Ok Go Launches Fall North American Tour
August 31, 2010 by Editor
Filed under Music News
(Los Angeles, CA) – OK Go, the most downloaded band ever, will launch an extensive North American tour with a performance at the Los Angeles County Fair on October 3rd. Tickets are on sale now. In addition to its headlining dates, the band will perform at the Discover Louisville Festival (10/12) and the PopTech Conference (10/21, Camden, ME), an annual event that convenes a network of visionary individuals in science, technology, design, the corporate and social sectors, entrepreneurship, education and the arts to explore the nature of creative change. OK Go will also perform at the MTV Brazil Music Awards on September 16th.
“This is what happens when you’re the most intelligent, most innovative, and merriest band of miscreants in rock,” said the Tampa Bay Times in a live review. “You’ve already reinvented the concept of the music video, and you’re doing everything you can to reinvent the music industry as a whole. What’s left? Reinvent the concert experience…a multisensory spectacle.” “It’s a visual adventure as much as it is an audio one in the vein of The Flaming Lips,” said Creative Loafing and the Salt Lake City Weekly marveled: “Getting Salt Lakers on the dance floor on a Tuesday is not a task every band is up to, but OK Go did the trick.”
OK Go have partnered with Indaba Music and the Rock Band Network to launch a remix contest for their new single, “White Knuckles.” OK Go encourages fans to get as creative as possible, to not feel afraid to redefine the song in both genre and feeling. The contest will run from September 7th through October 14th. Further details will be available at http://www.okgo.net.
Each week starting Sept 21st, Dave Fridmann, producer of “White Knuckles” and the album Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, will choose his favorite remixes to feature across all OK Go web properties. All featured remixes will also be available for fans to download on the database that accompanies the pre-order for the Nov. 2nd U.S. release, Of the Blue Colour of the Sky (Extra Nice Edition). The grand prize winner will be announced on October 29th and will have his/her remix mastered and made available for download in Rock Band. The grand prize winner will also receive a gaming console, a copy of Rock Band 3, and a set of Rock Band instruments to jam with friends to their winning remix.
“White Knuckles,” the follow-up single to the Top 30 hit “This Too Shall Pass,” will impact at Alternative and AAA radio on September 14th. The album received 4 ½ stars from Alternative Press, while Spin hailed it as “ambitious” and absolutepunk.net pronounced it “wholly triumphant.” At mid-year, mtv.com‘s Kyle Anderson named Of the Blue Colour of the Sky “the best album of the year (so far)…at the same time incredibly polished and casually chaotic – a fantastically vibrant, surprising combination. I’ve been listening to the album for six months and am still discovering things about it.”
The band’s second video for “This Too Shall Pass,” is a Rube Goldberg machine created by OK Go and Syyn Labs engineers, and is the #1 Top Rated (All Time) music video on YouTube.
OK Go – comprising Damian Kulash, Tim Nordwind, Dan Konopka and Andy Ross – recently contributed a track to the compilation album Dear New Orleans…, which benefits New Orleans-based non-profits working to support the region’s culture and community.
10/3- Pomona, CA- Los Angeles County Fair
10/6- Boulder, CO- Fox Theater
10/10- Chicago, IL- House of Blues
10/12- Louisville, KY- Discover Louisville Festival
10/13- Cleveland, OH- Beachland Ballroom
10/14- Toronto, ON- Phoenix Theater
10/15- Ottawa, ON- Capital City Music Hall
10/16- Montreal, QC- Le National
10/17- Burlington, VT- Higher Ground
10/20- Portland, ME- Port City Music Hall
10/21- Camden, ME- PopTech Conference
10/26- Syracuse, NY- Westcott Theater
10/27- Clifton Park, NY- Northern Lights
10/28- Hartford, CT- Webster Theater
10/29- New York, NY- Terminal 5
11/2- Asheville, NC- The Orange Peel
11/3- Charleston, SC- The Music Farm
11/4- Athens, GA- 40 Watt Club
11/5- Nashville, TN- Mercy Lounge
11/6- New Orleans, LA- Tipitina’s Uptown
11/19- Santa Barbara, CA- The Hub @ UC Santa Barbara
