Third Eye Blind continues push behind 'Ursa Major'
Pop-rockers Third Eye Blind are heading out on a US tour of clubs and college campuses in support of their summertime release, "Ursa Major."
The band continues the outing tonight (10/8) with a performance in Harrisonburg, VA. The 23-date trek focuses on college campuses throughout the East and Midwest through the end of October, followed by a handful of club performances scattered throughout the South and along the West Coast. The schedule currently concludes with a Nov. 17 concert in Fayetteville, AR. Details are below.
Third Eye Blind released "Ursa Major" in August, a week earlier than originally intended due to an unsanctioned online leak. Frontman Stephen Jenkins asked that those who illegally downloaded the new set donate money to a local charity.
"Ursa Major," which marks the band's fourth studio set and first new album since 2003's "Out of the Vein," debuted at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 and landed the band its highest-charting album of its career. A follow-up titled "Ursa Minor" is already in the works, though a release date has not yet been announced.
Third Eye Blind hit radios hard in the late '90s with its 1997 eponymous debut, which included the chart-topping singles "Semi-Charmed Life," "How's It Going To Be," "Graduate" and "Jumper."
"We're not interested in being the revered band of the '90s," Jenkins said in a recent interview with VH1. "We put out most of our albums after the '90s. We're interested in being vital now. We've never been No. 1 before, so it feels like a gift being given to us really by our fans."
October 2009
8 - Harrisonburg, VA - James Madison University
11 - Binghamton, NY - SUNY Binghamton
12 - State College, PA - State Theatre
14 - Raleigh, NC - Lincoln Theatre
15 - Dahlonega, GA - North Georgia State University
18 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre
21 - Sayreville, NJ - Starland Ballroom
22 - Utica, NY - Utica College Stanley Center for the Arts
24 - Storrs Mansfield, CT - Jorgenson Center for the Performing Arts
26 - East Lansing, MI - Michigan State University
27 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
29 - Big Rapids, MI - Ferris State University
30 - Indianapolis, IN - TBA
31 - Madison, WI - State Street Mall
November 2009
2 - Iowa City, IA - University of Iowa
3 - Columbia, MO - The Blue Note
9 - San Antonio, TX - Sunset Station
10 - El Paso, TX - Club 101
12 - San Diego, CA - House of Blues
13 - Las Vegas, NV - Pure
14 - Pasadena, CA - California Institute of Technology
15 - Anaheim, CA - Grove of Anaheim
17 - Fayetteville, AR - University of Arkansas
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