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04/08/2008
P.O.D. LIVE ON THE TONIGHT SHOW! *Postponed
4/8/08 UPDATE***….This just in from the P.O.D. newsletter about the Leno performance: “Leno Postponed - Sonny’s voice is completely out, the last few days he’d been trying to save up his voice as much as he could as it started going out the last couple days of the tour. By the end of the evening Monday his voice was blown. Please pray that his voice/throat will heal soon. Leno has been postponed as a result. We thank our family for all the love and prayers whenever we’re in need!” - P.O.D.

P.O.D. IS BACK WITH “WHEN ANGELS AND SERPANTS DANCE”

HOMETOWN HARD ROCK CAFÉ SHOW LIVE ONLINE TONIGHT!

LIVE ON THE TONIGHT SHOW TOMORROW!

REVIEWS PRAISE CURIEL’S REUNION

NASHVILLE, TN….4/7/08…..If the reviews are any indication, people are exuberant over Marcos Curiel’s reunion with P.O.D. on their INO/Columbia record’s debut, WHEN ANGELS AND SERPANTS DANCE, which hits worldwide tomorrow, Tuesday, April 8th.

Tonight the band will perform at their hometown Hard Rock Cafe in an All Access Warrior Pass Online concert live from San Diego. The band will be online up close and personal before and after the show as well, and fans can experience it all by signing up at www.payableondeath.com/allaccess. This exclusive access will allow fans to have to view exclusive footage, witness the hometown performance and a chance to interact with the band and other fans.

Tomorrow P.O.D will perform their new single, “Addicted,” on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, along with fellow guests Dennis Quaid “Smart People” and Russell Brand “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” - P.O.D

P.O.D. recently took part in Hard Rock Café’s month long charity drive for Musicians on Call, performing at various Hard Rock Café’s throughout the country, including the March 18 album listening event at Hard Rock locations in Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Orlando, Philadelphia and San Francisco. The listening parties had a voluntary $5 donation to the Musicians on Call charity and a register to win a drawing for various P.O.D. items.

Media outlets online, in print and in both the CBA and General market are loving what they hear on WHEN ANGELS AND SERPANTS DANCE:

”If this amazing album doesn’t get the music world’s attention upon its release, there just might have to be a revolution” —-CCM Magazine

“P.O.D. have come back and brought the best of their game on “When Angels and Serpents Dance.” —-clevelandleader.com

“Forgive the blasphemy, but for P.O.D., the return of founding guitarist Marcos Curiel is almost the second coming. The longtime Christian rap-rock band welcomes him back warmly, with most of this set celebrating his strengths: crunchy bits of riffs, resounding reverb and even some Spanish acoustic.” —- Recoil Magazine ”Indeed, “When Angels and Serpents Dance” is the sound of a rejuvenated band: passionate, aggressive and with a message for our times.” —-refuelyoursoul.com

“P.O.D. Is rightly considered one of the best Nu Metal bands (a fusion of grunge, funk, hip-hop and several varieties of metal)……It’s not that other bands don’t do this ‘dance with the devil’ thing – they do – P.O.D. just does it better.” –Christian Retailing

“Positively, I’m happy to report. P.O.D. have matured and progressed from their rap-rock-reggae hybrid, crafting smart songs with groove. “When Angels And Serpents Dance” is a well-manicured collection of radio-ready hard rock” –UNRATEDMUSIC.com

“Fabulous” (04.5 rating) —HMMagazine

“Multi-platinum rockers P.O.D. reemerge as aggressive as ever, but have a more mature, passionate pulse, purposed to please their passionate fan base. “When Angels and Serpents Dance” displays an impressive range in this13-song collection.” —- Aspiring Retail

“…their most powerful, purpose-filled album since “The Fundamental Elements of Southtown”… sonically-searing, lyrically-leveling…” —-Soul-Audio.com

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04/01/2008
SKILLET LAUNCHES ‘COMATOSE’ HEADLINE TOUR WITH PACKED HOUSES & SELL OUT CROWDS
NASHVILLE, TN….

4/1/08…..Atlantic/LAVA/Ardent/INO rockers Skillet launched their “COMATOSE” headline tour this past weekend to packed houses and sell out crowds. Both Minneapolis (1609/Club 3 Degrees) and Kalamazoo, MI (2850/Wings Stadium) shows were SOLD OUT, with packed houses in Des Moines (1656/Val Air Ballroom) and the band’s hometown area of Chicago (1142/House of Blues).

“As long as you don’t mind answering the phone, you’re gonna love bringing the Skillet tour to your town,” remarked WAYK Station Manager Rich Anderson, promoter of the Kalamazoo show. “First it was dozens and dozens of calls from people begging for tickets because we sold out 8 days in advance of the show; Then it was calls and e-mails from the ecstatic 2,850 who got to experience the tour.”

