Kina Grannis Kicks Off "In Your Arms" World Tour With Four-Week U.K. & European Run

Kina Grannis Kicks Off "In Your Arms" World Tour With Four-Week U.K. & European Run

LONDON, February 1, 2012/PRNewswire/ --

- Jelly Belly Sponsor of Tour Named For Kina's Jelly Bean-Inspired Video

Singer-songwriter and social media phenomenon Kina Grannis [http://www.kinagrannis.com
] has returned to Europe for a month-long 15-city appearance schedule beginning 1-February
at Dublin's Academy and wrapping on 25-February at Madrid's Ramdall, a follow-up to the
success of her sold-out U.K. & European Tour Dates in October 2011. Jelly Belly Candy
Company [http://www.jellybelly-uk.com ] is along for the ride as a "In Your Arms" World
Tour [http://www.kinagrannis.com/?page=tour ] sponsor paying homage to Grannis'
globally-acclaimed, deliciously-crafted, jelly bean-inspired music video
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOu0DuxFAT0&feature=youtu.be ] for the single "In Your
Arms" that went viral with more than five million views in three months on YouTube.

The video for "In Your Arms" is a stop-motion masterpiece that took 22-months to
complete and was made with 288,000 Jelly Belly(R) jelly beans (each placed by hand). With
the Jelly Belly name firmly behind each and every bean donated to Grannis' video, the
video was inspired by Jelly Belly Art
[http://www.jellybelly.com/Art_Gallery/bean_art_gallery.aspx ], large mosaics made of Jelly
Belly jelly beans, according to director Greg Jardin. The animation was captured using
2,460 frames of film, took the crew 1,357 hours to complete and incorporated 47 different
flavours of Jelly Belly beans. A follow up video
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIH4MJAC2Tg&list=PL124BD5CE94E6A5B8&index=2&feature=plpp_video ]
by the musician and her team shows how they accomplished this feat.

The European tour dates open Grannis' nearly four month-long world tour, supporting
her debut album STAIRWELLS. Since the album's release Kina has sold out shows throughout
North America, the United Kingdom and Europe. Her YouTube channel boasts more than 500,000
followers and 90 million cumulative views, buoyed by original videos for "Valentine," "The
One You Say Goodnight To" and "In Your Arms" among her many original songs and unique
twists on cover songs.

Additionally, Grannis' music and videos have been featured on VH1 and MTV, and she was
named best web born musician by MTV. Time
[http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,1305136924001_2101306,00.html ] magazine
listed her jelly bean-inspired video among the top viral videos of the year. Other media
covering the singer/songwriter include Huffington Post, USA Today, Glamour, Vogue, Ellen
and Jimmy Kimmel Live in the United States, Taratata in France and Arte Lounge in Germany.

Tour dates and details can be found at http://www.kinagrannis.com.

Source: Jelly Belly Candy Company

Tomi Holt, +1-707-399-2389, publicrelations@jellybelly.com, or Victoria Reeves, 07860 436649, victoria@jellybelly-uk.com, both of Jelly Belly Candy Company; or Jonathan Kalter, 07733403499, jk3000@me.com

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