Emblem3 Announce Their First National Headline Tour

NEW YORK, Dec. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Emblem3 have announced their first national headline tour set for winter 2014. The #BandLife Tour will kick off in February and run through mid-March with MKTO set to open on all dates. The tour, in support of Emblem3's debut album Nothing To Lose, brings the trio's hard hitting live show for an up close and personal performance in major cities across the U.S. and Canada before culminating with a hometown show at Los Angeles' Club Nokia on March 15. Each night, Emblem3 will allow fans to engage directly by allowing them to vote for the encore song from a catalogue of fan favorites. Tickets for the tour will go on sale to Emblem Crew members Monday, December 9 and to the general public beginning Friday, December 13. For additional tour and on sale information, please visit www.emblem3.com.

Following their #BandLife Tour, Emblem3 will perform at Atlantis, Paradise Island on Saturday, March 22, 2014 in the Atlantis Theater.  Atlantis has played host to the most popular names in music, with previous artists including Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber and Alicia Keys.  For more information on complimentary concert tickets to the Atlantis performance and reservations, call 1-800-Atlantis or visit Atlantis.com.

Popular duo MKTO, comprised of Tony Oller (22) and Malcolm Kelly (21) will open for Emblem3 on the #BandLife Tour. The band's new single "Classic" is at radio now and the music video has amassed over 5.5 Million views. MKTO have seen international success with multi platinum singles in Australia and New Zealand and are currently in the studio with songwriters/producers Eman and Evan "Kidd" Bogart (Beyonce, Ne-Yo, Rihanna) working on their debut album to be released early 2014. For additional information please visit: http://www.wearemkto.com/.

Last night, Emblem3 returned to The X Factor stage for a live performance from their debut album Nothing To Lose, which made an impressive top 10 entry on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart upon its release in July and is available now at http://smarturl.it/E3NothingToLose. Check out the performance here.  This performance follows TV appearances by the band on Good Morning America's Annual Summer Concert Series, The View and The Arsenio Hall Show.

2013 was an exceptional year for Emblem3. Nothing To Lose was released in July and debuted at #7 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart, marking the highest first week sales of any other act from The X Factor US and the biggest debut album sales week from any US television competition series artist in 2013. This fall, the band supported Selena Gomez on her nationwide Stars Dance arena tour following their own sold-out headline run in the spring. Additionally, Emblem3 won the 'Choice Music Breakout Group' Award at the 2013 Teen Choice Awards, joining past Breakout Award winners including One Direction, Justin Bieber, Carly Rae Jepsen and Selena Gomez. Emblem3 is: Brothers Wesley and Keaton Stromberg and lifelong friend Drew Chadwick.

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SYCO ENTERTAINMENT
Syco Entertainment is a joint venture between Simon Cowell and Sony Music and is one of the world's leading global music, film and television production companies responsible for some of the world's most successful global TV and music franchises. Syco Entertainment is also the world's most successful producer of international talent with Syco Music being the record label home for such diverse international recording artists as Labrinth, One Direction, Leona Lewis, Susan Boyle, Little Mix, IL Divo, Emblem3, Fifth Harmony, James Arthur and Ella Henderson. Syco's television assets include the global franchises The X Factor and Got Talent. The X Factor was created by Syco Television and is produced by Syco Television and FremantleMedia. Local versions of The X Factor are produced in more than 42 territories and the US version of The X Factor airs in over 205 countries. In 2012 Got Talent became the world's biggest selling TV format and is now commissioned in 56 countries as a local format, with America's Got Talent airing in 193 countries. In 2013 Syco continues to capitalize on the ongoing success of its established global hit TV formats and a number of new projects including two films - One Direction's 3D movie with Sony Pictures "This Is Us" and also "One Chance", a film based on the success story of Britain's Got Talent's first winner, Paul Potts, in association with the Weinstein Company.

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