(PR) Owl City announces his first few weeks of 2010 tour dates in support of his incredibly successful label debut – Ocean Eyes – out now on Universal Republic. MySpace will offer an exclusive ticket pre-sale beginning October 16th and running through October 23rd for the tour dates. The tour kicks off January 21st at the Beaumont Club in Kansas City, MO and sees Owl City with full band in tow heading through the Midwest, Southeast and up the East Coast through mid-February.
The short US tour will include special guests Lights and Deas Vail and sees the band hitting some of the smaller markets not visited this past fall. In addition, the 2010 dates come on the heels of Owl City's first trek to China and Japan and comes before the band will make their live debut in Europe as well as Australia where they'll be hitting the road with Cobra Starship.
All of this follows Owl City's Fall 2009 headlining tour of North America, which has sold out in advance in every city, and earned him a cover of Pollstar (out 10/9/09) after less than a year of touring. In addition to his success on the road, "Fireflies" (the first single off Ocean Eyes) has been climbing the radio charts. As of last week the song reached #27 on Commercial Alternative, #22 on the Top 40 chart and #11 on the Hot 100 – earning him a cover of HITS (out on Wednesday 10/21, dated Friday 10/23, the new and developing artist fall special issue). To top that off, Z100 in NYC added "Fireflies" last week and the video for the song hit the Top 20 on VH1. You can also see the video on MTV, MTV2 and Fuse and the album and single sales go up each week. The album sold 16,727 this past week (#35 Billboard / +26% from LW) and has scanned 115K copies since release. The single sold 124,865 this past week (+83% from LW) with a total of 386,488 sold since release, making this artist one of the biggest gainers on the charts each week.
Adam Young started Owl City in the basement of his parent's house in the small town of Owatonna, MN. He began capturing the hearts and ears of many with his first self-released, digital EP Of June back in 2007. Soon after, in 2008, he self-released the digital full-length Maybe I'm Dreaming and quickly became a MySpace phenomenon. He amassed millions and millions of plays and profile views and the word began to spread. The excitement was building for his Universal Republic debut Ocean Eyes and sales were amazing out of the gate with the album debuting at #27 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart. Having not played out before February 2009, Owl City hit the road and soon spring and fall tours were completely sold out as fans clamored to see the live versions of their favorite songs. Along with the omnipresent hit "Fireflies," the sky is now the limit for Owl City.
Jan. 21st Beaumont Club Kansas City, MO
22nd Diamond Ballroom Oklahoma City, OK
23rd Pageant St. Louis, MO
24th Egyptian Room Indianapolis, IN
26th Majestic Madison, WI
27th 20th Century Cincinnati, OH
28th Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH
29th Recher Theater Towson, MD
30th NorVa Norfolk, VA
Feb. 1st Music Farm Charleston, SC
2nd Freebird Live Jacksonville, FL
3rd State Theater Tampa, FL
4th Culture Room Ft. Lauderdale, FL
5th House of Blues Orlando, FL
6th Melting Point Athens, GA
8th Workplay Birmingham, AL
9th Varsity Theater Baton Rouge, LA
10th Rev Room Little Rock, AR
11th Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN
12th Notre Dame South Bend, IN
13th Messiah Univ. Grantham, PA
14th Univ. of Maryland Baltimore, MD
