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MULTI-PLATINUM SELLING BAND JARS OF CLAY TO RELEASE CLOSER EP THIS AUGUST
7/20/2008
GRAMMY award-winning and multi-platinum selling band JARS OF CLAY will release CLOSER EP through all major digital service providers on August 5th. The 5-song EP will feature two brand new tracks (“Closer” and “Safe To Land”) that will be included on their forthcoming full-length album, as well as new versions of fan favorites including “Flood” and “Love Song For A Savior.” The band will also make the EP available physically both on tour dates and through their website (www.jarsofclay.com) beginning August 19th.
Closer EP track listing: 1. Closer 2. Safe To Land 3. Love Song For A Savior 08 4. Flood (New Rain) 5. *Prisoner of Hope
JARS OF CLAY are currently in the studio with producer Ron Aniello (Lifehouse, Guster, Barenaked Ladies) putting the final touches on their upcoming album, due out early next year on the band’s own imprint label Gray Matters. They are then set to join Third Day Live, Switchfoot and Robert Randolph & the Family Band on the “Music Builds” tour, which kicks off August 21st in Detroit and wraps on October 12th in Denver. The tour will benefit local affiliates of Habitat For Humanity (tour dates below).
Since the launch of their career in 1995 with the hit song “Flood,” JARS OF CLAY—Dan Haseltine, Charlie Lowell, Stephen Mason and Matt Odmark— has amassed more than five million in career sales (5 Gold, 2 platinum and 1 double platinum certifications), three GRAMMY Awards, an American Music Award nod, 17 No.1 radio hits, and numerous film credits and BMI honors for songwriting and performing. In June of 2007, the band blazed a new trail with the creation of their own label imprint, Gray Matters, under the Nettwerk Music Group umbrella. Christmas Songs was the first album released through Gray Matters in the fall of 2007 has garnered both critical acclaim and commercial success.
“MUSIC BUILDS” TOUR Fall 2008 *Dates, markets and venues subject to change without notice.
AUGUST Thu 8/21 Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre Fri 8/22 Indianapolis, IN Verizon Wireless Music Center Indianapolis Sat 8/23 Chicago, IL Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island
SEPTEMBER Sun 9/7 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre Thu 9/11 Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Center Fri 9/12 Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater Sat 9/13 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center Sun 9/14 Washington, DC Nissan Pavilion Thu 9/18 Birmingham, AL Verizon Wireless Music Center Birmingham Fri 9/19 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek Sat 9/20 Atlanta, GA Lakewood Amphitheatre Sun 9/21 Nashville, TN Sommet Center Thu 9/25 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion Fri 9/26 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Sat 9/27 San Diego, CA Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre Sun 9/28 Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
OCTOBER Thu 10/2 Oklahoma City, OK Ford Center Fri 10/3 Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion Sat 10/4 San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Sun 10/5 Dallas, TX Superpages.com Center Fri 10/10 Minneapolis, MN Target Center Sat 10/11 Kansas City, KS Sprint Center Sun 10/12 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
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* Jars of Clay recorded “Prisoner of Hope” for the documentary film called Sons of Lwala. To find out more about the film, please visit http://www.sonsoflwala.com/site.html.
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