NEW YORK, NY -- 08/27/08 --
Talk about detonating on impact. "THE ILLUSION
OF PROGRESS," the new album from Flip/Atlantic recording artists STAIND,
rocketed onto the Billboard 200 this week at #3, making it the fourth
consecutive album of the band's career to debut in the top 3.
News of the album's explosive arrival follows a flurry of headline-making
moves for the multi-platinum band, who recently teamed with online retailer
Amazon.com for an innovative pre-release promotion, and have been on a
worldwide summer tour, to be followed by a run in Europe with Nickelback in
September, and headlining dates with special guests Seether and Papa Roach
beginning October 4th at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD.
Fans can go to www.staind.com for ticket information.
"THE ILLUSION OF PROGRESS" is being propelled by chart-topping lead single
"Believe," currently #2 at Modern Rock, #5 at Active Rock, and #4 at
Mainstream Rock. The song has already begun crossing over to the Hot AC
charts with a debut at #34. "Believe" is STAIND's fastest-growing hit
since "It's Been Awhile."
In other news, STAIND is set to perform on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" on August
28th, to be followed by a special solo acoustic performance by lead singer
Aaron Lewis on August 31 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine,
CA.
About "THE ILLUSION OF PROGRESS," the Boston Globe wrote, "...the music
packs as much punch as ever -- and more variety, as STAIND sometimes
departs from its rock-metal power ballads for tunes that suggest Pink Floyd
and even Brit band Oasis." The Hartford Courant praised the band for
"pushing its musical boundaries outward," and USA Today hailed the quartet
for serving up a "nicely crafted ballad or two" and "a few engaging
surprises, including the sparse, acoustic 'Tangled Up In You,' politically
charged 'Rainy Day Parade' and 'The Corner,' with a gospel choir and a
bluesy grandeur worthy of Pink Floyd."
"THE ILLUSION OF PROGRESS" is STAIND's sixth album and the follow-up to
2005's certified platinum "Chapter V." The album was produced by Johnny K
and recorded in Lewis' home studio with guitarist Mike Mushok, drummer Jon
Wysocki, and bassist Johnny April.
Over the course of the past decade, STAIND has sold more than 12 million
records worldwide. They have had four #1 singles that span three different
radio formats, including two massive crossover singles "It's Been Awhile"
and "Right Here." "It's Been Awhile" spent 16 weeks at #1 on Billboard's
Modern Rock chart, making it the #1 most played rock record of 2002.
STAIND's major label debut "Dysfunction" went double-platinum in 1999, and
in the new millennium the band's "Break The Cycle" was certified 5x
platinum, followed by the platinum succession of "14 Shades Of Grey" in
2003 and "Chapter V" in 2005. 2002 saw the release of a gold-certified
"MTV Unplugged"; and in 2006, Flip/Atlantic released "The Singles:
1996-2006," the band's first-ever hits collection, along with a separate
companion DVD, "Staind: The Videos."
Tour dates for STAIND are as follows (additional dates to be confirmed)
DATE VENUE CITY
With 3 Doors Down and Hinder
8/27 WaMu Theater Seattle, WA
8/29 Mandalay Bay Las Vegas, NV
8/30 Konocti Field Amphitheater Kelseyville, CA
8/31 Verizon Wireless Amp Irvine, CA
(Aaron Lewis solo show)
With Nickelback in Europe
9/8 Cologne Arena Cologne
9/9 Schleyerhalle Stuttgart
9/12 Odyssey Arena Belfast
9/13 RDS Simmonscourt Dublin
9/15 MEN Arena Manchester
9/16 Sheffield Arena Sheffield
9/18 The NEC Birmingham
9/19 o2 Arena London
9/21 Wembley Arena London
10/3 Turning Stone Verona, NY (Staind only)
With Seether and Papa Roach
10/4 Merriweather Post Pavilion Columbia, MD
10/7 Greensboro Special Events
Center Greensboro, NC
10/9 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and
Casino Hollywood, FL
10/10 St. Augustine Amphitheater St. Augustine, FL
10/12 Hard Rock Live Orlando, FL
10/14 Heritage Park Simpsonville (Greenville), SC
10/15 Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN
10/17 The Amphitheater at the Warf Orange Beach, AL
10/18 Snowden Grove Park Amphitheatre Southaven, MS
10/19 Lakewood Amphitheater Atlanta, GA
10/21 Black River Coliseum Poplar Bluff, MO
10/22 Rockford MetroCentre Rockford, IL
10/24 Tulsa Convention Center Arena Tulsa, OK
10/26 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Houston, TX
11/12 Mohegan Sun Casino Uncasville, CT
(with Papa Roach only)
11/14 Sovereign Center Reading, PA
(with Papa Roach only)
11/15 Asbury Park Convention Hall Complex Asbury Park, NJ
11/16 Tsongas Arena Lowell, MA
11/18 Hammerstein Ballroom New York, NY
www.staind.com
www.myspace.com/staind
For more information, please contact:
Michael Moses
B|W|R Public Relations
(310) 248-6171
mmoses@bwr-la.com
Ashley White
Atlantic Records
212-707-2050
Ashley.White@atlanticrecords.com
