TAPROOT: U.S. Dates Announced

February 10, 2009

TAPROOT will team up with DEAR ENEMY and ADAKAIN for a U.S. tour in Marh/April. Confirmed dates are as follows:

Mar. 06 - Annie's Entertainment Complex - Cincinnati, Ohio
Mar. 07 - The Inferno - Vienna, West Virginia
Mar. 19 - Peabody's - Cleveland, Ohio
Mar. 20 - The Intersection - Grand Rapids, Michigan
Mar. 21 - Alrosa Villa - Columbus, Ohio
Mar. 22 - Uncle Pleasents - Louisville, Kentucky
Mar. 24 - Penny Road Pub - Chicago, Illinois
Mar. 26 - The Hub Ballroom - Edelstien, Illinois
Mar. 27 - Club Fuzion - Wichita, Kansas
Mar. 28 - Froggy's - Fayetteville, Arkansas
Apr. 02 - The Music Vault - Harker Heights, Texas
Apr. 03 - Club Rio - San Antonio, Texas
Apr. 04 - Foozies - Baytown, Texas
Apr. 05 - Skillmans - Dallas, Texas
Apr. 08 - Jakes Back Room - Lubbock, Texas
Apr. 09 - Dos Amigos - Odessa, Texas
Apr. 10 - Chic's - El Paso, Texas
Apr. 11 - The Club House - Tempe, Arizona
Apr. 16 - Hard Rock Casino & Hotel - Las Vegas, Nevada
Apr. 29 - Spicoli's Grill And The Reverb Rock Garden - Waterloo, Iowa

TAPROOT's latest album, "Our Long Road Home", sold around 7,700 copies in the United States in its first week of release to enter The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 65. The follow-up to 2005's "Blue-Sky Research" was released through Velvet Hammer, the label founded by the management company of the same name (SYSTEM OF A DOWN, DEFTONES). Working with producer Tim Patalan (SPONGE, LOVEDRUG),the band penned more than fifty songs for the album, twelve of which were recorded in a converted barn just a few minutes down the road from vocalist/guitarist Stephen Richards' home.

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