Thursday, May 31, 2012

Garbage's "Not Your Kind Of People" Is The Number One Alternative Album In The Country


Garbage's first album in seven years, Not Your Kind of People, is the #1 Alternative Album in the country this week and the #2 independent album.   The band debuted at #17 on the Billboard Top 200 Chart last week selling 19,281 digital albums via iTunes where the album was available exclusively for the week.   This week the album jumped up to #12 on the Top 200 Chart this week scanning over 22,000 units.

Garbage just wound down a tour of the East Coast and returned to Los Angeles where they will play a party tonight celebrating the music issue of Nylon magazine featuring front-woman Shirley Manson on the cover. 

  

Purchase Not Your Kind of People:
Amazon MP3 ( Standard Edition |  Deluxe Edition

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Garbage 2012 Tour Dates

JUNE
1st - Santa Barbara, CA - KJEE Summer Round Up, Santa Barbara Bowl
2nd - Mountain View, CA - Live 105 BFD, Shoreline Ampitheater
3rd - San Diego, CA - 91x X-Fest
9th - Warsaw, Poland - Orange Warsaw Festival
11th - Samara, Russia - Rock on Volga Festival
12th - Odessa, Ukraine - Prosto Rock Festival
16th - Hultsfred, Sweden - Hultsfred Festival
17th - Aarhus, Denmark - Northside Festival
19th - Amsterdamn, Holland - Melkweg Max
22nd - Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival
23rd - Scheessel, Germany - Hurricane Festival, Red Stage
24th - Paris, France - Solidays Festival
27th - Luxemburg - Rockhal
28th - Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter, Pyramid Marquee
29th - Arras, France - Main Square Festival

JULY
1st - London, UK - Brixton Academy
2nd - Wolverhampton, UK - Civic Hall
3rd - Manchester, UK - Manchester Academy 
4th - Glasgow, UK - Barrowlands 
6th - Bucharest, Romania - B'Estfest
8th - Herouville St Clair, France - Festival Beauregard
11th - Vigevano, Italy - 10 Giorni Suoanti Festival
12th - Rome, Italy - Fiesta Campanelle Roma Rock
14th - Bilbao, Spain - BBK Live Festival
15th - Aix-les-Bains, France - Musilac Festival
17th - Arles, France - Les Escales du Cargo Festival 
19th - Oporto, Portugal - Mares Vivas Festival
21st - Nyon, Switzerland - Paleo Festival

AUGUST 
4th - Montreal, QUE - Osheaga Festival
7th - Chicago, IL - Metro - SOLD OUT
8th - Kansas City, MO - KRBZ's Buzz Under The Stars Series at Berkley Riverfront Park
11th - Omaha, NE - Maha Festival, Stinson Park
18th - Osaka, Japan - Summer Sonic Festival   
19th - Tokyo, Japan - Summer Sonic Festival
  
ABOUT GARBAGE 
After forming in Madison, WI, Garbage released their self-titled debut album in 1995 and rode a wave of visually arresting, female-fronted alternative rock bands.  The album spawned the hit singles "Stupid Girl" and "Only Happy When It Rains" and was certified double platinum in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.  The band won the Breakthrough Artist Award at the 1996 MTV Europe Music Awards, and was nominated for the Best New Artist Grammy® Award. Their second album, Version 2.0, was released in 1998 and topped the charts in the United Kingdom.  It was nominated for two Grammy Awards including Album of the Year and Best Rock Album.  2001's Beautiful Garbage was named one of Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 10 Albums Of The Year.  In 2005, Garbage released Bleed Like Me, earning the band its highest chart position with a No. 4 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart.  In 2007, the band released a retrospective collection called Absolute Garbage. Garbage has sold over 12 million albums worldwide. They have performed in over thirty-five countries and will tour extensively worldwide in support of this new release.
   
 

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