BLUE OCTOBER
Blue October will play at the Leelanau Sands Showroom on Friday, October 8, 2010, as part of their national Pick Up the Phone Tour.
The alternative rock band behind such smash hits as “Hate Me,” “Calling You” and “Into the Ocean” will begin a 30+-stop tour in July, wrapping up in Michigan in October. The Pick Up the Phone Tour, a partnership of The National Hopeline Network, To Write Love on Her Arms, Postsecret.com and Synclive.com, is committed to raising awareness on suicide prevention.
Blue October – currently consisting of band members Justin Furstenfeld, Jeremy Furstenfeld, Ryan Delahoussaye, C.B. Hudson and Matt Novesky – first burst onto the music scene in the late 1990s with their debut album “The Answers.” Following that record’s breakout success, the band was signed to Universal Records, which released their following three albums: “Consent to Treatment,” “History for Sale” and “Foiled.” The latter dominated the Billboard charts, going platinum and selling over 1 million copies while earning the band spots opening for the Rolling Stones and playing on Late Night With Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel Live.
Blue October’s fifth studio album, “Approaching Normal,” debuted at #13 on the Billboard 200 chart in 2009 and spawned hit singles “Dirt Room” and “Say It.” On June 1, the band announced they are beginning preproduction on their sixth studio album, which will be produced by Tim Palmer (U2, The Cure, Pearl Jam).
The band’s Traverse City performance will mark a homecoming for one of its members – bassist Matt Novesky. Novesky grew up learning to play music in Northern Michigan, graduating from Saint Francis High School in 1994. When not touring with Blue October, Novesky works with up-and-coming artists in Detroit and Austin through his production company 116, formed with producer/engineer Chuck Alkazian.
Tickets for the Blue October concert October 8 at the Leelanau Sands Showroom are $30 ($29 + $1 facility fee) in advance or $32 at the door and are on sale now at www.porterhouseproductions.com. The show is open to ages 18 and up. Doors for the show are at 7:00 p.m., with music beginning at 8:00 p.m. This concert is presented in sponsorship with Real Rock 105.1/95.5 FM.
