CROSS CULTURE HEADS OUT ON INTERNATIONAL TOUR WITH V.A.S.T.

Nashville, TN – Selectric/Sony Records artist, CROSS CULTURE, will be heading out on the road this week on a 61 city international tour with V.A.S.T., one of the hottest underground acts in the world.

“We are all very excited to be able to share the stage with VAST this fall,” says Justin David, lead vocalist for Cross Culture. “We’ve been fans of VAST for years and we know this is going to be an amazing time!”

Kicking off in Little Rock, AR on Wednesday, August 16th, many dates on the tour are already sold out…including the show in Nashville, TN on August 17th. The tour will also make stops at CBGB’s in New York City, The Viper Room in LA. International performances include stops in Japan, Sweden, France, Germany, Italy and the UK. Here is a complete list of tour dates:


August
16 Juanita's Cantina Ballroom, Little Rock, AR
17 Exit In Nashville, TN
18 Agora Theatre, Cleveland, OH
19 Machine Shop, Flint, MI
20 Haunt, Ithaca, NY
21 Harper's Ferry, Boston, MA
22 CBGB's, New York City, NY
23 Grape Street Pub, Philadelphia, PA
24 State Theatre, Falls Church, VA
25 Ground Zero, Spartenburg, SC
26 Masquerade Club, Atlanta, GA
27 Jackrabbit's, Jacksonville, FL
28 Zydeco, Birmingham, AL
29 Headliner’s, Louisville, KY
30 Martyr's, Chicago, IL
31 Little Brother's, Columbus, OH

September
2 Rock The Light Festival, Kansas City, MO
3 Voodoo Lounge, Kansas City, MO
6 SoKol Underground, Omaha, NE
7 Red Eyed Flyd, Austin, TX
8 Launchpad, Albuquerque, NM
9 Chics, El Paso, TX
10 Club Congress, Tucson, AZ
11 Brickhouse Theatre, AZ
12 SoHo, Santa Barbara, CA
13 Coach House, San Juan Capistrano, CA
14 Brick By Brick, San Diego, AC
15 Knitting Factory, Los Angeles, CA
16 Red Devil Lounge, San Francisco, CA
17 Red Devil Lounge, San Francisco, CA
18 Marilyn's on K, Sacramento, CA
19 Bel Age Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
20 Viper Room, West Hollywood, CA
21 Brick By Brick, San Diego, CA
23 Avalon Theatre, Salt Lake City, UT
25 Bluebird Theatre, Denver, CO
26 Grand Emporium, Kansas City, MO
27 Creepy Crawl, Saint Louis, MO
29 House Of Blues, New Orleans, LA
30 Engine Room, Houston, TX

October
1 The Gypsy Room, Dallas, TX
2 Posers, Tulsa, OK
3 House of Bricks, Des Moines, IA
4 Shank Hall, Milwaukee, WI
5 Quest Club, Minneapolis, MN

November
19 Club Quattro Tokyo, Japan
20 ESP Hall, Tokyo, Japan
22 Sticky Fingers, Göteborg, Sweden
23 Sticky Fingers, Göteborg, Sweden
24 Lusthuset, Falkenberg, Sweden
26 Björksäter, Hässleholm, Sweden
29 Metropol Paris, France
30 Metropol,Paris, France

December
1 White Trash, Berlin, Germany
2 Grosse Freiheit, Hamburg, Germany
4 Magison 4, Treviso, Italy
5 Hiroshima, Milan, Italy
9 Underworld, London, United Kingdom
10 Apolo, Nottingham United Kingdom
11 Cathouse Glasgow United Kingdom

ABOUT CROSS CULTURE:
With a sound reminiscent of Thousand Foot Krutch, 311, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Pillar, Cross Culture has been one of the most talked about bands in Christian music this year. Their debut album, Proof Positive, released in February on Selectric/Sony Records and has become the best selling record in the history of Selectric Records. The band has made over 27,000 MySpace friends since the release of the album, had a Top 15 Radio Single and performed at a variety of summer festivals, including Altanta Fest, Rock The Light, Crossover Music Fest and Cornerstone. The future looks very bright for this foursome. On the cusp of signing a major partnership, more announcements will be forthcoming shortly.

ABOUT V.A.S.T.:
VAST is one man and one man only, Jon Crosby. Crosby grew up in Humboldt County, California, and at the age of 13, was profiled as a promising guitarist in Guitar Player Magazine. He was nearly signed to the guitar-based label Shrapnel, but decided to turn it down to hone his songwriting chops. Crosby soon left high school to do home study, and set out to form a band to perform some demos he recorded all by himself, under the name VAST. Although he was able to play shows, the band was a revolving door of members, with Crosby still recording demos all the while.

One such demo started to get some heavy airplay on a local station, which led to a fierce major label bidding war. VAST was eventually signed to Elektra, and released the debut Visual Audio Sensory Theater in mid-1998. Two years later, Crosby released Music for People, which gained critical acclaim and even wider audiences. Today, with his third record release, VAST is known to be one of the biggest underground artists in the world. VAST music has appeared on MTV, VHI, Dawson Creek, One Tree Hill, Late Show with Carson Daly, and the new record, Turquoise & Crimson, has sold over 50,000 units since its release in April (2Blossom/Warner Brothers).

For more information about Cross Culture, and the VAST tour, please visit the band’s website, www.crossculturelive.com, or contact the band’s management, The Von Agency, at Matt@TheVonAgency.com.


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