Three Days Grace #1 Rock Artist of 2007; Tour Package Gets Creative Nom at Pollstar Awards
PRNewswire
LOS ANGELES
12/10/2007
Platinum-selling Jive Records rock band Three Days Grace has emerged as one of the top bands in the country. Three Days Grace released their sophomore album One-X in 2006, which debuted at #5 on the Top 200 chart. One-X is currently in its 77th week on the Billboard Top 200.
According to the year end report from Mediabase for 2007, Three Days Grace is the # 1 artist in airplay across all rock formats (Modern Rock, Active Rock, Mainstream Rock) with their successful singles "Animal I've Become," "Pain," and "Never Too Late." R&R/Billboard have also ranked Three Days Grace as # 1 Active Rock Artist of the Year, # 1 Rock Artist of the Year and # 2 Modern Rock/Alternative Artist of the Year.
"Never Too Late," the band's latest single, reached #1 on both active & rock formats. The single is now crossing into Top 40 radio moving from #31 to #29* with another 12 new adds this week.
Three Days Grace and Breaking Benjamin announced additional dates to their successful North American arena tour. Recently the package was nominated as "Most Creative Tour Package" by Pollstar Magazine. The winners will be announced at the 19th Pollstar Concert Industry Awards at the Nokia Theater L.A. Live on February 7, 2008.
Tour dates for 2008 are: 02/15/08 Paul E. Tsongas Arena Lowell, MA 02/16/08 Trump Taj Mahal Arena Atlantic City, NJ 02/18/08 Assembly Hall Champaign, IL 02/19/08 Rockford MetroCentre Rockford, IL 02/21/08 Show Me Center Cape Girardeau, MO 02/22/08 Desoto Civic Center Southaven, MS 02/24/08 Freeman Coliseum San Antonio, TX 02/25/08 Concrete Street Amphitheater Corpus Christi, TX 02/27/08 ALLTEL Arena North Little Rock, AR 02/28/08 Kansas Coliseum Valley Center, KS 03/01/08 CenturyTel Center Bossier City, LA 03/02/08 The Amphitheater at the Wharf Orange Beach, AL 03/04/08 Ford Amphitheatre Tampa, FL 03/05/08 Sound Advice Amphitheatre West Palm Beach, FL 03/08/08 Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN 03/09/08 The National Richmond, VA ** 03/18/08 Roberts Stadium Evansville, IN 03/19/08 Eastern Kentucky Expo Center Pikeville, KY 03/21/08 The Palace Of Auburn Hills Auburn Hills, MI 03/22/08 Pepsi Coliseum Indianapolis, IN 03/24/08 Target Center Minneapolis, MN 03/25/08 Tyson IBP Events Center Sioux City, IA 03/27/08 i Wireless Center Moline, IL 03/28/08 Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee, WI 03/30/08 Erie Civic Center Complex Erie, PA 04/01/08 Bryce Jordan Center University Park, PA
Three Days Grace is Adam Gontier (lead vocals, guitar), Neil Sanderson (drums, vocals), Brad Walst (bass, vocals), and Barry Stock (lead guitar).
**Breaking Benjamin is not on this date. www.threedaysgrace.com For more information contact: Gina Orr (310) 449-2650 gina.orr@jiverecords.com Michelle de Leon (310) 449-2651 michelle.deleon@jiverecords.com About the Zomba Label Group (ZLG):
The Zomba Label Group consists of record labels Jive, LaFace, Volcano, Verity, GospoCentric and Fo Yo Soul. These labels represent a varied group of artists including R. Kelly, Usher, Justin Timberlake, Ciara, Chris Brown, Pink, Tool, Britney Spears, OutKast, Kirk Franklin, Three Days Grace, 311, Nick Lachey, T-Pain, Byron Cage, Buddy Guy, Living Things, Youngbloodz, Anthony Hamilton, Donnie McClurkin, and Backstreet Boys.
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