Semi Precious Weapons Giving Away Tix To Lady Gaga's Monster Ball Tour
06/22/2010
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Semi Precious Weapons are once again opening Lady Gaga's Monster Ball tour and to celebrate they are giving away a pair of tickets for each U.S. stop of the trek. SPW's album debut with rock world producer-kingpin Jack Joseph Puig (The Rolling Stones, Beck, Black Eyed Peas) and Executive Producer Lady Gaga, YOU LOVE YOU, will be released on June 29th on Geffen/Perezcious/Streamline/Cherrytree Records just a day after they kick-off the North American leg of the Monster Ball tour. The album will be available pre-release, June 26th through 28th, streaming on MySpace. For more information on the ticket give away follow the SPW twitter account: http://twitter.com/preciousweapons The band will be hosting Monster Ball after parties in several cities on the tour. Look for them at Woodward in Boston, Ghostbar in Atlanta, Voodoo Lounge in San Jose, Refuge in Portland, plus secret locations in cities like NYC, Los Angeles, Chicago and many more! Check the band's twitter for up-to-the-minute details and see the full tour routing below. Of the band's recent success frontman Justin Tranter says, ""We spent three years driving ourselves around in a murder van to play bars EVERYWHERE, I mean we even played a sports bar in Waterloo Iowa. Now in the last seven months we have made an incredible record that we are proud of, and are on a tour bus playing arenas all over the world with Ms. Gaga! Hard work and magic." The band have just completed the latest leg of the Monster Ball where they brought their dirty showbiz to sold out audiences all across Europe and the UK. Also, be sure to look out for Semi Precious Weapons' intimate performances on The Cherrytree House on out June 29th at cherrytreerecords.com, featuring performances of Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen's legendary "Because The Night" as well as stripped-down versions of their own "Put A Diamond In It" and "Look At Me". Watch the trailer HERE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E0F5fuuskQ Feist, Sting, Lady Gaga and Robyn, among others, have all performed at The Cherrytree House. Who can forget Lady Gaga's riveting Cherrytree House rendition of Pokerface (reposted by PerezHilton.com and sampled even by Kanye West in Kid Kudi's "I Make Her Say"). Well, get ready for Semi Precious Weapons' intimate appearance on The Cherrytree House - out June 29 on www.cherrytreerecords.com. Track listing is as follows: 1. Semi Precious Weapons 2. Put A Diamond In It 3. Magnetic Baby 4. Statues Of Ourselves 5. Sticky With Champagne 6. I Could Die 7. Leave Your Pretty To Me 8. Rock n Roll Never Looked So Beautiful 9. Look at Me 2010 Monster Ball Tour Dates: Date City Venue After Mon 06/28 Montreal, QC Bell Centre Thu 07/1 Boston, MA TD Garden Fri 07/2 Boston, MA TD Garden Sun 07/4 Atlantic City, NJ Boardwalk Hall Tue 07/6 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Wed 07/7 New York, NY Madison Square Garden* Fri 07/9 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Sun 07/11 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre* Mon 07/12 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre* Wed 07/14 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena Thu 07/15/ Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse* Sat 07/17 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center Tue 07/20 OKC, OK Ford Center Thu 07/22 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center* Fri 07/23 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center Sun 07/25 Houston, TX Toyota Center Mon 07/26 Houston, TX Toyota Center Wed 07/28 Denver, CO Pepsi Center Sat 07/31 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Center Tue 08/3 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center Wed 08/11 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center Thu 08/12 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center Fri 08/13 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena Mon 08/16 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion * Tue 08/17 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion * Thu 08/19 Portland, OR Rose Garden Arena* Sat 08/21 Tacoma, WA Tacoma Dome Mon 08/23 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place Tue 08/24 Vancouver, BC General Motors Place * Thu 08/26 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place * Fri 08/27 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place * Mon 08/30 Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center Tue 08/31 Saint Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center Thu 09/02 Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center Sat 09/04 Auburn Hills, MI The Palace Sun 09/05 Pittsburgh, PA Consol Energy Center Tue 09/07 Washington, DC Verizon Center Wed 09/08 Charlottesville, VA John Paul Jones Arena Tue 09/14 Philadelphia, PA The Wachovia Center Wed 09/15 Philadelphia, PA The Wachovia Center Thu 09/16 Hartford, CT XL Center Sat 09/18 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena Sun 09/19 Raleigh, NC RBC Center *Indicates tour date with a special Semi Precious Weapons after-party. Check http://twitter.com/preciousweapons for more details. More after-parties to be announced.
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