WALK OFF THE EARTH CONFIRMED TO PLAY LOLLAPALOOZA, ON
TOUR ALL SUMMER
Walk Off The
Earth’s incredibly popular YouTube cover of Gotye featuring Kimbra’s smash
hit “Somebody That I Used To Know” has passed the 100 million view mark,
making it the most popular cover song ever posted on YouTube. The
creative video features all five band members playing one guitar and has helped
rapidly catapult the Canadian group into online stars. The band performed
the song on The Ellen DeGeneres Show earlier this year, and
the clip of that performance has been viewed nearly 2.5 million times.
Their “Somebody That I Used To Know” cover single has been certified Platinum
in Canada, and sold over 165k copies in the US.
The band have released dozens of other covers, and fans have
responded to Walk Off The Earth’s clever arrangements and beautiful
harmonies. Their recent covers of the Weedstheme song “Little
Boxes” (originally performed by Malvina Reynolds) and The Beatles’ “From Me To
You” have each gotten over 3 million views. Their latest is a cover
of Nirvana’s “Polly” that is already at over 1 million views on YouTube,
and is available starting today on iTunes.
WOTE have a loyal fanbase, with over 600k subscribers to
their YouTube channel and over 490k fans on Facebook. After receiving
such an enthusiastic response, Walk Off The Earth have launched a brand new
website to act as a hub to keep up with the band. Check out the new
website at: http://www.walkofftheearth.com.
Walk Off The Earth are currently finishing recording
original material for their debut release on Columbia Records. The band
will be on tour this summer including a headlining show at LA’s El Rey Theatre
and a performance at Lollapalooza in Chicago. A full list of dates is
below.
Walk Off The Earth features multi-instrumentalists Gianni
Luminati, Ryan Marshall, and Sarah Blackwood on vocals, Mike Taylor on
keyboards, and Joel Cassady on drums. The Burlington, Ontario band have
been together since 2006, and self released two full length albums of original
material.
Walk Off The Earth Tour Dates
5/30 Mercy Lounge,
Nashville, TN
5/31 Juanita’s, Little
Rock, AR
6/1 KXT Summer
Cut, Gexa Energy Pavilian, Dallas, TX
6/2 Stubb’s
Bar-B-Q, Austin, TX
6/3 House of
Blues Bronze Peacock, Houston, TX
6/14 El Rey Theatre, Los
Angeles, CA
6/15 Slim’s, San
Francisco, CA (2 shows)
6/16 Central Coast Oyster
Festival, Morro Bay, CA
6/17 Sound of Music
Festival, Burlington, ON
6/23 Elevation Festival,
Sofia, Bulgaria
6/28 Beachland Ballroom,
Cleveland, OH
6/29 Summerfest,
Milwaukee, WI
7/8
Bluesfest, Ottawa, ON
7/9 Festival
D’ete, Quebec, QC
7/13 Common Grounds
Music Festival, Lansing, MI
7/27 Hillside Festival
Guelph, ON
7/29 Rock the Peach
Music Festival, Penticton, BC
8/4
Lollapalooza, Chicago, IL
8/10 Fredrock Festival,
Fredricton, NB
8/23 Coca Cola Events
Center, Oklahoma City, OK
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