Big World Tour". This marks their return to Europe and sees them hit numerous territories for the first time. The tour also perfectly coincides with the launch of the group's latest single "Already Home". With an elegant piano intro, the song builds into another impressive, inspiring, and infectious chorus from the group. It's another majestic anthem from A Great Big World following upon the stratospheric success of “Say Something” with Christina Aguilera which has reached international multi-platinum sales.

About “Already Home”, A Great Big World adds, "We wrote this song years ago, but it's kind of spooky how much the lyrics mean to us now that we've been away touring for months. We're realizing that 'home' doesn't need to be a tangible and physical thing. It can be that quiet place that is always there inside of you, or the love that exists between two people, no matter how far apart. So in that sense, we are always 'home."

In support of the song and critically acclaimed debut album, Is There Anybody Out There? [Black Magnetic/Epic Records], the tour starts on May 10th with the iconic Los Angeles radio show Wango Tango, and then sees the New York pop duo of Ian Axel and Chad Vaccarino visit at least twelve countries over the course of four months.

Axel and Vaccarino preface the tour saying, "It's pretty unbelievable that we've reached a point where we're able to travel half-way across the Earth, and have fans coming to see us and support us. That's why we write. That's why we perform - to connect. The world is beginning to feel a lot smaller than our name suggests!"

On April 1, A Great Big World’s music returns to hit Fox show Glee as the group’s uplifting anthem“Rockstar” will be covered by the cast during a pivotal episode. This is the second time Glee has chosen to perform one of the group’s songs. In 2013 the Glee cast performed “This Is the New Year” (video) and helped launch the song to its viral success.  Get ready to hear “Rockstar” like you’ve never heard it before.

It's been a magical journey thus far for the group. In addition to debuting at #3 on the Billboard Top 200, Is There Anybody Out There? received widespread critical acclaim upon its release in January. 

Their breakthrough triple-platinum mega-hit with Christina Aguilera"Say Something,” ignited a fast rise to success back in November 2012. AxelVaccarino, and Aguilera gave a stirring performance on NBC's The Voice followed by enchanting and electrifying turns at the American Music Awards and The Victoria's Secret Fashion Show

As their profile grew, the single entranced the entire world, eventually selling over three million digital songs at a rapid rate in the U.S. alone. It went on to occupy the #1 spot on iTunes, Billboard's Digital Songs Chart, Billboard's Digital Track Chart, Spotify, and Shazam in addition to going Top 10 on sales charts in 19 countries. They've also performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, ABC's Good Morning AmericaLIVE with Kelly and Michael and had a live stream of their sold out New York Highline Ballroom show with VH1.com.  VH1 also selected the group as their first 2014 “You Oughta Know” Artist.  Finally most recently they were asked to perform as the first-ever musical guest on Late Night With Seth Meyers and gave a riveting performance at the prestigious Clive Davis annual Pre-Grammy party this year.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES:
5/10       Los Angeles, CA                 Wango Tango
5/11       Reno, NV                              Kitting Factory*
5/13       San Francisco, CA              Regency Ballroom*
5/16       Las Vegas, NV                     Red Rocks Lounge*
5/17       Tucson, AZ                           Rialto Theater
5/21       London, UK                         Heaven*
5/22       Paris, France                       Tabendo*
5/23       Zurich, Switzerland          Plaza*
5/25       Vienna, Austria                  WUK*
5/26       Cologne, Germany            Luxor*
5/27       Berlin, Germany                                Postbahnhof*
5/29       Amsterdam, Holland       Paradiso*

6/3         House of Blues                 Boston, MA
6/15       Northampton, MA           Pearl Street*
6/17       Montreal, QC                      Corona Theatre*
6/20       Richmond, VA                    National*
6/21       Sayreville, NJ                      Starland Ballroom*
6/22       Dover, DE                            Firefly Music Festival
6/24       Toronto, ON                       Danforth Music Hall*
6/26       Detroit, MI                          Royal Oak Music Theatre*
6/27        Chicago, IL                         House of Blues
6/28       Milwaukee, WI                   Summerfest
6/29       Minneapolis, MN              Mill City Nights*
7/05       Birmingham, UK                                Wireless Festival
7/06       London, UK                         Wireless Festival
8/01       Sydney, Australia             Hi-Fi*
8/02       Brisbane, Australia           The Tivoli*
8/03       Melbourne, Australia      Russell*
8/5         Auckland, NZ                      Powerstation*
8/14       Seoul, Korea                       Super Sonic Festival
8/16       Tokyo, Japan                      Summersonic Festival
8/17       Osaka, Japan                      Summersonic Festival
*Headline Dates

Album available now at their official siteAmazoniTunes, or a signed copy at Target.com now!

