Modestep Announces First-Ever North American Headline Tour In Support Of Forthcoming Release Evolution Theory Available March 5

Modestep Announces First-Ever North American Headline Tour In Support Of Forthcoming Release Evolution Theory Available March 5

PERFORMANCES CONFIRMED FOR ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL AND COACHELLA

"Music in 2013 doesn't get any more exciting" Evening Standard

"The Modestep live show is something you have to see to believe" Kerrang!

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 31, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Having already ignited massive audiences in the UK with their raucous live shows, London-based dubstep-rock band Modestep hit the road this March for a five week tour commencing March 15 at Miami's Ultra Music Festival. Modestep visits major North American cities before wrapping April 19(th) in Indio, CA at Coachella. Tickets go on sale this weekend for their headline dates.

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The track, "Another Day" along with the other songs from Evolution Theory were written, recorded and produced by Modestep. The band has amassed over 50 million views on YouTube. Elektro Magazine calls Modestep "an auricular army, shooting bullet ballads packed with some of the most creative refrains in EDM today." "Modestep are reasserting just how dynamic and exciting the genre can be," says Alternative Press. And Kerrang! declares, "Welcome to the future." Check out video for "Another Day" here: http://vevo.ly/SrIvXI.

Album highlights include the immense, hook-heavy "Burn," featuring Dirtee Stank's Newham Generals, and the intense "Praying For Silence" (featuring Document One), written about the 2011 UK riots . Modestep vary the pace with the spacey dub-rock of "Time," the lighters-in-the-air epic "Save The World" - which sounds like the theme tune to a future Bond film - and awesome title track "Evolution Theory" (featuring D Power, Jammin, Frisco & Jammer) which builds from downtempo, grime beginnings into a full-on dubstep monster. Cohesive yet continually surprising, Evolution Theory promises to take Modestep's thrilling, genre-hopping music to the masses.

Modestep were born online in 2008, when brothers Josh and Tony Friend started Modestep Radio to showcase their productions and dubstep tracks they loved. By late 2010 they were writing their own songs, one of which was "Feel Good," for which they made a cheap video. They gave the exclusive to dubstep Youtube channel UKF and within weeks it had 4 million hits. By Jan 2011 Modestep found themselves on the Radio 1 A-List and the hottest unsigned property in UK music.

Modestep became a fully-fledged live band after Josh (vocals, keyboards) and Tony (decks, guitar) recruited Matt Curtis (drums) and Nick Tsang (lead guitar) in early 2011. Since then the band have toured relentlessly, smashing it at Festivals all over the world including Electric Daisy Carnival in the US. The Modestep live show has ignited crowds from Reading to Sydney to Las Vegas to Moscow to Ibiza - the band has played to 1.5 million people in 2012 alone. Evolution Theory will be released digitally on February 12 with a physical release out March 5.



EVOLUTION THEORY TOUR, MARCH 2013

March 15 Miami, FL Ultra Music Festival
March 19 Dallas, TX House of Blues
March 20 Austin, TX Emo's east
March 22 Atlanta, GA The Loft at Center Stage
March 24 Miami, FL Ultra Music Festival
March 26 Richmond, VA The National
March 27 New York, NY Webster Hall
March 28 Pittsburgh, PA The Rex
March 29 Baltimore, MD Soundstage
March 30 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
March 31 Boston, MA Royale Nightclub
April 2 Montreal, ON Corona Theatre
April 3 Toronto, ON Wrong Bar
April 5 Pontiac, MI Elektricity
April 6 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
April 7 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
April 9 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre
April 12 Indio, CA Coachella
April 13 San Francisco, CA Warfield Theater
April 15 Seattle, WA Showbox at the Market
April 16 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
April 19 Indio, CA Coachella
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SOURCE Interscope Records

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