Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Foster the People's Supermodel streaming on iTunes, performing on "The Tonight Show" March 18


Foster The People’s Supermodel is now streaming exclusively at iTunes ahead of its March 18 release via Columbia RecordsPre-order of the album at iTunes includes instant downloads of “Coming Of Age,” “Pseudologia Fantastica” and the newly unveiled “Best Friend.”  Fans who pre-order at iTunes will also get the bonus track “Tabloid Super Junkie” upon album release. CD and vinyl, along with other limited merchandise, is available for pre-order at fosterthepeople.com
A lyric video for “Best Friend” premieres today at VEVO. Additionally, the band will appear on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” on March 18.
To celebrate the release of their new album, the band will play a free show at SXSW’s Outdoor Stage at Butler Park in AustinTexason March 14. SXSW will host a live stream of the event which can be viewed at fosterthepeople.com. Additionally, the band is scheduled to perform at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 17. The show, which sold out in minutes, will be broadcast live on SiriusXM’s Alt Nation.
Leading up to the release of Supermodel, the band has premiered an acoustic video of “Fire Escape” at TIME, who declaredSupermodel, “an adventurous, dynamic and expansive effort.” First single “Coming of Age” has also been collecting early critical acclaim, with Rolling Stone applauding the song’s “bright guitar riffs, layered vocals and snappy handclaps” and Billboard noting, “Frontman Mark Foster sounds casually assured throughout, bolstered by soulful backing vocals and a smooth ebb and flow that keeps the tune surging.”
The globally influenced Supermodel is the follow-up to the group’s critically acclaimed 2011 debut Torches. Recorded in various locations around the world, Supermodel began as frontman Mark Foster and producer Paul Epworth set up a writing studio in a riad in Essaouira, Morocco at the end of 2012.
Foster The People will embark on a world tour in support of their new album Supermodel. Kicking off with special release week shows in Austin, NYC, Toronto, London & Paris in March, the tour will also include festival performances at Coachella, Governors Ball, JazzFest, Rock Werchter and Sasquatch as well as headline dates around the globe (please see below for full tour routing).
FOSTER THE PEOPLE TOUR DATES
March 14: Austin, TX—Butler Park Outdoor Stage
March 17: Brooklyn, NY—Music Hall of Williamsburg
March 21: Toronto, ON—The Horseshoe Tavern
March 24: London, England—Troxy
March 28: Paris, France—Gaité Lyrique
April 8: Pomona, CA—Fox Theater
April 9: Solana Beach, CA—Belly Up Tavern
April 12: Indio, CA—Coachella
April 15: Tempe, AZ—Marquee Theatre
April 16: Tucson, AZ—The Rialto Theatre
Apr 18: Las Vegas, NV—Boulevard Pool at The Cosmopolitan*
Apr 19: Indio, CA—Coachella
Apr 25: Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium*
April 26-27: Kingston, GA—CounterPoint Music Festival
Apr 28: Tulsa, OK—Cain’s Ballroom*
Apr 29: Dallas, TX—South Side Ballroom*
Apr 30: Houston, TX—Bayou Music Center*
May 2: Memphis, TN—Beale Street Music Festival
May 3: New Orleans, LA—New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
May 4: Tampa, FL—Big Guava Music Festival
May 5: Charlotte, NC—The Fillmore Charlotte*
May 9: Boston, MA—House of Blues*
May 10: Columbia, MD—Sweetlife Festival
May 11: Camden, NJ—Susquehanna Bank Center
May 13: Toronto, ON—Massey Hall*
May 15: Detroit, MI—The Fillmore Detroit*
May 16: Chicago, IL—Riviera Theater*
May 17: Kansas City, MO—96.5 Buzz Under The Stars @ KC Live!*
May 21: Vancouver, BC—Queen Elizabeth Theatre*
May 22: Portland, OR—Roseland Theater*
May 23-25: Quincy, WA – Sasquatch Music Festival
June 6-8: New York, NY—Governors Ball Music Festival
July 2: Gdynia, Poland—Heineken Open’er
July 4: Werchter, Belgium—Rock Werchter
July 6: Belfort, France—Eurokéennes
July 8: St Petersburg, Russia—A2
July 9: Moscow, Russia—GlavClub
August 8-10: Squamish, BC—Squamish Valley Music Festival
*with St. Lucia
PREORDER SUPERMODEL
Amazon:  CD/LP
Limited edition bundles available at www.fosterthepeople.com

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