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RIOT Shrugs Off Singer MIKE DIMEO's Departure

February 8, 2007

Veteran hard rockers RIOT have issued the following update:

"Many of you are still in the dark (I guess) about who is singing with RIOT. OK, one more time!!

"Well, in 2003 [the new RIOT album] 'Army of One' was recorded, then in 2005 [then-RIOT singer Mike] DiMeo joined the LIZARDS and RIOT booked a few shows around the world at the same time. This made it hard for RIOT and they did not want to cancel the shows so they hired Mike Tirelli [MESSIAH'S KISS, HOLY MOTHER, BURNING STARR] to be the frontman for the few shows that year.

"DiMeo was with the LIZARDS and RIOT booked more shows in 2006, including a Spain and Japan tour with Tirelli as the frontman. Tirelli continues to be the frontman for the band at this time so I think the [recent] headlines should really read 'DiMeo leaves the LIZARDS and joins MASTERPLAN.' We hope all the best for him and know that he will always SHINE in whatever he does!!

"Don't forget that RIOT has released there own record under LongHouse Music here in the U.S., so buy your new RIOT CD here and support the band 100%."

RIOT's latest CD, "Army of One", was released in in Japan on July 17, 2006 via the Toshiba-EMI label. The CD came out in Europe last October via Metal Heaven.

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