CANDLEBOX: More Tour Dates Announced

June 13, 2008

CANDLEBOX has scheduled the following dates:

Jun. 13 - Omaha, NE Rosenblatt Stadium
Jun. 27 - Maplewood, MN The Rock
Jun. 28 - Rock Island, IL Rock Island Plaza - Daquiri Festival
Jun. 29 - Mt. Clemens, MI Stars and Stripes Festival
Jun. 30 - Milwaukee, WI Summerfest - WJJO Zippo Rock Stage
Jul. 02 - North Kansas City, MO Voodoo Lounge
Jul. 04 - O'Fallon, MO Ozzie Smith Sports Complex
Jul. 05 - Clear Lake, IA The Surf Ballroom
Jul. 06 - Libertyville, IL Austin's Saloon
Jul. 08 - Toledo, OH Headliners
Jul. 10 - Lake Charles, LA L'Auberge du Lac
Jul. 11 - Salem, OH Quaker City Raceway - Ribs & Rock Festival
Jul. 12 - Ft. Wayne, IN Headwaters Park - Three River Festival
Jul. 15 - Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
Jul. 16 - Clarkesville, TN Kickers
Jul. 17 - Atlanta, GA Center Stage
Jul. 19 - Modesto, CA Xclamation Festival - Rock N Roll Stage
Jul. 25 - Spokane, WA The Knitting Factory
Jul. 26 - Clarkstown, WA Gateway Golf Center - Rockin on the River
Jul. 27 - Boise, ID Knitting Factory
Jul. 29 - Denver, CO Bluebird Theatre
Jul. 31 - Abilene, TX Midnite Rodeo 3
Aug. 01 - Dallas, TX The Palladium Ballroom
Aug. 02 - Houston, TX Warehouse Live
Aug. 04 - San Antonio, TX Scout Bar
Aug. 05 - Waco, TX Whiskey River (Formerly Grahams Central)
Aug. 06 - Odessa, TX Dos Amigos (Outdoors)
Aug. 08 - Corpus Christi, TX The Pavilion @ Concrete Street
Aug. 09 - San Angelo, TX Grahams
Aug. 11 - Little Rock, AR Revolution Music Room (The Rev Room)
Aug. 12 - Mobile, AL Soul Kitchen
Aug. 13 - Ft. Walton Beach, FL The Swamp
Aug. 15 - Petersburg, FL Jannus Landing
Aug. 16 - Ft. Myers, FL Ricochet's
Aug. 17 - Sebastian, FL Captain Hirams Resort
Aug. 19 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL Culture Room
Aug. 20 - Port St. Lucie, FL Mojo Room
Aug. 22 - Lake Buena Vista, FL House of Blues
Aug. 23 - Jacksonville, FL Free Bird Live
Aug. 24 - Charleston, SC The Music Farm
Aug. 27 - Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino
Aug. 28 - Buffalo, NY Thursday at the Square
Aug. 29 - Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
Sep. 02 - Lancaster, PA Chameleon
Sep. 03 - Johnson City, NY Magic City Music Hall
Sep. 05 - Clifton Park, NY Northern Lights
Sep. 06 - Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Sep. 07 - Towson, MD The Recher Theatre
Sep. 09 - Norfolk, VA The Norva
Sep. 10 - Charlotte, NC Amo's Southend

CANDLEBOX will make its triumphant return to the modern music game this summer with its first new record in ten years. "Into The Sun" will be released July 22 on Silent Majority Group in conjunction with Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group.

The original CANDLEBOX songwriting team of singer Kevin Martin and guitarist Peter Klett along with original drummer Scott Mercado, reunited shortly before the 2006 Rhino/Warner Brothers retrospective, "Best Of Candlebox", was released.

CANDLEBOX's 2008 lineup features three of the founding four members only bass player Bardi Martin has been replaced by Adam Kury.

After being apart for more than seven years, Martin and Klett discovered that the time and tide apart had nurtured enhanced chemistry and mutual personal evolution that has now manifested in a cache of new songs that leave their past works, for lack of a better phrase, far behind.

"Into The Sun" was produced by Ron Aniello (BARENAKED LADIES, LIFEHOUSE) engineered by Cliff Norrell (REM, HENRY ROLLINS) and mixed by Norrell and Mike Shipley (NICKELBACK, DEF LEPPARD). Kevin Martin (vocals) and Peter Klett (guitar) Scott Mercado (drums) and Adam Kury (bass) have come together to make a bold, eclectic mix of rhythms and textures that will make long-time CANDLEBOX fans mouths water and has the potential to vault this band back into the national spotlight. Remember, this is a band that's sold over six million albums in the U.S. alone.

"Into The Sun" track listing:

01. Stand
02. Bitches Brewin
03. Surrendering
04. Into The Sun
05. Underneath It All
06. Miss You
07. How Does It Feel
08. A Kiss Before The Dying
09. Breathe Intro
10. Breathe Me In
11. Lover Come Back To Me
12. Consider Us

Kevin Martin: "I really feel this is our best work to date, seemed like old times in the studio and I really enjoyed making this record. When we started writing the songs for this record back in '07 I think we all felt like we were on to something special. I think you can hear that in the songs, they just speak to you like an old friend you haven't seen in years but are so happy to be able to catch up with."

Peter Klett: "Making this record reminded me of the first album we didn't feel that we needed to find the sound, it was there and the goal was to capture it in the recording. I feel we did that and more...it was nice to end up with some live, off the cuff, recordings such as the intro to breathe....it was one of those moments that just happens...all of us in the same room feeding off one another....very exciting to feel that again."

Scott Mercado: "Without a doubt, CANDLEBOX fans are the most loyal and greatest fans in the whole world. I can't wait to hear what they think!"

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