TOKYO
POLICE
CLUB
www.tokyopoliceclub.com
with special guest
FREELANCE WHALES
www.freelancewhales.com
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
7:00pm door/all ages
TOWN BALLROOM
681 Main Street, Buffalo, NY / (716) 852-3900
www.townballroom.com
www.supernautbooking.com
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TICKETS ON SALE THIS FRIDAY, MAY 21 AT NOON!
Tickets ($16.00 advance / $20.00 day of show) available through all Tickets.com outlets including Tops Markets or Town Ballroom box office. (Town Ballroom box office Noon - 5pm / Monday - Friday). Go online at online at Tickets.com / Call to charge by phone 888-223-6000
Produced by Funtime Presents & Supernaut Booking
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TOKYO POLICE CLUB: CHAMP
New Album Out June 8
New Song “Breakneck Speed” Streaming Now at
http://tokyopoliceclub.com/
Coachella, Bonnaroo, Special Guest Dates with Passion Pit Confirmed
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Tokyo Police Club bio:
Newmarket Ontario’s favorite sons Tokyo Police Club have confirmed the title and release date of the band’s second full length album: Champ will be released June 8 on the band’s new U.S. label home mom+pop. The band has provided a sneak peek at the new record in the form of the track “Breakneck Speed,” currently streaming at at
http://tokyopoliceclub.com/
Though coincidental, the title of the new song is more than apt, given the pace with which the months leading up to Champ’s release are filling up: The band will return to its rigorous touring regimen in early April, with international appearances including April 17 at Coachella, June 11 at Bonnaroo, and a June run supporting Passion Pit concluding with an already sold out June 29 show at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Bandshell and a June 30 inaugural performance at NYC’s Governor’s Island. In addition, Tokyo Police Club will spend late May and early June in Europe, including a headline appearance at the Immergut Festival in Germany. For further dates as they’re announced, more details and updates, check back at
http://tokyopoliceclub.com/shows
Tokyo Police Club is Greg Alsop (drums), Josh Hook (guitar), David Monks (vocals, bass) and Graham Wright (keys/percussion). The band formed in 2005 and released the debut EP A Lesson In Crime the following year to instant and universal acclaim. One more EP, a digital-only single and a few world tours later, Tokyo Police Club’s first full length album, Elephant Shell was released in April 2008. Elephant Shell’s release was preceded by multiple sold out shows in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Toronto, and followed by appearances on The Late Show With David Letterman, The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson and, yes, Desperate Housewives. Critical response to the full length was even more enthusiastic and diverse, with the likes of GQ, Elle, Spin, Rolling Stone and Men’s Health all giving thumbs up. The band toured relentlessly to support Elephant Shell, finally wrapping up in the U.S. at the August 2009 All Points West Festival.
Champ is Tokyo Police Club’s second full album and first for mom+pop, the independent label formed in 2008 by Cliff Burnstein, Peter Mensch and Michael Goldstone. Burnstein and Mensch are the owners of Qprime, management for the likes of Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snow Patrol, Muse, Silversun Pickups, and The Mars Volta, among others. Goldstone is a veteran A&R exec whose most recent tenure at Sire saw him sign Regina Spektor and Tegan and Sara. Other mom+pop artists include Metric and Sleigh Bells. As with previous Tokyo Police Club records, Champ will be released in the UK and Europe by Memphis Industries, home of such artists as The Go! team, Field Music and The Ruby Suns.
