THE ROCKET SUMMER ANNOUNCES U.S. HEADLINING TOUR

THE ROCKET SUMMER
ANNOUNCES U.S. HEADLINING TOUR IN SUPPORT OF NEW ALBUM
‘LIFE WILL WRITE THE WORDS’
OUT JUNE 5 ON AVIATE RECORDS

FIRST LEG KICKS OFF MAY 31 IN SEATTLE WITH MORE DATES TO BE ADDED SOON

TICKETS ON SALE THIS MONDAY, APRIL 30 AT 10AM LOCAL TIME

CURRENT TOUR WITH SWITCHFOOT RUNNING THROUGH MAY

THE ROCKET SUMMER has just announced a U.S. headlining tour in support of the new full-length album LIFE WILL WRITE THE WORDS, out Tuesday, June 5 on indie label Aviate Records. The first leg will kick off Thursday, May 31 in Seattle, WA with The Scene Aesthetic and special guests States; additional dates will be added soon.

Tickets for the shows–including a special album release performance on June 5 at The Roxy in Los Angeles–will go on sale this Monday, April 30 at 10am local time. Information on purchasing tickets including pre-orders and bundle ticket packages will be available at www.therocketsummer.com. Tickets for the current tour with Switchfoot running through May are also available via the band’s website.

Earlier this month, multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter and producer BRYCE AVARY, known as THE ROCKET SUMMER, announced he will put out his first independent full-length album via his own Aviate Records. Following two successful albums on Island/DefJam–2007’s Do You Feel and 2010’s Of Men And Angels—AVARY choose to return to his self-releasing, self-producing roots with LIFE WILL WRITE THE WORDS, available worldwide Tuesday, June 5.

“This is a new season and in a way feels almost like a rebirth for TRS; it’s time to tear down the corporate barrier between my music and Rocket Summer fans,” proclaims AVARY. “Starting my own label, Aviate Records, is the perfect outlet for releasing music to fans whenever and however I want.”

As with previous albums from THE ROCKET SUMMER, AVARY wrote and performed every note on LIFE WILL WRITE THE WORDS. Between sellout acoustic tour dates in the USA and numerous headlining and festival touring abroad, 2011 saw AVARY experimenting with numerous new sounds in the studio, sounds including mandolin, a banjo, some trashcans and even a typewriter. His songwriting likewise stretched to a broader scope, examining the human existence with the advantage of both a strikingly personal eye experience and the experiential outlook of writers many years older. The result is a 12-track multi-dimensional collection that further establishes AVARY as a modern-day Renaissance man with the engaging outlook embodied in the album’s title LIFE WILL WRITE THE WORDS.

THE ROCKET SUMMER has sold over 250,000 albums and over 500,000 singles in the U.S. alone. The last record, Of Men And Angels, debuted #1 on the iTunes Albums chart, #38 on the Billboard Top 200 and #4 on the Billboard Top Rock albums charts. This surpassed its predecessor, Do You Feel, which came in at #44 on the Billboard Top 200 and #16 on Rock Albums.

Don’t miss THE ROCKET SUMMER on tour:

DATE                    CITY                            VENUE
Tue           4/24      St. Louis, MO               Fubar
w/ Switchfoot
Wed          4/25      Fayetteville, AR           George’s Majestic Lounge
Thu           4/26      Columbia, MO             The Blue Note
Fri             4/27      Des Moines, IA            Wooly’s
Headlining shows
Sat            4/28      Wichita, KS                  Groundzero
Sun           4/29      Bixby, OK                    The Compound
Tue           5/1        Memphis, TN               Newby’s
Wed          5/2        Nashville, TN               12th and Porter
w/ Switchfoot
Thu           5/3        Birmingham, AL           Samford University
Fri             5/4        Springfield, MO            Gillioz Theatre
Sat            5/5        Greenville, IL                Bond County Fairgrounds
Mon          5/7        Asheville, NC               The Orange Peel
Tue           5/8        Athens, GA                  Georgia Theatre
Thu           5/10      York, PA                      Pullo Family Performing Arts Center
Fri             5/11      Chattanooga, TN         Track 29
Wed          5/16      Selma, TX                    Blue Bonnet Palace
Thu           5/17      New Orleans, LA         Tipitina’s
Headlining show
Sun           5/20      Madison, WI                 The Loft
w/ Switchfoot
Tue           5/22      Winnipeg, MB              The Garrick
Thu           5/24      Saskatoon, SAS          Louis’ Pub – Univ of Saskatchewan
Sat            5/26      Calgary, AB                 MacEwan Ballroom
Sun           5/27      Vancouver, BC            Commodore Ballroom
Headlining tour with The Scene Aesthetic and special guest States:
Thu            5/31     Seattle, WA                  El Corazon
Sat             6/2       Sparks, NV                   The Alley
Sun            6/3       San Francisco, CA       Slims
Tue            6/5       Los Angeles, CA           The Roxy
Wed           6/6       Pomona, CA                 The Glass House
Thu            6/7       Las Vegas, NV             Hard Rock Café (Vegas Strip)
Fri              6/8       San Diego, CA             The Irenic
Sat             6/9       Scottsdale, AZ              Martini Ranch
Mon           6/11     Salt Lake City, UT        Club Sound
Tue            6/12     Denver, CO                  The Summit Music Hall
Thu            6/14     Houston, TX                 Warehouse Live (Studio)
Fri              6/15     Dallas, TX                     Granada Theatre
Sat             6/16     Austin, TX                     The Parish