A Great Big World:

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

What Do May Flowers Bring? Pentatonix



PENTATONIX GOES VIRAL…AGAIN
“EVOLUTION OF MUSIC” REACHES 7 MILLION YOUTUBE VIEWS
IN ITS FIRST WEEK
COVER OF IMAGINE DRAGONS’ “RADIOACTIVE”
(WITH LINDSEY STIRLING) SOARS TO 12 MILLION YOUTUBE VIEWS & DEBUTS IN ITUNES’ TOP 100
YOUTUBE CHANNEL SURPASSES 70 MILLION VIEWS WITH OVER 800 THOUSAND SUBSCRIBERS
2013 NORTH AMERICAN TOUR CONTINUES THROUGH MAY

Vocal sensations and winners of season 3 of NBC’s “The Sing-Off,” Pentatonix have had a whirlwind week with their latest YouTube video – “Evolution Of Music” – garnering nearly 7 million in the 6 days since its debut.  The video spans 1000 years of music in just 4 minutes, featuring some of the most popular songs from the last dozen centuries, and has been featured by The Huffington Post, Ryan Seacrest, Mashable and even got some radio love from New York City’s Z100. 

Additionally, “Oh Holy Night,” the Christmas classic and standout track from PTX’s 2012 Christmas EP, was featured on last week’s episode of NBC’s Community. 

Pentatonix also recently teamed up with dubstep violinist Lindsey Stirling on a cover of Imagine Dragons’ “Radioactive.”  The video has a combined 12 million cumulative YouTube views and the single, now available via iTunes, debuted in its top 100.  
PTX & Lindsey Stirling

This follows the success of the group’s previous offerings, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis’ “Thrift Shop” which surpassed the six million-view mark, an *NSYNC medley and a Swedish House Mafia mash-up.  All of the arrangements are performed on the group’s current tour, which continues through May.   

On top of their live performance  and YouTube release schedules, Pentatonix are also arranging and recording PTX Vol 2,  planned for an early Summer release.
           
After winning the most recent season of NBC’s “The Sing Off,” Pentatonix enjoyed a whirlwind of success in 2012.  

They released 2 EP’s – PTX Vol 1 & PTXmas – twice debuting on Billboard’s Top 200 and selling a combined 100,000 albums and counting.  Their television appearances included The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno, The Katie Couric Show, The Talk, The American Music Awards Red Carpet Show and VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live!  They have been regularly featured by RyanSeacrest.com and Perez Hilton.  The Philadelphia Inquirer reviewed their fall tour and said:

No strictly vocal act sounds more ecstatic in triumph than Pentatonix… Euphoric best describes the joyful, self-described “futuristic a cappella” quintet who played before a wildly enthusiastic Philly audience.

Pentatonix are taking instrument-free music far beyond anyone’s wildest expectations.  Named after the world’s most widely recognized five-note musical scale, this vocal quintet has transformed one of pop music’s purest and most soulful expressions into an exciting future, filled with limitless sonic possibility.  Pairing their intricate arrangements with cleverly re-imagined pop songs, Pentatonix have quickly cultivated a sound and style that is entirely unique and undeniably infectious. 


Just a year old, the Pentatonix YouTube channel boasts over 70 million views, buoyed by more than 800,000 subscribers.  The group also has more than 290,000 Facebook fans and nearly 85,000 twitter followers.

It's a PTX World At:

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/PTXofficial

PTX Official: http://www.ptx-official.com/



Remaining 2013 TOUR DATES

May 2013
2                      Wilma                                            Missoula, MT
4                      Knitting Factory Concert House Boise, ID
5                      Crystal Ballroom                        Portland, OR
7                      Knitting Factory Concert House Spokane, WA
9                      Vogue Theatre                             Vancouver, BC
11                    Showbox SODO                           Seattle, WA

Monday, December 17, 2012

It's A Pentatonix Monday...


PTX on The Tonight Show

In case you missed it, the PTX gang rode in on Santa's sleigh this past week and landed on The Tonight Show stage.

Their present to Jay Leno's enthusiastic audience was yet another great arrangement of a classic Christmas song: "Angels We Have Heard On High".

Smashing job as usual gang.

With Christmas a week and a one day from now, let's kick off Monday December 17, 2012 with some
PTX!

Christmas is coming people....are you ready?


Have yourself a Merry Little PTXmas: http://www.ptx-official.com/