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THE AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT ADD US DATES

SINGLE “SOMETIME AROUND MIDNIGHT” CONTINUES TO CLIMB RADIO CHARTS FIFTEEN WEEKS AFTER IT FIRST ENTERED THEM

November 20, 2008, 02:50 AM

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Los Angeles' Airborne Toxic Event added 6 US radio dates to its busy schedule following a grueling 30 straight shows in 30 days tour in the UK. The US shows begin December 6 a mere week after completing the UK run with a show at Boston's Orpheum Theater.

While the band has wowed the UK press with the endurance it has taken to do the tour, ultimately it's the music that has won them over, with the NME writing, "Firmly on the right side of dramatic, their engaging stage presence and mawkish violin justifies the Arcade Fire comparisons. There's a beautiful yet deftly macabre spine to their songs, and "Sometime Around Midnight" is a stirring demonstration of their power. ...if you haven't seen TATE, you should."

Speaking of endurance, the first single off the band's eponymous debut album, "Sometime Around Midnight" has now spent 15 weeks on the Alternative Chart, and continues to rise moving up another 4 places on the chart from 35 to 31. It's a very rare occurrence for a song. The songs continued strength was borne out in some radio station research which the song to be #1 among males 24-30 at the Alternative format.

On top of the great radio play and press reaction the band is currently one of 8 bands in Heavy Rotation at MTV2 for "Sometime Around Midnight." As with radio the endurance and slow burn of the song is why it is in the top rotation, more than three months after the video had been added to the playlists of MTV2, VH-1 and MTVU. Also in the television media The Airborne Toxic Event are part of a 10 second NBC Promo which will start over Thanksgiving weekend and is expected to be seen by over 50 million viewers.

Below are the US dates with more to follow in the upcoming weeks:
December 6 Boston WFNX Orpheum Theater
December 8 New York WRXP Blender Gramercy Theatre
December 10 Kansas City, MO KRBZ The Midland
December 11 Austin, TX KROX Emos
December 13 Tuscon, AZ KFMA TCC Exhibition Hall
December 18 Portland, OR KNRK Crystal Ballroom

















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