ADEMA To Play Iraq As Part Of USO Tour

February 10, 2005

ADEMA bassist Dave DeRoo has posted the following message on the group's official web site:

"First off, I'd like to welcome Kevin Lee of Novi Entertainment to the ADEMA family. His management team represents a wide array of different artists, and we're lookin' forward to 2005 being ADEMA's best year yet.

"Well, we got an offer to do a tour for the USO. For those of you that are unfamiliar, the USO is a non-profit, non-military organization that provides entertainment for American soldiers at home and abroad; all over the world. It's not official yet, but I'm told that the region we will be playing in (more than likely) will be the Middle East, i.e. Afghanistan, Kuwait, The United Arab Emirates, and... yes, even....IRAQ! It looks like it's gonna be for a couple of weeks, maybe in April, before we come home and kick off a U.S. tour. It's for a good cause; it's a chance to entertain the motherfuckers that fight for this country, and a chance to give our support.

"I've already had a few friends tell me, 'Dude, you're crazy! What are you goin' over there for if you don't have to?' And you know what? It's simple, really. The only thing that's 'crazy' is that there's men and women over there that have to carry M-16s, drive tanks, jump outta helicopters — that's the crazy shit! We're just a rock band from California that's gonna get to at least let these people know what they have to come home to. And regardless of what your political beliefs are, or whether or not you support the war in Iraq, Everyone that lives in this country should love this country. I know I do. And I'm sure that either you, or someone you know had a friend/family member/loved one over there that they want home."

ADEMA's first single from their "Planets" CD will be the track "Tornado", released on March 21 in the U.K. only. The group's first album with former REWIND YESTERDAY singer Luke Caraciolli, "Planets", will be released on April 5 (one day earlier internationally) via Earache Records. 16 tracks will be included on the follow-up to 2003's "Unstable", which will reportedly come with a bonus DVD. A new ADEMA cut, entitled "Barricades of Time", which recently appeared on a Metal Hammer cover-mounted CD, can be heard online at this location (Real Audio).

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