Switchfoot Announce Fall 2016 “Looking For America Tour”
May 16, 2016
New York, NY – (May 16, 2016) – Today, multi-platinum selling, Grammy-winning band SWITCHFOOT and Grammy-nominated alternative rock band RELIENT K announce their fall co-headline “Looking For America Tour”. Tickets will go on sale this Friday, May 20th beginning at 9am local time at www.switchfoot.com and www.relientk.com.
SWITCHFOOT recently announced that their upcoming album, Where The Light Shines Through, will be released on July 8th, 2016 via Vanguard Records. Where The Light Shines Through is the band’s tenth album and the first since 2014’s highly acclaimed Fading West and was produced in collaboration with John Fields, who helmed the multi-platinum breakthrough The Beautiful Letdown.
RELIENT K announced they will be releasing their eighth studio album Air For Free on July 22nd, 2016 on Gotee Records. Once again teaming up with long time co-producing partner on Mark Lee Townsend.
SWITCHFOOT has sold 5.7 million copies worldwide of their nine studio albums (including their 2003 double-platinum breakthrough The Beautiful Letdown and 2009’s Grammy Award-winning Hello Hurricane), racked up a string of Alternative radio hit singles, performed sold-out world tours with over 4 million concert tickets worldwide, raised over $1 million dollars to aid kids in their community through their own BRO-AM Foundation, and earned themselves a global fan base devoted to SWITCHFOOT’s emotionally intelligent and uplifting brand of alternative rock. $1 of every ticket sale will be donated to SWITCHFOOT’s BRO-AM Foundation providing services to underprivileged and disadvantaged youth.
RELIENT K formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio, by Mattew Thiessen and Matt Hoopes. RELIENT K is best known commercially for the band’s two studio albums which peaked in the top 15 of the U.S. Billboard 200 chart. After signing with Capitol Records, the group broke into the mainstream in 2004 with the release of Mmhmm, which debuted at No. 15 on the Billboard 200. In 2007, the group’s fifth album, Five Score and Seven Years Ago, brought the most success for RELIENT K, debuting at No. 6 on the Billboard 200. The band has sold over 3 million records, with two albums being given gold certification and one album platinum by the RIAA.
SWITCHFOOT & RELIENT K – FALL 2016 TOUR DATES
September 19 Denver, CO @ Paramount Theatre
September 20 Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theater
September 21 Clive, IA @ 7 Flags Event Center
September 23 Saint Paul, MN @ Myth Live Event Center
September 24 Farmington, MO @ Farmington Civic Center
September 25 Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theater
September 28 Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore
September 29 Grand Rapids, MI @ Deltaplex
September 30 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
October 1 Chicago, IL @ House of Blues
October 2 Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room at Old National Centre
October 3 Toledo, OH @ Stranahan Theatre
October 6 Columbus, OH @ Express Live!
October 7 Cincinnati, OH @ Bogarts
October 9 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium
October 12 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE – Indoor
October 13 Clifton Park, NY @ Upstate Concert Hall
October 14 Wallingford, CT @ The Dome
October 15 Huntington, NY @ The Paramount
October 17 New York, NY @ Playstation Theater
October 18 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
October 20 Lynchburg, VA @ Liberty University Vines Center
October 21 Bel Air, MD @ APG Federal Credit Union Arena
October 22 Richmond, VA @ Altria Theater
October 25 Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
October 26 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
October 28 North Myrtle, SC @ House of Blues
October 29 Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
October 30 Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
November 2 Charlotte, NC @ The Fillmore Charlotte
November 4 Saint Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live
November 5 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution
November 9 New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
November 10 Memphis, TN @ Minglewood Hall
November 11 Oklahoma City, OK @ Diamond Ballroom
November 14 San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec Theater
November 16 Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
November 17 Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Outdoor Amphitheater
November 18 Lubbock, TX @ City Bank Auditorium
November 19 Rio Rancho, NM @ Santa Ana Star Center
November 20 Tempe, AZ @ The Marquee
November 22 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
November 23 Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues
November 25 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
November 26 San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
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