Here’s a few comments from some of the e-mails WAYK received:

‘SKILLET ROCKED!!!! Thanks, WayFM for bringing them here to West Michigan. It was so awesome to see so many kids and parents totally rockin’ out and having a great time. I have seen many concerts in my day and let me tell you, they are definitely on top of my list and I can’t wait to see them again. I am a fan for life!’

‘The concert WAS AWESOME!!! My son, daughter & their friends were down in front of the stage and are still saying “huh? I can’t hear you.” Wow, it was LOUD, but I wouldn’t have it any other way! Will said it’s the best weekend he ever had! Isn’t that great? Each band probably talked about 2 minutes about how they loved Jesus and Rock & Roll in that order. It was really awesome.’

Hitting approximately 30 cities, including New York City,’s Grand Ball Room, also features Thousand Foot Krutch and special guest Decyfer Down, the tour will run through May 11, 2008. Tour dates are listed below and more information can be found at http://www.skillet.com and http://www.myspace.com/skilletmusic.

Criss-crossing the country over the past year and a half with other bands like Flyleaf, Breaking Benjamin, Three Days Grace and on Winter Jam, Skillet is excited to be out on their own tour. As their GRAMMY-nominated COMATOSE continues to be one of the best-selling projects in Christian music, still in the top 10 after 77 weeks of release and 320,000 units scanned, Skillet is also nominated for a GMA Dove Award for ARTIST OF THE YEAR and ROCK RECORDED SONG OF THE YEAR (“Comatose”).

Skillet’s current rock hit is already #2 on the Christian rock chart with a bullet on their song from the COMATOSE Deluxe Edition, “Live Free Or Let Me Die,” and they’ll be releasing “Those Nights” to CHR this month. In addition, Skillet will headline several rock stages and pre-closing slots at top summer festivals including Creation East and West, Kingdom Bound, Soulfest, Cornerstone, Icthus, NewSong, Rock the Universe, Spirit West Coast, Sonshine, LifeFest Alive, Red Letter Rockfest, and many more.

Skillet’s explosive 2006 Lava/Atlantic/Ardent/INO Records GRAMMY-nominated release, Comatose follows 2004’s Collide, which launched the group into the public eye and garnered the band their first prestigious Grammy nomination. A critical fave, Comatose has become their best-selling project to date, doubling the sales of Collide in half the time. In follow up to packed out headline club shows, a tour with FlyLeaf, and summer festivals Skillet spent last fall opening for mainstream rockers Breaking Benjamin and Three Days Grace. In the process of becoming one of the hardest working, most rocking, and broadly appealing acts of its generation, radio welcomed Comatose with open arms, as the first single, “Rebirthing” spent seven-weeks at No.1 on Christian Rock. Their second single, “The Last Night,” also took the top spot, this time at both Rock and CHR (CRW/R&R), while their latest singles, “The Older I Get” (CHR/Rock) and “Comatose” have become their third and fourth consecutive No. 1 singles. At the end of 2007 the band was lauded with R&R’s No. 1 Christian CHR Song of the Year for “The Last Night”, which was also R&R’s No. 2 Christian Rock song of the year. In addition, Skillet was named 2007s No. 2 top artist on both the CHR and ROCK year end lists.

04/01/2008
TiVo ALERT! AMERICAN IDOL CHOOSES SONG BY THE AFTERS FOR SHOW PROMO!
NASHVILLE, TN….4/1/08….As you’re watching TV over the next few weeks, watch out for AMERICAN IDOL commercials featuring The Afters’ song “We are the Sound” from their brand new CD, NEVER GOING BACK TO OK. Fox’s top-rated show picked the song to use with commercials and other promotional opportunities over the next few weeks. To listen to “We are the Sound” go to myspace.com/theafters.

NEVER GOING BACK TO OK entered the Billboard Top 200 at #41 and the Contemporary Christian SoundScan charts at #1 selling 15,856 units. In digital sales, the project entered at #1 for Christian SoundScan album and track sales plus hit as high as #14 on the iTunes® overall digital chart and #4 on their digital Rock chart.

The radio single “Never Going Back to OK,” returned to #1 at Christian CHR this week while “Keeping Me Alive” continues to emerge as their next hit single at Christian AC radio.

The Afters are touring across the country throughout 2008 including headlining their own dates this spring and hitting the major summer festivals. All tour dates are available at www.theafters.com and myspace.com/theafters.

Releasing their debut project “I Wish We All Could Win” in 2005, The Afters received top attention from their fans and media outlets. The Afters’ music has appeared on the networks of MTV, mtvU, ABC Family and E! News as well as on HOT AC and VH-1 radio along with outlets such as Billboard, BOP and Popstar. The MTV college network and mtvU have been strong supporters of the band as their music video for “Beautiful Love” was awarded with an mtvU Award for Best Streaming Video in 2005. The Afters were awarded the Dove Award for “New Artist of the Year” (2006), and has had over 250,000 downloads to date. The foursome composed of Josh Havens, Matt Fuqua, Brad Wigg and Marc Dodd, met while working at a Starbucks in Mesquite, Texas.